Can open. Worms, everywhere.
The boys up top are just looking for some small amount of order. It’s not too much of them to ask of those here. The frustration on both ends of this discussion is well understood and 99% of the members who actively participate in this forum are guilty of throwing a topic or two OT, myself included.
I tend to sway towards the order end of the barrier. Opening up a topic titled “DP” only to get a full screen view of someones henry wrinkler throws me off a bit. Quite a bit to be honest. Funny, to some. Disgusting to myself, especially when my 2yr old daughter could come running around the corner at moments notice. NWS isn’t a tag line that just apply to cubicles and meeting rooms 
Keep the site fun and entertaining yes. Shift wouldn’t be Shift w/o some drama and even I must dive into it now and then to stay entertained. But derailing a full on tech post or some serious questioning thread with banter does no one any good. Nor does having people jumping into convo telling the OP how to do things better than what the OP obvious has a firm grasp on. I’m reluctant to post quite a bit of what goes on around here due to that exact scenario.
Enough outta me for now.