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 evolving
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 know it's still technically Thursday (according to my clock, 10:09 CST WHERE YOU AT. lol!) but- since this is the 4/5 one when I say Tomorrow I mean Saturday lol (4/6)
this is gonna probably be a long comment, maybe longest ive ever made for a General Chat but here goes
So, Tomorrow I turn 35. To think of those days I was just so lost and broken because i knew something wasnt right even in middle school. Not to be cliche but it was like neo in the matrix sometimes like i just seen the coding built into everything and how fake it all was and that didnt make sense at the time.... Like, I first attempted to take my life when I was barely 14. That's 20 years ago. That's a long time to feel lost.
Ive been asked before "what if all that Q shit isnt real?" and my answer was "well then thank you whoever was brilliant enough to come up with it all" because ... As I sit here today hittin 35.... I think about how this place? Man. If I could only take that kid I used to be and show him thatll be ok, youre not as alone as you think and theres a reason everything felt so wrong.
I've never trusted "therapists" because, pardon my french but you pay me that much fuckin money an hour and ill pretend i care too lol! - this place though? its theraputic. Especially because its more than one of the only places to get REAL news - but because its also practically a church. Amen to that.
Anyway Frens thank you for coming to my TED Talk lol
oh and since i always post a song w/ my comments - or try to - here ill go with this one cause theres probably some Jackyl fans around here and hey if AJ can open for business so can I, day after day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2JZ5H_vkLg