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Born-and-bred Texan here. Pretty much everything you said are circle-jerky reddit-isms based off of stuff you hear from extreme right-wing Texas politicians and what they say on the MSM. I suggest you open your mind a little bit and not stereotype so much. Texas is full of ignorant bible abusing homophobes that take l... | There is nothing good about Texas | 1 | 2015-02-19T22:14:13 | 53 | 13 | 2 |
I tend to agree with you, but, here's some arguments that might change your view: All property is fiction. Property doesn't exist, in the same way that trees, dogs, and reddit exists. Property is just a shared agreement among people that a certain person (or group of people) 'owns' some certain object, and that the re... | The terms "property", "ownership" and "stealing", when used to describe information , are meaningless | 1 | 2014-10-16T10:55:48 | 38 | 1 | 1 |
Change one word in this and see how racist it sounds... We black people just make the world a worse place. I'm sorry. I'm black and i feel like if i died now then the world would be a better place because it would mean there's one less black person in the world. A lot of arguments against this fall under the problema... | We white people just make the world a worse place. | 0 | 2017-06-02T20:09:52 | 139 | 1 | 1 |
Certainly, I agree that it makes sense to call an older person (especially in the workplace) by Mr or M(r)s by default until told otherwise. But your point was that these should *always* be used. If someone asked you to please call them by their first name because being called "Mrs" makes them feel old and they do not ... | Children should never call their parents by their first names. (Additionally, Mrs. And Mr. are should also always be used.) | 1 | 2014-10-05T18:11:23 | 61 | 8 | 1 |
But in essence social assistance is a program to find suitable employment. People have to prove that they have been seeking employment in order to keep their social assistance. If you cant prove you're actively trying to get employed, you're cut off. Also, what kind of job placement programs are you thinking of? Would ... | Competent individuals shouldn't be allowed to get social assistance. | 0 | 2015-11-23T22:21:13 | 43 | 3 | 52 |
Then he's not bound by logic, because he has the power to not obey logic. So he can do all things he cannot do There's no paradox because he doesn't need to obey logic. Generally the definition you are using is not the onetheologians use to describe God, which is the one I used (God can do all things that are logic... | God cannot be omnipotent. | 1 | 2017-05-25T01:38:16 | 106 | 13 | 70 |
Noam Chomsky said about a month ago that if he lived in a swing state he'd vote for Hillary, even though he dislikes her. Chomsky is anything but corrupt--he criticizes Democrats when they're in power--but he's able to see that the GOP's current platform isn't just corrupt: It's dangerous. Both parties being corrupt do... | Both Republican and Democratic political parties are corrupt. They are two sides of the same coin. | 0 | 2016-02-15T07:22:38 | 179 | 3 | null |
We aren't sending the ratings in the past; so for it then be useful they need to be compared to 2013 tastes because otherwise it's a bad service paying its respects to a past, that people who know nothing about the movie, don't care about. | I believe movies on imdb with more than 20 - 30 years should not be open for rating, CMV | 0 | 2013-07-28T23:47:56 | 24 | 12 | 22Δ |
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/emma-watsons-boobs-prove-why-we-still-need-feminism_us_58b8bd55e4b02b8b584df9f4? Here's an article suggesting that Emma Watson's partial nudity *is* feminist. https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2017/mar/06/emma-watson-vanity-fair-photoshoot-feminist Here's another article sa... | Feminists are flaming hypocrites for criticizing Emma Watson's Vanity Fair cover. | 1 | 2017-03-06T20:08:13 | 92 | 14 | 5 |
Many have tackled the nuances of evolution, but I will try to approach this geographically. Do you believe in pangaea? that the continents of earth were once joined and over time (200 million years ago) started to drift apart. I'm not sure what constitutes as evidence for you in your search for evolution, but that is a... | I'm a young-earth creationist. | 0 | 2015-11-05T04:47:51 | 82 | 1 | null |
I don't think there necessarily needs to be a bright line in order for there to be a difference. For an example of that completely outside the realm of morality. I like hamburgers cooked medium to medium-well. If a hamburger is rare enough, I'll find it gross, rather than appetizing. There isn't some specific line betw... | I think sex outside of marriage is immoral. | 1 | 2017-01-17T00:36:15 | 34 | 7 | 15 |
While it's sad that whatever molester was hurt, that they didn't receive proper treatment early, that a person would be excessively violent towards another, it isn't justifiable punishing them under any of the goals of punishment. 1. Societal problems. The criminal justice system recognizes that it's important for peop... | I think that parents who catch others molesting their kids should face consequences for seriously injuring the molester. | 0 | 2014-07-19T21:02:48 | 136 | 2 | 63Δ |
Don't forget that Bernie was an independent who only ran on the Democratic ticket for exposure. He brought in a lot of liberal and progressive independents to the party, which I think was a great loss the Democrats sacrificed in maintaining the status quo. Clinton and Sanders disagreed on a lot of subjects, and yet she... | For young progressives, abstaining and third party voting in this election is a symptom of privilege. | 1 | 2016-09-06T22:48:52 | 113 | 0 | 56 |
It's sexism if this applies only to women and the source is only from men right? I don't think it is the case at all for the following reasons (if this matters in any way, I am a female too): 1) Women do not put all the effort into their appearance for men. Some might argue that actually, the effort is directed at othe... | Femininity promotes societal sexism | 1 | 2017-01-19T15:28:37 | 28 | 6 | 2 |
1. Like you said, many first generation families do not know the ins and outs of the college system. We could give all students admission to Worst Ever University, but they'd be an easy victim for loan scams and worthless degree programs. If they don't know what they are getting in to, it's better that they get educate... | All first generation students should be accepted to college, no matter what. | 1 | 2016-04-29T22:44:05 | 33 | 6 | 3 |
I'd love for one of these events to be like a quiz bowl, but I think you also have to take into account a person's personal charisma. Not only does it let people know you as a candidate and therefor humanize you, but high diplomacy (diplomacy between nations) requires a certain amount of charisma to help get your way. ... | One of the Presidential Debates should be a quiz bowl style event rather than a head to head debate. | 0 | 2016-09-15T12:08:45 | 234 | 1 | null |
But everything you're asking for is basically fiction at this point. I doubt the infrastructure to say everything you just said could be done in the next 50 years (if a plan was set) without basically rewriting how our government works and spending trillions in dollars. What you're asking for is just frankly logistical... | Voting in the general election should be mandatory in the US. | 1 | 2016-09-24T21:25:45 | 54 | 2 | 2 |
But I believe capitalism works and has worked in America Sure, if you are in the top 1%, but I wouldn't call 50000 a year for education and thousands a month for medicine you NEED ( things provided or much cheaper under socialism) is "working" to benefited average person. | CMV : I don't believe socialism has every worked for the betterment of a country. | 0 | 2017-03-27T18:21:51 | 93 | 12 | null |
**1.** *Give an example of something you do not want to do or support that government should make you do or support.* I'm not really a fan of wearing a seat belt and mostly do it because it's the law, but as a passenger I've been in three accidents that would have gone much worse had I not been wearing mine. | Everyone wants government to avoid intruding in their lives, yet often ask government to intrude in the lives of others. | 1 | 2014-04-07T21:34:34 | 225 | 1 | 6 |
Studies have shown that legalizing prostitution actually reduces HIV infection rates and countries with legal prostitution have a much lower risk of HIV with prostitution. Do you have links to these studies? I would be very interested to read them. | Prostitution Should Be Legal | 0 | 2016-07-21T20:00:15 | 102 | 7 | null |
Many of them are racist and/or homophic and/or sexist though. You could tone it down to subconscious prejudices for some of them, and of course others had other reasons for voting. But there are enough vocal/visible supporters for people to understandable get this idea about Trump supporters. I agree that using that la... | I think people who live in the "blue" counties need to check their privilege | 0 | 2016-11-09T18:33:43 | 74 | 3 | 17 |
Yes, but the way a dog walks, and the way that their bodies are shaped make it essentially impossible without adding at least suspenders, which are not present in the picture. A belt can't work the way shown in the first picture, but could for the second. | If dogs wore pants, they would wear them on their hind legs only (not on all four). | 1 | 2015-12-29T21:41:34 | 98 | 17 | 144 |
Education is a solution to many complex social problems. People mostly use the internet for social interaction with friends. If you 'go to another park' then you need to cut off most social interaction with your friends. That may work, but it is an extreme solution, on the level of going to a different school to avoid ... | I think that a simple solution to cyberbullying is blocking bullies or simply powering down the device. CMV | 1 | 2013-12-14T18:03:31 | 210 | 5 | 62Δ |
Conflict of interest. The purpose of the police, in almost every area, is to protect and serve, not to protect, serve, and raise money. If police are getting more money from giving tickets to speeders than doing other duties, such as monitoring for phone usage in school zones or providing a presence in a neighborhood a... | There is nothing morally wrong with police revenue raising. | 0 | 2015-07-21T23:22:09 | 59 | 1 | 1 |
It's a general principle of American law that, in most cases, you must have a criminal intent in order to be found guilty of a crime. The concept is referred to as [mens rea](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea), and it's one of the fundamental premises of American criminal law. The reason for this distinction is tha... | I believe that motive shouldn't be taken into account in murder trials. CMV | 1 | 2013-11-26T02:10:40 | 43 | 6 | 14 |
I've never observed anybody getting angry at somebody for what their ancestors have done. I have seen people argue that past mistreatment of certain groups has left them worse off today than they otherwise would have been, and we have an obligation to help them. Could you show me an example where somebody claims that m... | Criticizing a nation today for an atrocity committed by people who are mostly dead now is like slapping a child for what his father did. | 0 | 2015-09-28T01:04:52 | 75 | 9 | 27 |
By not saying "bad" words you give them power and encourage people to use them for emphasis. Let me try and turn this around on you. Why shouldn't we want them to have power? If "fuck" is a word you toss into every other sentence, you don't have anything left for when, I dunno, your car gets smashed up in a hit-and-run... | The refusal to say 'curse words' is idiotic CMV | 0 | 2013-04-21T03:17:07 | 113 | 29 | 7 |
Factors like career choice, hours worked, experience, time off (women needing maternity leave), and other factors are the main causes for the wage gap. Sure, but differing career choices are made because of sexism. If every person a woman ever met said that engineering is men's work, she probably isn't going to choose ... | The wage gap in America exists because of differing choices made by the sexes, *not* because of sexism. | 0 | 2017-05-24T05:17:52 | 152 | 1 | 148 |
I feel that fear from terrorism is winning and the right and is more than willing to start a culture war between Christianity and Islam. Disclaimer: I'm a Muslim. 1. It's actually in our tradition that we must obey the law of whichever land we reside in that is reasonably. So we must follow all the laws of Western nati... | There isn't a Muslim agenda to take over the West. | 0 | 2017-03-14T04:40:55 | 65 | 3 | 1 |
You completely ignoring civil law, but I'm going to assume that's intentional and not address it. Now, let's say that it is true that: every action we take or decision we make is nothing more than the product of a series of chemical reactions/propagations in the brain ultimately triggered by external/environmental forc... | I do not believe legal consequences should exist for any other purpose than to influence future behavior. CMV | 1 | 2013-07-10T06:48:33 | 50 | 2 | 1 |
Aside from vocabulary and grammar, there's plenty about writing that you can learn by reading. First and foremost, by reading a lot, you learn what kinds of stories you like to read and would want to write. You learn the conventions and cliches of a genre so that you can employ and subvert them to achieve the kind of s... | Reading a lot doesn't make you a better writer | 1 | 2017-06-24T23:57:54 | 30 | 6 | 8 |
This is a solution looking for a problem. You're making the assumption that people care about counting calories, and also that people who might care about calorie counts are also looking for this when they go out to eat. This problem already has a solution, if a person cares they can ask or look for themselves. If a re... | All restaurants should be required to post calorie counts on their menus. | 0 | 2015-03-06T04:04:55 | 65 | 3 | 20Δ |
I think that if Feminists are so much about equality, they should rename themselves to Equalists, and should encourage healthy discussions with men and include men in their groups as well. Feminism is called feminism because on average, women still have it a lot worse than men in Western society. That's not to say tha... | I think that if Feminists are so much about equality, they should rename themselves to Equalists, and should encourage healthy discussions with men and include men in their groups as well. They should also stop trying to change every word in the dictionary that has "man"/"men" in it. CMV | 0 | 2013-05-10T09:47:49 | 410 | 3 | 2 |
(1) A common counterargument to direct democracies would be to avoid the [Tyranny of the Majority](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority). Or "mob rule". It would be akin to 2 wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. (2) Can you imagine if the relatively uninformed US public would have to vote on... | I believe that America should be a direct democracy CMV | 0 | 2013-09-10T18:49:27 | 30 | 27 | null |
There's a concept Malcolm Gladwell talks about in Blink about the idea of a "cognitive miser", and that's basically a person who refers to other, more informed people, on various issues and then trusts them on it. Maybe not without question, but you can find out who has reliable information and who doesn't. For example... | I believe that a statement should be considered independently of the person making it, CMV | 0 | 2013-08-31T09:51:49 | 32 | 1 | null |
You mean you didn't mean the most literal possible interpretation of your words? Like how people who say that being gay isn't natural don't mean being gay doesn't occur in nature but rather that they thing homosexuality goes against what God intended the natural order to be? Does it seem fair to you to hold the opinion... | I do not think that people can have opinions on anything that can be proven scientifically or factually. | 1 | 2016-12-19T17:43:10 | 195 | 6 | 16 |
It is a common theory and many people hold it. Though it breaks down in a few places. 1) To wield & keep vasts amounts of money & power, a person needs a given set of skills. Those skills aren't impossible to learn, however the ideal candidate cannot be completely inept through most of their presidency. 1b) As... | The best president we will ever have is one who spent the majority of their lives just like everybody else. | 1 | 2016-09-02T09:45:16 | 33 | 15 | 21 |
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. What purpose would a sentence like this, one that is a key component of the Christian faith, without the premise that Jesus and The Father exist? Without that assumption, it does not make any sense. Ma... | It doesn't matter whether God "exists" or not, religious beliefs can still be "true." | 0 | 2016-03-19T01:13:06 | 81 | 2 | null |
So many walls of text in this thread... Not going to claim I've read everything here, but ctrl+f doesn't seem to find this point being addressed, so hopefully it hasn't... Your objections on the psychological-not-physical front seem to be non-trivially anchored on gender performance and the idea that transition inheren... | I have ethical concerns regarding gender reassignment surgery because I think gender dysphoria should be treated as a psychological issue, not a physical problem. CMV | 1 | 2014-03-20T22:49:58 | 225 | 6 | 1 |
So, you "believe the idea behind the "lock and key" analogy of the sexes makes perfect sense," but also disagree with what's implied by the actual "lock and key" analogy? That's revisionist at best, and contradictory at worst. If the analogy means what you seem to think it does, then it wouldn't assign a negative valu... | I believe the idea behind the "lock and key" analogy of the sexes makes perfect sense. | 1 | 2016-11-18T06:50:03 | 84 | 21 | 1 |
I don't really expect this to change your view about the persistence of this standard, but maybe the historical context will at least help you understand how it came about and that it did kind of make sense at one point. Before the sexual revolution, premarital sex was a risky proposition for women. If it became known ... | The "you should spend x months salary on a wedding ring" idea is morally reprehensible and financially irresponsible in every single case. | 1 | 2014-10-14T14:51:49 | 92 | 26 | null |
Let's start with an axiom that our lives have value. If anything has value, then life does. If you place no value on life, then there's no point discussing anything. So- Our lives have value. To lose them is generally a sad thing, to have them continue is an opportunity for new experience, new learning, new connections... | Birthdays are meaningless. | 1 | 2014-07-06T23:33:13 | 37 | 16 | 22Δ |
I think its best to skip buying sabotages in the first round and save money for the later rounds. I've seen people blow their money too early and have no way to defend themselves in the later rounds. Also you help avoid revenge sabotages, the first round can be such a crap shoot and while the dogpile might ensure one p... | The best strategy on Cutthroat Kitchen is to dogpile. | 0 | 2015-08-19T23:43:45 | 41 | 57 | 2 |
Because the system of inequality is caused by hundreds are factors spread throughout our society - from taxes to education to job opportunities to investment opportunities to corporate tax breaks to campaign donations to super PACS..... there is no one solution that could possibly solve all of these things in one fell ... | The Occupy Movement Was Stupid and Protesters Had No Idea What They Actually Wanted | 1 | 2015-03-03T20:26:59 | 89 | 33 | 5 |
The purpose of test time limit is more practical than about measuring ability. We've all had that test where we ran out of time before the bell rang. Sometimes it is a case of poor test planning on a teacher's side. Sometimes it is a matter of procrastination or anxiety. Sometimes it is a matter of exaggerated caution... | Students with mild disabilities should not be given extra examination time. | 0 | 2016-11-16T21:57:16 | 53 | 2 | null |
I feel that if more burglars were killed, they would be less willing to try it. Maybe. But this argument also works the other way around: If burglars know that they will be shot, they also become more willing to kill. Let's say a burglar has broken into your house and you and he see each other at the same time. If he ... | It's perfectly reasonable and justified to kill a burglar even if their intent was not to hurt anyone | 0 | 2017-03-29T15:44:30 | 202 | 2 | 3 |
That doesn't address any of the points I've made. You could make a similar argument about the massive influx of unneeded policeman or firemen as well - I doubt the costs would be that different. | Only soldiers, police officers and firefighters should be allowed to vote. | 1 | 2017-06-08T19:56:48 | 248 | 3 | 141 |
Most animals feel the same pain we do - even emotionally. Abuse a dog, and he will cower back in fear when you approach him, after a while. Animals also form emotional attachments to each other, and even to people, and can be seen to mourn their losses, just as we do. Why is it wrong to kill a human, but not an animal... | There is nothing inherently wrong with killing a non-human animal. | 0 | 2015-09-06T23:44:33 | 48 | 2 | 1 |
How did this go from Judaism to Racism? Judaism is a Tribe. We're a Religion, and we're all Jewish no matter how far removed we are from Orthodoxy. The idea that we have a persecution complex is a myth talked about by racists and conspiracy theorist who say that we have a holocaust card, antisemetic card ect, that us... | White North American Jews have an irrational persecution complex | 0 | 2015-08-31T03:33:08 | 278 | 1 | null |
From that, I conclude that Keynesianism is always either for the working class, the spending class, and the generally poor; and/or against the capitalist, the saving class, and the generally rich. Most leftists have a tendency to view Keynesian economics as a left-centrist economic policy aimed toward distracting/appea... | Keynesian economics is a thin cover for class warfare | 0 | 2015-07-20T01:37:21 | 65 | 1 | 1 |
why I should respect meat-eaters as much as vegetarians and the like. Why is it ethically 'ok' for you to eat meat as an individual? You dont need to see people eating meat as being ethical in order to have the same respect for them that you have for vegetarians. Although you are right that there is little to no logica... | I don't respect meat-eaters as much as non-meat-eaters. | 0 | 2017-02-28T02:55:46 | 148 | 7 | null |
I was once taught that utilize means to use something for a purpose other than its primary intended one, or to derive a creative application of something. "I used a screwdriver to turn a screw." "I utilized a screwdriver to pry open a paint can." | I believe "utilize" is a useless word. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-26T18:17:18 | 37 | 1 | 1 |
I'll address your points one at a time before I dive into the advantages: 1) Wired Mice are way cheaper. I bought mine for $8, and all the other wireless mice started for at least $20. The demand for wired mice is much lower and you bought yours on clearance. This is a temporary advantage that will go away when the su... | A Wired Mouse is better than a Wireless mouse. | 1 | 2014-08-22T15:19:07 | 87 | 6 | 1 |
It is offensive for white actors to portray non-white roles because, in the past, the only time a white actor would ever do that was for the purpose of mockery. Minstrel shows, and the racism that they embodied, forever (or at least for the foreseeable future) tainted the idea of white actors playing black roles. That ... | It is offensive to be awarding people for acting disabled. | 1 | 2015-01-13T23:52:25 | 89 | 2 | 1 |
*Disclaimer: I like to use devils advocate arguments so keep an open mind! Here goes:* Stripped to the barest elements, Rupert Murdoch possesses no power beyond that of free speech. No one is required to believe what he says. If they choose to do so, is that not also their own failing? This is not Murdoch-specific, by... | Rupert Murdoch is the most evil man in the world | 1 | 2016-08-17T21:37:36 | 101 | 3 | 5 |
So it's okay to kill people for passing political policies you disagree with, is it? It's okay to enact violence upon people who are simply governing from a different perspective than the one you hold? For the past 30 years I haven't seen a single CEO, Senator, Representative, or President react seriously to protests,... | Without a drastic, probably violent, revolution nothing will change politically in the United States | 0 | 2017-06-15T00:09:17 | 156 | 2 | null |
I feel like you're not engaging with the force of the "let the parents do it" view, probably because it hasn't been conveyed very precisely. Let me try to break it down for you. 1. First, it is true *in almost all areas of education* that most of the child's education is the responsibility of the parents. The parents n... | Teaching life skills should be the core function of high school, and not general education. | 1 | 2015-03-09T19:00:12 | 75 | 3 | 18Δ |
I'm going to look at this from implementation side. You said that the disadvantaged should not pay taxes, but how do we consider who is and who isn't disadvantaged? How do we decide just how much they get from society? Also, is it true that they have not had any benefit from society AT ALL? When you compare how a perfe... | Disadvantaged people should be exempt from all taxes because they shouldn't be forced to help a society that has done nothing for them. | 0 | 2016-11-11T08:37:11 | 72 | 1 | 2 |
But men of older times are RADICALLY more masculine than men today in western society, especially white, educated, liberal society. The change just since 2000 is enormous it seems. Even studying the hippies of the 1960s, they're mannerisms, they're lifestyles and beliefs were far more masculine than even moderate non-r... | The western world today is becoming more feminized, especially in regards to men. | 0 | 2017-07-06T17:21:03 | 28 | 4 | 1 |
There's no such thing as "both sets of genitals." Genitals are the same, just shaped differently if you're male versus if you are female. Take it from me, being trans sucks. At least if I were intersexed, my parents (and society) wouldnt have carelessly assumed one way or the other: they would, hopefully have been con... | There's nothing wrong with surgically altering the genitals of intersex infants | 0 | 2014-11-11T05:46:40 | 60 | 1 | 47 |
But would you say you agree that keeping an unhealthy child is morally wrong? Wrong? Wrong is always relative. Not in a "well, I can't say if it's wrong" sort of wishy-washy bullshit sense, but in a "well, what was the alternative?" In order to answer your question, I have to ask my own: What is the alternative? Is my ... | Letting a fetus with an incurable disease live is morally equivalent to giving an incurable disease to a healthy child | 1 | 2017-04-05T23:25:05 | 374 | 2 | 24 |
Just me, but I think you can be a minority or a label without it meaning much. In a lot of ways it's just a description. I'm asexual, it means I don't want sex. I don't wave it around, I don't even really tell people in the outside world. It's just a label that I use because it's shorter and easier than trying to expla... | I think that "cisgendered" and "cissexual" are unnecessary. | 0 | 2014-05-01T01:24:35 | 173 | 1 | 5 |
I have experience racial profiling and understand that there is a prevalent problem with minorities -- specifically African-Americans and Latinos receiving lengthier prison sentences and disproportionately being targeted by law officials. OK that's a start. I also understand that my experiences do not relate to all of... | The black community is perpetuating stereotypes and self-segregating itself. | 0 | 2015-08-27T02:34:54 | 635 | 1 | null |
"Magikarp Jump is a terrible game" "Magikarp [Jump] has no gameplay." You know, I had the same thought. In fact, when I tell my friends about it, I literally say to them that "it's not really much of a game, but it's super cute and you should download it anyways." When I started playing it I was super disappointed tha... | Magikarp Jump is a terrible game | 0 | 2017-06-01T06:45:03 | 39 | 6 | null |
The biggest problem that this brings up is the fact that states are not moral actors. Only people are. The implications of this are: 1. States cannot make decisions. The US, for instance, is incapable of independent action. When we say that the US has done this or that, we are actually just using a synecdoche for the a... | I believe that states have a moral obligation to intervene in other states affairs on humanitarian grounds. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-27T22:13:03 | 29 | 3 | 12 |
There have been lots of other points made about how steroids allow people to reach a goal faster, so I'm not going to get into that, but I'd like to add one more point. Steroids allow you to recover faster from an injury. So that pretty serious weight lifter who just strained his tricep? If he takes steroids, he'll be ... | Taking anabolic steroids to gain muscle/bulk up is "cheating" and is for people who are too lazy or impatient to gain muscle "naturally". | 0 | 2015-10-17T15:24:46 | 45 | 2 | 14 |
Understanding fiction is the single greatest thing to ever happen to humanity. Humans differ from animals because they know what fiction is. It is the foundation that all the other things are based upon. This is the reason that humans have world domination. Animals can sometimes work together in great numbers (ants), b... | Capitalism is the single greatest thing to have ever happened in the history of humanity | 1 | 2015-01-23T14:43:39 | 103 | 5 | 2 |
...Including the opinion that "people [ought not] have opinions on anything that can be proven scientifically or factually"? | I do not think that people can have opinions on anything that can be proven scientifically or factually. | 0 | 2016-12-20T06:45:26 | 195 | 1 | null |
1. It's not supposed to be a logical argument. It's supposed to be a form of social pressure. 2. Social pressure is one of the biggest reasons that people hold religious beliefs in the first place so this seems fair and appropriately tailored to the audience. 3. You can believe that gods commands don't change if you ... | Saying, "It's not the 1950's anymore, it's 2017" is not an adequate argument for people to change religious beliefs. | 1 | 2017-05-27T16:43:15 | 212 | 21 | 19 |
If you believe that a straight or cis person celebrating pride could become nothing more than an exercise in narcissism via going "look at me, look at how cool and accepting I am," does it follow that a straight or cis person volunteering at said event could just lead to becoming an exponentially greater display in nar... | If straight and cis people attend a Pride parade, they should spend some of their time there volunteering. | 0 | 2015-07-17T22:25:18 | 64 | 1 | 15 |
In my opinion, there is no "meaningful" reason to attempt an expedition on Everest other than "because it's there." Do you believe that the same is true of other mountains as well, or just Everest in particular? If you are willing to acknowledge that there is ever a "meaningful" reason to climb any difficult mountain ... | Climbing Mt. Everest is an exercise in arrogance, irresponsibility, and reckless futility. | 1 | 2015-02-18T21:29:41 | 54 | 4 | 6 |
I understand that right wing fanatics are typically more prevalent in today's society, especially with the support of a fairly alt-right president along side. The issue that I take with the SJW movement is the hypocrisy in their action and the true impact that it has on people. A right winger may not listen to you and ... | "SJWs" are not a real threat, but are instead a reactionary canard against legitimate criticism of the status quo. | 0 | 2017-06-09T10:47:07 | 82 | 3 | 1 |
Simple, and I know you are going to post "Myth #3" or whatever you have been posting but you need to see the difference in my point. Lets say we arm teachers and school shootings stop (mainly through the deterrence, through which a definite number can not be calculated, but one or two through actually use of the firear... | I believe that all teachers should be encourage to carry a handgun. CMV | 0 | 2014-02-10T01:32:21 | 66 | 1 | null |
Isn't morality subjective? Isn't what is moral for one person immoral for another? | Physician Assisted Euthanasia is moral, especially for terminal patients. | 1 | 2017-04-25T20:26:51 | 151 | 0 | 15 |
Throughout, she is talking about 'people' giving consent, not women. So the person who is vomiting, all floppy, fall-down drunk cannot consent - that could be either party. If *both* people are in that state, then well, sex isn't going to happen. Not peeing your pants might even be asking too much! Sex is only going to... | If two drunk people have sex, no rape or sexual assault was committed. Or, alternately, each of them sexually assaulted the other. | 0 | 2014-04-16T12:18:14 | 164 | 0 | 2 |
I think if he were asked to clarify the statement he would probably give a more nuanced view of the question, and that's kind of the thing. When asked to clarify what he meant, Bernie's only response was ["What I meant to say is when you talk about ghetto, traditionally what you are talking about is African American co... | Bernie Sanders' comment on how "White people don't know what it's like to be poor" was a disappointing, uncharacteristic instance of shameless pandering. | 0 | 2016-03-08T21:02:03 | 147 | 16 | null |
I think you'll find the amount of money it takes to support a child (food, shelter, products, health, education) exceeds the monetary benefit of keeping the child. Whereas if a child is given up for money, the parents' life style hasn't changed but they get an increase of money. As for the parents doing it for money, I... | Putting a baby up for adoption should have a monetary reward | 1 | 2017-02-20T20:15:44 | 80 | 1 | 5 |
I recommend selling your system and everything you have on craigslist. Then buy a ps4 on Craigslist. I did the same and only spent about 50 out of pocket for a new ps4. You can usually get more games and an extra controller that way as well. GameStop does not do good trade in deals | I should trade in the PS3 and upgrade to PS4. | 0 | 2015-11-19T19:30:32 | 25 | 2 | null |
56% of the people who contribute to the DSM have financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry. The article you linked is from 2009. It said that the 56% was a problem in the DSM-IV, and that they were taking a strict approach to fix the problem for DSM-V, which they did when it came out four years ago. that it’s eas... | The pharmaceutical industry fabricates mental illnesses for profit | 0 | 2017-05-09T15:55:27 | 37 | 17 | 148 |
The US gave the Shah the impression we would support him regardless of actions and then withdrew support in the face of the 1979 Revolution. If we had demanded reforms, the Revolution would not have happened. If we had supported him militarily as he'd expected, the Revolution would have been crushed. How can you not p... | The U.S is not responsible for the social backwardness in Iran. | 1 | 2017-06-13T14:09:45 | 78 | 147 | null |
Like you said athletics are a basic form of entertainment, but my question to you is do you value actors or actresses the same way? When you look at how much money that is given to a big name actor in a movie it makes me believe that athletes deserve their pay more then actors. Athletes are getting paid millions of dol... | I believe that athletes contribute nothing to society other than entertainment, and therefore should not be paid more than more useful professions. | 1 | 2015-02-15T19:43:24 | 49 | 1 | 1 |
I'm going to try to answer this from a social work perspective. One of the first things you learn as a social worker is a client's [right to self-determination](http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/code.asp). How I see it, the best way to empower someone is to help he or she help him or herself. As you alluded to in ... | I think homelessness should be illegal. CMV | 1 | 2013-06-11T22:51:21 | 59 | 2 | 1 |
People like Pewdiepie, Markiplier, Jackscepticeye, all people that I don't watch, probably do deserve to have (some of) their videos come under "fair use". I'm talking about the heavily edited "one-off" ones that often have a lot of visual and audio effects. I'd still have to look at them on a case-by-case basis, but I... | I do not think that "Let's Plays" (videos of people commentating over video games) should be considered fair use. | 1 | 2016-05-03T10:30:07 | 88 | 2 | 1 |
Some people would surely get bored but I wouldn't. I've never been bored in my life (except when I was forced to do something that wasn't fun) and I truly don't expect that I would ever get bored even in an infinite time period. I don't crave new experiences. I like routine and I think it's great. I could play ping pon... | An eternal afterlife in Biblical Heaven would be an intolerable hellscape, and Christian doctrine's promise of one is a disincentive to believe in Christianity. | 0 | 2014-10-23T17:23:14 | 429 | 1 | null |
**Utter Rubbish**, every last bit. Im an economist in training and can speak to automation and unemployment. There is *absolutley zero* empirical data to back this up. In economics there is the concept of substitute and complimentary goods. For substitutes when the price of one goes up the amount of the other sold goes... | Progress in automation will eventually lead to a full fledge genocide on the majority of the population. | 0 | 2014-12-27T02:39:31 | 74 | 13 | 3 |
Analog clocks give you the ability to visualize time. They are actually *more* intuitive than digital clocks. Will 8:48 - 9:12 give me enough time to pick up the kids? With analog clocks, no mental math is required. It's all visual. Analog clocks are also classier and more visually appealing. Digital clocks require art... | Analog clocks are pointless. | 1 | 2014-04-25T19:11:11 | 126 | 230 | 2 |
But clearly the unopened envelopes are indistinguishable, so why should you be better off swapping? This is not true! If you assume that this is true, that leads to a contradiction. Edit: What I really mean is that you can't have both of the following: * Indistinguishable Envelopes * Expectation value that say you ou... | The two envelope paradox is an unsolvable paradox. | 1 | 2017-04-19T06:17:51 | 100 | 2 | 4 |
You have no metric for how much "teachers complain", first of all. You may personally know one or two teachers, but unless you sit on a board of education or are at internal meetings in schools then I don't think you have the right to claim that. You could say "Fred the teacher I know" complains too much and only if yo... | I believe that teachers, in general, complain too much about their profession, CMV. | 0 | 2013-11-12T19:16:49 | 151 | 3 | 1 |
My reasoning is, if they can afford to make their price that low, why isn't the price that low already? Because that isn't the point of a business. A business one and only concern is making profit. The more profit they make, the better. If they can sell a product for MORE they are fools to not do it. This is simple b... | All other things being reasonably equal, people should not buy from places that offer price matching or advertise/offer things like "We'll beat their price by $xxx or X%". | 0 | 2015-03-11T18:40:27 | 80 | 2 | 1 |
The atheist community (and i'm not just talking about /r/atheism) has shown again and again that they have no interest in trying to provide or look for answers in any way considered even remotely unorthodox. ... there's such a huge group of people dedicated to completely disregarding or often attacking theories not co... | I think atheists are lazy and close-minded people who have given up on and disregard any search for spirituality - CMV | 0 | 2014-03-22T23:20:20 | 63 | 0 | 52 |
Here's the top-level view: As technology advances and automation increases, it will become more and more insane to expect everyone on he planet to work a 40-hour workweek, despite society not having any need that would justify that much work. Imagine we were living in a world with replicators, where almost anything can... | UBI isn't a good idea | 0 | 2017-06-26T23:59:51 | 158 | 2 | 5 |
Brows http://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/new/ It's the best way to view this sub. But to your point, I think of course reddit has a great deal of circle jerking. But people upvote what they want to see. They can upvote it if they think it is interesting or if they want to see a refutation of it. They can also upvote... | I believe that most of the well upvoted posts on this subreddit receive upvotes simply because they are widely held opinions amongst Redditors. CMV. | 0 | 2013-04-23T00:05:22 | 56 | 37 | 18 |
We do often talk ourselves down in Scotland, but that can be charming in its own way, and it's certainly no indicator of how well Scotland would do if it were independent. There's no reason to think that only large countries can have strong economies, and in any event Scotland is not especially small by global standard... | I am Voting No to Scottish Independence | 1 | 2014-04-24T23:28:52 | 101 | 16 | null |
Here's what is canon. Fett was highly respected enough to be brought in along with a very small group of bounty hunters for a personal audience with Darth Vader. During this meeting, his reputation was such that Vader spoke to him individually about his tendencies, implying that his reputation extends all the way to Va... | I think Boba Fett from the Star Wars movies is a talentless hack that doesn't deserve half the praise he gets. CMV | 1 | 2014-01-13T18:55:31 | 283 | 657 | 41Δ |
So a big part of the justification for this sort of law boils down to whether or not you consider it to be the case that some reasons for discrimination are so illegitimate as to be able to be banned. The current law in the US is that a business acting as a public accomodation can refuse to anyone unless the reason for... | Business owners should have the right to refuse service whatever the reason. | 1 | 2015-03-29T19:19:52 | 164 | 7 | 82Δ |
Dying for beliefs.. not worth it. After all, you could be wrong. Dying for someone, depending on circumstances it would be worth it. | I don't think there is anything worth dying for. CMV | 0 | 2013-07-14T13:12:33 | 80 | 1 | 1 |
We're talking about supporting a cause though. I just don't see the correlation between Donald Trump watching the video and him being a supporter of ISIS. I feel that's too big of a leap to assume without some harder evidence besides "he watched this video". | Donald Trump just admitted to supporting ISIS and engaging in terrorism on Fox News. | 1 | 2015-11-15T19:42:24 | 91 | 3 | 3 |
Well, first of all, you don't get to declare it unnecessary, because it is not for you to decide what is or isn't necessary. Abortion does not kill anything. It stops some cells from their possible development into a baby. The name says it all: abortion. Abort: to stop. It stops a pregnancy from **potentially** develo... | I believe that abortion is unnecessary and wrong | 0 | 2015-10-08T09:11:16 | 65 | 1 | 5 |
Oh another thing - across the street and three doors down is a group home for people with developmental disabilities. They are delightful neighbors. You couldn't ask for better. But I assume that isn't the "group home" you were discussing. | A group home may be opening near me, and I'm afraid that is will be bad for the neighborhood | 0 | 2014-07-20T06:13:18 | 47 | 1 | null |
I think descending into the infinite subgenres of music won't really help our hypothetical person discover new songs he or she likes. People don't just dislike genres abstractly; they will have heard songs in that genre before, even accidentally or against their will, and have decided that there is something about the ... | People who refuse to listen to certain genres of music are missing out | 1 | 2016-12-21T08:30:25 | 35 | 8 | 8 |
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