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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Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.
Harry S. Truman
Saturday Poem...Temperance Aghamohammadi - Blue Harp
https://poems.com/poem/blue-harp/
Celebrating the Legendary Gene Hackman
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/03/celebrating_the_legendary_gene_hackman.html
Frank Zappa: America’s last rebel...The old music gods are cashing out
https://unherd.com/2025/02/frank-zappa-americas-last-rebel/
Worst Of Babylon Bee - Sunday Edition
Uh Oh: Saint Peter Starts Asking Everyone At Pearly Gates To List Five Ways They Advanced God's Kingdom On Earth
https://babylonbee.com/news/uh-oh-saint-peter-starts-asking-everyone-at-pearly-gates-to-list-five-ways-they-advanced-gods-kingdom-on-earth
Church Bylaws State All Sunday School Classes Must Have One Annoying Guy Who Constantly Starts Off Topic Arguments
https://babylonbee.com/news/church-bylaws-state-all-sunday-school-classes-must-have-one-annoying-guy-who-constantly-starts-random-off-topic-arguments
Sorry Excuse For Worship Song Doesn't Even Have Guitar Solo
https://babylonbee.com/news/sorry-excuse-for-worship-song-doesnt-even-have-guitar-solo
Guardian Angel Dutifully Stands Over Man Watching TV To Make Sure He Doesn't Choke On His Pringles
https://babylonbee.com/news/guardian-angel-dutifully-stands-over-man-binging-netflix-to-make-sure-he-doesnt-choke-on-his-pringles
Scholars Say Thorn In Paul's Flesh May Have Been Neighbor's Leaf Blower
https://babylonbee.com/news/scholars-say-thorn-in-pauls-flesh-may-have-been-neighbors-leaf-blower
I Samuel 2:9 - He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail. https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1sa.2.9
Look I like you guys but we really gotta stop calling Zelenskyy a midget or a manlet. I'll have you know 5'8 is average height and I'm really tired of you guys calling me- I mean him short like that
u/#topkek
I look up to you Landslide... literally & figuratively..😺
😂😆🤣
I was given a choice of several license plates for my new vehicle and either subconsciously or just by chance chose one with numbers that sum to 17. ;-D
Godwink!
Does anyone have any on Q data regarding incandescent light bulbs? Have read reports it is healthier and has a lot of actual benefits after long term LED usage, for example insomnia, metabolic syndrome, immunity, etc all improved
I like this article https://healthlighting.com/blogs/wellness/best-light-bulbs-for-health# ____ this might be a paid by sponsors article, though you can go from here and do some research and search for customer reviews elsewhere on Chromolux bulbs
Here’s an eye doctor’s article why full spectrum incandescent bulbs … https://www.ocli.net/blog/full-spectrum-lighting-the-best-artificial-light-for-your-eyes/
It’s been a long time since I have used a Chromolux bulbs, I like the concept.
At night I wear blue light blocking glasses when reading to get my mind /circadian rhythm in night time mode for sleep https://gunnar.com/collections/computer-glasses
I have watched a Jack Kruse's video where he briefly touches on LEDs and why incandescent light is healthier. I was also explaining the red light therapy. Just look up his videos, you will probably find it in any of them
Charles Haddon Spurgeon March 1st — Evening Reading
"He is precious." — 1 Peter 2:7
As all the rivers run into the sea, so all delights centre in our Beloved. The glances of His eyes outshine the sun: the beauties of His face are fairer than the choicest flowers: no fragrance is like the breath of His mouth. Gems of the mine, and pearls from the sea, are worthless things when measured by His preciousness. Peter tells us that Jesus is precious, but he did not and could not tell us how precious, nor could any of us compute the value of God's unspeakable gift. Words cannot set forth the preciousness of the Lord Jesus to His people, nor fully tell how essential He is to their satisfaction and happiness. Believer, have you not found in the midst of plenty a sore famine if your Lord has been absent? The sun was shining, but Christ had hidden Himself, and all the world was black to you; or it was night, and since the bright and morning star was gone, no other star could yield you so much as a ray of light. What a howling wilderness is this world without our Lord! If once He hideth Himself from us, withered are the flowers of our garden; our pleasant fruits decay; the birds suspend their songs, and a tempest overturns our hopes. All earth's candles cannot make daylight if the Sun of Righteousness be eclipsed. He is the soul of our soul, the light of our light, the life of our life. Dear reader, what wouldst thou do in the world without Him, when thou wakest up and lookest forward to the day's battle? What wouldst thou do at night, when thou comest home jaded and weary, if there were no door of fellowship between thee and Christ? Blessed be His name, He will not suffer us to try our lot without Him, for Jesus never forsakes His own. Yet, let the thought of what life would be without Him enhance His preciousness.
BREAKING: Trump has announced on Truth Social that the US will build a "Crypto Strategic Reserve that includes XRP, SOL, and ADA."
https://x.com/coinbureau/status/1896222435063762991
Please pin this post- needs to be front and center for Phase 1
https://greatawakening.win/p/19Adl62J7B/is-james-comeys-daughter-behind-/c/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHJmwWzG8Eo
The Worst Time To Be A Sinner Is When The Two Witnesses Of Revelation Appear
This was also on my recommendation from YouTube list. Hmmm.
Bill Rice lists the top anti-Covid freedom writers on Substack:
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-top-137-covid-contrarian-freedom-substack-newsletters/
Contents of the Oscar swag bag include international trips including a hotel in Barcelona, liposuction, and disaster relief for the nominees. Total value, $220,000. No doubt the taxpayers are funding these "gift bags."
Still playing around with AI, I was wondering if there is a better AI tool for long and intensive creative writing sessions, better than Grok or ChatGPT?
Grok is too focused on trying to act like a real person, rather than a tool. Claude is honestly better at accepting user feedback and turning it into prose writing...as far as I've seen.
Probably, but my brief testing of it has me locked out, because I used up all of my free uses of the program for the time being, all within 5 minutes of starting to use the program just by asking questions about it's abilities.
Doubt it will be useful for creative writing endeavors.
My theory for the drip. In addition to flushing out rats I also think they may be trying to get the bad guys to use up their deflection amo. There is is only so much bending of the narrative they can do now. The MSN can’t lie like it once did without being called out. With the elevation of independent journalist to White House seats at press conference -that power is weakened further as more people seek out the indies. They can only have so many distraction level events in the chamber before they are dismissed ( already close to that). I believe the Zelensky fit might have been one of them. The pope’s death is another. What is the drip is use up as much of that people’s attention grabbers as possible then dropping the big info or sliding it in at an unexpected time so they get caught on their back foot. Once the truth gets legs then they might not be able to catch it and exposing the entire ugly truth.
A good theory 👍