So, serious thoughts on this… which makes it off-topic to the pointless argument thread[1]
When you have a lot of bored people who neither agree nor particularly like one another sitting around blathering at one another in their downtime, you’re going to get a far more… negative… image of things than if, for example, you observe the same people talking with friends about common interests. So I don’t know that capsuleerdom is the depressing thing, so much as a discussion forum where everyone’s dealing with people they can’t stand is a depressing idea.
1. Is it that the arguments are pointless, or the thread itself? Who cares?