Not really, there are some smart people there but the amount of idiocy is much worse than on most boards. White men who dedicate their time to diagnosing and trying to fix the political, social, and economic problems of their age have a tendency to devolve into stagnant groupthink and regorgitate whatever clever thing one of the smarter Anons says until it devolves into idiotic platitude.
Other ok boards
/pol/
Veeky Forums
Veeky Forums
I only browse the high brow boards. Everything else is too... juvenile for me.
shit tier
True, but I only come to Veeky Forums when I'm feeling the need to be a pretentious cunt
/g/ /pol/ Veeky Forums /gif/
not in that order.
>unironically believe anthropogenic climate change is a hoax
>unironically believe a cabal of jews are trying to undermine the west
>unironically have a whole general to praising trump
>unironically have people who believe the earth is flat
>unironically have threads about a secret nazi base in the antarctic that leads to the centre of the hollow earth
>unironically have threads debating whether or not specific european countries are white
>unironically watch infowars, varg, thegoldenone and other retarded e-celebs
>unironically worship hitler
>average poster probably believes half of the things on pic related
truly an enlightened community
truly enlightened
I agree with you user. I think we also need to recognise the sheer number of posters in /pol/ + quick cooldowns mean that quality discourse is going to be outweighed by shitposting. That being said, places like /SIG/ & /SG/ are genuinely valuable, and /qanda/ is hilarious
Half of those are either ironic or bait
Well, like I said, I don't go there and hear it's a cesspool of shills now anyway. But generally white men who have the discipline to learn about the nuances of the JQ and its effect on society are going to be more intelligent than people who care about cartoons, post about TV, or even have their heads buried in fiction books.
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/co/ and /a/ because there are no alternatives. Both boards are shit if you seek intelligent discussion and /co/ has descended too much into /tv/ and /v/ territory.