I think what I would rather see is a new top level tab like ask and show for political/pop culture/"non curious" articles. There are some types of threads that

I think what I would rather see is a new top level tab like ask and show for political/pop culture/"non curious" articles. There are some types of threads that are interesting, but ultimately hazardous to HN and curiosity destroying. I would guess that runs the risk of attracting the wrong type of commenters (often like myself) and that bleeding into the front page. It also creates a categorization problem and increased moderator work.