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In my experience there is no real "friendzone" meaning that there is no real time limit on a friendship to turn romantic. People in the "friendzone" are really just dealing with unrequited love. The issue people have with it is that it implies that the 'friendzoned" party just didn't act in time when it is much more li... | The "Friendzone" is a valid concept | 1 | 2016-03-19T02:07:19 | 48 | 6 | 3 |
Just found this subreddit, it's interesting. I'll take a stab sure. Ok, firstly you're saying that STEM majors are more difficult than non-STEM majors. You've seemed to define "difficult" by saying the amount of hours one puts in to complete coursework - and secondly the amount of effort involved to complete the course... | I believe completing a degree in a STEM major requires more work than completing a degree in a non-STEM major. CMV. | 0 | 2013-05-27T02:49:36 | 65 | 0 | 1 |
I think there's still a lot of good conversation going on here, so no need to kill the thread, but to be fair I think a delta is in order unless "Libertarians are evil" didn't actually represent your previous view. | Libertarians are evil | 1 | 2014-10-26T05:30:08 | 431 | 1 | 1 |
I don't like the "x privilege" argument either, but your claim that *everyone* who uses it is terrible and parasitic has quite a burden of proof. Would we only need to find one person that has used the argument who isn't insufferable to be around/totally unproductive? | I believe anyone who uses "x privilege" in a discussion is a horrible person and a parasite on society. | 1 | 2014-04-14T04:46:16 | 460 | 1 | 3Δ |
I could understand a belief that the universe has a creator (although I don't personally share it), but to me thinking that a book that was handwritten by men conveys the wishes or reasoning of that god is ridiculous. You've already contradicted your view as stated in the title here. Not all who believe in God believe ... | People who believe in a specific God should be treated the same as people who believe in Santa Claus and religious discrimination isn't comparable to racial or gender discrimination. | 0 | 2017-05-30T19:10:42 | 97 | 5 | 13 |
From a different angle, we cannot predict how much money it would take to on average keep a human alive for 78 years. This doesn't account for inflation or cost of living changes over time, nor for disparity in location. Should bankers in Kansas be jailed for lower levels of fraud than NYC because cost of living is low... | Bankers should be jailed for life for frauds more than $1.95 mln ($25k * 78 years average life expectancy in USA) | 0 | 2016-04-10T19:21:31 | 103 | 1 | null |
They know that if we're drawn into the area again they will be able to wear us down just like every resistance fighters have been able to do against an occupying country since the beginning of nation-state This is very very wrong. The vast vast vast majority of the time, resistance fighters are crushed and never heard ... | Any military action against ISIS/ISIL/Daesh means a commitment in blood, treasure, and time the US cannot afford. | 1 | 2015-12-23T01:56:49 | 101 | 1 | 1 |
I think the motivation for women only events is to encourage women to see chess as a game they can play. If you have a sport dominated by men it can be difficult to get women interested in it early on. It's not sexism or anything, it's just a sort of marketing technique for the sport. You mentioned that women do compe... | I see no reason why men's and women's chess are separate events. | 1 | 2014-06-22T16:54:51 | 658 | 754 | 8 |
I would argue that safety doesn't always have to be some value that trumps everything else. I grew up racing motocross. (Played football too, but quit after 9th grade to focus on motocross and competitive wakeboarding) In motocross multiple amateurs die every year and there is nowhere near the outcry as in football (w... | We should stop supporting American football in light of recent medical findings. | 0 | 2015-09-04T22:49:12 | 116 | 3 | null |
I can understand the judge's reasoning, but it does seem to open the door to defendants claiming that certain things about them will bias the jury - for example, their race, their sex, their age, their accent - and this judge is protecting this man from jury bias against things which the man *chose* to do to himself - ... | It was right for a judge to order a neo-nazi's face tattoos to be covered to prevent Jury bias. | 0 | 2016-07-28T19:54:38 | 49 | 1 | 34 |
You are either Male or Female and anyone claiming to be an abstract gender is simply seeking attention and to be "unique". With such a broad statement you are almost surely incorrect. These arguments were here when the homosexuality was THE big issue. "They are simply seeking attention, why they just cannot be quiet", ... | You are either Male or Female and anyone claiming to be an abstract gender is simply seeking attention and to be "unique". | 0 | 2017-07-04T04:49:45 | 316 | 1 | 36 |
I don't think society is changing to "favor" women. I think that women have risen to the challenge of being accepted in a society which traditionally has placed all kinds of barriers to prevent them from being successful in the same way men are. More women than men now graduate college, true. Does that point to a chang... | I believe that attractive white women lead easier lives than the rest of society - CMV | 0 | 2013-08-09T06:33:09 | 1,317 | 16 | 4 |
We can assure that the US dollar holds a pretty stable value. How do we do this to even remotely the same level with regional currencies? | The United States needs to move away from the U.S. dollar and create regional currencies | 0 | 2017-05-23T18:28:14 | 42 | 1 | 7 |
Aren't seventh and eighth grade kids in America 13-15? What on earth makes you think they won't have sex whether you like it or not? You can't stop kids having sex whether they've been educated about it or not, and there are plenty of kids who will be having sex at that age. At the very least, if you make the condoms a... | Middle schools should not have condoms freely accessible for students | 0 | 2017-06-01T03:44:30 | 173 | 1 | null |
I think you are granting that 1) many cops have an inherent threat-assessment-bias that makes them more prone to jumpier behavior and ultimately fatal mistakes when dealing with black men. What you seem to be arguing against is 2) the idea that police actively target and kill black people, presumably then lying about a... | Black Lives Matter's message that police are killing unarmed black people out of racism is wrong, dangerous, and divisive | 1 | 2016-07-09T19:41:59 | 887 | 2 | 1 |
Theft requires that you rightfully own the thing that is being taken. You do not. You do not own the money that was taxed, it is now the government's. The concept of ownership is only really meaningful when applied in the context of some kind of government. If you and I are playing chess and you move your rook diagonal... | Taxation is theft. | 1 | 2016-08-10T04:56:52 | 214 | 2 | 74 |
I agree 100% on the problems in the media but it still feels like there's a difference between disagreeing with the opinions of the editorial board and the Trumpian approach of flat out rejecting everything in the media as lies. Agreed, I think that's more actions of political convenience than actual beliefs. But you a... | The conservative movement in America is becoming detached from reality. | 1 | 2016-10-22T17:09:23 | 63 | 12 | 32 |
My issue with drone strikes is that it comes with no risk. A commander can order a drone strike with no risk at all to any of his men, this leads to a cavalier attitude towards what should be a very grave and serious decision. I know you've said not to make it about any particular politician, but we have heard politici... | Drone strikes are not only a legitimate method of waging war, but one of the most ethical and ideal. | 0 | 2017-02-28T23:33:43 | 96 | 5 | 5 |
There's already a way to do this that benefits all parties. Surrogate pregnancy. Most of the reasons people adopt have to do directly with not being able to have kids. So if I woman wants to get paid, she can make a decent chunk of change getting pregnant for infertile women. This doesn't require the irresponsible act ... | Putting a baby up for adoption should have a monetary reward | 0 | 2017-02-20T19:13:38 | 80 | 1 | 25 |
Not working is boring for many people. While I can agree with the sentiment toward dull low wage work, if you've got a (business?) degree you've already got the potential to find some sort of meaningful and rewarding work. It seems like a bad place for you to stop and do something short term and desperate that harms yo... | I should loan money from the bank and just enjoy life. Since we're dying at the end, what's the point of hard-working? | 1 | 2017-04-19T19:29:25 | 55 | 3 | 76 |
That doesn't answer my question. Under this system, what is done with existing property (house, car, etc) that can no longer be afforded due to the tax? That's great you survived on $6k. As a family of 4, $6k doesn't cut it here, and I'm not interested in adjusting my lifestyle to make that work. A 95% tax would force ... | I think a ridiculously high flat tax could save the USA | 1 | 2017-03-30T07:17:27 | 61 | 1 | 22 |
Is it really that strange to feel wariness or jealousy even if you totally trust your partner? I don't think it's ***possible*** to feel jealous if you totally trust your partner. If you trust them entirely, there ought to be no fear of them being disloyal. And without the fear of disloyalty, jealousy doesn't really ma... | Being occasionally jealous or uncomfortable with scenarios involving your SO isn't unhealthy, nor does it deem you "irrational" nor "insecure" | 1 | 2017-06-20T05:47:18 | 127 | 11 | 15 |
Do you consider board games achievements as sports achievements? You know, mind sports and all that ... [Marion Tinsley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Tinsley?wprov=sfsi1), is the greatest Checkers player who ever lived. In a professional career of 45 years, he lost only 7 games, ever. Two of them to Chinook, a ... | Wayne Gretzky's career point total is the most impressive record in sports. | 0 | 2017-06-13T23:34:38 | 53 | 1 | null |
I hate the feeling of open world games. I used to read those "choose your own adventure" books, and keep my finger in each branch point as a bookmark. As an indecisive person, I don't like the feeling of being forced into a choice. As a person who craves completeness, I hate the feeling of missing out on content. When ... | From a pure gameplay standpoint, open-world is inherently better than linearity in video games | 0 | 2017-05-06T00:32:59 | 99 | 7 | 148 |
I don't think teachers should get offended by that. I understand why they would, but I don't think getting offended a good reason to make it harder for students to learn the material. I don't have a good reason for allowing computers in a math/science class unless someone shows it's easier for them to take notes on the... | I don't see any reason to allow cellphones, laptops, or tablets in my classroom. CMV. | 1 | 2014-02-13T00:08:23 | 66 | 6 | 27 |
"I believe the best way to verify if something is true is to try and prove it false. " I'm sorry but this is the exact fundamental misunderstanding with these conspiracies. The best way to verify if something is true is to try to prove it true. (edit: I think this was a pretty stupid statement and a strange thing to ni... | I believe the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center were almost certainly inside jobs, at least in part. | 1 | 2014-03-27T22:52:54 | 36 | 3 | 1 |
Thing is, when you say 'but XYZ is not an automatic outcome of scanning trans people's brains', of course it's not an automatic outcome any more than being shot by a trigger-happy cop is an automatic outcome of being black in America. Anti-trans prejudice and police brutality against African-Americans are both still se... | I believe Mansplaining, Cissplaining, Whitesplaining can be misused as a Thought-Terminating Cliche. | 1 | 2016-12-16T02:04:26 | 69 | 5 | 6 |
Most sellers with a table at a gun show have a ffl and are required to do background checks even at a gun show. I have bought all of my firearms at at gunshot and have done a background check for all of them. The only people at a gun show not required to do a back ground check are private sellers and a lot of gun shows... | If I can't buy a gun without a background check at a gunstore, I shouldn't be able to buy a gun without a background check at a gunstore/private purchase | 0 | 2016-10-24T16:20:59 | 364 | 28 | 1 |
I was 100% confident since the very break of the news that the cop was unlikely to have done anything wrong. Without any further evidence of the case you instantly decided that the cop was acting correctly in shooting Michael Brown? Why? Is it it totally unthinkable that an officer of the law could act wrongfully? Ther... | Anyone protesting for Michael Brown is automatically an idiot. | 0 | 2014-08-19T19:26:15 | 152 | 2 | 10 |
Let's start with your own admission that you've met good religious people, and presumably you didn't have a problem with religion itself until the negative experiences began to push you towards it. And even then, let me point out that you have only experienced religion through people, through its ordinary followers. He... | I think all religions are nothing but evil. CMV? | 1 | 2013-07-06T23:31:34 | 50 | 11 | 2 |
"you can't prove that a deity doesn't exist," which, in my opinion, is not a good enough reason to believe in one. You're absolutely right. But what reason do you have to say "God is a completely illogical concept with no basis in reality"? At best you can say "there's insufficient evidence to believe in god so I perso... | I believe God is a completely illogical concept with no basis in reality and was created solely to help us cope with our mortality. | 1 | 2014-05-13T22:34:37 | 119 | 7 | 5 |
The "weird rules" you are referring to are probably the characteristics of certain types of poetry. Some poets do sit down with the intention of writing a Sonnet, a Haiku, or what have you, but "poetry" in general has no rules. Why is poetry so influential? Well, it's been around for a long time. Humans have been wri... | I believe poetry is/was a waste of time, specially in the modern world. CMV. | 1 | 2013-11-13T03:16:23 | 41 | 2 | 1 |
The types of atheists that I am referring to are of the "militant" variety, by which I mean they take a position of extreme opposition towards religion I'm a militant atheist. I hate religion in all of it's form. I hate the idea of worshiping anyone, be it from fear, or from authority. I hate what the church stand for,... | Militant Atheists hate religion because they have been personally damaged by it. | 0 | 2016-03-25T04:58:57 | 35 | 1 | 2 |
I don't think guns are as vital as you say, given that farming is one of the oldest occupations in human history and guns are a relatively recent invention. The tractor is a relatively modern invention as well, but you would be hard pressed to convince any farmer that it is not crucial to what he does. Many technologic... | Guns are a real danger to people and countries without them just fare better. | 1 | 2017-04-19T13:42:17 | 802 | 37 | 94 |
The thing is, given that thought experiment, I wouldn't really be content with being legally recognized as a woman and I would take whatever steps necessary to change that body into what I identify with, as well as making me as undifferentiatably male as possible, including what my ID says, only that I would not be abl... | Why is it important for Trans people to be able to change their legal gender? | 1 | 2017-05-03T00:05:40 | 47 | 3 | 1 |
What about an 18 year old who's about to go to college, whose parents are unexpectedly killed in a tragic accident? They weren't rich by any means, but they'd saved up a respectable amount for their family's future and intended to help support their child as she entered adulthood. But instead, all of the money that th... | 100% inheritance tax is a good idea. CMV | 0 | 2013-05-07T17:11:44 | 81 | 22 | 30 |
I agree with McKoijion that those are 2 separate points. I completely agree that a lot more emphasis should be put on computer science in this day and age. I do not agree about the language though. Main reason for that is that a second language whatever it is, opens a bunch of new canals of communications and sources ... | [CMV] I believe that Foreign Language should be switched to an elective, and that Comp. Science should take its place in the core curriculum. | 0 | 2013-09-26T13:42:45 | 46 | 1 | null |
In theory, yes. In practice, we don't meet those conditions. First of all, there's a *lot* of gene flow between human populations. As far as population barriers go, we are basically leaky sieves. There's been some debate back and forth, but the general consensus today [is that "race" as we understand it doesn't really ... | It is unreasonable to hold black people to the same intellectual standards as the general population. | 1 | 2016-08-17T23:46:41 | 52 | 11 | 56 |
Although it might seem like someone who is abusing heroin is just hurting themselves, the fact of the matter is these self destructive habbits do harm other people. The heroin addict may contract disease from IV drug use and spread it to others, causing harm to them. They might rob someone to feed their addiction there... | People should be allowed to do whatever they want unless they harm another human with their actions. | 0 | 2017-03-27T08:44:48 | 103 | 1 | null |
Something that I haven't seen in this thread and am surprised by is that one of the major reasons that ink is sold at such a high price is because people are unwilling to buy printers with a decent ink to page ratio. It's simply too much of an expense to put out one to four thousand dollars to be able to print somethin... | The cost of printer ink is price gouging and should be illegal. | 0 | 2017-05-15T18:59:12 | 51 | 1 | 1 |
Parents who consider giving up their child tend to be poor. There are already many poor children and it would be better to reduce their number by abortion. First, source? Second, is this a point? People who give up their child (as in do not raise them or have any financial responsibilty over them (unless they now have ... | CMV I am pro-abortion and believe that abortion is better than foster care or adoption | 0 | 2014-02-14T03:36:14 | 160 | 5 | 7 |
You're making a couple of assumptions here. That people are forced to interact with religious organizations, live and let live right? That secular organizations don't have their own agendas (read: religions). | Any job or service provided by a religious organisation could be done to the same or better standard by a secular one | 0 | 2016-08-11T21:20:51 | 67 | 1 | null |
You're making an assumption that anyone believes that calling someone racist is the best way to change their mind. It's not. It's just calling it like it is. These days people think being called racist is the worst insult, and it kind of makes me laugh. As if they have so few problems that they have time to complain a... | Calling someone a "racist" is the fastest way to end the conversation and not change a single mind | 0 | 2016-08-23T05:43:24 | 458 | 0 | null |
The mechanical problem I'd imagine is that it a wheel design would give the user too much leverage. With the current design, it is very difficult to (permanently) break even when intentionally trying, and basically impossible when lowering the blinds. You could sorta solve this problem by making the wheel one-way and a... | The strings that control a window blinds are crappy design. | 1 | 2017-05-06T05:23:44 | 79 | 44 | 22 |
You said it yourself, you are young. This gives you plenty of time to save lives, if you wish. I said in a comment elsewhere, you can remove a large portion of the liver and it will grow back in just a few weeks. If you do this over the course of your lifetime, you'll save much more lives. Then when you really do die, ... | killing myself and donating my organs would be a heroic act, and useful to humanity | 1 | 2015-02-03T23:48:10 | 36 | 8 | 1 |
My argument comes from my immediate personal response, rather than sources based on telling you why it's physically a bad idea or why it's ideologically dodgy. Bare that it mind. I fucking love my foreskin. I love it like you love your balls, your shaft, your glans. It's a part of my penis. It's the primary part of th... | I am a circumcised male. I see no issues with the procedure and would circumcise my child if he were born in the U.S. today. | 0 | 2015-06-01T16:38:58 | 258 | 14 | null |
The only point of your view I would urge you to reconsider is the part about taking a vote of society to determine if we should euthanize the mentally retarded. That's not a slippery slope, it's a vertical cliff-face off the mountain of ethics and morality. Genetic abnormalities are one thing; but mental retardation i... | If I were born mentally retarded, I'd prefer to not be born at all. | 1 | 2014-06-27T05:28:40 | 274 | 1 | 2 |
Both of the dominant American parties believe in using government to achieve their goals, however the extent to which they do it is markedly higher on the left. I will explain. The right sees economic problems and social problems, and they prescribe fewer regulations and taxes for the economic (small government) and th... | As a proud liberal, I believe that framing left-wing/liberal parties (Democrats, Labour, and NDP, etc.) as being parties of "Big Government" is unfair. (Keep in mind I mean left-wing/liberal capitalist parties not socialists and communists). CMV | 0 | 2013-12-15T19:22:57 | 38 | 1 | 11 |
For all I know, I could have two X chromosomes making me biologically female, but maybe my parents decided to make me a dude while I was still an infant. However, knowing that I'm biologically female, I wouldn't change anything about myself as I'm happy the way I am right now. So far, anecdotal experience with incident... | Gender, as a social construct, doesn't make any sense and should not exist | 0 | 2017-03-11T18:46:22 | 112 | 9 | 29 |
To put it more simply, if I were to pick an American black male and an American white male from the population at random, could you say with complete certainty that the challenges faced by the black male are more significant than the challenges of the white male without any additional information? This isn't the correc... | Privilege theory fails in practice because a person's upbringing has a larger impact on their life than their identity. | 0 | 2017-06-01T16:34:46 | 280 | 2 | 82 |
I think the problem lies in having men telling women what to wear. A lot of women actually like burqas/hijabs. It makes them feel in control of their looks by keeping it private. From their point of view, the idea of wearing fewer clothes seems just as absurd as the burqa seems in our society, they're just different so... | presenting the burkini ban as an assault on women's rights is wrong and counter productive to women's rights. | 0 | 2016-08-26T13:59:55 | 63 | 3 | 12 |
I am someone who has personally met and spoken with Ted Cruz on a handful of occasions working up here in DC, starting as far back in 2012 when he was running for the senate seat. I can tell you he genuinely believes in all the things he stands for. What is a calculated persona is "Senator" Ted Cruz. By which I mean he... | Ted Cruz is not a serious candidate, he's just being used by republicans to make the actual candidate seem less extreme | 1 | 2015-03-27T00:50:40 | 50 | 19 | 1Δ |
I think that punishment as a consequence for committing a crime for the sole purpose of retribution is awful and pointless. In my opinion, it isn’t justice - it is revenge, and I don’t feel that revenge is an appropriate function for our government or judiciary. So, in that sense I actually agree with you. However, I ... | I don't believe in retribution | 0 | 2015-09-10T02:07:55 | 95 | 1 | 1 |
Different people have different tastes. Having a different taste than you is not 'stupid' it is just different. With a stable job in a developed country, you don't *need* to go to another country. But if it is what you want to do, why not? Sure there are some risks, but some people are just not happy working their 'wel... | Giving up a well-paid, stable job to live abroad is stupid when you already live in a developed country | 0 | 2016-09-30T08:01:55 | 117 | 8 | 3 |
In the end though, advertising price-matching is just a way to garner attention. It's highly possible that stores that offer price-matching actually have prices on the lower end. For example, suppose you have a store that does offer lower prices than most other comparable stores. How are you going to advertise this fac... | All other things being reasonably equal, people should not buy from places that offer price matching or advertise/offer things like "We'll beat their price by $xxx or X%". | 1 | 2015-03-11T03:45:39 | 80 | 16 | 1Δ |
I'm not sure what your point is here, I don't think anybody is saying that the problem of rape is any more or less important than the problem of homicide, assaults, robberies, etc. And someone choosing to focus on rape and the issues associated with it doesn't mean that they think nobody should do anything else about i... | In the western world, rape is not a problem relative to other violent crimes. | 0 | 2016-09-06T17:57:25 | 184 | 10 | 93 |
Bad language would cause problems in the long run. If we stopped attempted to teach proper grammar and spelling, and we stopped expecting those things from people, eventually the language would evolve into something with way too many words that all mean the same thing. People could probably figure out that "cuz" means ... | I think grammar/spelling errors aren't that important as long as the message gets across. CMV | 0 | 2013-07-09T04:39:56 | 46 | 2 | null |
As someone who moved from the UK to the US right after graduating, I can understand. At first, I thought it would be amazing. After I graduated, I spent 2 months visiting a bunch of the big cities in the US, and we fell in love. It wasn't long after that, that I got a job offer to move over here (San Francisco). Before... | I don't think the USA is a great place to live. CMV. | 0 | 2013-10-02T16:47:53 | 738 | 11 | null |
The Catholic Church has a billion nominal members, and at least a hundred million active adherents. The official statements they make matter to a huge number of people, and this will continue to be the case for the foreseeable future. A million people in my country are now hearing "God wants you to be cool with those h... | The Pope's views on homosexuality should not be applauded. CMV. | 1 | 2013-09-20T02:14:12 | 54 | 70 | 30 |
That's a pretty bold claim to make, sort of a [Hobbesian](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes-moral/#StaNat) view of the state of nature. Man is out for himself, and only acts in concert with others to benefit himself. It's not the most generous view of people, and certain could be seen as depressing. I don't agr... | People have no morals, but instead are directed by greed | 1 | 2017-07-02T18:05:58 | 88 | 5 | 2 |
That is why I feel that the Government should prohibit the indoctrination of children That's impossible. Indoctrination is what we do. We indoctrinate our children with our cultural mores, our social conventions, our beliefs, our rituals, our priorities, etc. all without even getting into religion at all. The only way ... | Freedom of religion should be guaranteed/forced on kids. | 0 | 2016-09-19T17:41:16 | 331 | 2 | 2 |
Otherwise, I'm not going to fight in a senseless war in the Middle East. I think that if I genuinely don't want to fight in a war, I shouldn't have to. You really don't have to. If you want, you can become a [conscientious objector](https://www.sss.gov/consobj) and if you insist on it, you'll be put into Alternative Se... | I don't think there should be a draft in the US. | 1 | 2015-09-30T06:59:10 | 31 | 15 | 133 |
Being willing to withhold your vote is an essential part of the process of a party picking its candidate and platform: basic game theory says that if you'll vote Republican no matter what then the Republican Party should ignore you and try to cater to people who *are* willing to withhold their vote. Voting for a third ... | A third party vote for President is wasted. | 0 | 2016-06-06T06:59:59 | 41 | 53 | 16 |
do the experts agree on what and how the extinction probably took place? They are convinced that there was a "mass extinction" event- as there had been before: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_event#Major_extinction_events Fossil records show mass amounts of species cease to exist after a certain time period- th... | I'm not convinced of the mass dinosaur 'extinction' event. CMV. | 0 | 2013-12-18T05:06:30 | 25 | 4 | 20Δ |
The GOP establishment leaders are some of the only people who have egos just as big as Trumps and in the end I believe they will shut him down to get their way and keep control of "their" party. It'd be so easy to do and it could happen at any time. People in the U.S. switch their political views on a dime. One day Tru... | It is all but certain that Donald Trump will win the Republican nomination. | 0 | 2016-01-06T07:08:47 | 584 | 1 | null |
chopsticks are better for picking up smaller objects, like mussels, shrimp that's been cooked with the shell intact, picking the bones out of fish, etc. most people (asian people included) in the newer generations don't know how to use chopsticks correctly anymore. when i was young my father put a glass full of marbles... | Chopsticks are in no way superior to fork & knife. | 1 | 2015-05-21T18:51:24 | 431 | 10 | 1Δ |
You, or someone in your family, are more likely to be killed by your gun either purposefully or accidentally than you are to use the gun against an attacker successfully in self-defense. This is a poor argument because the survey makes no attempt to differentiate between knowledgeable, responsible gun owners and people... | It's irrational to keep a gun in your home for self-defense | 0 | 2015-08-23T17:48:51 | 140 | 1 | null |
There are significant deposits of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lithium, and Molybdenum. The first three have driven the state's economy for 150 years, the last two are absolutely essential to a wide variety of new technologies. Add to that one of the world's largest geothermal fields and significant gypsum and limestone depos... | There is nothing worth visiting in the entire state of Nevada, and there isn't a good reason to live there. | 1 | 2017-07-04T19:36:05 | 30 | 10 | 88 |
If you're the only guy who knows how to play bass and there are 8 guys that can play lead guitar or sing, you're in the band and they have a 1/8 chance of being in that band. | It is weird to choose to learn a rhythm instrument | 0 | 2014-10-16T06:29:29 | 30 | 7 | null |
1. Glass handles high temperatures better than plastics, meaning it is less likely to melt when it would be inconvenient. This especially applies to cookware, as you can actually cook things in glass containers in ways that can't be done with plastic. However, this isn't the only place glass is used like this. Glass is... | Glass is an outdated technology and should be gradually phased out in favor of plastics | 0 | 2014-09-15T00:54:00 | 38 | 23 | 28 |
Could you give a defense of "It's wrong to make guns freely available." with no reference to deaths or murder being wrong or robbery being wrong? I'm trying to understand how you see that as independent of the idea of murder being wrong since if guns being freely available is dependent on murder being wrong, it's depen... | Discussions of practicality don't have any place in moral arguments | 1 | 2017-03-14T03:51:20 | 196 | 1 | 107 |
What about passive income? Money from investments, stocks, properties, etc. that I didn't actively "earn". Its part of my income, how should that be taxed? "An individual pays tax at a given bracket only for each dollar within that tax bracket's range." So worker A is paying the same tax as worker B for the majority, h... | The rate at which one's income is taxed should be based upon average hourly income rather than annual income | 0 | 2015-01-08T23:16:08 | 72 | 4 | 16 |
I'd also say there's familiarity. My best friends always used to call my parents Mr. Blank or Mrs. Blank as that was respectful and they didn't know my parents that well. As I became closer to my friends, and they in turn become closer to my parents, the Mr. and Mrs. was dropped in favor of first names (or, Mrs. First ... | Children should never call their parents by their first names. (Additionally, Mrs. And Mr. are should also always be used.) | 0 | 2014-10-07T01:21:27 | 61 | 2 | null |
Consider a student loan as an investment in future earning potential. The valuation of post-secondary education is difficult and often barely considered by students. Generally speaking.... If you are studying a subject that will not pay off for you in the labour market, then you have made a bad investment. If you are s... | Borrowing Money To Pay For College Is Harmful | 0 | 2017-04-28T22:40:47 | 64 | 1 | null |
If you think the country would revolt, look at Bradley Manning. They shut him up and put him away for a long time. It is literal suicide for Snowden to go back. Also, the US has a history of not giving a shit what other countries think when they make certain decisions. And as far as the US thinking of its people, I thi... | The best thing for Snowden to do would be to return to the US | 0 | 2014-06-15T18:48:32 | 134 | 2 | null |
Morality as it works in society today is not "derived from social convenience." It might *look* that way, but it's actually a product of something much, much deeper. People have evolved as social animals. Compared to most other species, we quite naturally form and act as cooperative groups. By working together like thi... | Morality is entirely arbitrary and derived from social convenience. | 1 | 2016-09-02T23:35:24 | 31 | 1 | 3 |
Tradition does not necessarily equal a good thing. This is true for progressivism too. The Nazis were incredibly progressive. 'Tradition' isn't inherently flawed by being of the past. What's important is to understand the tradition, why it was put in place, how it's changed over the years, and how it serves us now. Th... | Conservative 'traditional values' are inherently flawed due to them being traditional, that is, of the past. | 0 | 2016-04-19T07:25:46 | 172 | 1 | null |
Edit TL;DR: it's an important distinction that conceding the possibility that you are more likely to be attacked by a black person is not an indictment of being black. This won't change your stated cmv, but maybe the underlying idea that you don't want a reason to look at black people negatively. Let's look at a factua... | I don't want to be afraid of random black people on the street. I was just attacked. Again. | 1 | 2017-01-06T23:22:58 | 393 | 9 | 1 |
Specifically, anti-Muslim prejudice is a form of religious discrimination. It is intertwined with ethnic prejudice insofar as the most visible Muslim population in the west consists of persons from middle eastern or South Asian ethnic backgrounds (the former of whom, to further confuse matters, are considered "white" b... | Islamaphobia is NOT "Racism"! | 0 | 2017-03-31T05:44:12 | 73 | 1 | null |
Christmas to me has always meant being excluded from society. I was raised Jewish and did not celebrate Christmas, so everyone making a big deal about Christmas quickly got annoying and felt excluding. Hearing Christmas songs constantly on the radio, seeing decorations everywhere, and hearing everyone say "Merry Christ... | I think Christmas is the best holiday. Change my view. | 1 | 2014-10-06T23:06:31 | 43 | 6 | 28 |
The point is that there is a clear cause-and-effect relationship between not smoking and reducing health risks, but one doesn't exist for food. If there was a single tax you could enforce that would reduce obesity, I would be all for it. But it just isn't possible. How does one start to classify something as "unhealthy... | I believe that if the US is justified in placing an excise tax on cigarettes, then there should be an excise tax on high-calorie foods like chocolate cake. CMV | 1 | 2014-01-03T09:44:36 | 39 | 3 | 14 |
The green party's platform goes against everything US conservatives tend to stand for. It's much more of a longshot than a democrat going libertarian, especially if the democrat isn't that liberal in the first place. EDIT: The potential gain you suggest is the rise of a third party. If the votes are just cast willy-nil... | There is a solution to the Hillary v Trump dilemma: | 1 | 2016-07-27T01:12:04 | 73 | 23 | 16 |
a powerful and well protected citizenry [..] centralised power structures have never done well against dispersed one [..] If you can effectively imprison the population you extort your fees from, the same population that has a vested interest in not letting that happen. It is true that in a large portion of the current... | I think the libertarian notion that the government should only provide police and military services and that the rest should be handled by the free market is delusional. Goverment should not exist *AT ALL* CMV | 1 | 2013-12-06T17:28:21 | 61 | 0 | 1 |
The building that you woke up in this morning was designed by an architect that relies on an understanding of trigonometry and geometry. The milk you put in your cereal was tested for quality by a chemist who used stoichiometry and discrete mathematics. When you got in your car to drive to school it only turned on bec... | Advanced mathematics (discrete maths, etc) seems pointless outside of society. It's an advanced game with a set of rules that we invented and is no way a discovery. | 1 | 2017-05-04T20:39:14 | 30 | 6 | 3 |
You seem to dismiss your own point without realizing it with the whole Malheur National Forest event. You are displayed here that matters can still be handled through the court system for what is presumably your personal political stance. Whether you are right or wrong on these issues should at-least be attempted to h... | Conditions are right for another American Civil War. | 0 | 2017-06-30T17:41:13 | 68 | 3 | 1 |
Its better to have a taxed and legal product for a number of reasons: * Less money for organised crime * Taxes can be used to offset health costs and/or encourage lower levels of usage * The content and sale of the item is regulated They pass laws all the time because they say it's for our own good. Seatbelt laws for ... | I think all tobacco products should be illegal. | 1 | 2015-05-29T04:48:38 | 312 | 12 | 3Δ |
I think the reason you are getting down voted is because you have changed your view multiple times over your comments (from what I have read). The last change I saw made it such that your view was vague to the point of being useless. "Everything people do affects their emotions or the emotions of others." That's kind o... | Crying in adults is manipulative | 1 | 2015-12-11T15:37:46 | 69 | 9 | 10 |
I think you kind of hit the spot when you say "more commonly associated", because it shows that "male" and "female" are shady concepts anyway, that are bound to evolve, and heavily influenced by culture. Once again, what is the problem with associating with one or the other at different times ? The science would remain... | The notion that there are non-binary genders and gender fluidity is untrue. | 1 | 2016-07-15T19:58:06 | 153 | -1 | 2 |
There's a few things to keep in mind here: * Profit isn't a bad thing. It ensures that the creators have a salary, budget for future films, and stability for a company. * Making a film can be incredibly expensive, especially in the realm of animation * Disney is a business of franchises and character development, not s... | Disney (and similar large, multinational entertainment businesses) ruin the spirit of filmmaking by putting profit over creativity. | 1 | 2017-02-19T21:06:40 | 28 | 3 | 20 |
"!delta" | U.S. government should not spend money on bringing good internet access to small towns and rural areas. | 1 | 2017-03-20T04:49:56 | 31 | 1 | 34 |
Of course, there are many privileges available to prisoners. Library access is one. Being able to access the commissary, a job within the prison, a lot of things to incentivize good, safe behavior. The goal is not to make life cushy for prisoners, but if you strip away everything, and they have nothing to lose, you put... | I do not believe that prisons should have to accommodate the religious obligations of inmates | 1 | 2014-10-21T22:14:44 | 135 | 3 | 14 |
I'm not sure (still fairly new here), but you could try that. I think there are a couple of ways to award it, some with copy/paste and some by typing out the code. | I think reincarnation is real, but not past life memories. | 1 | 2016-08-25T00:26:36 | 59 | 1 | 10 |
Free Speech should never be limited. *Ever*. The conditions of the limitations can too easily used against any group. This is the first step toward authoritarianism and fascism. I get where a lot of posters on this thread are coming from. You see people (like Yiannopoulos) with dangerous ideas as a threat, and giving ... | Infringing on Free Speech rights is indefensible. | 0 | 2017-03-14T19:48:09 | 125 | 3 | null |
I think the fundamental flaw with your argument is suggesting that people can't like both Top 40 music *and* older, more classic artists like Led Zeppelin and Bowie. I know there are plenty of people who pick a genre and stick to it, but there are also people (myself included) who tend to enjoy at least aspects of many... | People only 'like' Top 40 pop music as they haven't been exposed to enough different genres | 1 | 2014-06-10T23:34:23 | 68 | 13 | 1 |
These are good rules of thumb for "civil behaviour" i.e. an etiquette, a how-to-act when in society, but they are not at the core or morality. How we treat each others is a secondary concern/consequence - how we treat ourselves is primary - it has existential primacy, which means it is more fundamental. (This primacy o... | The Golden Rule and its derivatives are the core of morality. | 1 | 2015-08-15T01:38:54 | 62 | 9 | 66 |
Ted Cruz has spent a lot of time and energy battling the leadership of the Republican party. The Tea Party insurgency thing isn't just a gimmick - Cruz and other Tea Party candidates have been trying to take over the Republican Party, get rid of leaders like Boehner, and replace them with their own people. In return, l... | Ted Cruz is not a serious candidate, he's just being used by republicans to make the actual candidate seem less extreme | 0 | 2015-03-26T18:44:44 | 50 | 53 | null |
I don't see how somebody could be born a man but be mentally 'female.' Isn't that just being more feminine? No. Expression, adherence or non-adherence to stereotypes, and gender identity are separate axes. For example, I fit male stereotypes rather better than female ones - I'm an introverted, cluttered nerd and gamer ... | You are the gender that you are born as. There is no such thing as being transgender. | 0 | 2017-06-04T06:15:01 | 69 | 16 | 19 |
Okay I'll start out with some hard questions to make you think about the simulation concept, then I'll get into a bit more existential philosophy. First off it would be a pretty shitty simulation if it let you know it was a simulation. If someone had the capability to create such a complex simulation in order to test y... | I believe that I am the only person in this world, and everyone else is a simulation/AI. | 0 | 2017-01-18T15:49:02 | 35 | 2 | 56 |
The reason rational people are so dismissive of conspiracy theorists is because conspiracy theorists don't reliably separate plausible ideas from obviously false ones. If conspiracy theorists actually took their beliefs on a case by case basis, they wouldnt associate with flat-earthers and lizard-people spotters. There... | People shouldn't be dismissive of conspiracy theories. | 0 | 2016-04-28T10:41:33 | 247 | 2 | null |
something that has yet to harm any law-abiding citizen This sounds a lot like "if you have nothing to hide". Consequences of spying are Panopticism and Anticipatory Conformity, better known as [Chilling Effects](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect) on people's behaviors and free speech. People consciously and ... | I seriously think that people in the Western world really have no right to complain about "corruption" and the like in their countries, and doing so is extremly inconsiderate of real problems in the world. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-26T20:30:06 | 97 | 3 | 14Δ |
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