The Pit is where that rule is pretty much suspended except for the wishing death part, as we’ve seen. It’s where people who need to blow off steam and scream in reaction to stuff in other forums can let 'er rip. A safety valve.
ETA: It’s also more relaxed about off-topic hijacks – witness the long digression into ancient computers we’ve been seeing, which would be shut down or shunted into its own thread in another forum as derailing the topic at hand.
One reason I enjoy the Pit is precisely its more freewheeling spirit.