Peter and Rook discuss aliens

-- resonateCranium [RC] began pestering zashchitnikNevinovnym [ZN] at 17:31 --
[05:31] RC: {how are you doing this lovely green [afternoon]}
[05:31] ZN: I can't complain, even if I wouldn't call it green. Yourself?
[05:32] RC: {just playing some [rock music]}
[05:32] ZN: Your people have rock music?
[05:32] RC: {it's a [thing] yeah}
[05:33] ZN: Interesting. It exists on my world as well.
[05:33] RC: {the albums i have are apparently from [aliens] apparently}
[05:33] ZN: Is that so?
[05:33] ZN: Humans, by any chance?
[05:33] RC: {ill show you the image}
[05:34] RC: {[image] crap}
[05:34] RC: { https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0715404187_10.jpg}
[05:34] ZN: Humans it is.
[05:35] ZN: If I may ask.
[05:35] RC: {yes?}
[05:35] ZN: What's the purpose of wrapping certain words in square brackets?
[05:35] ZN: Like [this]?
[05:35] RC: {it's a [thing] i do}
[05:35] ZN: For any reason?
[05:35] ZN: Or is it akin to Chiota's "paws"?
[05:36] RC: {you could say that yeah!}
[05:36] ZN: Interesting.
[05:36] RC: {but it just kinda makes me comfortable inside}
[05:36] ZN: As opposed to happy.
[05:36] RC: {sort of like [ocd] but to a weird extent}
[05:37] ZN: That's reasonable. Lots of people have little rituals.
[05:37] ZN: Though I admit, they don't often extend to typing.
[05:37] RC: {i think a lot of us have these [quirks]}
[05:37] ZN: Indeed, so it would seem.
[05:37] ZN: Very interesting.
[05:38] RC: {not like our little [group] of [friends], but us [obs] in general}
[05:38] ZN: Ah. Interesting.
[05:39] ZN: I assume your society tends to avoid commenting on what style makes individuals feel more comfortable, then.
[05:39] RC: {like one of my [neighbors] had this [quirk] where he put [something] around [two asterisks] to emphasize [something]}
[05:39] RC: {like **this**!}
[05:39] ZN: Reasonable enough. I've seen it done before, online.
[05:40] RC: {we [obs] are pretty comfortable with a lot of [stuff]}
[05:40] ZN: Indeed. Such as reproductive methods.
[05:40] RC: {leTS NOT TALK ABOUT THAT}
[05:41] ZN: Of course.
[05:41] RC: {honestly im still embarrassed from that}
[05:41] ZN: Heh. Don't worry about it.
[05:41] RC: {but yeah}
[05:41] ZN: I heavily doubt I'll make it through this group without making some form of social faux pas of my own.
[05:42] RC: {indeed [peter]}
[05:42] RC: {indeed .-.}
[05:42] ZN: .-.?
[05:42] RC: {it's an [emote]}
[05:43] RC: {i think even [humans] are supposed to know this}
[05:43] ZN: Yes, but...
[05:43] ZN: You said you were an objecthead, right?
[05:43] RC: {correct}
[05:44] ZN: Excuse me if I'm mistaken, but does that emote still make sense for a member of a race called Paraphernalia Homini?
[05:44] RC: {of course it does!}
[05:44] RC: {i would say that this [emote] is universal}
[05:44] RC: {but what are we doing}
[05:44] RC: {fussing over a small [emote]}
[05:44] ZN: I suppose that's true.
[05:45] ZN: Even if it is somewhat confusing to think of an alien race having similar societies, right down to emotes.
[05:45] RC: {but yeah}
[05:45] RC: {getting back on topic}
[05:45] RC: {we're open about a lot of things}
[05:46] RC: {[preference] of gender, for one [thing]}
[05:46] RC: {what's that [word] you guys say}
[05:46] RC: {[pansexual]?}
[05:47] ZN: That's one word. There are quite a few applicable, for different orientations.
[05:47] RC: {yeah [obs] are generally ok with that}
[05:47] ZN: Humankind is... on its way there, I like to think.
[05:48] ZN: We haven't quite made it yet, but will soon enough.
[05:48] RC: {orientational [protest], huh}
[05:49] RC: {its unheard of in our [society]}
[05:49] RC: {be it that you like [guys], [girls], or [no one] at all, we're pretty ok with it}
[05:49] RC: {we're ok with a lot of [things]}
[05:49] ZN: That's good.
[05:49] ZN: Very good.
[05:50] RC: {what do you mean?}
[05:50] ZN: Unfortunately, there are certain individuals and organizations in my homeworld that are not so open-minded.
[05:50] RC: {that's pretty terrible to hear!}
[05:50] ZN: Though I do firmly believe the numbers are ever-shrinking.
[05:50] RC: {darn}
[05:51] ZN: Darn?
[05:51] RC: {it must be hard to live as a [human]}
[05:51] ZN: Well, no.
[05:51] ZN: I find it quite exciting, really.
[05:52] ZN: As many problems as there are, there are also solutions in the near future or even the present.
[05:52] RC: {to each to their own i guess :/}
[05:52] ZN: Yes, we have bigots, but we also have those who would give their lives to help those in need.
[05:53] ZN: I think I would rather be part of a species that rises above its own prejudice to do great things, than one that faces no difficulties.
[05:53] RC: {i think you would do well as an [inspiration speaker]}
[05:53] RC: {or a [politician] even!}
[05:53] ZN: Thank you.
[05:54] ZN: But no, I'm content with my training as-is.
[05:54] RC: {just don't become a corrupt [one], we have plenty of those at our homeworld}
[05:54] RC: {[training]?}
[05:54] ZN: I hope to eventually become what we call a police officer. Does your world have those?
[05:56] RC: {oh!}
[05:56] RC: {yeah we have those}
[05:56] ZN: That's good.
[05:57] ZN: Someone to keep the peace, separate the innocent from those who would do them harm.
[05:57] RC: {yeah}
[05:57] RC: {it's nice to have some [rules] once in a while}
[05:57] ZN: Once in a while?
[05:57] RC: {well thats what my [mother] said}
[05:58] ZN: Are there usually not rules?
[05:58] RC: {oh no!}
[05:59] RC: {if there weren't, this [race] of ours would have crumbled}
[05:59] ZN: That's what I'm thinking.
[05:59] ZN: So why are rules only for once in a while?
[06:00] RC: {i just said that it's nice to have some [rules] once in a while}
[06:00] RC: {it doesn't really necessarily apply to us [obs]}
[06:00] ZN: Ah, of course. My mistake.
[06:00] ZN: I suppose my eagerness to learn about your culture has left me making assumptions.
[06:00] RC: {you know}
[06:00] RC: {it's kinda uncanny how most of our [culture] overlaps with each other}
[06:01] ZN: Indeed.
[06:01] ZN: I suppose it's not impossible that the translation program is also capable of translating abstract concepts such as the nature of society.
[06:02] RC: {pretty fascinating how it even translates our [alphabet]}
[06:02] ZN: Your police officers could, for example, be more akin to human hall monitors than what we call them.
[06:02] ZN: It is, yes.
[06:02] ZN: An absolutely marvelous piece of software.
[06:02] RC: { http://img00.deviantart.net/35aa/i/2015/016/e/6/nuzlocke_white__a_simple_guide_by_ky_nim-d8b9fes.png}
[06:03] ZN: Is this your alphabet?
[06:03] RC: {yeah}
[06:03] ZN: Interesting.
[06:03] ZN: And what about mine? Are my words still using the latin alphabet of Earth?
[06:03] ZN: Rather...
[06:04] RC: {no}
[06:04] ZN: Does the letter L look like two lines making a right angle?
[06:04] RC: {yes}
[06:05] ZN: Fascinating.
[06:05] RC: {we should really get [darwin] to look into this [program]}
[06:05] ZN: Did Darwin not design it?
[06:05] ZN: That was my impression.
[06:06] RC: {i recall that she said that [someone] named [respectablyCarrots] made it}
[06:06] ZN: That would be the chatting platform itself.
[06:06] RC: {huh}
[06:06] ZN: But the translator that allows it to reach alien worlds, such as yours or mine?
[06:06] ZN: That was Darwin's.
[06:07] RC: {ohhhhhhhhhh}
[06:07] RC: {that makes sense}
[06:08] ZN: Indeed.
[06:08] ZN: Truly remarkable.
[06:08] RC: {yeah}
[06:08] ZN: The sheer amount of power that must be working to determine translation with no rosetta stone is just mind-boggling.
[06:09] ZN: I can't think of any way it could work barring a means of tapping into a world's Internet and scanning millions of pages until it's capable of putting something together.
[06:10] RC: {yeah}
[06:10] ZN: In fact, perhaps it learns. Our earlier discussion, a lusus versus a parent, could be used to allow future versions of the program to make that fix automatically.
[06:10] RC: {i mean if [someone] has a lot of [time]}
[06:11] ZN: Indeed.
[06:11] ZN: A lot of time, and a staggering amount of existing infrastructure to start with.
[06:12] RC: {if i had pro computer [skills], i could do it, if only out of [wasting time]}
[06:12] RC: {i have a lot of [time] really}
[06:13] ZN: Heh. Understandable.
[06:13] ZN: Why not learn?
[06:13] RC: {probably just lack of [dedication]}
[06:13] RC: {anyway i gotta go}
[06:14] RC: {have to catch a [concert] right now}
[06:14] ZN: Very well. I appreciate the chance to learn more about your society.
[06:14] ZN: A musical concert?
[06:14] RC: {some [band] called [corner of the universe]}
[06:14] RC: {yeah it was nice that we talked about what we had}
[06:15] ZN: Interesting. I hope you enjoy it.
[06:15] RC: {anyway really gotta go}
[06:15] RC: {thank you!}
[06:15] ZN: Thank you again for the talk.
[06:15] RC: {see ya!}
[06:15] ZN: Goodbye.
-- resonateCranium [RC] ceased pestering zashchitnikNevinovnym [ZN] at 18:15 --