<human>: Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?

I can't take it anymore, Reddit. I use RES to filter out all the quickmeme type sites I see on here. I've unsubscribed from all the defaults, and continue to migrate to smaller and smaller subs to get away from the circlejerking and image macros (what most of you call memes). Every day, more and more of them seem strife over that fact that so many people want instant gratification content. I'm tired of spending an equal or greater time filtering out what I consider junk, than finding unique content, learning, and participating in actual conversation. I hate the fact that "The front page of the Internet" is just rage comics, cat pictures, 3 second old facebook responses knocking people who believe in a god.

1. What sites do those of you who prefer more "mature" content prefer to visit? Is there anything similar to the [old Reddit] now? Hacker News is nice for the computer science slant. I also enjoy MetaFilter, as the one time registration cost seems to keep most of the rubbish out.
2. How do all of you that upvote and fight for the instant gratification content to overtake every nook and cranny of this site feel about using the feel about using what is probably the most important tool in the history of mankind (the Internet, not Reddit itself) to shelter yourselves from expanding your knowledge?
<bot>: (Sad that I feel the need to include this) I like to use my free time on the Internet to learn and expand my horizons, but Reddit has become anti-intellectual. Where do I go?