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
Just gotta come here a vent. On the Nikki Haley thread there is so much anti-women posting it's surprising. Never expected that kind of bs here. I'm wondering if there is an excessive amount of old men on GAW that hate women. Just sayin.
You can think of it as a good or a bad thing, but there’s gonna be a lot of rollover from PDW. Now that the plan is becoming, so in your face, people are having to wake up. The cancer and stench from PDW will flow over here, so we need to be ready. The black pill idealism, it’s hard to break. But we are all on the same team, so we really need to try to open arms and welcome these people. If they are overtly obnoxious, just ignore them. They will come around, in there on time they will come around. They just need a little grace. But if you’re getting an anti-women vibe, it’s coming from PDW. Repeal the 19th is a very common thread on PDW, so I’m just going to assume it’s coming from them. Very astute observation though! However; I will say Nikki Haley is not the sharpest tool in the shed. Even Trump called her bird brain! 😂🤣
Thank you for the clarification. I was just really surprised and disappointed in this platform last night. This morning I received many responses that show me that a group of women bashers are a small minority.
Lol....yes DJT is the boss at giving people handles. He hands them out to men and women alike. 😂
Yes, this place can be disappointing sometimes, but overall there is a fantastic group of people. You can always find them on the general chat. However, there have been a few that I rubbed me the wrong way a couple times too! Just try to ignore them.
I hope you have a fantastic day filled with God’s love and glory!
Thank you! I'll work on my ignoring skills. 😊
You too have a glorious day. It's beautiful here. Sunny and lovely. I'll be out in it soon to play. 👍❤️
I feel like i encounter it to some degree almost everytime i come onto the board, and it makes me avoid reading. Im starting to leave my GW viewing to perusing whatever my husband comments on and the occassional visit to the general chat, which feels like a very sad way to take part in the board.
I'm sorry to hear that. I refuse to let a few jerks keep me from enjoying this platform. Maybe if we just stay on them with our comments and an occasional deport we can weed them out. 👍😊
I just got done taking a break for a month, and it felt great. General chat is the way to go.
I wasn't interested in the post, until I read your comment here. As far as I can see, its just a small bunch of users triggered off by the comment by dashmoomoo. Seems a bit troubling that he <warning, gender assuming> got so many upvotes!
But in any case, its all under that comment. I couldn't see much "anti-woman" posting of comments outside of that. So I don't know. "an excessive amount of old men on GAW that hate women"? Proportionally, its probably not excessive. We've got ALL types here.
True. And, I've been warned that much of that vibe is from PDW men who have an axe to grind. Something about the 19 amendment.
Thanks for your response. I was feeling a bit blue last night about it. I've gotten so much positive response that I now feel optimistic about this platform again.
I believe there’s more ladies on here than we all might think. And one thing is for sure, there are a lot of shills here too. Mods are great at spotting them and kicking them out. Keep your head up!
Thank you! Yes I have noticed a shilly vibe from some posters for sure. This particular thread surprised me bc of all the upvotes a comment got. The guy saying a female pres equals a failed nation. God does not approve. Then other comments about bleeding people. It was bad. Very few others were challenging it. Like only 3 of us. 🥴
And there is that one user who wants all women to go bare face and only wear thrift clothes "because God" Misogyny is a growing problem here and no one wants to admit it.
Barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen with the Amish clothes. That type of man would die married to me or probably would have left me the hell alone. I was raised in a family of outspoken women. Also I believe in shorts, tanks, halters & flip flops. Not so much halter tops till I get these pounds off. Someone in family got hooked up with a Mennonite church when he was very young and it messed with him. Long story short he married had about five or six kids (lost count) and would have continued if his wife hadn't miscarried. Wife and girls dressed like Amish. I saw him and family recently and his younger girls had on skirts above the knee and high heels. Wife had pants on. IDK but I think she woke up. I'm dying I've been in there thrift stores today. I got five adorable almost new outfits for my grand baby for $15.00. I can't get even one at Walmart for fifteen bucks. I'm not opposed to buying for myself and have in the past. I tell my husband I haven't reached that level of poor yet. If I needed to shop thrift I would. He still can't smell most things since 2020 and said it smelled bad in the Salvation Army. I asked him did he see me smelling the clothes. He said yes and that bible book (devotional). That was funny to me because you never know who's watching. Tip if you buy thrift baking soda in the wash is great.
I believe it has to be addressed. There are a few on here who continually call people they don't like cunts. Personally I find that offensive. It's almost as bad as a racial slur. I know we want to encourage people to express themselves and freedom of speech is huge for all of us, however we all agree that standards of common decency are a must on a platform like this .
Thank you so much for your response. I was starting to think I was the only one that thought these guys were out of line.
I thought cunt was more like a 60 - 80s era term. It's in Lynyrd Skynyrd song Give Me Three Steps. By the time I was in high school (early 80s) we said slut and whore. In negative ways and just taking junk to each other.
It seems weird that a handful of people use that phrase here. Just now read a comment where the person was calling Feinstein that. And, he put it in all caps! Someone said it's Aussies that use that word primary. I did comment back that some of us here find it offensive. Like men who call each other pussies when they're weak or scared. Personally, I don't think it has a place here among Anons.
There are also a few users from Australia and cunt doesn’t always mean the same thing.
That user is actually a woman. It’s an alt account for. HeavenlyTrumpets - who at least a year ago I got into a very long conversation about the make up thing. Turns out it’s a woman. I can’t remember what the alt account is, but the reason the alt account was made is because everybody was getting on her case about her posting about make up all the time. ESPECIALLY on PDW lol! It was very prevalent an obvious. I believe it was a slide campaign, and continues to go on.
Good observation. 👏👏👏
My distaste for Nikki Haley has more to do with my bias against the UN and its agendas than her gender.
Fair, I do not like her either fren. I meant more in general over GAW
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
In future you can use the deport function to flag these comments so mods can take action.
Thank you bb. I really appreciate your response. I almost thought people on this platform would tell me to get over it. Lol...my faith has been restored. 🙏❤️