Originally Posted by
FUBAR007
You say that like the subject is ever going to go away. In case you haven't noticed, it keeps coming back up whether you or I participate or not. It's time to be realistic.
People here and on the Jean thread keep whining about it periodically clogging up the appreciation threads. (And it's usually the same people who keep arguing about it that whine about arguing about it.) Well, here's a chance to give it a specific place be discussed. If you don't want to participate, then don't.
If, as I expect, the mods kill the dedicated thread, that just means it's going to keep coming up on the appreciation threads. But, hey, at least I tried to provide a solution.
As for "toxic discussion"--so what? This is a discussion forum, not a dormitory. We don't live together. We're not friends with each other IRL. We don't babysit each other's kids, get together for drinks on the weekends, or loan each other money. We're not having each other over for dinner. If you don't like what's being said, just keep scrolling.
If you want nothing but happy talk, then petition the mods to ban all negative and/or critical discussion.