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
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.
The P word is one that will get me heated. I usually let junk talk roll off my back probably because of my high school environment. I went to a very small private school and the guys were always talking junk to each other. I personally knew it was just fun and games. I agree it's offensive to anyone in an adult setting and especially if you don't personally know each other (including here). Over the last five years morality has left the building.
I guess we have to invite morality and decency back in. At least here where we are all adults and have a common goal. I'll be hitting that deport button on these guys here very soon. 😊
There are also a few users from Australia and cunt doesn’t always mean the same thing.