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You don't have to respect him, but he won per the rules of the election as they stood. We can disagree with those rules, but they are still the rules. You don't get to rewrite the agreed upon rules because you don't like the results after the fact. Your article not withstanding, I have seen no actual evidence of fraud ... | Donald Trump and the current Republican legislative branch has not done a single positive thing for the United States and should be removed from office | 1 | 2017-06-07T04:31:46 | 67 | 5 | 141 |
I think a lot of it is context. I've had someone leave a coffee shop and come outside just to tell me I'm pretty- which seems sort of objectively creepy, but it seemed cute at the time. However, walking in a different area of town, I was catcalled 5 or 6 times in a two block distance, so anyone complementing me, now ma... | Talking to and complimenting strangers isn't such a terrible thing. | 0 | 2016-07-31T20:39:26 | 68 | 1 | null |
Each time you go to school, you're GPA reallly only matters for the proceeding school or job. For instance if you're applying to college, you want to have good grades so you have more options open to you. If you're in college, having good grades will open up more doors for both grad school and post graduation careers t... | "Good" Grades in highschool is useless and I should just only care about going to (Example.)trade school | 0 | 2016-06-07T14:59:06 | 26 | 2 | 2 |
Well, logistics isn't the only problem. Africa isn't a particularly stable continent. Areas without widespread war and genocide tend to to alot better than war torn areas. All the food production in the world won't help if the roads are bombed out and raiders take everything before it gets to a village. And for the US,... | There is no need to maintain public land, as the potential benefits offered by utilization of the land is greater | 1 | 2016-07-17T23:01:45 | 49 | 7 | 1 |
I think some distinction needs to be made between the DRINKING age and the BUYING age. In many states, you already can drink "underage" under certain conditions. In Oklahoma, for example, you can drink all you like as long as you're at home with your parents. In fact, almost EVERY state has a number of exceptions to th... | (America) The legal drinking age could be completely removed with little to no consequence, and be a positive change in the long run. | 0 | 2016-11-08T19:16:21 | 33 | 18 | 80 |
I don't think that the left has done such a thing, even if I largely agree with the framework set forward by leftist thinking in regards to why conservatives are the way they are and so on. There is a difference between empathy - actually understanding where a person is coming from - and analyzing motives/history/theor... | The Left in the US has made a better effort to understand the Right than the Right has to understand the Left. | 0 | 2016-11-29T01:54:47 | 776 | 18 | 18 |
I think you are making a conflation between a conceptual unit and a delivery unit. Taken to your logical conclusion you might argue that each page in any textual literature must take advantage of the page nature of the medium. So each page of the great gatsby must contain a completeness that embraces its pageness just ... | I believe that being "episodic" generally makes a TV series better, and that shows like *The Wire* suffer by ignoring this. CMV. | 1 | 2014-02-20T15:33:17 | 29 | 3 | 1 |
There can be no way to know that all people are illogical because knowing such a thing requires that someone understand reason in order to judge that people are deviating from it. | There are four kinds of people in this world: cretins, fools, morons, and lunatics… CMV | 0 | 2014-03-13T15:05:10 | 56 | 1 | null |
Here's the metaphor I like to use: One guy goes out drunk driving, runs over a complete stranger, and kills them. Another guy goes out and shoots a complete stranger in the head, because this second guy is a hitman. The drunk driver is filled with remorese, aplogies, promises to reform... the hitman is stone cold, show... | Walter White is not THAT bad | 1 | 2016-03-04T18:19:54 | 48 | 2 | 2 |
A hammer with a claw end might have some advantages over an axe. It could be harder to get stuck, maybe? What about an [emergency hammer](http://shop.theaa.com/files/Emergency-Hammer.gif)? The very small surface area of the point makes it possible to smash through car windows (and, I suspect, skulls). They are even mor... | In a zombie (or similar, e.g., "Clickers" from Last of Us) apocalypse, a tomahawk or small ax would be the ideal melee weapon. | 1 | 2016-01-28T20:36:14 | 98 | 3 | 1 |
But they have been outspending their means The United States government, which holds highest possible bond rating and whose currency is view as the safest in the world, has run a deficit for most of the last 50 years. There isn't anything inherently wrong with deficit spending, and many economists believe government sp... | The greeks are acting like entitled children. | 0 | 2015-07-15T18:59:01 | 46 | 7 | 7 |
Expecting to have ALL information before having an opinion is rather paralyzing. You might want to have an opinion on a political scandal, corporate corruption or child abuse case, but as you might never have access to ALL the information then you must withhold totla judgment, opinion or even the ability to debate the ... | People should know all the information/facts of a certain topic before setting up a discussion or having an opinion | 0 | 2016-06-20T05:27:59 | 27 | 2 | 33 |
If you are so engrossed in your text that you do not notice the light change, couldn't you hypothetically also not notice a ball rolling into the street then the light changes, not paying attention you push the gas and BAM you hit some kid chasing after the ball? I mean, sure you can blame the kid, but *you're* the one... | There's nothing wrong with texting or phoning behind the wheel as long as the car is still | 1 | 2015-03-23T16:00:27 | 55 | 17 | 5Δ |
I haven't really seen this point brought up here, so I may as well: you seem to be assuming the typical algebra/trig/precalc/calc track is representative of pure math. Many would disagree with that. Calculus and the classes leading up to it are a notoriously horrible representation of pure mathematics and, while I don'... | Statistics should be a mandatory part of the high school curriculum, but NOT as a replacement for any standard mathematics courses. | 0 | 2015-08-18T07:52:38 | 98 | 2 | 6 |
I want you to convince me that there is something out there that is known through feeling and intuition, but is literally completely impossible to understand with science, whether it be now or a million years in the future. "Is science the Truth?" - Using science assumes that it is the Truth, so you can't study and add... | There is no "realm" of subject matter that cannot be examined and understood with science, sooner or later. | 0 | 2017-03-12T15:30:04 | 49 | 1 | 111 |
I guess I need to clarify a bit, as lots of people have posted regarding what it means to be "offended"/"outraged." I have no problem with people being personally offended by something, either because it invokes a memory, or they simple find it difficult to sit through. To clarify my position, being offended by somethi... | It's ridiculous to be offended by a rape scene in a show (Game of Thrones) that features a violent murder almost every episode | 1 | 2015-05-18T19:49:31 | 870 | 39 | 19Δ |
To understand why "discrimination" is necessary in an insurance business, one needs to understand the point of insurance. The point of insurance is to ameliorate risk. The average person would rather spend $1,000 per year for 20 years on auto insurance than suffer a $20,000 loss every 20 years. In an ideal situation, w... | I think that charging different demographics different rates on car insurance is unjust. CMV. | 0 | 2013-06-07T10:31:31 | 40 | 1 | 4 |
I believe that everyone should just accept at what they are and aren't talented and continue with their life, not trying so desperately hard to get top marks in everything Are you saying that school exams measure intelligence and talent? There are different types of talents and intelligences and they get triggered or... | Intelligence is fixed at birth and there is no point in studying hard in high school to get good grades | 0 | 2014-12-15T17:06:08 | 35 | 1 | 25 |
(Mod talk) This is borderline non-mod-approved meta, but I'll allow it because we could be talking about discussing one's racist views with an eye towards changing anywhere, plus whether or not racists 'ought' to post here doesn't matter when it comes to whether we let them in the rules. We should all want those views... | Being willing to change your homophobic, sexist, or racist views doesn't make it right to broadcast those views CMV | 0 | 2013-05-26T22:24:21 | 38 | 3 | 12 |
I started wearing makeup in middle school because it seemed fun and adult. I liked to talk about it and it's fun to shop for. I'm 25 now and in a long term relationship, and for years now I've worked in an all female office. I wear makeup because I think j look better and I like to look at myself looking good. I think ... | At the end of the day, women only wear make up to attract men. | 0 | 2016-05-04T17:58:02 | 61 | 1 | 24 |
I see you've awarded a delta here, but allow me to make a stronger (stronger as in: makes stronger claims) argument than others here have made. To an eternal being any finite amount of evil could be seen as irrelevant. Thus if evil is constrained by time while good is not, it's plausible that any evil (even the most ho... | The deductive problem of evil makes belief in the God of classical theism wholly irrational | 0 | 2017-02-03T07:29:32 | 103 | 1 | 1 |
I think your complaint is geared towards specific antivirus programs you used and doesn't really apply to the whole category of free antivirus programs. For example, I have never paid for an antivirus program. In fact I would go as far as to say some paid programs are way worse than the free ones. Mcafee would be one,... | Most "free" antivirus software are nearly as bad as malware. | 0 | 2014-06-27T18:20:39 | 51 | 3 | 4 |
Not a police officer, but I did try to get into the Police Academy and failed because of this spine condition I have. If it wasn't for that, I would've got in. The reasons why I wanted to get in were mainly the following three: 1) As corny as it sounds, I wanted to help people even if it's "just" handling paperwork for... | I believe people who choose to become police officers have at least some small desire to commit violence. CMV | 0 | 2013-09-03T01:57:02 | 48 | 1 | null |
As silly as it sounds - religion is something about which one can easily lie. So even if it would constitutional (which it is not) it is not a reasonably enforceable policy. | A temporary ban on Muslim immigration is a good idea | 0 | 2015-12-08T02:25:27 | 125 | 2 | null |
I haven't read the entire thread, but I've read a portion of it and am going to give this a shot. I apologize for the length, but I like to be thorough. I think this question is rife with potential ambiguity/misunderstanding, so I'd like to clarify a few points. 1) What defines a successful human being? I may be wrong ... | Empathy is an inherently disadvantageous emotion, and I would be better off without it. CMV. | 1 | 2013-10-30T05:49:37 | 95 | 1 | 2 |
So as sit seems this is a light hearted discussion I won't be specially rigorous.. :p Looking a bit of stats it seems that G2 has all the money and most importantly, it's concentrated on urban cores. So, a wizard comes and puts the US in a civil war between those groups. While G1 has undoubtedly the numbers advantages... | If the political split in the USA erupted into a civil war, it would be hopelessly one-sided in favor of conservatives/Trump supporters | 0 | 2017-02-19T02:48:47 | 169 | 1 | null |
Think of it this way: even if it was inevitable that someone would make a certain decision, they still had to make that decision. Something about their personality or circumstances led them to that decision, and the fact that those are both products of outside forces does not make them any less a part of you. Just as w... | Given that determinism is true and no free will exists, all human actions are automatic. | 0 | 2014-09-09T20:39:10 | 66 | 1 | 9Δ |
Yay, that makes me happy. Some perspective is good for almost every issue. If I changed your view could you please award me a delta, I've always wanted one of those ;) | I believe being born into a low income family is less of a disadvantage than being born physically unattractive. | 1 | 2016-02-27T16:42:38 | 67 | 5 | 2 |
I would argument that this is true of everyone, not just teenagers. Every individual has a unique experience, and everyone has had some experiences and not had other experiences. I've never been disabled or cared for a disabled person. Does that mean that I shouldn't be allowed to vote on legislation that affects disab... | Teenagers in high school cannot fully understand the problems and politics of the adult world and of other people purely because they lack the experience and development necessary to do so. | 0 | 2016-05-02T06:29:01 | 114 | 1 | 1 |
I think suicide *is* a basic human right, but that the vast majority of the time the government is justified in preventing it. Why? Consent. A good analogy is sex. Sex is great among consenting adults, but if one cannot give consent it's rape, which is terrible. Can a minor consent? No, they're too young. Can you conse... | Suicide is a basic human right | 0 | 2016-09-12T07:57:32 | 472 | 1 | null |
OK, I'll tackle your points one by one: To pair Korra, a seemingly strong female character, with anyone at all, would not do her justice. I don't see what you're getting at here. Because Korra is "strong", she can't ever be in a relationship? That makes no sense. She clearly showed interest in Mako for the first season... | (SPOILERS) The finale of Legend of Korra completely devalued all of the titular character's previous development, and canonically wrapped up the series for fans in objectively the worst possible way. (long) | 0 | 2014-12-23T14:17:09 | 84 | 41 | null |
making them theoretically even more corrupt than the often bashed lawyers How are lawyers corrupt? Everybody deserves a fair trial, even if they are guilty. Groups with concerns also deserve to be represented. The existence of lobbying doesn't mean a concern is invalid. Hillary Clinton is the first public figure that ... | Hillary Clinton is more of a lobbyist than a politician | 0 | 2016-03-08T16:35:23 | 82 | 27 | 50 |
I am too ignorant about the parliamentary system to comment about it. I would like to make a statement about compulsory voting though. What is the penalty for not voting? We do not do well with anything that is compulsory, we need to be conned or manipulated into things like that, telling us that we have to do somethin... | The USA should adopt a parliamentary system and compulsory voting | 0 | 2014-11-03T19:58:30 | 66 | 1 | 5 |
Paper's power isn't physical. Paper is mighty because it can bear writing. Think of the expression "the pen is mightier than the sword" and you begin to understand the power dynamics here. For example, written on the paper could be a decree to destroy the rock. You wouldn't find such writing on scissors, now, would you... | In Rock Paper Scissors, Rock is the strongest and only loses to paper to show diplomatic respect. | 0 | 2016-11-06T16:52:12 | 56 | 5 | 1 |
I'll bring up a counter-example of nurses, and other jobs where there's more demand than supply for qualified workers and this is part of why they even work overtime frequently because hospitals simply need them to. Nurses have to be there in the case that certain things happen to, they can't just condense their work b... | It is both desirable and possible for humans to work less for (roughly) the same income without it involving a significant reduction in quality of life. | 0 | 2017-02-20T15:17:39 | 40 | 2 | 46 |
Sooner or later, you're going to get caught in the very complicated web of lies you've had to spin to cover your tracks. Here's something no TV show or movie about a normal person with superpowers ever seems to realize: **People in real life don't believe in superpowers.** I don't care if you post a picture every singl... | Teleportation would be an very overrated superpower in our world | 0 | 2015-10-24T21:25:47 | 317 | 30 | null |
Hey, I personally couldn't agree with you more. I couldn't care less what sex or race the lead in a film has, as long as it's good. However, it's clear by the reviews that many people do care. I think for a lot of women specifically, the movie represents their struggle to be viewed as equals in the entertainment indus... | I don't understand why everyone loves Wonder Woman | 1 | 2017-07-04T17:32:33 | 87 | 38 | 1 |
I'm actually in a very similar financial situation to your ex, so let me try and shed some light on the situation. I have around 100k in student loan debt for a biology degree that I never completed. After not graduating, I took a couple of months just to figure out what the hell I wanted to do with my life, which defi... | It's pragmatic and not "heartless" to break up with someone due to their significant student loan debt. | 0 | 2016-01-13T10:18:02 | 655 | 9 | null |
I think giving trophies for showing up is fine when the team consists of anyone who wants to play (no try-outs). The reason for this is there are plenty of potentially great future athletes who are held back by a group of poor teammates, and the team performance is not a fair representation of their individual ability ... | Children who do not get 1st-3rd place DO NOT deserve a trophy for simply participating | 1 | 2015-06-25T22:24:34 | 244 | 11 | null |
To have your own children and pass on your genes is the single most powerful evolutionary drive that has been present in our DNA for at least 3 billion years. I don't think it is selfish to give into that. | People who decide to have biological children are selfish CMV | 0 | 2013-06-27T01:42:00 | 120 | 1 | null |
I truly wish they were wrong, but I have seen little to support the assertion that social media is an echo chamber of political correctness and populism. Change my view, Reddit. I don't know where you are getting this last sentence. Social media in my experience isn't political correctness at all and in fact it's quite... | Liberals, particularly younger ones, are at least as intolerant as their conservative counterparts. | 0 | 2017-07-04T17:24:06 | 538 | 1 | null |
but I feel that consumer offerings of 25, 30, 50 Mbps and more are really just selling people the idea of a super fast connection that they'll really never use There can be up to 4 simultaneous instances of Netflix running in my house at any given time. I'm talking a family here, not a Frat house. It's not common, but ... | Internet speeds above 20Mbps aren't useful for most people. | 0 | 2014-09-15T18:29:16 | 102 | 3 | 4 |
The problem with preventing them from running (or doing anything else that wouldn't interfere with their trial) is that you aren't presuming them to be innocent. You are creating a new grouping beyond innocent/guilty: "maybe guilty." Right now our legal system affords every individual the presumption that they are inno... | US citizens under criminal federal investigations should not be allowed to run for public office. | 0 | 2015-08-17T19:08:58 | 130 | 4 | 1 |
Your entire premise is that you need a practical solution as an individual, then seem to always think that people can't make a change by themselves. So what's the deal OP? Well, you need to stop seeing climate change as an individual's task. The solution to climate change **is** influencing people in any way to do all ... | Hearing all the doom and gloom around climate change is completely pointless unless they provide us with a practical solution | 0 | 2016-07-21T20:26:31 | 107 | 3 | null |
Pointing out privilege is like a well made sledgehammer. It's a tool and can be used very effectively but there are a lot of idiots out there flailing madly with a bigass hammer. Reminding a person of their privilege is supposed to remind people that sometimes your status in life can make it difficult to understand wha... | I believe anyone who uses "x privilege" in a discussion is a horrible person and a parasite on society. | 1 | 2014-04-13T19:46:21 | 460 | 14 | 1 |
A lot of your argument is circular. If you define "hate speech" as any speech that attempts to limit someone else's freedom of expression, then sure, the examples you've listed would qualify as "hate speech." But generally speaking, this is the definition of hate speech: speech that attacks, threatens, or insults a pe... | Attempting to ban "hate-speech" is, itself, hate-speech. | 0 | 2016-02-09T00:00:08 | 122 | 18 | 3 |
There's nothing to really dispute here. You're stating a fact. The appeal for martial arts movie is a dying trend. However, you should consider other martial art related films other than karate. There have been a lot of boxing films released lately. Creed as well as the entire Rocky series. Southpaw. Hands of Stone. Th... | There are no good english language martial arts movies being made anymore. | 1 | 2016-03-02T21:11:36 | 41 | 2 | 8 |
Clearly you are still relatively young, smart and have several older blue collar Trump supporters in your family. Unfortunately you see things only from a logic point of view. Voting is about more than just logic. Character judgement, loyalty, morality, history - it all comes into play when choosing a candidate and old... | People over the retirement age should not be able to vote in the United States. | 0 | 2016-12-20T12:14:24 | 63 | 1 | 1 |
These things go in waves. I remember in my sociology class we learned about this. Also i used to be a high school teacher from 1987-1999. From 1968-1984 there was, without a doubt, a sort of feminization of men. Disco, glam rock, [even early hip hop was very poppy and feminine.](http://i.imgur.com/4jSRWtz.jpg) Look at... | The western world today is becoming more feminized, especially in regards to men. | 1 | 2017-07-06T05:56:10 | 28 | 36 | 1 |
IfA student takes out a yardstick that is equally precise with all numbers. That is, any measurement taken with this stick is exactly as precise as any other measurement. This student measures a 1-inch long paper clip. Then, he or she measures a 12-inch long textbook. It seems obvious to me that since these two measure... | The system of Significant Figures that we use in most sciences is an inherently flawed system. | 0 | 2014-04-27T17:03:57 | 39 | 2 | 5 |
You can't limit an ideology. Thoughts and beliefs aren't restricted to particular locations, nor are they practiced only by a particular type of person. Take the rise of (predominately) young caucasian men committing acts of violence in the name of Islam. Limiting the migration of people whom you believe to be muslim w... | Islam is not compatible with Western civilization and European countries should severely limit immigration from muslim countries until ISIS is dealt with | 1 | 2017-05-23T13:50:51 | 930 | 752 | 2 |
The only reason why productivity would falter would be if there were people who were viewing others by gender first, instead of just as a coworker. I have always worked in very male dominated companies, and there have always been office politics, departments that disliked eachother, shouting matches sometimes even. I... | Segregated ( by gender) workplaces would lead to improved productivity. | 0 | 2014-08-26T16:06:01 | 21 | 22 | 7Δ |
Our Republican president is right now one of the least veteran friendly presidents in some time now and he is not at all liberal in office. Again, the Left tends to shy away from war while the Right tends to manipulate it for "patriotism" (votes). | Everyone who is either liberal or on the left wing side of politics is either a anti war hippy that spits on the the face of veterans and abuses them or a condescending annoying insufferable 'SJW'. | 0 | 2017-02-21T17:01:57 | 46 | 1 | null |
Employers don't pay the employees vacation or sick days. The pay is redistributed. If you are working hourly, a part of your wage is deducted, approximately 4% of your pay is deducted. It's not really noticeable for the employee (@ $4/$100) but those that work pay check to pay check often do not manage their pay well.... | Employers shouldn't pay for employees vacation time or sick days; if you're not at the jobsite working you shouldn't get paid | 0 | 2015-03-28T02:34:03 | 92 | 1 | null |
There are only two pronouns I will ever use for a human being, HE or SHE. Based on how you look, I will call you HE or SHE. For example, if you have facial hair, wear jeans, and have a PENIS, I will call you HE. If you have breasts, can wear a skirt, and have a VAGINA, I will call you SHE. I will not be forced to remem... | Refusing to use someone's preferred pronouns (within reason) is being pointlessly combative | 0 | 2017-06-14T07:47:28 | 166 | 0 | null |
This has made me think - a lot. My idea is most likely wrong (as I doubt that some random guy could disprove something like this.) and I'm very curious to see the 'actual' answer to this. Anything that I present as a fact is likely not. With that in mind, here it is: The system is fundamentally broken. (or is it? see s... | Surplus Value Theorem is definitive proof that capitalism is an inefficient system. | 0 | 2014-12-29T04:00:51 | 90 | 0 | 2 |
Testing is the only way to measure **knowledge retention**. We as a whole have no use for intelligence without knowledge and the purpose of schooling is knowledge not intelligence. For example I am in school for engineering, nominally i already have the intelligence required for engineering as its not something that ch... | Testing is NOT and adequate gage of intellectual abilities, no matter the subject. | 0 | 2014-12-29T06:45:22 | 51 | 1 | 1 |
Speaking as someone who also hated English and "detested essay writing" I have now come to love English. When I got out of High School, I could barely form a coherent sentence when writing. If I was speaking I sounded articulate, intelligent, and well-informed. But when I needed to put the information into written for... | I believe that English classes should be removed from English-speaking countries. CMV | 0 | 2014-03-09T07:20:48 | 33 | 1 | null |
While it's true that an individual human life begins at conception, your reasoning is erroneous when you ask ''...do we ask the same of any mother of a child 1 day to 18 years old?'' ... the big difference is that as soon as the baby is born, it is no longer dependent on the mother for its life, and can be handed to so... | A human with rights is made at conception | 1 | 2016-11-16T15:50:46 | 329 | 28 | 39 |
Hey man, I get what you mean. It took me awhile to get off my feet and start watching Game of Thrones too. I'm a bit similar to you as in I avoid a lot of hyped up stuff. I avoided GOT because it was medieval which isn't my thing and yes, I was turned off by the amount of sex and violence. As I watched I realise that,... | I cannot convince myself to watch Game of Thrones. I feel it is overrated and i rather watch shows which are just as good. | 0 | 2017-06-27T07:15:14 | 46 | 2 | null |
show me that I could've misunderstood Weinberg. I think you took a statement that wasn't meant to be taken literally extremely literally. Do you think if you could ask Weinberg whether it was possible for poverty to push a good person into doing something evil, he'd say "No, only ever religion"? | Weinberg was wrong when he said that "for good people to do evil things, that takes religion." | 0 | 2015-08-24T22:56:16 | 22 | 1 | 1 |
I freely accept that there are a lot of ways in which Windows 8 is better than Windows 7 but it should be better in every way except that the designers made UI decisions thinking only of touch users to the detriment of non touch users. Admittedly, none of these issues are particularly significant but it is the fact tha... | I like Windows 8. | 0 | 2014-09-26T22:17:18 | 84 | 2 | null |
So the most obvious examples of right-wing parties which have the goal of liberty and equality (of opportunity, not outcome) are any Libertarian parties (sadly lacking here in Europe). The type of right-wing you describe are the authoritarian right-wing, but there are also Libertarian right-wing (see [the political com... | Right-wing politics is on the wrong side of history | 1 | 2017-04-19T18:05:01 | 79 | 0 | 5 |
At a metamfiezomaiophobes* meeting. - * people who fear mimes | The best time to wear a striped sweater is all the time | 1 | 2017-05-03T05:33:53 | 49 | 8 | 1 |
Every parent makes that choice. The future's uncertain and the end is always near. Apparently only healthy, rich adults are allowed to ethically breed, since kids born to poor parents have significantly higher chances of developing serious childhood health problems, homelessness, diseases and disorders caused by pollut... | Passing on genetic diseases is highly unethical | 1 | 2017-03-04T21:00:07 | 286 | 1 | 1 |
There is nothing wrong with diversifying your investments and purchasing some commodities. It's actually a very smart thing to do and I would encourage you to look for something that will give you a decent return but not a stock. However, that doesn't seem to be what you are looking for. You seem to want insurance from... | I want to sell 5-10% of stocks in my retirement investment account and buy physical gold (or some other expensive physical commodity that I can keep in my home). | 0 | 2015-04-09T21:30:07 | 519 | 1 | 1Δ |
I'm sorry, but this is a huge pet peeve of mine. People who are obese aren't lazy because people who overindulge in anything by definition cannot be lazy since being lazy is defined as the declination to do something at a normal rate. In other words, obese people perform one activity (ie eating) too much when being laz... | All obese individuals are lazy | 0 | 2016-07-25T22:26:16 | 181 | 4 | null |
I'm a musician in LA and I've known a lot of white musicians who talk like this a lot, mostly because they love hip hop and black American culture and they think they are being cool to talk like this. However this has always made me very uncomfortable, though I can't quite articulate why. These people are not mocking b... | White people are mocking black people when they speak ebonics to their black friends. | 0 | 2014-06-01T16:13:13 | 60 | 1 | null |
Think of the "fat acceptance movement" as the fat **people** acceptance movement. Most people who are loosely involved with the "fat acceptance movement" do so because they want to be treated better by society, not because they think that being obese is healthy. Only a fringe few outspoken people in the "fat acceptance... | The fat acceptance movement normalizes obesity. | 1 | 2017-03-05T21:47:37 | 335 | 552 | 8 |
You can be highly trained with the software and still produce work that is terrible. You don't just learn graphic design software in school. You learn how to do research for the individual project, to properly communicate what the client/brand needs in a way that is original, easy to understand, and attracts the approp... | graphic designers aren't artists, just highly trained computer software users. | 1 | 2014-08-04T20:17:50 | 63 | 1 | null |
I am not going to try and CYV, but alter it a bit by saying this. Whatever the government can give you, it can also take it away. Keep that in mind when you want the government to take over certain private industries. You think power outages are bad now, wait till you have to wait for the government to fix it, you wi... | I believe if the state or federal government legally requires you to have something then they should provide it. CMV | 1 | 2014-03-23T17:38:11 | 328 | 0 | 1 |
People don't just travel for vacation. Sometimes it's for a necessary move or travel. Imagine a young, abused mother traveling with her infant son to escape a brutal life of abuse. You'd want to make a ticket for a chance at freedom a price beyond her reach? That's far more cruel than having to put up with a baby's cry... | On airplanes, tickets going to passengers with babies should cost 3-5x more than regular tickets, or they should be banned altogether. | 0 | 2017-04-23T04:04:28 | 91 | 11 | 81 |
there is nothing in this world that compels us to live for another human being other than the threats of punishments and promises of rewards religion brings. **If** the threat of punishment and promise of reward can be "objective", why is religion somehow unique about it. Either no threat can compel people or any suffi... | Religion is the only thing in the Universe that objectively compels us to live for something other than ourselves | 0 | 2015-07-03T04:29:02 | 58 | 2 | null |
The whole point of independence is wanting to take your own decisions. Preventing that defeats the purpose of a referendum. Would you require a vote in the whole family too if one of a husband and wife wanted a divorce? In my opinion, the referendum should be decided by all UK residents - that is, EU citizens living in... | The Scottish Independence Referendum should be voted on by the whole UK, not just Scottish residents. | 0 | 2014-07-31T10:40:42 | 90 | 6 | 2Δ |
The problem with excluding people with obesity due to medical conditions is that in practice and even in theory, it won't work. If you start stigmatizing obese people you will stigmatize ALL of them. You can't add a little note to everything said about obese people saying: "ridicule not meant for people with obesity du... | Obese/overweight people should be stigmatised just as harshly as smokers are in today's society | 1 | 2016-12-12T23:45:04 | 76 | 37 | 1 |
....fuck. I quite literally wrote out a formal logic proof demonstrating that for your argument to hold you *do* actually have to prove that gender symmetry is inevitable, and Reddit promptly ate it. Wonderful. Either way, your edit has provided something else to work with, and there's no way I'm doing symbolic logic i... | Heterosexual sex work is incompatible with gender equality | 1 | 2014-09-13T05:15:41 | 55 | 1 | 47 |
I don't have any arguments for you since it seems like people have already commented quite a bit, but I just wanted to ask you a question: What do *you* think someone could say that would make you change your mind about Trump? What would it take? I'm just curious! And thanks for posting -- it started a really good conv... | I support Donald Trump | 0 | 2017-01-31T11:46:41 | 1,516 | 1 | null |
A lot of comments on this post refer to the dangers of teen drinking. But that is not the biggest issue with the claim you made. If you want to remove the drinking age as a whole then my biggest fear is the damage to children. You will have a hard time teaching a 10 year old a "safe way to drink". What will you say to... | (America) The legal drinking age could be completely removed with little to no consequence, and be a positive change in the long run. | 1 | 2016-11-08T22:52:12 | 33 | 5 | 1 |
What about the social consequences? People who see you park in the expectant mother spot as a non-expectant mother will judge you and since you never know who these people might be it could end up coming back to you in a bad way. | Parking in the expectant mothers spot when you're not one is the logical thing to do if there are no legal consequences. | 0 | 2015-07-24T17:44:11 | 20 | 1 | null |
I don't know much about this topic. I'm with you here; I never comment on topics like this (except this time, I guess). Regardless, wouldn't removing the minimum wage just allow companies (like Walmart or a fast food joint) the ability to lower wages to two/three/four/five dollars an hour (which, I think, they would ob... | I think the minimum wage should be removed to create more incentive for people to get better jobs - CMV | 1 | 2014-03-02T01:25:16 | 48 | 3 | 5 |
Alice Paul and others were organizing riots and conducting hunger strikes. So extreme suffragettes were organizing riots and conducting hunger strikes. extremist actions of Malcolm X and the Black Panthers. Extremist civil rights activists policed the police in black neighborhoods and organized lots of demonstrations ... | Radical, extreme, and absolutist components of progressive movements generally do more harm than good. | 0 | 2017-06-26T19:02:40 | 123 | 6 | 17 |
Intent is what the individual makes out if it. People collect swords, which are killing weapons. People collect pistols, which are killing weapons, what's the difference? | Handguns are for killing people, and no one has a reason to own a handgun unless they intend to kill someone | 1 | 2014-05-26T19:49:41 | 155 | 2 | 1 |
The rise in political polarization and anti-intellectualism in the West seems to correlate with Internet access. The Internet, specifically social media, enables people to find echo chambers that reenforce their preconceived notions of how the world is. A creationist who is otherwise engaged with the real world can spe... | Technology is making us smarter | 1 | 2016-06-21T19:49:27 | 77 | 64 | 1 |
Like this might sound like a lazy argument, but I don't mean it to be. But for me it's like who cares what people do? I'm 6'4 and in awesome shape. If they want to be fat it's not my problem, hell it just makes me look even better. | Normalizing being fat is a huge societal issue in the United States | 1 | 2016-09-01T01:16:51 | 149 | 8 | 2 |
[You are less likely to get arrested for a crime than a black person.](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/feb/26/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-blacks-more-likely-be-arreste/) [You are more likely to get job call backs with a white name than a black name.](http://www.politifact.com/punditfact... | "White privilege" gives nowhere near the advantages as money, family status and connections do. | 0 | 2016-07-19T03:53:38 | 1,182 | 19 | null |
So what claims are you refuting here? Are you arguing that Jesus didn't walk around Judea in the 1st century and say what they say he said, or that he wasn't executed? | The Jesus Myth Hypothesis is Plausible | 0 | 2015-05-28T16:39:31 | 171 | 1 | 7Δ |
In addition to teaching writing skills, much of high school English is about learning how to critically interact with media. This is a necessary skill in our increasingly media dominated world. Identifying bias in news articles, picking up on thematic content on tv and movies, etc., are skills that must be learned. | English in American high schools is an unnecessary course | 0 | 2016-10-10T18:39:31 | 60 | 1 | 6 |
A guiding principle of many liberal policies is that people are incapable of making the best decisions for themselves. That's why we need so much government intervention in things like healthcare. You don't think, "serves them right," when people choose bad insurance plans, why should you be think that when they choose... | I should feel bad for the Trump voters feeling Trumpgret, reach out, and empathize with their pain... | 1 | 2017-01-30T20:06:07 | 159 | 15 | 18 |
"Lettinng" someone do something to you isn't necessarily the same as giving consent. This is especially true if the person doing the thing is a lot more powerful/influential than you — because you might be letting them because you're afraid of what they'll do if you don't. I agree with you that it's very likely that D... | Donald Trump did not brag about getting away with sexual assault in the Access Hollywood tapes. | 0 | 2016-10-14T01:56:07 | 87 | 1 | 3 |
The problem with citing Wikipedia isn't the reliability or accuracy. It's that one should never cite a reference source. | I believe Wikipedia is reliable enough to be used as a source in school assignments. | 0 | 2014-10-04T01:26:13 | 194 | 4 | null |
I'm not going to try to change your mind, but listen up. Go live overseas if you want. Have a ball. "The grass is always greener," and maybe it actually is. You only get one life, so go forth and pursue your happiness. Meet somebody special, and start a new life. If you're an American today, changes are good that your ... | I want to leave America and move to another country, because I hate the direction I think we're moving in, and I want to get out now. | 0 | 2014-07-08T06:11:55 | 205 | 10 | 3Δ |
So, lets get this out there before I try to change your view: by pointing a firearm at police, Korryn Gaines made a reckless decision that ultimately led to her death and the endangerment of her child. However, this does not mean she is solely responsible for the shootout that took place that day. To the contrary, poli... | Korryn Gaines deserved to die | 1 | 2016-08-09T06:23:38 | 115 | 3 | 7 |
GOP has introduced bills. http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/206803-gop-mental-health-bill-loses-dem-cosponsors http://www.nationalreview.com/article/422528/congress-waking-mental-health-editors | Mental health is simply a red herring for gun control. (USA) | 1 | 2017-01-06T22:47:46 | 106 | 8 | 2 |
Cultural appropriation is all about Signal and Noise. Of course a Kinder Surprise Egg clone in Russia isn't a cultural appropriation. Germany isn't the origin point of either chocolate or hiding things inside of other things. Russia has a long and storied tradition of putting things inside of other things inside of oth... | While Cultural Appropriation is annoying in its extremes, The Benefits of Cultural Exchange Vastly Overshadow the occasional mild annoyance. | 1 | 2017-06-18T21:27:19 | 113 | 12 | 83 |
Say you're in front of a firing squad (which, to the best of my knowledge are usually more than one person, and well supported by others) You might say to yourself "Well I might as well fight, a 1% chance is better than a 0% chance. What could go wrong?" If I had to guess what would go wrong, I'd say you should consid... | If I was about to be put to death by firing squad or some other form of execution I wouldn't just stand there and take it, I would find a way to fight back | 0 | 2015-01-12T02:49:44 | 37 | 2 | null |
This I disagree with fundamentally as I believe the purpose of college is to learn and to prepare yourself for a career; The most important skill you learn in college (usually anyway) is how to become independent. You learn the ways of the world and what it takes to navigate life on your own. These are skills you simp... | I do not believe it is worth it to go to an out of state college which is vastly more expensive for no reason other than its location. | 0 | 2016-03-29T20:25:48 | 25 | 2 | 3 |
First of all, the immediate impact of your proposal would be that politicians get even MORE weaselly. Instead of saying, "I support NAFTA", which would commit them to supporting it, they would say, "Based on the current information, I'd tend to lean in support of NAFTA, conditionally" - or whatever they'd need to do to... | Politicians should be unable to change their (public) views while in office. | 0 | 2015-04-16T01:21:02 | 37 | 3 | 108Δ |
The true joy in parenting is in trolling your children. Mentally handicapped children can be trolled too. Most Mentally handicapped kids grow and learn and eventually accomplish most milestones. Eventually living away from home. A Lot hold down jobs. Watching your child accomplish their goals is very satisfying. Just b... | I don't see the joy in raising a mental handicapped child CMV | 0 | 2014-03-13T17:09:55 | 330 | 1 | null |
Right! So even you are willing to sacrifice some amount of fairness in exchange for government capabilities. People in favor of a progressive tax system are using exactly the same thought process that you are, except they have different opinions on the value of government services. For the purposes of this thread, I'm ... | A flat tax is the only fair way to tax people. | 1 | 2017-02-28T22:46:43 | 137 | 1 | 32 |
First off, this is from the page you linked: They usually occur in high-stakes situations, where people have something to lose or gain. Microexpressions occur when a person is consciously trying to conceal all signs of how he or she is feeling, or when a person does not consciously know how he or she is feeling. So, i... | You can judge a book by its cover. | 1 | 2014-09-15T00:26:48 | 53 | 2 | 3 |
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