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
More and more I am giving GAW a wider berth and less time each day. In the midst of the most chaotic period, when so much hinges in the balance, blatant agitation and sensationalism seem to be the prevalent tone here more and more.
Case in point. STICKIED X-post where OP asserts "Another girl and a woman stabbed by Keir Starmers immigration policies!"
But is there ANY research? Even 60 seconds? 72 upvotes, 12 comments, and only ONE commenter has the sense to question the narrative and point out that the post itself provide NO evidence of an immigrant/invader crime.
Me? I spent 30 seconds, looked up some info, and found this:
https://www.batemansbaypost.com.au/story/8727605/man-arrested-after-two-stabbed-in-central-london/
As the intensity is ramping up week by week, my hope is to find community and people pushing back against the emotional agitation, inject calmness, inspire solidarity, and be a force AGAINST the rabid craziness that the DS is seeking very hard to foment and promote.
Do I expect too much? How has this sort of thing (direct agitation) become the prominent flavor, instead of all the qualities that Q exhorts people to (free thought, emotional stability, critical thinking, awareness of the information war)?
LOL, OP even goes on to assert that the DS is promoting these murders in order to justify and show horn in a surveillance state. Well, yeah, of course, but surely the antidote to that is not going off half-cocked and agitating with baseless assertions when emotions are already running high, I mean, don't put the DS and MSM out of a job, OP!
We’ve lost a lot of good anons over the last 18 months. It’s strange to me that they all left. The deep divers, the ones that blew my mind with their knowledge and connections, all gone....