This thread started out because of my response to the turmoil in the BS section of the forum.
Only very recently, a series of threads came to my attention: non-music and, as it happens, non-debate. The old-timers know about them. For months I had ignored them. Out of boredom or something, I clicked on one.
It was startling to glance at the posts on the thread and immediately get the feel of the emotions and attitudes. There are long-time Mudcat members there, and great familiarity. I'm not going to blow their cover....anyway, if this is a secret, it is one hiding in plain sight.

They won't appreciate my feelings about their ongoing conversation. I felt like an outsider. But that is as it ought to be, I guess. After all, I am an outsider really, and ought to stay that way. So better not to give in to indiscretion.

It's just that the experience was a real eye-opener.
It reminded me, though, that sometimes I like solitude. A sense of privacy even while participating in community. It was a big deal for me to post the earliest posts on this thread, precisely because I'm not that eager to "share." That's all for this post.