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.
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This is why so many of us self-censor
Whether it's with plumbers, dental hygienists, cab drivers, motor mechanics.
You just do not know who you are dealing with!
Exactly.... this is unknown territory for me. I used to have confidence in judging people and my sense of where they're at. I have been spectacularly wrong more often than not.
Little things I think are funny are taken wrong and the over-reaction is weird. Some stuff that really irks some, irks me too but for completely different reasons.
My oars are pulled in, and I'm practicing liking & being better at being solitary.
True. Discernment is useful for self-preservation. Don't excite strangers with political jabs or by wearing items that can enrage them. We WON!! We, personally will not bring about societal changes, so we should try to be persons who spread peace and actual joy among our neighbors. No more jabbing blue-haired ladies!! Let them be, and perhaps they will join us as sisters in the new world that is being created around us.