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Do they have a chance of getting pregnant? No. Are they physically getting something inserted into them? No. There have been cases of men/young boys being raped and later having to pay child support to the woman who got pregnant. For me personally, I would rather become pregnant from rape and be allowed to abort it tha... | I don't feel as much sympathy when I hear men getting raped versus women/children getting raped | 0 | 2016-07-11T07:50:08 | 27 | 2 | null |
I don't see any way that I could change your mind about you personally liking them, because if you don't like them then it is what it is. A lot of people really really like them. They can boost adrenaline in people, and they are pretty to look at. Kids absolutely love the poppers and sparklers. As far as then having l... | Fireworks are really boring, have little to do with celebrating independence, and are not worth the risk. | 0 | 2015-07-06T10:11:59 | 57 | 4 | null |
People don't ask for sources to make sure that the proper people are given credit; they ask because they want to have a verification that what the person is saying is actually true. Even on heavily moderated subreddits like /r/askhistorians, it's amazing how much inaccurate information gets presented as facts. Sourcing... | I think Reddit might have an obsession with calls for 'citing' and 'sourcing' for general ideas, and not specific facts | 0 | 2014-04-27T02:35:18 | 54 | 0 | 1 |
It explains far too much irrelevant stuff that isn't needed at all to understand the story. The book is not just about the "plot," it's about "history" of the world. The history is just as important and meaningful as the "plot" in this case. You would miss out on a lot if you skip first 200 pages. Gandalf What's wrong... | "The Lord of the Rings" is a great example of how not to write a story. | 0 | 2017-02-23T22:34:41 | 120 | 18 | 146 |
The view that you are conscious but others are not is called solipsism. There is no absolutely convincing argument against it because we don't fully understand the nature of consciousness itself (but we might someday). Yet many people in philosophy of mind still don't think it is likely to be true. Here is an illustrat... | I believe that everyone is secretly a cyborg other than me CMV | 1 | 2014-01-06T00:22:44 | 49 | 14 | 2 |
I think that this is fundamentally the question at the heart of the divide between utilitarianism and retributive justice. On one hand, utilitarians typically view punishment as a tool with utility measured in rehabilitation, but those siding with retributive justice see it as a mechanism to right imbalances or wrongs.... | Punishment, if not for the purpose of rehabilitation, is morally wrong. | 0 | 2015-10-03T09:44:49 | 325 | 1 | 1 |
To start off, the main reason I personally am voting no is because i genuinely don't think Scotland will be able to cope on it's own Any time I ask myself this question I think to myself: if Scotland was just a subsided impoverished country why would the BT campaign fight to keep us in the union? The UK government refu... | I am Voting No to Scottish Independence | 0 | 2014-04-25T15:09:12 | 101 | 2 | 3 |
Ah, the good old, "but Webster said" defense. Appealing to a dictionary is no way to defend what a concept means. Dictionaries only give a rough guide to how a word is typically used by the general public. A dictionary is not an authority. If you must have a dictionary definition, if it appeals to you that much, here i... | It's hypocritical to say you're against animal abuse but still eat factory-farmed meat. | 1 | 2015-10-25T02:08:15 | 280 | 5 | 3 |
Why 16? Why not 15 1/2? Why not 22? The dates that we set for these things are highly arbitrary. There is a general agreement that we don't want 6-year-olds to vote because they just don't have the capacity to form reasonable opinions and we want 30-year-olds to vote because we care about democracy and if they can't vo... | Suffrage must be extended to all those 16 and above (i.e., voting age should be lowered to 16) | 1 | 2017-05-24T17:29:26 | 40 | 14 | 2 |
In fact, I think it should be encouraged for children to use technology in a way that stimulates curiosity and problem solving. Have you considered that there are apps within tablets and phones that do that do this very thing? | If children are going to grow up learning how to use technology, it should be with a PC | 0 | 2016-08-04T18:31:12 | 22 | 5 | 1 |
The link you provided on sugar being addictive is not a scientific paper but a blog and all it says is that sugar produces dopamine, from what I understand everything that feels good is related to serotonin and dopamine and the latter being responsible for addiction and repeating behavior, this is not limited to sugar,... | Sugar is a drug and thus should be regulated(i.e. limited in products for both adults and children, especially the latter) | 0 | 2015-10-17T21:15:42 | 116 | 19 | null |
But the same logic applies to people who don't want to see it anymore I don't think it does. When you click /r/all you expect to see all sub reddits. When you sub to something you expect to see it on /r/front. Being banned doesn't mean it disappears. There are no false expectations, and unknown actions taken on your ac... | A sub that you are banned from should not appear on your /r/all | 1 | 2017-04-14T23:18:22 | 211 | 2 | 1 |
Truly natural talent can actually impede success, because it can make it harder to learn the supplementary skills needed for greater success. Jerry Newport comes to mind. He's a math savant, the kind of person who can immediately tell you what day of the week you were born on if you give him your birthday. Naturally, h... | No amount of practice can overcome a lack of talent. | 1 | 2017-06-07T17:22:09 | 31 | 3 | 4 |
Whoa whoa whoa... back up a step. Then have it open source and voted on by the public. You're going to make "the truth" a matter of public voting?! Going back to the "christian scientists" thing here; about 70% of this country considers itself christian. Anywhere from 40-50% of the people in the US believe in creation... | Media outlets should only be able to call themselves “News” with a rolling 2-3 month average of ~95-100% verified true statements. If they dip below, they must be called something else and/or be sanctioned. | 1 | 2016-05-19T16:36:42 | 288 | 101 | 56 |
The short answer is that we just don't know whether the universe is truly deterministic or not. In fact quantum mechanics raises philosophical questions about what "deterministic" even means. For example, people have repeatedly pointed out in these comments that a full classical description of a quantum system cannot p... | We have no free will and everything that happens could be represented by a mathematical function. | 0 | 2014-01-29T00:47:26 | 358 | 1 | 1 |
Further, I can't say I understand the hate about the Irish travellers. Is this because of the history of the IRA? Honestly, it's got nothing to do with the IRA at all. It's more to do with a perception that they're all criminals, rather than Anglo-Irish politics. I think they're just an easy target because they tend to... | Muslims are the most discriminated against in general (on Reddit and in the UK) | 1 | 2015-03-18T16:53:27 | 63 | 1 | 1Δ |
* I don't believe that you can be neither gender. I just don't understand that. I'm agender, and the for me it's the opposite: I don't really understand what it means when people say "my gender is male" or "my gender is female". Of course I know what biological sex is, and I get that society has gender roles and expect... | There are only two genders. | 0 | 2016-01-21T07:03:04 | 788 | 12 | 12 |
Or you could move to buffalo, the worst of two worlds. They have roundabouts with traffic lights. | Traffic lights and four way stops are objectively inferior to roundabouts. | 0 | 2014-11-19T16:01:10 | 94 | 1 | 1 |
There's pretty much only three candidates that have a chance. Gary Johnson , the most popular, who was the nominee four years ago. Austin Petersen, who's young and bold, and my personal choice. Some don't like him, mainly for not believing in the NAP liberterian idea. He can come off as brash, and a bit of a tool. and ... | I am a staunch Bernie Sanders supporter and moderate liberal democrat. | 1 | 2016-02-28T19:30:19 | 74 | 2 | 1 |
Sure I have the "privilege" to not vote and so does anyone else. If we're gonna cut straight to the heart everyone has the privilege to vote and transversely the privilege to not vote. Anything you throw at people saying it's helping Trump win isn't their problem. It's also just falling back on a guilt trip to get peop... | For young progressives, abstaining and third party voting in this election is a symptom of privilege. | 0 | 2016-09-07T10:45:33 | 113 | 2 | null |
In part 3 (at least, what I assume is part 3 out of parts 2 and 3) you adopt a Darwinian view of altruism. This shows that your view is wrong because you admit that our familial relationship with people (which is not religion) can compel us to live for them. But, if you persist in saying "this doesn't count because it... | Religion is the only thing in the Universe that objectively compels us to live for something other than ourselves | 1 | 2015-07-03T04:29:47 | 58 | 3 | 4 |
Different keys have different tuning problems. For example, something like F flat minor is kinda difficult to play properly on my instrument, because some notes tend to fall flat. I have to adjust my tuning beforehand to avoid being out of tune. If you understand the theory, you can sight-read new music faster and mor... | knowledge of music theory is only necessary for creating music, not performing it | 0 | 2015-02-04T18:41:44 | 28 | 1 | 16 |
I'll play devil's advocate here. I would argue that it's not in your best interest to have everyone prepare for the apocalypse. If everyone is prepared there will be more competition for remaining resources. There is also a higher probability of aggressive groups surviving and becoming a major power. Finally if there i... | Not preparing for a "collapse of civilisation" type event is irrational and irresponsible | 0 | 2015-06-29T23:46:58 | 77 | 1 | null |
Yes. Abortion is abortion. Talking about what it actually involves, biologically, emotionally, socially, is more useful than condemning it by tying it to a word, or absolving it by detatching it from that word. | It doesn't make sense to debate abortion until the definition of a person or human life is defined | 1 | 2016-12-17T20:25:10 | 97 | 6 | 21 |
I believe that tau is the logical choice for a circle constant, not pi. A circle's essential feature is its radius, not its diameter, and the circle constant should be defined in terms of its most essential feature. And why is the ratio of circumference:radius more important than area:radius squared? | Tau is greater than pi | 0 | 2017-02-19T00:12:53 | 78 | 1 | null |
You have your own views, and you should be proud of that. Don't lock yourself into a political home. That kind of attitude is why people are so divided. I'm a little bit like you, in that I have views that are completely left as well as views from the right. If someone asks, I describe myself as "far-middle". Ever sinc... | I am an outcast in today's political climate and do not have a "political home" | 0 | 2017-03-08T22:18:19 | 56 | 1 | null |
Your argument can basically be boiled down to "Lethal force is justified in any case were someone is observed breaking the law ("disregarding the rule of law") since it's not possible to ascertain the extent of that disregard and it is neither possible to know their motives, so one should assume the worst." As you can ... | Lethal Force is morally justifiable if someone breaks into your home. | 0 | 2015-09-06T16:41:18 | 84 | 2 | null |
Neither is verified prior to running. If it turns out that a candidate has completely lied about their tax return, they can still win the Presidency. If it turns out that a candidate has completely lied about their country of birth, they cannot Constitutionally win the Presidency, though it's not clear who (if anyone) ... | Crying for Trump's tax returns is the same as crying for Obama's birth certificate | 1 | 2017-06-20T17:49:57 | 39 | 3 | null |
But they are inherently different. Male circumcision (MGM) is the removal of a small piece of skin. This can on occasion lead to complications, but has been performed overwhelmingly successful for the past several thousand years. The procedure may lead to a dulling of the nerves, less pleasure, and a callous head. It w... | In the interest of not being sexist, either circumcision should be rebranded as "male genital mutilation" (and also to give circumcision the frightening name it deserves), or FGM should be rebranded as "female circumcision" | 0 | 2016-08-14T13:08:43 | 265 | 1 | 6 |
The thing is I'm not just debating % body fat here. I'm talking about body composition. So a man has say 5%, that means he has more 95% Fat Free mass, which will mean he has more mass that is muscle. So if both a woman and man weigh 150 points, a greater percent of that 150 pounds is going be muscle on a man. More mus... | With the proper classes, men and women could compete fairly in sports | 1 | 2015-08-07T04:43:56 | 221 | 2 | 4 |
I think *expect* is a better word than deserve. The problem is that their laws are not just or fair to begin with. Yes, breaking them is largely foolish and they should fully expect them to be jailed. But expecting it and doing nothing are not the same thing. Blacks had to sit at the back of the bus, remember. Standing... | Western visitors to Iran or North Korea who do anything that breaks laws deserve to end up in jail and their home governments should make it clear they won't support them. | 0 | 2014-11-09T06:52:52 | 87 | 3 | 10 |
Take your time. I'll see it in the morning. | modern north American society should not be actively apologizing for the genocide of native/indigenous peoples or blamed for their current struggles | 1 | 2016-08-13T07:35:56 | 64 | 2 | 4 |
You don't seem to have a good reason to think that our government killed JFK. Just a bunch of things that you think are strange. Like why do you think Oswald was caught too easily? Or why wouldn't he yell "I'm not resisting"? I don't really know why Oswald did the things he did, but I really don't know why he shot the ... | I feel like JFK's assassination was an inside job. I feel like the government DOES inside jobs . | 1 | 2015-11-05T23:29:16 | 36 | 14 | 71 |
Well it looks like you enjoy youtube videos involving political discussion, so I'll start my argument with a [video from ContraPoints](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJxEyWE0-cU) that generally shows at least one reason why feminism is still needed in western society. If you'd like to give that a watch and see what it... | Feminism though once a powerful movement that better the lives of millions, has devolved into a movement without a point and now causes more harm than good. | 1 | 2017-04-10T03:59:30 | 480 | 64 | 1 |
As I understand it (and please correct me if I'm wrong), vegetarians don't buy or eat meat products because it supports the industry of slaughtering animals for their meat. Not all, some do it for health reasons. | Having a vegan diet seems pretty pointless. | 0 | 2017-01-20T00:30:33 | 385 | 1 | null |
Remember, no one tool is effective 100% of time in 100% of instances. Hammers make poor ploughs. The same is true for protests. It's a useful and effective tool in certain instances. In some cases, like the [July Revolution in France](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Revolution) it was a prelude to violence. Basicall... | There is little to no point to protests in the streets. It can often just be ignored. | 1 | 2017-04-20T19:32:59 | 109 | 191 | 78 |
So from what I gather from your story, you wanted these people to be physically punished because they....hurt your feelings? I understand fighting (in a literal sense) for rights and equality under the law, but you aren't entitled to live in a world where people don't judge you. What you consider "ignorance" might be ... | The only way to change the ignorant is with violence. | 0 | 2015-07-29T22:43:00 | 42 | 1 | 4 |
The problem with np links is that they don't stop people from voting or commenting - if a person wants to vote or comment, they simply remove the np and refresh their page - also once you have used an np link, the np stays in your browser when you move on to another page in reddit, and all your subsequent pages will be... | ShitRedditSays should require np links | 0 | 2016-01-26T14:57:28 | 191 | 75 | 39 |
Evolutionary dead-endedness [is] arguably pejorative I'll start with this. Why do you feel this way. I mean, you're not going around telling people "You're an evolutionary dead end!" I mean, sure, doing that would be wrong, but it would be wrong because it's rude. Is there anything wrong with not wanting to have kids?... | I believe that those that choose to be childfree are either evolutionary dead-ends or hypocrites. CMV | 1 | 2014-03-25T03:56:26 | 29 | 14 | 127Δ |
I'm glad you recognize the footing your claim is on. Even if I grant any of the above, how can we say that the government is involved? How can we say that this is an intentional effort to make people stupid, and not just a recognition that this stuff sells very well? Of course, I don't concede that any of the fiction y... | All those Holywood movies about superheros are deliberately produced to stupidify and isolate kids from reality. | 1 | 2014-09-01T02:45:25 | 24 | 3 | 1 |
Water and electricity are actual physical materials that are being diverted in your way when you use them, while data is not. It's not like your ISP has gigabytes of data stored in a warehouse, and when you download a youtube video, there would remain a bit less afterwards. The only resource that you are hogging is th... | Internet access should be charged on a per usage basis, similar to electricity and water bills. | 1 | 2014-11-01T14:02:00 | 50 | 3 | 22 |
I don't think it's anyone's view that literally *any* job is better than being unemployed. I personally think there are plenty of jobs that you could make a good case that aren't morally "good" -- slaughterhouse workers maybe or CIA enhanced interrogators or child pageant organizer or snake oil salesman or what have yo... | I don't think that being employed makes someone a better person than being unemployed. CMV. | 1 | 2014-02-11T03:56:08 | 61 | 2 | 11 |
There are tons of inconsistencies in your proposal. I also believe your suggestions cause more problems than they solve (or don't solve the problems they purport to), but let's address the inconsistencies first. 1. Instant runoff voting (which is the type of ranked voting you are suggesting) is not consistent with assi... | I have created the ideal voting system to replace the Electoral Vote, and it isn't the Popular Vote | 0 | 2016-11-27T05:24:19 | 94 | 33 | 4 |
If being gay is a choice, then you could certainly choose to start finding members of your sex attractive and start wanting to have sex with them. Can you do that? I certainly cannot. | Being gay is a choice | 0 | 2016-11-13T07:37:21 | 158 | 1 | 8 |
North Korea can and would bomb Seoul. This is simply not worth it. South Korea does not want that, and they are our allies, not the North Korean people. North Korea will eventually implode. We simply have to wait for China to stop backing them, which they have been slowly doing, and eventually they will turn over their... | I believe that the UN/Nato should militarily remove the North Korean regime and integrate it with South Korea. CMV | 1 | 2013-11-04T00:13:10 | 199 | 10 | 20 |
I disagree, for one simple reason. $ Now, if a region wants to split from its country, I understand it. But, region is much more than just people living there. Country possibly invested money into infrastructure in that region, counting on revenue from future taxes. Not to mention that country has rights to all natural... | I don't think a country has the right to deny a group the right to leave itself | 1 | 2016-09-09T17:34:21 | 33 | 3 | 1 |
Let's unpack your reasoning. You wrote: The reason I want to abolish rent regulations in NYC is that it drastically reduces the available housing supply and harms people looking to move to or within the city. Anyone who has won the rent regulation lottery never moves out, and you end up with a highly inefficient alloca... | New York City should abolish rent regulations. | 0 | 2015-06-16T01:11:44 | 141 | 3 | null |
Yes, nobody has the right to attack you or make you a victim, but will all people follow that? Again, evil will never die in the real world, so we still have to protect ourselves from it. It is a public statement of your right to yourself, and that anyone who does not respect that right is in the wrong. Predators do no... | Immodest dress is neither empowering nor a good symbol of empowerment. | 1 | 2017-06-12T05:21:38 | 39 | 20 | 25 |
This is true, if you cut the military budget, the government would in fact have more money to spend on other things, but that doesn't make it a good idea. There is a reason the US spends so much money on military, and cutting this spending would open up a slew of other problems. Nobody is arguing whether or not a lot c... | Most all of America's problems could be solved by reallocating a good proportion of our military budget. | 0 | 2015-05-18T00:39:21 | 147 | 1 | null |
Two points: 1. I worry your argument is tautological, and here's why. In practice, we agree with our models of reality not because observations direct us to only one conclusion, but rather because those models are useful. Application is way more bound up in observation than you give credit to: 'what is true' and 'what ... | I believe there's a physical reality, and humans can achieve their values better by aligning their world views with it. | 0 | 2016-05-10T23:15:25 | 35 | 6 | 10 |
Your question is a cheat. You're asking a psychological question but are demanding hard evidence. There will never be hard evidence for hardwired biological behaviors. There will never be a definitive answer. I think another possibility is that while genetic factors, and hormonal influence may play a part, environmenta... | I don't believe that, regarding sexual preference, we're necessarily born that way. CMV | 0 | 2013-10-12T00:05:12 | 183 | 10 | null |
Why does it matter what people choose to do with their money? If people wanted to donate $55,000 to a guy so he can make a potato salad that's on them. You do not lose anything out of it. There are many things that wouldn't have been possible without crowdfunding. Many indie type board games, expansions to previous th... | I believe crowdfunding is stupid. It is lazy and a waste of time and money. | 1 | 2015-02-19T00:49:22 | 31 | 1 | 1 |
So everyone else seems to be arguing for or against metric... I'm going to argue that if you choose Imperial, you haven't really chosen "a" measurement system. The problem with Imperial measure is that there's nothing consistent or unified about it. Every type of thing you measure is different. Miles have different sca... | Either metric or imperial measurement is fine. Just pick one. | 0 | 2016-01-27T18:47:04 | 129 | 7 | 157 |
Direct Democracy is pretty common on CMV. Here's a comment I left on the last thread I saw. Well first of all, majority rule is usually a bad thing. Look at some of the things that get passed by referendum. For example, Switzerland's ban on minarets, which has been condemned by the Swiss government and courts, as well ... | The US legislative system should not consist of elected officials based on platforms and ideologies, but we should use 21st Century tech to crowdsource government. | 1 | 2014-09-06T06:46:02 | 31 | 2 | 19 |
I used Linux for 80% of the machines I install for personal use. 70% Windows (30% mac) at work. I still always have issues with Linux for the desktop. I favor mac and windows second and Linux desktop as a distance third. Having an emphasis on Microsoft Office in school is geared to a desk job that uses Office. This i... | Microsoft Windows should not be used in schools | 0 | 2016-09-21T03:58:18 | 67 | 1 | null |
Deeply held beliefs that don't work against the public good are a solid reason to create exemptions in both the laws and the social expectations that society puts on individuals, but the obvious flaw in allowing these exceptions is the ease with which a person can lie about what they believe. Normally, religious belief... | Religious beliefs are essentially opinions and should not be given more weight than any other type of belief or opinion. | 1 | 2017-02-04T03:24:10 | 312 | 27 | 2 |
As a guy, I tend to have an easier time getting along with other guys. Does that mean I am right in concluding that men are better than women? I suppose I would caution you against confusing personal preference with a universal truth. It's a cliche, but there seems to be a fair amount of truth to the idea that women i... | I think women in general, as a whole, are better people. | 1 | 2016-07-17T16:06:36 | 39 | 24 | 19 |
Even then, it's not fair to say it would win them an election cycle that they wouldn't already have won anyway. It's not like the "tied to Pelosi" lines are the only possible talking points Republican candidates have. On what grounds are you assuming the Pelosi bogeyman talking point would make the difference between w... | Nancy Pelosi should retire from Congress for the benefit of her party. | 1 | 2017-06-21T20:24:24 | 186 | 34 | 4 |
for individual ownership of weaponry to be an effective deterrent to tyranny individuals must be able to own weapons comparable to the tyrannical regime. In the modern day this would mean weapons such as tanks, mortars, chemical weapons, explosives, up to and including nuclear warheads. Without these weapons small arms... | arguments for 2nd amendment protections that rely on the premise: "a well-armed populace is the best defense against tyranny" are irrevocably flawed in the modern age | 0 | 2016-08-22T22:10:08 | 38 | 1 | null |
*Nearly all* of your supporting ideas for why NYC sucks are byproducts of population. Basically you're saying everyone wants to live there, so there are many people there and so as a result it's a bad place to live. *At best* you're only telling half of the story. I live in NYC and I also love Boston. Both are great ci... | NYC sucks | 1 | 2015-07-15T18:20:45 | 328 | 455 | 25 |
A great biodiversity includes things that are necessary for humans to survive. Such as soil quality, water quality and levels of pollution. A decline in soil quality leads to soil erosion. Which, in turn, can lead to desertification. It can also lead to soil liquefaction. Loose ground leads to flooding, mudslides (such... | It is not worth the money it costs to conserve biodiversity | 1 | 2015-05-19T05:50:44 | 36 | 2 | 3Δ |
Don't you think you're being a little unfair by pitting "manga" against "western comics"? For example - Bill Watterson and Herge have distinct art styles, and are from different regions as well. Why are you using the "western comics" nomenclature for them both? That said - Manga has a lot of variation in styles. Somet... | I think anime and manga are less visually diverse than western comics, CMV | 0 | 2013-09-05T19:39:16 | 52 | 12 | 24 |
What type of communication are you discussing? I'm a Film major and a part of the School of Communication on my campus. The majority of my major-specific coursework involves writing, producing, directing, cinematography, editing, etc. I'm considered an RTVF major (Radio Television Film). How does what you're describing... | Communication Majors are the most overlooked and underestimated majors within our universities in America. | 0 | 2016-05-09T02:01:51 | 27 | 1 | 9 |
But I, and most people don't need proprietary software. Really? Most people I work with expect everyone else they work with to have MS Office. And a very large variety of professionals need Acrobat Pro and other Adobe software. | I (and many others) have no need to use Windows for a desktop computer. (excepting gaming) | 1 | 2015-08-21T21:35:35 | 86 | 3 | 9 |
my point is that you fail to do it as much as you would if you supported ethically raised animals. What to you constitutes ethically raised? I'm personally skeptical of the idea that such a practice is even possible within the context of animal agriculture, which plays a part in my decision to abstain entirely rather t... | If you care about animals, you achieve more by eating the meat of those that were ethically raised, rather than by being a vegetarian. | 1 | 2014-11-06T18:23:01 | 76 | 3 | 2 |
Pandemic The worst epidemics in history never killed more than 500 million, maybe more if we grossly underestimate the pre-Columbian population of native americans. Sure, the black plague took out whole cities, but a lot of that was migration and Europe still survived. I think we're safe on this front. Economic collaps... | I believe that the "collapse" will never happen.... CMV | 0 | 2013-07-08T18:56:44 | 124 | 3 | 3 |
1. The English pronoun *they* (and its derivations) exists already, and *specifically* exists to account for both singular and group subjects where the gender is irrelevant/unclear/not applicable/mixed. Therefore, **new pronouns are redundant**. 1. Modern gender neutral pronouns find their origin in intersectional fe... | Incorporating gender neutral pronouns into higher learning/society is a good thing that allows everyone to feel comfortable and safe during discussions and social interactions. | 1 | 2015-09-20T13:38:37 | 37 | 5 | 6 |
Feminism is a word. Like any other "movement", it has people that span a range of ideologies, all laying claim to the term "feminist". The reality is that no one can claim the objective truth in the matter. If two completely different groups both call themselves by a name, who gets to say which one is "right"? To some ... | The word "feminism" does not accurately represent the feminist movement | 1 | 2015-02-11T18:04:02 | 148 | 1 | 26 |
A giant meteor impact will make the planet uninhabitable killing all life (this has already happened six times to Earth according to scientists) This has happened a couple times in the history of the Earth, yes. But it has only been those couple for times over the course of hundreds of millions of years. What makes you... | Within the next 500 years, all life on Earth will be either wiped out completely or to a point where it is nearly impossible to rebuild society. | 0 | 2015-02-24T01:52:36 | 51 | 1 | 28 |
Most prostitutes would like it to be decriminalized rather than legal. The reason being that legalization empowers the brothel owner more then the prostitute giving most of the profits to the owners. Most of the workers would like what is called the Nordic Model's approach to prostitution (also known as the Sex Buyer L... | [NSFW] Prostitution should be legal | 0 | 2017-05-23T04:01:27 | 90 | 5 | null |
Conceptually, defense attorneys are deserving of respect. The problem is there are so many individual defense attorneys that are not. There've been plenty of them who have been party to innocent people going to jail because they either didn't care or they were given incentive not to. So, while I agree that, on the whol... | Defense Attorneys are much bigger protectors of justice than Prosecuting Attorneys and should be regarded with more respect than "the guys who defend murders" | 0 | 2015-10-23T20:01:59 | 166 | 0 | 5 |
I think it is a universal right for a person to not have to drink water that has been contaminated in man-made fashion. Giving out free water to everyone will help people, but it also creates bad precedent and decreases incentive. For example, food is essential to life as well. Should this be a universal human right, o... | I believe water is an "universal right" CMV | 0 | 2013-11-28T01:03:02 | 77 | 2 | null |
So because females either cannot comprehend the culture of aggressive male humor and take it literally... or are just annoyed by it, they want to change it and force everyone to behave in a PC polite way. I believe this is false. I have female friends who are gamers and aren't overly PC, and I have male friends who are... | Women insisting gaming be made into a safe space for them is like a man insisting a Yoga class alter the poses because he feels immasculated sticking his ass in the air. | 0 | 2015-11-04T02:25:55 | 210 | 1 | null |
Let me give my own examples, that happened to me, which I'm sure some people would class as 'regret-rape'. I was a virgin. A guy came over to my house and slept with my friend. I woke up that morning with him having sex with me. I'm a heavy sleeper, and I didn't wake up. I don't have any clue how long he'd been having ... | on retroactive rape or so called "regret rape". I believe consent can be given or revoked before or during sex but cannot/should not be able to be revoked AFTER sex has completed. | 1 | 2016-04-09T23:50:42 | 152 | 41 | 1 |
but I could argue that the logistical nightmare of recounting every state is still better than having voters waste their vote due to not living in the right state I'd love to hear you make that argument. Recounts are expensive, and as you said a logistical nightmare. Also, there is the inherent problem of accuracy and... | The electoral college should shift to a percentage-based system, not the winner take all system we have now. | 1 | 2015-03-25T03:16:19 | 68 | 1 | 42Δ |
Thoughts: Many professions (cashiers, security, ect) are reliant on availability. They are half as effective in half the time. You're advocating for a doubling in wages for them, which is a big bump to labor costs. Expect a lot of service businesses to go out of business if this happened, that or non-service jobs just ... | 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. | 1 | 2017-02-20T20:50:24 | 40 | 2 | 2 |
As a result of this, you come across a lot of men who have been technically raped but who simply get over it extremely quickly despite feeling dirty, violated etc as other guys around them just say stuff like 'You got laid dude quit complaining'. Essentially, society acts to minimise those bad feelings, allowing the ma... | I believe society causes more trauma for rape victims | 0 | 2014-11-20T19:56:43 | 120 | 2 | null |
I would say it depends on both the entree and the appetizer. If I have a choice, I don't order the [Bloomin' Onion at Outback Steakhouse](https://www.outback.com/nutrition/calculator), for instance. I've never been a huge fan of Bloomin' Onions and it's not even that healthy even when you split it four ways. But if you... | Appetizers taste better than entrees. | 0 | 2015-12-11T21:06:34 | 28 | 1 | 1 |
Everyone else is doing the statistics stuff, so I'll address this: Even on a personal level I have found that girls are petty and silly, while men I have interacted with are far more interesting to have conversations with. I'm a woman. I could very easily say something like, "I have found men are rude and creepy, whi... | I am sexist, CMV. | 1 | 2013-04-15T22:48:12 | 115 | 23 | 47 |
Two reasons I can think of immediately: 1. You have to get people to care about the animals. Otherwise they don't care about your research and they don't care about your conservation. 2. You need money to support the animals (food, medical care, enclosures) and to support research (equipment, researchers). Zoo guests b... | Zoos are unnecessary and unethical in the 21st century. | 1 | 2016-08-25T05:48:16 | 62 | 5 | 16 |
To answer this correctly, you've got to understand a basic tenant of economics: The Product Lifecycle. Putting it as quickly and simply as I can, the product lifecycle is this: A product (better thought of as a unfulfilled niche in consumers lives) is conceived of. It is then researched, designed, engineered, tested an... | "Good-paying" factory jobs won't come back to the United States. | 1 | 2016-08-22T19:49:50 | 101 | 3 | 2 |
In a society where everything is done by robots, what will they have to actually do BC there will not be anyone with a job or money but the ultra rich. So what's the point of replacing the workforce? | In approximately 2 centuries there will be absolutely no jobs left that robots can't do | 0 | 2016-09-14T21:03:40 | 102 | 1 | null |
I see it this way. There is no natural rights. Hell I don't even believe in human rights either to be honest. What I do believe in is the right given to me by my founding fathers in the bill of rights amd constitution. They granted me the right to own a gun and that alone is enough of a reason for me to have one. I be... | The claim that gun rights are derived from nature rings as hollow as the claim that gun rights are granted by God. | 0 | 2015-08-31T05:21:36 | 107 | 1 | null |
The purpose of the supreme court is declare if something is constitutional or not - and that's it. Yet, it's becoming more and more apparent to me that it has historically sown the seeds of discord To the first part, no it isn't. The Supreme Court (really all of the Article III courts) are also called on to make ruling... | The Supreme Court of the US has too much power | 1 | 2016-03-12T01:52:58 | 70 | 9 | null |
I don't know if anyone else is touching on it, but a big difference between Jesus and Mohammad depictions is that Christianity simply doesn't care about graven images anymore (although they used to, and some very small sects still do). It's about more than taboo, it's an actual facet of (many of) their religious belief... | Muslim's over-react to Mohammad being depicted in cartoons and such | 0 | 2017-01-18T21:48:12 | 260 | 1 | 8 |
The problem is that when you start to think that only members of this race show this behavior you can start to filter in unfair ways. If I am a teacher, I can start to think that my black students are the cause of all the problems in my classroom and react accordingly. But, what often happens in those situations is t... | It's not racist if it's true. | 1 | 2016-07-12T21:21:18 | 144 | 21 | 72 |
This might be a little late to respond, but I'm currently working on my master's degree in political science, so I might be able to explain some things. First, the two-party system stems from the way america votes. There is only one widely considered "law" in politics, called Duverger's Law. The law states that in a de... | The American two-party political system is out dated and completely corrupted CMV. | 0 | 2014-03-05T20:01:02 | 291 | 2 | null |
If we could create a society in which every individual was a Descartes, Gauss, or Kant, In short, you can't "create" an intellectual. You can give people knowledge, but it is part of the character of the person and their own abilities and interest in pursuing that knowledge and learning more that makes them intellectu... | Education should create intellectuals not employees | 0 | 2017-02-17T13:14:50 | 51 | 1 | null |
If the abortions were born it would have virtually negated the need for immigration, both legal and illegal, in order to maintain age demographics and keep social security viable. Low paying jobs would be held by English-speaking Americans instead of unintelligible foreigners, which would make for a more uniform, cohes... | America is a better place because of the 55 million abortions its had | 1 | 2015-01-05T06:40:34 | 139 | 0 | 4 |
It seems like a normal occurrence for someone to make some prejudge comments or attitude about another race/ethnic group. A lot of times it's been a conversation opener at a bus station like for an example someone saying "those damn Chinese are ruining the city" and my friend who works at a cafe had one customer say "I... | I believe society is just as racist as we were in the past. | 0 | 2015-07-22T04:43:24 | 45 | 9 | 58 |
You want statistics? http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/vote-2010-elections-democratic-closing-argument-personal-attacks/story?id=11996410 Others have said what I would have said, confirmation bias, etc. But those are the stats. If that doesn't change your view, let me know why. Here's a summary of the study mentioned on t... | I believe [US] Republicans are more reliant on personal attacks than Democrats. | 1 | 2014-04-06T21:01:40 | 321 | 55 | 2 |
Are you familiar with [Arrow's impossibility theorem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow%27s_impossibility_theorem)? It basically shows that a voting mechanism that fulfills quite reasonable criteria of fairness and efficiency is impossible. | Democracy is the best political system. | 1 | 2014-10-28T22:54:22 | 111 | 2 | 1 |
It really just comes down to the age-old debate. Does God exist? If He does, then morality is objective. If He does not, then it is subjective. To convince you that morality is objective, I would first have to convince you that God is real, which is an entirely new argument. | Morality is subjective. | 0 | 2015-09-25T08:12:07 | 107 | 0 | null |
How would you deal with someone who is financially secure, falls pregnant, and then becomes destitute a month before giving birth? | If you can't even take care of yourself, you shouldn't be allowed to have children. In short, "Let government take care of you by welfare for giving up fertility." | 1 | 2016-12-26T22:45:27 | 124 | 51 | 1 |
Well, I can see that, but in the case of police officers, what if the mental illness was one in which the person would be unable to make a rational split-second decision? Realistically, these are people who have stressful jobs and they don't know when or if they're going to face a violent criminal who might have a dead... | No one should ever be denied a job because of a mental illness. | 0 | 2015-07-26T18:57:49 | 45 | 1 | 1 |
I'm a pharmacist, so I deal with deductibles every day. I'll be focusing on the drug side for my answers here, as I'm more familiar with them. Why do we even need UH? Why is it so much superior that it calls for overhauling OC which is clearly working? OC only mandates certain items that must be covered and that everyo... | There is no need for Bernie's Universal Healthcare plan because Obamacare is clearly working | 1 | 2016-03-07T05:58:54 | 17 | 6 | 4 |
Continuity is only broken if you attach importance to your body after the scan is made. Yes of course; that's what's continuity is: the things that happen to me and my body. Say that right after scanning my body, someone draws a funny face on my arm, then my body is disintegrated. The stored pattern of me did not go th... | There's no good reason to be worried about teleportation killing you | 1 | 2016-09-04T21:29:28 | 202 | 2 | 20 |
Because the goal of most male-focused porn is for the man to put himself in the place of the unfeatured male in the video. Presumably the man wants the woman to be pleased with him throughout sex, but then for everything to be done when he's done. The woman orgasms DURING the sex, enjoys what the man is doing to her, a... | I believe that pornography's overall net impact on society has been negative. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-14T06:10:50 | 227 | 11 | 8 |
Most chicken and cows in factory farms live horrible, miserable lives. Some farms treat their animals decently, but that's a minority. Also, have you ever considered that cows don't naturally produce milk ? It's like with humans, they only do it to feed their kid. So we impregnate them. Of course, if the calf is drinki... | Having a vegan diet seems pretty pointless. | 1 | 2017-01-19T17:55:15 | 385 | 7 | 1 |
It would greatly help if you clarified whether or not you mean adult children or child children. Child children require a different form of respect, than adult children, in order to be respectful themselves. I respect my father for being a provider. He didn't leave my mom, though he was a teenager when he knocked her u... | Parents are not entitled to unconditional respect from their children just by virtue of being their parents. | 1 | 2015-07-05T17:27:01 | 79 | 2 | 1 |
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