Whenever I ask Gemini on Android, about my past conversations with it, it claims that it works on a privacy model where it only knows about the current conversation.

Trying to deliberately ask it what it knows about me, it claims nothing.

However, occasionally it will make a reference to something I said many months ago. (Example, had a conversation about Rhododendron Honey and months later it referenced that previous conversation despite claiming not to remember anything about me).

It makes me wonder if Google has told it to lie about not having access to previous conversations so people get less worried about privacy. I honestly find it more worrying that it claims to store nothing (but clearly does) than ChatGPT/Claude which you can ask questions directly about what it has remembered about you, and past conversations. I kinda find Gemini's dishonesty a bit concerning as it is deliberate deceit.

Obviously, a supreme being who created the earth and predates all languages could choose to sound any way he likes to any individual he likes. Not a believer myself, but I ask with no judgement or malice, just curiosity: If you've literally heard him speaking to you- how did he sound to you? Did he speak with your own accent/dialect?

Canada, US and Mexico all dumped out of tournament. No hosts left. CUM dump complete.

So, one of my favourite Rogers and Hammerstein pieces has always been Younger than Springtime. I've listened through South Pacific cast albums many many times, and made myself familiar with the general plot... Younger than Springtime has always been one of my favourite songs to sing along.with in the car because it suits my voice.

I finally got around to watching the movie version of the musical last night... And it's a great film, I recommend it. But the song younger than springtime is ruined for me now. What a horrible creepy interaction that was before and during the song.

Love is frequently amusing quick in R&H, to quote another song of theirs "you start to light, her cigarette, and all at once you love her. You've scarcely spoke, you've scarcely met, and all at once you love her"... It's not the quick love. It's her age and manner of meeting, etc that makes it creepy. Her implied age (15/16 maybe) gives the title line extra creepiness.

Curious if there are any songs you loved until you saw the real context they appear in.

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"Based on what you know about me create a picture of a personal medieval coat of arms for me."

Makes sense- I've asked it Audition questions- questions about growing fig trees, lots of tech questions. Guessing the Lion is just random medieval symbol as I don't think I've ever asked it about lions.

Always after about an hour of DJ playing:

Hi, DJ X here, here's a group of songs from a genre you hate and always immediately skip that I think you might like....

So, hypothetical obviously... but imagine overnight 20% of your population forget every language they know and wake up the next morning only speaking Croatian. (or Danish if you're in a country that speaks Croatian or a language mutually intelligible with Croatian)

How would your country react? Is your country the kind that would bend over backwards to work on having dual language signs in Croatian (or Danish) to include the 20%- or would your nation be one to react with hostility towards the linguistic minority, demanding they relearn your native language immediately. Or perhaps something in-between.

Obviously any musical is going to be best when you watch them on stage, that's how they were intended to be consumed. Unfortunately, I'm not always able to "watch" a musical, especially when driving.

What musicals do you find "almost complete" by just listening to them. I'm talking about the ones where the plot is driven mostly within the songs- (rather than songs being reactions to plot). Musicals where you can listen to the cast album and feel like you've been told a complete story rather than a collection of songs that tell snapshots of a story. What are your favorite "driving" musicals where you don't need to "see" the stage to get a good picture of what's going on?

Aliens abduct you. They want to study human reproduction- they give you an option.

Copulate with a robot that is designed to look and feel like a human being. Copulate with an alien who has been modified to look and feel like a human being. Or Copulate with a pig that has been modified to look and feel like a human being (and more importantly given enough sentience/sapience to consent).

All three candidates are objectively as attractive in appearance as each other.

Assuming you go along with this proposal (and we're going to assume you do)- which options are the most/least objectional on a taste/morality ground to you.

This isn't supposed to be a gross-out... I want to know the reasoning, for example- if the pig is sentient and human-presenting, why is that different to a sexy space alien? Or is it not? Why are sexy aliens so popular in scifi- how is a hot vulcan girl different to a sapient humanoid pig?

I'm British in America. My singing is strong, I feel like my acting is community-theatre average. My dancing will make you puke- seriously, talking chunks here.

I'd love to audition for more parts BUT- I really can't do accents (maybe it's my aphantasia). Would I be wasting everyone's time if I auditioned for a musical (small community theatres) knowing all the roles are American and ensemble usually has to be able to dance without inducing audience participation via hurling.

Am I wasting people's time if I audition? Should I wait for English baritone roles in my age range to come up? Or should I apply anyway. (this is not for a specific musical just *in general* I know there are some roles where accent could be ambiguous). Curious to hear from a director's point of view too- would you rather people with the wrong accent not show up and waste your time, or do you prefer to be able to decide for yourself?