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
Mods we should be able to deport private messages when they are rude. Cowards send private rude messages because they don’t have the balls to post publicly. So I’m going to expose them. I blocked the user but don’t know if that was. This was in response to my post today and side effects of taking Guafinisin. It doesn’t hurt my feelings as it’s intended. I will be the first to admit I’m over weight and I’m working on it. Fat shaming comes from an uneducated mind set. Of course being fat isn’t healthy. But not everyone that’s fat got that way because they only eat cupcakes daily. I won’t go into the reasons. If you care to know the multiple medical reasons you got Google or any other spy search engine. I’m just thankful I was taught to see beyond a person’s outer image beautiful or ugly it doesn’t matter. Praying people like this will find the lord and be a more peaceful person. It’s very sad when a person is taught this behavior.
Message: from username: Ceeker. Ew. Your nasty vag smell comes from being gross and overweight. Nasty.
Edit: As I said, blocking doesn’t work. But taking the bait so I can deport. Going on with my life and won’t let hate bring me down.
sick people get off on trolling, there is no other explanation, it's a sickness, not immaturity. Thing is, like narcissism or socio pathology, it is not a sympatheitc mental illness. Sorry you had to receive that, and it is too bad that we cannot report that sort of thing, anyone who sends pointless hate filled messages should be banned, in my opinion, it is not the same as having a disagreement, or even name calling someone, its direct abuse done in a sneaky manner. Stand tall moodyblue, be glad you're not them, must be hellish to have a mindset like that.
Absolutely to everything especially banning. Thanks, I’m good people like that are everywhere, just a little bit less here thanks to the mods.
So sorry my Southern Sister. Just remember people that do this kind of lashing out at others, really hate themselves. They think if they hurt others, they will feel better. Instead they look in the mirror and still hate themselves. Don’t let it get to you, we all know you are beautiful inside and out. ❤️
Thanks sista, you are always so kind, honestly it didn’t rattle me. I’ve through much meaner crap. It just pissed me off mainly because you can’t report a private message. Dang what if it was a serious threat?
We would have to band together and hunt them down and torture them with some good old southern slang for hours, after stuffed grits up their nose and down their throat. 😂🤣
A few Bless Your Hearts and some junk talking Miranda Lambert might do the trick. If that doesn’t work we’ll go with Hank Williams Jr😂
There have been a few people doing this type of behavior. They don’t make any posts or any comments, because then you could have them deported. The only direct message, because the only thing you can do is block them. It’s a tactical move. I’ve contacted the mods in the past and ask them if there’s some type of functionality that can be implemented. I have seen no results.
The best thing to do is ignore them, and to not even let them know that you were bothered by them at all. Sorry had to go through this, just count it as stripes, or a brick, or a coat, or something like that. (PDW reference.)
I usually do ignore them. I couldn’t let that slide because they were so nasty. Sometimes you gotta air that dirty laundry. He/she commented on my comment and I deported. I got a message saying it was handled. They deleted his comment. Honestly I didn’t post it to deport. Was thinking if they are saying that to me what are they saying to someone that can’t take the bullying. I was bullied in school until my freshman year and it stopped only because I was seen as a good looking girl and sadly that’s when I was accepted. Not to talk about me! It’s just sad people are so small minded. It’s cool when this happens I consider the source and keep rolling. Keyboard bullies don’t know me and can’t imagine how good my life its. I truly feel bad for people like this. It’s gotta be a sad lonely life.
Good for you, ladypede. Don't let the bastards wear you down.
As my sainted Nana used to say: "if they're talking bad about me, they're not talking bad about someone who cares".
I love your Nana’s motto. Sounds like a great lady.
Thanks, she was one of the best. She was also one of the physically strongest women I've ever met. As a girl, she chopped enough firewood and scuffled enough potatoes to get through a nine-month winter in the Canadian Maritimes, Also, a legal immigrant, along with her husband.
Summers with her brother's family taught me what hard work and how rewarding farming is. They finally got electricity and 1965 - '66!
That generation was awesome and if you were lucky enough learn from them you are very blessed. She sounds a lot like my grandma. I’ve never met anyone as tough as both my grandma’s. They each had different life experiences and it made them who they were.