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
Yeah, even that "Liberals Losing It" host lady on Sky News, as entertaining as she is, is pro-Israel and mocks Leftists protesting against genocide.
I see people on here laughing at morons wearing masks while driving alone in their cars, but I see that all the time here in Japan. Teachers are still telling children to wear masks during this influenza season while other countries have civil lawsuits protecting children from this crap. At least they no longer demand that I wear a fearmask. It's ridiculous.
Yeah, I had noticed when visiting Japan that lot of people tended to wear facemasks on trains etc. I guess its a cultural thing, so when covid hit, Japan was probably the last country where people stopped wearing them. Frankly, the only thing that really turned me away from Japan, but hey they have them scared so bad I can see why .