I agree with avoiding the Political/Religious
crazies who write threads only for those who
believe exactly as they do with no intention
of ever changing their own opinions
or pomposity.

Otherwise the forums can be interesting..in the
old days, you could not keep up with all the
comments no matter how fast you typed...now tis
slow and ponderous and sometimes there is little
of interest..it all depends on the audience.

The hard-nosed, locked-in types attract no one..
and probably never will. But they have each other ;-)
Now that can be amusing.

I do not feel I am killing time because I like
to see how everyone is doing over the long haul,
it is called friendship ;-)