LLAMAS SWIM IN ORANGE JUICE Somebody could make a topic like that here and it wouldn't get modded. If somebody did that in general discussion they'd be fined.
Off-topic doesn't have to be just stupid nonsense. We have seperate Off-topic and General Discussion forums on most forums I go on. GDF is usually for serious discussion, like current events sort of things, while the OTF is just for general chatting, silliness, showing off things you find on the internet, etc.