Arg! Nothing sings to the -- demons of my soul sweeter than starting off a node with a gripe about getting downvoted. Yet, I will resist the call of their dulcet song simply because I think that it's an interesting point.

I kinda/sorta disagree with you. For me it's a sort of an everything in moderation kinda thing. Maybe someday there will be a private chatterbox feature that people can take these discussions into. Hmmm, that sounds kinda fun...

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