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
Why do actors say "break a leg?" They want to see their buddies end up in a cast ;) It's a matter of definitions, just like "baffled." While researching this, I realized there is a lot of uncertainty about this idiom. Given the amount of fake news, it becomes clear that there is even more fake history. This one may have originated from ticktalk.
nah it goes back way further than that. IMO it's the opposite of saying 'good luck', which was believed itself to be a curse. so it's trying to flip the script. there are parallels, medical people tend to avoid saying 'it's quiet' because you'll then be proven wrong and get a bunch of messed up people to work on.
Dated a dancer- they say “merde” which means “shit” which means “have a good performance” or whatever. It’s for luck or “hopefully you won’t get dropped on your head or slip and fall or forget everything you’ve trained for or have a costume malfunction” (which happens a fair amount of time.)