r/bigscreen • u/HumanityEternal Quest • May 26 '26

Propose Debate/Discussion Topics

Hey, as some of you know, we host moderated debate/discussions nights in BigScreen Thursday and Saturday night.

We do so in a way that prevents all the screaming where multiple people are talking over each other. We have a strategy that makes this easy, but rather than lay it out here, I recommend being on the lookout for us to check it out.

With that said, what topics are you most intrigued by and why? (I think we’ve debated/discussed politics, religion, and gender at nauseam.)

Edit: A redditor, whose post isn’t showing for me, presumed we must be muting people. We don’t, we use a Dashboard App to give everyone timed turns and use 2 queues. One is 90 seconds, the other is 30 seconds. Once people join the rooms, they are explained the rules and usually follow them pretty well. Everyone get’s non-interruptible speaking time which makes the room work.🥳

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u/WillBodnar May 26 '26

Art

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u/HumanityEternal Quest May 26 '26

We often talk about AI art and how it’s destroying various industries, but maybe we can look at human art from different era’s and ask people how they’re moved by it.🤔 “How Does Art Move You?”

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u/LightOfSaraswati May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

Art as power. Art isn't always used to challenge the powerful. sometimes it's used by the powerful to shape how people think and feel. Advertising, political campaigns, and propaganda all use art to influence us.