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On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 10:30:01 -0600, 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?

Well, we had a K-Mart, but it burned down...there's still a Sears in 
town, though, over at the mall.

But seriously -- to be honest, the closest I get to that sort of thing is 
Costco.

I think the last time I ate at a McDonald's was when the folks were 
visiting, and they wanted to try out the "grand mac", or whatever that 
specialty burger was.

And yeah, its sucked.

No reason why people shouldn't upgrade their food choices.  After all, 
you wouldn't try to low-ball your housing situation, would you?

-- 
-v

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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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