My view has always been, if the thread doesn't look interesting, I don't click on it. Not like the title is "Puppies and Kittens and Titties" and bam, it's a political thread about debt ceilings or some shit. I personally stay away from PRC because my blood starts to boil at a certain level. The discussions in OT are a little tamer and I can just not click if I don't wanna
