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Yeah, that's right! Although it's considered a much milder version of "god." Ex: Oh, gosh. I left my umbrella at home. Ex: Oh my gosh. Please, be quiet. = Oh my god. Please, be quiet.

"Blasted" is a rather old-fashioned, informal adjective meaning "damned" or "damn." Thus, we can understand the sentence to mean "you damn kids," which is is obviously meant in a negative way. "Blasted" is placed between "you kids" (the people being referred to) in order to emphasize the feeling of frustration or anger. It is a word mostly used by older people. Ex: This blasted car won't turn on. (This damn car won't turn on.) Ex: I forgot my blasted wallet at home. (I forgot my damn wallet at home.)

"Nature's call" is a commonly used idiomatic expression that means to have to use the toilet/restroom. Ex: We need to stop at the gas station. Nature calls! Ex: I can't talk right now! I need to answer nature's call. Ex: When nature calls, there is not much you can do.

"In the moment" is generally used to mean that you are completely immersed or focused on the situation at hand with no thought for anything else. Ex: It's important to stay in the moment. Ex: I was so in the moment I didn't notice anything else.

A "sales funnel" is a business term. It refers to every step taken by a person in order to become a customer. In this case, the speaker has used this term to compare how having a business is similar to finding a date on a dating app. Just like a potential customer has to take certain steps to become a customer, a potential date has to meet certain criteria to get a response from her. Ex: A sales funnel consists of multiple steps. Ex: A sales funnel moves from top to bottom.

You can think of "persons" as being similar in meaning to "individuals." It's a more formal, archaic way of saying the plural form of "person." "People" is used more often when you are referring to a collective group or indeterminate/unspecified number. However, this difference is not very important as both "persons" and "people" are plural nouns for "person." The speaker could have used "people" here and it would have been absolutely fine. So don't worry about this difference too much, as "persons" is not very commonly used! Ex: There are two persons under investigation. (Individuals) Ex: There are two people under investigation.

"Roll out" is similar in meaning to "launch," "release," or "introduce": used to describe the official launch of a new product or service. In this context, "top startups want to roll out them at level four autonomy" means that these startups want to launch cars that can drive on their own (as long as they have information preloaded into their systems). Ex: Our company is rolling out a brand new service. Ex: Although the product was rolled out months ago, sales are still low.

There isn't an article before dinner because we do not use articles before meals. We only use articles before meals when there is an adjective placed before it. We use the article "the" before a meal when referring to a specific meal. There isn't an article used here because she is not talking about a particular dinner and she doesn't use an adjective before dinner. Ex: Dinner will be ready in an hour. Ex: Are you ready for lunch? Ex: What would you like for breakfast? Ex: I ate a late lunch. Ex: We had a light breakfast. Ex: She had an early dinner. Ex: The breakfast on the cruise was spectacular! Ex: The lunch we had at the restaurant was disgusting. Ex: The dinner at Hell's Kitchen was amazing.

"Feel" here is an informal, slang term used to mean to "understand" to "get", or to express that someone has the same feelings as someone else. It is not extremely common to use this word unless you are speaking very informally. Ex: I feel you, I'm hungry too. Ex: Bring this car back without a scratch. You feel what I'm saying?

This line means they're comparing life on earth to "heaven," saying that it's as good as "heaven" is! So they're not dead, life is just as good as it would be in heaven, metaphorically, since heaven is often related to "good" things or feeling good. Ex: This massage is heavenly. Ex: The kid walked into the giant candy store and thought he was in heaven. Ex: I felt like heaven when I was with her.