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### Human: I think the viewpoint that Barbie dolls are responsible for girls having self-esteem issues is beyond ridiculous. CMV### Assistant: I don't think anyone really thinks that banning Barbie in all her incarnations will solve the collective self-esteem problems of girls in America. That's absurd. It is, however,...
### Human: I believe smartwatches now are the palm PCs of the late 90s, CMV### Assistant: I love my pebble. I wouldn't call it a "smart watch" though. I look at it as an extension of my phone's screen. Think about how many times you get your phone out of your pocket/holster/purse. Then unlock it with your pin or ...
### Human: CMV: BernieOrBust is now functionally a pro-Trump, anti-Bernie movement### Assistant: I'm not going to argue that Trump is not the beneficiary of Sanders supporter agnst but I would also like to point out that the BernieOrBust party is also actively pushing for reform of the Democratic party, which may be wo...
### Human: CMV: Qui-Gon Jinn should have freed both Anakin and Shmi Skywalker after the podrace, by force if necessary.### Assistant: Jedi are a combination law enforcement/diplomatic body in the Imperial Republic. A Jedi Knight is an incredibly important and senior government official who cannot just go around breaki...
### Human: CMV: Young people in the US today are not much more easily offended than at any other time, and if anything, a higher sensitivity to social issues indicates a positive change in society### Assistant: The current trend among college age Americans in being overly offended by instances they believe to be wrong ...
### Human: I believe alimony should be abolished. CMV.### Assistant: You can't just inspect the ownership of possessions at a superficial level like you're doing though. Yes, you could split up everything 50/50, or whatever split is deemed appropriate, but many decisions made during the marriage have effects that last ...
### Human: CMV: Your public presence on the internet should not affect your ability to obtain a job.### Assistant: Judging people is not illegal nor is it intrinsically immoral as you imply. You judge people based on their actions, and with social media you have documentation both in picture and in text of their action...
### Human: I believe homeschooling is bad for children and should be outlawed at a State level. CMV### Assistant: According to an [article](http://www.forbes.com/sites/billflax/2013/01/22/want-to-tell-the-state-to-stick-it-homeschool-your-kids/) in Forbes earlier this year, "the ranks of homeschoolers are rising rapidl...
### Human: I think that when drunk man and drunk woman have sex, the man shouldn't by default be considered a rapist. CMV### Assistant: I talked with the head of the women's center at my college regarding this and as well as working there she was a lawyer for some time. In terms of the eyes of the law in a situation s...
### Human: CMV:I believe that if you are vehemently pro-life you are hypocritical if you don't adopt (national) or foster and choose to produce your own children.### Assistant: I don't see how it is *hypocritical* to not adopt, since what they advocate is fewer abortions, not more adoptions. I believe people who rob ba...
### Human: CMV: Humanity will never have a universal, galactic, or even interstellar empire if the speed of light is the universal speed limit.### Assistant: I'm a little confused. I agree that it would be supremely difficult to have colonies with such a long delay between communications (I can see months being doable,...
### Human: CMV: If you can't speak any English, you should not work a job that demands you speak English.### Assistant: > People also complain that an English teacher should at least know English, but the prof speaks only Russian. Is there any way to verify this? It's highly unlikely that a university would hire an...
### Human: CMV: Socioeconomic affirmative action would promote equality better than racially based affirmative action.### Assistant: The easiest answer to this is that no, it wouldn't, because even though black Americans are a disproportionately impoverished demographic, there are by far more impoverished white America...
### Human: CMV: Society hasn't gotten worse, it's actually gotten a lot better and older people think it's gotten worse because of the media.### Assistant: Basically you want a refutation of this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_world_syndrome### Human: I'm not trying to say that that isn't a legitimate thing. It ...
### Human: CMV:It is wrong to have children if you are knowingly passing down a deadly or devastating disease/condition.### Assistant: > and has a 50% chance of being passed down from parent to child with each pregnancy Depending on how you think of it, it also has a 50% chance to go well. Different people evaluat...
### Human: CMV: Princeton University (and other ivy league colleges) does not deserve respect because it primarily serves the interests of the rich elite and its student body does not give back to the average American### Assistant: I think you are misunderstanding the reason that Ivy League schools get a lot of attenti...
### Human: CMV I think that US supreme court justices should have a limit to the number of years they can hold the office.### Assistant: The job of the Supreme Court is not to make law. They are not even in the branch of the government that handles the bills and how they are made into law. They do not touch things when...
### Human: CMV: I should eat Lunchables every day### Assistant: Do you care only about calories or does overall nutritional content matter? A quick google says that this is pretty high in saturated fat and sodium. This is usually the trade-off in pre-made meals, even "diet" ones (obviously Lunchables are not diet mea...
### Human: CMV: Hilary clinton is no more corrupt than the average politician, she is the target of a 20 year long smear campaign### Assistant: Devils Advocate: If every politician were equally corrupt, we could expect to see every politician have 16 of their friends convicted of 40 separate crimes. Since that's quit...
### Human: I believe that those who pirate things just because they don't want to pay for them are assholes. CMV.### Assistant: This is a bit problematic since you are conflating "people who want something for nothing" with "assholes." You also seem to be focusing more on gaming piracy than on movie or music piracy. On...
### Human: CMV: Castor Semenya should not be required to take testosterone suppressors### Assistant: > I strongly dislike the precedent that this sets. People who are gifted should be allowed to use those gifts to realize their highest potential. Should we also, say, ban people with high IQs from applying to college...
### Human: CMV: Equating "gender unequal" societies as "women disadvantaged" societies is misguided, and obscures the true problem of gender inequality.### Assistant: I always had the impression that we aren't against people living in a traditional "man as more powerful breadwinner" dynamic, it's just that we want to m...
### Human: CMV: Voter turnout on election days will not increase until there is a way for citizens to vote online.### Assistant: >— until voting is something citizens can do in their underwear, from the comfort and convenience of their homes — there is not a whole lot politicians can do to increase dwindling voter t...
### Human: CMV: I feel that refugees would be more welcome as temporary visitors/wards of a host country as opposed to permanent new citizens.### Assistant: In the UK you initially get 5 years and then after 5 years there's a needs assessment on if they can be safely returned and if not they get permanent. The issue ...
### Human: CMV: Drone strikes are not only a legitimate method of waging war, but one of the most ethical and ideal.### Assistant: You seem to be arguing a point that is not really being contended. Is anyone actually saying Drones as a stand-alone object are bad (more so than any other weapon anyway)? Typically debate ...
### Human: [Mod Post] Genderless January Feedback### Assistant: Please don't make it permanent. It was a nice change of pace that made the posts more diverse for the month, but I see no reason for a permanent ban. Gender topics still are legitimate issues in society and it's kinda bullshit if we're never allowed to tal...
### Human: CMV: There is no reason to be offended when a fictional character is gender or race swapped.### Assistant: I'll play devil's advocate for Bond. Would a black Bond offend me on a visceral level? No. Would a black Bond make sense within the character's biography? Not really. Bond is supposed to have come from...
### Human: CMV: Polygamy should be legal in the Western world (United States, Canada, Europe and Oceania)### Assistant: Strictly speaking, I agree with you. **However**, it opens the door for some problems that I do not see a practical way to address. Consider the following: Gay marriage and polygamy are both legali...
### Human: CMV: The modern LGBT movement is ultimately harmful to the majority of those within the LGBT community### Assistant: >The whole point of the LGBT movement should be about making it so our sexuality doesn't matter to people. Straight sexuality matters massively to people and is hugely flamboyant, overt an...
### Human: CMV: The TSA is a massive waste of money and should be abolished.### Assistant: The stated view breaks down as: * "The TSA is a massive waste of money" * "Therefore, the TSA should be abolished" I think the most likely way to change this view is to attack the second half - instead of abolishing the TSA, pe...
### Human: CMV:I think that a majority of posters in CMV are not actually looking to change their view but are instead using the subreddit as an opinion soapbox.### Assistant: I had similar thoughts when I first subbed, and there's definitely truth to what you say. But I think that it's more complicated than that. I ...
### Human: CMV: I don't see anything wrong with "sexy" Halloween costumes### Assistant: I think the main problem seems to be when you go to purchase costumes. Sure, it's nice to have sexy costumes as an *option*, but sometimes that's all there is. Ex: There may be no non-sexy/skimpy female doctor costumes. The costumes...
### Human: CMV: People who get large, visible tattoos are being exceptionally short-sighted or overly optimistic about the future acceptability of such body art.### Assistant: [deleted]### Human: The people who judge someone for having a tattoo are the ones who are short sighted.### Assistant: I'd tend to agree with th...
### Human: CMV: It's hypocritical for Anti-SJWs to have such a strong reaction to being called racist, sexist, homophobic, etc when they regularly bash SJWs for getting offended by words.### Assistant: Because alot of the time the one being called racist or sexist isn't one, they express an opinion and gets called name...
### Human: CMV: W.T. Sherman is hero of the North who broke the Confederacy's ability to wage war.### Assistant: What view is up for being changed? Your title reads a little differently than how you end your post.### Human: That the way he conducted himself really was "terrorism" and not merely a method of warfare. Or...
### Human: CMV: I think Tim Cook and Apple are being super hypocritical by "boycotting" Indiana while having stores and profiting in countries like Saudi Arabia where they imprison and kill homosexuals.### Assistant: Apple isn't boycotting Indiana because they refuse to do business in Indiana, they're boycotting becaus...
### Human: CMV: The biggest challenge to affordable healthcare is that our knowledge and technology has exceeded our finances.### Assistant: There will always be a problem with care being too expensive. There will always be some procedure, some drug, which could help but just costs too much. But we in the US also have...
### Human: CMV: Labeling people as the "First African-American" or "First Woman" to do something does more to separate us than bring us together### Assistant: I'd say that there's a notable exception to this principle, and that's when a person had to overcome a major social barrier to become the first whatever of their...
### Human: CMV: With the discovery of the link between football and brain injury all school football programs should be ended and football banned for people under 18.### Assistant: All sports have an associated injury risk. What is an acceptable injury risk for children's sports?### Human: When played properly footbal...
### Human: I believe inequality of wealth, political power and fertility is essential for civilization to function. CMV.### Assistant: You apparently *have* rejected Marx, because you start from the assumption that wealth belongs to the rich and is "given" to the poor. What Marx illustrated is that wealth belongs to th...
### Human: CMV:Removing Confederate statues from public locations will have no effect on racism whatsoever.### Assistant: > But nothing will have changed, really. Well, one thing will have changed. There will be fewer statues celebrating unworthy ideas. You say that we shouldn't bother doing this because, I think...
### Human: CMV: There is less mystery in the world nowadays for the average person.### Assistant: This is probably just a function of experience in the early 20's, arrogance, and lack of perspective. As a kid, magic is life. I have high schoolers who think that electricity is magic as I was demonstrating the modern f...
### Human: CMV: Sealing up trash cans at the train station in response to an 'increased terror threat' is just intentional govt fear mongering.### Assistant: >What kind of serious explosive device can you even fit through the hole in that bin? This is a weak point but the holes for the trash arent much wider than a ...
### Human: CMV: Taxpayer funded research should be freely available to any citizen upon first publication.### Assistant: There's already a well-established movement to make research papers available to everyone for free. It's called [open-access journals](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access_journal). It seems lik...
### Human: CMV: People who complain about vegetarians speaking out and criticizing meat-eaters are being intellectually dishonest. If you are not able to philosophically defend your meat eating habits, then resorting to "you live your life, and I live mine" is not a valid response.### Assistant: You have thought about ...
### Human: I believe that churches and other religious institutions should have to pay taxes. CMV### Assistant: One of the historical methods of repressing out of favor religions is to make them pay exorbitant taxes. The blanket religious tax exemption is one of the ways we comply with the first amendment. Many atheist...
### Human: CMV: I do not think that a government should censor the publishing of documentaries, even if they are political.### Assistant: Wouldn't it be country dependent? Here in Europe free speech is often more limited than in the US. The UK is more like what you know, the tradition comes from there. In France, the...
### Human: I think Pope Francis is doing a great job as Pope and is radically transforming the Catholic Church for the better. CMV### Assistant: I'm a very observant Catholic, and something of a liberal, too, so allow me to moderate some of your views on the Pope. For the record, I'm trying to change your view that he'...
### Human: CMV:If consumers were truly concerned about farm animal welfare, more of them would be involved in small scale agriculture### Assistant: First let me point out that the link you provide - to the AHI - links to a site that is supported and operated by pharmaceutical companies. Second, I would point out that t...
### Human: CMV: There is no such thing as cyber bullying because you can just turn off your device or block the sender.### Assistant: This is based on a gross, gross misunderstanding of what "cyber bullying" actually is. Sometimes it's sending mean messages to the target. But much more often, and more seriously, it's s...
### Human: CMV: If you swear off the "pursuer" role in romantic encounters, you have nobody but yourself to blame for being single.### Assistant: I can't really change much about this view, but I'll try and add just a little bit of cultural perspective to help you understand why some women don't pursue men. In the Uni...
### Human: I believe tipping shouldn't be percentage based. CMV### Assistant: In that one situation you describe, where you're eating alone and enjoying only one dish, you have a point. However, I can't think of another time where the percentage rule isn't useful. The most obvious use of a % rule is a situation where m...
### Human: CMV: "Extra Time" on tests is a broken system which artificially hides weaker applicants on account of their conditions, while not getting at the core issue of ineffective testing.### Assistant: It's really pretty rare that the "problem solving" part of an engineering job is constrained by limited time. "Tim...
### Human: CMV: It is hypocritical to call oneself pro-life yet not support healthcare as a basic human right### Assistant: >The only way that I could imagine someone not being hypocritical is if they freely admit that "pro-life" is just a euphemism for "pro-fetus". You could change my view if you are pro-life and ...
### Human: It should be illegal to divert funds from academics to athletics. CMV### Assistant: You don't understand how integral athletics are to social solidarity amongst the student body. Sports are huge alumni draws and keep people interested in their schools after they're graduated (and hence more likely to donate)...
### Human: Barack Obama should be regarded as the first bi-racial president of the United States, not the first black president. CMV### Assistant: Throughout American history, [people who are only partially black were treated the same as black people](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule)### Human: [deleted]### ...
### Human: CMV: Having default subreddits decreases the quality of Reddit### Assistant: Isn't the sfw top. /r/all mostly a reflection of current and former defaults? I think there should be some general subreddits as default for those without an account and then subbing guide as part of creating a account so that new u...
### Human: CMV: As a business owner who creates custom items, I should be able to refuse creating anything that I personally find offensive.### Assistant: That's the law. You are allowed to refused to customize your product if the requested customization is offensive to you. The gay cake thing was about selling a non-...
### Human: CMV: The Republican party deliberately thwarts effective government, because they see a functioning government as a threat to the wealthy and powerful### Assistant: I'll look past the long list of corporate donors of the Democratic Party, or your subtle implication that all GOP members are brainwashed, or yo...
### Human: CMV: I think the Fat Acceptance movement is dangerous### Assistant: What if I told you there exists fat people who don't give a shit that they're fat, don't make excuses or really even talk about it, and just want to live life? Why should you obsess and rage over somebody else's lifestyle if it doesn't inte...
### Human: It seems to me that the majority of "finance" is just high-stakes gambling, and that those people aren't contributing to society in a meaningful way. CMV### Assistant: No offense, but it seems to me like you do not understand the basic principles of banking and finance. Stock trading is not random gambling...
### Human: I don't think it's wrong for a girl to be slutty and promiscuous provided that she practises safe sex and birth control. CMV### Assistant: I'd take issue with your use of the word 'slutty', then. Slut is quite clearly a pejorative word.### Human: Aren't people trying to reclaim the word?### Assistant: [delet...
### Human: CMV: I find it very difficult to justify purchasing content I can view for free online### Assistant: Support. While I may be expanding upon the definition of your argument of "free" (i.e. you can support through streaming if the site you're viewing from has ads such as Hulu), if you enjoy a show or series, t...
### Human: I believe that, in the US, there is an "education bubble" that will burst within fifteen years, CMV### Assistant: Well, you're focusing on china. It's currently sending lots of students, but why couldn't india step up to take its place in the next few years? Or other parts of the world?### Human: Why wouldn'...
### Human: CMV: The basic necessities for life should not be something one has to work for.### Assistant: Food -- enough food to feed everyone on the planet -- doesn't just grow in the wild. Someone has to plant it, grow it, harvest it, transport it, sell it, wash it, prepare it, and cook it before you can eat it. Hell...
### Human: CMV: In the Warhammer 40,000 universe, the PDF deserve more respect as a fighting force than the Imperial Guard### Assistant: You're confusing what may happen to the PDF with what typically does happen. You're right, in that if things go bad for the PDF, they go *very* bad *very* quickly, but most of the tim...
### Human: CMV: If everyone votes selfishly, the outcome is best for the entire population### Assistant: >the center parties lose votes and there is no clear majority (think 10-15-30-30-15 And how is not having a majority best for the entire population? Who decides who gets into government? Before you think you h...
### Human: CMV: We are in the midst of a class war and racial issues and extremism are sensationalized in the media to draw attention away from it.### Assistant: Why not both? Most BLM movements are intersectionalist; they argue that there is a network of potential identities a person can have that will advantage them...
### Human: CMV: It is MY right to decide my fate, and that right should extend to suicide as well.### Assistant: While I might be open to the idea that some peoples depression is incurable, I do not think people who are depressed can accurately make that claim about themselves. I think if someone could find a doctor (o...
### Human: CMV: A marriage can be successful and longlasting without any initial romantic spark### Assistant: A marriage can absolutely be mutually beneficial, longlasting and successful if both parties work together to make the other person happy, grow together as a couple and support each other emotionally. They may ...
### Human: CMV: Teachers are, in general, paid enough.### Assistant: Every point you have raised is 100% true. However, I think you have missed the real point of why many people feel teachers should be paid more. Its a question of the value they produce. In most professions, the value that you produce can be directl...
### Human: CMV: the first weeks of Donald Trump's presidency are objectively the worst start to a presidency in living memory### Assistant: [removed]### Human: I did say *living memory* for a reason :)### Assistant: [removed]### Human: That was pretty crazy, but wasn't it settled before Bush took office?### Assistant: ...
### Human: I think Senior Citizens, persons of age 65 and over, should be required by law to take a annual driver license renewal test, CMV.### Assistant: I agree with you thoroughly in theory, in fact, I would go one further and mandate EVERYONE be retested every so often, with the range decreasing as you age. The pro...
### Human: CMV: Promoting 'manliness', or 'being a man', is outdated, encourages prejudice, and is demeaning to both genders.### Assistant: One thing that I think you're missing here is that the information is there for people who are seeking it out. This isn't thrown in anyone's face, it isn't being taught in schools...
### Human: I've been using Windows 8 for about 6 months and love it. Apparently I'm in the minority though, so CMV. What am I missing?### Assistant: Okay, here's my take on the subject. First of all, I'll give credit where credit is due. Memory management is much better in Win 8, as is the use of the processor. That be...
### Human: I believe welfare programs harm society's moral conscience. CMV.### Assistant: In an ideal world, sure, we'd have no need for welfare programs. Private charity could take care of everything. But we *don't* live in an ideal world; private charity has never been close to sufficient. Given that, taking care o...
### Human: I believe President George W. Bush was one of the most competent political leaders in American history. CMV.### Assistant: You're essentially praising him for being a benevolent dictator. He *lied* to the American people to achieve his ends. The administration had complete disrespect for the will of the peop...
### Human: CMV: I genuinely believe black people ruined Detroit and other major US cities.### Assistant: So you have a large blue collar community that is doing well called Detroit. Detroit has only one industry that keeps it going, cars. An entire city built on one industry only is not a good idea...there is no back...
### Human: CMV: I think Scotland would be better off to stay in the UK.### Assistant: >but they don't have anything important Manufacturing and heavy industry. >nor are there important resources. North sea oil > they're not an actual country Yes we are, as much as England NI and Wales are. I just want...
### Human: CMV: It is neither derogatory nor a promotion of sexual assault when heterosexual males express their desire to have sex with females.### Assistant: Harassment is nothing more than "aggressive pressure or intimidation." Signs like these create an aggressive and intimidating environment for women by making th...
### Human: CMV: If boycotting is seen as an an effective means of change, then it should be completely okay to not tip servers, bellhops, caddies, etc.### Assistant: [deleted]### Human: This! Trust me when I say that the establishment in question couldn't care less if you tip or not. In fact, in most cases, if you wa...
### Human: CMV: "Good-paying" factory jobs won't come back to the United States.### Assistant: Specialized manufacturing or all types of manufacturing? We still make things in this country. We just don't make everything. Specialized manufacturing will still be a US thing. Making and pinning shirts probably won't.##...
### Human: CMV: I don't believe people with severe mental disabilities should graduate. Please, please CMV.### Assistant: With severe disabilities, it's mostly a ceremonial thing, yeah. It costs the school a negligible amount, and means a lot to the student, their parents, and the press. It's not like schools can keep ...
### Human: CMV: The US is not inherently worse or more evil than any other great power. It only appears that way because of its size and dominance.### Assistant: Suppose you are right that size and dominance inevitably leads to these things. Could it not be argued, then, that seeking size and dominance is itself evil?...
### Human: I believe all drugs should be legalized. -CMV### Assistant: I see problems with "legalization" and controlled distribution; because it leaves the opportunity for cartels etc to continue what they're doing. Those who could not get it legally, would continue to turn to illegal alternatives. What needs to happ...
### Human: CMV: Blaming extremists instead of religion for religious terrorism is like blaming extremists instead of Nazism for World War II and the Holocaust.### Assistant: I think the comparison between national socialism and islam fails because those are hardly comparable in their structure: National Socialism was ...
### Human: CMV: I'm racist### Assistant: You needed a reason to hate him so you made one up. You didn't know the guy, so his appearance is all you had to go on. If he was a white guy wearing tight jeans and thick rimmed glasses you would have gathered your friends to jump a "hipster".### Human: This sums up about 90% o...
### Human: CMV: I'm very disappointed with my Windows 10 laptop and will deeply (and frequently) regret it if I migrate my Windows 7 desktop to W10.### Assistant: Windows 10 has a lot going for it that you don't see, but will increasingly be valuable to you. * Windows 10 will soon have a full Ubuntu shell, allowing n...
### Human: CMV: Elections should be decided based on the popular vote.### Assistant: I'm assuming you're talking about presidential elections. The other elections are already popular vote of the state/district. >Another reason is to prevent gerrymandering, which directly suppresses people's votes. This won't fix t...
### Human: CMV: Criminalizing drug use is ludicrous### Assistant: Just to clarify, are you arguing for the legalization of things like heroin and crystal meth? Or just the drugs you listed### Human: Decriminalization for all drugs, with legal access to the very hardest stuff in a supervised consumption sites. Legaliza...
### Human: CMV: Tipping well-paid professionals is ridiculous### Assistant: >Her argument is that Is that her argument as to why the practice of tipping these professionals exists, or why she engages in the existing practice? Because I basically agree with you I think that it should just be part of the service co...
### Human: CMV: The people who are more upset about when Kaepernick decided to protest than they are about why he decided to protest are the reason why he is protesting in the first place.### Assistant: My complaint is that he's not rallying for something specific. He says he won't stand for the pledge until "significa...
### Human: CMV I believe action movies are subsequently ruined by romantic sub-plots### Assistant: Action movies with well-integrated, important romantic subplots: GLADIATOR RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK THE TERMINATOR CASINO ROYALE STAR WARS THE BOURNE IDENTITY HELLBOY DRIVE Action movies with crappy, ...
### Human: CMV: All prisoners should be allowed to vote### Assistant: I think the part you are missing is that they are being punished by being removed from society. You don't get a say as part of your punishment### Human: but I thought prison is for rehabilitation, not punishment?!### Assistant: Well, it's explicitly ...
### Human: CMV. Wanting to put exemptions on food stamps just to deny people things based on your own values is no different than doing it for other things people need on welfare.### Assistant: I personally don't hold these views, but I will play devil's advocate. They don't want to deny items based on arbitrary value...
### Human: I think humans should never make contact with a lesser advanced alien race because we'll inevitably conquer them, hunt them, experiment on them, and enslave them. CMV### Assistant: First of all, I think you need a more precise definition of a "lesser advanced alien race," but for the sake of answering this, ...
### Human: CMV: Unchecked capitalism in a democracy is worse overall than just having a monarchy### Assistant: THis CMV is comparing apples and oranges. Capitalism is the economic structure, monarchy is a political structure. Whoever the monarch is, they have to decide how the economy is structured. It could be capi...
### Human: I don't think people with a poor grasp of history or geography should be seen as stupid any more than those who are bad at science or mathematics. CMV### Assistant: Common history facts are more trivia-like than factoring a polynomial, insofar as you can't just blurt out "OH x^2 + 2x + 1 = (x + 1)(x + 1)" E...
### Human: CMV:The only difference between an overly offensive joke and a good joke is whether the audience laughs.### Assistant: > There's no such thing as a joke we can KNOW is outright too offensive to be funny; someone, somewhere might laugh at it sometime, and that makes it viable until proven otherwise, at whi...
### Human: CMV: Trying to change the population's carbon footprint is less efficient than changing industry practices to combat climate change.### Assistant: I think i could give you a rather simple answer. The first thing to preface is however that, 1. Companies are run by people, 2. People work in companies, 3. Peopl...