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Han Solo is one of the most iconic roles of all time. I don't believe there is any way that Lucasfilm can cast an actor that will be able to pull of the role like Harrison Ford did. Anyone who is cast will be immediately dismissed by fans (as you can already see happening on /r/StarWars), because Ford played the role s... | The Han Solo movie is a bad idea [TFA Spoilers] | 0 | 2016-01-12T18:02:10 | 192 | 1 | null |
1. Well when a terrorist's intent is to kill anyone they can. Does that not imply any person could be the target? 2. Yet something's risk increasing should be noted? 3. Ill give you three. There is a small chance of me being killed by lightning. Yet that doesnt mean running around in a thunderstorm with a steel rod is ... | It makes no sense to be scared of terrorist attacks or mass shootings in the west | 1 | 2016-11-20T01:32:33 | 94 | 3 | 44 |
The president appoints virtually every important scientific leader and director in public office. This includes the surgeon general, the director of NIH, the director of the CDC, as well as leadership positions and directors of numerous other scientofic organizations (e.g , SAHMSA, National Academy of Science, etc). Yo... | Dangers of Trump are greatly exaggerated. | 1 | 2016-07-14T01:15:21 | 52 | 15 | 23 |
It is a easy way to prove that something was paid for. Look at escrow for a home or deposit. I don't want to go *anywhere* with a large sum of cash to get a money order. And don't say just 'put it on your x card,' there are fees that are pulled from it. BUT the drawbacks of checking is horrendous. No real security. Ea... | Paper checks are a pain in the ass for everybody, and should be discontinued | 0 | 2014-08-09T00:50:43 | 18 | 3 | null |
All the catastrophic predictions for global warming assume some feedback loop whereby continued increases in CO2 trigger another effect which then leads to runaway warming. Change a few assumptions about those feedback loops (e.g. how much sunlight is reflected back by cloud cover) and suddenly the predictions for warm... | Global warming predictions are epistemologically flawed, and should not be the basis for public policy. | 0 | 2015-06-03T17:15:32 | 534 | 15 | 84Δ |
Normandy would have never been successful, leaving the western front battle free for a prolonged period. Normandy happened in June 1944. At the same time, Soviets conducted Operation Bagration (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bagration), probably the largest offensive operation of the war, and "It is considered... | The Allies wouldn't have won World War II if America never entered the war. | 0 | 2016-06-16T21:45:39 | 60 | 19 | 118 |
You listed 4 reasons that it would benefit the people, but none of those necessarily require military service. You could have a social works program that could accomplish all 4 of those things and not have it be military. The biggest problem with any "mandatory military service" plan in the US is that the Armed Forces ... | The US should implement mandatory two years of military service. | 1 | 2016-07-06T19:42:43 | 35 | 42 | 46 |
ERROR: type should be large_string, got "https://www.usa.gov/branches-of-government The executive branch is the POTUS, VP, and cabinet One of the cabinet members - Treasury is Jewish. The rest are Christian, so its actually 94% Christian, not 100%, but that doesn't really change my point much, its still higher than both the population and Congress." | Christianity is under attack in the western world | 1 | 2017-06-04T03:25:03 | 219 | 2 | 4 |
I want to make two points, one specifically addressing one of your bullets, and one addressing something you imply but do not argue. First, charity: Americans are not, on the whole, extraordinarily charitable. In terms of the proportion of people who give money, [we rank 13th.](https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Amer... | I think Europeans should be more grateful to the USA for subsidizing their quality of life | 1 | 2017-05-11T04:52:37 | 123 | 17 | 258 |
I'll say this much as a black man and a techie person. I'm sure Calhoun did some important things, but Grace Hopper is a fucking ***legend.*** Computing would not be what it is - meaning that our world would not be what it is - without her contributions. She is almost literally the Susan Calvin of the real world. Perh... | Renaming Calhoun College, Yale sets a dangerous precedent in recognizing historical figures | 0 | 2017-02-12T18:39:25 | 54 | 4 | null |
Here's wikipedia's definition of rape: Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of ... | I believe a woman cannot rape a man. CMV! | 0 | 2013-05-06T21:42:15 | 76 | 16 | 1 |
Nope. The post says government officials have little control over economic growth. The $14T lost in large part to the repeal of that act had a major impact on economic growth. | Government officials have very little control over economic growth and political candidates are either bluffing or stupid when they say they will "grow the economy." | 1 | 2015-07-13T02:06:32 | 60 | 8 | 4 |
This cabinet seems to be either under qualified or filled with businessmen that could have conflicts of interest It's very hard to understand how so many people have a disconnect between what people "could" do and what people are doing or have done. People weren't concerned that Hillary would cater to the wealthiest c... | Donald trump is not 'Draining the Swamp' but rather doing the opposite | 0 | 2016-12-14T18:34:59 | 341 | 1 | null |
Islam is totally fine. Countries run as theocracies are totally not fine. Look at Iran prior to 1979, and it was a fine place. | Islam is incompatible with today's society. | 0 | 2015-05-20T00:38:07 | 197 | 1 | null |
Again it is important to note that I am not taking any blame away from the criminal. I think you *are* taking blame away from the criminal. You're saying that this woman who dressed promiscuously and walked down the alley played a role in causing her own assault. You're saying that if she had not done that, the assaila... | I believe women who consciously position themselves in a vulnerable situation bare some responsibility if they were assaulted. CMV. | 0 | 2013-07-23T19:29:06 | 183 | 16 | 16 |
Well, artists listen to music to activate the right side of the brain that makes it easier to concentrate on one task and get in the "zone". In the "zone" you can achieve maximum creativity, forget about passage of time and never get distracted from the task. I think that applies to any other activity that doesn't requ... | People should't listen to music when they work out. | 0 | 2015-04-22T16:01:32 | 86 | 1 | 2Δ |
I don't want to attack your argument from the any other angle other than try to convince you that your conclusion to dismiss the experiences of others entirely is equally--if not more so--baffling to attributing it to cyborgs or brains in a vat. First of all, just because you can't comprehend how something can be so ... | I believe that everyone is secretly a cyborg other than me CMV | 0 | 2014-01-06T03:16:39 | 49 | 7 | null |
I think that while there has been a drop in quality of late, you are wrong about it ruining the subreddit (at least ruining it for good). There are 13 moderators here, who are good at enforcing the rules, and there is the whole community that were here before the /r/AdviceAnimals post. While the defaults do have a rep... | I believe the recent invasion of /r/AdviceAnimals has ruined this subreddit, resulting in a marked increase in clichéd or opinion-based questions and a huge drop in quality. CMV. | 1 | 2013-05-15T17:44:09 | 44 | 119 | 1 |
If someone believes that there is a set path that everyone follows in life *that they can not change*, then whatever event occurs is undoubtedly a part of this predetermined fate. Agreed. I only wanted to qualify that believing in God's plan and believing in an immutable fate are not inextricably tied. It's entirely p... | People who believe in a higher power that gives people a predetermined destiny/fate have no right to complain about a loved one's death (or any other negative event). | 0 | 2017-02-20T20:02:20 | 31 | 2 | null |
This CMV is basically like every other CMV about taxation. 1.) You tax the rich to hard, they go overseas. They have more mobility than the U.S. government has reach. If they go over seas you just drain the tax system instead of getting your desired outcome. 2.) Specific to your view, this type of behavior incentivizes... | Taxes should be based on wealth, not income or expenditure | 1 | 2017-03-09T16:48:34 | 263 | 31 | 29 |
shoot first and ask questions later Are you saying we should punish people for *potential future crimes*? Do you understand what you are saying here...? You want to punish people for crimes they *haven't committed*, simply because you subjectively feel there is a chance they might commit a crime at some point in the fu... | Pedophilia is a sexual orientation and thus can't be rehabilitated | 1 | 2016-12-23T18:30:13 | 51 | 26 | 21 |
Great! I look forward to hearing back from you. =) | I believe that blacks are genetically inferior to whites, Asians, and jews as far as intelligence is concerned. | 1 | 2014-06-29T22:59:38 | 83 | 2 | 19 |
Regardless of what you're buying, it is always better to buy it with money you have than to buy it with money you have to borrow. But that presumes that those two options are available. That isn't always the case. Let's make a few assumptions first: 1. You're getting a financially worthwhile degree. Unless you're indep... | Borrowing Money To Pay For College Is Harmful | 0 | 2017-04-28T18:07:28 | 64 | 8 | 7 |
Haha, oh wow, this isn't the kind of question I expected to find 'round here. Anyway, I don't think so. That empire would definitely only be held together by the Mule's power and would disintegrate upon his death. If the first galactic empire collapse messily, why would this one work even better? I think it'd actually ... | The Galaxy would have been better off had the Mule been allowed to forge a greater Galactic Empire. CMV | 1 | 2014-02-28T02:44:15 | 30 | 11 | 1 |
I don't know how I can change your view. If you want me to make arguments that the act and only the act of a father having sex with his adult daughter is bad enough to bannable without an context, you've shrunken my potential arguments by imposing ludicrous restraints about what is and is not legitimate. Except this i... | Incestuous relationship between consenting adults should be legal | 1 | 2016-09-25T03:02:24 | 203 | 23 | 12 |
Like everyone else has said, do what you want. I was exactly like you. Didn't drink all through high school and college. It was easy, because I didn't really like the taste of anything I had tried. But I also didn't like what I saw when I looked at what drinking turned people into. Most of my experiences had been at hi... | I have no desire to drink alcohol or partake in its associated culture, even at legal age. | 0 | 2015-01-18T20:42:04 | 446 | 2 | null |
Well a fetish is (from google): a form of sexual desire in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, item of clothing, part of the body, etc. If you can only get off to women with bush then that's a fetish because it's normal to be able to get off to women with varying degrees of publ... | As a man, I find it odd that "shaved" has become the norm for female pubic hair. I don't think it's a fetish that I prefer women with "hair down there." [NSFW] | 1 | 2014-04-30T12:52:25 | 301 | 1 | 1 |
I entirely agree that certain parts are unnecessarily complex and complicated. I don't think you'll find many people who disagree that the American legal system could be slimmed down substantially. I'll make two quick points with the idea of persuading you that, while it should be simplified, a substantial degree of co... | Any given aspect of the legal system should be short and simple enough that an average high school graduate could fully memorize it | 1 | 2014-12-30T03:22:24 | 101 | 1 | 1 |
Prejudice, a root of racism, happens everywhere. While you don't have to agree with those who move away, shouldn't they be the ones to choose? Racism is obviously a large concern for you, but it might not be an issue for everyone. Plus, education and wealth go a long ways towards combating racism. It still happens, but... | Asians from developed countries in Asia who choose to move abroad to a western country solely because they like the way of life there is being unwise as they will experience racism abroad | 0 | 2016-10-22T13:24:08 | 94 | 4 | 1 |
Dangerous driving conditions - While it's true that more accidents happen in the summer and spring, this is a function of the fact that people just go out less during the winter due to the weather. I'd be interested to see proof of that being the reason, but the more important point is that dangerous driving conditions... | Winter, in regions where there is significant amounts of snow and cold weather, is clearly the worst season of the year. People claiming to be happy about winter are in denial. | 1 | 2015-12-29T18:06:56 | 23 | 7 | null |
Well I don't own that book so can't exactly argue against it, could you maybe link me to some of the articles/studies it uses? What I would say, is that it's very hard to gauge the attitudes of teenagers and youth and the current generation from a high school setting. My dad is probably around your age judging by the ... | I believe that in order to help combat poor parenting that is raising a generation of self-entitled assholes, a year of mandatory federal service should be imposed on all 18 year olds. CMV | 1 | 2014-01-21T09:24:18 | 79 | 3 | 22 |
And I believe that if colonial countries had stayed in their colonies of the 3rd world countries we would have been much better off. I think the bad part about colonization is that the colonial countries left after draining the countries' resources. Look at Canada, Australia and South Africa for example, they were all ... | Colonization isn't that bad. | 1 | 2017-03-13T21:50:34 | 78 | 1 | 2 |
Are you talking about this as a second language, or a first language? Because as a second language its difficulty depends on what other languages you know. It’s easier if your first language shares vocal sounds for example. As far as learning the language, it’s also relavent to break it into 4 different skills: Speak... | The English language is not the hardest language to study, learn, or become fluent in. | 1 | 2017-06-26T17:38:24 | 45 | 3 | 85 |
So is real hurdle is that "they" want Hillary elected. She plays ball, she's bought and paid for. That's why major news networks outright lie about how popular she is. If he can manage to beat Hillary in the primaries, beating Trump in the election would be a victory lap. PLUS you'll have people like me pointing out th... | Bernie Sanders is not electable. | 0 | 2015-11-24T15:20:05 | 72 | 1 | 1 |
Maybe. Maybe not. Do you know the reason she got fired? | Whoever is responsible for letting go Victoria from reddit (u/chooter) should be fired. | 0 | 2015-07-03T05:30:37 | 63 | 18 | 28 |
I had a really long counterargument, but I lost it all. So I'll spare you and give you the short version. It's kind of counter-intuitive to view things like the low cost of exported resources or the low cost of wages as being exploitative of developing countries. Those are economic advantages for those countries and al... | For the west to enjoy the lifestyle it does, subjugation of third world countries is necessary. | 1 | 2015-05-14T23:23:03 | 232 | 38 | 20Δ |
Instead of *correct* and *incorrect*, think *standard* and *non-standard*. In descriptivism, linguists try to discern general rules of grammar (e.g., universal grammar) using language as people actually use it as a basis. "Shops went the he to," is ungrammatical in any variety of English, and why that is is of interest... | Prescriptivism | 0 | 2015-05-12T07:06:24 | 36 | 1 | null |
i think if it's for a party, then you should show up late. just like 10-30 minutes late is fine and normal, more than that is rude. if you're hanging out with someone one on one or in a small group however, you should be early or on time. if it's something like work or a meeting or appointment then you should always be... | People who show up late to plans with their friends are assholes who don't respect others' time. | 0 | 2017-06-25T04:46:22 | 411 | 1 | null |
I think you know part of the story about inflation, but you are missing some important parts of the puzzle. It might be easier to go over to /r/explainlikeimfive, but I'll try to explain it here. Like a lot of things in economics, inflation is about supply and demand. If the economy is good and people are spending mone... | Inflation is not sound fiscal policy. It's just a regressive tax. | 0 | 2015-03-14T23:24:42 | 131 | 3 | 37Δ |
That's likely to make the problem worse rather than any better - people tend to venture further into extremist positions when they feel their views are not getting the attention they feel they deserve. And, of course, when people see their own in-group slandered, they tend to immediately form an emotional counter-react... | I think that anyone who uses terms like "sheeple", "libtard", or others throughout the left-right spectrum has opinions not worth reading or considering. CMV. | 0 | 2013-06-25T03:55:40 | 99 | 2 | 2 |
Let's try with a counterexample that I'm guessing will make you very uncomfortable, but will hopefully elicit some answers and get me a precious precious delta. What if I were to say "black people are stupider than white people." This is, in a way, "factual," based on objective testing. However, you would be well withi... | I do not think that people can have opinions on anything that can be proven scientifically or factually. | 0 | 2016-12-20T04:07:05 | 195 | 1 | null |
They will be less likely to exercise, because more barriers are thrown into their way Actually, suburban residents are more likely to exercise and have lower BMI than [rural](http://home.gwu.edu/~antwan/documents/Jones_Goza_2008.pdf) or [urban](http://www.academia.edu/4677508/Are_Sprawl_and_Obesity_Related_Evidence_fro... | By raising a family in the suburbs, the parents are condemning the children to boredom, dependence, inactivity, and expense. | 1 | 2014-08-20T16:31:15 | 73 | 3 | null |
Although they play a crucial role in society, over history those who made a lasting difference were not the skilled employable workers, but the intellectuals. It is not the intellectuals who built this world, the workers did. The intellectuals may produce some new ideas or theorize about society, but they rarely produ... | Education should create intellectuals not employees | 0 | 2017-02-16T19:37:19 | 51 | 1 | null |
It's good for future-proofing. Say you have a program that creates XML files - to use another commenter's example, they might hold metadata for media files. Say that you know you might want to update the file format at some point in the future so that it can contain new kinds of data - album art perhaps. How will your ... | I believe that the Extensible Markup Language (XML) serves no genuinely useful or beneficial purpose. CMV. | 0 | 2013-11-23T17:28:43 | 37 | 2 | 1 |
I actually tested this theory of fast food being cheaper out. Over the course of a week, it took me $32 a day to feel satiated on fast food. I always ordered the combos, and never had desserts. Compare to the grocery store, where my cost was $22 a day. And this was just normal shopping (it includes things like Halo Top... | I don't get the argument that fast food is cheaper. In no way does this make sense. | 1 | 2017-06-30T19:53:48 | 70 | 34 | 8 |
The 1% you speak of are driven and (more importantly) funded on the wants and needs of the people. If green technology is something 99% of people are clamoring for, don't you think businesses will feel more incentive to put money into it? The 1% make the discoveries, sure, but the money is there due to everyone else. T... | Climate change isn't something 99% of the population should worry about because the ingenuity of the other 1% will fix it in 50-100 years | 0 | 2016-12-17T06:17:20 | 48 | 1 | 36 |
Have you ever seen how a reality TV show is made? They film people basically 24 hours a day, however many days a week, and for weeks on end. They then take this footage and make it into whatever they want. They chop up footage to make it appear like people are saying one thing when they aren't. They take information an... | Online privacy isn't important if you have nothing to hide | 0 | 2017-06-10T01:23:04 | 59 | 1 | 17 |
I'm currently a junior in college/university. I occasionally look back at things I've written a few years before and see that my writing was orders of magnitude worse then than it is now. I know that in a few years I'll look back on the writing I'm doing today and be embarrassed about most of it. Writing is not somethi... | English in American high schools is an unnecessary course | 1 | 2016-10-10T05:41:19 | 60 | 11 | 22 |
How often do you think these discoveries happen? The Internet hasn't even been used by the masses for more than a couple decades. If anything, I think a major discovery, such as life on other planets or cheap renewable energy would be an even bigger story with even bigger accolades because of the internet. 200 years ag... | There is less mystery in the world nowadays for the average person. | 1 | 2017-01-06T20:33:50 | 50 | 2 | 39 |
It is depressing because of what it says about the reader and the real world, not because of what it says about the character and his fictional world. It suggests that totalitarians can succeed. It is not as depressing today as it was at the time, because Stalin is long gone. But it was very depressing when Stalin held... | I think 1984 has a happy ending. | 1 | 2014-06-07T16:21:14 | 330 | 9 | 4Δ |
Why is your tolerant society saying what organizations can be a part of it. Why is it dictating people's personal religion? Are you going to say that people can speak their religious thoughts and ideas? Is that next on things to be banned? Catholic churches do have a right to be Catholic. Forcing them to marry gay peop... | Faith based organizations (i.e. religious groups) should not be allowed to discriminate against people on the basis of their beliefs. | 0 | 2015-08-18T07:25:10 | 74 | 26 | 17 |
You're not refuting the facts others have stated. Now you're just repeating talking points. And if your talking points were true, you'd be able to show us all objectively how they are true. Despite considering North Korea to poor through no fault of their own Once again, *they* cut themselves off from the rest of the w... | The media and education system should be state controlled. | 1 | 2017-06-23T23:04:48 | 333 | 4 | 5 |
And you believe that this situation could not have possibly been rectified in any other way? Not only was the officer in question completely within the bounds of the law in his actions (though the department he works for seems to disagree with you on this point) but he had literally no choice except to assault the defi... | I believe that the police officer in the news recently for throwing around the girl not obeying his instructions was doing the right thing. The magnitude of the response was disproportionate but not dismissal worthy. | 1 | 2015-10-29T05:15:53 | 192 | 0 | 1 |
Several points: My reasoning is that, for many Black people, hearing the N-word from a non-black person (especially a white person) is something akin to psychological trauma. This is not a valid premise. Not all black people have a visceral hatred for the word 'nigga,' and many wouldn't bat an eye if their puerto-rica... | If a non-Black person in the US says the N-word, a Black person should not be charged with a crime if they respond violently, unless it results in that non-Black person's death or permanent injury. | 0 | 2017-04-03T21:16:21 | 325 | 3 | null |
...but the vast majority of children barely understand what gender is, so how would they be able to have the idea of what masculinity, femininity, homosexuality, or even romance is? Thought experiment: You're at a kindergarten and you see a little girl running around. She says to you, "I'm a girl, not a boy," and "I wa... | LGBT children are the result of parents forcing their views onto their kids, which I see as child abuse. | 0 | 2017-02-25T20:53:21 | 67 | 20 | 60 |
"What do you want to eat?" is just as shitty as responding, "I don't care." Both of you are passing back and forth sole responsibility for choosing instead of cooperating to find agreement. Start by inviting the other person to participate in the decision *with* you. When you begin with a shot off the bow, the other si... | When someone says that they "Don't care" about what to eat, they simply mean that they do not want to be in the position they are about to put the other person/people in. | 0 | 2017-05-26T21:08:11 | 24 | 1 | 2 |
When I vote third party, I am voting strategically, it's just a long term strategy rather than a short-term one. I'm a Libertarian. My hope this past election wasn't to get Gary Johnson elected (though I would have liked that outcome), it was that politicians in the 2018 midterms or 2020 presidential elections might s... | You should not vote for the person that most closely shares your values. | 0 | 2016-11-20T21:25:00 | 89 | 2 | 1 |
Would they have a disadantage against an otherwise similar white person? In the US, absolutely. There was a [study done in 2003](http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/mar/15/jalen-ross/black-name-resume-50-percent-less-likely-get-respo/) that submitted the exact same resumes to companies, the only differ... | I'm starting to think that the right-wing is better than the left-wing | 1 | 2016-11-11T16:48:20 | 76 | 14 | 26 |
A clock should be readable at a glance. In the current system, if the time is 2:59 I can tell very easily that the time is "around 3:00". If the hour hand was set not to move until the hour had passed then I would be forced to look at the exact position of the minute hand. If the minute hand is still at the 59 minute... | I believe the numbers on the analog clock face are in the wrong positions. CMV. | 0 | 2014-01-16T09:58:19 | 37 | 9 | null |
While I don't think the world is ending I don't think it's hubris at all. Societally ecologically, economically, and technologically, we are on the knee of the exponential curve, and that is an extremely scary and volatile place to be. I think rather than hubris, it's an inability to realize that while the problems in... | "End of the world" predictions are human hubris. | 1 | 2017-02-23T19:53:33 | 74 | 2 | 1 |
The Black community is still torn on reclaiming a word, but also, they haven't reclaimed it. They've given it new, ubiquitous meaning, but one can still invoke the meaning it has had for hundreds of years. Calling a friend "nigga" doesn't mean calling someone a "nigger" out of hate won't get you backlash. The idea that... | The gay community should appropriate the word F----- like African Americans have appropriated n---- | 0 | 2017-04-19T05:12:53 | 95 | 4 | 11 |
I think most recently with an anchovy pizza. Definitely not a standard pizza like you are probably considering in this post, so it may not change your mind. But it's definitely one example of a pizza that is better cold, to me. | Cold pizza is a tragedy and people who claim it is as good, or better hot pizza have poor taste. | 1 | 2014-08-03T09:50:28 | 34 | 1 | 10 |
I disagree with all sin taxes in general, so my objection would be to the general idea itself. I don't deny that obesity is a serious problem, but there are limits to what the government should legitimately be able to do. Sin taxes are a method of the government using wealth confiscation to force the population to beha... | Fast Food needs to be taxed in order to help America’s obesity problem | 1 | 2016-02-15T19:15:58 | 50 | 6 | 23 |
cherry-picking "social issues" from "fiscal issues" is actually impossible. Remember, we're talking about whether it's possible to be socially liberal while also being fiscally conservative, not whether such an ideology would be internally consistent. It is possible to hold an ideology that is inconsistent, so it's pos... | You can't be a "Social Democrat, Fiscal Republican." | 0 | 2016-07-07T15:25:42 | 56 | 1 | null |
Your view really seems to depend upon the idea that the fetus has "some value" (for lack of a better phrase and without going to the extreme of saying that the fetus is a person with rights). But if the fetus has no value, how can terminating be immoral regardless of how it came into existence? If a person repeatedly g... | The choice of a woman to end a casually risked pregnancy is "cheating the system." | 1 | 2017-01-17T03:44:17 | 51 | 4 | 20 |
Any blade or sharp edged weapon will never be the ideal weapon in a zombie apocalypse, due to the chances that it will get stuck in bone, as well as constant maintenance due to the dulling of the blade. Always go with a blunt weapon. No real need for maintenance, and it won't get stuck in anything. Additionally, you d... | In a zombie (or similar, e.g., "Clickers" from Last of Us) apocalypse, a tomahawk or small ax would be the ideal melee weapon. | 0 | 2016-01-29T10:39:30 | 98 | 1 | null |
Steve Jobs came up with the radical notion that computers could be household appliances rather than tools for highly-trained engineers. For decades, he drove company after company into the ground in pursuit of this ideal. In the end, it came back to Apple, and he finally made it work [fifteen years ago](https://en.wiki... | Steve Jobs is not an innovator but a thief and does not deserve his recognition as a "genius". CMV | 1 | 2013-07-29T21:37:03 | 391 | 39 | 1 |
I don't think you can call it a poorly designed game because of 2 or 3 poorly designed cards. If these cards hurt the competitive scene, I'm sure they will fix them accordingly. I think the biggest problem with the game is the user-base. Everyone seems to just want to copy the same 6 or 7 decks instead of making their... | I believe Hearthstone is ultimately a poorly designed card game. CMV | 0 | 2014-03-02T08:13:52 | 79 | 5 | null |
In the event that an incestuous encounter is a one-time occurrence between fully consenting adults Most sexual acts aren't one time occurrences. And a reduction in the stigma against incest would increase the chance of it not being a one time occurrence and would increase the risk of negative consequences. For the sake... | I don't think Incest is a big deal at all. CMV? | 1 | 2013-09-04T14:30:16 | 534 | 1 | 62Δ |
There are many things we can point to, to prove that human beings are not smart. The helmet is my personal favorite. The fact that we had to invent the helmet. Now, why did we invent the helmet? Because we were participating in many activities that were cracking our heads. We looked at the situation. We chose not to av... | In the US, It should be illegal to ride a motorcycle without a helmet. | 1 | 2016-05-11T18:09:55 | 32 | 2 | 1 |
Anyone who pirates a piece of copyrighted content makes it easier for further content to be pirated, whether by breaking down the taboo of theft or by reinforcing the avenues by which content is pirated. Downloads don't occur in a vacuum, there is infrastructure that needs to be in place in order for piracy to occur. L... | CMV : In most cases, the pirates that only download but do not upload copyrighted content are causing no loss to the copyright holder. | 0 | 2014-12-31T08:33:20 | 55 | 1 | null |
I think you're creating a bit of a straw man there, probably helped along by people that don't really understand definitions of rarely-used political terms. The EC (and Senate, a *much* bigger problem) are there because we are a *federation*, not because we're a republic. There are many forms of republic that don't hav... | The 'America is a Republic, not a Democracy' is a poor rebuttal to a criticism of the Electoral College. | 0 | 2016-12-11T22:27:03 | 146 | 25 | 208 |
Please also be aware of the danger of assigning "logical" or "illogical" values to something that is inherently an emotional choice. You run the risk of expecting other people's brains and emotions to work the same way that yours does and this is simply not the case. People either choose a religion because it was the s... | Choosing a religion is foolishness (illogical), there are no logical basis to reject all the other religions and choose only one. | 0 | 2017-03-17T04:47:14 | 62 | 2 | 3 |
I think all models of living require some suffering on the part of others and there is no perfect system that can prevent that. There was never a time in human history where people weren't suffering to some extent, but the progress that leads to the suffering you are observing now also causes good things to occur, like... | In current state, my first world style living means suffering of others. | 0 | 2016-02-15T19:24:41 | 199 | 1 | 1Δ |
There is no way for the government to access that data without leaving open loopholes that anyone can exploit. The government its self may not cause any problems through this, but people trying to access financial information through loopholes like this have caused problems to millions of individuals | Limiting my privacy rights won't really affect me personally | 1 | 2017-03-24T18:31:41 | 62 | 15 | 6 |
When people aren't paying attention, there name snaps them out of it. Try it at home. Ask a friend to randomly say "John" or "47" when you are focused on something (e.g. a conversation) and see which snaps you to attention more reliably. Remember, as far as the restaurant is concerned, they would rather have too many p... | Eateries where everything is take away should call out numbers rather than names. | 0 | 2015-01-28T18:57:27 | 36 | 1 | null |
Hitler was a decent politician who took advantage of a world in shambles to gain power. He obtained some of his short-term goals, but ultimately left the world worse off than when he started. | Hitler was a great leader. | 0 | 2015-10-20T20:56:57 | 29 | 1 | null |
Honestly I think that you are very wrong, as you see no other options other than the one you proposed, and one in which the mom and dad both work while dropping their kids off at a daycare. Think of how people used to do it a long long time ago, when families were huge, you had grandma, and grandpa, uncles and aunts, y... | The traditional family system of "dad works, mom stays at home" is the most efficient for raising a stable family. CMV. | 0 | 2014-02-04T20:25:38 | 195 | 2 | null |
The major problem with what you're saying is this: who is going to decide who these "wise" people are? Who is going to determine whether they are right? How do we know they are right? Truth be told, no one really inherently "knows" whether they are right or not. The truth is often incredibly elusive and takes decades, ... | Democracies are inefficient and allow people to influence things they don't know anything about. | 0 | 2016-11-05T06:56:33 | 131 | 1 | null |
In order for it to be a pseudoscience, Gender Studies would need to claim (wrongly) to be a science. Gender Studies departments by and large do not do this, both because it would be inaccurate (Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary field) and would be insulting to the non-scientific members of the field (such as those... | Gender Studies is a Pseudoscience with a deep ideological bias and shouldn't be taught in publicly-funded Universities. | 1 | 2016-05-08T06:13:34 | 153 | 50 | 10 |
It is true that "All lives matter". Is is also true that "Black lives matter". The problem is taking those statements out of context. The BLM movement is fighting against violence towards black lives. Blacks statistical face greater poverty, jail, and violence. When someone is protesting saying Black Lives Matter what ... | All lives matter. | 0 | 2016-07-12T17:41:09 | 53 | 1 | null |
This strategy is also a loser because it polarizes the electorate in a way that essentially pits the presumably privileged males and especially whites against everyone else, which writes off many potential voters. I'm a white male who votes Democratic because they at least make an effort at justice and fairness. I don'... | American liberals/Democrats are making a long-term strategic mistake by focusing on social issues and Republicans' flaws rather than issues affecting many/most Americans | 0 | 2017-04-12T16:11:52 | 73 | 40 | 16 |
I thought your CMV wasn't about finding a reason to prevent people from taking their own life, but about its ir/rationality, but let's see where this leads. If nothing is rational, then a person cannot rationally decide to commit suicide either. What it does is invalidate your view, and my own, which is why I said it's... | People who are "saved" by suicide hotlines aren't legitimately suicidal; they just have poor crisis management. | 1 | 2015-05-29T04:36:52 | 157 | 4 | 14Δ |
You may have succeeded in demonstrating that the people you're labeling as "GamerGate" are largely douchy neckbeards. Calling them a "hate group" is hyperbole. Show me evidence that they have committed or even promoted any hate crimes, and I might be more inclined to take this kind of declaration seriously. | GamerGate is a hate group | 0 | 2014-10-23T03:21:11 | 267 | 6 | 90Δ |
Would you say that you woud still hold this view if modern art wasn't such a money maker? | Modern Art is not "Real Art" and using the argument that it's subjective is a poor argument. | 0 | 2016-12-04T19:18:44 | 710 | 6 | 9 |
Technically, the U.S. military could be classified as a terrorist organization. But the connotative understanding of terrorism has had one, big component that conflicts with your view more or less since its birth: terrorists kill innocent people and use the resulting fear as a means of political and/or social change. S... | I think that after all the innocent killed by US air strikes and other attacks, the most dangerous terrorist group nowadays is the US army themselves. CMV. | 0 | 2013-12-13T22:19:46 | 374 | 2 | null |
It is possible there is a cure, be it a kind of therapy, brain surgery or drugs which would remove these feelings You mean remove the feelings of belonging to a certain gender? That would be a post-gender world in which both male and female would become non-existent and your concerns would become meaningless. The point... | Gender Dysphoria (Being transgender) is a biological, mental disorder, and should be treated like OCD or Depression. | 1 | 2016-01-31T02:30:42 | 61 | 3 | 187 |
Let's start from the beginning, and I mean the very beginning. Enter the human. He/she develops more humans, and soon they have a colony. One day, the colony is separated. Now they have two colonies. 200 years later, these two colonies are much larger. But unfortunately, one colony cannot find that much food, while the... | The idea of immigration controls is ridiculous. | 1 | 2015-10-09T20:13:03 | 42 | 8 | 2 |
1. I sweat when I sleep. A lot. The idea of waking up, and then doing a whole day, without cleaning up first, is not something that appeals to me. 2. I have thick hair. If I shower before bed, I have to wait for it to dry completely, which can take a while. If I don't, I will wake up with epic-tier bed head that can *... | Evening showers are better than morning showers | 0 | 2014-09-11T08:16:40 | 68 | 1 | null |
A steel-man version of the privilege concept might focus more on groups than individuals. Like, white men as a group might be more privileged than people of color. This oughtn't tell us anything about individuals, a lesson that should be learned by people on both the left and the right. For example, the (controversial)... | There is such a thing as privilege, but it's not as important as people make it out to be. | 0 | 2017-04-21T07:01:55 | 87 | 4 | 4 |
I support only an individual tax rather than a corporate tax so it's all the more clear that when you tax a business, you're really just taxing the people that run the business; businesses can't pay taxes, people can. | Progressives should support a 0% corporate income tax rate | 0 | 2016-10-11T15:00:11 | 35 | 1 | null |
I'd argue that the defense you're making of enlightment philosophers compared to contemporary philosophers is flawed in two ways: 1. The emergence of the narratives of importance that emphasize some figures over others only occurs over huge timescales, and it may not be easy to identify who is important now, and why th... | Human civilization reached a high point during the Enlightenment, and has been on the decline ever since. | 1 | 2014-11-23T21:43:31 | 25 | 16 | 4 |
It sounds like you listen to shitty hip hop more than anything. | I hate Hip-Hop culture | 0 | 2015-12-11T04:19:36 | 34 | 5 | null |
I will clarify that by "highly evolved" I mean with several orders of magnitude more cognitive ability than our closes cousins, I.E. Chimps, Gorillas etc. How do you figure? We spent the same amount of time evolving as them. And the same amount as bacteria that are currently around. And they reproduce a lot faster, so ... | Humans are not nearly as highly evolved a species as we think. | 1 | 2017-05-22T20:26:16 | 58 | 3 | 6 |
Well, you're making this argument specifically on a subreddit entitled "Change My View". This presents constant unique opportunities to develop your skills in debating and reasoning, a chance to reflect on your own positions and why you hold them, and perhaps even a chance for you to learn something new as you are insp... | You, the person trying to convince me I am mistaken, are not living up to your maximum potential because instead you are wasting time on Reddit. | 1 | 2016-04-27T17:30:20 | 28 | 31 | 56 |
it's almost always met with downvotes and something about how "since feminists aren't actively campaigning against these extremists then that means they must support them!" I haven't seen anything like this so I don't know what to say to this. I don't get how that counters my view? Because in TiA, if someone posts a s... | I don't understand why so many people like /r/tumblrinaction | 1 | 2014-07-12T05:42:03 | 84 | 27 | 47 |
I don't see why intent matters. If someone takes an action that harms me or something I care about, I see it as being justified to be angry. If anything, the lack of intent to harm while still harming seems worse to me, as it implies that I or whatever I care about is inconsequential to the person taking the action and... | Anger is never justified unless imposed harm is the intent of the subject aggressor. | 0 | 2015-05-30T08:59:23 | 55 | 1 | 31Δ |
I still think it should be up to you to judge if that is valuable. This is the big flaw in your thinking. You are saying that the *student* is in the best position to decide what is and is not valuable. The truth is that you don't really know what's valuable until after the fact. How do you know some complex and confus... | I am against the idea of mandatory attendance for university courses | 1 | 2015-09-22T20:30:55 | 63 | 12 | 37 |
I don't mean to be (too much of) a whore, but that delta didn't go through. | Colonizing another planet isn't the solution to our immediate crisis (next few hundred years). Traveling to another world just to deal with an uninhabitable planet is a waste, when we could learn to colonize and live on the increasingly uninhabitable planet we're already on. | 1 | 2016-08-20T23:32:38 | 42 | 2 | 2 |
This is not something unique to STEM. I used to think that in order to get a career in any art form, you pretty much had to be born to it. In the years after university, I've seen how little that matters in the end - or rather, careers of people who are innately talented are matched over and over again by careers of pe... | if you have to work hard on STEM subjects you don't deserve to study them. | 0 | 2016-05-09T23:07:28 | 30 | 1 | null |
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