I agree 100 percent. I like having the chit chat and general talk mixed together. It makes it more fun and easier to access everything.
It's like this.. you got to say a friend's house and all of you guys are into let's say high end stereo equipment. Everyone is talking about new speakers, amps etc that are on the market and at one point you hear "Hey Joe, how did your son do in that swim meet"? At that point the owner of the house tells the guy.. "hey you need to take that into the kitchen, we are talking stereo equipment here in the living room, the kitchen is for that type of conversation" just seems odd.