I go to OT because I like the 'stupid dynamic'. Much of the board is spamtacular and I often find it entertaining to post some sort of condescending or off-beat comment in an otherwise uninterseting topic, and I'm fine with that, what I have a problem with is the intelligent threads.
Threads which pose an interesting question or provide some interesting point of conversation are ruined by the posting body as a whole. Responses like 'I h8 politics' fill up decent threads and get them totally sidetracked with 'noobish' posters quoting and saying 'lol' and having a long, inane conversation amongst themselves. Every now and then I'll chip in with a genuine opinion, not just a comment to try and be amusing, and it probably bothers me more than it should when said point is completely ignored. Try and have any sort of political or religious debate on any single issue and be prepared to be met by 'level headed' posters and their words of warning, 'Don't go there, it only ends in flaming', I'm getting a little sick of it.
What happened to people just not posting if they didn't have anything worth saying ?