$8 a pound for pumpkin seeds. Can you believe that? It's one step above what you'd pick out of a compost pile. Very nice and clean of course, but still. It should be dirt cheap. But no.

food stamps

also, wtf is up with the food co-op?

All the wealthy retired hippies shop there. Their prices are crazy. All the employees make a smidge over minimum. Except the managers make a bit more. But still.

Beef stew. The classic.

Could AI repair a bicycle?

That would be awesome.

Or "digest" a hoard of used bicycle parts and secrete assembled bikes.

Trick them into making poor investments.

just the magnets. They are very nice magnets.

Speaking as a guy who often gets lost in a conversation and can't think of what to do or say, personality mirroring is my goto. It makes conversations easy. Just copy them. Gotten positive results.

also, about the handshake. So you just hold the guy’s hand until he gets uncomfortable a pulls away? I haven't tried that.

It's a conversation technique. Like, in debate or psychology or something. It's intended to get in your head. If a person employs it then... that says something about them.

"The Tunnel" 2011 is scary.

Agreed. This is the best one. And yes the new tail is awkward, I was thinking the same thing.

Soon robots will fill all (servile) roles in our society, except one. The overlords will still need loyal, harmless sex-slaves.

Narnia. Morality as a physical force. Accessible multiverse. Magic. Benign deity. Talking animals. Sex with talking animals.