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
There's something fun about going on X and playing dumb to try to force people to explain the dumb shit they say.
"Trump is literally planning to throw his enemies in a mental institution."
Me: Ok, but I don't see that anywhere in his post. Where does he LITERALLY say it.
"Literally can mean emphasis, stop arguing semantics!"
Me: But he doesn't LITERALLY say it, as you imply. So he's not putting his enemies in cages and you're just using emphasis on... outright lies?
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Me: :)
It's all about the third party stumbling into that thread. If one less person believes a word of the bullshit as a result, it's a win.
Before I was banned in January '21, there was some asshat claiming that the Jan 6th demonstrators were racist because someone had brought a noose. I told him that hanging is a standard execution for traitors, but he kept going at the whole racist thing. Calling White people "Cleetus" and such, inferring that White people are inbred and stupid, etc. I found out he was in Brazil. I pointed out that here I am, a White guy in Japan with an interracial family, I support Trump while he is the one spewing racism and generalizing everyone. That was the day before I got permanently suspended, and even though I've submitted appeals, I have yet to be reinstated.
Count it all joy. Means they are afraid of you 👍
X is a fun place now
Nice.
Personally, I play it even dumber. But I'm very low engagement - more of a lurker.