why dont we like reading threads that go off topic

why dont we like reading threads that go off topic [+ favourites]

whats the psychological motive for this? i would put this in the psychology thread.. but I feel their a bit inferior to philosphers.. and would rather hear opinons from philospopher rather than those people.. unless same people in psychology section.. anyway im going off topic giving an example of what this thread is describing i guess.. but the point is (and ignore the silly stuff i said i dont agree with it in ways.. probably disagree with what i said more than i agree with it).. so anyway whats our psycholocal reason for not likeing threads going off topic? is it becasue we like to keep things simple? doesnt that ignore the idea (at least that io believe) that no one is that one sided and thoguhts link to othe thoughts realted somehow... but can quickly get not related enough to the thread title...? discuss discuss

"no quote until i copyright it.."

"I wonder how fast camels run."

"why do you care? They are pretty fast I'd assume."

"Yeah, but fast is relative. What's fast for a camel might be slow for a jumbo jet."

"Yeah, but obviously we would keep things in perspective. Animals vs animals."

"Why though? Speed is altogether relative. The earth is constantly moving in directions so the movement of a jet or camel doesn't matter."

"Yeah, but then how can you ever gauge speed?"

"Speed becomes irrelevent because there is no true way to gauge it. It's moreso a hack we use on earth comparitively."

"What alternative do you suggest?"

"I don't have one, but the point is everything is gravitationally relative to each other. We're always constantly moving."

In the end, does anyone know how fast a camel runs?

After you engage in discussions like that for years, you start realizing that although it feels like you've absorbed information, it's random and inneficient to do it by jumping from point to point. Then to ever really know how fast a camel runs, you'd have to luckily trip over it in a conversation about pastrami.

Off topic discussions are annoying because they don't actually resolve any issue.

"Hating everyone protects me from elitism."

The reason the topic is started is to talk about the subject , not to start talking about something totally unrelated.

If you want to start talking about something unrelated.....

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START ANOTHER THREAD

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"My mind is tearing me apart, then it constructively puts me back together again."
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one word, inefficiency.

"I am Akba-Atatdia"

frittering away is a waste of time and creates frustration for those who are using their time wisely in writing on-topic comprehensive discussion.

"The summit is just a halfway point"

I come here to here other peoples perspective on certain half decently intelligent topics.
When People post on a Metaphysics thread about what religion is correct or what not it is kind of frustrating.
Cause we arn't getting anywhere.
Which is what everyone already said, a waste of time.

"Anything is Possible when you think illogically."

Why would you want to read an off topic thread? I think that's a better question. There is no advantage to having an off topic thread. But, one that's on topic is organized and is what the reader is looking for.

"I love to see people struggling for their purpose in life..."

personally, i dont care. i respond to the concepts engaged by the post directly previous to mine, unless the thread asks a questoin to which the answer is personal and independent of previous posts (like this one). i call it the 'little picture' approach.

"dont got one"

Becasue i find (and i assume can be asimlar in everyone else perhaps).. that when i think of something/subject my train of thought can link to cool ideas or whatever more (or at least eventually by linking) off topic.. like you have cool ideas and makes you think of another cool idea that perhapos is considered disrelated enough from the topic but it was not disrelated to your train of thougat!

"no quote until i copyright it.."