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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Just saw this on a Facebook post. Powerful words by a parent to a doctor. Hopefully more parents will wake up.
Doctor: Is your child immunized? Me: Yes Doctor: It's not in his records. Me: Why would it be? Doctor: What do you mean? Me: What do you mean? Doctor: Who immunized your child? Me: My wife and I. Doctor: What do you mean? Me: What do you mean? Doctor: How did you and your wife immunize your child? Me: She birthed him naturally at home and breastfed him for the first year and a half of his life, and we both make sure he eats nutritionally dense organic foods. We also make sure he spends a lot of time in the sun moving his body daily out in nature connected to the earth, and pretty much only drinks water that comes straight from a natural spring without any fluoride or chlorine in it. Doctor: But I asked you if your child has been vaccinated, and you said “yes!” Me: No, you asked me if my child has been immunized, and I said “yes.” Doctor: Vaccinations...immunizations...same thing! Me: Uhhh...you keep using that word, but I don't think you know what it means... Doctor: What do you mean? Me: What do you mean? Doctor: (visibly frustrated) Never mind. Are you going to have him vaccinated or not? Me: Why would I? Doctor: So he doesn't get sick. Me: But he doesn't get sick now. Doctor: Never? Me: Not really, no. Doctor: Ear infections? Me: Never had one. Doctor: Is he allergic to any medications? Me: I don't know...he's never had any. Doctor: So why are you here? Me: I'm beginning to ask myself the same question. Doctor: What do you mean? Me: What do you mean?
That is great. And says it all.
At this point, we really need to boycott all bullshit.