Hey there! How are ya?
Heyyyy got paired again
Woot woot!
haha I'm doing good how are you?
I'm good. Same as last time haha
haha thats good good thing it didn't change what are you up to besides chatting with me?
I'm watching White Collar right now I ended up going out with a friend for a few hours
oh good I would have gone out with my GF if she wasn't so sick what did you do with your friend?
We went to the chocolate and then played card games
oooh the chocolate i've  been there once
Yeah, have you ever been there?
good stuff
Oh nice! We got a cazookie. Or pizza cookie
I got the Kazookie i think? oh is that how it was named? hahaha I had no idea
Are you going to the thing tomorrow?
what thing?
The chat meetup that is?
chat meetup?? like the chit chat challenge meet up?
Yeah. The one that is tomorrow evening?
how did you hear about that? I didn't know there was such a thing did you get an email or something?
Yeah The guy running the project set it up
where can I find out more about the event? Id like to go
Uhm Let me check my email for a second Wednesday from 6-7pm there's a chat night in 1170 TMCB
oh i found the email it was in my junk for some reason
Haha
thanks for telling me this
That happens a lot
i really appreciate it
I always feel awkward when something ends up in my junk folder that isn't supposed to.
right? are you going to the event?
I might try to stop by
yeah I think it would be cool but I don't want to give up my anonyminity
That's my thing too
but I've met some really cool people here and I'd like to meet them in person
Right? I'm torn between the two
but until the contest ends I don't know haha
haha, I guess it's probably the only opportunity to do so though
I got a question for you
Okay, go ahead
if you can genetically modify your kids would you do it? wait before you answer
Did you watch Gattaca recently or something?
this is modifying their looks Gattaca no never heard of it
Oh okay only their looks I probably wouldn't do it then.
what about genetically passed down diseases
Gattaca is a movie where they genetically modify people. Problems occur when everyone is modified to be the number one at everything I think that depends. I probably wouldn't be opposed to it.
me neither
I don't necessarily want my children to have horrible diseases.
just like diseases or deformation has gattaca gotten good reviews?
I thought it was a really good movie It's about this guys who's parents decided not to genetically modify. And he's stuck being a low level citizen because he's average.
interesting who plays the main character?
But the society has a lot of problems because of it. Ethan Hawke is the main character
oh its an old movie 1997 Ill have to check it out for sure any other movies you'd recommend?
Jude Law is in it though and he's very cute hahah
hahaha from our chats and my memory you talked about how superman is attractive and now Jude Law guessing you are a girllllll
For all you know I could be a guy
if you are not thats totally cool too haha
But yes, I am a girl haha
i have a man crush on Thor I aspire to have a fit body like his he is just shredded
He's insane.
right? I wish I had the time and dedication to work out and eat a ton to achieve that kind of physique
That's one thing that always frustrates me about celebrities.
that they have a ton of time or???
Having a personal chef or people to do things that we don't have time for.
man having a personal chef would be bomb
I feel like having a personal trainer and being able to afford really healthy food all the time would help you achieve those goals. But then again it adds a big level of stress I'm sure.
you think it would add a big level of stress? I think it would be heaven haha I was really in to working out and nutrition before I started rock climbing and I still want to be super fit and look good but school.....
I think being under the scrutiny of the public would make it stressful
ahhhh that yes if you were a celebrity what kind of celebrity would you be?
I would probably be on shark tank hahaha
hahahaha you wouldn't want to be an actor or a music artist?
Some random investor that tells people their products are awesome or ridiculous
so you would have fame because you have a crazy ton of money
I guess so.
do you think a person can have too much money?
Or potentially some volunteer philanthropy person I think people can definitely have too much money
what is the amount of too much money in your opinion
I think there are plenty of people suffering, and that some of the excess money should go back to people. Hm. Too much money? I don't know. I'd say over 100 million net worth? I dunno
yeah for sure greed gets the best of em except people like bill gates hes  not keeping a dime and not giving it to his children its all going to his foundation which helps others
See but he has a very kush lifestyle
true
His foundation also takes care of him. When he travels, the foundation pays for it.
true so what do you think he should do if you could tell him
I think he does a lot of great things So I think he is okay, but I just wonder if after people had like 100 million dollars they gave it to those who are below the poverty line We would be able to help so many more people.
definitely I agree with you but how would you know if those people who are at poverty level would use that money to elevate themselves instead of feeding their addiction or something like that where they would not progress
There would be so much potential to help I just think it's worth looking into
it sure is
See I'm not talking about people addicted to drugs I'm talking about people in Haiti where there's an 80% poverty rate
mmmm
Or people in Greece where the poverty rate is 25% of the population
interesting have you heard of "voluntouristing"
These are people who don't have a government that can assist them. If their fellow citizens could help them I think it would do a world of wonders. I haven't? What is it?
so you know these companies that take students and young adults to 3rd world countries and have them help the orphanages or whatever? so
Yeah
I saw that many of these companies, not all, take thousands of dollars from these young adults to take them to countries where they would play with and help the kids but in reality it doesn't do any good these programs are considered unskilled volunteering meaning that it does not contribute to the town's progression to get out of poverty of become people who can support themselves these volutourist companies just take the young adults and take them to "help"people but they don't teach them anything, but just hang out with the people and the children so when the young adults leave after the summer is over the villages are just at the same state they were in but in emotional trauma because they are losing these friends they grown to love especially the children and orphans wow I talked a lot sorry
haha it's okay. I'm just reading everything to catch up, sorry That's so sad!
i know right!
It also is the white savior complex The people from the wealthy country feel like they're saving the poor people
and the companies benefit from these villages from not progressing because they lose business if they become self sustatingin ahh
But in reality they aren't contributing much.
the white savior ight rightttt its really sad
Sometimes business models are crazy They'd fail if they really helped each village
exactly what would really help these people is that these rich kids who go to these countries should buy things from the vendors there and support their business
Yeah, since every country would then have their problems solved and the business would lose countries to hypothetically save
thats one way
Exactly!
and you know how I mentioned unskilled voluteers ?
a huh?
if it was with skilled volunteers then that would also help such as training doctors and dentists in those countries or teaching villagers how to have clean water etc these rich kids have no skills to contribute anyway I'm done rambling
You're very right though Wealthy kids just want something to put on their resume but also want wifi available
omg wifi lol so true i can't wait for the second coming sometimes this world is great but man sometimes the world just needs to take a shotgun to the face and start over
Hahaha I mean you're right, but that's harsh
im not perfect by any means. I definitely could do better. haha sorry
Oh I think everyone could It's also hard though because you want everyone to be improving Sometimes it's hard to share goodness
I've started to be more environmentally conscious recently to contribute more to the world
It's easy to be frustrated with a lot of things in the world. Me too!
high five!
Woot *high fives *
what have you been doing?
I use glass water bottles haha
interesting how does that help? doesn't glass take long to break down? enlighten me
The idea is that you use it for a long time. I have had mine for two years already
ahh duh wow thats awesome! i've had my hydro flask for 2 years too its been with me everywhere
nice
aren't you scared that glass will shatter?
That's what you would think, but it's really thick glass
ahhh I bet its kinda heavy then I love drinking out of glass
No it's surprisingly light
coke in a glass bottle for example is so much better than from a can or plastic bottles
YES
it feels smoother for some reason
It tastes so much better. I don't know why
right?
It's hard to reduce your environmental footprint when people throw disposable things at you
YES my GF is buying me a disposable straw i mean reusable collapsable straw lol
OOH Is it that thing that has a kickstarter?
yeah
I saw that and it looked pretty cool
have we talked about it already?
It's like a key chain or whatever?
YES YES YES YES
No, but I saw an ad for it the other day
we are now best friends haha
Haha Woot! I have another friend!
My GF is going to be happy to hear that someone else knows about that she wanted to buy a 10 pack or something and give it to her family and friends but I was like no don't do it because it will be a waste of money because they won't use it. I think that because being environmentally conscious has to come from the inside just because you have a cool device doesn't mean you will use it Hey it was really nice meeting you today errrr yesterday lol
I thought about that too!
Im going to bed, but I'm sure Ill see you later
But it was also like $400 Okay. Have a great night!
yeah expensive ok good night!