I disagree this site doesn't have enough serious debates and is weighed down by farcical and trite questions.

Perhaps it is because you don't have an amazing grasp of the English language.

Check the comedy section of the debate topics. There are plenty, JoeCavalry didn't get 11,000 points for making serious debates.

I for one take the debates I engage in seriously but understand the farcical nature of the site as well. I accept the fact that this is a populous website targeting mainstream participants. If we are to engage in intellectually higher level debates, internet sites are not the quintessential forum to do so, there are other forums available, however, I've observed these forums as being limited in scope, democratic accessibility and expensive to attend.

I'm very accepting that www.createdebate.com is sufficient for the most part.

That's the problem! All of the debates recently are meant to be 'fun', not thought-provoking.

There are some funny and fun debate you just got to look around check out some of the funny debates I created buddy =)

You can only debate the same thing so many times before it gets boring. Abortion, religion, gay rights, drugs, politics, etc. have already been debated to the point where there is really nothing more to be said about them and the result is that people try to act creative and make up fun debates.