If you're reading this, then I suggest you stop for a second to read this.

These are just my thoughts on the matter...

I'm glad TP posted that. General Discussion is overflowing with stuff like that. It's called general discussion. Things should be disscused there. Almost every topic I see there is a question that anyone can easily answer with just a few words. Easy post counts. Don't get me wrong, some of them are pretty good questions. But In my opinion, some of those topics are just scraping the surface of being spam, but following the rules just enough to be allowed. Like eating something on the experation date.

Now, questions are usually the most common things to start discussions on, but questions so simple, anyone in the world could answer so easily are best avoided. But all the examples I can think of would go in S&T. In fact, the S&T forum pretty much eliminates the use for GD. Now, I don't browse S&T very often, so I'm probably missing something. But I just thought I'd point that out.

Come to think about it, there are so many other forums here that questions seem to be the only things to put in there. But if the question is good, then there could be a real discussion-- a word which Dictionary.com describs as "an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., esp. to explore solutions; informal debate." --It's just that everyone makes one post in the topic, then their gone! From the "discussion" I mean.

Well, this is pretty much me thinking out loud, attempting to make a point... Where's the discussoin? So I'd like to end with a song... Sing to the chorus of "Where is the Love?" by Black-Eyed Peas.

People asking simple questions

Easy posts, a new hot topic

All the questions are the same

"What was your previous name?"

I know, I know there are other

topics that can be discussed

But people got me got me questioning

Where's the discussion?