You know, I think calling this site dull is simply a symptom of what I see happening all the time in the US. Lets look at entertainment in general. Popular music seems to be turning toward sex and violence in order to sell singles, as opposed to deep lyrics or creative, inspired melodies. TV is all "reality show" (read gameshow meets soap opera) clones, where people work to be the nastiest, most violent dickhead to each other in order to garner an audience. The news is terrible. You go between MSNBC's extreme liberal talking heads to Fox's extreme conservative talking heads, with CNN's Hollywood style visual effects somewhere between the two (and ultimately completely ridiculous). Facebook posts are mostly eye catching clickbait or memes that works to insult a group someone doesn't understand.
If this is what people consider "discussion" and "entertainment" now a days, a bunch of people in a room having a civilized discussion must be downright boring.
You know, I think calling this site dull is simply a symptom of what I see happening all the time in the US. Lets look at entertainment in general. Popular music seems to be turning toward sex and violence in order to sell singles, as opposed to deep lyrics or creative, inspired melodies. TV is all "reality show" (read gameshow meets soap opera) clones, where people work to be the nastiest, most violent dickhead to each other in order to garner an audience. The news is terrible. You go between MSNBC's extreme liberal talking heads to Fox's extreme conservative talking heads, with CNN's Hollywood style visual effects somewhere between the two (and ultimately completely ridiculous). Facebook posts are mostly eye catching clickbait or memes that works to insult a group someone doesn't understand.
If this is what people consider "discussion" and "entertainment" now a days, a bunch of people in a room having a civilized discussion must be downright boring.
You make a good point. It's like this community has to resemble a cage match to not be dull.
Sadly accurate, thank you for commenting. Appreciate the input.