Cause? Hmm...
The SPLC Southern Poverty Law Center
Oh yeah? What do they do? Like salvation army kind of stuff?
They provide pro-bono legal assistance for disadvantaged people and also publicly advocate against hate groups.
Oh cool. I don't think there's a specific cause or organization I'm passionate about. As long as needs are being met.
Ever seen the full text of a shakespeare play on a chatroom?
Of course I think the helping hands program is great Haha, did a bot do that to you?
No I was going to Paste looks disabled
Oh haha. Yeah, it is unfortunately. They want us to have natural conversation. Which takes effort and time
"Natural"
Haha
So what do you wanna chat about?
I will say I've had a lot of interesting conversations. I don't know. What classes are your favorite? Without divulging personal information
None of them lol
Haha classic answer.
Wait is it against the rules to divulge personal info?
Yeah.
The last four of my SSN are 5501
I mean, I'm not gonna be malicious about it but you probably don't want t- I take it back you do want to haha
lol
What are you studying?
So seriously though, what topics are you passionate about?
Me?
yes
I like cs and math
Wow I'm like the opposite
That might sound boring though.
I don't like CS nor math
Haha, no offense taken. That is understandable. What are you into?
I instead like other equally boring things like history, sociology, and music composition
Oh cool! Just different borings to different kind of people.
yep
I think history can be interesting. I was just never into dates and memorization and people and the kind of stuff you have to know for classes
"never into dates" huh sounds like me
Hahahaha that was good "and people" I walked right into that one That's ok, all these conversations are going to train a computer, computers don't have to be into people or dates, just numbers and electricity. Do you watch any good shows?
Have you seen "Atlanta?"
I've been to Atlanta But no I have not seen it Is it good>
it's the same but the show has less traffic than the city
*? Haha I beleive it
Donald Glover writes and stars in it Otherwise known as Childish Gambino
What genre is it?
Comedy/drama
Nice Are you an Office fan?
no
Oh, I'm sorry Like, do you dislike it or you've just never seen it?
When people say they're "just a Pam/Jim looking for their Jim/Pam" i pray for their souls
Haha I was never into it for the tv relationships But I did think it was pretty funny
I swear being an office fan is like a secondary religion here in Provo
I guess
y'all should send out missionaries
Is it a Provo thing though? Or just a college thing
idk but it isnt as much of a thing anywhere else I've been Who's your favorite singer?
Singer? Or band?
either
I could list a few singers: Regina Spektor, Ben Folds, Stevey Wonder Bands, I'd say: Tally Hall, Vulfpeck, XTC To name a few. You?
You like Vulfpeck? score Vulfpeck would be 30 percent better if they made Antwaun Stanley a permanent member
Oh yeah. That man is magical I LOVE vulfpeck
yeah they good
I was so bummed. I went to Denver two days after they toured there. BARELY missed the show.
ahh lame
Have you listened to Fealess Fliers or Cory Wong? Lot's of the same people, very similar music
Personally, I really like NoMBe, Glass Animals, Made in Heights, FIDLAR, and BROCKHAMPTON.
I can't say I've heard of most of those. But I'm sure it's good music
Don't take my word for it listen to them yourself and figure out if you like it Songs to listen to: NoMBe: Miss Mirage Glass Animals: Youth Made in Heights: Forgiveness FIDLAR: 40 oz. on Repeat BROCKHAMPTON: QUEER
Nice, Ill check those out. Thanks!
you're welcome I do it for free
Haha perfect because I am in college Do you go to many shows?
I have tickets for Peach Pit in October and I think i'm gonna grab one for FIDLAR also in October as well Saw Portugal. The Man in Jackson WY last spring
Nice! I don't personally. Except for local bands if I know them Ever heard of Jumpmonk?
any good local bands? no I haven't I know a guy in Phantom Future, but I don't personally actually think they're good
I knew a bunch of them before the band started. I love their music. It reminds me a little of vulfpeck, or Earth Wind and Fire. THey classify themselves as neo soul They're more electronic an funky though and wacky
oh cool
They're on Sotify but they just have two singles out right now. Spotify
so what interests did you mark for the chat?
And one of them is on soundcloud Everything haha You?
Everything except a few You into politics?
Not really I used to follow it a ton Listen to podcasts and stuff
what changes *changed*
But at a certain point there was like a 2 week phase where everything was about depressing abuse stuff So I gave it a break and never ended up going back
it's important stuff
Just kind of got busy with other stuff Yeah, It defenitely is And I keep up a little with it. I'm pretty into philosophy though
I'm a big Kierkegaard fan
And I did debate in high school So I've done a lot with it I 'd say in general I'd rather discuss principals rather than policy
You read any of his essays?
I haven't What does he write on? I'm sad to say I'm not terribly well read I've read Locke and Kant and a Bastiat and a few others But just some of their core works
He was a Danish existentialist philosopher in the 19th century who was convinced that the Danish Lutheran church was corrupt
Oh cool So is it a lot of Religious writing?
It's more about the relationship we ought to have with our religious beliefs
Hmm, interesting
He found fault with the state church for promoting a worldview where people saw religion solely as a social issue
Yeah, that makes sense.
Once a newspaper accused him of "constantly ringing the fire alarm" with his works
It causes more divides that way Haha What years was he writing> *? goodness I'm going to make the neural net use > instead of ?
He responded the next week saying that he "was not pulling the alarm, but rather had started the fire to smoke out false Christians"
Haha, that's a good comeback
1840s to 50s, he wrote, then he died young
I've always thought that if your intentions and motives are all built around charity and serving other people, of course built with off a relationship with God, then you'll generally stay on the right track Just keep it good and keep it simple
Before his death, his best friend visited him in the hospital, asking him if he wanted to receive communion before he died.
I imagine he didn't From what you've said
He responded that he did, but only if it were given by a lay member and not a priest.
Hmm, interesting.
His friend told him that would be impossible, so he said "well then, I'll die without it"
Aw.
He saw the Danish priestly class as having no more religious authority than postmasters (his words)
It's always disappointing when organisations, whatever they may be, cause divide where they should heal
yeah, but if an organization is corrupt it needs to be reformed and not just tolerated
Yeah Goodness now we're training the neural net in theology and activism. It's gonna be quite the person-computer Are you getting my chats? I'm not seeing them
It's time to make the neural net communist Some may say "not yet"
Haha
but it's never too early to seize the means of production
This sounds like a sure way to hasten it's world domination agenda
ROBOTS FOR THE PEOPLE
Imagine a world where everything is governed by roombas
change would be slow but thorough in stops and starts
Just Roombas everywhere
but they'd clean up washington all right
The whole legislative body is a bunch of roombas Hahaha Well played
Are you from Provo?
I've lived in a lot of places.
same
I'd rather not say specifically since these conversations can be made public Nothing concerning you though
FL, CA, VA, RI, PA, ID, SC, TX, MI
Just general healthy internet fear haha
yeah thats a lot
Wow that's a lot of places Where's your favorite?
I like PA
Cool, I have a good friend from there.
I lived surrounded by maple forests and cornfields
It's quite the opposite of Utah when it comes to national parks though That sounds really nice. I like heavily wooded areas. You ever read my side of the mountain?
It deserves at least two national parks
I'm sure it does. I wonder why it doesn't have any yet
Rickett's Glen and Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania are both good candidates
Probably just red tape stuff
The reason western states have more and bigger is because so much of the land is already federally owned It's difficult to make State land a national park
That makes a lot of sense
Oh also Ohiopyle should be a nat park you should google image them
Oh wow that looks amazing.
they're nice places
The trees on the bank remind me of the snake That's really one of the few big rivers I've been on. But it's beautiful
All the parts of the snake I've been around tend more towards deep canyons
I went there for the last total eclipse Oh yeah that's true
The total eclipse passed directly over my house
I like the cooler temperate climate there though For real? That's so cool
Literally saw it from my backyard
We had to drive a while I read up a lot on photographing it though so I was very prepared to get lots of puctures
We got a kick out of looking at the google traffic view afterwards and seeing how the jams were correlated with the eclipse path
Even made my own solar filter to take pictures of the sun before totality without ruining my sensor Haha yeah, it was really bad Stop and go on the HIGHWAY in the middle of NOWHERE Like not a city or anything Just FIELDS
that's traffic for ya
You ever been rafting?
hoo boy] yep I prefer whitewater kayaking though
Oh yeah? That's cool. I haven't done that ever. I've only been rafting once and it was on the snake, that's why I brought it up But it was a party Are you an outdoors person then, would you say?
considering working as a professional raft guide next summer though after 4 summers working at a boy scout camp guiding rafts and kayaks down the Salmon yes I'd say that if I could attach video I'd link you the footage of me going over an 18 foot waterfall near twin falls
Wow
yep wow
You win
it's not about winning
I know a couple people who guided for years. It sounds awesome
it's about getting sunburned
Haha
where did they guide?
I do not remember
you should get more into whitewater it's super rewarding if you don't drown
Haha I bet I love outdoors activities. I probably haven't done as much as you but I do enjoy it
I kayaked the Middle Fork of the Salmon this year (100 miles) and it was pretty lifechanging
Wow, that sounds intense
5 days
All your stuff in dry-sacks behind the kayak? Camping along the shore?
no, we brought along a few gear rafts. we did camp along the shore yeah
That's so cool I haven't rafted much but I'm pretty into biking
I can't get into downhill biking because I'm too scared of the ground
Haha I don't blame you I love mountain biking but I also recently got into touring. I did a leg of the pacific coast tour this last summer That was amazing.
that's pretty cool
Fell into pace with a guy who came from kansas or something. He'd gone up to Niagra, then across to Oregon, was going down to mexico, then back home He'd been on his bike for over a year
that's nuts
We only did 4 days but it was still cool We had no cell service for any of it which was way freeing
I know a guy who did a trip last month from Boise to Banff in 10 days or something like that
It was cool talking to people along the route because information is so much more word of mouth there It's really fascinating actually. Like most of the permanent residents live in vans and work at campgrounds or very small lodges
there's some kayakers who live that way
One part of the route was closed off to cars because of mudslides. Yeah, it's cool That mudslide area was so sparse. No cars No people for a while And very few travelers since there was no through path Either you were going in to camp and then back out the way you came, or you were lost
one of the days on the middle fork we got really spread out around bends in the canyon and I think that's the most solitude I've felt in a long time just floating in a kayak without anyone else around
Yeah, I bet that's cool Was it ever intimidating?
look up Pistol Creek Rapids and Tappan Falls yes of course we stayed together for those, set a safety rope for tappan as well
Wow Just saw a video That is ferocious
they're pretty big yeah
Are there any holes that you absolutely had to avoid. Like there was no chance of getting through
not really, not at the flows it was at when we went
That's way cool
it wouldn't have been very fun to drop straight down into the tappan hole though
Yeah, I bet Hey, I hate to end suddenly but I've got to go I have to wake up at a decent time tomorrow (saturday, I know)
okay lol wait i have an idea