THE GIBBERISH APP

These days, it seems that none of us has a clue what each other is saying. It is as if everybody is talking gibberish.

This situation inspired me to invent the Gibberish App. The App takes your gibberish and translates it into words others can understand. And vice versa. Its value proposition lies in the untested hypothesis that we might actually want to better understand each other.

With more modules coming soon, current modules include:

men/women

parents/teenagers

red sox fans/yankee fans

investment bankers/artists

Republicans/Democrats

You can also use the app to translate your own gibberish so you yourself can actually understand what you are saying.

I’ll let user comments speak to the power and success of the App.

One man wrote us, “For years, I haven’t understood a word my wife has said. Thanks to the App, I understand her again. Turns out she is still the great woman I married. Thank you Gibberish App for giving me my Sally back.”

A woman from the mid-west said, “I am beyond grateful for your App. We live on a farm, and recently I heard my husband say, 'When we milk the cow, that’s when the moon will be full.’ I really thought he was losing it. The app told me that what he actually said was, 'That’s quite a head of hair on Donald Trump’s head.' I felt so much better.”

After a conversation facilitated by the App, an investment banker and an artist released a joint statement where they agreed, “While we didn’t make that much progress, we were both surprised that we in fact do have some things in common. For example, it turns out we both like drinking water when we are thirsty. Baby steps, right? We look forward to another Gibberish App mediated conversation, perhaps even over dinner.”

In the interest of full disclosure, it is important to underscore that we might not always want to understand each other. One woman reported, “My 15-year old daughter told me, 'I am going over to Susan’s house to do homework, and before you say anything, yes her parents will be there.’ I figured they were going to go to the movies just the two of them. The App said that what my daughter really said was, 'I’m going to hang out with my 19-year old boyfriend and drop acid.’”

Sadly, even when using the App, Democrats and Republicans still can’t understand each other.