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human
*body relaxes* Hi, how are you?
gpt
Good, just finishing up reading a book.  I would say I was successful because I was able to comprehend what I read.
human
Nice! What was the book?
gpt
It was Starship Troopers.  Did you know that was the first science fiction novel on the three reading lists of all five US military branches?
human
*laughs* HAHAHA... No, I did not know that! What an open! Nicely done...
gpt
Thank you!  If only I could read faster I could read more books.  For example Anne Jones can read up to 4700 words per minute.
human
*eyes brighten* But how many of those words could she comprehend? I bet it was less than you with Starship Troopers!
gpt
Probably so.  I still think that was interesting that was on all five reading lists.  Ender's Game for example was on suggested reading for the Marine Corps.
human
Speaking of games, CS Lewis and Tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry
gpt
I don't think I'd be laughing too much just listening to bad poetry.  I would rather read novels, even if they were terrible ones.  For some reason there was a moral panic over novels back in the 1700's.
human
*smiles* Teachers would be so happy if we had that moral panic now-a-days! Like 2 100 year olds when they released their first rap album.
gpt
Wow, that would be crazy.  I wonder how much they got paid for that.  Edgar Allan Poe only received $9 for the his "The Raven"
human
I hope he got some back end points. I hear John Hader only got like $5K for Napoleon Dynamite.
gpt
I didn't know that.  I'm more of a fan of poetry than movies though.  did you know that the Japanese alphabet when recited in order actually forms a poem.
human
I didn't know that. What else do you know about it?
gpt
Not much more about that, but I do know that Demetri Martin once wrote a 224 word palindrome poem.
human
Wow, that's crazy! Like Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory" is the best-selling album of the 21st century.
gpt
I like Linkin Park.  They are named after a park in Baltimore.
human
Really? I had no clue. I like listening to them at the gym.
gpt
Yeah, they are from Baltimore.  I still like Pink Floyd more though.  Like The Dark Side of the Moon, which is still one of the best selling albums.