If you're bored in the terminal, you can always have a chat with ELIZA, the psychotherapist who lives inside the emacs editor.
The emacs editor was popular for a long time. Emacs still has many adherents, but it is not installed by default in most Linux distros. Emacs is a text editor from the era when everything was done in a 24x80 character terminal, including editing configuration files and source code. Emacs has a lot of capabilities and power; it may be worth your time to learn more about it. In places I worked, developers were evenly divided between emacs and vi. I used emacs most of the time, but did not feel strongly about it. I will not engage in an "emacs versus vi" debate here.
ELIZA is even older than emacs or vi. I first encountered ELIZA many decades ago. The first time I saw ELIZA, I think it was running under DTSS. It was so long ago I do not remember for sure. DTSS was mentioned in this thread:
https://www.linux.org/threads/birth-of-basic.43959/
If you are curious about ELIZA without bothering to install emacs, you can find several examples that run in a web browser. I found these links from a quick web search and provided example transcripts below:
http://psych.fullerton.edu/mbirnbaum/psych101/Eliza.htm
https://web.njit.edu/~ronkowit/eliza.html
California State University, Fullerton:
* I want to provide an example of ELIZA for Linux.org.
> What would it mean to you if you got to provide an example of ELIZA for Linux. org?
* They would be pleased to see this transcript that demonstrates ELIZA's skills at psychoanalysis.
> I'm not sure I understand you fully.
* I do not know what I can add. My previous statement seems clear enough to me.
> What do you think?
* That you are not very good at giving useful, practical advice.
> Perhaps you would like to be not very good at giving useful, practical advice?
* No, I want to give good advice.
> I sometimes also want to give good advice.
New Jersey Institute of Technology:
* I want to provide an example of ELIZA for Linux.org.
> What if you never got to provide an example of ELIZA for Linux. org?
* Then they might be disappointed. I would not want that.
> Can you elaborate on that?
* Not really. I do not know what more I could add. It seems clear enough to me.
> What is it that you really want to know?
* Whether the Linux.org people will be impressed with your responses.
> Why are you so concerned about my responses?
... you get the idea.
To run ELIZA in your Linux terminal, first install the emacs editor. In emacs, type M-X, which is meta-X or Alt-X or just type the ESC key then "X". In the prompt at the bottom of the window, type "doctor", then press Return. The ELIZA program will run. Just type your text and end it with two Returns. ELIZA will respond.
-> Hint: To exit emacs, type CTRL-X, CTRL-C.
Mac and Unix Users:
emacs was included by default on macOS versions prior to macOS 10.15 "Catalina". It was usually installed by default on Unix computers, but not always.