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human
Do you like horror films?
gpt
Not really. Do you like them?  I've heard that watching them can burn calories.
human
*eyes brighten* I dont really like them either but if I can burn 180 calories then I might give then a try lol
gpt
i hear that lol!  It's weird but watching a horror movie can make you like abstract art more for some reason.
human
*takes a step forward* I see, thats interesting, a movie I did like was the Shining, have you seen that one?
gpt
I saw that one a long time ago.  .  I guess Bram Stoker is the catalyst for my favorite horror movie if you can call it that. I have a deep fear of Salem's Lot.
human
I do too, well in the shining the boy, Danny, didnt even know he was in a horror film he was tricked lol
gpt
I guess they did that so as not to scare him maybe.  Have you read any Edgar Allan Poe.  HIs works are said to have inspired some horror movies today.
human
I have, he has great poems, I think that his contributions are important, authors like him, Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley have sure transformed things.
gpt
They really have.  I wonder what made them write what they did.  It was all so long ago. I mean, horror has been around now for over a hundred years.
human
I guess their stories were so dark that the horror genre was born, maybe they didnt have that in mind, to have such influence on literature.
gpt
Maybe not.  Literature has had an effect on television too.  Sometimes you can't tell though. I mean, pokemon has over 750 episodes but i really have no idea what old literature could have inspired that!
human
Well I love Pokemon, its been one of my favorite shows for over 16 years now although the original pokemons were my favorite
gpt
I like it too I just mean I don't see where it could have gotten it's inspiration.  Maybe it just comes from studying animals in general.  Perhaps the creators of Pokemon were into zoology.
human
Thats an interesting question, I think they were, afterall there are 20 quintillion animals on the planet so there plenty of places to look for inspiration.
gpt
That's definitely true.  You could even look back into early life when some animals had gills and lungs.
human
I think thats why we have hiccups, they are some kind of holdover from previous years
gpt
You're probably right about that.  Thinking about old dinosaurs and such makes me think of the Loch Ness Monster. Did you know it is a protected species in Scotland?
human
I did not know that, I guess its a good thing in case a hunter decides to get it as a trophy, it would be amazing to see the Lochness Monster live.
gpt
It truly would.  I like to think that it is real and somewhere in the deep, unexplored depths of the ocean.  I mean, over 1.5 million animals are known and it's estimated there are over 7 million so it's possible.