If the Ivory Tower is the brain of the board, and the Transformers discussion is its heart, then General Discussions is the waste disposal pipe. Or kidney. Or something suitably pulpy and soft, like 4 week old bananas.
I just finished a Jughead Jones double digest[iirc] from the late 80's while staying at a friend's place... now, that brought back a lot of memories. We used to have a huuuuge collection of Archie comics as kids...