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I certainly haven't seen much recently of the prestige media's dreadfully sententious hand-wringing along the lines of "Should we be dignifying with our attention these allegations about presidential fondling, as detailed in the following 62-page special report (and make sure not to miss the amazing revelations from the alleged victim's college roommate about her attitudes toward oral sex!)
This is a place where everyone just hangs out, from students conversing in sententious tones, to punks in leather, and professionals in well-pressed suits.
The title is taken from one of Sir Francis Bacon's sententious essays one read as a schoolboy.