This thread is intended to provide a means by which thought-provoking topics may be discussed in as austere or erudite a fashion as desired...
(or, perhaps as likely, this may simply devolve into a place to poke fun at those who attempt to do so...)
The rules (unenforceable) are only that kindness be prevalent in all discussions, that all responses to questions be read in a light mental tone (no condescension, hostility, negativity, etc.) and that I...
naturally have the last word.