JTT, I went through a sensitive phase regarding the political threads. It just annoyed me that the same people would find a way to re-word the same general stuff over and over again. I was upset at every new thread I saw. I guess I didn't see the discussions as interesting - just an excuse for people to keep on arguing about the Same Old Shit. This bothered me, but obviously the folks who keep doing it enjoy it for some reason.

I quit reading the threads.
For a while, the many new titles bothered me, but I found that after a period of not reading them, they became insignificant.

The problem with "Off Topic" is that I believe even many of the people who say they don't like them rather enjoy certain off-topic topics and have a "trigger" when it comes to others.