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Not particularly, no. I agree with you for the most part. It's just that when talking about sexuality, people are talking about inherent interest and accepting it, not about the people you ultimately end up sleeping with. So, despite essentially agreeing with most rational people on not being able to choose who you're ... | I believe I chose my own sexuality. CMV | 1 | 2013-05-21T02:22:53 | 37 | 1 | 3 |
I'm not going to attempt to dispute you on socioeconomic factors, but despite that I want to engage with this: A person cannot possibly demonstrate their true "merit" in a system that has not set them up for success. Your paradigm for merit is contextually inaccurate. If a person needs to be set up for success, then th... | Meritocracy is so fetishized in the US that its flaws have become invisible, namely that achievement is often more dependent on opportunity than it is on skill or ability. | 1 | 2017-06-23T05:08:14 | 19 | 12 | 45 |
Let's consider farming. A farmer with a "practical" education can be really good at raising corn, irrigating his field, selling his crops, etc. And without question, he'd be better out of the gate then someone who just had a degree in agriculture. But now let's say that climate change changes the growing conditions, or... | Practical knowledge is worth more than academic knowledge. | 1 | 2017-01-06T22:09:19 | 37 | 3 | 201 |
Many others are talking about why practically this is a bad idea. I want to talk about more abstractly/structurally why it is a bad idea. How long do they have to prove themselves before it is considered a lie? Politics is a hard, long-game process. A politician doesn't have the chance to act on all promises right away... | We should be able to fire and even arrest politicians midterm, if they are caught telling blatant lies or acting against public interests. Losing votes in the next elections is not enough. Election promises should be binding. | 1 | 2017-05-04T19:44:45 | 144 | 6 | 6 |
Funny funny thing. So, my parents split before I was in Pre-K. My dad is a self hating black man and I forget this constantly. The reason why I stopped talking to him is because he's a damn liar for life. Anyway, he would tell me I should leave Philly because of the "niggers" and I shouldn't be around them. He would te... | I want to break all ties with my bigoted dad and his even more bigoted wife. | 1 | 2016-11-11T16:52:31 | 17 | 7 | 1 |
Whatever ideology about morality that someone holds or is used to will be their go-to ideology when trying to justify their actions. For example, look at how frequently people on this sub use utilitarian ethics to claim that we should be engaging in eugenics. | Abrahamic Religions are generally evil | 1 | 2017-05-17T15:53:08 | 75 | 9 | 50 |
I use watercolors so I think that's toxin free, but I still get paranoid. Paranoia isn't helpful, preparation is more useful. Take a look at the ingredients used in your watercolors and you'll get a better idea of what you're dealing with. I think if I get just a tiny bit on me... No. I wash my hands very frequently -... | Being completely obsessed with the presence of germs (and the prevention of spreading them by washing my hands/showering) keeps me from getting sick and staying "safe" | 1 | 2015-10-01T03:09:04 | 46 | 3 | null |
You don't need to justify yourself. I'm not judging you and I get that you're not advocating exclusion, which is great. I see where you're coming from and you mean well, but I think your reasoning misses a crucial point and leads to a wrong conclusion. Let's talk purely about transgender experience, alright ? You may h... | Being a transsexual is a mental health disorder and asking me to view them other then their biological gender makes me complicit in their delusion and suffering. It is unethical. | 1 | 2016-05-11T04:59:32 | 97 | 3 | 1 |
I am saying this as a straight, white, cis, 33-year-old male from Texas. Feminism recognizes that gender identity does not happen in a vacuum--nor does identity in general. None of us has some inner, core being that is free from outside influence. Sure we have an inner self, obviously, but our identity isn't just that,... | Genderfluidity is anti-feminist and reinforces dated gender stereotypes that other facets of feminism aim to destroy. | 1 | 2015-12-06T21:17:25 | 201 | 11 | 1 |
I'll start with your point regarding Jo Cox's murder. I agree with you that the incident is undeniably terrorism. The shooter shouted political slogans, gave his name in court as "death to traitors, freedom for England" or something along those lines, and was clearly motivated by political ideology with the aim of inst... | If you acknowledge the shooter of Pulse as a Terrorist, you must also acknowledge previous and future white mass shooters as terrorists | 0 | 2016-06-22T23:12:42 | 187 | 9 | 1 |
So what you're saying is, if you were to go on vacation in France, and had maybe completed the first couple Rosetta stone French courses, giving you just enough broken French to successfully make your way around the city, that you should feel obligated to only use this broken French to speak to your girlfriend for the ... | I think it is extremely rude to speak in a different language to whoever you are with when in front of someone else who doesn't speak that language. CMV | 1 | 2013-05-19T02:02:19 | 50 | 21 | 54 |
If you look at it as small government vs big government I will admit that it can look inconsistent and like a strange coalition. But if you look at from the standpoint of Republican = government is here to protect me and enforce laws and not much else and Democrat = government is here to make my life better and improve... | The principles of the American religious right are incompatible with the principles of small-government in the Republican Party | 1 | 2016-04-03T22:35:20 | 45 | 13 | 1 |
The same thing was said after GWB took over from Bill Clinton. Clinton had a very informal White House. People dressed causally and had pizza parties. When Bush took over he restored the traditional decorum to the White House. If you see this as a racial issue, that is more of a Rorschach test that reveals something ab... | There is no non-racist reason for people to say "Melania Trump is bringing class back to the White House". | 1 | 2017-03-16T16:45:51 | 119 | 11 | 6 |
I think the question here is why legalizing plural marriage would actually lead directly to more abuses. Polyamory is totally legal, and a religious cult interesting in polygamy isn't going to feel bound by the law of the land. All that would be changing is how the government treats the married individuals. If anything... | I strongly support legal gay marriage, but I wouldn't support legal plural marriage. | 0 | 2017-01-25T01:16:32 | 41 | 2 | 14 |
I'm sure you're aware of the claim that the men's rights movement focuses too much on hating feminists, and not enough time doing anything to help men, which I agree with. First of all, can you name any time the men;s right movement has done anything to help men in need? I'm not talking about hosting rallies to just br... | I don't see how /r/MensRights is a harmful subreddit at all, and has been completely misrepresented and given a bad reputation that it doesn't deserve. | 1 | 2014-07-13T19:57:13 | 1,119 | 113 | 2 |
**Something I wrote on the subject quite awhile ago to answer somebody who had a strong support for Israel while also being bold enough to say they have no idea what is going on over there. This is a writeup to give you the history of the conflict and not a writeup to give you an up to date idea of what is happening. T... | I genuinely believe that the formation of an Israeli state was immoral to begin with, and that peace between Israel and Palestine is not possible without the Israeli at least partially ceding its claims to Palestine. | 0 | 2014-07-30T19:57:03 | 748 | 1 | 1 |
The most obvious reason he would be an ineffective president is that he's advocating changes to the system itself. The President is not a dictator, and practically none of the things he wants to do can be achieved without Congress (and by extension, the will of the people). Essentially Sanders is describing his versio... | I want to vote for Bernie Sanders. | 1 | 2015-09-18T18:03:32 | 555 | 170 | 2 |
In a police state everything you describe would be the norm, not unusual circumstances. Can you show that what you're using as examples (without citation) are in any way common enough to be considered anything other than exceptions to the rule? | America is already a police state, the public just hasn't admitted it yet. | 1 | 2015-07-15T15:04:50 | 269 | 93 | 9 |
How would you decide which majors are useless? | I think the federal government shouldn't give, or at least should cap student loans given to useless majors. | 0 | 2016-04-09T05:20:58 | 137 | 10 | null |
Ok so when you say "everyone" then you're actually excluding a humongous amount of people, right? | Everyone has the right to commit suicide. | 1 | 2015-12-28T15:22:05 | 83 | 1 | null |
This does veer into the realm of science fiction, but please bear with me. What makes you so sure these intelligences will have at all similar needs to humanity from an environmental and biochemical standpoint? I recently reread the novel Dragon's Egg by Rob Forward, which is a great example of hard sci fi applied to ... | There are immutable ideas that solve fundamental necessities in the most efficient ways possible. If we ever encounter an alien planet, they will have many of our same social and material creations. | 0 | 2015-07-25T02:46:29 | 20 | 1 | 5 |
You really think that people should just support whatever kind of lifestyle you want while you do whatever you want? You're 21, unemployed, with no higher education, and a family to think about. You are the opposite of marketable. The reality is--and this is not some cruel economic fact but a perfectly fair and reasona... | The typical 9 to 5 will lead you closer to feeling enslaved, than to being truly happy. | 1 | 2016-03-31T11:26:14 | 43 | 8 | 5 |
I'm in a similar position OP, I lost everything I ever loved, and the only person who ever truly loved me can't stand to look at or speak to me anymore. I've always been what people would call a nihilist I guess, and some of my views are similar to yours probably. I can tell you that I relate to the fact that these kin... | I have failed to rationalize objective or inherent Right and Wrong | 0 | 2016-07-12T07:00:08 | 126 | 2 | null |
The majority isn't always right, but its better than the minority of scientists. It's the responsibility of non-experts to accept the collective advice of those who are more knowledgeable than them, rather than indulge in their personal uniformed by opinions by pointing to the one scientist who is willing to support th... | Assertions that "a majority" of scientists have a particular view undermines the nature of science and its role in understanding the world. | 1 | 2015-11-11T22:13:23 | 198 | 2 | 3 |
http://www.omg-facts.com/Science/Tripping-on-LSD-has-helped-at-least-2-No/57247 http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/01/70015?currentPage=all Sometimes doing drugs lets to step away from the way you see things. Helping to remove or minimize all the short cuts and ingrained ways of thinking you have develo... | I believe people who use any sort of mind altering substance, i.e. drugs or alcohol or the like, or masturbate at all are not strong enough to handle the difficulties of life. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-25T04:13:41 | 70 | 1 | 1 |
When Trump promised to "drain the swamp", he followed up by explaining that he wanted to prevent government officials from becoming lobbyists, not the other way around. You are arguing that he isn't doing something he didn't say he would do. | Donald trump is not 'Draining the Swamp' but rather doing the opposite | 1 | 2016-12-14T00:36:44 | 341 | 230 | 37 |
Here in Switzerland we have people as young as 10 years old that join gun societies and learn how to shoot Stgw 90 assault rifles for fun and for marksmanship. Each year, tons of youngsters participate in various competitions without any incidents. Some pictures of a famous event in Zürich called *Knabenschiessen*. htt... | A Person under 18 should never be able to legally shoot firearms | 1 | 2015-06-28T18:39:52 | 50 | 3 | null |
Not veneration, mind you, but simple deference you'd ought to show to someone that lived twice the time you did. As such, they are not your peers. Yes, that is what young people are objecting to: the idea that simple time on the planet demands deference (by which I assume you mean that the older person's view is consid... | Whenever younger folks utter the phrase "respect is earned, not given" I can't help but understand it as a childish and short sighted attempt to undermine their elders. | 0 | 2015-05-26T03:35:05 | 76 | 2 | 3Δ |
Looking at the Luke passage in particular, Jesus doesn't tell us to care for the muggers, just for the robbed Israeli man. Many Americans may see modern-day Syrians (or at least, some of them) as the muggers in the story, not the Israeli man. If all Americans trusted that 100% of the Syrian refugees were poor and needy... | Christians are obligated to take in Syrian refugees | 0 | 2017-01-30T17:02:15 | 112 | 1 | null |
This is an appeal to nature. Lots of things are part of 'the laws of nature' like diseases and old age and arsenic. I believe every person who wants to be free and own things must be able to protect it. This is the point of society. Society is based upon mutual cooperation and relations and working together is the mai... | I think thiefs and charlatans are in their right to do what they do and if someone falls for it this person deserved it for being too stupid. Please CMV | 0 | 2013-08-10T06:19:45 | 20 | 1 | null |
I feel like if we could somehow press a button and erase the knowledge of ghosts from humanity's collective consciousness, then we would no longer have any supernatural sightings. This doesn't really make any sense. If ghosts aren't real, then how did the idea come about in the first place? With no knowledge of the co... | The only reason that people believe in ghosts is because of the idea of ghosts | 1 | 2016-12-13T19:28:33 | 28 | 1 | 3 |
I don't think your disclaimers help to get at the heart of the problem. Disclaimer 1: I have not figured out what the tests should be, but the point being humans should not be allowed to procreate at will. I think such a test may be literally impossible, so it's a point you can't skip. Not that it's currently inconcei... | Laws should be in place for procreation | 1 | 2017-03-29T18:46:58 | 134 | 6 | 1 |
First: I'm sorry you're having an existential crisis. I'm not trying to be snarky or sarcastic; I mean that genuinely. Freaking out about the meaning of life is not fun. I saw from some of your other comments that you're seeing a therapist, and I hope you bring this up with them. Second: Just because something ends doe... | Life is pointless because we die. | 1 | 2016-12-02T06:57:11 | 83 | 13 | 7 |
Why is equilibrium a desirable thing? The planet isn't sentient. It doesn't care what happens to it. And animals are perfectly happy to kill each other without our help. They don't care one bit about equilibrium, if a single animal species could take over the entire planet it totally would. The planet has been through ... | Humans should go extinct | 0 | 2015-12-31T08:15:25 | 57 | 4 | 1 |
Large, terrible events in the history of certain groups of people leave scars. There are people who still have Holocaust survivors in their families - there are people whose parents lost their entire family. Knowing that your family was exterminated because people hated them that much for being Jewish is a pretty terri... | If your people went through genocide a hundred years ago, you have no right to be personally butthurt about it. | 0 | 2015-04-23T09:52:09 | 70 | 2 | null |
It's held in high regard as the first hit "found footage" film. It had been done before, but Blair Witch was the first time many people had been exposed to it. It was novel enough to be a big hit at the time. Aside from that, I don't think it is considered the gold standard of anything. So, it's an odd choice to use it... | The Blair Witch Project isn't even remotely scary, and its current position as the gold standard of the American horror genre is a farce (Warning: Spoilers) | 0 | 2015-03-27T20:47:01 | 85 | 8 | null |
I think you're noticing a few different phenomena - "counter cultural", "too circlejerking for it's own good", "ideological wars" and drawing conclusion of a motive from them where there is none. Countercultural? Mainly Reddit's demographic is specific and young compared to wider culture especially in subreddits like /... | I believe that reddit is too counter-cultural for its own good, causing circlejerking and ideological wars to flourish. CMV. | 0 | 2013-12-14T09:22:05 | 40 | 1 | null |
I think you underestimate how much some of these athletes put into the game. Often it's not just a matter of "oh damn, I don't get to win the championship." That's not why they're crying. It has to be hard to put every ounce of yourself, mentally and physically, into something, and give it *everything you have* and the... | I think it's ridiculous for a grown adult to cry because they didn't win a sports match, even if they are a professional sportsperson. CMV. | 0 | 2013-07-25T06:56:34 | 20 | 33 | 15 |
Sorry for taking so long to get back to you, I think I understand your position now. But when you generalize this idea of not paying for the things you don't like to everyone it breaks democracy. You're asking for a line item veto, the strength of which depends on each individual's tax burden. By distributing such a v... | Taxation is (basically) theft. | 1 | 2014-10-30T01:06:57 | 289 | 2 | 2 |
As a gay, atheist, extremely pro-secular person suspicious of all religions: I'll have to say the Prophet Mohammad. Not because I particularly care for Islam or anything, but he came from a middling social background, and then somehow ended up convincing enough people he was God's prophet, and established BOTH one of t... | Napoleon was the greatest sovereign in History. | 0 | 2017-03-23T00:41:48 | 37 | 1 | null |
I'd like to challenge the core point of the argument: the idea that gender is merely an extension of sex. I think, in a thread full of arguments, it may be best to resort to facts. In neuroscience and psychology, [there's the story of John/Jean \(real name David\)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer). Twin bab... | The notion of changing and identifying as a different gender doesn't make sense at its core. | 1 | 2016-12-08T03:06:28 | 489 | 9 | 1 |
Your Jay-Walking analogy could be correct, but you are using it wrong. We can't give these people their years back, but we can certainly stop punishing them for something that is no longer illegal. There's a reason the law changed; most likely because it wasn't a reasonable law to start with. Law is hardly a fast evol... | People that get jailed for committing an illegal act that later became legal should not be released. | 0 | 2014-11-10T18:44:34 | 55 | 24 | 13 |
The problem is that you are looking at this as an agreement between individuals, rather than a obligation of the state to care for those who need it. What about the doctor who is looking at a patient about to die, and a suitable donor is available, and who is under both oath and moral obligation to provide medical care... | If you don't opt-in for organ donating, organs shouldn't be given to you in a time of need | 1 | 2014-05-20T03:42:14 | 398 | 3 | 1 |
there is far more to inflation than you seem to understand. frankly, I think this is the fault of the Ron Paul, goldbug type strain of thought, that has overly emphasized a small part of the economic doctrine. I think you need to read a basic economic text book on this, because I agree with another poster here, this is... | Inflation is not sound fiscal policy. It's just a regressive tax. | 1 | 2015-03-15T00:04:11 | 131 | 2 | 4Δ |
I'm going to make a comparison between two games—Starcraft: Brood War and Starcraft II—that I played competitively to illustrate why I feel exactly the opposite; I think games *need* some execution difficulty in order to be interesting. Forgive me if you're not too familiar with them. **Starcraft: Brood War** had a lot... | Wavedashing and L-cancelling are not positive features in Super Smash Brothers Melee in their current state. | 0 | 2017-01-28T04:16:51 | 61 | 1 | null |
The important part of the example that I gave was that the racist policies were part of a package such that the package as a whole was better for non-white people than the other one (10% gain in income for the racist package, vs. 8% gain in income for the non-racist package). I'm not going to say that one should necess... | Knowingly voting for a xenophobic bigot makes you a xenophobic bigot yourself. I don't want to think half of the US-Population is like that so please CMV | 1 | 2016-11-10T19:39:51 | 145 | 5 | 12 |
I don't think they should be penalized or stop to pick up the scraps. It is actually more unsafe for a truck to stop on the shoulder then put a pedestrian into traffic to get a shredded tire. Drivers pre-trip their trucks daily and check for worn tires, but in a day they may drive 700 miles without stopping. That's a ... | I think semi truck drivers should be penalized for leaving tire scraps on roads. CMV. | 0 | 2013-06-02T06:05:27 | 40 | 12 | null |
http://uscommonsense.org/research/effect-voter-turnout-political-polarization/ Yes, restricted voter turnout means more ideological candidates. Super ideological and polarized voters vote more consistently. If lots of people who aren't shouty don't vote or care, they have a disproportionate influence and can elect thei... | There is nothing wrong with not voting | 1 | 2017-05-02T06:47:42 | 28 | 6 | 125 |
I was never great academically (I hated homework) but I always did fairly well on tests (I think the lowest I got on a test that wasn't graded how I would consider unfairly [ie: math tests where I skipped 1 step that was like, adding 10+7 and just writing 17 and then getting a 0 for the question for not showing my work... | In exams, the students who finish first are the ones who get better grades. | 0 | 2015-09-21T21:41:28 | 22 | 1 | 65 |
I think we as a society should just make sure every child is take care of with shelter, food, and healthcare no matter how poor the parents are. We have more than enough money and resources to do that. In fact, if we also made sure that all parents had good healthcare, they would be healthier physically and mentally to... | People should earn the right to have children. | 0 | 2017-05-22T18:05:38 | 461 | 5 | 2 |
Birthdays mean something in the same way that a high-five or a thumbs-up mean something. We agree to attach a certain significance to it by convention. It's an arbitrary (but agreed-upon) excuse to show a little enthusiasm for the fact that a particular person exists. I think that's nice and so do most people, what mor... | Birthdays are meaningless. | 0 | 2014-07-07T07:01:56 | 37 | 1 | 7 |
I'm not sure why it's a legitimate argument to say that wanting your own blood child is not a good reason. Your statistics that parents with adopted children are just as satisfied is skewed because of course the people who adopted were willing to do so. It's not like the study took a random sample of people and gave th... | I believe there is no good reason - other than vanity and narcissism - that an infertile couple should opt for IVF over adoption. Please CMV. | 1 | 2014-01-26T18:51:50 | 143 | 6 | 3 |
What you are saying is that the doctrines of Islam are connected to the culture of radical Islam when they aren't; radical Islam simply uses the doctrines as validation to their already hungry-for-revolution mindset. You say that the "Not All Muslims" excuse isn't viable but it is; there are Christian terrorists in Afr... | Separating Islam from Muslims in Discussions About Terrorism is Dishonest | 0 | 2016-06-15T08:28:22 | 147 | 1 | null |
I can't actually disagree that an autocratic system can make decisions faster than a democratic one; it's honestly one of the downfalls of democracy. Let's talk about the long run though, as you state: In the long run, a country that can't make intelligent decisions will never be able to compete with a country that doe... | China's rapid and continuing economic growth demonstrate the clear superiority of the technocratic model. CMV. | 1 | 2013-11-13T13:58:42 | 39 | 17 | 1 |
365 has few factors, so a perfect division is not practical, but we can at least do better than what we have: months 1-5 have 31 days, and months 6-12 have 30, for example (month 6 would get Leap Day). The year is not actually 365 days long. It's 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 48 seconds long. Your "perfect" redivi... | The Gregorian calendar should be scrapped and replaced with something more logical. | 1 | 2014-12-24T15:34:29 | 192 | 16 | 27 |
I might be wrong, but my impression of this is that IQ tests are mostly a measure of *pattern recognition* than overall intelligence. It definitely hasn't accounted for everything (the obvious one being social skills, other examples off the top of my head being flexibility in thinking and knowledge integration, and to ... | High intelligence is a negative trait | 1 | 2017-05-23T08:08:07 | 180 | 1 | 2 |
Counterargument: Let's say inherent badness level of abortion = A and badness level of forcing the mother to carry the child to term is B Even if A remains fixed, B may vary based on circumstances, so even _if_ A B in some cases, some circumstances could make B large enough to lead to A < B. Maybe one option is to ... | Regardless of whether abortion is wrong, rape and incest do not affect the moral permissibility of abortion. | 0 | 2016-01-11T20:24:18 | 471 | 3 | 1 |
Consent is when you make it clear that you're okay with something. If a Nazi says that they want to kill all Jews, that in no way applies that they don't mind if you punch them in the face. If you want to argue that it's okay to do it anyway, then say that. Don't say it's consent. People act like all neonazis support g... | By promoting a violent ideology you consent to violence against you, yourself. | 0 | 2017-02-14T00:19:31 | 165 | 4 | 3 |
Fair, but it is a key piece of evidence that can often get a cold case moving again. No, it isn't. Fingerprints taken from a crime scene are useless unless you *already* have a suspect. If you have a suspect, it isn't a cold case. There is no doubt that fingerprinting has been pivotal in many criminal investigations.... | Every American should be fingerprinted and entered into a government system | 1 | 2016-03-02T17:30:21 | 53 | 8 | 1 |
I personally know that from a fashion's point of view, wallet, keys, or even phone in the front pocket looks bulky and betrays the natural lines of the body, which is why they're kept in the back pocket. That way, the natural line is only compromised from the backside, which is less important, in a fashion sense, than ... | Wallets in the front pocket only makes sense | 1 | 2015-11-09T19:30:52 | 68 | 5 | 3 |
I see that you have also stated elsewhere in this thread that you don't care about morals. Do you really expect, in good faith, that your view can be changed? This is like saying " I shouldn't "want" to not be a con-man and legally scam old people out of their money". Other people will say "That's harmful to society an... | I shouldn't "want" to pick up trash because my effect on the environment is negligible. | 1 | 2016-06-27T00:08:13 | 88 | 1 | 1 |
I'm a atheist-gone-christian myself (19 years old, from Sweden), so I can put forth my experiences of what good religion can be of. These are highly personal, though, and serve as anecdotal evidence advocating not that religion is intrinsically good, but that it _isn't intrinsically evil_. These anecdotes are _not_ arg... | I think all religions are nothing but evil. CMV? | 0 | 2013-07-11T10:19:26 | 50 | 2 | 1 |
Most of the people that deride this song don't consider situational or cosmic irony to be valid instances of irony in the first place, and are irritated by the continuing cultural references that reinforce this bastardized view of "irony" that we have lately adopted. One of the problems with these new definitions of "... | I believe that the song "ironic" by Alanis Morissette is unfairly criticized. | 0 | 2014-07-16T09:02:42 | 92 | 3 | 96Δ |
sneaking or moving slow is much better with an analog stic Good point. Can't click those WASD keys lightly to move a bit slower. Fallout was so much more difficult FPS, I just stuck with the 3rd person perspective throughout the whole game. I'm talking about Fallout 3, the only one I've played. Hey u/JamesDK, take a lo... | 'Mouse and keyboard' is the superior control scheme for PC gaming. | 1 | 2015-06-21T02:50:24 | 57 | 5 | 14Δ |
The population of the world is probably right where it should be. I forget what it's scientifically called but basically you can look at the transition of countries from third to first world and see a general decline in birth rates. Generally this is what happens: 1.) A country is third world and very poor. In this sce... | The population of the world should be a lot lower than it is | 0 | 2017-06-26T19:52:11 | 84 | 1 | 45 |
This CMV made me laugh out loud. You say you'd like to eat in a Waffle House but your craving for waffles would be unsatisfied. That waffle eaters are being deceived. That Waffle House waffles aren't real waffles. Are you a drama major by any chance? Anyway, kidding aside, I am a Canadian who loves to visit a Waffle Ho... | Waffle House does not actually sell waffles, and they are only trying to deceive you. | 1 | 2014-11-18T01:56:24 | 31 | 10 | 8 |
I haven't given birth to anyone, but if I do it will be without use of an epidural and as naturally as possible. The reason for this is simple: my fear of needles outweighs my fear of pain. Seriously. Since the vast majority of pain relief comes via a needle, I will opt out of it. I also don't get novocaine when I hav... | I think mothers who intentionally gave birth without drugs did it for ego/bragging rights CMV. | 0 | 2014-01-14T08:10:39 | 79 | 3 | 2 |
Your main argument to me seems to be that we are just using brutality to achieve goals Not "we". The people who start wars. "We" (as majority of humans), when given the choice: a lower profit peacefully VS a higher profit violently, will choose the former, because hurting someone gets you hurt back. That's not the cas... | CMV - I believe that the crimes committed by the Nazis, even though they were terrible, are a display of human nature | 1 | 2013-10-11T11:10:59 | 62 | 1 | 1 |
I think you're looking through nostalgia glasses. Most people automatically prefer what they experienced growing up regardless of the actual quality of the things they're viewing. Most of your points are completely subjective and highly vulnerable to nostalgia glasses. The movies were better, the television was better... | Being a kid in the US, in the '80s, was superior in nearly every way, to being a kid now. | 0 | 2015-06-12T22:10:42 | 54 | 11 | 2 |
Scenario A - Kid is not adopted by people from another country and likely goes unadopted completely. Most likely becomes a beggar child as a teen and over all has a very rough life. Adopts the culture of their home country Scenario B - Kid gets adopted by someone from another country/background and very likely lives w... | People who adopt kids from a difference race and country as them as doing something unethical | 1 | 2016-10-28T21:52:44 | 59 | 4 | null |
Average IQ would go up 7 points False As I'm sure you know, the average Black IQ is 85. Non-blacks represent 0.87 of the population. Blacks represent 0.13 of the population. Using a weighted average, and knowing the average IQ in US is 100, we can form the following equation: Let X = the average IQ of non-black persons... | Black people are violent. | 0 | 2015-05-07T05:55:40 | 71 | 6 | 10Δ |
I love Savant, he is definitely different than most dubstep. He seems to know more about creating music than most dubstep artists, to me his music flows beatifully. Here is one of my favorite Savant songs, [Kali 47](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWWbMz89QrU). If that song is toheavy then the song [Robin Hood](http://w... | The only musical genre that I don't like any examples of that I have heard is dubstep. CMV | 1 | 2014-01-04T22:42:34 | 44 | 1 | 1 |
Correct (kindof). And we call that person an addict. I'm not saying that every person with an addictive personality can't control it or may choose not to take them in the first place, but those people are just responding to a different aspect of how their brain works. They might also have had an upbringing/environment ... | I think that whoever has an addiction is weak and deserves whatever happens to him | 1 | 2014-04-11T18:25:03 | 68 | 2 | 12 |
I think the first problem with your argument is that there are many different varieties of restaurants, a lot of upscale restaurants don't include side dishes in the way that chains like Applebee's or Texas Roadhouse does. If you go to an upscale restaurant there is not usually a choice of sides. Any side dishes are ei... | Appetizers taste better than entrees. | 1 | 2015-12-11T17:14:25 | 28 | 1 | 1 |
In general, being able to accomplish the same task is a good indication of greater aptitude and natural talent. However, that does not make it universally *better*, because speed often works to the detriment of long-term efficiency and sustainability of effort. Classic example: the "smart but lazy" student. Say you hav... | If one can't accomplish the same in the same time as others, it means that he/she is lesser. | 1 | 2016-10-22T16:24:43 | 27 | 18 | 42 |
I don't see that this argument leads to morality "being abolished," but merely constructing a different basis for morality. | I believe the concept of morality is abolished in the presence of reason CMV | 1 | 2013-08-14T18:15:28 | 97 | 1 | 18Δ |
Profit for corporations is different than profit for individuals. For corporations it is income-expenses. If an individual had a corporation with a single employee, him or herself, the corporation's profit would be income-salary. The individual's profit, on the other hand, is income-consumption, where salary = savings ... | In the US, corporations pay taxes on profit, while individuals pay taxes on revenue. Individuals should also pay taxes on profit. | 0 | 2015-09-07T19:15:02 | 91 | 2 | null |
Historically, that's what they used to do, sure. The (legitimate*) purpose of the military is and has always been to defend the public from foreign threats. Now, you're right that the most normal way to do that is to kill people and break things. Killing the damned Nazi that tried to take my house or breaking the tank ... | I believe the purpose of the military is totally to kill people and break things. | 0 | 2015-08-29T06:54:24 | 39 | 0 | 3 |
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream In the definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams in 1931, "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.[1] This is from Wikipedia... | CMV Use of the term "trust fund baby" is counter to the American Dream | 0 | 2016-11-27T02:22:35 | 17 | 2 | 3 |
Ok, so you aren’t interested in a “tyranny of the majority”; The OP says the *potential for abuse should be lessened.* My argument was that they are less likely to engage in oppression, Less likely is not 0. We don’t live in a perfect world. However, by empowering lower level people, you should see less systematic act... | No voting scheme prevents tyranny. | 1 | 2016-12-10T23:17:12 | 100 | 1 | 2 |
You make the mistake of assuming that every decision is supposed to be based purely around logic and reason, but I would be willing to bet that no one, including you, makes all of their decisions that way. For example, you bring up gun control, and say that because it can be demonstrated that such and such gun control ... | American politics no longer cares about logic or reason, and as a young voter I have no reason to be optimistic about the future of my country. | 0 | 2016-03-28T18:57:34 | 47 | 5 | 65 |
I will change your view with a [single diagram.](https://denisezannino.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/the-illustrated-guide-to-a-phd1.jpg) It will demonstrate that in order to become a master of one, a person must first become a Jack of all. As an anecdotal example: I am myself somewhere right around the transition betw... | Jack of All Trades and a Master of None is Better than a Master of One | 1 | 2015-07-23T21:30:01 | 71 | 3 | 8 |
I'm not denying that frustration with the current administration is leading to more political activity and marches, but I am saying that while the marches are a result of frustration, they help create a feedback loop that encourages more political activity. Think of it this way. Every presidential candidate holds ralli... | There is little to no point to protests in the streets. It can often just be ignored. | 1 | 2017-04-20T19:41:37 | 109 | 37 | 30 |
I'm not European (though I probably qualify as snide) and I'd support going metric just because it's a better system. As for the tangible benefits, you have a good point. I wish there were some better studies on exactly how much money is spent in the US on unnecessary conversion, and how much is lost through conversion... | Switching to the metric system in America would be cost-prohibitive and not worth the effort. | 1 | 2016-05-06T00:51:35 | 91 | 3 | 6 |
But I can't help but feel that because I'm a woman people will be less accepting of how I look now. That's bullshit. Its not like men somehow are more accepted for their looks, rather men don't have any inherent value. Women have an inherent value by the virtue of having a womb. Men on the other hand, have to make valu... | I don't believe it's possible for a man to find me physically/sexually attractive, even if I lost more weight. | 1 | 2014-09-18T22:47:15 | 66 | 1 | 2 |
I can't really argue your view because I don't understand why you feel it's wrong. You just say you've been brainwashed to believe it's wrong no matter what. So yeah, being brainwashed into believing something with no evidence is not a good reason to hold a belief. However, I don't believe there's anything morally wron... | Sexting is morally wrong no matter the age of both *legal* parties. | 0 | 2015-06-25T05:13:53 | 24 | 2 | 5Δ |
How? Assuming you mean school tests, school tests are on things that have been proven fact for many years. There are local governments and associations making sure that curriculum is fair and unbiased, and the people making the curriculum aren't all that powerful. In your case, the test is entirely political. I'm assum... | People shouldn't be allowed to vote just because they're over a certain age | 1 | 2016-12-06T22:11:28 | 150 | 1 | 1 |
It's very easy to change your view since there are many different kinds of dubstep, and I'm far from a hardcore fan (I was big on it when it was getting popular), but I'll show you the song that turned me into a bass-head for 12 months. [Blue Foundation - Eyes On Fire \(Zeds Dead Remix\)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... | The only musical genre that I don't like any examples of that I have heard is dubstep. CMV | 0 | 2014-01-04T22:39:38 | 44 | 2 | 1 |
First of all, I do not think there is much evidence to support the idea that the students who do not participate in music class will be at a disadvantage. When you force someone to participate in an activity, they are not very interested and thus, do not get the benefits of the experience. Maybe the science behind musi... | School systems should require at least 2-years of participation in a music program | 0 | 2015-10-20T21:41:47 | 45 | 1 | null |
Many of the people most in need of welfare could not possibly live off of the foods you list. Preparing foods from the raw ingredients requires a full and functioning kitchen; it requires pots, pans, utensils, dishes; it requires free time; and it requires skill. I feel comfortable saying that a majority of the people ... | the $29/week budget on food stamps is adequate amount of money to feed yourself nutritiously. | 0 | 2015-04-13T01:37:40 | 143 | 12 | 2 |
This is coming from someone who drinks very rarely. I'm going to have to go with the classic rebuttal of: Don't knock it till you try it. It seems to me that you have not even touched an alcoholic drink because of the things you have seen drunkards do. But the truth is, all you have seen is what irresponsible alcohol u... | I have no desire to drink alcohol or partake in its associated culture, even at legal age. | 0 | 2015-01-18T19:57:57 | 446 | 4 | 1 |
So let's say someone makes a comment like, "you should've been aborted".. I think we can both agree that a statement like this is obviously meant to be an insult. I agree with you that if someone were to make a statement like this and then turn around and claim they were just being "politically incorrect" , that would ... | "Political correctness" is a harmful and disingenuous term | 1 | 2016-02-19T22:18:44 | 62 | 2 | 1 |
So leaving aside the Whiggish narrative of history in the first half of your post being wrong (states do not always go from decentralized to centralized in a nice linear fashion), there's a lot of reasons why a unified Europe remains, at best, a pipe dream. First, the economic angle. The economies of Europe are vastly ... | We need to do away with all the small countries in Europe and unite them as a single nation like the U.S, and later strive to turn all small countries into large, united tracts of land. | 1 | 2015-07-31T08:57:25 | 31 | 2 | 1 |
In Matthew 4 there is this conversation between the devil and Jesus. 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said unto ... | The Pope driving around in fireproof glass is an admission of lack of faith | 0 | 2015-04-28T03:59:08 | 337 | 1 | null |
You're not really putting forth an argument. You off handedly mention a few things you associate with conservatives in america that are also kind of anti-science, but there's no real argument here. For instance, evolution, and young earth theories have nothing to do with the conservative movement. There are plenty of c... | The conservative movement in America is becoming detached from reality. | 0 | 2016-10-22T22:57:53 | 63 | 5 | 9 |
* Age discrimination in illegal in the constitution * Why would you weigh the biggest financial contributor's votes lower? This is a slap in the face to those who contribute most to the economy and government revenue. * Younger people are more likely to vote socialist, which in my personal opinion is unfair to the olde... | There should be steps taken to reduce the power of older people in elections. The imbalance between progress and experience caused by aging populations is distorting politics. | 1 | 2017-03-07T17:29:45 | 62 | 5 | 1 |
This is an interesting topic. Are you aware that zoos and aquariums together contribute ~ $350 million **annually** towards wildlife conservation? That's a lot of money! [Source](http://szb.org.br/blog/conteudos/bibliografias/01-conservacao/an-emerging-role-of-zoos-to-conserve-biodiversity.pdf). Without zoos conservati... | Zoos are immoral | 1 | 2016-02-09T01:50:54 | 45 | 7 | null |
Well I'd say your title is accurate, but part of your further reasoning below might miss an important aspect of this community. You state that the upvotes are because a post holds a very popular opinion on Reddit, but then later state that people here upvote those submissions because they HAVE this opinion. I'd say tha... | I believe that most of the well upvoted posts on this subreddit receive upvotes simply because they are widely held opinions amongst Redditors. CMV. | 1 | 2013-04-23T03:32:25 | 56 | 3 | 1 |
Even if I'm taking unrefined coconut oil off the table, you're avoiding the gross under-estimation of your prices that when adjusted to normal prices, would very likley be over the $29 a week mark. Not everyone has an Aldi, Savers, Kroger, Farmer's Market they can go to for cheaper prices. That's the main point I'm try... | the $29/week budget on food stamps is adequate amount of money to feed yourself nutritiously. | 1 | 2015-04-12T23:00:47 | 143 | 4 | 2Δ |
I agree that today's media is a direct result of our culture today, and that culture in general shapes the media, but that relationship isn't mutually exclusive with the media in turn being able to shape the direction of culture. Culture leading to media is a simple law of supply and demand - the fact that there's a si... | I don't believe the media shapes culture, i believe our culture shapes media. CMV. | 1 | 2013-12-29T04:53:31 | 22 | 12 | 1 |
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