I used to frequent twoplustwo.com which is a poker forum with a bunch of sub-forums about all sorts of topics. Most sub-forums created an off-topic/random shit thread that was stickied at the top, and it proved very successful and generated many interesting discussions.
We have the same basic setup here and I think it's worth trying out. Sometimes we all have things we'd like to share or talk about but it isn't worthy of its own thread.
Thoughts?
The formatting is just superior to reddit clones for any amount of text based discussion. Reddit style is only better if image posts are the majority of submissions