Why is Broad-Minded a Quirk?

[Phil Masters]

Originally Posted by Ragitsu

So, some people say Broad-Minded is merely an open mind, while others call it a minor active interest in people of a different culture/ethnicity/race.

In the former case, it has to be a roleplayable open mind - it has to be something that the GM can plausibly penalise you for failing to act on. That's why there's at least a slight sense that it should be disadvantageous; if this is trivially normal behaviour in the setting and there's no incentive for you to ignore the quirk or difficulty in remembering it, taking that quirk is hardly a "contract to roleplay". "Oh yeah, that guy who hangs out with haints and spriggans - bit of a freak, though he seems quite cool when you talk to him."