diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3ca43ae..6c7e30b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,16 +1,2 @@
-# ---> Rust
-# Generated by Cargo
-# will have compiled files and executables
-debug/
-target/
-
-# Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
-# More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
-Cargo.lock
-
-# These are backup files generated by rustfmt
-**/*.rs.bk
-
-# MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
-*.pdb
-
+/target
+conversation.txt
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..692c89b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg-if"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+
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+ "rand",
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+
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+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "wasi",
+]
+
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+ "rand_core",
+]
+
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f8d952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "dukoki"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+rand = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26d3722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use rand::prelude::*;
+use std::fs;
+use std::io;
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::process::exit;
+
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, what seems to be your problem? (use an empty line to exit)");
+    let mut garbage = String::new();
+    let mut rng = thread_rng();
+    let responses = ["i see", "mhm...", "that's interesting"];
+    loop {
+        let e = io::stdin().read_line(&mut garbage); //lol i love ignoring errors, it's not like they'll matter in this context though
+        if e.unwrap() == 1 {
+            println!("saving your conversation..");
+            break;
+        } // break on empty line effectively
+          //ngl the & still confuses me with rust, think it has to do with mutability but then &mut exists up above so i really don't know'
+        println!("{}", &responses.choose(&mut rng).unwrap());
+    }
+    //by my understanding if let ok() effectively means that the code block underneath will not function
+    //unless the variable is set to an actual value and not an err. which is good! i like that actually
+    if let Ok(mut path) = fs::File::create("conversation.txt") {
+        write!(path, "{}", garbage).expect("failed to write to file for some shitass reason");
+    }
+}