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Originally Posted by AC
I think this is a reality of most online communities, or entire social media platforms even. Most forums/discords/subreddits all end up becoming more and more of an echo chamber when it comes to specific ways of thinking or types of discussions. It feels like it's gotten worse recently (maybe just because of the effects of the pandemic on everyone), but so many discussions now devolve into the same circular arguments that people are having across all threads at all times.
Though I'm curious what types of conversations you're referring to that you can have in real life but not here?
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Very true about the echo chamber. I think it's important to have different viewpoints and ideas, otherwise we'll never progress or expand our way of thinking.
For one, intellectual/impartial/open minded conversations around religions or spiritual ideas that doesn't devolve quickly into generalizations that all people that believe in something are lesser than or wrong. Atheism rules the roost here, but it's to the extreme that you can't have a healthy discussion without people dropping in to assert their borderline elitist views.
There are plenty of interesting discussions to be had about such themes that simply won't have a chance to be had here without someone getting triggered and needing to chime in.
As for hockey things, It's impressive to note that many held the belief even into this year that Bennett was a good player being held back by being put down the lineup. Hopefully that one has been put to bed by now. I think we've seen enough under pretty vastly different coaches. I dont think any one is now concerned about him lighting the league up elsewhere, he's too inconsistent.
That was one of those ones that were hard to understand, but I can see why people wanted that to be the reason why he wasn't living up to his potential.