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10.18.2004

I was talking with the Emacs Psychiatrist

It was weird talking to the Emacs psychiatrist. Dang and I did that last night.
Picture of Emacs here.
This is the transcript.

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This "conversation" happened last night. I showed Dang that there is such a thing as an Emacs psychiatriatrist that seems to need the therapy more than anyone else.
The Emacs psychiatrist is the one who began this "conversation." My comments are in the /**/ marks======Begin here===================================I am the psychotherapist. Please, describe your problems. Each timeyou are finished talking, type RET twice.
i have a dog who has a girlfriend /*Clair is the one who is currently "talking" to the Emacs psychiatrist*/
Why do you say you have a dog who has a girlfriend?
he does
Is it because of your plans that you say he does?
no. i have observed that he checks out this girl
Is it because he checks out this girl that you came to me?
no
Why not?
because he is a dog
Does it bother you that he is a dog?
no
Are you annoyed that I ask that?
yes
I see... Well, what makes you believe this is so?
this is crazy!
Maybe your life have something to do with this.
what do you mean by that> Can you elaborate on that?
i am asking you!
Are you sure that you are asking I?
yes
Yes, hmmm... so, do you really think this is so?
no
Why not?
because that is not my problem. you are my problem /*Dang takes the keyboard*/
When did you first know that that is not your problem I am yourproblem?
what? you are making me dizzy!
Earlier you said he checks out this girl?
yes i said that
I would appreciate it if you would continue.
what else could i say? my dog checks her out and other dogs arechecking her out
Is it because of the people you hang around with that you are goingthrough all this?
no. it's the dog
Is it because of problems at school that you say it's the dog?
no, it is really the dog
You mentioned that he is a dog?
yes'
Go on, don't be afraid.
i swear, there's nothing wrong about him being a dog!!!!
How do you reconcile any hobbies you have?
O_o;;;;;;;
What makes you think o o?
^^;;;; this is silly. Why do you say that is not your problem I am your problem?
huh?
I need a little more detail please.
huh? huh? huh?
Perhaps this has something to do with your sex life?
WHATTTTT!!!! /*Dang and I both had shocked expressions, and we almost fell to the floor. Dang is still the one on the keyboard at this time.*/
You're being a bit brief, perhaps you could go into detail.
I'm talking to a computer about my dog dating. And you're asking meabout my sexlife?! How about my dog's?! O_o;
Is the fact that about your dog's o o the real reason?
what's o o?
Is it because of hangups you have that you say what's o o?
yes, because i'm taking the easy way out about this therapy bit.
Does the fact that you are taking the easy way out about this therapybit explain anything else?
no
Why not?
because you won't pass the turing test! you're not making any sense! O_o;
Are you sure I will not pass the turing test I am not making any senseo o?
YES! A RESOUNDING YES!!!!
Earlier you said he checks out this girl?
Redundancy. Whomade this program anyway?
Can you are more explicit?
You are grammatically incorrect. In cases when you use such a verblike can, you must use the base form of the next verb. All your base are belong to us
What happened when I use such a verb like can I must use the base formof the next verb all my base are belong to us?
never mind...O_o;;;
Possibly your inhibitions are related to this.
>+<;;; *steaming*
And?
*kills psychiatrist*
What makes you believe *kills psychiatrist?
/kill/kill/kill
This is not a healthy way of thinking. /*At this remark of the program, Dang and I were laughing hard*/
So you understand that I want to kill you now?
Did you ever regret you, too, may die someday?
What in the world are you asking me? You shall die now
I am worried by your obsession with this topic!
You were asking me about my sex life when I was talking about my dogchecking out another dog and now that you have upset me, you must die
Did you watch a lot of crime and violence on television as a child?
(Inui would do a better job as a psychiatrist. There is a 100%probability he would)
You mentioned that he is a dog?
INUI IS NOT A DOG!!! Is it because of some problems in your childhood that you are goingthrough all this?
No
How come?
turing test failed subject alert! turing test failed subject alert!
Are you sure that that?
yes! hai! oo! oui! what language would you understand?
Do you really think that is not your problem I am your problem?
at least you understand that you are my problem, not i. so, what areyou going to do about it?
Is it because I am your problem not you so what are I going to doabout it that you came to me?
/kill/kiilll/////KILLLLLLL. Bill.
How do you reconcile some problems at home?
/*Clair takes the keyboard from Dang at this point*/Enough of this...
Is it because of your plans that you say enough of this?
too bad you must die
This is not a healthy way of thinking.
a slow painful death for the emacs psychiatrist
Emacs? Hah! Please, continue.
i heard you say that already /*I was playing around with the Emacs psychologist earlier*/
Would you please go into more detail?
/*Dang wanted to type random things*/bill gates
Earlier you said about your dog's o o?
linux
You aren't being very talkative today!
/*At this point, I just pressed enter so it is basically the Emacs psychiatrist talking to itself.*/
Maybe this is related to your life?
What makes you think maybe this is related to my life?
You mentioned that you are taking the easy way out about this therapybit?
Are you sorry I am taking the easy way out about this therapy bit?
Perhaps the people you hang around with could have caused this.
I don't understand.
Why do you say I will not pass the turing test I am not making anysense o o?
When did you first know that do I say you will not pass the turingtest you are not making any sense o o?
/*the monologue ends here. Clair types in a response to all of the things that the Emacs psychiatrist has "said"*/
Wow... You are talking to yourself now that i have been silent
Is the fact that you have been silent the real reason?
/*That was the last question that the Emacs psychiatrist asked. I had to end it there or Dang and I would have had a stomach ache because of laughing*/

1 Comments:

At 16:45, El Raichu said...

The Emac's psychologist is the none other than the great ELIZA, the 2nd psychologist program to be created, then coded entirely in BASIC, the simplest, the most unsophisticated, the most ... uh ... basic 3rd generation computer programming language ever.

If you knew programming back in highschool, if you knew what a 5 inch floppy disk was, if you knew what WordStar was, if you knew that Ma'am Shirley Anselmo used to teach Computer Science and Math, then, chances are, you also knew of the ELIZA.

Memories of ELIZA gave me a warm, fuzzy feeling. Your transcript is sure to warm the hearts of twenty-something programmers, who learned BASIC as their first programming language, everywhere.

Then again, maybe not. Pfeh.

 

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