[font=trebuchet ms]I tried to move part of a thread that got off-topic but was turning into a good discussion about some of the useless gibberish that sometimes appears in the threads here. I apologize to anyone whose posts were lost. This new thread is a place to resume that discussion about the yep thread and some of the spill-over.




That particulat thread got started when someone was trying to reply to something else. The sillyness exploded from there. It serves as a vent for some of the insanity, but it's counter-productive when other threads get infested with useless posts. I think it's important to bear in mind what the word "discussion" means. In this particular part of the forum (Open Discussion), it's normal for the topic to drift, just as it would in a conversation. Posts should contribute to clarifying understanding of a topic, or at least defining your position on a matter of opinion.[/font]