Lunch Conversation

• Fascism vs Communism
• The ideologies are not that far apart, but they approached reality from opposite directions.
• They both used the proletariat to control the populous (turn in your neighbor)
• They were both based on hand everything to the government and then get yours from the government.
• They both killed people who disagreed with them.
• They both suppressed speech on mass.
• Fascism wanted to bring back the old days of imperialism.
• Communism wanted to usher in a new era of imperialism.
• Conspiracy theories in general
• Moon landings, Why don’t they just aim Hubbell over there and prove it, because the nuts would just say the photos were doctored.
• Glad I’m not (always) the loudest touter of conspiracy theories.
• Kids
• One of our group has a kid traveling the world with his school.
• His kids education is costing more than his university ever did.
• Engineering takes 5 years worth of university and has for generations.
• Saw one of their busses broken down this morning.
• One of the guy’s kids chose a short major (mathematics) with the fewest classes per semester so she could take dancing classes as much as possible.
• New Zealand is cool, but it really is all about the Hobbits.
• Homemade applesauce
• Attacks in France (Beirut not mentioned)
• Gremlins movie is still watchable after all these years
• Knitting leg warmers. I have to admit the conversation was ... wow.
• Some group (A Key and Peele) did a comedy pitch for Gremlins sequil.