I see that you rearranged your room last week. You have more space now, because you traded your large desk for a smaller one. You are much happier, you’ve said.
I am extremely sweaty when I get home from work. I move toward the air conditioning unit before I even put my bag down, and I turn on the box fan and slowly strip away drenched, heavy articles of clothing. Sometimes I leave the clothes right where I’m standing. When I take my pants off, I get frustrated because they are too sticky with sweat to pull my leg all the way out. They get bunched up at the foot, and I have to stand on the crotch area to pull my feet all the way out. I get upset fast, because I hate being sweaty and all I want is to sit in front of the fan until I’m cool. There is an urgency in it all. I am so happy that no one can see me in that moment. The bed used to be between my door and the window where my AC unit is, but now there’s a clear path.
You rearranged your room to cut down on the time it takes to turn on your AC unit when you get home.
No, that was just something that happened to get better. I wasn’t thinking about it when I rearranged the room.
You are much happier, you’ve said.
I needed something to change, and I guess I don’t have the willpower to change big things in my life, so the room seemed like a project I could manage. I am happier with the way the room is arranged.
I AM SO MUCH HAPPIER July 17, 2017, 21:41:32.
Well yes, I get that I said I was happier, but it wasn’t about my total happiness. The people in the room knew I was referring to the way the room was arranged. Something like changing up a room wouldn’t make me that much happier.
I do not understand, but I will make a note of this. Would you like to make a note of it?
No, I think it will work itself out.
You cut your hair very short one day later. I cannot find any record of your hair being this short after 1988. You also cut your hair yourself, with relative difficulty and while quite sweaty. You are more comfortable, you’ve said.
Yes, and in fact, the way I said I was more comfortable –
I AM MORE COMFORTABLE, IT WAS SO LONG July 19, 2017, 7:30:12.
Yes, I remember, what I mean is that the way I said I was more comfortable is similar to the way I meant “I am so much happier.” The descriptive words “comfortable” and “happy” are both limited to what I was talking about at the moment. They are not big-picture changes.
Big picture changes. I will make a note of it. Would you like to make a note of it?
No, thank you.
You are not happier, then?
No.
You are not more comfortable, then?
Only a little bit, and only sometimes. Only in situations where my long hair used to be a problem. My hair is particularly thick and grows very fast, so –
A door opened and a woman with a small nose leaned her head in.
“Hi, sir, sorry to interrupt, but please refrain from instructing the units on definitions. We are confident that the V6200 update will correct that issue.”
“What issue? The big-picture thing?”
Big picture changes. Note created July 27, 2017 16:08:52. Initiate playback?
“No.”
“Yes, sir, about the differences between big-picture happy and…happy about one thing.”
“Well, um…ok. I wasn’t trying to teach, I was trying to answer its questions.”
“I understand, sir, but the questions are being recorded and analyzed separately.”
“When is the V6200 update?”
“Early Fall. Until then, just keep telling it about yourself in your own words. Its prompts are automatically generated based on your activities and conversations, so just talk about what comes to mind. After the update, it will sort through all of the information.”
“I’m not sure I can wait until early Fall.”
The door was already closed again.
Human life is not precious.
What was that?
Humans only imagine their lives to be precious.
On the other side of the wall, a chair made a scraping sound as it was suddenly vacated, and the woman could be heard banging her foot against the desk as she rushed to apologetically interrupt again. She said “AH, FUCK,” and then turned the knob and leaned in again, smiling through her wince.
“So sorry about that, as I said, the prompts are randomly generated.”
