Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Had an enlightening moment a few minutes ago. I had a friend on Discord I shared my artwork with and talked gaming for close to a whole year. Helped each other out in hard times and always had each other's backs. But I finally got my first taste of a classic thing happening.
I talked politics for the first time with this person, namely, how the media lies about Trump and misrepresents everything he says and does, so they can twist it in a negative light. I went through the whole process step by step to show this person how they do it, and even provided examples.
"This is like talking to a brick wall, I'm gonna do us both a favor"
Then, I was blocked. A whole years friendship thrown away over something as trivial as a political disagreement! I honestly feel pretty good about it. Politics seems to be a wonderful multitool. It helps you understand the world around you, how policies will affect your life, and you can use it in conversation to figure out which friends are loyal enough they can still be by your side despite disagreements, and who'll dump you at the first sign of trouble! Glad I picked this skill up at such a young age.
Might be surprised to find I have a handful of leftie friends who are actually still really cool with me despite our disagreements. Some of them are SUUUUPER woke too.
So when you feel like the whole world has gone stupid? Well.. It has, BUT there are still people who can meet in the middle and have fun!
I don't remember who said this, but I'll recite this quote to the best of my memory. "The perfect society is not one where everyone thinks the same thing, but a society where people can peacefully co-exist despite their disagreements"
This concludes the longest post I have ever written on this site. Have a nice day and thanks for reading.
Yeah, I do find it surprising. I had tons of leftie friends and most of them are not even crazy woke, and yet the informational chasm between us is so huge that I cannot stand to talk to any of them for any length of time, because every single conversation happens only just at surface level engagement.
Its just about finding the right thing to engage about, i think. Most of them I never even talk politics, we're just playing games or drawing and stuff. But they absolutely know about my politics, they just dont care.