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I mostly agree with you, however I think there is one thing about MBTI that makes it significantly better than horoscopes - the fact that it actually involves taking a test. In my mind the results of the test are rather immaterial - they're kind of like horoscopes in that they'll get close enough and then use a little ... | MBTI is Pseudoscience, and Deserves the Same Ridicule as Horoscopes | 0 | 2017-05-03T18:13:50 | 180 | 1 | 1 |
Addicted usually implies you let it get in the way of other things in your life. If this is the case, be careful b/c it's likely not worth losing your well being (home, health, etc). Unfortunately, it happens in life when things come up that make us have to choose one or the other. Addictions that involve more resource... | I am addicted to video games (such as Dota2, League of Legends, and Heroes of Newerth), and I don't think it's a waste of my time. CMV | 0 | 2013-07-15T21:45:25 | 38 | 0 | 6 |
No, like I said in my initial post I understand that under some absurd circumstance, like for example if torturing that child would prevent an even greater catastrophe, I would do it. However what I would not budge on is my moral *belief* that it is still a horrible thing to do. Picking the lesser of two evils does not... | I believe you should never hold a belief so firm that your mind cannot be changed. CMV | 1 | 2014-02-13T00:33:26 | 116 | 9 | 1 |
Terrorism should not be a big deal (the number of deaths it causes each year are relatively small), but the perceived threat is so much bigger than the likes of car accidents, which claim about 30,000 people each year in US alone. Trump is playing on this inflated threat perception to exacerbate both the domestic and ... | Terrorism in the US is not a big deal and Trump's ban will have no impact on it | 0 | 2017-01-29T18:40:13 | 837 | 3 | null |
I'm not really attached to the handshake and I'd be fine with it being replaced with some other social sign, but I just don't see it being entirely replaced by the fistbump. For one, the fistbump lacks (non-goofy) variation. A handshake can be quick or slow. It can involve grabbing with both hands. It can be made to li... | Fistbumps are superior to handshakes and deserve to take over the role of handshakes when meeting friends or strangers | 1 | 2014-09-03T01:52:05 | 31 | 3 | 7 |
So let's take this point by point. It breaks immersion. I'll tackle this and realism as one point since immersion and realism go hand in hand. All games are a balance of immersion and playability and different games benefit from different tradeoffs. The very existence of menus, icons, HUDs, quest markers, etc. sacrifi... | Opening your inventory in games should not freeze time | 0 | 2016-12-05T20:54:25 | 48 | 1 | 85 |
To be sure, the fact that anthropogenic climate change exists is borne out by the data. Not by the consensus of scientists. To be technical, you are correct that appeals to majorities and appeals to authority are fallacious. In practical terms, it is compelling that such a large majority of scientists agree on a topic... | Consensus based arguments against climate skeptics that state "97% of climate scientists agree on human-driven climate change" are stupid | 0 | 2015-11-05T22:06:53 | 81 | 2 | 41 |
Since the rowdy guy doesn't appear dumb ever, he's the "trophy bf" for any girl. The person you described appears both dumb and insecure in that scenario, to be honest. I don't know many people who'd enjoy someone like that, so I guess it's safe to assume he wouldn't be perfect for any girl. As for being "the best vers... | A rowdy guy is the best bf for any girl, especially an attractive girl | 0 | 2017-05-22T16:15:11 | 86 | 19 | 47 |
Voting without an ID is not "anonymous voting" you still give your name and such when you go to vote. Protecting the integrity of the process also means allowing the people who legally registered to vote to vote, we have to balance fraud against disenfranchisement. Regardless of your personal opinion about the necessit... | If voter ID laws are unconstitutional, so are other things requiring a photo ID. | 1 | 2014-10-10T19:34:43 | 155 | 7 | 53Δ |
I'm not really sure what you're asking for. Do you want someone to change your view that *you* have no reason to have kids? Or do you want someone to demonstrate to you that at least some people want have a reason to have kids? If it's the former, then that's ridiculous. Nobody can convince you otherwise if you just do... | I see no reason to have children. Any parents in this sub? | 0 | 2014-08-19T02:10:34 | 40 | 3 | 1Δ |
This has been pointed out by many supporters of the North Carolina law Translation (of those supporters): "WAAAH! You claim to be against being jerks, but you're just as bad as we are! Waaah!" This is just terrible logic. It's the mark of having the moral low ground. In any case, the logical fallacy isn't exactly that.... | Refusing service to people in North Carolina due to their recent LGBTQ law is a logical fallacy. | 0 | 2016-04-16T22:00:58 | 69 | 1 | 8 |
Is it fair to say Sidious created the empire alone? I find it hard to say he would have been able to do it without Vader's help. Also in terms of the raw number of Jedi kills I'm sure Vader ranks pretty high; while not necessarily influential it does at least make him dangerous. He was also a key player in bringing dow... | Darth Vader wasn't a good Sith lord whatsoever | 0 | 2015-06-09T22:12:45 | 32 | 3 | null |
Background: I personally believe that the Republican position on many things is wrong in a moral and epistemological sense. I have watched sufficient 'debates' which include politics and religion (v. atheism) and the truth of the matter is — it isn't about facts. If you look at the coverage of the last election on Fo... | I think political satire is dangerous in that it generalizes politics and arguments instead of actually debating them. CMV. | 0 | 2014-01-19T18:58:36 | 35 | 2 | 1 |
Let's consider a man who becomes irritable when drunk and often gets into bar brawls. When the cops show up, what happens? Do they say, "Oh, he's too drunk to be responsible for what he's doing, carry on!" No, of course not. He is arrested and most likely charged with an offense such as public intoxication or assault a... | Consent feely given while mildly intoxicated should still count as consent | 0 | 2016-12-14T19:34:52 | 413 | 4 | null |
Can you clarify as to why you think too much showering is bad? | I think showering daily is a terrible idea and all efforts should be made to reverse this trend where it is common. | 0 | 2013-08-06T18:33:16 | 41 | 2 | 84Δ |
I would argue that completing any stage of education warrants a celebration, but it does seem too outlandish to dress small children in graduation clothes. My only guess why this is happening is to show the kids that it's important to be in school and look how fancy you look when you do good! Also, some people may appr... | Graduation for infant and primary schools are ridiculous, and cheapen the meaning of a graduation. | 1 | 2015-05-13T16:03:44 | 32 | 7 | 3Δ |
Unfortunately, this is a tragedy-of-the-commons situation that leaves any one advertiser powerless, and therefore blameless, IMO. Let's say an advertiser starts being reasonable. Among visitors using adblock, they go from zero impressions to zero impressions, because nobody habitually turns off adblock to see if advert... | There is nothing wrong with using adblock; advertisers are at fault. | 1 | 2016-03-16T08:33:53 | 436 | 10 | 7Δ |
to be fair, iphones are pretty extravagant, comparatively speaking. i agree that a smartphone can be the very thing to help someone off the street, but an iphone? are you sure you weren't panhandled by a hipster? | I shouldn't give change to homeless people on the streets. | 0 | 2015-05-28T22:26:37 | 118 | -2 | null |
I've worked with a lot of other powerful people, at local, national, and international levels. If there's one thing I've learned from observing those kinds of people, it is that wielding power is a difficult job that not everyone are made for. No, I think the meek would be real shitty leaders. While the same things mak... | I believe those who want power shouldn't have it. CMV. | 0 | 2013-02-19T03:23:12 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
So, what exactly are the 'harms' to culture that occur? You must understand, if you read the statements you've made from the perspective that 'turks and muslims' are people with exactly equivalent value to any other human, like Germans and Scandinavians; then things like seeing them outside and having them in your scho... | (too much) Immigration hurts a country's culture | 1 | 2015-07-18T23:18:28 | 52 | 24 | 1 |
I think you're missing a fundamental point. The UBI can't be funded based only on taxes on UBI, you're right. But it *can* be funded based on taxes on people who are earning money *above and beyond* the UBI, just like we currently fund the government by taxing money above and beyond our current UBI of $0. The point isn... | Universal basic income is unsustainable | 1 | 2017-06-22T22:43:05 | 44 | 27 | 15 |
Economically speaking obese people cost the tax payer far less money than otherwise more healthy people. This is because they die much earlier in life than people and avoid the end of life expenses. | Morally speaking, I'd be perfectly fine with obese by choice people not being allowed to access any kind of tax payer funded healthcare | 0 | 2017-03-03T23:26:44 | 118 | 1 | 80 |
Harriet Tubman's immense personal story was in escaping slavery and returning to save others, but her impact came from the many speeches she delivered about slavery, her role in organizing the Raid at Harper's Ferry (which was the catalyst for the Civil War the same way the Lusitania, Pearl Harbor, and 9/11 were for th... | If anyone should replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, it should be MLK Jr, not Harriet Tubman | 0 | 2015-05-13T09:38:55 | 61 | 18 | 39Δ |
Potatoes taste good and people enjoy eating them. That is enough of a reason for people to eat them. | There is no reason to be eating potatoes in the developed world. | 0 | 2017-03-05T23:03:36 | 54 | 4 | 80 |
You can't bully a random stranger with whom you have no prior relationship, and who is answering your claims voluntarily, with the specific intention of talking to suicidal people. These people writing in are not making attention grabs. For the most part they are genuinely suicidal and the shitty reality is that some o... | Suicide posts should be banned from Reddit. | 1 | 2014-10-20T05:37:27 | 46 | 9 | 3 |
This gives financial incentive to lie during jury selection. If you see jury duty as preferable to your current minimum wage job, or are unemployed you may be willing to ignore clear biases, or not mention reasons you should be disqualified from serving. | Jurors should be paid at least minimum wage, and reimbursed fairly for expenses when serving on a jury. | 1 | 2014-12-24T09:26:04 | 98 | 3 | 1 |
I think an underlying assumption here is that every "libertarian" actually has a fundamental, philosophical belief that "pure" libertarianism is far and away the best system. Many libertarians simply want less regulations, less taxes, or legal drugs. For many it is simply a philosophy that more closely aligns with thei... | Libertarians should establish their own experimental society, to crash-test their ideology. | 0 | 2016-08-23T18:30:47 | 163 | 1 | 12 |
There were some really good scenes mixed in with all the shit. The lightsaber fights were a major step up from the original series and also better then anything we've seen in the two new films. The fight between the droids and the jar jar binks peoples was awesome The racer scene in the first movie was a great scene. I... | The Star Wars prequels are objectively bad and there is nothing redeeming about them. | 1 | 2017-03-25T02:45:26 | 37 | 3 | 5 |
And here we come back to the initial point, the discount isn't as a thank-you for something done, it is just an attempt to target a specific demographic and draw their business by making them feel like they've got an exclusive deal. If it was actually intended to repay some kind of service, it would cut into the busine... | EMTs, SAR, firefighters, police, etc. should receive “military discounts”. | 1 | 2015-01-05T23:41:47 | 103 | 6 | 12 |
There is a lot of stuff wrong with your post that isn't central to your point, but I'm gonna point them out anyway: Republicans are infamously pro-life as the GOP's own website openly admits. I'm not sure if you don't know what "infamous" means, but to suggest the GOP is "infamously pro-life" is about as ridiculous as ... | The Republican position of being pro-life AND opposing birth control and sex ed is absolutely indefensible and ridiculous | 1 | 2017-05-27T17:05:44 | 148 | 8 | 13 |
certain descriptors are tossed around to silence debate such as racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. rather than actually looking at the merits of whether there is truth behind it. only problem is that we can't really assign a truth value to some statements, that's why they are debated. For example: "should we allow so ma... | Modern culture, even "intellectual" culture values not offending people rather than truth. This is a bad thing | 1 | 2016-01-03T04:00:50 | 133 | 5 | 1 |
Chopsticks are great for eating salad with. Many salad greens are difficult, at best, to spear with a fork. However, they're easily grabbed with chopsticks. Chopsticks are good for a variety of messy finger foods if you want to keep your fingers clean. Cheetos and buttered popcorn are classic examples. | Spoons and Forks are better than chopsticks in every aspect. | 0 | 2017-01-11T20:37:23 | 114 | 8 | 2 |
I love brown rice and I love potatoes. May I please eat both? | There is no reason to be eating potatoes in the developed world. | 0 | 2017-03-05T23:25:37 | 54 | 1 | 2 |
If you remember while the speed force is an awesome power and the mass-punch is strong it has its weakness specifically against foes who can sense other dimensions (brother grimm) doomsday evolves and evolves eventually (could take billions of deaths) figure out how to counter it and of grimm and doomsday teamed up the... | THe Flash (Wally West) could beat just about any superhero in a fight | 1 | 2014-12-23T02:24:00 | 147 | 8 | 3 |
I think that's a fair point-- if one accepts that underage people shouldn't be able to smoke/drink because they haven't reached an age where they can separate what is risky from what is safe, then by that same reasoning they can't decide whether it is safe to listen to loud music. Personally I'm in favor of lowering th... | I think small clubs shouldn't be allowed to play their music louder than 100 - 110 decibel | 1 | 2016-02-05T18:28:47 | 141 | 2 | 5 |
Voting is about having a voice, not about how much smarter you think are. You don't have to Einstein to know the difference between democrat and republican. People only vote when the gov is doing a shitty job. Voter apathy isn't the end of the world | Increasing voting turnout while ignoring voter comprehension is more detrimental to society then creating voting requirements. | 0 | 2014-05-18T16:34:57 | 79 | 1 | null |
To come at this from a different angle, what about the range of flavors you're missing out on? Quality wine, beer, and spirits all have an array of wonderfully complex tastes that you just can't experience any other way. I've tried a few non-alcoholic beers, and none of them are near close enough to the real thing. One... | I should not start drinking recreationally. | 1 | 2014-10-11T07:18:17 | 53 | 2 | 1 |
Can you explain this to me, because I am confused. I can definitely see what defines "Grunge" as a sound, but it is not that distinct from other forms of hard rock. It's guitar, drums, bass, singing, verse/chorus/bridge structure, about 2-4 minutes in length. It's very much standard rock and roll. Here's a Nirvana song... | Popular 90's grunge is inferior compared to all other commonly listened-to music genres. | 1 | 2014-09-04T03:10:31 | 35 | 1 | 47 |
I will try my best to change your view by using a controversial viewpoint. **Definition of God:** *(in Christianity and other monotheistic religions) the creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority; the supreme being.* So whenever we mention a God, we are essentially talking about an omnipotent ... | The existence of evil is proof that God does not exist. | 0 | 2015-10-29T10:55:48 | 96 | 3 | null |
.#1a) Man-made Global Warming is real. But not as terrible as Environmentalists make it out to be. For example, "More than 99 percent of all species, amounting to over five billion species" are already extinct -Wikipedia. And most of it is attributed to extinction events, not Global Warming. That's over the course of 3... | We should not fight Global Warming | 0 | 2017-05-27T21:20:30 | 57 | 7 | 38 |
Well-planned plant-based diets are rich in protein, iron, calcium and other essential vitamins and minerals. I'll try to go at this from a medical professional's point of view. The above statement is simply not true. They do contain a decent amount of protein, but with them being plant proteins they often have a compos... | If you actually care about your health and the environment, you should go vegan | 1 | 2015-09-30T22:03:53 | 179 | 1 | 1 |
I don't know about yours, but in my country we don't require minors to pay taxes because they don't have income. You owe taxes when you get a job, not when you're born. | You owe taxes starting from your first moment of existence; they are a debt you are morally obliged to pay. | 0 | 2015-04-07T19:13:17 | 198 | 2 | 7Δ |
I do have sexual attraction towards men. I may or may not be interested in women, but at the very least I have no opposition to the idea/trying that. So one might conclude from that that I am either bi or bi-curious. Despite that, I don't identify with LGBT or LGBT culture in the least. That's something other people ar... | I don't think that flamboyant, over-the-top behaviour is a real characteristic of homossexuality and people who do that are faking or insecure. CMV | 0 | 2013-07-11T04:44:59 | 89 | 1 | 3Δ |
I believe that since the ambassador works for and supports the Russian government, he is just as guilty for the 4400 deaths as the entire government is and because of this I feel that killing him is justified. You are US ambassador. You believe in your country, you know they are probably the good guys in the world. Sud... | Today's shooting of the Russian Ambassador isn't an act of terrorism | 1 | 2016-12-19T22:06:10 | 37 | 30 | 19 |
As someone who was reasoned into non-belief after living my entire life to that point as a devoted Christian, I couldn't disagree with you more. There's a common illusion at work here. The illusion that nobody ever changes their mind on the internet. When really people just rarely ever admit to their opponent that thei... | I think debating religion is a fun game, but ultimately pointless. | 1 | 2016-04-08T21:47:30 | 139 | 5 | 2 |
It's a gender issue because there's a whole subculture of men online who voice eerily similar sentiments (the "redpill" community), and feminists are concerned with the gender issues present in our society. Either you are unfamiliar with "the red pill" or you're being willfully ignorant; otherwise I can't see how you'r... | The recent shooting in Isla Vista (or UCSB, if you will) is not about women's rights | 0 | 2014-05-26T18:32:19 | 651 | -2 | null |
Sports build teamwork, companionship, gives exercise, gives a sense of discipline, shows you you can't always win. You claim sports are a waste of time and conversation, but isn't everything not bettering humanity a waste of time? Then get off reddit and do something! There are countless ways actually playing a sport h... | I think sports are ridiculous and carry no real value. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-08T06:54:27 | 67 | 1 | null |
TL;DR: In general, it's true that there is a lacking of female roles. What is inaccurate is the implications of WHY there is a lack of female roles. When people make characters, they simply imagine a heavily modified version of themselves. Why? It's easier to make a character when you're imagining what you would do in ... | Anita Sarkeesian and similar feminists actually have a point about the portrayal of gender roles in video games. | 0 | 2016-12-06T00:13:41 | 617 | 1 | 4 |
I get by on a tight budget and I am probably about a months worth of pay away from poverty if I were to lose my job today. Many people, such as myself, don't see more government changing that. A Democrat or Republican president will change little to that. A few more or less dollars via taxes on each weeks paycheck. Wha... | Unless you're a millionaire, there is no reason to vote for a Republican president. | 1 | 2016-02-27T22:55:54 | 161 | 5 | 1 |
Restaurants can predict on average what they'll make in tips and they use that to help calculate the cost of a meal. Without that expectation, the cost of an average tip would most likely be absorbed into the upfront cost of the food you order. Tipping as a social norm simply gives you freedom to pay a little less or a... | I should not have to pay Tips to waiters or cab drivers | 0 | 2017-05-03T22:32:32 | 71 | 1 | 102 |
It's extremely expensive to hold an inmate! It costs, on average, $168,000 per year in New York. [Source](http://ibo.nyc.ny.us/cgi-park2/?p=516) It would make more sense to have stricter seizure laws to recoup the fraud than to jail them for life and deplete public funds. | Bankers should be jailed for life for frauds more than $1.95 mln ($25k * 78 years average life expectancy in USA) | 1 | 2016-04-10T03:02:06 | 103 | 41 | 244 |
Wealth is already redistributed. That's what happens when taxes are levied disproportionately on rich people to pay for Medicaid, food stamps, public schools, etc. The question before us is how much redistribution we want to do. I don't know what you mean by "re-balance" but nobody proposes redistributing wealth to the... | Any attempt to re-balance wealth is futile, because even if you reset everyone to exactly $1, some would rise above the rest and eventually become billionaires again, and those billionaires would form corporations and wield superhuman economic and political power | 0 | 2015-02-05T10:10:57 | 35 | 1 | 10 |
One can value bodily autonomy more than life, and not be a hypocrite. | If somebody refuses to eat meat because they don't want to support killing animals, then it is hypocritical for that person to be pro-choice. | 0 | 2016-03-03T19:35:40 | 75 | 0 | 5 |
People have reputations, and reputation is important. No matter what you do in the bedroom, if you do it in private and that doesn't come to light, then nobody cares. Being in porn is a matter of public record, there's no denying what everyone can see you did. Porn is a job, and like all jobs it has an inherent level o... | Regularly watching porn while refusing to date ex-porn stars is hypocritical | 1 | 2015-11-08T15:10:28 | 48 | 6 | 7 |
In 2016 my mother died, my gut shut down (ileus), my dog exploded his spine, my job basically vanished, and a reality TV clown became my next president. I think my feelings towards 2016 are justified. | There was nothing special about 2016, bad events happen and people die every year. The internet just exaggerates everything. | 1 | 2016-11-28T03:28:32 | 336 | 265 | 1 |
That is a terrible idea, tranquilizers can easily be lethal, or cause permanent damage if not properly administered. Their effectiveness is extremely affected by characteristics an officer would not be able to know, primarily weight. Furthermore we already have a perfectly acquit non-lethal weapon for police to use, t... | Instead of firearms, police should use/carry tranquilizer guns. | 0 | 2015-08-06T22:38:44 | 48 | 1 | 7 |
Pascal's Wager is when if there is a god and you believe, you are rewarded. If there is a god and you don't believe, you are punished. If there is no god it doesn't matter. The assumption is that belief is the sole determining factor (not how morally upright you are or whatever.) The Chosen People argument is that you... | Pascal's wager is the best argument for any religion | 1 | 2017-06-08T02:35:05 | 112 | 3 | 168 |
I think you need to be open minded about socializing with others. I don't drink, in fact I'm pretty sure I'm allergic to something in beer. I've only ever drank alcohol but a few times (I'm 28). The first time was when I was stationed in Japan and I was at a friends house and we were drinking a bit. I hated it and neve... | It is ridiculously harder to socialize in life if you don't drink alcohol | 0 | 2014-03-27T20:16:43 | 117 | 1 | null |
1. Special interests. He's special and has interests and buys politicians. Many politicians sell their political influence - libs and cons. You're only allowed to corrupt your own team? 2. Many inheritors blow their parents money. He multiplied it, still runs successful businesses today. Had several successful careers ... | Donald Trump is not really a conservative and would be a disaster for the conservative movement, the GOP, and the United States. | 1 | 2016-04-10T16:10:50 | 101 | 4 | 2 |
Very interesting post. I think it's great that in studying economics you've wanted to push the bounds of the classical models. I think you might not be aware however that the current frontier of mainstream economic research is an attempt to relax all of the assumptions you're objecting to. [Behavioral Economics](https:... | Economics focuses too much on mathematics and not enough on history. | 1 | 2016-10-14T22:22:14 | 135 | 37 | 14 |
Phones are a very personal decision - the feature set that people are after can differ wildly from person to person. The fact that a phone may not have the feature set that you personally want does not mean that it is inferior; it just means that you personally don't like it. I'm not going to play "which phone is bette... | The Samsung phones have been ahead of the Apple iPhones nearly every step of the way, and establishing them as equal competitors may not be genuine. | 0 | 2017-05-10T16:24:38 | 89 | 13 | 125 |
I've always heard that they are just interested in accessibility. Clothes that are easy to get past. | I think women who wear revealing clothing increase their risk for rape CMV (PS: I am NOT advocating rape, please read content) | 1 | 2013-07-25T05:42:48 | 64 | 2 | 5 |
You can be friends with a black person but still think their race is inferior. People like this rationalize it as, "they're one of the 'good' ones." | "I am not a racist [against X], one of my best friends is X" is a perfectly valid rebuttal | 0 | 2017-05-29T19:44:20 | 126 | 4 | 81 |
Nuclear waste is currently being stored on site at nuclear facilities, and the DOE is being sued because they are failing to make good on their promise to take care of the waste. Check this out: http://www.law360.com/articles/661308/nuclear-power-cos-hit-doe-with-waste-disposal-suit There are several technical solution... | If we can test nuclear weapons on US soil then we have the space to store nuclear waste. | 0 | 2016-03-21T21:33:24 | 142 | 1 | null |
From videos I have seen of dogs, minks or monkeys etc being allowed out of a cage and seeing grass and seeing the sky for the first time of their lives, I have realised that they too have feelings and emotions and caging a human or other animal up for their whole lives is torture and should be totally illegal. And then... | I believe that animals deserve the same rights as human where possible and that it is moral to non-violently liberate them from places of abuse, eg factory farms, slaughterhouses and animal experiment labs. | 0 | 2014-08-29T02:46:46 | 185 | 1 | 5 |
My whole point is that world hunger was never a long term problem. Malthus can suck it, food production has increased faster than population growth for at least a hundred and fifty years and now population growth is slowing. The problems of hunger in an area for what seems like forever come from ten year droughts or tw... | I believe that the only way to end world hunger is to allow those suffering to starve. CMV. | 1 | 2013-07-23T03:38:35 | 59 | 4 | 70Δ |
Sure, plenty of people don't watch TV for various reasons. But by your logic, do you consider those two families uninformed? | Based on cable news ratings, I believe that informed people prefer Fox news, and uniformed people don't watch the news. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-07T22:42:57 | 43 | 2 | 22Δ |
*Note 2 - The tax revenue from pot sales is a proverbial "drop in the bucket" when it comes to trickling down to the US citizens. So is everything else. Put a bucket out when its raining sometime and you'll see those drops start to add up. *Note 3 - While legalized businesses selling pot may put many drug dealers out ... | Legalizing pot for recreational purposes brings no benefit to our society. | 0 | 2016-08-31T20:50:19 | 123 | 1 | 3 |
I would strongly hesitate to call us worse off than we were in the past, and if anything we got better. There are still many issues in the world, but many of the ones you state are not as bad as you might think. The second point is the possibility of World War III. Now that nukes exist, the apocalypse is close. Nuclea... | The world will worsen in the near future. | 0 | 2017-05-01T19:16:17 | 18 | 3 | 37 |
I am interested to see what others have to say as well. And I couldn't agree more about not taking life lightly, and appreciating my body and not taking it for granted. I can't believe, sometimes, the things I see people willingly do to their healthy bodies. I agree with you that having children and thinking about wha... | I've suffered from cancer and don't think it's morally right for me to reproduce because of it. CMV. | 1 | 2014-01-28T21:59:18 | 27 | 4 | 10 |
Well, if I were Trump I wouldn't like to acknowledge I ever even said that. But, if someone brought the quote up to Trump in an interview and he defended it or dodged the question that would be another thing. In fact, that did happen, in 1999 during an interview with playboy ([link](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0... | Donald Trump is not racist towards black people. | 1 | 2017-01-29T22:59:41 | 188 | 51 | 9 |
But we can't know that. Reality isn't simply just a program, running to completion. Or at least, form our current understanding of physics, nor do all chemical reactions have one given outcome, at least at the atomic level. Actually, since this is a question of physics more than chemistry or philosophy, according to ou... | I believe that everything is predetermined and humans have no free will. CMV. | 1 | 2013-08-13T22:15:18 | 51 | 1 | 8 |
This is an interesting question, and I have had my view changed on this twice. I lived in Paris for many years and so am familiar with the question. When I first heard of the proposed law to banish Gypsies, I was against it because, it just feels wrong to banish people for the group they belong to, especially in Europe... | I believe gypsies are bad for Europe and should not be welcomed in other countries. CMV | 0 | 2014-01-01T20:10:28 | 84 | 160 | null |
This thread could use some numbers. Here's the share of GDP adjusted for purchasing power parity by country. https://www.quandl.com/collections/economics/gdp-as-share-of-world-gdp-at-ppp-by-country You'll notice that every single first world country is in the red. Every Single One. That is, their slice of the pie as a ... | For the west to enjoy the lifestyle it does, subjugation of third world countries is necessary. | 1 | 2015-05-14T22:17:18 | 232 | 202 | 1Δ |
This is a pretty easy one. Statistically, [immigrants actually commit *less* crime than citizens](http://thehill.com/latino/324607-reports-find-that-immigrants-commit-less-crime-than-us-born-citizens), so if the government's goal is to keep citizens safe, it should increase immigration significantly so that the pool of... | I believe that allowing ANY immigration from other countries is putting non-citizens lives ahead of citizens, as some of these migrants will harm current citizens, no matter where they are from. | 0 | 2017-06-27T04:45:38 | 45 | 2 | 17 |
I agree with you that women should not drink. I also believe there is no safe amount. I've met Fetal Alcohol Syndrome kids and any woman who does that to her children is a horrible person. However.... your proposal puts the burden of assessing pregnancy on the waitress or bartender. It's not their job. And it's very ... | Establishments that serve alcohol should be able to refuse service to pregnant women. | 1 | 2014-04-15T05:36:25 | 104 | 5 | 18Δ |
This just sounds like you want everything to move towards a fast food type restaurant but there are reasons why people don't like these and one is that being served by someone means you don't have 50 or 100 people all walking round the restaurant trying to get drinks and place their order. Do the people need to carry t... | I don't see the need for restaurant waiters | 0 | 2014-08-10T13:54:51 | 44 | 2 | 1 |
The thing is, if you only do research that has an immediate short-term benefit then you are severely limiting your technological progress in the long run. Nuclear physics was purely theoretical for quite a long time but now we have several countries whose main source of power is nuclear power plants. If scientists had ... | NASA, LHC, etc are a waste of resources in my opinion. CMV? | 1 | 2014-01-08T19:40:41 | 76 | 14 | 6 |
Poland just recently granted women the right to vote in 1915, and in the USA it was 1920. It seems that you are claiming that both our cultures can rapidly adapt and change and become 100% "fair" in a very short time. Cultures just don't adapt that rapidly. Another example of this is how racist the USA still is, even t... | I think feminism isn't needed in civilized countries such as USA or Poland. | 0 | 2017-05-07T18:05:13 | 137 | 1 | 12 |
I'll address the open borders portion of your post. One of the advantages of nation states is that they permit people with shared values to live together. If a country has open borders, its norms and laws will be determined by the majority of people who live there. Eugene Volokh, a law professor and Soviet immigrant to... | Open borders, free trade and global citizenship should be a key goal of our current society | 1 | 2017-02-22T15:40:01 | 296 | 486 | 1 |
Your assumption that West benefited from colonialism and somehow at expense of "colonized" people is doubly wrong. It was massive waste of money and manpower done for map painting reasons, and benefits were very rare compared with just trading stuff. You can compare countries which did colonizing with nearby countries ... | Western nations have a moral obligation to help the people of poorer countries | 0 | 2015-08-28T12:04:11 | 67 | 3 | 1 |
My mom was a single mom and lived on minimum wage for most of our lives. We were considered below the poverty line, and I think that alone should give you the information you need to understand that minimum wage is not enough. I will address all your points though cause "I experienced this" is not a great argument. Fr... | Minimum wage(in Canada and the United States) is *usually* enough to live on. | 0 | 2017-04-22T19:53:46 | 153 | 1 | null |
All good points, however, my post was primarily addressing the idea rather than the practicality. Well shoot, I tried! I'm also not sure where you're going with the data collection point. This is all data that is already being collected - reddit posts are stored and accessible. Twitter accounts with their full history ... | At some point, a law stating that people must use their real names in all online communication will be seen as a good thing | 1 | 2017-05-01T13:43:26 | 42 | 8 | 22 |
What about people who text while driving? What about people who speed? What about aggressive drivers? All of these people are driving dangerously and putting others at risk in much the same way that a drunk driver does; they just haven't been stigmatized in the same way. In your post, you assert that most people who ar... | People found guilty of drunk driving should never be able to drive again, CMV | 0 | 2014-02-19T16:52:09 | 43 | 8 | 86Δ |
I just recently wrote an essay about this- the profit motive is perfect for making money. It does not provide incentive to do anything else. This can be harnessed really well for some goals, like making products people want to buy. Not nearly as good for situations where the goal is not profitable. Governments, theoret... | The private sector can do anything that the public sector can do but with more efficiency. | 0 | 2014-11-14T04:08:20 | 83 | 2 | null |
Having the option to do so can be good, but sometimes you just don't want the expectation of always doing it. For instance, we get smartphones from work, basically the latest iphone/android/windows phone. We can use them privately. Despite this, I also have a private phone, and I hardly ever use my work phone. I always... | For salaried employees, it's a good thing to be able to take your work home with you (e.g., receive work e-mails on your phone, have the work laptop at home, etc.) | 0 | 2015-10-21T15:23:57 | 71 | 1 | 1 |
Even though its real, I still consider it an unexplorable fantasy because the human race will never be able to explore it in my life time. It's still pretty interesting to think about, right? Btw, what does your flair stand for? The deltas? It's the number of views I have changed. | I think that the fake realities within video games, books, and TV shows are more interesting than actual reality CMV | 1 | 2014-01-17T04:25:43 | 20 | 6 | 57Δ |
marriage is not about reproduction. This is true, and I'll grant that a key component of the recent ruling was that marriage cannot be distinguished based on a couple's ability to have, or preference for, children. So, in that sense, I understand why you want to dismiss that factor altogether. However, there's a subst... | there is no legal or moral argument against allowing incestuous marriage that hasn't been thrown away in pursuit of gay marriage. | 0 | 2015-06-27T23:16:30 | 422 | 3 | 10 |
These scenarios rarely come up. Most people don't even know that arian is a term from India, and how much the Nazis stole from hindu culture (and twisted and corrupted it to their own sick views). But I don't think it is that important. I'm sure once it was explained to your nieces teachers they understood. I doubt the... | I believe The 'swastika' deserves respect and clarification as a symbol, as a significant part of the human population, viz the Hindus, hold this symbol sacred. I feel this is essential to prevent misunderstandings and prejudice...CMV, I guess. | 0 | 2014-03-26T06:32:24 | 251 | 10 | 20 |
1) trickle down doesn't work, but neither does welfare. History teaches us its unions. And neither support that. 2) abortion is a draw 3) at least their party can pull together with their agenda. 4) free college won't have the affect we think it will. Minorities will be underserved, women will get more degrees, and t... | The current conservative ideology of the US Republican Party (GOP) is objectively worse than the progressive modern-liberal ideology (within the US Democratic party) because it’s bound to lead to socioeconomic failure and risks environmental failure. | 0 | 2017-02-10T18:48:14 | 119 | 1 | 13 |
Yes, it *is* a complete way of thinking, but in my view, thinking very analytically vs. more symbolic and intuitive thinking (for lack of a better word) are not at all incompatible – they complement each other. I offer as anecdotal evidence my personal experience. I self-identified as pretty much exclusively analytical... | The idea of not labeling a relationship(or anything else) is counterproductive to intention of language and is an inherently juvenile concept. | 1 | 2014-11-18T20:18:00 | 176 | 2 | 1 |
I have very little faith in humanity and would expect some rather foolish profiling methods where humans are sorted based on their genetic profile, and deviance from that profile is treated as an aberration rather than simple individuality. | The politically correct understanding of the differences in human genetics might be in our best interest socially, but isn't necessarily the truth. | 1 | 2016-02-24T08:30:41 | 82 | 1 | 2 |
1. The separation of church and state in the US was never meant to keep the influence of religion outside of government, rather it is the opposite: the separation of church and state was to keep the state from passing laws discriminated against certain religions. In this respect, it is also really problematic to sugges... | Nations whose leadership is based upon religion are fundamentally backwards and have no place in the modern world. | 1 | 2017-05-27T16:27:32 | 235 | 270 | 1 |
I am not a holder of the beliefs described below. But I did spend a number of years with a very wide, very politically diverse blog roll, and it included a few radical feminists. While their views vary, here is a basic outline. They start with the belief that physical sex is real, but gender roles are 100% socially co... | I don't understand the subset of feminism that is also transphobic. | 1 | 2016-12-21T17:58:26 | 207 | 87 | 6 |
I'd like to say that sex can indeed be a dangerous thing, and that's why sex crimes are usually punished worse than your basic violent crime (other than the fact that sex crimes usually involve both violence and an unwanted sexual contact). I think the judeo christian take on this is just an interpretation, but I feel ... | Our Culture's post-Judeo-Christian sexual ethic is inconsistent at best and harmful at worst. | 0 | 2015-06-04T01:53:17 | 63 | 1 | null |
I believe that identifying as LGBT is something that is developed in late adolescence to early adulthood. Well your wrong. I'm not gay, BI, etc... myself but I clearly remember looking at girls in a funny way since I was 6-8 years old. And apparently this is the age when sexual orientation first manifests. So, even tho... | I do not believe that kids are capable of being LGBT. | 0 | 2016-10-24T21:57:39 | 40 | 2 | 11 |
Beyond just gaming like.... what about transgendered youth afraid of coming out? Sure it may breed homophobia, but it also provides support communities for those same people who may not be ready to face who they are just yet. There's countless communities like this that do a great service for confused kids (and adults)... | Public anonymity online is a dangerous concept that causes much more harm than good. | 1 | 2014-09-23T21:02:59 | 63 | 3 | 1 |
This is a common misconception. The system is actually much fairer than most people think, because Worker A is not actually taxed at 33%. The money that Worker A makes over $189,300 but under $411,500 is. Below that, they are taxed at the same rates. So lets break that down. Worker A and B are both taxed at 10% for the... | The rate at which one's income is taxed should be based upon average hourly income rather than annual income | 1 | 2015-01-09T17:40:12 | 72 | 2 | 3 |
With regards to a dangerous hobby, the legal principle of 'volenti non fit injuria' applies: 'To he who consents, no harm is done'. However, as in most things, there is more to be considered. I fail to see the connection between tragedy and sympathy. Sympathy (*syn* - together, *pathos* - feeling) is a reaction to the ... | When people intentionally engage in risky activities outside of work, like climbing Mount Everest, it shouldn't be considered a tragedy if they are killed in the process. | 1 | 2015-04-27T13:35:30 | 131 | 1 | 1Δ |
The reason "white privilege" has become a charged term is that many/most of the people who care about it, on both sides, aren't capable of having an impartial conversation about it - and actually, they're not even *interested* in having one. That's not what they want at all, in fact. Rather, people who don't like white... | White Privilege is another way of saying Non-White Disadvantage. Labeling it as "White Privilege" alienates white people and discourages them from getting involved | 1 | 2016-10-24T17:26:41 | 236 | 30 | 42 |
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