Make and sell more magic wands Except the one's I sell would be limmited to not being able to make more magic wands
Ooh tricksy
So I can keep a strict monopoly
Good thinking Capitalism at its finest
Haha that's not capitalism
Yes it is
That is pretty against capitalism
Well I'm starting a communist society where everyone gets a magic wand, except me I get two and mine are better, since I started the society
Because I'm maintaining a monopoly that no-one can break by virtue of powers that I'm keeping for my self so I'm suppressing a free market, it's closer to crony capitalism because I'm staying on top with the help of special power magic in this case but it's kind of a similar principal
Hmmmm okay Well you're not invited to my communist society We don't like monopolists here You have been blacklisted by the state
capitalism would be everyone can make a magic wand and everyone tries to make a better one and so everyone who wants a wand can go find exactly what they want
Ok well I think monopolies are still capitalism, they're just a bad side of it
Well, they happen under capitalism, just like they happen under communism
Or, monopolies are a result of capitalism That's true
So they aren't capitalism because they aren't in the spirit of capitalism but they happen under a capitalist society sometimes. With a communist society, they're all but guaranteed to happen though, in a capitalist society, there's many more checks and balances so to speak that keeps them from happenin g
Okay that's a good point I have always been a pretty big fan of capitalism
But, back to magic wands
Yes what about them
I became a kindhearted monopolist in my old age And released my monopoly
Oh that's so kindhearted of you
So everyone started competing for wand selling
But none of them have magic wands that can make more magic wands
And soon our country had far superior wands Well now they do
Oh okay
And our militia all has wands as well as our military
You have a militia AND a military
Well yes Most countries do
Okay yeah okay
What They do
Yes I just realized you're right I just sort of forgot what a militia is Militia is more for local conflict right? Like national guard maybe
Oh haha ok Yeah exactly
Ok we're good You may continue
And they're usually made up of local citizens Like in the states each state has it's own militia
Yeah
Anyways, now that we have so many good wands, we're coming to sell them in your country unless you tariff them a lot And even if you do, we're going to spread the idea of how good our magic wands are
No need, I'm running a propaganda campaign to inflame distrust of your capitalist ways No one will buy your wands, for fear of being shunned by their community as a traitor to the state
And we'll spread a flood of information so your citizens have no choice but to be exposed And little by little people will see the greener grass
But even then, no one wants your wands cause everyone has their own already
Some will smuggle wands and sell them on the black market But ours are better remember
What? how dare you. Nothing is better than standard state-issued wands
And some will sneak out to come buy our wands And soon your people will incite a revolution to attempt to establish a good society Which follows the rule of law
Oh great
Which has 5 principals
How wonderful
I wonder if there are some good modern debates that illustrate how the rule of law is being violated
Hmm that's a good question I wonder
Maybe I should look into that
Is that a goodbye?
It would be a fun thing to investigate, specially if I did it all before 10:00 am Haha no, unless you want to go But I do feel the pressure to be writing
No no it just sounded like you were Well the longer we chat the more pressure there will be
I'm wearing out my typing fingers before I even do all the typing Yes
And the speed you get it done will increase the more pressure there is That is the one key benefit of procrastination I think people don't give that enough credit
Definitely does not outweigh the cost
Maybe so
/Have you seen the procrastination ted talk
Okay definitely so I think so, all I remember is it was pretty dumb
Haha really? what do you mean?
Cause wasn't the whole point that the guy procrastinated writing his ted talk
Maybe he mentions that but no
Maybe we're thinking of different procrastination ted talks
If he does it's just a side joke
I dunno Ok well what about it, then?
He has this whole analogy for how your brain works with a monkey in it and stuff
Oh yeah okay I did see that I don't remember anything from it though
It's funny but more importantly he is spot on at capturing why our minds do, or at least my mind does, when I procrastinate. You can think it's dumb but I think it's really accurate
And what is that? I don't think it's dumb I just don't remember it So remind me
Wait you just said "It was pretty dumb" Also there's a really funny one about how to look smart during a presentation
Yeah But I don't think I can actually say that seeing as I don't even remember anything about it I guess what I rememeber is watching it and not feeling like it really changed my life or anything
Haha I don't care if you think it's dumb
So maybe my brain works different than yourse Well tell me what he said anyway
It didn't mine either except that now that I've seen it, whenever I procrastinate I can imagine a monkey in my head Well that's a lot of writing and it's better in the video
Wow that's great Okay fine
You should just watch it
Do you think people in North Korea know what smartphones are
My dad also kept commenting on how accurate it was so I guess my flavor of procrastination is more like his
Well that would make sense
Yeah Most of them to some degree
But they don't have them I assume
But it's probably not a very concrete concept Like they know of this idea, mabye almost a myth But they've never seen one or anything
I was just thinking about that because that's the closest thing we have to magic wands
Oh, haha There is a blakc market in china *korea
Haha I was gonna say I think they have plenty of phones in China
Smartphones would be too obvious in north korea but they sell radios that pick up south korean brodcasts
Oh neat How do you even know that
And some people sell flash drives with videos and information about the west I watched a documentary
Cool Did you ever read nothing to envy ?
During part of it they had hidden cameras as these renegades snuck to the chinese-North korea border And exchanged a bag of flash drives or radios or something No I didn't
Ha wow Well you should It is good
But I remember Mr. Stevenson recomended it
Yeah he did
actually they didn't exchange anything Because they just gave it to the north Korean guy
I have lots of books I could recommend to you if you are ever in a reading mood
Haha ok
I mean that makes sense
I wish I had time to read
I don't know what someone in north korea would have that a chinese person would particularly want anyway And they probably WANT the information to get into north korea anyway
Here, you take our radios and we'll take...this strain of clover that is slightly mutated and only grows in mid-North Korea
Hahahaha
But other than that has the exact same properties as clover in china
Haha
Oh no your hahas are getting smaller
They could give them information on NK's government ha h
Oh that's true Except I think the person they gave the stuff to wasn't pyongyangin Probably from the country side After this you can only go to ""
I tried but I can't send just whitespace
"" Just did
Um There is no whitespace in that message "  " There
It's funny because normally I would have thought of empty characters as nothing But now I think of them as an initialized string object That doesn't contain any characters yt yet
by empty charatcters do you mean ""
Yes
Ok yes I see Good joke
Ok, I'm thinking I should go write me essay.
Well done
I'm scottish now
I was about to make a pirate joke
Or a pirate or something Haha yeah Eye matey go right thine essay before I write mine
I already wrote mine What are you most excited for today?
Well then go wipe down the cannons before I write me essay I dunno
What makes you think you're the captain on this ship
Well, the fact that I'm giving orders mostly
Last time I had a pirate ship, I was the captain, as I recall, and you were first mate
That seems like a captain thing to do And this time I'm captain, mate
Hmm
Wait, I want to answer your question
Well good captains wouldn't ask their men to do anything they wouldn't do themselves so maybe you should swab the cannons captain
I would if I hadn't already to write an essay And swab, that's a better verb
Okay yes answer my question
Although it sounds like we're testing them for strep
Hahahahahaha That just makes them better weapons Our enemies get hit by a cannonball, and then sore throats 3-5 days later
Hahahaha But probably sore abdomen immediatel y
Hahaha If you're a REALLY good shot
Ok, today, I'm most excited for... thinking...
Or me. I 'm shooting the cannons because you're busy writing an essay Okay yes
A nap I know that's boring but I want one anyways
That's good I hope you get one Do you have any plans today besides class?
nap
How about both at the same time class nap
jk, no. Not besides class and working on my house
Cool
and napping
So hopefully time for a nap Yes that
Do you want to play 20 questions ?
Okay sure
Ok, I'm thinking of something
But you have to start because I'm bad at thinking of questions Do we say, you have to answer your own questions too?
Wait, which side do I start
Cause what if you ask a really good question that I want to reuse You ask me something
Ok IS it living? Currently living
Oh wait I thought you meant like questions about yourself I was confused I understand now
What
Shhhh It's okay Um yes it's living
That is not how 20 questions works
shh My way sounds more fun though. But this is good too
Hahah I want to hear what your way is Have you not played 20 questions?
Well yes I have But I was confused for some reason
Ok, well is it living?
I thought you were doing like, would you rather questions, or "if you could be the best in the world at something what would it be"
Oh, ok
That's what I was confusing it with
but only 20 of them
Yes it's living
Is it a mamal
No
I mean: Is is a mamal? Ok
Mammal
haha mammal Is is a plant
........yes
Which is the opposite of mammal Clearly
yes
Is it a plant either of us owns?
Why would I know that You're just a random person on the internet
Well, is it a plant someone at byu would own?
What makes you think I knowo about your plants
Hypothetically speaking I talked a long time with someone else on here about our plants
Do you mean, is it NOT a marijuana plant?
Haha
That is what that question means basically Yes, it is not a marijuana plant
He had an alovera and something else I forget Ok is it a basil plant
Do you say alovera? no it is not
Is it an alovera plant?
It's spelled aloe vera And yes
Aloe Vera Yes I knew that
And mammal
I wish there was spell check here Wohoo!
Hahahahahaha
What was that, like 8 questions?
And Woohoo Some of us don't need spell check
I'm on a roll! Haha Well I do
I think you should ask me questions again because then you get to say more words
Ok, I'm still under but it's 7:30
Or do you think we should switch Oh You can see?
And I reeeeeally need to write my essay But maybe we'll get paired up later if you're on
Okay Good deal
Yeah I can for some reason Before If Ihad multiple tabs, it just oppened two chating tabs IThink I'm so good at typing
Yep
Ok, talk to you later! Cheers And don't forget the cannons
Aye, matey