Anyone there?
Are you sure you're not 50% of the 226 people supposedly chatting right now? ;)
Hahahhahahaha lol That was a good one no that is clearly a glitch my guess is that there are maybe 12 people on at the moment
I noticed that on the hour it sometimes drops dramatically.  But never to 12, more like 40.  Although there are a really large number of usernames now so there must be people somewhere In six minutes we can test this theory
What is your proposed test? Well I kind of already test it
See what the number of people supposedly chatting at 10:00 or 10:01 is and see whether it matches the current number oh yeah?
I am almost first so I have been chatting for quite a while./
I can tell.  Do you run into the same five people the whole time?
yeah I run into like 10 they are always the same Do you want to take a shot at matching with someone elsE? I can log off for a bit
funny.  So far I mostly just run into you!  No, haha, I doubt whether you log off makes a difference.  Don't leave on account of me!  I need to do other stuff anyways, I just
oh
thought it was funny that I do this like once a day and I have run into you a funny amount of times
how many times have you run into me out of 10
Well I've had 12 conversations according to the leaderboard, although the vast majority of those haven't actually been conversations --- just people not responding or something and I think I've matched with you four times
wow so like half of the time I have a had a couple of really good conversations with you
yeah, and most of the other people didn't actually respond.  But I'm not complaining, you're cool!  Those were some good conversations Apologies to the chat overlords for not writing about an interesting topic
Chat overlords?
But in fairness they do not seem to have very  many topic prompts whoever is reading these messages
Oh I have hundreds I pull from it all the time ready?
Sure, fire away
How often do you end up staying up until three am? and why? I keep matching with the guy in first place
. . . I don't want to  answer that one.  Basically it is a combination of homework, preferring to do homework later in the day, and being a serious night owl.  But I have serious plans to change after finals
thats good That wasn't the best one to be honest
That's funny; clearly you both deserve to be where you are!  You are either going to get really bored of each other or be best friends for life or something
If you could start your own business what would you be doing?
Huh, that would be hard because I would be worried about it not working out.  I'm not really a starting businesses type of person.  It would be cool to do something fun like a restaurant or a business that let me travel but was also super good for being flexible in the future  or something I think Provo needs a falafel place that's open late.  Or an Ethiopian restaurant.
What type of food would you sell? oh pick one
ooh, tough.  I think falafel would be good for the college crowd, especially if it was open late since everything here closes at like 10 but I adore Ethiopian food, so it would be a tough choice.  I think that one would be harder to get going though because you would need a whole kitchen and servers and stuff so maybe I'd play it safe and stick with falafel What business would you start?
I dont have any good ideas really hahhaha lets see If I could get into the business I would start a company that markets bots
What kind of bots?
Like bots to automate things like spreadsheet automation for exampl
Huh.  I am not very educated on the subject of bots --- what is the difference between a bot and a program?
a bot is a robot but usually they are programs so it is designed to do something a human normally does
Yeah,  but if I say "I just made a SQL program for our databases" is that different than saying "I just made a bot for our databases" ?  Obviously the bot would have to have programs in it, but could it be one program? or maybe that question doesn't make any sense, haha.  I don't know anything
programs are just groups of code that do something to be honest program can be a bunch of programs so it is like a russian doll sort of term
Aha.  So what is an example of a company that markets bots?
Hmmm well I read about one the other day ok I am trying to find this article I was using it in my research paper. maybe I saved it on my drive
Would Microsoft count?  I'm guessing if you haven't thought of an example for that type of company yet the answer is no, but I don't understand why
hmmm look up the article starting with "no coffee breaks needed ...
Ohhh I get it now
did you read it?
Enough.  I thought you meant like using a program to crunch numbers from spreadsheets, which you could do with Excel of course so I was confused.  But you mean like more intelligent stuff that replaces humans' jobs and not just for basic data entry So using Word is not at all the same kind of program That is cool.  I think the part about the robot that manages other robots is the most interesting!  Funny to think you could do that
Yeah super cool THAT is what I want to go into it is such a promising field especially for someone with my skill set
I was talking to someone the other day about whether you could use bots like that to improve efficiency for immigration processes Because we have a huge backlog right now -- going back like 17 years for some people, and maybe a bot could check off some basics to clear some of it up.
yeah a bot could do it thats a great idea. You should get raise awareness about that. I haven't graduated yet so I doubt they would hire me for sensitive data like that
I'm not really the right person and I don't know enough about it.  But maybe I will be an immigration attorney and then I will at least be able to tell those people to go digital Not having bots is one thing but using paper forms is completely ridiculous
Thats right arent you doing philosphy? usually philosophy majors do well at law
Yeah, philosophy is good for writing and critical thinking and stuff that the LSAT and law schools like But there are all sorts of different majors
What is the most relaxing sound to you, like something you could fall asleep to?
Hmm, I like quiet when I'm falling asleep.  But I love rain and crackling fires.  I love camping so I've fallen asleep to rain on a tent top a lot!  That's a nice sound to fall asleep to because it means I'm camping, which is exciting. What about you?
I like quiet piano music mixed with nature sounds like a gentle rain or maybe waves lightly crashing on the side of the ocean
Water in general is nice.  Piano music wouldn't work for me unless it was really calm and I had never heard it before, though.  Otherwise it would start playing in my head!
hahaha
So I'd have to get new piano music every night or something
I love it when music plays in my head
Me too, but not if I want to be asleep
I used spotify to pick random soft piano music for the longest time
What's your worst earworm? That's a good idea
then my roommate got annoyed lol because I have spotify free and the ads really bother me, although I never noticed because I fell asleep earworm, is that an unpleasant sound that I don't like? I have never heard that term before but context clues would suggest thats what it is
no it's a song or a tune that gets stuck in your head
oh that makes sense
so you could like it but you can't stop humming it
it sounds disgusting hahaha I would hate to have earworm
That is true.  Worms in general seem like an especially uncomfortable affliction to have
Anything that I like generally gets stuck in my head oh yeah I never want worms I absolutely hate small parasitic insects! Right now the greatest showman is stuck in my head in the mtc the tune that got stuck in my head was the nearer my god to thee performance by mens chorus and vocal point combined
Oh yeah, I was saying that was one of my favorite Vocal Point songs
Yeah you told me that I loved that song it helped me get through the mtc I had the best attitude because of it
Do you have a favorite composer?
not really but I guess I really like vivaldi
I like the Piano Guys Vivaldi mashups a lot
I love the piano guys songs They make some of the best piano covers I have heard
They are great!  I'm happy for them that they are touring so much but sad that it means less youtube videos.
yeah What is your favorite song by them?
Maybe The Mission/How Great Thou Art?  It isn't their most ambitious song or the coolest technically but I love, love, love The Mission soundtrack and of course the setting is also beautiful
That one is good I listened to it frequently on my mission
Have you seen The Mission or heard the soundtrack before?
I havent seen the mission but I had the whole soundtrack from piano guys that had that song
It is a sad movie.  Mostly I don't like sad movies, because I figure why waste entertainment time on something that will make me feel worse, but I make an exception for that
Wow yeah, sad movies can be well ... sad. There are some sad movies I like though have you ever seen lala land?
No.  This is embarrassing, but actually I had heard a lot of hype, but then I heard it was a bit sad, and I was pretty busy at the time, so I just read the online summary in order to find out if I wanted to watch it or not and decided it was a little too sad to be worth it I'm terrible hahaha I don't usually do that but hadn't had a chance to watch it and decided I wanted to know if it was good like people said or not Maybe if I saw it I would change my opinion though, who knows
It was really sad but it felt good at the end
I guess I was like 1. it didn't really happen 2. lost opportunities = so sad, they could have been together! 3. Also it seems like maybe they might regret their choice a little, which is sad for them and their families But my dad is always trying to sell me on cathartic movies, and he was right about The Mission so maybe I'm crazy
Well, i never read the online summer that is more insightful cathartic ...
like when something is good because it helps you feel your emotions, experience them, address them, and then you can move on like when people say "a good cry"
yeah that was why I liked it I feel like I have never had a relationship really work out so it was like a good feel bad for myself movie if thats what you are saying
Maybe I just don't have enough breakup experiences to really appreciate it then I mean maybe I haven't had enough
Oh I have never been broken up with I have just never gotten that far, but it still felt good hahaha
Haha, I guess unrequited love is kind of similar
wow all of these big words yeah Thats my life the people Ilike never like me back
I can relate, haha Do you like to read sci fi too or just watch it?
Uhhh I used to read sci fi I actually used to read a lot but not much since high school because that when stress started to kick in
I know how that is!  What sci fi did you like?
there was this one about earth battlefield earth I found it all dusty on a book shelf in a class of mine once and I picked it up and asked to teacher to borrow it it was a great book I loved it
L Ron Hubbard, seriously? I have not read any of his books but I've definitely heard of him!
Oh wow
Interesting that you liked it.  I guess I was too creeped out by how he uses his books as scripture for the religion he founded but maybe it's worth giving it a try to see what they are like I mean, he did manage to actually make money off of books, which is more than most would-be writers could say.  So I guess it makes sense that his books can't be that bad
it was a good book but definitely not something worth wroshipping lol
Yeah Have you read any dystopian stuff?
yeah
Like what?
enclave i thought it was cool but kind of messed up how so many people died same with divergent
Yeah, I liked divergent a lot at first but stopped reading it because it was just getting too dark for my tastes
yeah I liked the movie better than the book hahahahaha that rarely happens the main character doesnt die in the movie though.
Ooooooooooh, shocking!  Does the main character die in one of the later books?
well if you haven't read it maybe i shouldnt say haha
Well, I'm not planning on reading it.  That's annoying!  I hate it when the main character dies It kind of retroactively messes up the series for me
yeah it is so lame
Have you read anything by Lois Lowry?
hmm what are some famous books by them?
The Giver Anyway I think she's a wonderful writer but she has one book like that and I didn't appreciate it Dystopian novels in general right now seem to be good at first and then they just end up getting too depressing Last semester I read some classic dystopian novels and that was interesting (1984, Brave New World).  Very different than the edgy teen dystopian stuff that is popular right now.  Also kind of depressing though
oh I have heard about the giver but I havent read it
It is good!  There is a whole series and it's pretty good She also wrote this book called Gossamer which I love
What is it about?
These beings that give people dreams Oh she also wrote Number The Stars which is quite popular, but really different than a lot of her other books because it's about the Holocaust
ohhhh that sounds familiar somewhat. Maybe i am thinking about the bfg lol
Yeah, it is not exactly the only book about dreams, haha.  I like the BFG too though.  The main character is this little thing that is kind of an apprentice dream giver.  They have to fight off the nightmare-giving creatures Another subplot is the life of the boy the thing gives dreams to
interesting
Yeah.  Well I better go, but have a good evening!  And congrats :)