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I just cannot grasp why other people always call it "Pro-Choice" when in the end it boils down to Pro-Abortion. Well, I maybe able to answer this. I am Pro-Choice in about every meaning of the term, but I would personally never have an abortion. When discussing Pro-Choice ideas it is way more complicated than being Pro... | I believe that being Pro-Choice makes you Pro-Abortion. CMV | 1 | 2013-05-21T10:59:08 | 77 | 16 | 13 |
you may never in your worst nightmare wish to do this, but if really want to retain your dad and his wife in your life, talk to them about it. whether it's over how you feel with their words or asking why they feel the way that they do. it sounds like they care and want to get along. maybe that's all there is to it. th... | I want to break all ties with my bigoted dad and his even more bigoted wife. | 0 | 2016-11-12T00:12:05 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
Change MY mind, too. As a great senator from a lightly populated state—Montana’s Mike Mansfield—once declared: ‘The principal constitutional safeguards of the federal system” are the House of Representatives, “key to the protection of district interests,” and the Senate, “key to the protection of state interests.” But... | The electoral College should be abolished | 0 | 2016-10-27T18:34:15 | 221 | 0 | null |
So anthropologist here, I do a lot of work with human evolution. As in that's what a majority of my personal research is in. Aquatic ape hypothesis is something that anthropologists like to throw around at students to make them think, but almost nothing about it actually holds up to scrutiny. Has water been a part of o... | The Aquatic Ape Theory Pretty Much Has To Be True | 1 | 2017-06-08T06:22:01 | 79 | 42 | 109 |
If you can teleport you can ferry drugs at an extraordinary premium. You can make any appt. with columbian drug dealers and offer to get them tons of drugs, as long as they came in bundles small enough to carry, across the world instantly. You'd probably want to stagger it to 12 hours but with zero chance of getting c... | Teleportation would be an very overrated superpower in our world | 1 | 2015-10-25T00:39:22 | 317 | 1 | 1 |
Stats would have to take the place of another math course for college bound students (who should be taking algebra, trig, and calculus). It's also not really needed for those students. | A Statistics course should be required as standard high school education | 1 | 2015-07-27T09:03:16 | 205 | 14 | 1 |
My biggest issue here is shifting responsibility from the person who caused the situation to the victim. As others have said this leads to armchair quarterbacking focused on the victim's actions in a situation they never planned on being in rather than the perpetrator's actions that caused it to happen in the first pla... | You have a duty to retreat before using lethal force. | 0 | 2017-05-05T04:30:55 | 106 | 1 | 3 |
I think that it's rather American Culture that values arrogance, closed-minded views, and a strong desire to be "right" even in the face of opposition. I graduated from an American Univeristy with a degree in English. And what did I see out of my fellow English majors? A smattering of all types of personalities and vie... | American universities, particularly the arts and humanities, teach young people to be confident, arrogant, and close-minded. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-14T15:22:29 | 158 | 71 | null |
a lot of people want the option to go 'No way, that's BS, DISLIKE!" without having to go through the motions of explaining why they feel this way. actually, that isn't a bad idea. Not allowing downvoting without either a rely post or a report button. | I think Reddit's downvote button is always going to be used, at least in part, as a 'disagree' button and there's no way to stop it. So Reddit should just try to find a way to embrace it. | 1 | 2014-07-23T14:10:48 | 248 | 26 | 14Δ |
As if enough uninformed people don't vote already? Why would you want your vote cancelled out by somebody who is completely ignorant of and apathetic about our political system, but is just voting because he/she is required to? | Voting in the general election should be mandatory in the US. | 0 | 2016-09-28T06:41:20 | 54 | 1 | 3 |
Let me contribute a slightly different point. I went to wealthy private school that had a dress code. Nothing too crazy - just collared shirts, khakis, belt, tuck in the shirt. A bit more liberal for women but same general style. I hated it as most kids would. But my school was basically a mix of very very wealthy kid... | Dress code restrictions in high schools should be lifted. | 0 | 2016-03-28T02:01:45 | 66 | 15 | 2 |
We have every moral ground to complain. Our lives are being destroyed and that grants us the moral grounds to complain. However we have very little ability to resist if they are technologically superior. Mass extinction on earth are normal, too. So that really is not a demerit for us. | If a technologically superior alien race came to earth and destroyed us and/or our way of life, we would have no moral grounds to complain. | 0 | 2016-04-27T02:34:50 | 47 | 1 | 40 |
But you can never "prove" motivation short of a written or verbal declarative statement. This is a question of reasonableness and plausibility, as we can never really prove anything. The same application of reasonable doubt applies to motivations as it does to the guilt or innocent of the accused. It's completely reaso... | I believe that hate crimes shouldn't exist. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-22T19:49:25 | 56 | 2 | 14 |
I can't find a single one. Really? You cant see collusion between MSM and politicians and corportations and Wall St and Hollywood and the military..... How do you even start changing a compartmentalized view that, by default, believes the Media in question? | People talk about "ethics in video game journalism" as though it's a widespread epidemic, but there isn't a single incident of this outside of Zoe Quinn | 0 | 2014-11-05T21:00:32 | 184 | 4 | null |
I feel bad for your loss. While studies indicate that [a small minority of repeat offenders make up the majority of the DWI cases](http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/federalcourts/pps/fedprob/2011-12/risk.html), in several municipalities interlock systems have proven effective in reducing significantly DWI recidivism ra... | People found guilty of drunk driving should never be able to drive again, CMV | 1 | 2014-02-19T16:40:07 | 43 | 13 | 10 |
You can't prevent a flood any more than you can prevent an earthquake. Your only option for both scenarios to avoid the area. Earthquakes don't happen randomly, any more than flooding does. Earthquakes happen along fault lines, just like flooding happens along waterways and coastal areas. Hurricanes happen in coastal a... | Flooding is not a natural disaster, but human stupidity. | 1 | 2017-02-08T20:24:15 | 88 | 2 | 181 |
According to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef#Tourism), GBR tourism is a $6 billion industry. Fishing in the GBR is a $1 billion industry. Australia has a strong financial reason to save it, if nothing else. The GBR is also home to [literally thousands of different species](http://www.theani... | I don't think there's any good reason why we should waste our money and time to save the Great Barrier Reef | 1 | 2016-12-12T17:34:34 | 48 | 11 | 2 |
You can casually glance at a watch during a meeting or conversation, whereas pulling out the cell phone to check the time is distracting and rude. They're not entirely the same. Smart watches / health monitors are bit niche at the moment but starting to catch on... there's another big functional element. A decent watch... | Watches today serve no functional purpose other than fashion, and therefore are a waste of money | 1 | 2015-02-01T01:52:42 | 41 | 10 | 10 |
A new study found that 45,000 people die each year because they lacked health insurance or access to health care. A source would be useful. Like most difficult truths, I'm sure that the study is a shade of gray. As our society did not provide these individuals with health care, it shows to reason that not all lives m... | As a society, we should not use public resources to cure or treat children with chronic illnesses. | 1 | 2015-08-03T23:35:33 | 51 | 2 | 31 |
While I don't have sources for all NCAA policy, my understanding is that the NCAA forbids that student-athletes be paid for their work in athletics. The sorry state of living conditions for members of college athletics programs is due substantially to inefficiencies caused by the NCAA's network'ls monopsony control of ... | I do not believe college athletes should be compensated for participating in athletics, particularly with the rising cost of college | 1 | 2015-10-20T22:08:21 | 89 | 2 | 1 |
The key here is that a property owner decides how their property gets used. When you try on clothes at a store, it's because that stores made the decision that you could. They can easily not allow it, and some stores or some products don't. For instance, you can't try on underwear at Walmart. And they place limits. You... | If pirating is illegal, then so is trying on clothes in a store. CMV | 1 | 2014-03-07T23:02:47 | 29 | 7 | 22Δ |
I've made the scatter plots public so you should be able to see them now sorry about that. Income inequality refers to the size of the gap between the rich and the poor, Income mobility refers to the frequency with which rich people become poor and poor people become rich. | The success of a person in a libertarian society would be determinated by birth rather than drive or talent. | 1 | 2017-03-25T22:19:43 | 193 | 1 | 1 |
While it's true that it's possible to be successful as a pop star without having a great voice, that doesn't at all mean that just any attractive person can do it. The draw of a pop star is based on a multitude of factors. One of the most important thing is their marketability, and some of this is determined by looks, ... | Anyone with a moderate amount of singing talent can be a pop star. | 0 | 2017-05-15T23:56:53 | 66 | 3 | 7 |
I think you have a very skewed view of what communism is. Communism, at its core, just says that it's not fair to make money by exploiting the working of other people. It says absolutely nothing about not having incentives to work harder. Indeed, quite the opposite. If you own the means of production, then *all* of the... | Communism is inherently unfair. | 0 | 2017-06-17T22:28:08 | 80 | 8 | 252 |
Am I reading your study right? Does it not show that vegetarians live as long as health-conscious meat eaters and longer than general population meat eaters? If I'm reading that right then how is it illogical to be vegetarian? If you are as healthy as the healthiest meat eaters then what's the downside? I'm trying to ... | Vegetarianism/Veganism are illogical lifestyles | 0 | 2014-08-26T00:53:40 | 95 | 3 | 20 |
I've had this debate many times on reddit, and typically the same arguments are made against raising the minimum wage. You've fallen into the same thinking patterns. I'll post an older response I've made to similar arguments if that's ok. Reading through these comments I have read the same complaints about raising the... | An increase in the minimum wage would hurt only the lower and middle classes | 1 | 2015-07-07T17:34:24 | 65 | 23 | 1 |
The reasons for opposing the NSA in particular and government spying in general are many and varied. I will offer a small handful for you to consider. 1. The NSA has demonstrated their inability to control their data and techniques. Not only did a contractor make off with enormous amounts of some of their most highly s... | I don't care about mass surveillance or the NSA. I do nothing illegal so if they check my emails, screen my bandwidth usage, or monitor my phone calls I couldn't care less. CMV | 1 | 2014-02-12T09:45:38 | 72 | 56 | 4 |
Exactly, that's the point I was making. OP said that "we just cannot allow pockets of society from ANY culture to govern themselves in this country" - and I was trying to change his view on that: self government by local communities is and should be allowed. | There isn't a Muslim agenda to take over the West. | 1 | 2017-03-13T22:46:16 | 65 | 2 | 154 |
I'll offer a bit of a different take on the issue. While the president is the clear figurehead when elected, they do not operate by themselves. They surround themselves with the brightest minds they can find that also match up with their political ideology. Decisions, plans, and actions of the executive branch are ofte... | I should not vote at all this presidential election as I have major deal-breaking issues with every candidate (That I know of) | 1 | 2016-07-22T07:35:46 | 63 | 39 | 1 |
Why are socioeconomic and/or environmental failure *objectively* bad? Sounds pretty subjective to me. | The current conservative ideology of the US Republican Party (GOP) is objectively worse than the progressive modern-liberal ideology (within the US Democratic party) because it’s bound to lead to socioeconomic failure and risks environmental failure. | 1 | 2017-02-10T08:17:06 | 119 | 7 | 1 |
If you create a law that forces businesses to allow this, minority groups will always be screwed at the cost of the majority. For example, in 2050 hispanic citizens will outnumber white citizens in the USA. So what happens if hispanic citizens begin passing laws that allow businesses to refuse service to white people? ... | The government should NOT be able to force businesses to serve customers/cater events the business does not want to serve/cater. | 0 | 2015-07-06T12:13:35 | 535 | 1 | 1Δ |
I agree that when there is as conflict between profits and serving the public good corporations will usually go for more profits. But these things are not always in conflict. Often times the best way to make profit is to provide a good or service that people want at a price they are happy to pay. And when a company doe... | Corporations almost never act in the interest of the public and would pursue extremely unethical and illegal practices to increase profits if not prevented from doing so by government regulations. | 0 | 2016-12-07T01:30:54 | 265 | 3 | 8 |
Just want to clarify that you are *not* arguing for or against abortion or capital punishment. You are only arguing that it is *inconsistent* to support the death penalty and oppose abortion. I think it's perfectly consistent. Why is it that the lives of fetuses are inherently more valuable than a criminal? Because ... | It is inconsistent to support the death penalty and appose abortion | 0 | 2014-06-27T21:14:15 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
I really appreciate your replies here. I know full well I can come off as harsh and adversarial, even if I try not to. I thought we were both firm, while being respectful (wish I had been a bit more so myself). It's too rare on Reddit you can leave someone a robust reply, and receive a robust response, all void of per... | If I amass considerable wealth during my lifetime, I don't believe in leaving anything to my descendants. | 1 | 2014-11-29T01:44:24 | 37 | 3 | 5 |
*Whenever a post on reddit discusses this issue, some posters often go for the appeal to emotion saying "its not part of a civilized society". I don't think this really holds because it does not say what about it makes it uncivil. Then I'll say what it makes it uncivil: Human rights. The idea of human rights is that hu... | There is nothing inherently wrong with capital punishment | 1 | 2017-02-18T20:28:58 | 55 | 6 | 1 |
"Feminists just hate men" is one of the biggest complaints about feminism, even though there is no evidence of it. How can it not hurt the movement if lots of people think that its true and use it to criticize the movement? | Admitting that a lot of feminists and Men's Rights activists, hate men or women wouldn't seriously hurt the movements. | 0 | 2017-05-17T21:17:14 | 84 | 8 | 1 |
First of all, nobody in 2014 listens to Hurricane Chris. Nobody. As for your main topic, you have decided internally that one set of topics is intrinsically more important (MF Doom doesn't say anything of substance and Atmosphere bitches about teenage relationships at 43 years old) then other topics. In actuality, the ... | I despise "rappers" that only rap about money, clubs, guns, etc. | 1 | 2014-05-09T04:54:08 | 89 | 18 | 2 |
I studied the history of higher education in college, and what your describing isn’t *entirely* true, but you do kinda have the right idea. The idea of a broad, “liberal” education (named after the philosophy of liberalism, rather than the political meaning of “liberal” as it is used today) was formed when attending un... | Colleges are more of a business than a learning center. | 1 | 2017-06-28T01:54:55 | 42 | 69 | 19 |
Here is why I think your anticipations are unwarranted. I recently was living in Silicon Valley where I was homeschooling my kids and exploring education options in that area. They have a charter school there called, Ocean Grove, which actually functions more like a voucher distribution and academic monitoring system. ... | School choice will eventually limit student choices. | 1 | 2017-06-30T01:26:59 | 82 | 19 | 1 |
Durability and longevity is the main reason I use pens over pencils. No need to sharpen them after every page written, and you don't get that 'dull' look after writing for a little while. Sure, I may be able to buy more pencils than pens for the same price, but pens make up for it with their longevity. I'd rather have ... | Pencils are superior to pens | 1 | 2015-10-26T01:51:51 | 70 | 14 | 14 |
Although separation of church and state had been decided early on, remember that for a large portion of our history this did not mean we had a secular state: the founding fathers wanted to ensure that no Christian sect persecuted others. They were not interested in creating a secular state. We were an overwhelmingly Pr... | Nations whose leadership is based upon religion are fundamentally backwards and have no place in the modern world. | 0 | 2017-05-27T17:10:53 | 235 | 1 | null |
If this occurred in real everyday life, say in my apartment complex, I would agree with you, but fire drills are something we do for children. (or, in some cases, to satisfy government mandated safety requirements). After all, experience under non-life threatening drill situations hardly emulate life or death situatio... | Frequent unannounced fire drills are no different than the story of the boy who cried wolf, and actually make people less safe. | 0 | 2014-10-10T20:02:39 | 44 | 3 | 5 |
Lets look at it this way. You recognize your privilege of living in a developed nation where you don't have to worry about where your next meal is coming from. But would you feel guilty for going to school, taking a shower, leaving the lights on a little to long? World hunger is a serious issue (even in developed natio... | Bodybuilding, or even being anything but slightly above sedentary in lifestyle is unethical | 0 | 2016-04-30T01:21:57 | 28 | 1 | null |
What if both spouses earn incomes - can either be concerned about the other's expenditures? | As long as all household necessities and a few luxuries are taken care of, a non-income earning spouse shouldn't concern themselves with expenditures made by an income-earning spouse. | 0 | 2015-09-25T22:45:03 | 83 | 2 | 2 |
those discontent with existence would be forced to endure existence against their will, which is in and of itself immoral. Why is this immoral? By this logic, isn't having children immoral - by forcing life onto others? | Everyone has the right to commit suicide. | 0 | 2015-12-28T06:55:08 | 83 | 2 | 1 |
Urinals won't work too well in unisex bathrooms since many men may be uncomfortable having their junk out while women are walking past them. Urinals are cheaper to install and faster to use. | In new buildings, public restrooms should be unisex. | 0 | 2015-09-22T00:41:16 | 26 | 7 | null |
It's a physical medical disorder that revolves around the deficiency of neurotransmitters, particularly serotonin. Hence the most common antidepressants are called Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, or SSRIs for short. They work by slowing down how fast that particular neurotransmitter is re-absorbed by neurons, ... | People with depression are really just over dramatic and ungrateful | 1 | 2014-06-05T20:20:14 | 37 | 1 | 78 |
Have you heard about the [link between bulimia and esophageal cancer](http://www.futuresofpalmbeach.com/bulimia-nervosa/health-risks/the-esophagus/)? Your digestive system isn't meant to work backwards. The stomach acids in vomit tear up your stomach, throat and mouth. Even aside from cancer, you can develop other chro... | I think binging and purging is an effective way to maintain my weight. It's killing me on the inside. Please someone CMV. | 1 | 2014-10-13T08:48:42 | 48 | 46 | 12 |
Here is the definition of respect: a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements. Children don't yet have abilities, qualities, or achievements. They are simply too young to have developed them. The more of those things they achieve, the more respect they... | Adults and the elderly don't automatically deserve more respect than children | 1 | 2017-04-09T23:36:43 | 90 | 224 | 139 |
Travel isnt supposed to be a way to get away from your shitty 9 - 5 that you dont have the guts to quit, its supposed to be a journey where you explore other places and other cultures. Said who? If I live in one part of the US (say the east coast), I'm not allowed to travel to the west coast to see different scenery, m... | if youre from a western culture and you save up and have your first overseas trip in another western culture, youre probably a bit of a douche. | 0 | 2015-06-03T02:24:27 | 48 | 10 | 21Δ |
Thus, the reason you wont change your mind no matter what. You can close your thread now. | Being LGBT is nothing to be proud of | 1 | 2016-09-04T01:15:56 | 112 | 3 | 9 |
Trump gets Putin. Simple as that. You want to meet a shit load of shady, strong arm, morally bankrupt, cunning, psychopaths? Go into property development in New York City. Because of Trump's world view and experience he not only understands Putin, he kind of goes "what's so bad about that?" Putin has his little countr... | Russia has some sort of blackmail on Donald Trump. | 1 | 2017-02-06T17:52:53 | 71 | 18 | 42 |
The curtains cannot be blue only because they were blue. Every word in a text should carry weight. If it doesn't advance the plot, what is it doing? With something like Harry Potter, or a lot of other genre fiction, most everything is devoted to advancing the plot or developing the characters and their relationships. P... | Literary Analysis is useless. | 0 | 2016-09-22T19:33:01 | 26 | 3 | 2 |
Night and day. I couldn't imagine not washing my face in the morning, so I might as well just take a shower. But, if you shower only right before bed, then you are getting all clean and then sleeping. So when you get up and go to work or school the people who showered that morning are far cleanlier than you because the... | It is better to shower at night rather than in the morning. | 0 | 2015-12-05T22:19:16 | 49 | 9 | null |
Here's the deal: every country in the world puts some restriction on free speech you agree with. The question is not whether the right of free speech should be infringed or not--if you think there should be laws against harrasment, libel/slander, false advertising &c. you already agree that some restriction on spee... | It's scary that the freedom of speech is rapidly being abandoned in favor of the prevention of hate speech. | 1 | 2015-10-20T23:29:42 | 157 | 4 | 11 |
I voted for Trump because I find him entertaining. It certainly isn't good for the country, and I don't believe that he will make any aspect of this country better. But by god if it isn't entertaining. Seeing him Tweet and say whacky off the wall shit makes me laugh. I want 4 years of that. People are far too serious a... | Trump voters basically fall into three categories. | 1 | 2017-03-28T23:33:08 | 143 | 1 | 4 |
The reason for the apparent complication is the inability to compromise. A perfectly reasonable compromise position would be the wording "Gender you present as". If you look like a woman and go in the women's room, there is no issue. If you look like a man and go in the men's room, there is no issue. There isn't a magi... | The "Trans Restroom Issue" is being unnecessarily complicated | 1 | 2016-07-15T00:23:00 | 504 | 1 | 13 |
I believe that the only reliable way to ascertain the truth is by withholding belief until suficient evidence has been given to change your view, such as repeatable scientific experiments. How do you know that repeatable experiments will get to the truth? Lets say that I have a black bag and I pull out 10 balls that ar... | I believe that skepticism is the only reliable way to determine truth. CMV | 0 | 2014-02-01T21:03:03 | 87 | 0 | 52 |
No, Reddit doesn't hate the police. And this comes from someone who really knows the matter. I personally don't like police forces, and I know lots of people who hate cops even more than I do. And that's quite a lot. As far as I know, there are a number of categories that hate police: * Who hate cops because just got i... | I believe that reddit (as a collective) hates police officers. [CMV] | 1 | 2013-08-31T03:57:56 | 57 | 3 | 1 |
Wow. You keep talking about "contributing to society", what does that even mean? who defines what qualifies as "contributing". Are you even contributing to society? What have you done to contribute to society? A mentally and physically disabled person at the very least can inspire others to be more productive or at le... | [CMV] Killing people based on actions they have done or traits they have | 0 | 2014-01-01T05:33:31 | 49 | 3 | null |
Just read it. First, no, this isn't an unintended benefit. Maybe the people who first built a receipt function into registers didn't intend for it. But this is a major, if not *the* major, reason that it is still done today. At least, this is what I have been told at 1 store I worked in and 2 that I managed (and I have... | Printed receipts for everyday purchases are outdated and should only be printed if the customer specifically asks | 1 | 2015-09-22T02:27:55 | 61 | 8 | 12 |
It may backfire if a politician uses deception or even violence to further their political goals: If their opponents find out about the deception or resist the violence, not only is the politician likely to lose their power, but the public may also associate their political views with such acts, harming the politician'... | If a politician and their supporters truly believe that what they preach is correct, then they have a moral obligation to use whatever powers in their means to enforce their policies. | 0 | 2015-03-14T19:30:35 | 26 | 1 | null |
While others have already shared good reasons why we should save the GBR, I was hoping to provide one more piece of information to consider. Reefs are really good at breaking up incoming waves and storms, reducing their impact when they hit the beach. If the GBR is lost, much of Australia can expect more severe storm s... | I don't think there's any good reason why we should waste our money and time to save the Great Barrier Reef | 0 | 2016-12-12T21:20:41 | 48 | 2 | 13 |
An open relationship is a commitment. So I wouldn't say it's for commitment phobes, it's for people who want to sleep with more than 1 person. A commitment phobe wouldn't bother to make a commitment at all. The sex and love are not the same thing. Plenty of people cheat on their spouses, and go right back to them afte... | I think 'open' relationships are for commitment phobes waiting for something better to come along that don't want to be alone in the interim. | 0 | 2014-11-24T16:33:20 | 268 | 1 | 2 |
I know you've already given some deltas out, but I felt that I should post this in addition to what everyone else has said. Part of the problem that I have with PC culture is that everyone that pushes political correctness talks about having an open mind and being accepting of everyone, but that only extends to beliefs... | Saying that America is too politically correct is being used as an excuse for hateful and disrespectful speech that would otherwise be shunned. | 0 | 2015-08-10T19:14:01 | 530 | 2 | null |
Absolutely. I am not disputing the idea of betting at its core. But in all the scenarios you mentioned, there is a tangible service/transaction of some value involved. Betting with a bookie only gives a chance at that value. Are you saying that it's hard to lose money when you're investing? Because that's definitely no... | Betting should be illegal. I think it is unethical to take someone else's money even thought it is "legal" to do so. | 1 | 2017-06-19T16:03:27 | 32 | 3 | 18 |
Are you familiar with the [Aristotle's modes of persuasion](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modes_of_persuasion)? The idea is that in rhetoric there are three primary channels of persuasion: ethos (authority), pathos (emotion), and logos (logic). A really good and persuasive argument usually involves all three in balanced... | I hate anecdote in cultural discussion. I get irritated when, in a debate of some social issue, people chime in with their own stories and experiences. STFU about yourself and let's discuss the ISSUE objectively. | 1 | 2015-04-18T17:03:36 | 51 | 5 | 8Δ |
I adore forms of story telling, from games to books to films to plays to paintings. Each of them has their pluses and each of them has their minuses. Games let you not only watch a storyline but actually be involved with it at the most basic levels. While you play them you are living out the storyline, but it has its c... | Of all the art forms, it is gaming that has the greatest potential | 0 | 2016-08-28T15:32:46 | 55 | 1 | 17 |
No amount of recognizing one's limits is going to help a 10-year old govern the country. True, but no one is seriously suggesting allowing a 10 year old to be president, regardless of temperament and character. Lack of experience is far from the only reason we might want to prevent this. As I stated above, military se... | The country is ill-served by any president that has never served in the military. | 1 | 2016-04-29T22:04:02 | 63 | 1 | 6 |
Do ! delta without the space in between the ! and the "delta". | I'm a conservative that praises the 2nd amendment, but I believe wholeheartedly that background checks are a great idea to prevent mass shootings and slow the gun-related violence rate. Change my view. | 1 | 2016-07-18T21:57:23 | 110 | 1 | 23 |
First off, very few sports have limits on where female persons can compete. There is almost always a "male-exclusionary section" and an "all section", it just so happens that no female person is typically able to compete at the "all section" though in some sports there are exceptions to this, mostly mind-sports but als... | When discussing success in sports Caitlyn Jenner should be referred to as Bruce Jenner. | 1 | 2017-04-23T06:58:59 | 41 | 10 | 5 |
Yes it would be possible. But HO-LE-FUCK would you not want to do that. | In the Internet age, a true democracy should allow all constituents to vote on issues online weekly/monthly | 0 | 2014-09-20T10:23:52 | 484 | 1 | null |
Hey OP, so what WOULD change your view? Are you actually willing to consider the possibility at all that your view could be changed? People have explained here why "nice guys" are a problem, in case that wasn't obvious. People have explained why calling them out and possibly even doing so on a public forum might be a g... | The criticism of "nice guys" (as seen in r/niceguys) is not valid. | 1 | 2015-08-17T10:24:54 | 288 | 1 | 1 |
I a Norwegian currently living in the US, so wanted to share some things I've discovered after I came over here which fills in the picture a bit. Very much agree on your general critique, and the prison system is really bad across the board it seems. 1. America is more legally diverse than you I had ever imagined Peop... | The United States of America is socially and legally backwards and should not be emulated by other countries. | 0 | 2017-02-06T12:51:24 | 444 | 13 | null |
Why is the dictionary the best source? So it could be either. The Four Horsemen and Horsewoman generally defined atheism as being without belief, although Hitchens and HArris were particular fans of New Atheism, which wrapped rationalism and skepticism into the mix with atheism. American Athiests (www.athiest.org) dis... | CMV Atheism is a disbelief in God, Agnosticism is a lack of belief, and confusing the two is bad for clear, honest discussion. | 1 | 2014-10-01T05:31:32 | 82 | 1 | 11 |
Please clarify how you personally use the term "introversion." The accepted definition is *not* synonymous with shyness or social anxiety - an introvert is someone who finds solitude to be restful, someone who recharges their emotional "batteries" by being alone. An extrovert is exactly the opposite - they tend to find... | introversion is unhealthy | 1 | 2014-04-14T23:11:16 | 29 | 6 | 15Δ |
I think two things work against this, one is the relative effort to get a dog from a breeder vs. shelter. Getting a dog from a shelter is generally a much easier and less expensive process, with children the adoption vs. biology is (typically) reversed. Second, i think it has to do with what you want and the relative ... | It's arbitrary and hypocritical to judge people who get dogs from breeders, but hold a different opinion about adopting human infants. | 0 | 2016-07-19T23:12:58 | 33 | 1 | 24 |
It is a pretty big deal that they can investigate U.S. citizens without a warrant. Everyone knew that the NSA had surveillance, what's unsettling is the realistic possibility of insufficient oversight of the program's usage, and the classification of the FISA court rulings which may have indicated the unconstitutionali... | I think the US reaction to Snowden's leaks is far more unsettling than the information those leaks contained. CMV | 1 | 2013-06-27T00:04:58 | 225 | 8 | 3 |
Hi! I realize this post is over a day old now and you've already awarded some deltas, but I'm hoping you are still open to having a brief conversation. A lot of what you've said about daycares and Early Childhood Education bothered me. I am an ECE, so I'm obviously biased, and I'm hoping I can change some of your misco... | A Stay at Home Parent Should Be Required | 0 | 2016-08-06T20:21:28 | 72 | 1 | 4 |
i guess id ask how are fat people affecting you financially? and why stop there, why not do the same for education? kids who get Cs or lower are put into a plan, if they get better grades then they are okay , otherwise they get fined. would that work? | On Puerto Rico's Proposed "Fat Tax" | 0 | 2015-03-04T01:15:06 | 117 | 6 | 2 |
A shared last name has advantages. It makes it clearer that you are family. Example from real life: husband is in ER, wife wants to visit him, but only relatives can do it legally. She had to come back home for the legal proof. Most of the time, though, if you have the same last name and you're claiming you're related,... | There is no logical reason for a woman to change her last name to her husband's (or partner's) when she gets married. | 0 | 2017-07-01T11:31:59 | 122 | 8 | null |
I'm going to carve out prohibition If you admit that there are exceptions - then you can't say "never." Besides, prohibition-style federal laws never ended. The federal government passed more stringent "war on drugs" laws all the time. In fact creation DEA can be easily seen as "regression on social issues." | The United States has never regressed on social issues at the Federal level and it isn't going to happen now either. | 0 | 2016-11-10T21:54:47 | 130 | 82 | 131 |
I would like to point out that if your opposition is to *killing*, then there is no rational solution. Farming kills, period. Your fields of grain kill millions of animals - perhaps a higher *actual number* than those we kill for their meat. Pesticides, habitat destruction, chemical runoff, mechanical destruction (mill... | There is not a single rational reason for a citizen of the developed world to continue eating red meat. | 0 | 2017-03-28T23:49:50 | 139 | 2 | 32 |
Lets forget probabilities for a moment and just think about measuring the area of a shape. If our shape was a rectangle or a triangle, it would be easy. But what if we have a weird curvy shape? What do we do then? [Lets say our shape is a parabola, between -1 and 1.](https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant... | Monkeys hitting keys at random for an infinite period of time won't necessarily produce the works of Shakespeare. | 1 | 2016-12-23T01:29:55 | 195 | 6 | 88 |
Read the sidebar on the Delta System to properly award the delta. | The problem with Islam is Muhammad and it can't be changed | 1 | 2017-06-12T02:51:58 | 506 | 2 | 1 |
It's true that a lot of people buy in into that "in group - out group" mentality the wrong way, but the truth is that most football fans enjoy the sport peacefully. Where I live football is the most massive sport, when the two greatest teams in the country play against eachother people on TV start talking about it like... | Football is an institution which causes more problems than it solves, and receives far more money than it deserves. | 1 | 2015-02-23T08:24:53 | 34 | 1 | 1 |
I want to comment specifically on the idea that an idiom can be used incorrectly. The purpose of language is effective communication. If a person expresses an idea and the people listening to that person understand it, then by what metric can we say that the language used was "incorrect?" If a friend were to ask me how... | The term "steep learning curve" is used incorrectly what people really mean is "shallow learning curve" | 1 | 2015-01-03T04:01:11 | 41 | 1 | 3 |
Lets talk about themes. Humans tell stories and, over time, certain themes have emerged that make for stories that not only are fun, but also speak to something deep inside our psyche. Jaws is one of those movies you can't watch and then go swiming after without wondering "what is down there?". Likewise the man destroy... | The singularity is just the rapture repackaged for techies. | 1 | 2015-11-27T20:32:54 | 69 | 4 | 24 |
Networking is already achieved simply by association with the university, but it's a vastly different degree than the kind provided by the greek system. With a university based program, it's a simple matter of you went there, you know the system, you understand the education the student received will be similar to your... | Universities should end their endorsement and sponsorship of Fraternities and Sororities. | 1 | 2015-03-10T20:08:09 | 308 | 2 | 3Δ |
The prisoners logic is flawed by the fact that he believed the Judge could ever be wrong. | I believe I have legitimately solved the Unexpected Hanging Paradox! | 0 | 2017-04-14T22:07:55 | 26 | 2 | null |
According to adoptamericanetwork.org, 130,000 children in the USA are waiting to be adopted by foster parents. What is the age distribution of those children? How many of them suffer from congenital birth defects such as fetal alcohol syndrome? How many of them have psychological trauma from being raised in unloving o... | Artificial conception for infertile or homosexual couples is a thoughtless waste of money that should be used to help raise adopted children | 1 | 2015-04-13T19:40:29 | 64 | 64 | 1Δ |
What if the person with the medication creates something, like a new medication, that affects millions of people world wide. Perhaps someone who is on HIV medication is able to make a huge breakthrough in caner treatment or is able to cure a chronic disease like diabetes. The money spend helping this one individual wil... | People who require expensive medication to survive are objectively, quantifiably worth less than people who do not. | 0 | 2016-08-31T05:50:20 | 130 | 1 | 15 |
Something to keep in mind in all of this is that all such predictions of doom and gloom make their predictions based on current rates of change--rates which are so noteworthy because they are spiking, not because they are rising slowly. I have two examples from the previous century: nuclear weapons and starvation. In t... | Earth is too environmentally damaged for me to have children. It's wrong to subject children to this planet as it becomes poisoned. Since overpopulation causes environmental problems, it's irresponsible to create more people who will pollute and strain Earth's dwindling resources. CMV. | 0 | 2013-07-25T18:57:48 | 192 | 1 | 1 |
That is literally not what socialist feminism is. Or at least that's not what Marxist feminism is. Marxist feminism asserts that women were made subservient to men, by men, for the interests of capitalism, and that the oppression is so tied to capitalism that, even if you somehow eliminated it, you'd still have oppress... | In a capitalist society, it is completely reasonable for men to make more money than women. | 1 | 2015-05-15T22:53:15 | 108 | 61 | 7Δ |
Who writes the test? Is the test voted on by the public? If so, how do we know they are qualified to vote for the test? Do legislators write the test? Are they qualified to create a standardized test? Does a team of professionals in different fields of expertise collaborate on the test? Who appoints them? What happens ... | People should have to past a test to vote. | 1 | 2015-10-29T06:52:13 | 37 | 9 | 1 |
Well, let's think about this logically. If it was all fake, all the children, adults, teachers, paramedics, doctors and police have to have been in on it. Considering a government can't keep policies we know they don't want us to know about from leaking, this is some A grade level deception from a body that isn't know... | I truly believe the Sandy Hook shooting was staged. | 1 | 2017-02-05T08:04:37 | 40 | 17 | 6 |
I think that violates the idea of a "safe space", then. That's what the safe space at my university is used for: it's frequented by marginalized groups that are able to comfortably share their experiences without fear of being attacked. Perhaps your university has a skewed view of the purpose of a safe space is, but th... | Universities should not have safe spaces | 1 | 2017-06-26T00:13:07 | 63 | 9 | 8 |
This type of event is very similar to other events on social media. They are meant to appreciate people of color for who they are. Saying that race is arbitrary when it has hundreds of years of history of being a main component for inequality and racism is really understating the issue, an issue that is still heavily p... | Having an event like "Brown Girls Yoga" is inherently racist and exclusionary | 0 | 2017-02-16T23:02:28 | 217 | 4 | null |
First of all, we need experts. You can't be a concert pianist without specialization. Or a quantum physicist. Or a brain surgeon. Or an NFL quarterback, etc, etc. Our lives are short, and there is only so much time available. Malcolm Gladwell examines how the exception people become exceptional in his book ["Outliers"]... | Jack of All Trades and a Master of None is Better than a Master of One | 0 | 2015-07-23T18:55:43 | 71 | 15 | 114 |
Who cares? Life is about making the most of the opportunities you're given, period. I've gotten some very good opportunities in life, for some very dumb reasons. So what if the only reason they drafted him was because he's gay (which they say had nothing to do with it); what if they never even watched film on him, or e... | if Michael Sam is on the St Louis Rams roster at the beginning of this NFL season, it will be at least in part due to his being the first openly gay player in the NFL | 1 | 2014-05-13T07:18:57 | 41 | 6 | 4 |
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