re: #49 researchok

Fair point.

The former offer up mindless time wasting.

The latter are deliberately mean spirited SOB’s- at the least.

it’s not mindless, it’s creative! many a novel has been written on the altar of “what if?!?!?” Certainly Art bell’s entire career

And really, I never consider a good drunken conversation to be a waste of time ^_^ But it ain’t facts, it’s bar talk, it’s shooting the shit