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58 Post author: Wei_Dai 18 April 2012 10:01PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 22 April 2012 02:36:15PM *  4 points [-]

Controversial doesn't necessarily mean weird-sounding. For example, we could talk more about medicine, an area with a great deal of disagreement, without seeming like clown-suit wearing crazies. Mainstream topics should be more than enough to fill the controversy quota.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 22 April 2012 02:50:18PM 1 point [-]

(nods) Fair point.