The lounge was nothing like a circle of close friends, in my opinion. More like the Stonecutters lodge. 
I know I’ve vaguely alluded to mean-spiritedness in restricted threads so I feel like I should clarify that I appreciate the intent behind Hey, Rube and don’t mean to disparage it. There was some admirable tolerance in that particular thread, and some appropriate calls for community moderation, too. It was a generous attempt to help @falcor out using the flag mechanism.
