Has Boards changed your outlook on life?

Possibly a bit of a random one but sure why not.

I've been lurking on Boards for the past few months having discovered it while bored in work. Now it's pretty much a daily stop in for me to keep up on the latest news, opinions and I'm generally in awe at people's smarts, humour and rationalised opinions (I've yet to figure out how to make sense without rambling :rolleyes:). Ye're all great, in yisser own ways.

Personally though, I've noticed that some threads can occasionally revert to particular common themes, notably those on social welfare, millennials, politic(ian)s etc (negative comments, a lot of the time) and I've realised that in the last few weeks I'm much more anti some things I wouldn't have cared about in times gone by. EG, never gave two hoots about 'lifers', or council housing but now I'm of the mind-set that they can go down the bogs to free up space in the cities, unless they decide to actively contribute. I consider myself mild-mannered normally as well, but Boards gets me riled up about these and other issues (and I know I've shot myself in the foot by bringing up that particular example in my opening post ).

So, my question is, has Boards affected how you think about issues/brought them to the constant forefront of your mind? Or do you even care?

Note: I know that the human psyche is all about fitting in, and it's probably just an indoctrination thing because so many people have similar outlooks on extremely common themes on here. I'm just wondering if it's just me who's changed since discovering this mostly* marvellous forum.

*Sometimes I just have to give up on a thread because it's too frustrating following an argument that might be stuck in a rut.