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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White Lotus season 3 spoilers:
The first two seasons of White Lotus say some insightful things about people who are shallow, materialistic, self-absorbed, status-striving, dishonest, manipulative, and predatory. The third season continues those themes but steps up the philosophical aspects by weighing important struggles between spirituality and worldliness, peace and violence, forgiveness and revenge, and friendship and self-seeking. It’s an HBO show so there are going to be annoyances such as the old Buddhist monk living a more Christian life than the self-identified Christian characters played Parker Posey and Leslie Bibb who have social rather than spiritual reasons for their church membership. Maybe that part is based on creator Mike White’s own experiences with churches who have lost their spiritual way.
Some possibly overlooked red pills provided by season 3 are the revealed preferences of Mook, the cute local Thai girl who works for the hotel. She is romantically pursued by Gaitok, a security guard who has not yet been issued a gun. At first, Mook appears sweet, angelic, and gentle, yet she is reluctant to go out with Gaitok who seems like a genuinely nice guy. Little by little, we get glimpses into Mook’s psyche and what makes her tick. We see her flirting with the more macho guards who flaunt their guns. She chastises Gaitok for not being ambitious enough to get himself assigned a gun and more responsibility. She gets very excited watching a bloody MMA match. Towards the end of the series, Gaitok gains access to a gun. When the cartoonishly narcissistic Thai lady who owns the hotel yells at Gaitok to shoot Rick, Gaitok thinks it over. Rick is no longer a threat as he is walking away while carrying his shot and probably dying girlfriend. Gaitok knows it’s wrong to shoot Rick in the back at that point, but he knows that the hotel owner and Mook will reward Gaitok for doing so. He shoots Rick in the back and both Rick and his girlfriend fall into the water and die. Gaitok is made out to be a hero and Mook agrees to go out with him.
Mike White seems to understand the violent propensities of many females, illustrated by Mook getting turned on by violence.