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
It was interesting to find this quote from Jaz Coleman from Killing Joke in a 2013 interview when asked about the United States:
No rebellion left, he says. Although I think the spirit of rebellion has risen considerably, with the MAGA movement. Johnny Rotten called Trump the "first punk rock President" and I agree. Back in 2015, he leapt into the fray with both middle fingers blazing. With the rise of anti-establishment, counter-culture rap these days (like with the "Let's Go Brandon" thing, that Samson guy on YouTube, and others), I am surprised that there aren't any anti-establishment punk bands on our side. If there are any, I am unaware of them. We have that counter-culture street artist Sabo who is pretty punk in attitude, but no punk music.
https://youtu.be/HZOzVVVmh4I
I've been jammin to this for a couple years now