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
CBDC (central bank digital currency) is the #1 issue imo. Don't ignore this.
China has it. We dont. We dont want it here. Get it permabanned nationwide.
In a way health savings accounts are a form of digital currency as you must agree to use it for only medical, vision, dental treatment or be fined....pay tax. FSA is also another form of digital type curency as it HAS to be used for medical the year it is saved or the gov't takes it all even if it is your money.
We are guilty of opting in to save money but this is form of Control over how you use it.
This is true.
Take 2 seconds to inconvenience yourself.
Make more money. Train for a better job, start a business, buy STABLE crypto. Free courses online.
Use cash. Take the time to withdraw cash from ATMs. Only use a debit card for online purchases. Shop local as much as possible.
best way to tell them to shove it:
withdraw cash
spend cash
I’ve been doing this a lot. Today I drove through a Burger King for a friend of mine, and we paid with cash.
Cashier was a young Hawaiian kid. I told him that we were paying with cash because we were against the New World order. He giggled for a minute, but then he fall on, started laughing, because he knew what it meant. It was nice to make somebody laugh, but also make a statement.