I really don’t like pointing this out but on occasion I do. THIS is the coffee room, not Gemara chat 101. I came upon this very lovely and meaningful discussion about hashgacha pratis which was very comforting to me, an avail basically 10 days after my mom’s passing. (you never know who is reading these posts). The thread starts off with real words of bitachon and that in itself is nechama for a person like me in my situation. It pulls me out of my internal depression and reminds me just how good Hashem is to me and of all the story my mom told me and then it goes off into another Gemara debate.
I hate to say this but if all these Gemara kups want to debate how much they know or discuss Torah and learning why are they here? Why not do so in a shiur or with a chavrusa. Personally I don’t think the Coffee Room is the appropriate place for it. Some how it is just out of place. Maybe the moderators can figure out a way that these debates and discussions can move to another area where men who wish to debate in such depth or bring in the mikor of an issue as they did when they were in Yeshiva can do so and others who wish to can join in while allowing those who want to enjoy and contribute to the original concept of the thread can continue to keep the thread in tact. Just a suggestion. I apologize if I sound harsh, maybe it is a little bit of depression escaping.