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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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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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
So over the weekend, I was watching Blade Runner with my wife. My favorite movie. At the end of the movie, she asked me why Batty saves Deckard. I told her that despite Batty being a murderer, when faced with his own death he realized how precious life truly is, and he loved life more than anything else. Even his enemy's life. Life is precious.
It got me started thinking about the life we lost, our baby who died after only 4 weeks of pregnancy. I used to express myself through poetry a lot in high school and a bit in college, and even won 3rd place in a poetry contest at my community college. So that night I was inspired to write the first poem I'd written in 27 years, a lament to the loss of the second daughter we had wanted to have. I have my own little corner of the internet where I write stuff on my mind. I've shared it with a couple of frens on here already. This is for anyone who has lost a child or any loved one, really. If anyone here enjoys it, I'd be happy to hear. God bless.
https://stevethefish.net/life/life137.htm