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.
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I finally watched the first season of the Witcher. It didn't live up to the hype. Is it worth trying to watch the second season?
Thanks, fren!
What ever day you and your family decide to celebrate our country's founding, please be safe and enjoy. No politics, just have a HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY. Yes I know it is on the 4th, but people could celebrate this weekend or actually on the 4th.
“ No politics”? That topic might be as unavoidable as the haze in the sky that was caused by climate hoaxing political activist-arsonists.
Yeah right😅 I just wanted to keep it lite. Politics can start again shortly, for me.
this is for those of you who believe in the laws of God - puts Bible on table
this is for those of you who believe in the laws of man- puts constitution on table
this is for those of you who don't believe in laws- puts guns on table
another excellent installment from the fat electrician- Cassius Clay. possibly the most badass and consequential American to have walked the earth who you haven't heard of. A certain well known boxer's parents had heard about him though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6nwCuVd66w
Brisket and kick azz rally yesterday,pastrami coming off the smoker in a few and 10lbs smoked summer sausage on deck. Comfy weekend in the NW…..
SOLAR IMMEDIATE POSTION P/T $1,000.00 DOLLARS A WEEK
never mind the cost to mine the elements, transport the materials and the cost of interconnection, not to mention the lost farmland.
Oh, and you expect to get 1 kilowatt per square meter? and this to pay for itself in 10 years. Sounds like another U-Krane aid package to me.
get on Craigslist today and apply for this job,
(the employer is already hiring the h1B1, your resume will go into data mining)
really, a 1000/week job, on Craigslist ?
Here is an another unrelated question
Any of you playing Final Fantasy XVI?
I got a ridiculous deal on it but am unsure whether i wanna bother since I did not love the demo
Is TruthSocial down?
I can access it now.
Try again now.
Thanks. It’s working now.
Guess who’s back? My Stalker, of course.
Lol, why do you still procrastinate here?
That’s quite retarded and I understand why someone would definitely send you away for 3 months, you don’t look like you’re nice.
Sure. See if I care. Go dilate some more, clown.
I’ve requested the mods to ban him, but they say they can’t do it for some stupid reason. I’ve even contact scored.
Apparently they can only ban him from posting on the forum. Like we can get banned on Patriots.win for posting something positive about Q or whatever, but that ban won't apply to here. However DMs are just a univesal thing among communities.win. He'd have to somehow be banned from the entire site somehow.
Well, I had this problem before, and one of the mods on patriots.win actually banned that person. So I don’t know why they can’t do it now. The mods at GAW said they couldn’t do anything.
I sent a request to the mods at PDW but I have never heard back. He’s probably one of them. Lol.
Chesty AI never stfu, no matter what he needed Marines and as he put it some army boys who knew how to climb a fucking mountain. Kept talking about killing commies and carrying army men on his back while shooting both ways. Quite the inspirational character.
You always need a Caesar AI though, damn book cyphers.
Azoy lang der mentsh lebt iz im di gantse velt tsu kleyn nokhn toyt iz im der keyver genug.
Yes, clearly the discussion is lacking here, I’m extremely disappointed. Lulz!
I just showed up and the discussions aren't interesting to me and I have to say I'm disappointed.
if there's no discussions in the general chat then obviously it's TIME TO DOOM!
Yeah. I’m sad and defeated and gonna prolly just go back to bed. LOL
Know anybody in France? Direct intel is hard to come by. It's looking rough...
Not Switzerland? He's been posting about it though. I've been following his posts.
Both. I drive 700km every week. But then I avoid big French towns like the plague.
I saw operatives flying into Tourlouse airport in 2001, they were so sketchy they looked like Frat boys.
Then in 2020, I saw the same types in the Canadian Truckers strike, and in the video of the capital.
The Vice President and Congress were the insurrection in 2021.
Is there a consistent thread behind the riots? Is it Muslim refugees, African immigrants, general labor frustration and yellow vests, or is it just chaos with a bit of everything? I saw the footage you posted, and it looks awful, but the character / motivation is not clear. Any insight you can share?
TIA, and Stay safe!
Thanks, Fren!🙏🏻
A young asshole was shot by a cop. So every young asshole consider it a right to ransack burn and loot everything whilst attacking cops and whatever sounds like authority.
There’s also Soros Antifas having a ball. Then, there are Islamists and drug dealers involved. The fact it’s not just one group but several might cause some trouble.
As these mostly consist of crowd movements, it only happen in bigger quartiers so rural areas are safe.
Ah, that helps. Mercí.
So my wife and I have a constant dilemma relating to conversations with others
When someone talks to my wife complaining or venting about something, she will listen to completely to what they have to say and when they finish, she will try to relate it to her own past experiences to show she understands and sympathizes, and can possibly offer advice based on past experiences
She often feels awful about this and feels wrong for it. I tell her that it is ok and what is she supposed to do? Listen and simply nod and say ok? Move on to something else entirely? If someone were telling me how awful work is or a problem at home, I could not just listen then ask them how the Chicago Cubs are doing
Unfortunately, aggregate articles and mainstream blogs tell her she is wrong, that you should never try to relate or offer your views, that you should always just listen
It is mind boggling to me. How are conversations supposed to flow? I would be pretty damn upset mysel If I vented about something to someone, and all they gave me were nods, it's oks, or moved on to another unrelated topic
How do you frens and anons feel? "JUST LISTEN" I think might work for a shrink..but even they would then offer advice or help after listening, based on their own experiences, opinions, and their studies
All I know is what I learned in a 12 step program for Alcoholics. We got better by sharing our stories with each other, to relate with one another our experience, strength, and hope. Now, with strangers, or new acquaintances, of course nothing is discussed in depth, at first. And I think it is important to keep things positive. I have learned many things by people telling me what they did to cope in situations that have been similar to mine. Of course this does not work with narcissists, they just want to blab and do not want to hear what you did, because they have no empathy and everything is about them, they are so "special", you know. People can drain the hell out of you if you are empathetic and compassionate, relationships should be on a give and take balance. If a person has an experience that is horrible, like the loss of a child or home, or just got terrible news from their doctor, yes, of course, just listen and validate their feelings, but in other cases, I would expect a give and take of sharing common experiences, how else to solve a problem?
So.. I know what you’re taking about. I know a lot of people who do this, myself included. They mean well and truly do care but they just don’t know how to listen actively. It’s probably gotten much worse with social media, phones etc and people not engaging in real conversations as much. Therapists are trained to listen and they say things like “I hear what you’re saying” and paraphrase back what the person said without talking about their own experiences, or only rarely. They’re good at it usually but we aren’t trained. I’ve had to really learn how to listen better when one on one with people. Stop interjecting. Once you know it’s a habit, you’ll do it less frequently because that little voice in your head will say “listen” and “show facial expressions” and “nod” and “ask a question” and then paraphrase back or at least repeat back something posed as a question so they expand.
Most people I know, especially very troubled veterans, just want to vent and be validated. They don’t necessarily want things fixed. They want to let off steam, talk about stuff with trusted people because they can’t always do that with say, work people or more casual friends. That’s pretty much what we all want, right? So I think working on being better listeners sort of pays it forward. They’re going to be there for you, too.
I’d say it depends on the relationship. And oddly enough, the closer it is the less you should help. I had a really close friend that would get frustrated because I would try to fix everything. And his comment (that is a life lesson that sticks with me) was sometimes I just want to vent and be listened to. I don’t need your opinion on how to fix it. So I would do that. In the end maybe just ask and learn what the person wants. “Do you want my thoughts or are you just wanting to be heard?”
I would be perfectly happy if somebody like your wife tried to relate to a problem of mine instead of just listening. It shows that that they have heard what I am saying and it gives me the feedback I need to see whether I am thinking rationally or not as well as new ways to understand my frame of mind.
Most people who talk about their pain and problems would like those issues understood, solved or healed, or they would like a perspective from someone else about how to handle it. Sometimes I ask a friend "What you you do?" if they aren't forthcoming with own their feedback.
Maybe everybody is different, but her approach would work for me.
Here is an advice - dont take advice from magazines and blogs
I dont think its a matter of taking advice from those things, neccessarily. I get these kind of headlines in aggragate articles, and it makes me think, "wow, so the entire world is saying i talk to/empathize with people wrong". I'm not necassarily actually consuming the articles, but it could lead me to think about the subject matter anyway.
u/#ridetofreedom
Pop. Pop. Boom! Going on outside tonight.
Flags in every yard of our neighborhood. I love my patriotic neighbors!
Even more fun when you are breaking the commie laws of Newsome and Bass!