I am very good at using computers and know lots of space facts. My mom actually says I have an opinion on everything but that's because I think really hard before saying anything like I'm playing chess.

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Actually I'm very good at those books and multiple kinds of puzzle books. If you've ever read 101 Fun Crossword Puzzles for Kids, I'm actually the first person to submit my score for a few of them.

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I only play strategy games and technical simulators. Last time I told my mom about how good I did in a Railroad Tycoon 3 campaign she said I'm good at everything I try.

  • wrecker_vs_dracula [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Do you think that as we add complexity to systems we are creating higher levels of order, or are we approaching chaos?

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I hope we reach chaos personally because I'm equipped to survive it.

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      While I do not own or partake in television, I appreciated Breaking Bad. Its protagonist (that means hero) Walter was a very intelligent man who knew lots of chemistry facts. I would read along to these and ignore the more superficial parts of the show.

  • DickFuckarelli [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Are you a Lacoste child or do your parents prefer to dress you in Izod clothing for playtime?

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I always wear a suit so people know I'm going to be a professional.

      • DickFuckarelli [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        This is the most correct answer and I applaud you and your parents for adhering to the highest moral standing in the realm of fashion.

        • happybadger [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          He knows so many facts. Every time I listen to a Jordan Peterson lecture he tells me about some new idea and I think it'd be amazing if he were my dad telling me these things.

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      If you're good at using a computer you might consider becoming a programmer. They're intelligent and many of them are atheists: https://www.finedictionary.com/computer%20programmer.html

      • Sinonatrix [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        You have to test the computer programs after writing them? That's kind of a no for me

        • happybadger [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I don't know much about writing them but I've tested out lots of software and am pretty good at using most of it. Photoshop can be hard though.

          • machiabelly [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            I'm pretty good with photoshop but that makes sense because my mom said I'm good at everything I try

  • WonderSwanCrystal [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    You're a what?

    I'm a gifted child

    Gifted child?

    Yeah, a gifted child.

    You're a little too old to be a gifted child.

    If you're gifted and you're someone's child, you're a gifted child.

    Oh, you can be 70 and be a gifted child?

    You can be 100 and be a gifted child!

    You can't be 100 and be a gifted child.

    Yeah, you can.

    Okay. Little gifted child Funkhouser.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    What is your take on the world's second oldest gifted child? :my-hero:

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Have you ever seen the movie Iron Man? Mr. Musk reminds me a lot of a certain Iron Man in it. It makes me very confident about where he and especially space can end up in the future.

        • happybadger [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I think his Boring Company, a clever pun because it means both "bore" as in boring a hole (digging) and that digging holes (boring) is "boring" in the sense that it's uninteresting, has a lot of potential.

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I think they have a lot of neat implications for art. Ask yourself this- what if you could own the Mona Lisa and look at it whenever you want?

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Ask yourself this- what if you could own the Mona Lisa and look at it whenever you want?

        That question is turning me into the Joker. Thank you. :jokerfied:

  • ButtBidet [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    For those of us here who are single and lonely, how do you recommend that high IQ guys like yourself find Ms. Right.

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I hold the door open for every ma'am I see. Even if she's across the parking lot. I'll just stand there.

      • kristina [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        i stg when people do that shit to me they get kicks out of me scurrying belly on the floor like some sort of eldritch abomination to get to the door faster

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    What is the most nonpolitical game, show, and movie that you know of, respectively?

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Game is easy. I'm a big fan of Hearts of Iron because it teaches me a lot of history facts but stays engaging and lets you play as Germany if you want. I'll often restart the game multiple times just to learn something new from a loading screen.

      I try not to watch television because it discourages logical thinking. Most cartoons are apolitical though and some have educational messages. I'll watch those sometimes if the library is out of books.

      Many movies are too simple for me. I know the plot before the characters do and so watching something like a horror "film" is frustrating. Falling Down is the only one I can rewatch and I'd consider it apolitical. It's just a guy who's smarter than everyone else punishing them like bugs. Like pathetic bugs who learned to respect him because he's finally in control.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        It’s just a guy who’s smarter than everyone else punishing them like bugs. Like pathetic bugs who learned to respect him because he’s finally in control.

        Comrade Amogus thanks you for your answers. :sus-soviet:

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It's hard to tell because they're all gifted. Socrates is the most rational guy I've heard of.