Maybe it is now time? Maybe the site is growing/maturing and there should be an OT forum for those types of discussion?
Of course I can't imagine now after all the immature replies in this thread, that anyone with the slightest bit of "forum phobia" will post, but maybe there are others willing to respond.
Why not see what happens over the next day or so (and when people that aren't online from work get on and might want to contribute) and we'll go from there. Expecting a bunch of people to possibly agree with me in the middle of a work day amid the nonsensical replies isn't very realistic.
While I can appreciate your point, I think it is better for the forum's overall health to maintain the status quo. If a serparate forum is created for OT, than it will become bloated and unmanagable very quickly. At least with confining AS to one topic in an existing forum, the amount of OT is limited to one thread where anyone who wants to can pop in, have a chuckle, toss around some friendly abuse or just totally ignore.
Well said.