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
Today I wanted to go get vitamin IV hydration, which I do occasionally. The website of a new practice I wanted to try informed me that I must NOT arrive dehydrated 🤨 then asked me for my pronouns (to which I replied "stop this nonsense.") and wanted to know my sex assigned at birth. After I refused to enter my PHI on the app, (and those apps ask all kinds of permissions) the clinic called to let me know I would have to fill out my paper work on the app, bc they are "green" and "paperless." I refused, so we agreed I would not be a good fit for her practice. I then took my money and moved my feet down the road to a practice who understands patient confidentiality and is not stupid with the pronoun/gender nonsense.
GO WOKE, GO BROKE
I did the same thing when my hospital affiliated endocrinologist attempted to move everything to apps when "COVID" hit. See ya!
They sure had all that technology lined up quickly. 🤔
Idiots.
Good job. I hate it when professionals ignore stuff that they know to be BS.
I'm seeing these apps more and more with massage therapists and things like that. I am just not going to put info into an app that needs permissions from my phone so complete the form.
This practice, run by a new NP, also does hormone replacement therapy and I kind of wonder if her clientele is not just menopausal ladies seeking relief, but more nefarious. She is affiliated with the woke bookstore here in town. The obese green haired book store owner hosted tranny shows until the community put a stop to it. Go woke, go broke.