There are definitely some absolutely wild political takes on Lemmy, even outside of .ml, which leave me feeling some people are completely off their rockers.

Not just political in my experience.

It’s just tiring…part of the reason I think comment sections are usually a ghost town aside from lack of used base.

In active threads there are always a handful of (upvoted) irrational takes seemingly formulated with pure emotion and mostly rage. Any counterpoint is descended upon by equally irrational and hostile responses.

You start to realize that you’re likely arguing with teenagers or people otherwise lacking life experiences…