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
Rules For the rest of the Site also accessible on the sidebar.
Election Countdown special! High quality wallpaper for your enjoyment.
Today's wallpaper is Ready for the Storm? DC Edition
Yesterday's wallpaper: Enjoying the Ride?
(In addition to being a wallpaper, it is also suitable for making memes as well)
Oh I totally agree with you. I am so glad that RFK Jr. is opening people's eyes to Tartrazine/Yellow 5, for example. That plus sodium benzoate (a common preservative found in most sodas) causes ADHD.
Most candy here in Japan uses natural food coloring. Gardenia petals are used to make pink, for example. The lemon vitamin C throat drops I have uses turmeric for its yellow color, and turmeric is fantastic. However there is a lot of crap in processed foods here too, so it's not just the USA. It's wrecking kids' brains for sure.
Do you teach Japanese kids?
Yes, I teach children and adults in Japan. The English level of Japan is abysmally low, but it keeps me employed.
I imagine it can be tough... I'm kinda surprised because almost every European country teaches English.
Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines teach school curriculum in English and people in those countries are truly bilingual. In Japan, many of the English teachers can't even hold conversations in English without resorting to Japanese. I don't mind though, since it keeps me employed.
Remember the original Michael Keaton Batman movie, when Joker was talking about how “this chemical, pretty innocuous. Put it in lipstick. This one too. Put it in eyeliner. Mix them together, and highly toxic.”
Who wants to bet [they] don’t know [they] are doing that?
I'll have to re-watch that movie, or at least find that scene! I haven't seen that movie in at least 20 years I think.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=BH6Prr1nvJY&t=130
Slightly misremembered, but here!
ThanQ!