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
A couple of things:
Personally, I'm not ALL IN on the evil spirits / thinning of the veil, Halloween time of year bad juju stuff, but I can say it personally feels like I'm feeling some of that. Typically, I'm pretty unaffected by seasonal changes, and actually find it charming when everyone has a bunch of extra energy when Spring rolls around, etc, but this Fall I've been getting some bad vibes from the world. Kind of a flakey answer, but true to my experience this year and something I've noted. I'm good though, just extra prayer and time talking to the Lord.
As far as interpersonal stuff goes, I've also noticed an uptick in that as well. Can't help there's an incredibly noticable, anecdotal increase in health problems. Was actually just listening to a friend tell me about her relatively minor relationship problems with her husband, and how it's kind of blown out of proportion, earlier today. Quite a few examples of that regarding money issues in the mix too.
It's an emotional precipice, and as a good listener, I draw it out of people. Doesn't necessarily feel like there's more of it, but people seem more willing to talk openly about it. Quite a few have also seemed to hunker down and withdraw from day to day interactions. 😉
Frankly, I view it as a cumulative effect of the physic war we've been in for many years, and feel overall it's a net positive.
Most people have been living a complete illusion their entire lives. I'm glad they're starting to discuss it as that is how one grows.