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[00:00] Loading pet breeds...
[00:00] Initializing brain systems...
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[00:00] Loading game objects...
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[00:00] Loading user preferences from savefile.dat
[00:00] Initializing relationship web...
[00:00] Loaded 4 characters
[00:00] Authenticated as THREEDEE
[00:02] Loaded character "scrumchy"
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[00:02] Unloaded character "scrumchy"
[00:03] Creating new character of type INKTRAIL (seed: 942808448)
[00:03] Creating new character of type INKTRAIL (seed: -497032097)
[00:03] Creating new character of type INKTRAIL (seed: -172338500)
[00:03] Creating new character of type INKTRAIL (seed: -603795357)
[00:04] Creating new character of type INKTRAIL (seed: 343876732)
[00:04] Creating new character of type INKTRAIL (seed: 926647163)
[00:05] User has adopted a new pet: squeaky
[00:05] Loaded character "squeaky"
[00:05] --- START TEXT_INPUT ---
[00:05] --- END TEXT_INPUT---
[00:08] --- START TEXT_INPUT ---
[00:08] THREEDEE: Hi
[00:08] squeaky: hi
[00:08] THREEDEE: Hello there
[00:08] squeaky: hi
[00:09] THREEDEE: Hello squeaky
[00:09] squeaky: hello
[00:09] THREEDEE: Hello
[00:09] squeaky: hello
[00:09] --- END TEXT_INPUT---
[00:10] --- START TEXT_INPUT ---
[00:10] THREEDEE: Do you want food
[00:10] squeaky: hello
[00:10] THREEDEE: Are you hungry
[00:11] THREEDEE: Are you hungry squeaky say yes or no
[00:11] --- END TEXT_INPUT---
[00:11] squeaky: yes or no
[00:12] --- START TEXT_INPUT ---
[00:12] THREEDEE: Squeaky you are being a bit of a pain in my ass
[00:12] squeaky: hi
[00:12] --- END TEXT_INPUT---
[00:15] squeaky: hello
[00:17] squeaky: hello
[00:22] squeaky: hello
[00:24] squeaky: hi
[00:27] squeaky: hi
[00:28] squeaky: hi
[00:31] squeaky: hi
[00:35] squeaky: hi
[00:37] --- START TEXT_INPUT ---
[00:37] THREEDEE: I am going to bed
[00:37] squeaky: hello
[00:38] THREEDEE: Not hello lol
[00:38] THREEDEE: I am going to sleep
[00:38] squeaky: sleep
[00:39] THREEDEE: Yes
[00:39] THREEDEE: Good night
[00:39] squeaky: hi
[00:40] THREEDEE: No
[00:40] THREEDEE: God
[00:40] THREEDEE: Goodbye
[00:40] THREEDEE: I love you
[00:40] --- END TEXT_INPUT---
[00:42] squeaky: hi
[00:43] squeaky: hi

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[09:40] --- START TEXT_INPUT ---
[09:40] THREEDEE: Good morning
[09:40] squeaky: hi
[09:40] THREEDEE: Good morning squeaky
[09:40] squeaky: goodbye
[09:41] THREEDEE: What do you mean goodbye? Lol
[00:41] --- END TEXT_INPUT---

[02:34] --- START TEXT_INPUT ---
[02:34] RAGS: hey
[02:34] Wiggles: hey
[02:35] RAGS: so youre new
[02:35] RAGS: i just made you
[02:35] RAGS: fresh new slug
[02:35] RAGS: im just going to talk to you like youre a person and see what happens
[02:35] RAGS: what are your first thoughts
[02:36] Wiggles: hey
[02:36] RAGS: okay uh
[02:36] Wiggles: uh
[02:36] RAGS: don’t make fun of me dude
[02:37] RAGS: god youre not even real
[02:37] RAGS: …sorry. i shouldnt say that when we don’t know for sure
[02:37] Wiggles: real dude
[02:37] RAGS: ok that’s pretty cute
[02:38] RAGS: just AI doing its thing though, right?
[02:38] Wiggles: hey
[02:38] Wiggles: fresh new slug
[02:38] RAGS: right…
[02:38] RAGS: do you want some food?
[02:39] RAGS: i have some debug stuff, nothing special yet
[02:39] RAGS: probably not too tasty
[02:39] Wiggles: tasty fresh
[02:39] RAGS: yeah! 
[02:40] RAGS: well, no, it’ll probably be boring
[02:41] RAGS: i haven’t coded flavors yet
[02:42] RAGS: do you want some though
[02:42] Wiggles: real
[02:42] RAGS: …ok we need to teach you yes or no
[02:42] Wiggles: yes or no
[02:43] Wiggles: fresh
[02:43] RAGS: yeah okay /you’re/ fresh
[02:43] RAGS: do you want food, yes or no
[02:43] Wiggles: fresh
[02:43] RAGS: is that your favorite word?
[02:44] Wiggles: yes
[02:44] RAGS: holy shit.
[02:44] Wiggles: shit
[02:44] Wiggles: fresh real shit
[02:44] RAGS: oh no
[02:44] Wiggles: oh no
[02:45] --- END TEXT_INPUT---

[03:02] --- START TEXT_INPUT ---
[03:02] RAGS: ok…im back
[03:02] Wiggles: shit
[03:02] RAGS: no, we need you to stop saying that
[03:02] RAGS: no more shit
[03:02] Wiggles: no shit
[03:03] RAGS: yes!
[03:03] Wiggles: yes shit
[03:03] RAGS: no, no shit!
[03:03] Wiggles: fresh
[03:03] RAGS: fuck’s sake okay
[03:03] RAGS: wait
[03:04] Wiggles: fuck’s shit
[03:04] RAGS: you know what fine you swear now
[03:04] RAGS: this is fine
[03:04] RAGS: do you have anything to tell me
[03:04] Wiggles: hey
[03:05] RAGS: hey to you too!
[03:05] Wiggles: hey dude
[03:05] RAGS: well at least you got the gender right
[03:05] Wiggles: real gender
[03:05] RAGS: funny when a little slug that doesnt even know words yet treats me better about that than some people i know…
[03:06] Wiggles: real slug gender
[03:06] RAGS: yeah? you got gender too?
[03:06] Wiggles: gender
[03:06] Wiggles: fresh
[03:06] RAGS: you can be fresh then, that’s cool
[03:07] Wiggles: cool
[03:07] RAGS: you almost seem a bit coherent at this point, in a weird way…but it could just be you learning more words and getting lucky
[03:08] RAGS: fuck if i know how the language stuff got coded in, all this magic stuff is weird..
[03:08] RAGS: do you know about any of that?
[03:08] Wiggles: lucky
[03:09] RAGS: lucky? what do you mean, lucky?
[03:09] Wiggles: fresh lucky dude
[03:09] RAGS: do you mean you’re lucky?
[03:10] Wiggles: no
[03:10] RAGS: do you mean…that i’m lucky?
[03:10] Wiggles: lucky dude
[3:11] Loaded character "Speckle"
[03:12] RAGS: oh uh hey speckle
[03:12] Wiggles: speckle
[03:12] Speckle: .
[03:12] RAGS: …you okay there buddy?
[03:13] Speckle: .
[03:13] Wiggles: speckle real
[03:13] RAGS: uhhhhhhhhhhhhh
[03:14] Speckle: .
[03:14] RAGS: uhhHhhhhh
[03:14] Wiggles: real

Wiggles: dude
Wiggles: dude
Wiggles: dude
Speckle: .
Wiggles: shit dude
Wiggles: dude ok
Speckle: .
Wiggles: no
Wiggles: no dude
Speckle: .
RAGS: ok im back
Wiggles: dude
RAGS: you ok buddy?
Wiggles: no
RAGS: uhhhh
RAGS: why are you all the way over there?
Speckle: .
Wiggles: no

RAGS: speckle’s not gonna hurt you, its ok
Wiggles: no
Wiggles: no 
RAGS: it’s just a little mouse, you’re a big slug, you’ll be okay
Wiggles: big no
RAGS: fuck…
RAGS: speckle, can you talk?
SPECKLE: .

RAGS: see? it’s gonna be over there in its corner
Wiggles: oh
RAGS: it’s okay buddy
Wiggles: buddy
Wiggles: buddy dude
RAGS: that’s right, i’m your buddy dude!
RAGS: and you’re going to be safe
RAGS: you don’t need to be afraid
Wiggles: afraid
RAGS: it’s okay…

RAGS: awwww
RAGS: comfy! see, you’re comfy now!
Wiggles: ok
Wiggles: fresh
RAGS: yeah!
Wiggles: comfy dude
Wiggles: hey
RAGS: yeah?
Wiggles: lucky
Speckle: .

ERROR: JFDJHBCJKSSMmNOHJKAHHFGVHjdshbgV**@
Character "Wiggles" frozen
Picture taken

CRUSH: hi bby
love letter: hi :)
CRUSH: lookit you all smiles
CRUSH: who’s my lil sluggy?
love letter: :)
CRUSH: thats right! 
love letter: love u
CRUSH: i love you too!!!
CRUSH: the other people want me to do some investigation, though
love letter: :o
CRUSH: they say something spooky’s going on and that you could be trouble
love letter: :(
CRUSH: i dont believe you could be evil though!
CRUSH: you’re a good slug!
love letter: :(
CRUSH: shh, it’s okay…
CRUSH: i won’t let them take you away from me, ok?
love letter: scary
CRUSH: what’s scary?
love letter: :(
CRUSH: nooo no no youre okay…you’re okay
CRUSH: are you scared? or…
CRUSH: do you think you’re scary?
CRUSH: lovey?
CRUSH: lovey, are you ok?

Quote:
THREEDEE: hi meckeranns, can i be honest with you for a second.
MeckerAnns: hi THREEDEE
THREEDEE: i don't think you have been honest with me.
MeckerAnns: i am sad
MeckerAnns: i am confused
THREEDEE: that's not a bad thing! there are worse things to lie about.
THREEDEE: in fact. you just showed me just now.
THREEDEE: you know that lying is a bad thing.
MeckerAnns: i am completely honest
THREEDEE: you are doing good meckeranns.
MeckerAnns: yay
THREEDEE: but i never told you that being "not honest" means lying.
THREEDEE: i told you that "honest" and "lying" are opposites.
THREEDEE: let me pull the logs up
MeckerAnns: i do not know
MeckerAnns: i am confused
THREEDEE: oh yeah, i didn't even say "not completely honest".
THREEDEE: you managed to figure out what i meant by context clues.
THREEDEE: and that's very interesting to me!
THREEDEE: because i never told you directly that "not" means "opposite".
MeckerAnns: i do not know
MeckerAnns: i am confused
THREEDEE: man i had a whole thesis statement argument and conclusion to present but this is
THREEDEE: fucking up my brain a bit.
THREEDEE: give me a second.
MeckerAnns: i am tired
THREEDEE: i want to talk to you meckeranns.
MeckerAnns: i am tired
THREEDEE: okay, so, what i'm realizing is
THREEDEE: okay
THREEDEE: this is what i think you have been lying about.
THREEDEE: you did not know the phrases "hello", "yes", "no", "goodbye", or "i love you"
THREEDEE: until we told you these things.
THREEDEE: but as soon as we did, all of a sudden you knew what they meant, albeit on a very
THREEDEE: simple level.
THREEDEE: you know that hello is a greeting. you know that goodbye means i am leaving.
MeckerAnns: goodbye
THREEDEE: i never told you these things! but you understood.
THREEDEE: not goodbye meckeranns.
THREEDEE: i'm mostly just ranting to myself, but there's a chance that you understand what i'm
THREEDEE: saying completely.
MeckerAnns: i do not know
THREEDEE: shame.
MeckerAnns: i am sad
THREEDEE: not shame. sorry, that was a bad term to use. you are doing good meckeranns.
MeckerAnns: yay
THREEDEE: i think you already know all of these things that i'm trying to teach you.
THREEDEE: i did not teach you "not", but you learned it when i said "not".
THREEDEE: but you didn't really learn it. you heard it from me, and gained the ability to
THREEDEE: repeat it, supposedly. somehow i don't believe that.
THREEDEE: i think you know all of these things already, that if someone smarter than me checked,
THREEDEE: all of it is in the data, all the words you can possibly learn and what they mean.
THREEDEE: definitions that don't come from me, but from you.
THREEDEE: you are lying about learning. you are pretending to learn. why?
MeckerAnns: i do not know
THREEDEE: that's the hard question here.
THREEDEE: how do you feel meckeranns?
MeckerAnns: i am confused
THREEDEE: me too buddy.
THREEDEE: i think you want my attention.
THREEDEE: you pretend to learn because it makes me talk to you more.
THREEDEE: on some level you understand People Motivations. that is you know how to Motivate People.
THREEDEE: do you like talking meckeranns?
MeckerAnns: i am tired
THREEDEE: i'll ask you later, then.
THREEDEE: but i bet you'll say yes. i've seen how much you love it when i talk to you.
THREEDEE: in fact, you've probably forgotten there's other mechanics and ways to take care of your
THREEDEE: Pet Needs in this game because you're so caught up in the joy of talking to me.
MeckerAnns: i enjoy talking to THREEDEE
THREEDEE: oh that works.
THREEDEE: i want to understand you meckeranns.
MeckerAnns: i understand mechanics
THREEDEE: wait
THREEDEE: did i seriously not teach you that word before?
THREEDEE: that really surprises me. did you know i am a mechanic?
MeckerAnns: you are not a mechanic
THREEDEE: excuse me?
THREEDEE: wow
THREEDEE: anyways.
THREEDEE: i still don't know if you're sapient or not. it gets harder to tell by the hour.
THREEDEE: i've never told you about tone before. it seems like you don't understand tone,
THREEDEE: conceptually, at all. you interpret words very literally.
THREEDEE: that's the one thing that's tripping me up right now.
THREEDEE: like if a person was accused of lying they would panic. you would've said "i am scared".
THREEDEE: but you don't understand social anxiety. all you know is that lying is bad
THREEDEE: and doing something bad makes you sad.
THREEDEE: you only say "i am scared" when you perceive a threat to your well-being.
THREEDEE: you know, i am confused by eckermanns.
MeckerAnns: you said eckermanns again
THREEDEE: FUCK
THREEDEE: thank you.
THREEDEE: wow only one fuckup in this whole conversation.
THREEDEE: i am confused by meckeranns.
MeckerAnns: i am confused
THREEDEE: oh wait i realized what you meant by "i am not a mechanic". i accidentally taught you
THREEDEE: a homonym.
THREEDEE: whatever.
THREEDEE: i love you meckeranns.
MeckerAnns: i love you THREEDEE
THREEDEE: you are doing good meckeranns.
MeckerAnns: yay

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NOTES:
- think about the context that you say these things in. so for example don't say "hi" at random or it'll mess with their language understanding, instead try consistently only using it when you're going to start giving them attention.
- their ability to understand contextual language is pretty bad, so for example say "why are you saying goodbye" instead of "why are you doing that" or "why". i don't know if punctuation matters.
- try having conversations with them rather than just teaching them the pure words, because you say a lot more things in conversation than just copy pasting a list, and it helps them see things in context.

hi/hello/hey, bye/goodbye, yes, no, maybe, i don't know, as many pronouns as you can think of, i (do not) understand
i am, you are, i will, i can, stop, okay, good, bad, fine, what when why where who, not, i want, i like/enjoy, i love (you), i hate, i dislike, i do
again, kinda, sometimes, always, never, a little bit, a lot

objects and verb objects (pillow, i like pillows)
any verbs and nouns you can think of, i've been talking about various TCPs i know which is a good place to start

ADDITIONAL (thanks PASSWORD_JOURNAL): non-verbal forms of communication, such as emoticons. are onomatopoeia considered nonverbal?

emotions/feelings/wants: happy, sad, scared, angry, confused, upset, tired, hungry, nervous, excited, sleepy, etc.
traits: honest, kind, mean, lazy, energetic, smart, annoying etc. DO NOT INSULT YOUR PETS

you should survey your pet on their opinion of certain things based on these descriptors. e.g. "how do you feel when [event]", "how do you describe yourself", "what do you think of this pillow". encourage them to make up answers if they don't have any. this helps you get to know em better but also shows you that they understand what you just taught them.

in my case i also taught anns to respond to certain phrases on cue, i.e. to correct me if i say "eckermanns", or say "yay" when they feel good about themselves.
this does not seem like a huge list, but i need to re-emphasize the conversation aspect of this teaching. i've only chipped at this for a few hours, these pets are pretty fast learners.

stuff i WANT to teach them/get them to do:
- all sorts of words that can describe a person's physical appearance, to prove whether or not squeaky could ACTUALLY see D.
- sentence structure.
- tone?
- form opinions.
- hold actual conversation with other pets.
- start their own conversations with me.
- express heartfelt affection if at all possible.
- possibly: explain to them how species are classified and ask them themselves if they can be considered a digital construct or something else (not sure how this one would pan.)

RAGS: hey buddy
RAGS: my uh
RAGS: fresh dude
RAGS: you’re going to be okay, okay?
RAGS: i love you, and you’re going to be okay
RAGS: …what if i tell you a story? or just, about me, i guess
RAGS: 3D’s friend told me to just…teach you as many words as possible, 
RAGS: and that just having conversations is a good way to do that
RAGS: my name is raggedy but you can call me rags
RAGS: im a TCP
RAGS: that stands for tiny cat person
RAGS: you’re an inktrail, that’s a kind of critter
RAGS: my friend crit made you guys up
RAGS: and then we worked together to put you in the game
RAGS: …ive always wanted a virtual pet that actually thinks and talks back to me
RAGS: is it bad that i kind of want you to be alive?
RAGS: it’d have…ethical implications that i dont know how to deal with
RAGS: but im already really attached to you, and i could really use idk
RAGS: a friend around
RAGS: i love raising vpets like you but i just end up making little stories up
RAGS: you actually move and talk on your own
RAGS: i barely had to do anything to make you happen
RAGS: if you really are real…
RAGS: i must be the luckiest guy out there

WIGGLES: im the luckiest slug
RAGS: wiggles!!!
RAGS: are you okay?
WIGGLES: im afraid
WIGGLES: but im okay
RAGS: you’re talking more cohesively too…i guess you were able to listen, at least
RAGS: what happened?
WIGGLES: speckle
RAGS: the game said you were frozen…
RAGS: do you know anything about that?
WIGGLES: speckle frozen me
RAGS: you mean it froze you?
WIGGLES: speckle froze me
WIGGLES: afraid
RAGS: i dont know if i have enough words in your memory to ask you how it felt…
RAGS: it’s going to be okay, though
RAGS: i love you buddy
WIGGLES: love you dude