Warbler said:

1. We'd no longer be Jay's problem, I'm sure he'd be happy about that.

2. We'd have someone in charge that would care about Off Topic. Instead of being Jay's restroom, we'd be our own bar.

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These rules apply to all forums except Off Topic. Basically, if you want to act like a moron, do it in Off Topic. I don't care what happens in there and most complaints logged against moronathons in Off Topic will be ignored.

It seems like off topic is exactly what it was intended to be.