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A person may be prone to depression, reinforce it with their behaviors, and stay depressed. This is common with all personality types, they tend to get exaggerated if they end up in conditions that promote whatever side of the personality spectrum they're on when it comes to the big five personality traits. Depression ... | Depression is permanent. | 1 | 2017-02-16T15:39:01 | 33 | 3 | 45 |
I understand what you're saying and I feel the same way but for one important change: I feel that dignified, socially acceptable behavior AS A CONSTRAINT is bad and unhealthy. What you're calling "dignity" (which I think could better be described as obedience to social mores and norms) has an important role in setting ... | Dignity is toxic. It stops adults playing like children, which is healthier than boring exercise machines. Dignity promotes conformity and is a tool of social stratification. CMV | 0 | 2013-09-03T19:29:42 | 55 | 2 | null |
- When the lefties protest for their rights, they usually do it by blocking roads or occupying schools. It only harms the population, not the people they want to harm (i.e. the government). I'm still for people protesting for their rights, as long as it's in a way that doesn't harm the population. When the righties pro... | I'm starting to think that the right-wing is better than the left-wing | 0 | 2016-11-11T21:42:24 | 76 | 2 | 1 |
The problem with kicking somebody out is the potential backlash from enforcement. If the parents willfully take the kid out, there's no problem. But if theater staff tell the parents that they need to take their child and leave, it's entirely possible that headlines of "Disabled child kicked out of movie theater" run w... | There was a child who was deaf in my showing of Jurassic Park. He was very noisy. I don't believe he should have gone to the movies, and I think it would have been okay if he were kicked out for being a disturbance. | 1 | 2015-06-16T21:55:11 | 258 | 89 | null |
The flaw in this argument is that these calculations typically assume marijuana maintaining it's current black market street prices. But any black market product will have a massive markup solely from the risk involve with producing and distributing it. Remove that risk, and the price--and by extension the potential ta... | Legalizing Marijuana Will Not Help the Economy | 0 | 2015-01-22T16:04:53 | 105 | 40 | 51 |
There's dozens of sets (ze/zir and xe/xir being the two most common), but they generally draw a shit ton of flack and resistance which is why the NB trans and intersex communities push for they/them instead. | I'm very open minded and supportive on gender and sexuality issues, but I do not support "gender neutral pronouns." | 1 | 2017-05-28T19:09:29 | 78 | 5 | 7 |
I would like to buy Spotify premium if I do switch. Well it wouldn't be much of a switch if you didn't buy Spotify Premium. Free Spotify allows you to play your already owned files in their app even without wi-fi. Basically it's a strictly better option. You get access to your existing 1000 songs, even when you have W... | I use iTunes. Why should I switch to something like Spotify when I already have an extensive library set up? | 1 | 2015-06-13T00:37:46 | 68 | 1 | 1Δ |
You report cheating for no other reason that to ensure that your place of learning is held to high ethical standards. The upholding of educational and professional ethics should be a community effort. If a doctor saw another doctor behaving unethically, you would think he/she was awful for failing to report it to be pr... | Students should not report other students in academic cheating in tests | 0 | 2017-04-21T19:53:31 | 48 | 1 | 1 |
I believe that racism is fundamentally a product of ignorance. I'm gonna borrow /u/nope_nic_tesla example from here:http://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1mq464/people_who_wont_admit_to_their_racism_are_the/ccbk1g7 I think OP is talking about people who might say something like, "Black people are savages. Look ... | People who won't admit to their racism are the worst kind of racists. CMV | 1 | 2013-09-19T21:49:35 | 134 | 5 | 82Δ |
I think any system like that should go both ways. after all, people only tailgate because they have no other way to get the driver's attention (besides honking, which seems much more rude). As well, most people who tailgate for longer than a few seconds only do so because they feel the other driver is ignoring them. Pa... | Motor vehicles should indicate to the driver when they are using an inappropriate following distance (a.k.a tailgating) | 0 | 2016-11-26T09:56:09 | 125 | 1 | null |
As someone at the opposite end of academics (finishing up a Ph.d.) I'll say this: education takes two overlapping, but highly distinct forms. One is the acquisition of knowledge, which may be helpful in your career of choice, and also will help you develop as a person. For both, having a bit of everything is helpful --... | I think I should learn what I want to learn in high school. | 1 | 2014-05-06T23:56:51 | 28 | 4 | 9 |
Here are two alternative translations of the Sermon: I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God’s law will disappear until its purpose is achieved. Think ... | The Bible contradicts itself regarding whether Christians should follow Old Testament law. | 1 | 2017-04-23T21:53:52 | 41 | 7 | 1 |
I did mention that people with mental illnesses are not always a danger to themselves. While it is true that the vast majority of suicides can be linked to some sort of diagnosable mental disorder, it is also true that [the vast majority of people who experience a mental illness do not commit suicide](http://depts.wash... | I believe that those with mental illnesses should not be allowed to own firearms CMV | 1 | 2014-01-30T18:54:14 | 60 | 19 | null |
I completely agree that many if not most of the processes by which we treat our animals for meat is inhumane. However, there is nothing inhumane about eating animals, simply look to biology for that, all animals eat different animals for various nutritional reasons. If you're staying healthy than being a vegetarian I b... | I believe there are no valid arguments for eating meat, other than "I like the taste" - CMV | 0 | 2013-02-12T15:50:34 | 383 | 2 | null |
But eventually death will be conquered. We are promised eternal life. So we have to find rational therapy tools to develop "love of ourselves2 and so love of life as it is because each generation adds to the "evolution of empathic maturity" that will eventually be innovative enough to eternalize human life. Yes, OP is ... | Life, in general, has no point | 0 | 2017-02-06T20:00:19 | 41 | 1 | null |
I don't think this will change your view, but Trump won just over 46% of the popular vote. http://cookpolitical.com/story/10174 Now, I think one of the false assumptions of your premise is that charity and the social safety net are somehow in direct competition or always cover the same problems. Are you really saying ... | Charity is irrational | 1 | 2016-12-04T16:50:05 | 41 | 6 | 24 |
Income inequality in moderation is a good thing. Like you said, it incentivizes people to climb the socioeconomic ladder. But moderation is key. Approach excessive levels of inequality and you start seeing that you're removing the ability to climb the socioeconomic ladder. | I think income inequality is a good thing. | 1 | 2014-08-16T23:32:20 | 48 | 4 | 14Δ |
The only way your property tax becomes unaffordable is if you become the owner of a very valuable asset, in excess of the debt you owe on it. I just don't feel too much sympathy to people who walk away from the deal with hundreds of thousands of dollars in their pocket. I am sympathetic to that potential buyer as muc... | Property taxes should only depend on the value of the property. | 1 | 2015-08-18T02:05:02 | 58 | 2 | 12 |
No they are not. Do you believe I have a Teapot on my stove? You do not have enough information about my house to form a meaningful opinion on the question. You can say "I do not believe you have a teapot on your stove" and be truthful. You can also say "I do not believe you have *no* teapot on your stove". Despite... | I think Atheism is a narrow-minded and arrogant ideology. CMV | 1 | 2013-05-16T23:19:28 | 110 | 17 | 127Δ |
According to this, nothing done against a man (excluding anal penetration) is considered a sexual act. So if that's what you mean, then legally you're right, but I also find this wrong. This is why I try not to restrict myself to strict legal definitions when discussing how things SHOULD be. Heck, by some legal defini... | A deliberate kick to the testicles should be considered sexual assault. | 1 | 2016-11-27T00:59:52 | 115 | 21 | null |
Feminists do address unequal custody laws and the draft (this is just from a quick search of academic journal articles and by no means a comprehensive review of feminist literature on these issues): On child custody Who Gets the Child? Custody, Guardianship, and the Rise of a Judicial Patriarchy in Nineteenth-Century [... | I believe that both Feminists and MRAs have valid points, but neither side truly fights for equality.. CMV. | 1 | 2013-05-20T08:02:00 | 35 | 9 | 3 |
I'd say that this is not limited to just porn stars. Most women in general are not huge fans of sexual acts that are primarily about male pleasure and don't take their own pleasure into account. Now, of course, some women will like some of these acts, and some may even enjoy many of them. But there's a reason that even... | [NSFW] Porn actresses don't enjoy the extreme male-oriented stuff, for the most part | 0 | 2017-06-24T04:56:21 | 47 | 7 | 12 |
People in different areas while still individuals, care about different things. Most Californians care about as much about farming as Tennesseans care about the technology sector, which is to say, not much at all. It wouldn't be fair that the biggest decisions we make as a country would be mostly decided by the wealthy... | In American politics, the electoral college should not exist. | 0 | 2016-12-07T06:24:18 | 171 | 3 | 2 |
It's not fair to people who came to this country legally and gained their citizenship through the proper legal process that all other respectable immigrants had to. One of the main reasons I'm voting for Donald Trump this November is that it pisses me off to great lengths when immigrants stay in these country illegally... | My best plan in life would be to illegally immigrate to the USA | 0 | 2016-08-18T05:00:27 | 169 | 6 | null |
Yea, because just because a politician cheats on his wife and lies to her, doesn't necessarily mean he'll cheat the taxpayer and lie to us, right? | Politicians that are involved in sexual scandals (such as sexting) whether it be someone single or married, should not reflect their political and leadership abilities, their policies and work ethic should. | 0 | 2015-05-15T17:30:47 | 40 | 1 | null |
Christians believe that God is perfect and all powerful. This means that if someone going to hell was always bad no one would ever go to hell because a perfect good wouldn't let that happen. Thus we can conclude that in fact it must be a good thing that some people go to hell because if it wasn't a good thing god would... | The Most Moral Act a Christian can Do is to Kill as Many Children as Possible Before being Killed Themselves or Incapacitated | 0 | 2016-02-23T07:37:41 | 104 | 1 | null |
Many attribute the ailing inner-city schools to cultural issues and biases; having worked with inner-city populations for five years, and having worked with hundreds of students perfectly capable of rational thought and argument that nevertheless perform poorly, I agree. Couldn't you instead say that "inner-city popula... | The problem with the American educational system is a culture of anti-intellectualism | 1 | 2015-11-25T23:14:19 | 155 | 3 | 1 |
So this is an old thread, but if anyone's still here, I'd like to make my case for why Steve Jobs deserves a lot of the credit he receives. I realize he was a jerk to a lot of people, and he was hard to work for, and he was selfish and made some stupid decisions (like everyone else, maybe more so). But here's the thing... | Steve Jobs is not an innovator but a thief and does not deserve his recognition as a "genius". CMV | 0 | 2013-08-04T07:03:47 | 391 | 3 | null |
that with a proper diet and a little exercise, you can eliminate the chances of basic colds and flu, as well as more complicated ailments, like **cancers** and heart problems. You can eliminate your chances of cancer with diet and exercise? So with that being the case, why is part of my hard earn paycheck going to hel... | I am against ObamaCare, and free health care in general. | 0 | 2014-04-24T18:15:33 | 97 | 4 | 4 |
Have you ever watched a YouTube video with your phone held vertically? It doesn't even use half of your available screen. There is no platform where vertical provides a better experience...it has nothing to do with desktop monitors specifically. | People angry at vertical videos are ignoring the trend of technology to move to mobile formats | 1 | 2014-09-22T17:34:37 | 38 | 4 | 54 |
Autism isn't even a mental illness, it's a neurodevelopmental disorder/persistent developmental disability. Mental illnesses include schizophrenia, PTSD, depression, GAD, most personality disorders, etc.; many, though not all, are treatable, and many, though not all, do not last forever. Autism probably doesn't descri... | Mental illnesses are functionally indistinguishable from personality traits. Things like autism do not really 'exist'. | 0 | 2015-12-27T05:23:46 | 78 | 10 | 1 |
I might need an update: I absolutely approve gender-neutral way of raising children; I don't believe that a moment a woman delivers someone with vagina/penis she shall immediately equip this kid with sex-appropriate items, such as blue/red attire, doll/car for a toy etc. What I really wanted to accentuate that some par... | I believe that parents should not refer to their child as "it" until the child grows up and determines its gender | 0 | 2016-08-17T16:12:00 | 97 | 2 | null |
Given the ambiguity then, is it fair to say that you shouldn't assume they're your enemy because they might have a slightly more nuanced view? | I think that everyone who is anti-LGBT rights are my enemy | 1 | 2017-02-01T13:14:20 | 94 | 16 | null |
It is important to realize that there are multiple sources of power. The most obvious are the transactional powers of Reward and Punishment. When it comes to these power it's not the absolute amount of reward or punishment, but the relative amount. This was amply demonstrated by the German occupation of Belgium a centu... | Killing your henchman to demonstrate a point is poor leadership. | 1 | 2014-08-13T19:05:18 | 65 | 6 | 70Δ |
There is nothing wrong with piracy. Economics dictates that the price of an item is the highest price which an individual consumer is willing to pay. I am willing to pay nothing. With a traditional good, the owner may reject my price and prevent me from obtaining the good, because doing so would deprive them of their r... | When it comes to old games with no remakes or digital release, there is nothing wrong at all about piracy. | 0 | 2016-06-15T23:00:18 | 113 | 0 | 1 |
While I personally do get compliments quite often for a beard or muscles or a button-down shirt it's only by other (straight) men and some women older than 40. Same aged women never do this. Just because someone isn't giving you a compliment about something doesn't mean they're not attracted to it. Women are socialized... | I don't believe that straight women are sexually attracted to the male body. | 0 | 2017-03-05T05:14:11 | 99 | 4 | 24 |
Basically you can(/should be able to) cycle That doesn't work in all climates. If you lived in a very cold or very warm place, you you wouldn't want to cycle. or get public transport to shops and places of work. Public transport takes ages to get to the same place you're going to, and it often doesn't take you there d... | No one should personally own a car or other motor vehicles CMV | 1 | 2013-05-11T14:37:15 | 40 | 25 | 1 |
Gross negligence isn't sufficiently distinct from open intent to draw the line there. A child molester may genuinely not "intend" harm to their victims, but they are still malicious. There is no excuse for being misinformed with respect to LGBT issues today. When your beliefs impact the lives of others, you have a resp... | Opposition to homosexuality, although wrong, is not necessarily malicious | 1 | 2017-03-29T01:19:30 | 67 | 1 | 2 |
Since each of your points is contingent on the others on a progressive basis, let's handle the first. If that doesn't hold up, then the argument as you framed it falls apart: If I'm a criminal in Gotham, I'm not going to become a supervillain, ESPECIALLY if I'm intelligent. I'm going to make sure that my crimes fly wel... | Batman is an amoral murderer who would rather justify his own mental illnesses than improve Gotham. | 1 | 2017-06-11T18:06:55 | 122 | 0 | 1 |
"Actual solution" is always going to be arbitrary, though. No one would ever finish any homework if we required that they never left the language of axiomatic ZFC. But, as I've mentioned, my opponents seem to be adhering to a different standard of "actual solution" than is done by professional e.g. mathematicians, beca... | STEM students should not be penalized solely for not showing work on homework/tests | 1 | 2016-09-19T04:19:47 | 62 | 6 | 18 |
I forgot the most absurd and ridiculous counter-argument to my sentiment- that race does not exist. I'll first note that a large number, if not a majority, of geneticists disagree with that statement, and that the [American Anthropological Society also issued a statement to that effect.](http://www.aaanet.org/stmts/rac... | Blacks are less intelligent than Whites due to genetics CMV | 0 | 2013-08-02T01:59:07 | 172 | 18 | 29Δ |
If you'll look at [this](http://who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/), from WHO, it shows that cancer is only accounting for about 12% of deaths in the top 10 causes. That's really not that many deaths, so "curing" cancer wouldn't have a huge impact. Heart disease still has far more impact. In the same link, worl... | I don't think we should find a cure for cancer. CMV | 0 | 2013-04-23T14:45:57 | 103 | 12 | null |
I think you mix current and old agendas in your statement. You discuss from where abortion opposition origin (the christian church back in the old days) and how it is applied in modern society by conservative parties. I will try to review them as individual situations since the statement have their separate flaws. **Th... | Opposition to birth control/abortion has nothing to do with "the unborn" or their "rights" and everything to do with consolidation of power. | 0 | 2016-01-05T02:08:01 | 182 | 2 | null |
This is a complaint that's been voiced numerous times in /r/fitness by people who have only ever submitted just the one comment in /r/fitness (ie: whiny lurkers who contribute nothing to the sub). Here's the thing: /r/fitness is a catch all for physical fitness. /r/fitness isn't about "being massive", a lot of the focu... | /r/fitness is not, as a sub-reddit, about actual physical fitness. | 1 | 2014-09-08T02:17:58 | 187 | 6 | 1 |
Soccer is the name of the sport, well The Association Rules of Football is the name, much like Rugby Union is The Rugby Union Rules of Football, or American Football is The American Rules of Football. Or Gaelic Football is The Gaelic Rules of Football and Ozzie Rules is The Australian Rules of Football. Football is a... | America should stop calling football "soccer". | 0 | 2017-03-05T21:05:24 | 20 | 2 | 7 |
It's just not the case that most people know what they want to do in life by the time they graduate high school. If you don't have a profession in mind, how do you advance your education? Say you're good at math, and you enjoy it - exactly the same mindset as someone who would major in math in college now. Which profes... | I think college is a useless idea created just to make money, and should not exist. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-26T10:36:41 | 49 | 3 | 6 |
No! Skip season 1 and go straight to season 2. I personally think Tennant was the best doctor. Not a fan of Matt smith. | The New Dr. Who is one of the most overrated shows of all time. | 0 | 2014-07-09T20:11:32 | 325 | 2 | null |
Hiring is an expensive and risky process for businesses. So a well-managed, for-profit business is obviously going to seek ways to mitigate that expense and risk. The "bullshit" questions you've been asked are attempts to measure "soft" and immeasurable attributes such as "are you a stable person," "are you a moral pe... | Online job applications are just about the worst thing to happen to the world | 0 | 2014-07-16T23:27:20 | 63 | 1 | null |
###Small Town America Allowing business owners to discriminate based on religious beliefs becomes problematic when you consider small towns or rural areas. What if the only grocery store for 30 miles had a no Muslim or gay customers policy? How would Muslim or gay residents in that area buy groceries? Drive to the next... | Religiously affiliated companies should be able to deny service to people that violate their religious beliefs. | 0 | 2017-03-21T21:50:18 | 83 | 4 | null |
Both England and America have created a lot of good music, in fact many areas of the world have created some great music, The French jazz scene has always been creative as has the African heavy metal scene. But when it comes to sheer numbers and creativity the US has a bit of an edge simply because there are more peopl... | British music is the best in the world. Ever. We didn't create as much as America etc... But we've produced more 'good' music. | 1 | 2016-07-07T03:50:51 | 33 | 7 | 15 |
I have a unique perspective of someone who made the decision to get circumcised at the age of 26 years old (Currently 27). Skip this middle part if you don't want to read anything too graphic. It is a really sad story, actually. I've suffered for as long as I can remember from something called phiomosis. It's when the... | Circumcision is an infringement on human rights and should be made illegal until the individual is of a sexual age and gives consent. | 0 | 2017-03-26T11:11:55 | 293 | 7 | null |
If you have acknowledged/hinted that your view has changed in some way, please award a delta. You must also include an explanation of this change along with the delta. | Shop lifting from major corporations is completely morally fine | 1 | 2016-01-08T11:55:19 | 90 | -1 | 2 |
Keep in mind, especially with research colleges, the professor's primary job is getting money into the college through research grants. Teaching has aways been seconday. It also helps bring in the students who want to learn from research professors. And at the end of the day, money is what really matters to colleges. A... | Institutions of learning, especially colleges, should not hire educators that have accents that make it hard to understand them. | 0 | 2015-01-24T03:53:17 | 77 | 1 | null |
I don't think we know enough about weed to definitively say it is safe enough to fully legalize We have, we even have long time studies (25 years +) of heavy users and we cannot find ANYTHING that is even CLOSE to smoking or alcohol. It does bad things, but NOTHING that validates it being illegal. it is very, very dif... | Weed should not be legalized on a state-by-state basis. | 0 | 2016-12-17T23:42:48 | 30 | 1 | null |
I just see it as part of your hairstyle. It's just part of the hair that grows on your head, man. Growing a beard (or rather, not shaving it off) is no less weird than deciding how long, or what style you like the rest of your hair. I guess there is also a lot to be said about how our culture has decided that shaving i... | I think beards are disgusting. CMV | 1 | 2013-10-22T21:57:55 | 32 | 2 | 1 |
Sure, we understand how machine-learning algorithms (and other "AI"-related things) work. It's not magic. So what? Eventually we'll understand how the human brain works, too. It's not magic either. We've got a bunch of algorithms and heuristics and stuff running inside our own heads, implemented on a squishier kind of ... | The singularity is just the rapture repackaged for techies. | 0 | 2015-11-27T23:28:23 | 69 | 2 | null |
Nearly all the people who are mad at Zoe Quinn are mad at her for the wrong reasons. Most of the things people are accusing her of are not things she actually did or even things her ex is claiming she did. The things her ex did accuse her of (namely, being abusive) are mostly being talked about only among feminists if ... | Zoe Quinn is in the wrong. | 1 | 2014-08-25T07:21:49 | 312 | 17 | 28 |
First of all, recognize that when an ISP "offers" 25 Mbps service, that's a maximum -- there may be times when you can actually get 25 Mbps (when, for example, nobody else is using their network), but because they over-subscribe their service, you might be down at 5 Mbps or worse during peak times. Also, recognize that... | Internet speeds above 20Mbps aren't useful for most people. | 1 | 2014-09-15T18:35:41 | 102 | 16 | 1 |
So the thing is... activating the selective service registration is a desperate emergency sort of situation. We're not going to do that unless we don't have the time to beef up the army with volunteers. We're talking zombie apocalypse (ok, sudden invasion by the Chinese) levels of emergency here. The modern army simpl... | I think that women in the US should have to register for selective service the same way men do. | 1 | 2016-05-30T19:29:55 | 340 | 209 | 185 |
I already rephrased it and edited, trust I think I know what I think better than you do. Sorry, only been clicking on the notifications I get from my inbox, meaning I haven't seen your post since I first read it. No need to be snippy about it. Your last sentence makes no sense. I just said that they only need to work ... | I think the best way to deal with beggars it to make them work for money, e.g. by cleaning the area of litter | 1 | 2014-08-06T22:46:08 | 59 | 2 | 10 |
What if the animal is dead? A more serious counter argument is, so is harvesting sperm illegal, since you are performing a sex act on an animal? | Beastiality should be illegal, and those who engage in it should be prosecuted. | 0 | 2014-10-20T03:51:01 | 71 | 1 | 5 |
spend too long playing games I feel like I've wasted a day To be very fair, the value someone has on their time and their value of the time spent watching streams is different depending on who you are. That aside though, it seems that you dont think that there is any constructive use of watching twitch streams. I admit... | Twitch Streaming, Let's plays, E-sports are a colossal waste of time | 1 | 2016-04-23T10:29:46 | 29 | 4 | 11 |
Anything can be redefined into a tautology, if you don't mind speaking word-salad instead of English. And that's the only way your claim can work. People act according to their preferences, and they have preferences about many things, including the well-being of others. People also do things simply out of error or con... | Every single thing a person does is for selfish reasons. | 1 | 2015-02-16T03:09:45 | 122 | 17 | 1 |
It's usually white men who say this and many black women say the same about white men. Is that just a natural, biological dislike of one another? I've gone my entire life being an "exception" to white men because I'd become the only black girl they knew and when they'd develop an attraction I became something new to th... | If you are not attracted to black people, then you are a racist? | 0 | 2015-10-06T21:46:51 | 83 | 1 | null |
I realize that there are specific people who call themselves "pro life" who are also against the existence of various welfare programs, but the way you're painting it, you're making it sound like all pro-lifers are anti-welfare. There's no reason why a pro-lifer would necessarily have to be anti-welfare (it's just that... | Pro-lifers should change their name to Pro-birthers. They shouldn't be called pro-lifers until they try just as aggressively to ensure the quality of the life they are "saving" from abortion. | 0 | 2013-06-19T20:38:28 | 75 | 1 | 18Δ |
Europe witnessed the holocaust first-hand, and there are still about a zillion groups over there who want to genocide all the jews or all the arabs or whoever. And it really does only take the right economic conditions - See the "Golden Dawn" party of Greece. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dawn_(Greece)#Parliament... | I believe that systematic genocide like the holocaust could never happen in a country like the US. CMV | 0 | 2013-05-09T20:03:39 | 51 | 10 | 17 |
Okay, before I start, I don't think innocently reposting something after a few months is a terrible thing. There's no way in hell you could POSSIBLY know what's been posted and what hasn't. We aren't all glued to reddit, so reposts ARE nice for those of us who miss things and would be interested in seeing that content.... | Reposting is vital to Reddit | 1 | 2014-09-26T20:29:47 | 42 | 8 | 1 |
Anime is not reality. Period. Anime is not the only thing that defines Japanese culture. To judge the treatment of women in a country based on one small aspect of their art produced is a really terrible judgement to make. That would be like judging the treatment of American women based on Mad Men. | Japanese Culture Treats Women Badly | 0 | 2016-03-04T13:01:24 | 47 | 3 | 5 |
Lots of publications publish things that people either disagree with or may not be 100% honest. But he never killed anyone. He just published things you don't like. Soros actually funded civil disruptions that got people killed. Including riots in Baltimore! Soros has gotten people killed. If you want an evil billiona... | Rupert Murdoch is the most evil man in the world | 0 | 2016-08-17T21:31:11 | 101 | 0 | 11 |
You haven't said anything inaccurate but I think you're missing why your example is creepy. The only time someone like that will freak out or be offended is if the picture or quote is from a while ago. It makes the other person think, "why were they looking that far back in my profile" or "why do they remember that sma... | It's not "creeping", "snooping", or "being a creeper" to browse social media content that presumably was put there for exactly that purpose. | 1 | 2015-05-22T12:19:47 | 199 | 60 | null |
Let's say there's something you like, such as video games. (I don't know if this is true or not, but let's pretend.) Then, for the sake of argument, let's say that people who don't actually care about video games start going to video game conventions. These can be local news anchors, models, actors, etc. For this examp... | cultural appropriation is not a legitimate issue at all | 1 | 2017-06-28T23:31:17 | 249 | 18 | 1 |
I don't know if you already changed your view. You said Effective Regulation. Nobody will argue that effective regulations are a bad thing. The less Regulation and tax view is that the rules and regulations that are put our are not effective, they are really more harmful. Lets take the example of car safety. There are ... | Effective regulation/taxes is better than less regulation/taxes. | 0 | 2017-06-29T16:58:11 | 277 | 1 | null |
Aren't your arguments doing roughly the same thing? Isn't your position just explaining them in an easier to swallow version than the truth? So what is the truth? Well, I don't know. I don't study the psychology of conspiracy theories. But it's not hard to suggest alternative hypotheses. Humans are filled will all sort... | Conspiracy theories are primarily used as a safety blanket to make sense of a cruel senseless world. | 0 | 2016-02-04T23:55:33 | 79 | 0 | 14 |
Singular they can be very convenient, especially on the Internet. English doesn't distinguish gender in the first person, so you would have to guess too often. Using it would sound very rude. Also, it has nothing to do with the LGBT movement. Shakespeare probably didn't invent most of those words, he was the first one ... | I believe that the use of the word "they" to refer to a singular, gender-neutral person is awkward, uncommon, and improper grammar, regardless of the dictates of the LGBT movement. CMV. | 0 | 2013-07-20T17:29:20 | 93 | 25 | 5 |
The only thing I see wrong here is saying that something isn't real only because it's transient. While my own experience would seem to confirm that people who identify as genderfluid eventually "settle down" as trans or cis, that doesn't change the fact that these people may very well, in that time of their lives feel ... | Genderfluid isn't a thing | 0 | 2015-09-12T17:45:46 | 102 | 8 | 12 |
IQ is definitely not a way to determine whether or not somebody should have children. Also we don't understand enough about the brain for this to work yet. Now, playing devil's advocate, we can use eugenics to stop diseases like Huntington's and Tay-Sachs. This is something we do understand and can eliminate from the p... | Eugenics isn't all that bad... And we don't even have to kill anyone for it | 0 | 2015-01-07T16:19:34 | 132 | 1 | null |
I recently got my nipples pierced. I did so because I enjoy the aesthetic, enjoyed the endorphin rush, and wanted to increase sensitivity for sexual purposes. You could consider it a rite of passage for pain tolerance. Further, there are tribes and cultures that use piercings. One has all of their women have their bot... | Facial and body piercings have no practical purpose. | 1 | 2016-11-16T03:45:02 | 26 | 5 | 1 |
I had a Nexus 10 from 2013, and then switched last year to an iPad 2 Air. Biggest differences: * The Nexus 10 crashed all the time. At one point, it crashed and would not turn on again, so I had to return it for a new one (it was still under warranty) * The iPad is way faster. I could not actually read PDF's of scanned... | Ipads are overpriced and offer little to no value over comparable android/windows tablets. | 0 | 2015-07-26T17:39:15 | 60 | 2 | null |
As someone who was homeschooled from 1st grade through 8th grade before going to a "normal" high school and someone who was extremely active in homeschooler groups, I feel adequately prepared to answer this viewpoint. I have met hundreds of homeschoolers in my life. In my area, and in areas all around the country, home... | Homeschooling is child abuse | 0 | 2016-02-23T20:26:01 | 60 | 4 | null |
The Nazi's were heads of governments, leading uniformed, professional militaries, who surrendered unconditionally at the end of the war. Bin Laden was leading a terrorist organization, no official uniformed military, who was hiding out in a compound in Pakistan. He did DESERVE a trial for his crimes, but he was in a he... | Osama bin Laden should've been tried | 1 | 2014-04-21T05:25:01 | 165 | 15 | 2 |
Most comments here are trying to change your view by essentially saying that calling them what name and pronouns they prefer is simply the respectful thing to do. Those comments are all correct, so I don't need to dive further into that. I'd like to take a different approach. Based solely off what you have written abov... | Do what you want to do with your life, but if you are trans gendered, I shouldn't be forced to role-play with you. | 1 | 2016-03-31T22:09:46 | 318 | 180 | 2 |
I couldn't disagree with the OP more. The reasons for assistance are complex. I will make clear that I am in the U.K. So our 'benefits' system works very differently I know little of the assistance programs across the pond. In the U.K. the largest benefit goes to old age pensioners. The state pension is universal, man... | People getting government support should have a spending limit on non-necessities. | 0 | 2017-05-15T02:50:33 | 157 | 4 | null |
The biggest thing about Batmans morals is less that he refuses to kill at all in any version, but when he does it's either when his life is in immediate danger from someone trying to kill him or in order to cause less overall death than if he refused. In most of the versions, he absolutely refuses to kill. But for exam... | Batman is an amoral murderer who would rather justify his own mental illnesses than improve Gotham. | 0 | 2017-06-10T22:22:29 | 122 | 1 | 6 |
To sum up it is 2 things. First, I think why you do something matters. To me, playing for fun is different than playing with the singular goal to take as much of someone's money as possible. I'm also more likely to walk away from a shady game or situation if my rent doesn't rely on it. Second, I think how much you do s... | Casino poker is ethically dubious. | 1 | 2015-09-08T21:47:44 | 81 | 5 | 4 |
I'm a little bit confused by the advantages of your method vs. the current one, OP. Second, waiters are juggling multiple orders and it's easy to grab the wrong thing. Meanwhile, cooks are also juggling multiple orders, and it's easy for them to grab the wrong thing as well. Third, waiters' knowledge of the food cann... | waiters should not be the crucial step in preventing allergic reactions | 0 | 2016-08-08T20:29:51 | 333 | 2 | null |
I can't really argue against it being racist.The only concern I have with that is, having the desire to remain the majority population is a stepping stone towards racist actions. Of course, it's not inherent that if you believe that, than you're definitely racist. But, it is noteworthy because we can be very driven by ... | White people wanting to stay a majority-group in America and other 'White Countries' is not racist nor a bad thing | 0 | 2016-10-02T06:15:58 | 70 | 1 | null |
Blair Witch was scary not because of what it contained, but because it got you imagining what it could be, and it never answered anything. It was Hemmingwayesque in that regard. Certain X-Files episodes had that going on too - weird shit would happen that would never get properly explained and you'd have to deal with n... | The Blair Witch Project isn't even remotely scary, and its current position as the gold standard of the American horror genre is a farce (Warning: Spoilers) | 1 | 2015-03-27T21:39:39 | 85 | 14 | 1Δ |
I don't think anyone else has brought up this point yet, so I will now. Peoples taste buds die off over time, and as you age your body replaces them slower. This is why there are foods that you don't like as a child that you can grow to like as you get older. This means that you will never again experience the full ... | Adults can see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch | 0 | 2016-03-02T08:47:36 | 150 | 1 | null |
I'm a university student in engineering. I had a requirement of 2 years worth of lower division math courses: single and multivariable calculus, differential equations, vector calculus, and linear algebra. None of these courses used devices like calculators or computers at all. So in my opinion, that means common core... | Common Core (esp. Mathematics) is a system that is fundamentally flawed and does not prepare students for the real world. | 1 | 2015-06-12T04:13:58 | 45 | 3 | null |
There's around an average of 10 deaths from terrorism in the US per year. The thing is, is that the only *acceptable* number in the view of the public is 0 terrorism related deaths per year. Think about it like flying. You are basically throwing out the same logic here. "Flying is the safest form of travel!" Is a simi... | Terrorism in the US is not a big deal and Trump's ban will have no impact on it | 0 | 2017-01-29T18:48:12 | 837 | 28 | 21 |
I would say upwards of 95%. You don't know many Catholics, then. Or Jehovah's Witnesses who believe that only 144,000 people get to go to heaven. Or any religion believing in reincarnation. correct me if I am wrong, but typically don't you just have to believe in God (or Yahweh or whoever) to get in? I'd say you are wr... | Atheists risking their lives are inherently less selfish than religious people. | 1 | 2015-04-24T04:23:34 | 33 | 8 | 4Δ |
We have two parties because that is the system our voting system favors. In short form, because of votes are counted during elections, there isn't as much room allowed for having more than two parties, or else no one would get the required votes needed to win elections. So while I do agree that there is growing issue o... | Bipartisan politics is an outdated and largely worthless concept. | 0 | 2017-05-01T00:54:05 | 28 | 0 | 1 |
Yes but that doesn't logically hold. You haven't explained it. Why should **all** harmful things be banned? | Porn only brings harm and should be banned. | 1 | 2016-11-14T22:16:35 | 42 | 3 | 1 |
If self interest is your only motivation you still have reason to support women. If women have lesser educational opportunities that's over half of human brain power and skills not working on problems. In other words, a woman scientist may be the one who finds the treatment for a disease you may one day suffer from. Or... | As a masculine gay man without female friends, I and other gay men in my position have no rational reason to support women's rights other than preference | 0 | 2016-03-08T14:09:25 | 48 | 1 | 3 |
I think a can of raid is an even better option. Most convenience stores have them. They have range. A clerk generally won't think twice when you walk in and grab one. A blind clerk is going to be just as cooperative as one doused in lighter fluid. | I think that a supersoaker full of lighter fluid and a lighter are arguably a better stick up weapon than a pistol, and the poor rate of adoption points to a lack of innovative thinking within the criminal element of society. | 0 | 2014-07-13T01:56:49 | 212 | 3 | null |
Natural rights do exist, but not in the way you're thinking about them. There is no philosophical "right" way to build a car, but there are ways that are better than others. If you try to build a car out of cheese, it's going to suck. stating otherwise is outright ignoring reality. If you want the best car possible, yo... | Natural Rights do not exist. | 0 | 2014-07-14T18:23:46 | 231 | 10 | null |
Can I try to change your view back to your original position? People have mentioned jobs with highly sensitive work (such as chemistry and medicine). Why would you not trust these people to be responsible adults? Who says that these people are high on the job vs. just smoking a joint when they get home from a long day'... | There is no good reason to drug test any white collar worker | 0 | 2015-06-11T23:30:12 | 68 | 1 | null |
I know that communism often uses "from everyone according to their ability; to each according to his need", but I don't think that's integral. You could make a communist system where what you receive is a certain portion of the total produced. By contributing to increasing that total, you'd increase what you receive. | Communism is inherently unfair. | 0 | 2017-06-17T20:54:10 | 80 | 1 | 7 |
My area doesn't even consider a court date til they are 5+ grand behind and even then it takes a long time for the court to make the date. My child's father never sees him, pays child support maybe once every few years and it's never the amount he owes. He's been to court a few times and has yet to go to jail over that... | Jail time for unpaid child support is a modern day debtor's prison and also doesn't make sense as a concept. | 1 | 2017-02-10T22:51:58 | 382 | 11 | 1 |
In our FPTP system, we will always only have the 2 major parties. There is too much money and power in those two parties, and they will control the outcome to be one of them two by means of gerrymandering. Additionally, the third party usually just takes voters away from who they would have rathered. Basically, if you ... | I think that voting third party in a presidential election is, overall, a waste of your vote. | 0 | 2014-04-30T07:06:58 | 61 | 1 | 2 |
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