I did something today that I haven’t done around here in well more than a year, something I’ve only done a couple of times over my years on this site. I threw a flag. Two, actually.
I rarely do this, even when tempted. I have no desire to shut down ongoing conversations, even when they are clearly going nowhere, even when someone gets borderline offensive, even when somebody is obviously trying to start something. As long as it stays clean, as it were, or just up to the line of offensive, I’ll ignore it and move on. There’s too much good stuff on here, and too many people who I delight in seeing in the threads to get too worked up over a few odds and ends that annoy me.