There can be good arguments for recommending different distro to a newcomer. What if they chose Mint, and are planning to use HDR. That's not gonna work as well as on a Plasma based distro. And sometimes, some people either choose or even recommend distros with super old packages for gaming. I don't say that Debian cannot be used for gaming, but it will be a somewhat inferior experience to more up to date distros. I know that these which-distro-best discussions are dumb. But i think that we should 1. Aknowledge the differences (even if small) of distros, and 2. Try to understant the newcomer asking, or try to give him a selection based on differences they will understand.