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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
EDIT: excuse my previous post/answer, I've gotten some bad news and that clouded how I read and understood this.
I think I have a better understanding as to what you are getting at here.
Yes there is some of that, I think some of it has been lost because some of those that proselytized it so much aren't here to proselytize it any more.
Am I understanding you correctly that we don't seem as accessible as we should be in our discussions?
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You've got it for the most part but it's really just as simple the fact that I really did enjoy the last two seasons of Jersey Shore and apparently so have millions of other people. I don't think there's anything wrong with aiming at more intelligent discussions but there's lots and lots of middle ground between pure genius talk and having no standards at all.
Many of those members may have left but I know that for myself and for plenty of others around here, much of the stigma has remained. Believe me, I don't want this forum to become the text version of watching the E! channel but there is a pretty clear lack of relevancy around here - a disconnect from what the rest of the world is out there making and consuming that very well may be worth taking a look at if this place is going to last as something more than this very same discussion reiterated interminably.
We may choose to make this forum different than the rest of the internet but as individuals we're no different than everyone else out there. Perhaps true evolution lies (at least within the terms of those old proselytizers) in regression.