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I think you've got an interesting point. I'm a little confused as to what exactly your position is; are you saying that emotion is more important than logic when making decisions? I'm going to assume that's what you meant. Let me propose a thought experiment. Suppose a rogue agent is threatening two groups of people, ... | Emotion is more important than Logic | 0 | 2014-04-01T06:35:12 | 58 | 13 | null |
Please don't give me that "but it was shot at a live studio, these are actual people laughing" BS. The "three-camera sitcom" is ultimately derived from comedic plays. The tempo, dialogue, and setting all have their roots in live performances. If you were watching a play, you would expect there to be laughter around. If... | Laugh tracks in television shows are annoying and hide the show's flaws. | 1 | 2015-09-14T05:19:49 | 219 | 478 | 5 |
On the money front, "The Jackal" is basically a hitman celebrity: He was supposedly the best in the world and able to kill anyone. (Not the real ["Carlos the Jackal,"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_the_Jackal) but the Hollywood version of him.) So, the high price isn't because that's the standard cost to carry o... | Bruce Willis' character in "The Jackal" is an overpriced and incompetent assassin. | 0 | 2016-08-01T22:43:56 | 18 | 1 | 2 |
Abortion could be considered murder but when the mother kills it is a form of [self defense](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justifiable_homicide) because the fetus endangers the mother's health and life, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternal_death Other people do not have a reason to kill a fetus because it is not a dang... | It is completely contradictory to say that abortion isn't murder, but at the same time call it murder if a person terminates someone else's fetus. | 0 | 2014-03-31T20:06:09 | 173 | 2 | 3 |
Agreed, but nothing you have said mentions *race* which was my point. Isn't this just a poverty problem? Why claim it as racism? It's about correlation. Think about it like this: someone decides to tax a single district significantly more than the rest of the districts in some area. The overtaxed District is 99% black,... | How do voter ID laws discriminate against a certain group of people, such as blacks or hispanics? To me that seems extremely illogical. | 1 | 2017-04-15T17:43:33 | 585 | 3 | null |
Bureaucracy is only an evil when it adds nothing in return. Having the copyright system have renewal periods would allow for many works to pass into the public domain much quicker, while allowing the copyrights of commercially viable works to be maintained. This would be a net good to society, and thus would be worth t... | Copyright protection should last 15 to 20 years at most. | 1 | 2016-07-14T02:13:59 | 557 | 1 | 1 |
You're overlooking something extremely important: every person doesn't have the *ability* to find reliable information to begin a conversation. That becomes very clear if you spend a little time on CMV so I'll just talk about that. People hold opinions and they wish to talk about them, but if they had to wait until the... | People should know all the information/facts of a certain topic before setting up a discussion or having an opinion | 1 | 2016-06-19T07:15:50 | 27 | 2 | 246 |
Are you from the UK? If so there is the [RCVS](http://www.rcvs.org.uk/home/) which is a regulating body. I know it is anecdotal but I know many vets and vet nurses that I would trust with my health over many human doctors and nurses that I have met. Your issue with efficacy of treatment is just as valid regardless of s... | I do not trust veterinarians due to my perceived lack of regulation and the lack of communication possible from pets making it hard to do anything evidence-based. CMV | 0 | 2013-09-20T21:07:27 | 79 | 3 | 1 |
We should actually encourage politicians to do so, especially when they change their views based on public opinion. Is this not a representative democracy? Isn't the whole point of a representative democracy for our representatives to actually represent the public's views on issues? While I agree with you overall, this... | I think it's OK for politicians to change their public stance on issues. | 0 | 2015-06-30T22:53:10 | 114 | 5 | null |
I agree that the mother has a moral right to control her own body. But in the future where an early-stage fetus can be transferred into an apparatus that keeps it alive, it becomes immoral for a doctor to kill it rather than to keep it alive. The woman may have a right to remove the fetus from her body, but she cannot ... | The Pro-Choice position will become politically and morally indefensible with the progress of technology | 1 | 2017-01-30T22:54:18 | 87 | 6 | 4 |
It's a "good idea" like how making people pass a test to have children is a "good idea". It might fix some problems, but it will cause many many more, and distroys basic rights. The problem becomes, who decides what is the cut off for "bad genes"? My friend is deciding with her partner if they want to have kids toge... | Eugenics Is A Good Idea, Just Gone About In The Wrong Way In The Past | 1 | 2017-04-17T18:42:34 | 67 | 3 | 15 |
The equivalent position would be that - and I suspect this is true - the vegan does not women to be held in farms and then impregnated and then their fetuses removed to be sold as food. It's the holding of the life in bondage for the purpose of human food that is objectionable to those who hold the moral position you p... | If you are a vegan, you have to be pro-life. | 1 | 2016-11-28T18:47:32 | 49 | 98 | 41 |
I have blinds; 1, They are super easy to use, you pull the chord left and it unlocks, at his point you can pull the chord longer to raise the blind and make it shorter or release the chord to let the blind fall under its own weight; pull the chord right to lock in place. It's super easy, I've had my blinds about 2 year... | The strings that control a window blinds are crappy design. | 0 | 2017-05-06T09:26:30 | 79 | 6 | null |
Portland, Oregon is one example of a protest against a "hateful, intolerant" man (Pres. Trump) devolved into a violent riot. presidents elected have caused riots before here is a video that includes a photo of riots from when Obama was elected in 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nKkzQgwAbM the point here is that i... | The left and liberals are the majority perpetrators of intolerance and violence in the USA. | 0 | 2017-02-23T10:25:33 | 276 | 3 | null |
This seems to be the crux of your view: I believe it is easier (on average) for a woman to go out and have sex with someone than it is for a man to do the same. I believe it is even easier for a women to do this with great numbers of men than the inverse (again on average). Why do you believe this? I've heard many peop... | I believe the idea behind the "lock and key" analogy of the sexes makes perfect sense. | 0 | 2016-11-18T06:58:38 | 84 | 6 | 2 |
There are about 400 players in the NBA. The top 400 people in *many* high-skill jobs make millions. Take the best 400 surgeons, software developers, or financial analysts in the country - I can assure you they have their millions as well. The drop off in pay in athletics is enormous. The top player on a team make doubl... | I believe that athletes contribute nothing to society other than entertainment, and therefore should not be paid more than more useful professions. | 1 | 2015-02-15T07:39:10 | 49 | 1 | 10 |
Having read the comments here so far, here are my thoughts: Britain had a monarchy before the war and continued to have one afterwards. France was a republic before the war and continued to be one afterwards. The main countries that lost their monarchies were Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia. Germany was thrown into... | The First World War was an unnecessary waste of human life which did not achieve anything and actively led to further suffering later on. | 0 | 2014-11-09T22:48:05 | 43 | 5 | null |
Maybe it came from a bad time in their lives when they were seeking the wrong kind of attention and learned to realize that they didn't need sex for attention. Maybe the number of sex partners they have had reminds them of a bad part of their life. | No rational person can be ashamed of having a high number of sex partners. | 0 | 2014-11-17T20:05:21 | 104 | 1 | 2 |
At the time it was written, 'arms' were assumed to be knives and rifles. Saying that people are allowed to have them was meant to be a guiding principle for law makers, and was left non-specific on purpose. Modern arms have gotten more complicated and destructive. The amendment's authors didn't consider nuclear weapons... | If the second amendment doesn't allow for any regulation, how come we're not allowed our own personal nuclear weapons? | 1 | 2016-04-12T19:39:39 | 147 | 7 | 1 |
If you don't subscribe to /r/The_Donald there are certain news events that you will just not see covered anywhere else on Reddit. The best example recently is on December 19th when the electors were voting. It was a pretty significant event with a historic number of faithless electors, and it was not being discussed in... | I should unsubscribe from r/The_Donald | 1 | 2017-01-14T16:44:52 | 75 | 7 | 5 |
Atheists are arguably not contradicting the scientific method because some of the fact/events stated by the bible/Torah are proven impossible therefore making the whole thing not credible. In this case the hypothesis cannot be proven nor denied because there is no experiment to test it. Both sides of this argument do n... | I believe that being an atheist goes against the scientific method. CMV. | 0 | 2014-03-18T06:19:56 | 106 | 4 | null |
second hand smoke and unpleasant smell have been solved, **as far as we know** That's your answer. Maybe they will lift the ban, after they've done exhaustive research proving without a doubt that it's 100% harmless. If it has any effect whatsoever it will remain banned. | Electronic Cigarettes shouldn't be banned from use inside most public buildings | 1 | 2015-04-18T17:07:59 | 105 | 11 | 3 |
Right, and I think stirring up resentment and anger within felons who are restricted from gun ownership is bad, just like it is with the hypothetical alcohol restriction you propose. The difference, I think, is that we can accept this in the case of gun ownership because it would be *so* dangerous to allow felons to po... | We should prohibit some people from possessing or consuming alcohol like we do with firearms | 1 | 2014-08-19T02:45:03 | 54 | 2 | 4 |
OP, You are letting your emotions get in the way of what should be considered guilty or not. Just because something is morally wrong doesn't mean it is illegal, and just because something is morally right doesn't mean it should be legal. You look at these kids in the poor neighborhoods and you feel bad, reading your r... | The recent cheating scandal involving teachers Atlanta is not the fault the convicted teachers but instead of high standards placed by standardized testing and thus the teachers should not be convicted | 1 | 2015-04-15T05:06:15 | 37 | 3 | 1Δ |
Here is the thing. I tend to agree that a lot of PC culture is nonsense, but at the same time this really isn't an example of PC culture run amuck. PewDiePie was a sponsored content producer. As in he was getting paid to produce content that basically fell into what the companies paying him found acceptable. He has bee... | PewDiePie did nothing wrong. | 1 | 2017-02-16T04:20:09 | 72 | 26 | 66 |
I don't see feminists talking about men who are victim of domestic violence. While the subject is relatively new, there is an increasing amount of attention among academic researchers into the subject of male victims of rape and domestic violence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_of_males#Female-on-male_rape https:/... | I think feminism isn't needed in civilized countries such as USA or Poland. | 0 | 2017-05-08T09:00:33 | 137 | 1 | 9 |
I think your main point might be that players who play those games tend to focus a lot on those particular games leaving no room for others.It is important to remember though that there have always been games like these. Take for example Starcraft, Cs 1.6, Diablo II, World of Warcraft. These are games that in the past ... | I believe that CS:GO, LoL, and Dota 2 are "Drying up" the gaming industry | 1 | 2015-07-25T11:53:24 | 43 | 1 | 1 |
This is a strong sense of ~~confirmation~~ selection bias - you are looking at all the movements that were successful and claiming that none have failed. The most recent example of a failed social movement was Occupy Wall Street - there were thousands of people protesting in major cities around the US and it summed up ... | Historically, Social Justice Movements are Always Successful | 1 | 2017-05-04T20:19:01 | 53 | 38 | 124 |
I'm sure you've heard the phrase "Mutually Assured Destruction" before. They protect us because we *would* use them if some other nation were to use them on us, which is a pretty massive deterrent. Not only that, it deters conventional wars as well. Imagine if Europe didn't have nuclear weapons, and had soured relation... | Nuclear weapons are evil and the UK should scrap them for good | 0 | 2014-09-06T19:01:51 | 219 | 1 | null |
Haven’t you ever been near a sports fan clapping in front of the TV after their team scored the winning touch down? Clapping isn’t just a way to directly show the artist/athlete that “you approve”, it’s also a physical form of “release” that the viewer partakes in after witnessing something that made them excited and/o... | Clapping at the movie theatre when the film finishes is pointless. | 1 | 2014-08-04T22:08:43 | 218 | 753 | 19Δ |
You likely wouldn't, but then again you probably live a comfortable life. Starving people in Africa who are likely to die before 50 anyway are going to be happy to take it. A lot of poor people might. People dieing from terminal illnesses at young ages would. Handicapped people may be willing to trade the last portion ... | It is morally unjustified for me to eat lamb meat | 1 | 2015-06-12T16:39:24 | 92 | 5 | null |
the government isn't out to blackmail regular people "The government" is just made up of regular people, though. If one of the people who can do this decided to blackmail people, then they *will* be able to. Or they could do it just for fun, even. No sinister motive is needed. Imagine if a cop could search your home *... | This whole "keep our net free " movement is stupid and is an example of people buying into mob mentality | 1 | 2017-03-27T14:47:14 | 46 | 35 | 9 |
Abortion is allowable because the fetus violates the bodily autonomy of the woman. She can remove it from her body and allow the fetus to die because it is her body and she is not obligated to support the life if she does not want to. A different individual killing the mother (and thus the fetus too) does not have this... | I think it is logically absurd that abortion is seen as morally sound when if a mother carrying an unborn baby is murdered, it is seen as 'double' bad. | 0 | 2017-04-27T18:14:01 | 56 | 3 | 13 |
I generally feel like you about most religious folks, but I also feel like the "logician stance" is often strict and uncompromising even with stuff possibly defying our current understanding. It doesn't help that the implicit attitude behind most scientific/logic visions of the world is one of superiority. Whether this... | I think I should not have any more philosophical debate with my YEC mother. | 1 | 2015-04-09T20:18:22 | 128 | 3 | 18Δ |
I see what you're saying. It does often have to do with employers, however you're overlooking the small business / freelancing community. In the film industry for example, that community is massive. In this community, you better have the most well rounded machines, or you're going to fail to get a lot of work. For the ... | Apple computers are for old people and the technologically illiterate. Anybody else that using Apple products have bought into marketing. (Not just a fanboy, please read) | 1 | 2014-08-14T04:59:28 | 172 | 1 | null |
As a throwback to DND of the 1980s with gary gygax and all that jazz, priests/clerics were the major healers. Their spells for healing included - cure light wound, cure serious wounds, cure critical wounds. Thus the great tradition of cure restoring hit points. | Final Fantasy and many other video games got it backwards: The spell Cure should heal status ailments, and the spell Heal should restore health. | 1 | 2014-08-15T19:38:10 | 132 | 190 | 16Δ |
So the two major parties that are formed by thousands of smaller organizations across the country bringing together millions of like minded people are "dividing" the country? Writing, passing, signing and enforcing the nations laws requires that like minded people work together. Politically they are aligned. And the po... | political parties bring nothing but problems to the political system, and only serve to divide people and make government slower. | 0 | 2016-12-20T16:57:40 | 47 | 1 | 1 |
Milo is a professional troll. He trolls people for a living, and knowingly incites violent responses from his fanatics. He has repeatedly demonstrated *premeditated* meanspiritedness and encourages online harassment. If he doesn't stir up shit, he doesn't get paid. Thus, trolling has become incentivized for him. He is ... | Twitter was wrong to ban Milo Yiannopoulos after the Leslie Jones incident | 0 | 2016-07-20T22:23:58 | 636 | 1 | null |
They would get copied instantly and cant do shit as they are anarcho, right? How do you deal with the stuff you invent if you dont enforce patents? You wont make money from it. | Libertarians should establish their own experimental society, to crash-test their ideology. | 1 | 2016-08-23T16:29:04 | 163 | 1 | 2 |
Are you familiar with the term "dog-whistle"? Of course he's not going to say anything blatantly racist. He'll say things with a wink and a nod to racism, but that can be defended as "misconstruing" a statement. There is a reason that groups like the KKK love him. He's saying racist things without being blatant. "We h... | Donald Trump did not say anything racist this election | 0 | 2016-11-14T22:31:22 | 59 | 9 | 65 |
I once heard it described/handled this way: Remember when you visited an amusement park while you were very young? When you arrived in the morning, you were almost shaking from the excitement and you (perhaps naively) thought that you NEVER wanted to go home. As the day progressed you tried amusements one by one. Some ... | I'm scared of dying. CMV | 1 | 2014-01-02T15:56:09 | 701 | 1,417 | 6 |
Talking about a high percentage of scientists giving their opinions confounds the issue by implying that facts are a matter of opinions of scientists. The 97% figure is not based on an opinion poll of scientists, but rather on a survey of abstracts published in scientific journals that take a stance on the issue. It's ... | Consensus based arguments against climate skeptics that state "97% of climate scientists agree on human-driven climate change" are stupid | 0 | 2015-11-05T22:41:23 | 81 | 3 | null |
So the main issue I see with your position is that you don't seem to have a very sophisticated understanding of feminism. Feminism has changed dramatically over the last hundred years - any time you invoke "the feminist philosophy," you are going to be wrong almost by definition. It's like saying "according to the mora... | Hilary Clinton's repeated reminders of her womanhood are, perhaps ironically, counter to the feminist philosophy and is the equivalent of "playing the race card". | 1 | 2015-10-14T21:14:28 | 425 | 84 | 6 |
What do you suppose we do to make it less of a drain on society? | Alcohol is a drain on society | 0 | 2016-06-15T06:52:45 | 76 | 1 | null |
I can only really defend this by saying that it's possible that Energy weapons are not as simple as the movie or other scifi media makes it seem. Saying that some one is proficient with a paintball gun, BB gun or even a water pistol does not make them proficient to use a bullet firing pistol. There might be factors suc... | The "noisy cricket" from Men in Black is a terrible weapon, and Agent K was wrong and irresponsible to give it to Agent J. | 0 | 2016-07-31T21:20:55 | 39 | 1 | null |
If you alter the situation slightly and chubby is on the island with a woman, and there are 2 trees and “Lynda“ bears a child...the logical decision is to kill the child to protect the resource if there kis no natural right to life.What are your thoughts on that? I feel the animal kingdom shows us there is innate know... | Natural rights do not exist. CMV | 0 | 2014-02-10T00:56:24 | 83 | 1 | null |
The left constantly shutdown free speech when opinions differ from theirs (as seen with Milo Yinanopolis on multiple occasions, and most recently at Berkeley). I'd say that tendency's been exaggerated except in the most egregious cases like Yiannapolous, who crossed the line from political speech to [interpersonal bul... | Liberals should really be conservatives | 0 | 2017-02-09T10:31:23 | 81 | 1 | 2 |
I don't understand how something can be both "ethical" and "morally indefensible." There is no meal free from suffering. Millions of animals are killed every year to prepare land for growing and harvesting vegetables like corn, soybeans, and wheat, to name a few. Can you expand on this? I've never heard of the million... | I believe an ethical vegetarian or vegan diet is morally indefensible and delusional. | 0 | 2014-05-06T17:16:00 | 353 | 8 | 57Δ |
We live in the best time to be alive, so far... | We live in the best of all times to be alive | 0 | 2015-01-29T22:03:16 | 309 | 1 | null |
I agree with you in part. Voting with your wallet isn't a strategy we should think of as *sufficient* to change corporate behavior. Many people don't have the time to invest in researching which companies to boycott, or the money to afford superior alternatives. Structural change or regulations to outlaw it would be mo... | "Vote with your wallet." Is generally ineffective and so it is ideologically an ok argument but a realistically useless one. | 1 | 2014-09-09T08:13:23 | 104 | 4 | 5 |
As far a dosage goes, I think the primary problem is that doctors don't know how much and what strain should be prescribed. It differs greatly from person to person, and there are no real studies in this regard. Doctors would necessarily be guessing. I think from the perspective of a health care professional, they're l... | I believe that for Medical Marijuana to be taken seriously, specific amounts of specific strains should be prescribed, instead of the current system. | 1 | 2014-09-30T02:49:31 | 150 | 2 | 1 |
In this area, I prefer toilet paper for a few reasons. First of all, there is actual visual confirmation that you've got it all. With bidets you just have to keep spraying until you think you're good. And as the amount of wiping/bidet-ing can vary greatly, the visual aspect is a great help. (I used a towel to dab after... | Toilet paper is better than bidets. | 0 | 2015-07-01T17:05:59 | 33 | 1 | 10 |
A married dude here, 10+ years. Make no mistake about it, marriage is tough. Sometimes it's hair-tearingly frustrating. But once you find your groove and learn how to maintain it, it's an awesome arrangement. If both of you are roughly on the same page in terms of life priorities, you'll be accomplishing twice as much ... | I believe that marriage is an outdated and oppressive tradition. CMV | 1 | 2013-11-17T21:05:48 | 93 | 10 | 3 |
If your view is partially changed may I have a delta? In terms of harsh sentences based on the outcome, the example you give is of a father killing someone who killed their daughter. Their intent was to kill someone who wasn't an immediate threat, that is why they face punishment. Avoiding vigilante justice, which has ... | The outcome of a crime should not matter in sentencing | 1 | 2017-05-06T18:30:17 | 51 | 4 | 125 |
As a man who shaves far more than society expects from me there are two main reasons that I shave: it makes me faster in the water, and it is damn comfortable. All my life I have been a competitive swimmer (from 6 years old to some time in the NCAA). In high school, my team had a tradition that everyone would shave dow... | Removing body hair is painful and pointless. | 1 | 2014-06-09T05:51:28 | 33 | 3 | 31Δ |
the human race is currently at it's greatest Agree. evidence shows that the future will be overwhelmingly positive Evidence shows that the future is volatile. Many of the blessings are also curses. There are multiple plausible threats: * Global warming pushed the world beyond a tipping point, making human life imposs... | the human race is currently at it's greatest and evidence shows that the future will be overwhelmingly positive | 0 | 2015-03-18T14:22:07 | 114 | 2 | 4Δ |
To clear up some misunderstandings that many people have: There is no one Islam. There are shia, sunni, alavits, ~~kurds~~, sufi and all kinds of sub branches. All with different interpreations of one scripture. Just like Christianity has catholics and evangelicals and orthodox branches and sub branches in each of thes... | Islam needs to be reformed in order to be compatible with the western world and reduce terrorism | 1 | 2016-05-24T15:50:02 | 326 | 415 | 1 |
I think there are some noble points your making, luckily I have an answer and I will try to change your view. "Goodness cannot be known" that is absurd. People know stealing and murder is bad. Goodness is expected and It would not be Good, Goodly, Godly to make a system that we do not know the language too. I think wha... | Believing in the Christian god doesn't make sense | 1 | 2017-01-07T01:35:46 | 103 | 2 | 1 |
peer pressure becomes the basis of people forming and enriching opinions. This is where I disagree with you. Just because I am in a social setting with someone who holds a very strong opinion, that doesn't mean I will agree with it. Let's just go with politics because it's a pretty frequent, controversial topic. I have... | Most people believe in what they believe because of social pressure, and the only reliable way to convince them is through social manipulation rather than rational argumentation | 0 | 2015-11-01T01:54:15 | 157 | 9 | 14 |
A large percentage of our population hates electric cars just on principle because they don't want to support environmentalism, and that same segment would absolutely, downright refuse to purchase a car made by "Government Motors". | With Better Marketing, The Chevy Volt Would be the Most Popular Car in America | 1 | 2014-12-09T21:40:33 | 96 | 1 | 1 |
I'd like to open with the fact that I consider myself to be a true existential and moral nihilist. That makes things easier. Imagine the mind or the consciousness to be a akin to a physical system, like a heart or a liver. Now, which is closer to the identity of a human being - the mind or the body? The mind, obviousl... | Gender reassignment surgery is a blunt, barbaric way to solve a very, very complicated mental illness. | 1 | 2016-07-31T12:18:06 | 111 | 11 | 2 |
This idea gives the people very little and costs them very much. The protection you imagine is either irrelevant or wouldn't come together in the way you think. Unless each state also became self-sufficient logistically (produced it's own ammunition, fuel, equipment, provisions and recruits), they would all still be de... | America should abolish the United States Army as a federal force. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-03T16:14:38 | 37 | 6 | 86Δ |
Many instructors allow students to bring notes specifically to avoid forcing people to memorize formulas or facts that they could easily look up online. Those that don't probably wouldn't want internet usage on their test, either. And unless you have computers for every student and an entire team of proctors, it's impo... | We should change the education system to allow for internet usage during tests or exams | 0 | 2017-03-07T11:50:23 | 20 | 1 | null |
That's your takeaway from the videos? Thinking it through for a small time I could think of no good reasons why Street Harassment wasn't somehow criminalized, especially with all of the legislation protecting women from harassment in the workplace (Or providing them ample recourse if they are harassed). Peopl... | Catcalling and Street Harassment should be a ticket-able offense. | 0 | 2014-11-09T05:19:41 | 124 | 2 | 2 |
Communism as you describe it is great in many ways, but I believe socialism, particularly european socialism, would be the best option. Free market on non-necessities, free healthcare, mostly equal pay(less inequality) etc.. To sum it up quickly... | I think Communism can be successful with a very democraticly-setup government system. | 1 | 2014-06-22T11:31:56 | 174 | 2 | 1 |
I buy all my lunch stuff from costco and sometimes some stuff from the local grocery store. I usually get the 18 pack of eggs from Costco and boil them on the weekend. Then my daily lunch is usually: two eggs 2 baby belle cheese (the light kind, also from costco) a handful of grape tomatoes (also from costco) some kind... | I should eat Lunchables every day | 0 | 2015-05-16T00:54:19 | 61 | 1 | null |
He can demonize it all he wants, but he is not censoring it by any means. I could start a campaign to get people to never read your comments, but I am not censoring you as you will be allowed to say whatever you want, we just wont listen. That was just an example, you have your right to comment against me and i wont at... | Calling the media the enemy of the American people is a way to eliminate checks and balances at a governmental level and creates corruption | 1 | 2017-02-27T20:26:09 | 562 | 62 | 1 |
I know I'm going to give a very mocked answer, but sometimes fat children aren't fat due to their parents. Despite their parents' best efforts, there are plenty of places where they can get unhealthy foods, especially once they get older. Of course, there's also the argument, which I think has merit, that sometimes bei... | Parents of fat children should be prosecuted just the same as pet owners who over feed their pets. | 0 | 2015-05-25T19:16:51 | 63 | 1 | 1 |
I think you misunderstand the mindset of kids who get the participation ribbon or minor prize. They still want the winner's trophy and they're still motivated to compete for it. The idea is that by rewarding sportsmanship and effort, you're reminding kids that there's a certain honor and dignity being part of the game,... | Children who do not get 1st-3rd place DO NOT deserve a trophy for simply participating | 0 | 2015-06-25T22:28:40 | 244 | 273 | 12Δ |
i know someone has to win, i know its a game and that means competition but Edh is meant to be a fun casual format of magic the gathering. For some people, playing intricate well tuned decks is the most satisfying way to play the game. Personally I can pilot total jank like a Chaos deck, or a finely tuned Tier-1 deck ... | EDH should not be "competitive". | 0 | 2016-12-09T22:27:31 | 120 | 2 | null |
That's not what Occam's Razor actually is. It does not say "the simplest answer is the correct answer." What it says is that if you are looking at multiple scientific hypotheses for testing, you should select the one that requires the fewest assumptions because it is the most testable. | Occam's Razor doesn't help us accurately describe reality. | 1 | 2016-10-11T18:04:30 | 41 | 53 | 4 |
What rights, specifically, are you talking about? Because the courts have ruled that protected status, for example religion, doesn't excuse you from laws of general applicability such as, in this specific case, drug laws. Furthermore, they have said that protected status doesn't protect you from having to meet the req... | Addicts should be a recognized, protected minority group. | 0 | 2016-06-15T18:26:34 | 63 | 3 | 174 |
One thing you're forgetting is that children often inspire their patents to improve their lives. When my wife (girlfriend at the time) got pregnant with our first child, neither of us were really prepared for it. We both lived with our parents and only worked enough to cover what minimal expenses we had and took all of... | People who can't afford to have kids shouldn't be allowed to have them. | 0 | 2017-01-23T17:46:53 | 549 | 3 | 1 |
because I see there are getting to be more and more stay-at-home dads and more women assuming men's positions in the workforce and at home. consider the life you live. even every day life. like, driving in a car. or eating food. those things are described biologically, but the what, the how, and the why are largely due... | I'm not a feminist simply because I don't see much gender inequality that isn't simply biological differences between men and women. CMV. | 1 | 2013-05-12T03:23:50 | 248 | 7 | 2 |
To look into the "who deserves who" argument you really need to consider the character shifts in all the players involved, because there is a TV trope about characteristics folding in on themselves named from the Simpsons (Flanderization). At the start of the Simpsons, there was a *major* Archie Bunker All in the famil... | Homer is more deserving of Marge than she is of him | 1 | 2016-10-30T18:26:25 | 106 | 24 | 1 |
The problem is that words need to have meanings that are held constant. There needs to be a word for when a white business owner refuses to hire black candidates because he thinks they are inferior as people to white candidates. There needs to be a word for when the government does medical testing on blacks and not whi... | 'Person Of Color' is a racist term no matter what SJWs say | 0 | 2014-07-11T18:16:25 | 72 | -1 | 17Δ |
I think what you're criticizing is people judging how "responsible" the woman is, and I do agree that seems unjustified. It ignores the actual consequences of the act of abortion, and tries to make it about the character of individuals rather than answering the big questions. However, the context of a pregnancy still ... | The context of a pregnancy, however abhorrent (e.g. rape), does not affect the morality of abortion | 0 | 2017-02-01T23:48:18 | 41 | 3 | 6 |
The value and importance placed on being exceptionally good at math is mostly because it can, while in many cases social skills cannot, single-handedly make someone into a successful person for life. I don't want to dispute your claim, in fact I probably agree with it, but it is a wholly useless claim. If there is, I'm... | I believe people who are exceptionally good at math but struggle with social skills/humanities are less intelligent than the reverse. | 1 | 2016-12-06T01:54:53 | 117 | 1 | 2 |
Every President of the U.S. except for one has descended from John Lackland, a king of England. That includes Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, and of course Bush and Clinton. (The sole exception is Martin Van Buren). Politics is messed up, and it seems like family dynasties shouldn't be necessary in a world where there a... | I find it problematic that a Clinton and Bush is runing for president again | 0 | 2015-05-17T22:52:36 | 85 | 4 | 15Δ |
Gender can be tricky, but all you need is a quick glossary of terms to help. They're actually easy to keep track of. First, psychological gender (or gender *expression*) is purely how you think and feel. Biological gender (or *sex*) are the reproductive organs. Secondary sex characteristics are loosely related to biolo... | Instead of "creating" new genders, there should be no genders at all | 0 | 2016-07-11T04:33:32 | 75 | 1 | null |
Have you heard of this [story](http://pastebin.com/FJtggawf)? What is your end goal? What happens once you become a CTO? Are you are a workaholic who simply works for the sake of working. If not, you've reached your dream, now what? You have been spending all of your time on attaining these goals but once you have att... | My mindset of "time is money" has made me miserable. | 1 | 2014-10-02T03:57:11 | 27 | 2 | 1 |
You're thinking in terms of generalities: "friends" vs. "sex partners" vs. "emotional support" and so forth. But it's never really about that; it's about the specific people you know. Jimmy could give you everything you need in a relationship except the promise of commitment. Annabelle could give you everything but lat... | Monogamy is misguided | 1 | 2017-05-14T00:18:09 | 52 | 7 | 76 |
First of all, I myself am a teenage girl and I have a very close relationship with my parents and I feel safe, and trust them, talking to them about sexual activities as I know they are more experienced than me. I would consider myself more independent compared to other teenage girls, however I believe that research is... | Teenage girls should not be given birth control pills without their parents’ permission. | 0 | 2014-07-17T07:28:49 | 64 | 6 | null |
You're suffering from confirmation bias - remembering all the big, noticeable social changes that have occurred over the years, and seeing that conservatives were against them and lost. What you do *not* see is all the big, noticeable social changes that *did not* happen, because conservatives were against them and won... | social conservatives are typically on the wrong side of history. | 1 | 2017-07-05T18:24:25 | 626 | 298 | 9 |
For example, punishments solely designed to appease victims and/or their families do not benefit society and any minimal benefit does not warrant the cost of performing them. Such punishments, by providing a sense of closure to the victims, discourage vigilanteism and encourage people to seek prosecution; both of which... | I do not believe legal consequences should exist for any other purpose than to influence future behavior. CMV | 1 | 2013-07-10T03:12:10 | 50 | 23 | 13Δ |
The argument for becoming a strict vegan is in primarily wanting to adhere completely to the core philosophy behind animal welfare and environmental arguments. It's undeniable (you can convince yourself of this in 30 minutes just by Googling) that breeding animals for human consumption produces a significant amount of ... | Having a vegan diet seems pretty pointless. | 0 | 2017-01-19T18:01:01 | 385 | 21 | null |
would still rather stay true to my morals than vote for the "lesser of two evils". If you're trying to elect the best candidate possible and you only believe one of HC or DT has a real chance of getting elected, you should vote for the better of the two. If you're not trying to elect the best possible candidate, ask y... | As a democrat I hate Trump, and don't trust Hilary. I want to vote third party. | 0 | 2016-08-05T02:33:21 | 79 | 16 | 1 |
It's not always practical. How would commission work at a McDonalds? Or the many many jobs where the labor is shared and there is no sales pitch? Really commission only works in retail. A lot of retail does do it but then again it only works when there a high cost items where the customer goes to a worker for help. How... | I think that all employees should be paid (at least partially) on commission. CMV. | 0 | 2013-10-24T21:12:26 | 37 | 1 | null |
I think overall it's about mindset. You have to just make yourself look at it a certain way. Let's step through this. Let's start with a young attractive white chick who is completely more vulnerable than the average girl. She has a pony tail (easy to grab), she's wearing sweat pants (easily removed), she's texting (to... | I believe women who consciously position themselves in a vulnerable situation bare some responsibility if they were assaulted. CMV. | 1 | 2013-07-24T22:27:04 | 183 | 1 | 1 |
Throughout high school and university I felt that alcohol would be too distracting/expensive and essentially didn't drink at all until I was 25, except in rare situations such as vacations with family (we went to an all-inclusive resort in Costa Rica once during my university years where I let loose). While I might hav... | Alcohol is bad, please don't let me grow up boring | 0 | 2013-08-23T21:44:49 | 45 | 2 | null |
Though I do think it's in bad taste, there are *definitely* times where it makes sense. Remember that poor YouTuber who was kicked out of a plane for simply being Muslim? The fact that he has a long history of intentionally aggravating people on airplanes trying to get himself kicked out is incredibly relevant. I thin... | A man who didn't asked to be victimized, should not have his past brought into the public spotlight | 1 | 2017-04-12T13:30:58 | 592 | 83 | 1 |
You may have *tried* to help. One problem with well-intentioned white liberal activists is that they try to take control of non-white causes. They talk rather than listen. They try to become leaders rather than followers. They prioritize white feelings and experiences over the needs of non-white people. This is what no... | It's okay to be white and born into prosperity. I don't need to feel guilty and be overly sensitive about being white. | 1 | 2016-02-20T05:32:52 | 201 | 24 | 1 |
No I don't but I did read about what is inside Bill Gate's house because he had a digital assistant and doors that open themselves etc... 20 years ago. It was the only house of it's kind. I think part of it is wanting to see how rich people live, what is the best that life could offer. On it's face it can be vain but f... | Following celebrities and gossip is a very vain activity. | 1 | 2017-01-17T06:10:30 | 31 | 24 | 6 |
In addition to its serious health consequences, obesity has real economic costs that affect all of us. The estimated annual health care costs of obesity-related illness are a staggering $190.2 billion or nearly 21% of annual medical spending in the United States.1 Childhood obesity alone is responsible for $14 billion ... | People's weight is none of your goddamn business. | 1 | 2015-07-16T16:41:43 | 552 | 120 | 1 |
That's even MORE dangerous, because now you've just given the government the power to create whatever criteria they want for who gets to vote. I promise you, I would bet my fortune on it, that within literally one year of this, at least one state would try to pass a law that said denying the existence of God counted as... | Basic high school level education should be a prerequisite for voting rights | 1 | 2016-03-25T20:36:06 | 71 | 2 | 65 |
http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/synthetic-diamonds-different-natural-diamonds Synthetic diamonds are almost impossible to distinguish from real diamonds as they are real diamonds. They have the same shine. You also don't have the feeling that your purchase funded a military excursion in a third world country. Y... | I think that diamond engagement rings are a sham. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-24T14:13:10 | 560 | 33 | 62Δ |
On the contrary, the US is the country with the most powerful military in the world. Any other nation that doesn't have the weight to get what they want, but has nukes, is more likely to use those nukes because they don't have a plethora of other options. The US has the military power to bomb any other nation into rubb... | The USA is the least trustworthy nation to possess atomic weapons | 1 | 2015-07-28T18:08:22 | 83 | 17 | 1 |
1) that the lottery of birth determines certain features of our lives should not be morally relevant. 2) the issue is not happiness. It is paternalism - the non-consensual infringement of autonomy. In support of 1) - just because something is a certain way, does not mean it ought to be. Yes, if you are lucky enough to... | I think "Brave New World" is an utopia, rather than a dystopia. CMV. | 0 | 2013-05-05T16:45:48 | 21 | 4 | null |
Insurance gives you access to more money sooner than saving in the event of an emergency. If I don't get insurance on my house and save the money instead I wouldn't necessarily be able to pay for a large amount of damage if it took place soon after I have bought the house. It also depends on how much money you make an... | The money I spend on insurance would be better spent on a savings account. | 0 | 2017-02-01T22:39:55 | 54 | 1 | 9 |
First, I agree with others that curved grades do not necessarily mean grade inflation. This is especially important because your statement is an absolute "never." If a professor starts giving out easier and easier tests (because it helps his own evaluation, an actual and common problem now), your own arguments would di... | Professors should never curve grades | 0 | 2016-04-29T03:37:35 | 45 | 1 | 1 |
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