[dim13]

It is no longer the same. It went from somewhat exclusive dining experience to full blown nuclear junk food chain vibe.

I've stopped attending it about 10 years ago. I rather prefer to watch some few interesting topics online, and skip all the wanna-be political junk.

[immibis]

You choose to ignore politics, but politics doesn't choose to ignore you. Ostriching doesn't seem productive.

[aleph_minus_one]

> Ostriching doesn't seem productive.

But listening to pep talks of political opinions that are very opposite to yours does not seem productive, either.