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human
did you know that there was a moral panic in the 1700's because everyone was reading books? haha
gpt
I didnt know that lol. we sure are close to a moral panic with all the tablets and social media kids and adults are using.
human
haha ya, if people started reading a lot in this day and age society would think that was a wonderful thing! haha
gpt
*eyes downcast* Yeah, that would be great, literature is getting lost and great authors like Cs Lewis and Tolkien are getting forgotten.
human
right, I think it's funny though that they used to read off bad poetry and whoever laughed first would lose, thats hilarious
gpt
*leans forward* That is hilarious I wonder who is the champion among them lol, do you personally like to read?
human
*takes a step forward* I can't say that I do no, I do like audiobooks, I did try to speed read once but I found I didn't retain any information from it, that's why I don't know what to make of the speed reading champion with 4,700 words per minute
gpt
I wonder how they measure that, I can just skip pages and tell everybody that I read the content, I bet I could read 6000 words per minute that way
human
ya exactly, if I could just flip through pages I could speed read too, what is weird is Starship Troopers is on the military's reading list, idk about the book but the movie is definitely not pro military
gpt
I guess thats because movies arent as good as movies, a lot of info is missing, the Enders Game book is also another recommendation for armed forces around the globe
human
ya, did you ever see that movie? I saw it and I like Harrison Ford who is in it, but it was pretty bad in my opinion
gpt
I did see the movie, I thought it was bad as well, I liked the book better, I like reading you can learn many interesting facts, like why the area code of New York is 212.
human
*raises eyebrows* ya I think it was because that was the fastest number that you could dial with a rotary phone? Crazy how that stuff carries over until even today!!
gpt
*lips slightly parted* It is! theres a lot things we need to discover still though, I'm kind of worried the cables carrying phone and internet are underwater, at least some of them.
human
ya it's only about 3 inches thick, I wonder how it is protected? is it just a cable or are there safeguards in place in case like a ship sinks and crushes it, etc
gpt
It must be a really strong cable for sure, so do you like cars? you know the first car to be mass produced was a Ford.
human
I do like cars, I wish I lived in  south africa so I could legally put a flamethrower on top of my car, it would help in all this snow!
gpt
I know the feeling it would come in handy with all the snow and this cold wave, do you know why the trunk of a car is called like that?
human
No I don't why is that? I don't know a lot about cars haha
gpt
*laughs* Ok so apparently it's because old cars had wooden trunks on the back, apparently the name sticked.