No offense but it seems like you're part of the problem then. I've also had retrospectives where bland statements were the norm but as a team you should be able

No offense but it seems like you're part of the problem then. I've also had retrospectives where bland statements were the norm but as a team you should be able to say to each other, alright nice that the teamwork was great but is there anything new? > any actionable items getting discarded immediately after Except that, that's bad and honestly I've never experienced it that way. Maybe because I'm vocal and harp on about things if they don't change but yeah. An actionable item either becomes an email (which we will follow up on during the sprint, if nothing happens it comes back next retro) or an issue in a sprint / kanban board. > And there's always one or two people that talk out the entire meeting You've got to claim a stage here. Or if it doesn't pertain to you specifically, help teammates who do get snowed under by explicitly asking them. I'd really not want to work in the environment you're describing, but I think I'd give it a shot to change it before leaving.