This is what I'm kind of thinking too, like a r/popculture chat, but less related to celebrities and more about general non-political happenings. Maybe I'll message my instance admin and see what hosting something like that entails.

God forbid people enjoy light hearted and mindless entertainment. Do you think they must be focused on whatever you think is important all of the time?

This is a bit mean. Just because I want to talk about the WEIRDEST trade in the modern NBA (that has collusion vibes all over it), doesn't mean I am vapid and shallow.

I volunteer a lot in my community and mutual aid spaces, and things have gotten a lot worse since the pandemic. Talking about so called "vapid" social topics is how a lot of us avoid burnout.

Also if you watched Kendrick's Superb Owl performance, saw the message he was trying to portray about black empowerment, how ANGRY the establishment MAGAbros are over it, and still think of it as mindless drivel...maybe you're part of the problem.

Things don't have to be academic to matter.

As a CEO you may either attract more contents creators by paying them more or by lowering the quality of your editorial curation. It means you may either risk bankruptcy or knowingly foster depression at a global scale, unless like Mozilla's Pocket you chose to piggyback on a decentralized model and have no skin in the game.

People have brought up Kendrick Lamar but I'm sorry, he's never been recommended by my partner's Spotify account. Not even once.