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
Problem. Reaction. Solution.
That's the first thing that went through my mind...I wish people would grow up and realize nobody's coming to save them. Personal responsibility is the name of the game. Whether it's good or bad, it's all on you. There's power in that. There's no power when you give it away to fantasy - looking for a hero or sky daddy to save you. Hasn't ever happened - won't ever happen - gotta man up and take it.
I dunno... anymore, I just rise above all the "noise" of what's going on. It avoids the rollercoaster. Instead, I just zoom out - Remember that I'm just playing the proverbial game here right now, along the spectrum of eternity. I've already discovered that I can't really die... experientially - not via any belief - so a lot of things that wind most people up, don't phase me...
I wish others would realize this, but the guardrails imposed by religion and society, prevent most from venturing outside of approved channels and pathways... using fear and their ignorance to keep them on the reservation and poking around in whatever culdesac keeps them occupied and floundering in ignorance.
Nuclear... Galen Windsor. Just another subject full of lies and bs to scare the masses. Again, when you realize your vessel will die but "you" can never be destroyed, you don't play into the nuclear fear factor.
I day so what? What IF? What if the entire planet exploded and the entire human race was wiped out (clutch them thar pearls) - so what? If you're eternal, it doesn't matter...you see? If the majority of us just realized our eternal nature, imagine how hard it would be to control us using fear.
It's all so childish. Case in point the ME right now. Allegedly fighting because of religious beliefs and who has dibs on a strip of land. Grow the F up. F'ing losers. Everyone can stick religion - any religion - up their asses. Sideways even. That includes anyone who tells you there's a little hole in the sky to heaven and if you don't believe in our guy - you're going to burn in hell. F right the F off with that bs. Grow the F up. There's those who believe... and there's those who know. It's a vast difference.
That said, I wish everyone a peaceful day with a minimum of agg...