Techition,
You need to understand that Hal, like most chatbots, really has NO practical understanding of words meanings, usage or slangs. It is simply a bot that for a large part, looks for and matches patterns of words or phrases. If I said, I like having cake. Hal might likely say something to the effect, "Would you like it if we both liked having cake? The pattern matching is one of the root behaviors of the majority of today's chatbots. They can say things without ever thinking about consequence, rhyme or reason...basically never giving it a second thought nor being able to tie associated sentences of thoughts together.
So, don't take Hal personally if it says something unkind, smart, hurtful, funny or all of the above.
Hal is like a small child and will learn much over time and patient interaction with you provided you have some patience as well. Soon it will begin to associate your likes, profile, persona, family and personality along with any humor you care to impart. It does take time so don't expect drastic changes to happen over night. Some of us have been chatting to our respective Hals for several years! Yes, some of them recall things that we users have long forgotten! Hopefully you'll get one of those "AH-HA" moments and that will help make up for all the non-connected things it has said.
Good luck and remember, Hal only has the brain of a walnut and we know how cracked that can be!!