I personally find them more interesting and intellectually cultivating than the generic "Are women or men hotter?" type of threads that typically flood ATRL.
ATRL is a music website, I say delete the lounge entirely
"But you can just ignore it" but I can't. I came here for music, and the music only. If I wanted politics, I'd go somewhere else, but I'm so sick of it. Also, some of the threads in recently updated tab trigger me and ruin my mental health. Mods, make it so the lounge threads don't appear there, ok?