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I mentioned in the Aug.19th General Chat thread of how I visited family in America I hadn't seen in over 13 years. My normie-ass sister was listing a myriad of all these foods she and her deadbeat husband cannot eat, even asking me how I can eat foods and not get sick, meanwhile getting offended when I said that the oatmilk they drink daily is loaded with seed oil and other chemical shitstorm trash. She was complaining about weight gain, but somehow it's someone else's fault just like everything else in life, and how she doesn't believe that seed oil is bad for you. Well, I used to be lactose intolerant as well, but I overcame that. But hey, what the heck do I know? I'm just a stupid conspiracy theorist. "You claim to be healthier but you had a hot fudge sundae!" Well yeah, it's one of those America-only things I could enjoy while visiting the country. I hadn't had one in 15 years and I may not have one again for another 15. But to compare a once-in-15 years treat to consuming oat milk on a daily basis? Really? Must I really explain how retarded that is?
My dad's in the situation he's in BECAUSE of Big Pharma, but those two dorkmonsters have faith that Big Pharma has the solution for his problems.
They're still in the mindset of salt and fat being bad for you but vaccines are good for you. My sister finally realizes that the Covid shots are bad, but still refuses to believe that they cause dementia and turbo cancers. She used to call it the "sugar shot" because she thought it was as harmless as it is useless. I told her otherwise from the beginning, but she probably doesn't even remember that. They're conservative, but they're normie conservatives who just watch milktoast crap like Crowder on Rumble and do not bother tuning into channels that interview whistleblowers and such. They think Bongino is "edgy." I've already had an earful from her about how Infowars is just "conspiracy theories" and how Q is just a prank, and Trump constantly retruthing all sorts of Q stuff is just him "egging on gullible people." Yet she'll believe nonsense like the whole bat soup narrative and that stupid crap about how Putin is going insane with syphilis and wants to conquer all of Europe. Normie conservative crap. She thought I was crazy when I said back in February 2020 that the virus came from the lab in Wuhan. I've been proven right over and over again, and it doesn't even register with her brain.
I had to be careful not to mention much about Japan, the country I happen to live in, because they are normies. I was very careful not to mention much, yet on the last night I was accused with, "All you've done since you got here was say how much better Japan is than America" and stuff. Which I did not, but it just shows their mindset.
So I'm just mentioning all of this to say that the experience just makes me appreciate all of you on here. Recently, u/CaptainQuip told me that he finds my perspective from Japan unique, and I was able to tell u/Joys1Daughter some more details of the family blow-up I had to endure from my retarded family members. So, thanks for being here, everyone.
Oh Steve so happy you had such a fantabulous time with your family. I hope you enjoyed yourself so much that you won’t have to experience for another 10 years or more. All that love and conversation is what we all aspire to with our families. Thank you for sharing 🤣🤪💁♀️
Hi, Steve, I see here that you pinged me, but I never got a notification in my inbox. Another GAW glitch u/bubble_bursts?
Sorry your family are retards, be happy you live in a country that hasn't completely lost it mind. Your comments are very interesting with insight and knowledge of two very different cultures.
Life hasn't left me much extra time lately, but I really want to answer your other comment to me when I have a chance. Also want to go look for the story you told J1D, can't believe how out in left field some people, including some conservative, can be!
No, that discussion was via a PM. I'm not revealing a whole lot of what really went on. Already some troll named Ceeker PM'ed me an hour ago and told me what a horrible brother I am and what a loser I am. I'm not the one who has spent the past three decades mooching off of someone and sewing division in a family because I killed my desire to be a productive person (and my teeth) through meth. I could have very easily laid into that toothless cretin, but I did not. I just stood there and let him scream. These decades have gone by while the family members have gone out of their way to be nice to him, only to have the gestures of goodwill swatted away. It's why the best reasons my brother-in-law could think of as to how horrible I am is because... I like '80s nostalgia and I've learned how to avoid many ingredients in processed foods. I'm also not the one with nothing better to do with my life than to park my ass on a forum I don't like and send nasty messages to users whenever they mention anything small about their private lives. I hope he's at least getting paid for this.
Just sent you two emails. Sorry it took me so long. I’ll check back later. I’m getting ready to go shopping with my mom and Hawaii. 🥰
I'm thankful you haven't let your sister & BIL drag you down Steve. She sounds codependent on him. Extremely sad. All we can do is pray for them and we will. 🙏🤍
No, Handshake fag, I'm not at all jealous of a toothless, deadbeat degenerate who is jobless and has been dependent on others his entire life while contributing nothing to family or society. I won't go into all the details when there are people like you cluttering this forum, but I mention this faction of the family to contrast with the people on this forum. My sister is obese with a myriad of health issues, yet she thinks she knows better than RFK Jr. who is almost as old as our father and is far healthier than most Americans.
Prov. 17:17, a brother is born for adversity, So it seems it seems includes sisters too. Many families have messed up members, most, if not all, public schools don’t teach character training or truth…
I’m writing too long, sympathies, empathies for you. Japan is interesting. I would like the features of Canon autofocus combined with Fuji X-T4 if you no anyone in cameras design. Canon, Nikon, Fuji (I’m leaving out Sony) have strengths, but each brand alone somehow never reaches highest potential.
It's Stockholm Syndrome with my sister. She even told me that her husband drains his own tooth abscesses, without even considering what a putrid thing that is and how disgusting it sounds to say it. No self-awareness. I have no idea how he even manages to do that. She's been with him for so long that she constantly makes excuses for him.
Last year I gently rebuked her, telling her that she knew full well she chose a lifestyle of sin by shacking up with him before marriage. Her response was to blame our parents for going to that church 35 years ago she didn't like, so she stopped going. Like, really? I was in junior high/high school at the time and I understood sexual immorality. It's the same pattern of blaming others for one's own faults which she learned from her stupid husband. We used to message each other nearly every day, but it's 3 weeks later and I have no intention of engaging in any conversation with her. There's no point anymore. Like my cousin said, "She could've done better."
hearing you, my brother is like that, rejected God and with a $100k defense industry job he does not care about anything important or anyone else
Hey, at least he has a JOB.