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Re: Weird conversation

Subject Re: Weird conversation
Newsgroups alt.checkmate
References <g0j21eFstf2U1@mid.individual.net> <MPG.360e0c191f0d3a92994aed@news.altopia.com> <g0jdugFstf2U5@mid.individual.net> <MPG.360eca77fc8a8339899f6@reader.albasani.net>
From Lunar Opticfibre <jfwaldby@gmail.com>
Message-ID <V9apD.44466$9O2.30489@fx03.iad> (permalink)
Organization Forte - www.forteinc.com
Date 2018-09-21 11:48 -0600

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On 9/21/2018 10:30 AM, Skeeter wrote:
> In article <g0jdugFstf2U5@mid.individual.net>, vallor@cultnix.org
> says...
>>
>> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 20:57:49 -0700, Checkmate wrote:
>>
>>> Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts by
>>> Checkmate!  In article <g0j21eFstf2U1@mid.individual.net>,
>>> vallor@cultnix.org says...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Just had a singularly weird conversation on Facebook.  Ostensibly about
>>>> artificial intelligence, the conversation meandered around until I
>>>> asked for his motivation for a project he is working on.  And he said:
>>>>
>>>> "Cultural preservation".
>>>>
>>>> Woop, woop, woop, red alert!
>>>>
>>>> So I asked him "which culture", and pointed out that our own culture is
>>>> no where near the possibility of going away -- not like other cultures
>>>> have.
>>>>
>>>> Silence.
>>>>
>>>> So I said "hey, good chatting with ya, here's my email" and so forth.
>>>>
>>>> "Okay thanks".
>>>>
>>>> I guess I didn't react properly to the dog whistle? Heh.
>>>
>>> Your point?
>>
>>   ...was missed.
>>
>> Then again, "cultural preservation" of a culture that brings one
>> McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell, Dick's, and Wal*Mart might not be such
>> a great goal in the first place...
> 
> Where do you shop?
> 

That's not really a fair point.  You can use your cultural function 
converter to map the fastfood and shopping stores etcetera to different 
regions if you spend a few minutes on it.

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Weird conversation vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2018-09-21 02:06 +0000
  Re: Weird conversation Lunar Opticfibre <jfwaldby@gmail.com> - 2018-09-20 20:18 -0600
  Re: Weird conversation vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2018-09-21 05:29 +0000
    Re: Weird conversation Skeeter <skeet@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-21 10:30 -0600
      Re: Weird conversation Lunar Opticfibre <jfwaldby@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 11:48 -0600
      Re: Weird conversation vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2018-09-22 01:33 +0000
        Re: Weird conversation vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2018-09-22 06:38 +0000
          Re: Weird conversation kensi <kkensington01@gmail.nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-22 08:28 -0400
            Re: Weird conversation mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> - 2018-09-22 13:45 -0400
          Re: Weird conversation Skeeter <skeet@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-22 09:38 -0600
        Re: Weird conversation Skeeter <skeet@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-22 09:37 -0600

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