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Have an opinion on a less-than-stellar topic? Want a discussion of the great questions of our time? Have a deep thought that's not quite lighthearted enough for After Hours? But not debate-worthy enough for the Politics Forum?

Current Affairs/IMHO is a forum where users discuss these topics, within, of course, the bounds of civil discourse. Wait, wouldn’t that make every discussion on topic? Whoa, hold on a second, we need to sit down; we just blew our own minds.


The rules of the forum are simple but absolute.

1. We have one guiding principle: Don't be a dick.
   
   
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dudara

It would be greatly appreciated if posters did not quote images or videos when replying to other posters.

This would greatly help the poor hamsters as well as avoiding unnecessary repetition of an image or video across posts.

Mods reserve the right to edit posts to removed quoted videos or pictures.

Beasty

We have a number of threads that have been either general discussions, or have been turned into Megathreads. Please do a search before starting any new threads - there's a fair chance the topic has been asked before.

Do not start any thread requesting/encouraging medical of legal advice. Neither are permitted on this site

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