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One thing I see no one adding is that the electoral college acts as a strainer or filter to prevent stupid ideas or people from being pushed into office by people that don't understand politics. That was the original intention of it. | The electoral College should be abolished | 1 | 2016-10-27T17:33:22 | 221 | -2 | 1 |
As you're probably aware wealth inequality isn't just historically high but is also growing at a historically high rates. The basic reason for this is that the rate of growth in the value of capital( shares, land, machinery etc) is greater than the rate of growth of income(Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st century o... | The "wealth gap" is always going to be inherently too big or too small for most people. | 0 | 2017-01-17T01:18:15 | 226 | 2 | null |
Explaining the rise of the West as Driven by Christianity (this theory often uses the phrase "protestant work ethic") sounds biased and lacks a lot of proof, but it is hard to difinitvly disprove. Here are some other things that have had more of an impact on the western cultures rise to world dominance. 1. [The Westpha... | I believe that Christianity is the superior religion. | 1 | 2017-03-10T18:31:09 | 116 | 4 | 2 |
Your ideas are probably true to some degree, but they fail to take into account one important thing: *culture.* Nature vs. nurture. How much is due to genetics and biology, and how much is due to the society that we live in? For example: why are the jobs favored by women relatively low-paying? For another example: why ... | I apparently have very sexist views on reality. Apparently that's not okay. Help me out? | 0 | 2015-09-30T17:56:40 | 760 | 107 | 3 |
Betting on sports is a zero-sum game. When you put money on a team to win a game, that money is not used for anything, it sits there. It doesn't buy machines or pay salaries, it sits there. At the end of the game, money either goes to you or to "the house", but you and the house combined have the exact same money that ... | I believe that investing money is akin to betting on sports. CMV. | 0 | 2013-10-24T21:29:58 | 37 | 1 | 1 |
I remember when we were shopping for my wife's computer in fall 2011, the employee at Best Buy showed us an email he'd gotten from his supervisor about failure rates for laptop's made by different companies. I remember that Asus was the highest PC on the list, but I can't remember if mac was on the list or if he just t... | I see no logical reason to spend more money on a Mac opposed to a PC unless a college class requires one. CMV. | 0 | 2013-03-07T17:52:14 | 52 | 1 | 6 |
I'm going to try and start from the beginning on this point. Fundimentally, the issue isn't veganism. It's about social interaction. When you start telling people about veganism, and about why they have to eat what you think they have to eat, as far as the person you are talking to is concerned, you've started a debate... | It doesn't make sense for a meat eater to tell a vegan "I don't tell you what to eat, so don't tell me" | 1 | 2016-08-06T17:57:06 | 259 | 10 | 3 |
Your idea of an "archetypical" gun owner sounds suspect to me, and I believe you may be begging the question here. You assume that guns are purchased for non-practical purposes because the archetypical gun owner that you've designated purchases guns for those purposes, but I do not believe that your archetypical gun ow... | Guns are fetish objects. CMV | 1 | 2013-04-30T17:56:09 | 157 | 32 | 7 |
Thanks for doing the leg work. I think you've shown a two wholes in my original argument. I’ve gone over this below. I still think you should change your view to extend to all films, not just superhero films. **1 Mamma Mia! Is original(ish)** First there is at least one film in the list which I think the invalids the s... | Comic book films are done to death; offer no redeemable qualities, and are carried by nostalgia and a public that simply consumes what is offered to the lowest common denominator. | 1 | 2016-07-26T15:00:10 | 48 | 2 | 2 |
The Benghazi scandal *is* the email scandal. In the investigation of the attack, her private email server (which was legal, but irresponsible) was revealed and that whole controversy was started. Blaming Hillary Clinton for the security failings surrounding the attack itself sort of makes sense as she was head of the S... | I'm a conservative who finds Donald Trump extremely unlikable as a person, so I should just refrain from voting altogether. | 1 | 2016-09-30T07:06:07 | 53 | 10 | 12 |
Who they're actually calling a monster is the caricature of the Heisenberg persona, which is ultimately a shallow representation of the character of Walter White himself. This is, I think, one of the key things I think you're wrong about. The show wasn't about showing us the Heisenberg persona as a separate entity from... | Walter White is not THAT bad | 0 | 2016-03-04T19:51:53 | 48 | 2 | 78 |
I am very pro-choice, I have been since I discovered that babies can result from rape, incest, and in some cases birth control failing. My son is a birth control failure, I didn't abort him and it was my choice not to do so, but I would never suggest that a woman have to go through that before they are deemed able to p... | If you haven't experienced pregnancy, you are missing important perspective on the abortion debate | 0 | 2016-05-19T01:00:49 | 130 | 2 | 7 |
There's a big, fundamental difference between culture and race that you don't seem to be making here. Race is something outside of people's control and, as far as science has found, there isn't much difference between different 'races' of people. Race is something you can't change, and as far as we can tell, something ... | The great success of the Nordic and Germanic countries, along with Canada, has very awkward racial and cultural implications. | 0 | 2016-06-19T20:34:44 | 38 | 2 | null |
Mass shootings are rare, yes. But gun violence is not rare, it's common. On average, [87 people are killed](http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/16/16547690-just-the-facts-gun-violence-in-america?lite) every day by a gun. This violence would be affected by gun regulations. So what's the deal with mass shootings? Wel... | Mass shootings are irrelevant, compared to other causes of death in the US. Efforts to ban assault weapons are a huge waste of resources that should go into more important things. | 0 | 2015-10-11T15:53:03 | 535 | 204 | 68 |
Why do you believe the mainstream media is inherently biased to one side or the other? It's much more realistic and accurate to acknowledge that media's primary objective is profit. Profit is made through covering and inciting controversy. Simple as that. If the media were biased against Trump, they wouldn't be coveri... | There is no proof that the Russian government is behind the DNC hacks, and there is currently a deliberate propaganda effort by the mainstream media to make people think it is. | 0 | 2016-12-15T15:21:05 | 316 | 0 | null |
How does publishing the costs of health care change anything as long as the costs are borne out by insurance companies? If someone hits my car, I don't go around shopping for the cheapest garage to fix it; I go to the closest one that has a good reputation, because insurance is paying for it. I'm certainly not going ou... | I think transparent pricing will do more for affordable healthcare than anything else. | 0 | 2014-10-04T02:59:31 | 46 | 1 | null |
" We Should Burn Every Thesaurus" - /u/GnosticTemplar The key word is *every*. Is your view changed from "We Should Burn Every Thesaurus" to "We Should Burn Every Barebones Pocket Thesaurus?" | We Should Burn Every Thesaurus | 1 | 2015-04-17T18:09:42 | 46 | 1 | 47Δ |
Providing alcohol to a minor can lose a business their liquor license. If they have any reason to suspect that alcohol might be given to a minor then they have to deny sale or put themselves at risk of losing their livelihood. Since the actions of the store employee will be defended with subjective statements if an is... | Stores should not be allowed to refuse the sale of alcohol for 1 member of a party being underage | 1 | 2015-10-27T17:49:14 | 234 | 5 | 45 |
There are non-hate communities that can still be harmful to others. What about pro-anorexia forums that promote unhealthy eating disorders? Or anti-vaccination websites that could cause people to not give their children vaccines? Should those be left alone too? | We should leave "weird" internet communities alone unless they contain hate speech if we want to promote free speech online. | 1 | 2017-06-20T21:32:25 | 166 | 107 | 1 |
Often the questions aren't all about what is being asked in the text, but in the subtext. In your example, what they are trying to get at is "Are you the sort of person who will build yourself up to feel accomplished, or tear others down for the same feeling?" Which they can't ask just like that, because that makes the... | Online job applications are just about the worst thing to happen to the world | 1 | 2014-07-16T17:24:23 | 63 | 1 | 50Δ |
I may have missed it but do you ever actually explain *why* you would want to implement eugenics in this post? What is the problem that you're looking to fix through this? What is the need that society has that eugenics intends to fulfill? It is morally objectionable for governments or institutions to forcefully contr... | Eugenics, Implemented Properly, Is Not Only Beneficial; It's Responsible | 0 | 2017-07-06T21:15:42 | 84 | 7 | 20 |
I'm glad it's making sense. Economics is bloody difficult, so don't feel bad if it doesn't come easily; even professional economists get it wrong sometimes. And if I understand your question correctly, yes. As Eric Fischer demonstrated in the article I linked, yes, if demand is basically static and supply is basically ... | UBI seems like it would work. | 1 | 2017-05-20T00:59:48 | 657 | 15 | 26 |
I would support this idea, with one tweak: in order to ensure that the transaction is net positive for the student, investors do not buy shares in the student's gross income, but rather in however much income they earn above the income they would expect without a degree, and would have a lifetime cap on how much they w... | A system in which students offer "shares" of their future earnings is preferable to the current student loan system. | 1 | 2015-06-12T23:18:24 | 138 | 2 | 3Δ |
Your daughter is about to fall off a cliff. I shout "grab her!" Am I a misogynist? Canada doesn't have a constitution like the US. But if my name offends you too bad. If you are so weak-willed and fragile as to think or be compelled to act by a license plate, you have the problrm, not society or the person driving the... | Vanity license plates are not protected speech if they (potentially) promote misogyny | 0 | 2017-03-27T22:29:21 | 77 | 12 | null |
Well, in order for that credit to be given, you have to give him credit for a whole bunch of events that he had nothing to do with. His actions are certainly part of the story as to why thousands of immigrants are currently making their way into the West, but the chain of causation from 9/11 to Muslim invaders making t... | Osama Bin Ladin's legacy includes the current spreading of Islam, through the Syrian refugees, into the west? | 0 | 2015-09-12T03:38:35 | 27 | 0 | null |
It might be a step towards a more opaque government, but it is not a step towards censorship. The media groups (and individual media outlets) can still report whatever they like about the conference. Also, quite frankly, when a media group has demonstrated an openly hostile attitude, they would function as little more ... | Trump's media ban is bad, and a victory for censorship | 0 | 2017-02-25T21:12:38 | 51 | 2 | 10 |
Let me clarify, of course they can have children, what they can't do is have them with his/her couple, this might sound as a trivial problem, but is a problem nonetheless, and there is people that consider this a big issue. To be clear, I understand that there are many gay/lesbian people who do think this is a big deal... | I don't want to upset anybody, but I think homosexuality can be classified as a psychiatric disease | 1 | 2017-05-18T22:22:27 | 73 | 8 | 25 |
I sympathize with your frustrations, but I'm not sure I agree we need to start banning movies. A few points: It should not be the audience's task to read up on what really happened and what the writer made up for fun. Actually, it really should. In any capacity. We should not be in the business of encouraging people ... | 'Historical' films that are 'based on a true story' should be strictly monitored for accuracy, if not outright banned. | 0 | 2015-05-16T22:01:24 | 38 | 1 | 3Δ |
Gender identity is not conformity to stereotypes. Next, my view. If we assume a world without any gender roles/stereotypes, then if you have someone who would identify as transgender in this world, why would they need to in our hypothetical world? Because being trans is a dislike *of your physical sex characteristics*... | Being transgender reinforces gender roles/stereotypes because being transgender is about conforming to them | 1 | 2017-03-19T02:36:44 | 46 | 26 | 14 |
I just can't lump adults who smoke recreational weed together with people who willingly break the law and take advantage of kids who don't know any better for profit. Adults who smoke recreational weed *are* willingly breaking the law. I don't understand your implication of "taking advantage of kids". I buy weed from a... | I think marijuana dealers do not deserve any sympathy or rescinded sentences. CMV | 0 | 2014-02-01T17:30:28 | 29 | 1 | null |
Chick-fil-A as evidence of conspiracy against Christianity (via hate speech claims) directly undermines your claim. What this company experienced was a public, non-governmental reaction to a controversial idea. It was a boycott, plain & simple. Are you against people expressing themselves with the dollar by refusin... | Christianity is under attack in the western world | 1 | 2017-06-04T02:59:41 | 219 | 2 | 4 |
You specifically set the stage of this torture as one where we both know the subject is guilty and we also have above current realistic certainty that we would get reliable intelligence from them. These set the bars for torture pretty low and yet I feel they are still not low enough. The first thing we need to conside... | Supposing that the "ticking time bomb" scenario is real, torturing terrorists is ethical | 1 | 2017-01-23T07:58:54 | 38 | 11 | 1 |
I am one of the directors of a non-profit and I very strongly disagree. If a multi millionaire came forward and offered us one million dollars to build a dog shelter for our rescue, you're darn right I'd call them generous. I don't care how much more they have to give. I care how much they give and how much of a differ... | We should stop calling millionaires and billionaires who regularly give away relatively minuscule proportions of their wealth, "Generous." | 0 | 2014-07-21T20:15:31 | 337 | 1 | 1 |
What is the point of going to a party if it is going to end? edit Also: If a couple are happy right now, but they know that at some point in the future they have to ~~go their separate ways due to a job opportunity for example~~ *die*, why shouldn't they break up the instance this eventuality pops up? Surely as humans ... | Relationships are pointless unless there's guarantee of continuity | 0 | 2016-02-15T05:48:57 | 22 | 5 | 9 |
Could that not be a bias you have though given your profession? If you were a pharmacy tech, that means that people coming to you probably had prescriptions and already knew they could afford birth control pills. If I knew there was no chance I could pay for BCP, why would I go to a pharmacy? A good point. If someone H... | I believe that not covering birth control pills (or other birth control methods) whilst covering erectile dysfunction medication (such as Viagra) is immoral. CMV. | 1 | 2013-10-05T01:58:15 | 155 | 2 | 2 |
I would suggest that the point being made is that when folks say #NotAllMuslims, they aren't invoking some literal challenge that means "I can find *at least one exception*"; they're typically claiming instead that *the vast majority of Muslims* reject beliefs that we in the West consider 'radical' or 'extreme'. People... | Anti-Muslim generalisations are invalid | 1 | 2017-03-26T23:19:53 | 91 | 4 | 32 |
I think the definition is too rigorous, to the point of being tautological. Uncertainty and knowledge are different things. If there's no such thing as knowledge, how do you describe the mental gap as between a mechanic and non-mechanic when it comes to car engines? There is a very real and practical difference there, ... | Knowledge is impossible | 1 | 2014-11-29T00:39:24 | 48 | 6 | 2 |
I'm going to suggest something related to perception of leaders: If Vladmir Putin had done what Obama did yesterday: give a forceful speech saying that ISIS has no place on earth in the 21st century, that we will be relentless in finding them, then had gone *golfing* at the same time that he knew 14 airstrikes were ra... | I think if Obama was a Republican the story of him playing golf after the James Foley press conference would have been on the front page of Reddit. | 1 | 2014-08-22T10:11:35 | 459 | 0 | 2Δ |
Oops, my apologies. I did mean /r/popular, not /r/front. The thread that talked about popular mentioned how /r/all was being filtered by a lot of people. Some communities could opt out of /r/all, some NSFW communities weren't being featured, etc. Popular was an attempt to change that for users who weren't logged in. I... | A sub that you are banned from should not appear on your /r/all | 1 | 2017-04-14T22:54:25 | 211 | 1 | 1 |
What people generally refer to as "freedom of religion" is this: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; I think that makes the reciprocal nature of the two phrases clear, no? Freedom of religion is effectively freedom *from* religion - that is, fr... | Freedom of Religion is Not Necessary. | 1 | 2015-03-29T12:28:53 | 76 | 1 | 23Δ |
I think it's possible to eradicate racism, but we would need to have a significant shift in how humans see and interact with each other. Right now we see ourselves as collections of smaller groups, be those countries, races, religions, or any myriad of labels. Now, I understand that this is a pretty tall order. But if ... | Racism will never be eradicated in part because there is no way to truly tell if it's ended. | 0 | 2017-05-31T22:13:25 | 39 | 1 | 112 |
so your clarification is why is she heavily criticized when games are made to appeal to a male demographic? why do michael bay movies have so many explosions and wide panning camera shots? because that's what sells. lastly this is no longer true from a purely numerical standpoint. "most" games today are not in fact ma... | Anita Sarkeesian and similar feminists actually have a point about the portrayal of gender roles in video games. | 1 | 2016-12-05T20:31:46 | 617 | 237 | 2 |
You're trying to comprehend God with a human perspective. Of course it all seems illogical. God isn't a "logical" being. He has no limits, no end, no beginning, and no form. So you're trying to understand Him with your limited human intelligence. | God cannot be omnipotent. | 0 | 2017-05-25T00:43:10 | 106 | 1 | null |
I think you are misunderstanding what McLuhan was saying. What he means by that statement is that ideas do not exist in a void. For example, take this comment. You are reading the words I've typed into a comment on this post in the change my view section of the larger reddit website. Presumably you are reading it in a ... | The media turns us into what we consume | 1 | 2015-02-08T11:04:51 | 27 | 2 | 1 |
Regardless, people dying around me would be depressing, of course, even if I didn't know them. That's kind of the point I'm going for: problems exist independent of those who might experience them directly. *"Out of sight, out of mind"* isn't a defense against the real world because it keeps turning while our eyes are ... | Regarding any problem, if it does not affect me or my companions directly, then I should be indifferent to it. | 1 | 2017-03-17T06:02:44 | 57 | 2 | null |
While you may feel personally about this, I would encourage you to understand that these people are not attacking you. Your condition does not define you, you are a person who is obviously functioning in society. Nobody is suggesting that they execute people who have these conditions, but rather that they consider them... | I feel that people who believe in aborting or euthanizing babies that would/were born with mental illness are inherently terrible people. | 1 | 2014-03-30T04:30:07 | 105 | 36 | 2 |
No, I don't think democracies can cause as much harm as authoritarians. You're listing some bad things like fiscal ineptitude and mass surveillance, but you have to remember that this needs to be compared to the governments run by Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao Tse Tung, Kim Jong Un, Bashar Assad, and maybe hundreds of o... | I believe that authoritarianism is preferable to democracy, CMV | 1 | 2014-03-12T22:24:28 | 80 | 2 | 8 |
I am from the United States, so admittedly this is coming from someone with a more American perspective. Are you familiar with the code of Hammurabi? It basically had the philosophy of "an eye for an eye", which is what I'm gathering you're saying when you say that extreme crimes should be dealt with extremity. Here's ... | Extreme Crimes should be dealt with extremity. | 0 | 2017-05-05T15:51:18 | 27 | 2 | null |
I think your title is decent but your conclusions don't follow from it. Let's take a look: I think that attacking ISIS and/or going after religion will do absolutely zero to solve the greater issue and will only make it worse. First, what makes you think attacking ISIS is about solving a greater issue. That is a bit l... | I think the "us vs them" mentality is the biggest existential problem modern society faces today | 0 | 2015-11-15T05:43:29 | 112 | 3 | 13 |
Your argument seems to be that _because I can come up with a reason to do something that is selfish, then that must be the reason that was en-force. For example, why don't you believe me if I simply say "i'm not at all interested in legacy"? Do you think I am being dishonest? Why is my statement of being selfless with... | Human beings are without exception selfish in everything they do. | 0 | 2016-11-23T00:06:20 | 30 | 2 | 41 |
Do you really believe that cracking down on other extreme groups to the point where they are not allowed to exist would help anything? Human nature seems to show that when you try to deny something from someone, people flock more to it. There's already a lot of cracking down that goes on in the government that would p... | Most democracies are far too tolerant of extremism, especially the likes of neo-fascism, neo-nazism, radical Islamism and violent intolerance. The world has been to soft on these ideologies and they need to be eliminated whenever they appear. | 0 | 2014-12-25T08:10:22 | 311 | 2 | 2 |
1) Calzones are easy to transport cleanly. By virtue of being surrounded by dough, no sauce or toppings are going to spill during transportation, making carrying a calzone a largely risk free proposition. The existence of motor vehicles makes this point mostly moot since regardless of differences in form, they're just ... | I think Benn Wyatt is right that calzones are superior to Pizza in almost every way. | 1 | 2014-09-11T00:16:50 | 57 | 15 | 14 |
In order for a literal interpretation of Genesis to be correct, at least one of the following must be true You have to keep in mind that literal interpretation of Genesis does not necessarily mean you are a young earth creationist. One interpretation is that Genesis 1 is not an account of physical/material creation. (T... | Young Earth Creationism is nonsensical from a strictly theological viewpoint | 0 | 2014-06-17T00:56:50 | 55 | 16 | null |
If Wikipedia has the information you need cited, then you can simply use that source as your own. Then you have the original source cited, which makes your paper more professional (most teachers/professors would agree that using the original source is better than someone else's citation of it). If Wikipedia doesn't hav... | In certain circumstances, Wikipedia should be allowed as a source for papers. | 0 | 2015-12-16T02:21:34 | 51 | 1 | null |
When it comes to weaponry, it's not a contest. G1 has wayyyy more guns. Many G1 folks have more than guns. They have larger weapons, body armor, maybe even explosives and stuff. So if it's an armed conflict, G1 has it, no question. When it comes to training, G1 has people who know how to handle the guns they have, incl... | If the political split in the USA erupted into a civil war, it would be hopelessly one-sided in favor of conservatives/Trump supporters | 0 | 2017-02-12T20:56:53 | 169 | 7 | 85 |
There is no other real use. They're impractical for any kind of hunting, for one. They are exceedingly useful in the wilderness where a rifle or shotgun is too large. Many can be loaded with snake shot alternating with hard-cast rounds. A big gun like a 44 or larger is almost a necessity to travel in the wilderness in ... | Handguns are for killing people, and no one has a reason to own a handgun unless they intend to kill someone | 0 | 2014-05-27T22:47:37 | 155 | 1 | 7Δ |
First to get into the heart is not the same as first to get into the panties. Both can happen without the other. In fact, find a 18 years old virgin and it is almost certain that someone did get into her heart before. Teenager girls of 13-16 do fall in love, just don't have sex. that she probably won't cheat on me Why ... | Only a virgin girlfriend can make me happy and slut shaming is okay | 0 | 2015-03-20T15:00:16 | 153 | 2 | null |
I think you are correct that one of the elements to international power and prestige is cultural influence. Every great power needs to have both to get into the game. Culture writ large is not just media or fashion. But scientific and artistic. Germany never rose to the poison as premier country in Europe even though i... | China is Not Currently a Serious Challenger to Western Dominance Because of its Lack of Cultural Influence | 0 | 2015-06-06T02:38:27 | 88 | 1 | null |
This seems too contextual to be categorically true or false. If you want to get an average figure on how long you can expect to live, then median age of death is more useful. If you're interested in life expectancy for other reasons, like as a gauge of standards of living in a given country, then you want infant mortal... | Life expectancy is a misleading statistic, it should use median age of death, not average age of death. | 0 | 2016-08-27T00:02:33 | 62 | 3 | 66 |
Hillary Clinton is pretty conservative. I notice you really didn't say anything about policy. Which policies of hers don't you like? | I'm a conservative who finds Donald Trump extremely unlikable as a person, so I should just refrain from voting altogether. | 0 | 2016-10-01T00:55:29 | 53 | 1 | 3 |
First things first, is abortion murder? Yes You go through the essential question as if it was obvious. If there was an uncontroversial agreement on the fact that abortion is murder, it would be illegal outside of extreme circumstances, just like murder. I don't think abortion is murder, and I will explain why. An abor... | Abortion should always be penalised, save for these three instances. | 0 | 2016-12-09T00:24:02 | 90 | 7 | 2 |
It is not within the jurisdiction of reddit to tamper with the democratic choice of the website outside of legality issues (like jailbait). /r/atheism breaks no laws or rules, and if it is removed from the default subreddit position than it is a transgression against everything that reddit is supposed to be about and t... | I believe that /r/Atheism should be removed from the default subreddits. CMV | 1 | 2013-05-07T04:29:57 | 414 | 175 | 31 |
I wasn't thinking these tests would be impossible to pass. I was thinking about a 95+% rate passing with just the worst being denied. Okay, that might be a bit more fair. Still creates issues at the breakpoints, though. Again talking about criminal justice: in the US (I'm not from there either, but it's an easy example... | People should earn the right to have children. | 1 | 2017-05-22T15:28:17 | 461 | 2 | 3 |
So I guess I'll throw my hat into the ring. As a parent of 2 children who have died at 5 years old and one more who is living and will die before she is 6 of a genetic disability, I might have some experience in this field. My children only grew (physically and mentally) to the age of an 8 month old. However, any paren... | I can't help but think that some children who are born with terminal birth defects would be better off euthanized, please CMV | 0 | 2013-11-14T05:25:28 | 191 | 1 | 1 |
Out of curiosity, when would an acceptable time to fund pure science like NASA be? When every human on the planet is fed or brought out of poverty? (if that is the case, it would probably never happen) How do you feel about other sciences (say geological or NHI or CDC) when they are not looking directly at the plight o... | NASA, LHC, etc are a waste of resources in my opinion. CMV? | 0 | 2014-01-08T19:45:14 | 76 | 4 | null |
For people living paycheck to paycheck on 15k a year, $180 a year can be a burden. Sex is something that almost all people engage in, and while you may not die without it it, it is a biological imperative and has [health benefits](http://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/guide/sex-and-health). Sex isnt like checkers, its... | Sex should be in no regards considered a basic human right when discussing birth control | 0 | 2014-07-24T07:15:45 | 68 | 8 | null |
Looks to me like you've misread some things. The majority of the program is paid for by a 6.2% increase in the payroll tax, which alone would push many people into the realm of having marginal tax rates above 50%. On the website it clearly says the following: A 6.2 percent income-based health care premium **paid by e... | Bernie Sanders' healthcare plan is not realistic. | 0 | 2016-01-21T18:21:16 | 197 | 231 | 5 |
You haven't made it clear why it's a problem people ask for donations when they're facing a surprise emergency with their child or pet. Some people will donate, and presumably they're happy to do it. Hopefully their donations are enough to take care of the problem. What's wrong with that? | People should not buy pets or have kids if they cannot afford emergencies with them | 0 | 2016-12-28T19:11:32 | 92 | 1 | 1 |
You're treating the problem as purely mechanical. If an obese person diets and exercises right they will lose and maintain weight loss, thermodynamics insists this *must* be the case. However actually doing that is somewhat more difficult. 5 year success rates for maintaining a weight loss of over 20% body mass are *le... | Obesity is not an uncontrollable condition that just strikes people or an "infectious disease." CMV | 0 | 2014-03-07T11:24:18 | 134 | 1 | 1 |
"The problem isn’t giving people money when they don’t work ... it’s taking it away when they do" - Andrew Coyne The wealthy get far more handouts than the poor. They support the system because it benefits them, not just out of the goodness of their hearts. People who are on welfare are there for a reason. When someone... | I believe public welfare does more harm than good. CMV | 0 | 2013-11-25T09:44:33 | 69 | 1 | 7 |
I guess I didn't think this is what you were asking because I don't understand the relevance. The relevance is here: Great service is a factor of standards of quality The standards of quality are the same whether the restaurant is tipped or not- good service is good service in any context. The difference is enforcement... | Tipping is supposed to be voluntary and for exceptional customer service. Expecting or mandating tipping is rude and detrimental to customers and employees alike. CMV | 1 | 2014-01-29T06:58:56 | 407 | 1 | 7 |
Now this sounds good right. No? So, I'm not European. I'm American. I happen to live in a place *full* of immigrants. Being an immigrant myself, I find this to be 100% preferable to living in some boring-ass white town somewhere. I'm Brazilian, and I get to eat Brazilian food and participate in Brazilian cultural event... | It's not racist to demand that immigrants integrate into the dominant culture, and that is better for them if they do. | 1 | 2017-06-11T10:47:57 | 1,330 | 59 | 13 |
Since you made your argument simple I'll make mine simple. All it would take is sophisticated (i.e. dynamic) yet careless programming that on the largest level amounted to directives that were something like: ... acquire as much of X resource as possible ... analyze new efficiencies for acquiring X resource ... create ... | There's no danger that robots will take over the world in the future | 1 | 2017-03-31T19:32:06 | 100 | 0 | 45 |
but recently all new modern technologies that are being invented are completely beneficial towards society as a whole First, I do not think that all new technologies are entirely good. What about the new military technologist that serves mainly to kill? What the software that was used to hack into iCloud? I would like ... | Situations where the world will end due to an Artificial intelligence or Super Technology will never happen. | 0 | 2015-06-08T05:51:02 | 49 | 1 | null |
Who are you to better allocate the assets I gain from my labor than me? It shouldn't matter to you what my kids did to "deserve" it. It's my money, and I get to decide they get it. You can't tell me which restaurants to spend my money at, so what entitles you to tell me who I give all of it? Besides, you'd have a lot o... | I think that unless you have dependents, all "inheritance" should go to government services | 1 | 2014-04-14T07:19:58 | 75 | 6 | 3Δ |
The thing is, there isn't enough momentum within any of the movements other than Trump that would bring about any kind of revolution. You see this with the waning energy of /r/SandersForPresident on Reddit as well as the normalization of a Trump presidency by more and more media outlets. That, combined with the politic... | If Trump is elected there will be a revolution that with bring America forward. | 0 | 2016-05-08T19:35:13 | 30 | 3 | null |
* [Bras are uncomfortable](http://www.gurl.com/2013/09/27/reasons-wearing-a-bra-is-the-worst-gifs/) * There's [scientific evidence](http://www.lifehack.org/336735/science-proves-that-wearing-bras-bad-for-your-health) that they restrict breast size and muscle growth resulting in saggier breasts. * They symbolize oppres... | Men who have or are transitioning to Women who have had breast enhancements should have to wear a bra in public | 1 | 2016-10-11T01:41:30 | 57 | 10 | 96 |
I don't see how any system of voting can be used to prevent the "tyranny of the majority". While tyranny of the majority isn't great, it's much better than tyranny of the minority, which is what voting is designed to prevent. | No voting scheme prevents tyranny. | 0 | 2016-12-08T21:16:30 | 100 | 3 | 7 |
Well you gotta understand that for most of these things, its more uncomfortable than actually horrible racist. When people complain about these things they aren't exactly comparing it to lynchings or calling someone the N word. Its just cringeworthy, seeing a white person with dreads or with a native american headdres... | I don't think cultural appropriation is a real issue | 0 | 2017-01-23T23:43:41 | 555 | -1 | null |
first of all, the two things you're comparing are apples and oranges. the debate over the heliocentric model of the universe was 1) a question of scientific fact (even though beliefs played a role in the debate) and 2) very limited in terms of who could viably participate. you didn't provide any examples for your argum... | Modern culture, even "intellectual" culture values not offending people rather than truth. This is a bad thing | 0 | 2016-01-03T03:38:25 | 133 | 14 | 1 |
You might want to take a look at the global temperature record. It's basically the average temperature over the surface of the entire planet. It shows (predictably) that local temperatures are highly variable, as can be expected from certain weather events and the night/day cycle. Globally, however, it shows a steady r... | Global warming is a rounding error | 0 | 2016-07-27T22:26:25 | 57 | 2 | 3 |
"Defunding" Planned Parenthood suggests PP receives a chunk of tax payer money and gets to do as they wish with it. In fact, to 'defund' them would mean they would not be eligible for Medicaid reimbursements or government grants, which are available to other organizations that provide the same services. The controversy... | I'm just not getting the controversy around the possibility of defunding Planned Parenthood | 1 | 2017-01-22T18:06:52 | 361 | 59 | 2 |
If you are as supportive and so okay with trans issues as you say you are, then you wouldn't deliberately characterize Wolscht as a "52 year old man." You are quick to put words in my mouth and assume by psychological problems I was referring to "fetishes that should not be encouraged" instead of **suicide attempts.**... | Stefonknee Wolscht, the 52-year-old man who left his family with seven kids to become a "six-year-old girl" should not be supported to please their delusions of being a six-year-old girl that also gets with bikers. | 1 | 2016-01-07T11:42:12 | 220 | 4 | 87 |
Many people do not live in the city or state they grew up or called home. Following their "home team" give them a sense of comfort because the team represents home. It allows someone to carry a piece of home with them no matter where they are. When people are dying across the world due to civil war and starvation... ... | I think sports are ridiculous and carry no real value. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-08T03:57:22 | 67 | 10 | 1 |
In addition to D.C. Vs Heller, it would be worth pointing out that title 10, section 311 of the us code states that all able bodied male citizens between the ages of 17 and 45 are automatically part of the militia. | The second amendment requires you to be a member of a state militia to "bear Arms". | 1 | 2016-10-21T17:47:10 | 294 | 352 | 1 |
If someone is using drugs it is a show on their character. If you are willing to break the law just to feel good, are you willing to break company policy? What about business law? Also there is insurance, many insurance companies give a discount for drug testing employees, why should the company pay more in insurance ... | There is no good reason to drug test any white collar worker | 1 | 2015-06-11T18:44:53 | 68 | -1 | 4Δ |
I think that as humans, we react to certain circumstances in certain ways. For example, we tend to be more weary at night or we respond with fight or flight when facing a dangerous situation. Along those same lines, I think it is natural for a parent to react so strongly to their child being abused, I think it is human... | I think that parents who catch others molesting their kids should face consequences for seriously injuring the molester. | 0 | 2014-07-19T08:32:33 | 136 | 6 | 8 |
While I was in the military we generally had one supervisor for each shift, if we had extra supervisors they would tend to be on day shift most often because that was the highest work load. From there we would generally split up into rotating groups. New people would start on day shift to get all the training they need... | Rotating shifts shouldn't be used. | 0 | 2014-05-10T13:02:42 | 46 | 1 | null |
I know a lot of history buffs get mad when we hold people of the past up to the standards of today. I guess I just need help seeing why that's the case. It is quite possible that people, 200 years from now, will all be vegetarian. I'm not making a prediction, I'm just saying that it seems very possible. At that point i... | I find it difficult not to apply modern morals to actions of the past | 0 | 2016-04-21T05:46:03 | 91 | 1 | null |
This CMV seems pretty straightforward. We should just be able to look up rape statistics for each country. Well it turns out each country defines rape differently. Each country also has drastically different ways of prosecuting rape. [SA, for instance, has punished victims of rape more harshly than the rapists.](http:... | Men from Pakistan/Saudi Arabia are more likely to sexually assault or excuse it because of their culture | 0 | 2016-04-28T21:10:15 | 196 | 87 | null |
Word. Thanks. | People should start voting when they start paying taxes | 1 | 2016-03-20T00:39:12 | 52 | 2 | 5 |
I looked through the reviews of the game, and their reasons seem to consist mainly of: - relaxing - time killer - cute art - F2P-friendly Few of these would be relatable to a person who lives and breathes, say, Overwatch or Civilisations or Dwarf Fortress or something, but they're perfectly reasonable. --- These are qu... | Magikarp Jump is a terrible game | 1 | 2017-05-31T19:36:43 | 39 | 6 | 1 |
I don't think any of this really applies to gender specifically. For example, Just because somebody is male, I should not be assuming they like sports. Likewise, I should not be assuming a person who identifies as female likes to sew. This is a straight up stereotype. I think what you're advocating for is a society f... | I am in favour of gender abolition | 0 | 2017-06-25T05:11:03 | 68 | 8 | 1 |
I'm still holding the same view. I think we reached a point where screaming at police, judges and people in power to stop being racist doesn't do any good. It was certainly the right move at the times of Rosa Parks, but now, these subtle (compared to 50 yeas ago) stereotypes will only go away if black community truly p... | Racism is negligible in USA now. | 1 | 2016-10-07T13:35:55 | 247 | 1 | 10 |
Personal effects are strictly physical items. To argue that a telephone conversation is a personal effect doesn't make any sense. The principal is that these are private things, and invasions of privacy by the government should be justified. A lot of people like to ask "where is same-sex marriage in the constitution?" ... | Originalism is the only valid and sound framework in which the Supreme Court can interpret the US Constitution | 1 | 2016-02-15T23:09:17 | 37 | 3 | 49 |
I think it's easy to be mislead about the sorting because when we're first introduced to it it's by 11 year olds Draco, Ron, and Hermione. And their knee-jerk reactions are to basically boil the houses down into a few traits and call it a day. Draco is on team Slytherin and fuck everyone else, and Ron and Hermione are ... | The Sorting at Higwarts is terribly designed. | 1 | 2015-10-06T14:14:55 | 38 | 37 | 68 |
A moka pot is my preferred method of hot coffee brewing. I don't refer to it as espresso when offering it to friends, because the texture and mouth feel is not what an American thinks of when hearing the term 'espresso'. I believe in a descriptivist approach to language - the idea that language rules are descriptions o... | It is ok to call the coffee you make in a moka pot espresso without further qualification. | 1 | 2017-04-08T06:37:25 | 88 | 54 | 1 |
It's so easy to offend people that I'm better off saying nothing or very little. Better off suggests that you're weighing pros and cons. Wouldn't you have a lot more to gain from freely communicating with others than to lose from making the occasional, unintentional mistake? And if you notice that someone is genuinely... | It's so easy to offend people that I'm better off saying nothing or very little. | 0 | 2017-04-19T00:45:54 | 32 | 1 | 35 |
I'll make my "final point" now because I want that to stand out: you assume that someone who studies Underwater Basket Weaving would be just as viable an electric engineer. In fact, there are plenty of people getting engineering degrees who won't be very good engineers. With both public **and private** sectors demandin... | Federal student loans should not be given for students pursuing degrees with no economical return to the state. | 0 | 2017-03-05T19:00:15 | 30 | 3 | 6 |
The word "man" has traditionally meant a human of either gender so just because a policeman happens to be female doesn't mean they stop being a policeman. I don't think this is a good argument to use for two reasons. * First, it's an appeal to tradition (argumentum ad antiquitatem), which is a fallacy shunned in deba... | why should I stop using names of professions that end in man. | 1 | 2016-10-05T21:18:58 | 31 | 21 | 2 |
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