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
Its mass paranoia, or advanced ocd. Ever meet someone with serious ocd? I have(in mental health settings). A person may have had a one night stand, during the time of AIDS, they continue to test over and over again, even if they never have sex again. Someone is convinced they have cancer, so, everything becomes cancer, a headache becomes a brain tumor, a pimple is skin cancer, a cold becomes lung cancer, hypochondria with ocd and mass paranoia, and here we are. It doesn't matter, if you have the flu or a bad cold, running a fever, stay home, tell your spouse or kids to stay away from the germs, keep your own cups and glasses for drinking, wash your hands, if its a stomach flu, keep the toilet clean. Thats how I was raised and thats how I ran my household, no one tested. If you cant get in enough to breathe and you get worse, call the doctor. Lips have a bluish tinge, fingernails, gasping for breathe? Go to the hospital. IF its a bad flu going around, keep Gran and PaPa home, take zinc and C and elderberry. Turn off the tv and watch an old movie or find a good mystery to read, rest. My doctor always says, you treat it all like a bad cold, the treatments are the same unless your oxygen is compromised, it could be pnuemonia, and you will know if it is pnuemonia. Mass media is causing mass mental illness.