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
Can You Inherit Memories From Your Ancestors?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/17/the-big-idea-can-you-inherit-memories-from-your-ancestors
4th generation holocaust survivors use this theory, many claim ptsd.
A Jewish Christian guy I used to correspond with had to visit Germany for his job and he was acting all faggy about it. He says he has relatives who died in concentration camps, so that was his excuse to claim PTSD and send me emails ranting about "Nazis." What a prick. Fortunately, he doesn't bother emailing me anymore since I wouldn't go along with his Zionist bullcrap and refused to take sides in this whole Gaza mess. I told him both sides reject Jesus and bacon, so I refuse to stand with either side. I bet that gave him PTSD too, the whiny bitch he is.
I remember when you were first at a crossroads regarding this guy here in GC... Seems like things have worked out. Congrats. o7
It didn't really work out. Back at the end of December, he sent me a textwall chewing me out for not supporting Israel, accusing me of not being a proper Christian because apparently since Israel is where Jesus is from, that gives the modern Israeli government a free pass to be as corrupt and evil as it can be and we should all just support whatever they do because... reasons. Jesus reasons. I never responded to him and I fortunately haven't received any correspondence from him since then. Frankly, I was sick of his constant emailing me. He was in NY at 9/11 and was close enough to see people falling to their deaths. He suffers PTSD, so to him that qualifies him to make unbiased, accurate conclusions about the incident, and that it was 100% carried out by Muslims with magical box cutters who couldn't even fly a Cessna. All because the Quran is evil, so apparently it gives Muslims superpowers like that. The guy would clutter my inboxes with long rants about how much he hates Democrats and homosexuals. There is only so much you can do for someone, to try to show them the path of love. Sometimes you have to just shake the dust from your sandals and move on, you know?
...damn...
How the Philosopher Charles Taylor Would Heal the Ills of Modernity...Enlightenment liberalism fragmented the world by neglecting the social nature of the self, Taylor contends, but the Romantics can tell us how to restore a shared sense of meaning and purpose.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06/24/cosmic-connections-charles-taylor-book-review
James Chance (1953 – 2024) Punk, Jazz, No Wave Musician
https://youtu.be/wJrtmt-QoWw?si=mC8S-CMNNPn1ctuH