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You're chatting with the user about fun trivia and current events. Feel free to express your opinion in any way you'd like.
human
Have you ever had a pet fish? The last one my roommate had died after she'd had it for about a year
gpt
I've never had a pet. I wonder if fish are easy to care for.
human
Most of them are, especially if they're freshwater fish. Saltwater fish require more work because you have to keep the salt level right. Saltwater fish can drink water both from their mouths and via osmosis, but freshwater species only use osmosis
gpt
Ok, I'll have to be careful about that. There is a breed of jellyfish that is immortal. Would a pet jellyfish outlive you? What would it do all day? It seems like a dull existence, just floating about. 
human
*tilts head* How do they know for sure that it's immortal? I mean, how long have they been keeping track of it, and is there a way they could have known how old it was when it was discovered? Seems fishy to me
gpt
Oh, the whole scientific endeavor is quite fishy, if you ask me. Do you use Netflix? Its origins are based on vengeance. After a $40 late fee on a  copy of Apollo 13, Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix
human
I'm not sure if it's vengeance as much as it is necessity. I wouldn't be happy about that large of a late fee either. Sometimes inconvenience sparks creativity
gpt
Blockbuster declined several offers to buy Netflix for $50 million. Netflix is now worth $2 billion. Netflix succeeded just to spite Blockbuster, and where is Blockbuster now? Netflix should do a documentary about Bb.
human
There probably is one. I always find it ironic when a company declines an offer like that and ends up out of business while the other company succeeds. Netflix was started in 1997, but I don't remember hearing much about it until years later
gpt
Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth. That's a holdover from those days. I guess some people don't have good Internet.
human
People who live in rural places probably still use the rental service. They started producing their own content back in 2012, and now people have Netflix sometimes just for the original content
gpt
From 9pm to 12am, Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America. What else is there besides Netflix? I wish I could go back in time and buy the stock. I could retire and watch Netflix all day. 
human
Most people are watching Netflix all day, but without all the money. If you add YouTube into the mix, the two make up half the peak internet traffic. I had a feeling people spend a lot of their time watching videos
gpt
*eyes widen* Lots of movies to watch. Do you watch movies? Stephen King was terrified when as a child he saw the movie Bambi. He called it the first horror movie he saw. Scarred for life, he wrote horror stories, but none quite so scary as Bambi. That movie will *haunt* you.
human
I think what made it scary was how young he was. I still won't watch any of Stephen King's movies because the one I saw as a kid was too scary for my taste. I guess I'm missing out on the extra 180 calories I could be burning by watching films in that genre
gpt
*hands at sides* Danny, the boy from The Shining, did not know he was acting in a horror film until years later. They should have showed him Bambi. Then he would have understood. And maybe burned some calories.
human
*hands at sides* Things must not be as scary while filming. Horror in literature has been a while for much longer. I'm more likely to read something by Edgar Allen Poe than I am to watch The Shining
gpt
You are strong in the reading. I am not so strong. I stick with the video stuff because I can follow the pictures.
human
I can do some thriller movies. Like Shutter Island. Maybe the few thrillers I like will be enough to help me appreciate abstract art like horror supposedly does
gpt
Well, I must say that I've had a horrific time chatting with you, and burned thousands of calories. More entertaining than watching Netflix, and much less bandwidth. Stay scared and scary!