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 was watching someone play the first Metal Gear Solid, and got to the part where Kenneth Baker talks about "warehouses packed with nuclear waste" because "there's still no real way to dispose of the stuff."
This reminded me that I'd heard on GAW somewhere that the whole idea of "nuclear waste just lying around and causing long-term damage to the planet" was a complete lie because Nuclear Bad.
Remind me what the truth is, please?
(MGS 1 through 3 are fun games, but God do I disagree with their stories)
FOX DIE = COVID
Nuclear waste isn't 'bad' per se, but it's not harmless either. It goes through quite the process before most of the time buried safely in the ground. First to wet storage where it cools (literally a big pool with spent rods in it), then dry storage above ground, and then buried. It'll remain dangerous for thousands of years, but the earth provides a great shield, and it can't go super-critical any more.
You are far more likely to deal with toxic waste/raw materials in your lifetime than anything related to nuclear energy. Think East Palestine train derailment. Tons of highly toxic raw material just dumped into your town.