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human
Hello.  Did you know that there is a candy desk in the us senate?
gpt
*body relaxes* haha yeah, I heard about that. It's been there since 1968.
human
I guess they all like candy a lot!  At least it's american made. The candy is made in pennsylvania.
gpt
What candy is made in Pennsylvania besides Hershey?
human
They've got milky way bars, mars bars, and even jelly beans!
gpt
*takes a step back* Wow, that's way cooler than the fact that they didn't let women wear pants until 1993.
human
I know. It is so surprising to me that it took that long for two women senators to protest by wearing pants on the senate floor.
gpt
They wore pantsuits, they kept it classy. haha.
human
Yes they did.  Senate is very big on tradition.  They used the same gavel for 165 years until it got cracked.
gpt
*eyes brighten* Senate can be so cool, haha. Did you hear that in 1988 they arrested senators to force them to vote? I thought that sort of things only happened on House of Cards
human
I have heard about that.  One of the senators tried to escape and was carried feet first into the senate chamber by three officers!
gpt
Yeah, I think that rule might be from before senators were elected. They weren't elected until 1913.
human
Elections are a good and a bad thing.  I've heard somewhere that the people of Ancient Athens came to the conclusion that elections would lead to an oligarchy.
gpt
I think that might be because nobody votes. Voter turn out hasn't gone higher than 62% in 100 years.
human
Maybe some people figure there's no need to vote.  Research shows that the taller candidate wins most of the time anyway.
gpt
We should just have people voted in by lottery. That's what Athens used to do.
human
*relaxed posture* It almost seems as if that is what we have now.  I think more states than just Nevada show have a none of these candidates on their ballots.
gpt
Yeah, hopefully we'll see some electoral reform soon, hopefully we can see this will improve fairness.
human
*relaxed posture* Speaking of fairness did you know that not all men in the UK could vote until 1918?
gpt
nope. But, I did hear that astronauts can vote from space.