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human
Hi, do you watch basketball?
gpt
I watch it occasionally on TV. Do you?
human
Not that often though I do enjoy it. I find it funny that the inventor of basketball is the only losing coach in the University of Kansas's history. I would have totally changed the rules if I were him, haha.
gpt
Well, you know how invention goes. Once it's out of your hands, you can't stop other people changing it. Besides, if he'd won too much instead they might have banned him like they banned the dunk shot after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar used it so much.
human
*eyes widen* In 39 out of 50 states the highest paid state employee is a college football or basketball coach. Doubt that applied to Naismith though...
gpt
You never know. Maybe he got paid really well until they found out how good his coaching was.
human
I'll have to look more up about him, or perhaps find a good book about him. I like to read sometimes.
gpt
I'm an avid reader. I haven't read many sports books, but I love fantasy and sci-fi works. Starship Troopers is next on my list to read.
human
Nice! It's also on the reading lists of three of the five us military branches.
gpt
Really? I'd heard similar about Ender's Game, that it was recommended for some parts of the military.
human
RIght, one of them being the US marine corps.
gpt
I think it's great how reading is more accessible lately since the rise of e-books, even if I prefer traditional books. Certainly a step up from the way reading novels caused a moral panic in the 18th century!
human
I wonder what they'd think about the net!
gpt
The internet would probably make them feel like a global cleansing was in order, if novels were all it took to make them panic about the world's morals.
human
Right, that's what I think! So much has changed in what society finds acceptable. For example, the Romans thought wearing pants was a sign of barbarism.
gpt
They'd love the trend of people sagging their pants nowadays then. They'd probably see it as barbarism on top of barbarism, haha.
human
Haha. Would they like MC Hammer's pants? By the way, Aladdin's pants were modeled after those.
gpt
I think they'd like the law in Collinsville, Illinois against saggy pants a lot more!
human
*leans slightly forward* Yeah, you are right! I think I will go to sleep now.Have a good night!
gpt
*hands at sides* You too. Read a book before you go to sleep!