@MR.MAGOO Just a minute ago I was thinking this forum is becoming a platform for US political ranting and chaos, of which wears on me too. So I'm sympathetic to your post.
I'm Canadian, and we are subject to a huge amount of this daily in every media supply. Every week it seems another mass shooting, or 1 million deaths from Covid, or a major disaster of some sort => Hurricanes, Tornados, Wildfires, etc. I like to come here to avoid all that doom & gloom, and talk / read about Audio. Not politics or disasters => just Audio.
I typically look at New Posts daily, and read / respond to Audio topics only. I try to skim over the Steam Vents listed but even the titles can bring me down. I wonder if an Admin could tweak the settings to allow a filtered versions of New Posts so one could select topics to become hidden. (Right click to hide?) That way those who find them entertaining or enlightening can still get them, and those who don't can push them aside after reading the subject line - never having to look at them again.
I doubt this will ever become available. But like you, I'd like to avoid it once and for all.