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[Amy's frozen pizzas](http://www.amys.com/products/product-categories/pizzas) are quite good. Really good crust. Plus they're organic. Be sure to try one with the normal crust: they also have a corn and rice crust and both are terrible. I'd say Amy's definitely has a better flavor (since they use real cheese and no ch... | There is no such thing as good frozen pizza. | 0 | 2015-06-26T14:38:11 | 50 | 2 | 20Δ |
I believe people should be able to retire by the time they are 62 years old, and that their employers should be paying them well enough to do so. Would it change your view if I told you that already happens? Let's take an average "low wage" worker. Federal minimum wage in the United States is currently $7.75/hr (I thin... | I believe people should be able to retire by the time they are 62 years old, and that their employers should be paying them well enough to do so. CMV | 1 | 2014-02-11T20:20:30 | 127 | 2 | 8 |
Rape numbers have reduced steadily in the last 30 years. is very different than there is no rape culture in the first world. It's like racism: while there isn't any (explicit) segregation/slavery that still goes on in America, that doesn't mean racism has been eradicated. Even if the number of (reported) rapes has dec... | there is no rape culture in the first world. | 0 | 2016-07-08T01:09:41 | 218 | 5 | 20 |
In defense of your argument I think you are right but also that if I want to do something im going to do it and fuck anyone who says I'm wrong or that I hurt someones feelings I dont care about their feelings they can grow a pair and get over it because this is America land of the free and what right does anyone have t... | cultural appropriation is not a legitimate issue at all | 0 | 2017-06-29T00:58:56 | 249 | 1 | 2 |
Firstly, consciousness is the primary source of your knowledge of the world. To construct a mental model of the world and then claim there is no room/need for consciousness is like building a table, then kicking all the legs away. If consciousness is an artifact or side-effect of complexity, then you must concede that ... | I believe that human consciousness and self-awareness are merely products of a biological mechanism(brain) that can be recreated it said mechanism is understood and perfectly recreated. | 1 | 2014-07-26T21:32:41 | 246 | 1 | 1 |
I'd like to challenge specifically your notion that Republicans are bad for the environment. The narrative that the GOP is the party that never cared about the environment and want to exploit the earth's resources for profit is simply untrue. For example, Richard Nixon was the person who founded the EPA, Bush 41 signed... | 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. | 1 | 2017-02-10T10:28:05 | 119 | 3 | 4 |
I will grant that culture and attitude are issues with upward mobility, but to say that systemic poverty is NOT a product of racism, our economic system, or shortcomings of governance, you would have to be able state that we do not have racism, that our economic system serves all equally, and that there are no signific... | Generationally impoverished people in the United States have a cultural and attitude problem that prevents financial improvement, and is not a product of America's race culture, economic system, or shortcomings of governance. | 0 | 2015-12-05T20:49:39 | 34 | 14 | null |
But in my opinion, there is only so much political correctness I can remember and keep track of. There are so many minority identities that face such a wide range of discrimination, it becomes too burdensome to keep track of all of them. So your main reason is that you don't have the capacity to remember all potential ... | We need an acceptable pragmatic limit to political correctness | 0 | 2017-05-19T18:13:34 | 49 | 1 | 41 |
OK, I guess I’m going to write this one long diatribe and save it, rather than just re-writing it every 2 weeks and putting it into yet another body camera thread. Potential issues with body cameras: (1)First, we need to address the fact that, as of today, there isn’t a perfect body camera on the market. For a system t... | Police should be required to use dash cameras and wear body cameras at all times. | 1 | 2014-11-26T21:36:58 | 474 | 1 | 8 |
A agree with you until you wrote the word never. Absolutes are kind of hard to defend. People do have a finite ability to care about things. We simply can't care about every issue all the time. There might be times when there is really important stuff going on and people are spending all their energy and focus on th... | Saying you shouldn't care about X when Y is so much more important is never constructive | 1 | 2015-08-03T17:30:10 | 45 | 12 | 14 |
I have two separate arguments to make here. 1) There are only two choices (yeah, yeah, third party and all that is great but meaningless), so sometimes you have to make a difficult choice and vote for someone who says things you don't agree with. Voters can take a look at Trump's policies as a whole and decide they li... | Knowingly voting for a xenophobic bigot makes you a xenophobic bigot yourself. I don't want to think half of the US-Population is like that so please CMV | 0 | 2016-11-10T21:40:20 | 145 | 2 | null |
I think others have covered the key points, but allow me to indulge in what I think they are, then move on to one of your issues specifically... It's not about the recipe, it's about the history and the techniques. Without classic French cuisine modern cookery wouldn't be what it is, the techniques developed by the Fre... | French food is overrated and I find it uninspiring | 1 | 2015-01-30T22:21:38 | 172 | 8 | 1 |
A belief, attitude, or practice being common in a time/place is part of an explanation of why some person does something, but it is not a justification for that belief, attitude, or practice. Believing that people of different races were inferior, that women are by nature subservient (and ought to stay that way), etc. ... | You Cannot Blame a Generation for how they Act | 0 | 2017-04-27T19:05:21 | 28 | 1 | 57 |
Atheists? I'm completely atheist, but Christmas makes me think of warm comforting feelings in every aspect. Congratulations... you "get it". Religious zealots will refuse anything once entirely their own becoming secular. You can write the words "love and peace" on a pillow and still asphyxiate someone with it. If tha... | No One Should Feel Offended by Christmas | 1 | 2014-12-09T15:43:18 | 98 | 2 | 1 |
You can have both but you wont get them handed to you immediately. To easily pursue passion is in how you look at it also. Whats easy to me might not be easy to you. I think as long as you don't have children it is pretty easy to do whatever you want it just requires some creativity. | Life is meaningless | 1 | 2016-09-19T01:27:27 | 48 | 1 | 1 |
I would agree with you about conspiracy theorists, because they feel like *nothing* is what it seems. What are the odds that all of this stuff can be kept secret, right? But I do think it's important to distinguish between people who are persistently skeptical (conspiracy theorists like those you'd find in /r/conspirac... | I believe that most skeptics are simply jumping on bandwagons. | 0 | 2014-03-28T15:17:46 | 93 | 0 | 13 |
It's possible if you participate in those sorts of things to begin to develop a sense of it. As a writer for scripts and as an actor (rarely) I can tell you that writers and directors do not have much if any influence over mannerisms tones or inflections. The little things, the humanity of the performance falls on the ... | a "good actor" has more to do with writing, directing and overall production than with a particular actor's skills. | 1 | 2014-11-09T00:24:39 | 133 | 9 | 11 |
IIRC, Scientology organizes itself in levels/stages, and keeps their followers behind a sort of donation pay wall. Anyone who has interest in learning about Scientology would have to commit themselves to the church and make "donations" before being able to handle the first book. While I don't doubt that there are parts... | Scientology is no more absurd than religions like Christianity and Islam | 0 | 2015-04-27T22:34:32 | 650 | 6 | null |
Solar radiation. Abstract from "Solar radiation and human health" by Juzeniene et al. "The Sun has played a major role in the development of life on Earth. In Western culture, people are warned against Sun exposure because of its adverse effects: erythema, photoimmunosuppression, photoageing, photocarcinogenesis, catar... | I believe that there is no level of radiation that can be considered safe. CMV | 1 | 2013-11-08T06:09:15 | 119 | 1 | 1 |
Should any achievements not be celebrated if there was no sacrifice? If some super-genius found the cure to cancer with little effort on their part, do they deserve celebration? I'm curious to hear your thoughts on High School grad parties as well. People are allowed to celebrate and have fun. Let them live their own l... | College graduation should only be celebrated if it was genuinely hard for you | 0 | 2017-06-07T15:22:52 | 38 | 1 | 3 |
I'm only going to address the government aspect. ... So, if you don't have anything to hide, there's literally no concern that your emails will be read... My family lived in the Soviet Union, where the government spied on everyone. Do you believe that the infamous totalitarian governments of the past such as Nazi Germa... | Online privacy isn't important if you have nothing to hide | 1 | 2017-06-09T06:01:24 | 59 | 17 | 1 |
You're making a logical fallacy. I mean, you could have a structural engineer 100% correctly explaining the physics behind bridge construction, but imagine during his explanation he referred to CAD Technicians as "CAD Monkeys" (I work in the suburban planning industry and this is a derogatory term used by some to descr... | I think that anyone who uses terms like "sheeple", "libtard", or others throughout the left-right spectrum has opinions not worth reading or considering. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-24T22:21:24 | 99 | 43 | 1 |
In the context of the original trilogy: The Mule and his progeny would have ultimately had to limit the new Empire's technological and social progress in order to stay in power. This would have ultimately left the galaxy less empowered and capable in the long term, and more vulnerable to large-scale problems. In the co... | The Galaxy would have been better off had the Mule been allowed to forge a greater Galactic Empire. CMV | 0 | 2014-02-28T02:44:48 | 30 | 2 | null |
TL;DR The typical gay stereotype makes gay people look like 'pets', or second-class, and destroys progress towards equality. They're acting like themselves. They're not negatively impacting gay rights by acting like themselves, unless people like you look at them as a 'burden' and not as part of the diversity of the LG... | Flamboyant, over-the-top, 'flaming' gay people are more harm to achieving equality than good. | 0 | 2014-08-18T07:25:17 | 56 | 1 | 3 |
I mean, in reality, the difference between an IQ of 85 and an IQ of 100 is negligible in the grand scale of things. Keep in mind IQ tests are construct of societies that reflects the time and location of the construction of the test. Not to mention the IQ tests alone are testing only one version of "intelligence" havin... | People of African descent have inherently lower IQ. | 1 | 2017-01-28T23:52:21 | 49 | 1 | 21 |
I'm not religious. I believe all things should be dealt with rationally. And I think the existence of 'God' is rather plausible. Nick Bostrom (born Niklas Boström on 10 March 1973) is a Swedish philosopher at St. Cross College, University of Oxford known for his work on existential risk and the anthropic principle. **... | I don't believe in God. Please CMV. | 1 | 2013-08-14T11:58:51 | 67 | 7 | 7 |
I'm going to reverse the genders. How would you feel if you were told [this is how men should act to avoid false-rape accusations](https://i.imgur.com/7LXtLB5.jpg) ? You would find it absurd. You would say it's absolutely stupid to adapt to a Dystopian society instead of trying to improve this society. Many people hav... | Anti-Victim-blaming culture is suppressing the spread of helpful information that can prevent rape. | 0 | 2015-08-05T17:33:25 | 391 | 18 | 2 |
There are some nutrients that are virtually nonexistent in plants - vitamins B12 (only present in some algae) and D (lichen), both are extremely important and there is pretty much no way to get enough of them without supplementation from vegan diet. Some minerals are also hard to get, for example calcium and iron (whil... | Veganism is the only sustainable and ethically tenable diet plan in first world countries. | 1 | 2017-06-28T07:11:36 | 130 | 8 | 6 |
You shouldn't have to respect the rather twisted and distorted version of Christianity, and Christianity's perceptions of the Quiltbag community that you've created here. But in terms of the actual Christianity, let's delve deeper. First, there is nothing anywhere in the Bible about hating anyone because of sins. The r... | I can't see why I should have to respect Christianity. | 1 | 2017-01-14T10:42:29 | 98 | 26 | 14 |
Communism is a utopian, unattainable ideal for society That can be said of most ideals. Liberty, Democracy, Secularism, Freedom of Speech, Gender Equality, you name it. None of them have ever been attained in their perfect form. But they are still worthy ideals. The mistake of many Communist countries was that they tr... | I believe Communism has spelled nothing but authoritarian disaster in practice, and anybody seriously endorsing it in the 21st Century should be ridiculed profusely | 0 | 2015-04-09T17:39:34 | 53 | 4 | 1Δ |
1) Suburban sprawl is not an evil. In fact it is wanted. 2) Yes. Americans like cars. Once again this is not an evil. We want to be able to drive ourselves places. 3) This is a good thing. Cheap housing is a good thing. 4) This is also a good thing. It means these towns get more access to commerce and more tax money... | Cookie cutter housing should be banned in the United States | 0 | 2017-04-04T01:27:11 | 55 | 3 | 84 |
I'm going to turn your statement around on you and say that it's irresponsible for public planners to design communities that require cars to get around (and for people who drink at bars to live in areas without public transportation/taxis/or more than walking distance from a bar). I'm nearly 30, do more than my fair ... | I believe that it is hypocritical for a society to oppose drinking and driving, yet allow for public bars and pubs. | 0 | 2014-08-19T08:31:52 | 47 | 3 | 2 |
Pro-life means being against killing "innocent" life. It's rare to see a pro-lifer who isn't in favor of killing for defense. There's nothing irrational about that. Same with capital punishment. It is killing someone who is not "innocent". Some would even say it's self-defense for the state. Yes, some in the past have ... | I believe those who are "pro-life" but support capital punishment don't care about the sanctity of life, just controlling people's sexuality. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-09T08:32:36 | 102 | 7 | 20 |
Being asexual is definitely not a choice. While some kids may "try on" asexuality just like some kids experiment with bisexual or gay relationships in their early years, it's something that wears on you over time. If there is one solid expectation of you in society, it's that everyone wants to get laid. Sex is such an ... | I believe A-Sexualism is a trend and is just something people call themselves just to be 'interesting' or 'different'. | 1 | 2015-08-07T20:37:13 | 112 | 7 | 1 |
People don't like spoilers because you have robbed that person of finding out said information the way the creator meant for it to be found out. Doesn't matter if it's a movie, book or tv show, the author builds up the situation to the point right where something resolves in a way or another. Being caught up in the who... | I believe people who complain about spoilers stupid [CMV] | 0 | 2013-10-01T11:10:14 | 25 | 16 | 6 |
I find [Paul Tobin's *Rejection of Pascal's Wager*](http://www.rejectionofpascalswager.net/jesus.html) to be a very good reference as far as the (lack of) historical evidence for biblical events goes. Most of my info comes from this site, but I will mark other sources as needed. I am no historian, but I've done a fair ... | The accounts of Jesus in the Bible are more historical than the accounts of most other ancient, western, historical figures. | 1 | 2015-11-13T21:49:35 | 80 | 7 | 1 |
The reason I wouldn't do this, and ymmv, is on the chance that the second sock proved unsuitable in some way. For example, you discover a hole, or find that the second one is all stretched out. I have many pairs like this, and it'd be enough to make me not wear them to work, but I still keep socks like that for just we... | Putting on one sock and one shoe, then the other sock and other shoe is superior to both socks and then both shoes. | 0 | 2016-04-23T00:58:42 | 92 | 1 | null |
On top of what's already been said, the reason why 'espresso connoisseurs' hate Starbucks is because they burn their beans (over-roast them) which produces a strong bitter taste, and then they overload it with sugar to mask the bitter taste. This is fine if you don't like the taste of espresso Starbucks is like it's ow... | Coffee is overrated, the effects received are negligible and often a placebo, and people who say they like the taste are lying to themselves. | 0 | 2015-05-15T21:02:58 | 51 | 5 | null |
I don't personally parse the XML unless I'm just reading through the file itself. My media center software is able to read the movie.xml file and incorporate the information contained therein into its interface. Since you ask, though, here's a sample of the contents of one file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8... | I believe that the Extensible Markup Language (XML) serves no genuinely useful or beneficial purpose. CMV. | 1 | 2013-11-23T16:37:35 | 37 | 2 | 7 |
Taking the romantic hyper-liberal perspective, Hillary Clinton is a weak candidate. On important issues like health care, the second amendment, student loans, and other items that the particularly liberal crowd is concerned with, Hillary has essentially promised to keep the status quo, or institute reforms that appear ... | The idea that "Hillary is an extremely weak candidate" or that "Hillary would be losing to any Republican besides Trump" is foolish. | 1 | 2016-08-16T19:19:49 | 57 | 10 | 75 |
I would argue that emotions aren't a flaw in humanity, but they instead make humanity what it is. Without any emotion, most people would have no reason to live, no reason to procreate, and no reason to come up with ideas. If this were to happen, surely mankind would stagnate and be in a much worse place than in a socie... | I'm living my life like a robot and think emotion is a flaw of humanity. | 1 | 2014-07-26T16:33:40 | 44 | 4 | 1 |
In my opinion, cisgendered or cissexual is the "default" setting. Those with alternate sexual or gender identities are the minority. That in no way suggests or implies that they are bad or wrong. There are simply less of them. I think it's rather safe to assume that someone is cis unless they tell me otherwise. I'm in ... | I think that "cisgendered" and "cissexual" are unnecessary. | 0 | 2014-04-30T18:56:38 | 173 | 34 | 15Δ |
Trumps intent wasnt a muslim ban. Most muslims in the world were not on the ban list. The countries he attempted to ban are full of violent people. Imagine if there was a country full of white supremacists...... Would anyone be anxious to allow them to immigrate? What if those white supremacists thought raping women wa... | Federal Judges blocking Trump's executive order on immigration is an abuse of power by the judiciary. | 0 | 2017-05-30T02:41:48 | 101 | 0 | null |
This is a post I made in regard to a similar question some time ago explaining how the Vietnam protests helped to bring an end to that war (For context, this was shortly after inauguration): The protests against the war in Vietnam played a huge role in ending the war. Essentially by Americans taking to the streets the... | There is little to no point to protests in the streets. It can often just be ignored. | 0 | 2017-04-21T01:00:25 | 109 | 2 | null |
Just going by the atrocious spelling and grammar I find on Reddit and elsewhere on the internet, I'd say it's definitely necessary. People often think "big deal!" when someone corrects their grammar or spelling, but imagine someone who thinks 2+2=5. Imagine someone thinking oxygen is heavier than sodium and then gettin... | I believe that English classes should be removed from English-speaking countries. CMV | 1 | 2014-03-08T18:54:58 | 33 | 1 | 1 |
I think 1 Corinthians 15 does a pretty good job of making the argument for me: "And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith... And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for ... | Good Friday is way more important than Easter Sunday | 0 | 2017-04-19T08:26:43 | 39 | 1 | 4 |
I think you're assuming much about them based on a generalized view. You don't know their struggles, you don't know the individual. Maybe you're looking at people who don't make much money so they rely on subsidized food which greatly contributes to obesity. Having money to eat healthy food is not cheap. Maybe the pers... | I don't like fat people. | 0 | 2015-02-28T22:33:11 | 75 | 1 | 1 |
The core value of the pro-choice stance is its preference of individual discretion to public uniformity. It acknowledges the [lack of clarity in the beginning of life](http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/When_does_life_begin%3F) and consequently the lack of consensus over a necessary decision. Whether the fetus should be cons... | 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. | 1 | 2014-03-31T12:29:49 | 173 | 8 | 1 |
Prominent? No, they've been hesitant to get too bogged down in details for fear that those details would alienate whatever support they have. I can say it's the proposal I'd heard from an acquaintance with extraordinarily pro-life views (though his ideal criteria was "immediate grave risk to the life of the mother"). A... | A pro-life position with an exception for rape victims isn't realistically possible. | 1 | 2015-09-14T15:02:20 | 146 | 2 | null |
Russian Airstrikes have killed around 4400 civilians in Syria...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...I’ve never felt happy when someone dies… yet this guy dying has changed that. Suppose an afghanistani ... | Today's shooting of the Russian Ambassador isn't an act of terrorism | 0 | 2016-12-19T21:36:27 | 37 | 1 | null |
No tense (or voice) is better than others. You might as well claim past tense is better than present. Like tenses, voices have different uses in different situations. You wouldn't title this post "passive voice is believed by me to be better than active", I hope, because that's just horribly awkward. A lot of people DO... | I believe passive voice is better than active. CMV. | 0 | 2013-06-29T10:06:56 | 37 | 0 | 28 |
It's a form of [positive reinforcement](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement). By rewarding former addicts by celebrating their achievement, they're less likely to become addicted again in the future. | Drug addicts who have quit drugs and become sober shouldn't be celebrated | 1 | 2014-08-31T14:42:42 | 24 | 22 | 14Δ |
surely we are more than just a computer, because there is nothing that it is like to be a computer, whereas there is a very real experience of what it is like to be me. But that right there isn't actually an argument. It's just a statement of how you feel. As I'm sure you're aware, the very notion that there even is a... | Reincarnation is more plausible than permanent nonexistence. | 1 | 2016-09-13T19:21:17 | 73 | 1 | 9 |
Combos are hard/impossible to link, the physics are too slow and there's no L-cancelling, wavedashing or other related high-level techniques that can be used. Wavedashing isn't a high-level technique. It's a glitch. It's just a glitch that casual players haven't learned to exploit yet. It destroys game balance, though ... | I think Nintendo should ignore the competitive realm of Smash Bros because they represent a tiny chunk of sales. | 0 | 2014-06-13T01:20:41 | 38 | 1 | 5 |
First, while I have done graduate studies in Christian theology, I am myself what I would describe as an agnostic Jew in my current religious affiliation. I think the phrase "God exists" is unintelligible and meaningless when divorced from liturgical frameworks, and that religion derives meaning from community praxis n... | Believing in the Christian god doesn't make sense | 0 | 2017-01-05T19:42:22 | 103 | 4 | 18 |
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Hospice/Palliative Care so far. Here is a [link about the topic.](http://www.webmd.com/balance/tc/hospice-care-topic-overview) In Hospice care, a patient can choose to discontinue care that is aimed at prolonging their life. Meaning, if I am terminally ill with cancer, and I no longe... | I believe assisted suicide should be legalized and that the fact it isn't is an infringement on those individuals' free choice. CMV. | 0 | 2013-06-28T06:39:46 | 182 | 3 | null |
The obvious difference between the scenarios is the physical suffering, but rape is so much greater than physical. If it was simply physical, we would feel equal sympathy to someone who got really beaten up. Instead, sexual abuse is dehumanizing and humiliating to the victim. When you look at it that way, it may be eve... | I don't feel as much sympathy when I hear men getting raped versus women/children getting raped | 0 | 2016-07-10T18:11:31 | 27 | 1 | null |
While the Constitution is certainly an ambiguous document if you're looking for ambiguity, it isn't really that complex and is generally straight forward. And it should be especially straight forward to the greatest legal minds in the country (if we are able to assume that that group includes the Supreme Court Justices... | If Supreme Court Justices actually did what they were supposed to do, virtually every decision would be a 9-0 vote. The fact that many votes - especially on "hot button" issues - are 5-4 votes indicates that the Justices are deciding politically, rather than simply interpreting the Constitution | 0 | 2014-04-03T06:15:08 | 353 | 3 | 2 |
If someone sets a world record for the 400m sprint, that's impressive, yes? Let's say they're the first person to run that distance in X amount of time. A few other people run it in that time afterwards, but it's still a rare accomplishment. Let's imagine that a few years later, someone finishes the 400m sprint in X ti... | Labeling people as the "First African-American" or "First Woman" to do something does more to separate us than bring us together | 0 | 2015-06-01T22:29:57 | 50 | 4 | 47 |
Punishment comes with multiple goals: Rehabilitate bad actors (then why have a fixed time period of jail) Deter bad decisions (It’s known that longer sentences don’t affect decision making) Remove those who cannot be rehabilitated or deterred (but in this case why ever let someone out?) Retribution (what you are talkin... | The punishment should fit the crime. | 1 | 2017-03-07T22:53:44 | 61 | 9 | 40 |
Most of us DO condemn inconsistent actions. At least in my experience. I certainly don't agree with a lot of what the government does, and I vote accordingly. I try to vote for people who best represent the ideals I subscribe to. For many Christians, those are different things. I do routinely challenge the ideas of peo... | It is impossible to be a true Christian and support the actions of the United States. | 1 | 2015-05-22T00:00:17 | 60 | 1 | 2Δ |
A fact that he boasts about when he talks about influencing the Clintons in the past. So he bribed the Clintons. Why would you trust the person who TOOK a bribe over the person who paid the bribe? there are trillion dollar corporations out there no there aren't. Apple is, by market cap, the largest company in the worl... | There's no reason to believe Trump would represent anyone's interest but his own and his 1% peers | 0 | 2016-05-09T04:40:24 | 47 | 3 | 7 |
I think you'll want to look at many factors here: 1. Yes, there are genetic differences between people of similar origins. However if you take a typical european there will be as much genetic difference between them an another european as there will be between them an an african. So..there are indeed some _defining_ ch... | People of African descent have inherently lower IQ. | 0 | 2017-01-28T21:59:01 | 49 | 16 | 55 |
Welcome to the world's highest number of poker/slot machines per capita, Australia http://www.onlinepokies.com/facts.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_in_Australia As per the first link, Australia has over 20% of the worlds gaming machines Compare that with out population, 23,693,700 estimated for 2014, and yo... | The gambling age should be 16. (U.S.A.) | 1 | 2014-12-12T05:00:08 | 23 | 2 | 2 |
That just isn't consistent with my experience. I only know one gun collector that voted Trump and that was more out of a hate for Hillary than a love of Trump. I'm pretty sure I could talk him into supporting an anti-Trump rebellion. The rest of the gun collectors that I know have been varying levels of anti-Trump from... | The left could never defeat the right with violence and it is stupid to even try | 1 | 2017-02-01T22:39:28 | 72 | 5 | 85 |
It may have been far enough in the past that many forgot, but the Syrian civil War can in many ways be traced back [to a piece of graffiti](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-graffiti-kids-who-sparked-the-syrian-war/article33123646/). As for other examples, it does somewhat depend on what you'd consider to... | Art has no power to directly affect social change. | 0 | 2017-01-29T07:35:43 | 32 | 1 | 28 |
I think the fact that your list included one book you really enjoyed highlights the center of what will be my counterargument - while not every book will be a hit with every child, exposing the entire class to a large number of books is one of the most certain ways to get most of them to empathize with at least one cha... | I believe forcing high schoolers to read the "great works" of literature is a waste (and only turns them off from reading in general) because they lack the life experience to appreciate them. CMV. | 0 | 2013-09-25T00:27:38 | 455 | 26 | null |
Also if you understand the Herd Immunity argument, this is also an argument For vaccinating CONSIDERING the horror stories. The horror stories of reactions / complications from vaccines indicates that some people Cannot be medically vaccinated. So how do we protect these members of society? By vaccinating everyone arou... | There is not enough evidence of the safety/efficacy of vaccines, especially in the face of controversy and conspiracy | 0 | 2015-08-09T13:28:33 | 26 | 1 | null |
For faith healers, it would be a violation of the First Amendment for the Government to issue a disclaimer against someone's religious beliefs. It wouldn't do any good anyway because people relying on faith don't care about scientific evidence validating their beliefs. That's why it is called faith. | Pseudosciences should be forced to use disclaimers. | 0 | 2016-09-06T22:09:21 | 63 | 2 | null |
Having white privilege does not mean you don't have problems. I am more privileged than most people, but I think that when I broke my hand, or when I got my heart broken, or when I worried about money with my first job, it was valid for me to feel hurt and pain. Being privileged does not mean dismissing your problems. ... | I don't think I'm privileged, but people keep telling me I am. | 0 | 2017-02-09T21:29:36 | 135 | 10 | 19 |
I feel like never again will I get a good night of REM sleep, get to relax with my wife alone (not to mention have sex), or do anything impulsively. All of our free time will be replaced with menial baby related tasks, and all of the stress will take a negative toll on our relationship. Financially things will only get... | The benefits of being a parent are minuscule compared to the negatives. | 0 | 2015-10-26T00:26:29 | 33 | 2 | 6 |
Philosophy is not rigorous. A user in /r/math put it best: The discipline is trying to define its subjects while at the same time finding counterexamples to those subjects. In math, you start with a list of assumptions and derive logical truths from those assumptions. In philosophy, as far as I can tell, there are no a... | It is not worthwhile for me to study philosophy | 1 | 2016-02-05T18:15:29 | 62 | 2 | 17 |
They might control a lot of information, but they'd lose the ground war. [WarGames: Google vs. Apple](http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/low_concept/features/2013/wargames/what_if_google_and_apple_went_to_war_in_real_life.html) | I think Google is the most powerful company in the world. | 0 | 2015-02-02T17:57:29 | 90 | 0 | 1 |
I made a CMV a while back IIRC on the diametrically opposite point--it's immoral to donate a surplus of wealth that you get. This is because in the majority of investment schemes, from what I've been led to believe, the more money is invested, the bigger the return is. Therefore if you give a charity $100 that you coul... | Anyone who has the means to help the poor but does not do so is immoral. | 1 | 2016-06-22T21:11:04 | 66 | 2 | 7 |
Two men walk into a bar. One is an atheist, one a theist. They both order a drink. They both drink it. They both leave. 50 years later they both die. Who enjoyed their drink more? The problem is how you are viewing another person's life. Understand that you view their life from the outside. You see their whole life as ... | A life with religion is more meaningful and fulfilling than one without. | 1 | 2014-04-05T22:21:34 | 118 | 12 | 1 |
How about we go with "Taxation is taxation" and stop trying to label it as something that it fundamentally isn't? It's not theft or extortion. Taxation is a necessity for a capitalist economy with a government. It's part of the economic system. If you want to argue that a capitalist economy with a government is bad, go... | "Taxation = Extortion" is a far more effective phrase than "Taxation = Theft" | 0 | 2016-09-15T22:27:31 | 85 | 2 | 3 |
I meant society as in, offices and cities and such, would I find myself using calculus to save myself or another person if we were stranded on an island? It just feels less valuable. Why is something less valuable if it can't be used outside of a society? For example, you can't really build a Hoover Dam (for which you ... | Advanced mathematics (discrete maths, etc) seems pointless outside of society. It's an advanced game with a set of rules that we invented and is no way a discovery. | 0 | 2017-05-04T20:02:30 | 30 | 1 | 167 |
Yes, the sleep deprivation truly is the worst. It's *very* difficult. ...but it's also temporary. The first year of both of our children's lives is basically a complete blur to me. We were running on no sleep, and we basically just traded off shifts with the baby in order to survive. We weren't much of a romantic coupl... | The benefits of being a parent are minuscule compared to the negatives. | 0 | 2015-10-26T02:46:07 | 33 | 2 | 5 |
Let's discuss a few points that I think will refute some of what you say: While Reddit has a lot of good communities, the majority of of users are white, young, male americans, and this is a problem. Reddit was founded in the U.S., so there is no problem that Americans are mainly represented here. Whites are also the m... | Reddit should make itself more welcoming towards other demographics | 1 | 2016-01-12T20:58:25 | 80 | 9 | 5 |
"No fuel for a character attack" ...so? This isn't a popularity contest. | Clinton should suspend her campaign | 0 | 2016-05-06T07:03:11 | 76 | 0 | null |
The definition of disorder in the sense used in medicine: a disruption of normal physical or mental functions; a disease or abnormal condition. Here's a link to the DSM V and it's definition of BED http://www.dsm5.org/documents/eating%20disorders%20fact%20sheet.pdf Binge eating disorder was approved for inclusion in DS... | I think Binge Eating Disorder isn't an actual disorder, but a lack of self discipline. | 1 | 2015-05-19T19:13:12 | 113 | 8 | 1Δ |
Some professors are harder/easier than others and teach the material differently. A curve might help smooth out variance caused by different instructors teaching the same material. This is as true for undergraduate math professors as it is for grad-level CS, creative writing, etc. At the departmental level, it might ma... | Professors should never curve grades | 1 | 2016-04-29T01:38:53 | 45 | 2 | 7 |
Even if it's true that recent new technologies can't end the world, how do you know that no future technologies ever will? | Situations where the world will end due to an Artificial intelligence or Super Technology will never happen. | 0 | 2015-06-07T04:40:49 | 49 | 1 | 2Δ |
Sports players deserve the amount of money they are given because they are worth that much to their employers. Elite sports players have highly specialized skills that require the combination winning the genetic lottery as well as the resources, drive and commitment to hone their skills. The supply is low, demand is hi... | I don't think major sports athletes should be paid as much as they are. | 1 | 2014-05-01T09:09:07 | 26 | 9 | 1 |
If this were to happen, Donald Trump would be "proven right" and it would give him the ultimate fodder to override judiciary checks on his power. Americans would buy it...hook, line, sinker. Possibly. I'd say that the degree to which the Democratic politicians and their voters acquiesce to him is contingent upon his ab... | All it would take to destroy our democracy at this point is a successful attack on the scale of 9-11. | 1 | 2017-02-14T02:08:10 | 262 | 560 | 26 |
You pay for road taxes and gasoline to drive to shops, does that mean you shouldn't have to pay for any goods? While Netflix pays the owners of the content for each viewing, they're also providing both sides with a service that's difficult to deliver: millions of machine-hours (currently paid to Amazon, IIRC), a simple... | I pay $95/month (after discount) for Internet access. I believe whatever "piracy" I partake in is perfectly reasonable. CMV | 1 | 2013-10-08T04:17:12 | 47 | 2 | 78 |
I have so much respect for them as a company There's your misunderstanding. Wikipedia is not a company, it's an organization, hence the move to .org. The difference as I'm sure you can ascertain is that they do not try to make a profit. They're trying to be a non-commercial, unbiased collaborative online encyclopedia... | I think Wikipedia should just begin running ads. | 1 | 2015-12-14T17:24:02 | 280 | 978 | 1 |
Everything you've said here is unsubstantiated, and could be applied to homosexuality as well as it is to transgenderism. Consider: I think building a lifestyle around a delusion is unethical. I believe people who are homosexual genuinely think they are attracted to the opposite sex and many people find comfort in livi... | Being a transsexual is a mental health disorder and asking me to view them other then their biological gender makes me complicit in their delusion and suffering. It is unethical. | 0 | 2016-05-11T10:51:22 | 97 | 1 | null |
It's not a disease to be too old to have children though? or too young to have children either. And although there are diseases which prevent women from being able to have children there are also other reasons that people can not be able to have children that aren't considered diseases, so why are we making special exc... | I don't want to upset anybody, but I think homosexuality can be classified as a psychiatric disease | 1 | 2017-05-18T22:46:10 | 73 | 10 | 32 |
Hey, I haven't read the whole thread just skimmed some of your replies so I don't know if this has been covered. This reply will NOT answer your concerns but just hopes to provide a helping perspective on things. I think we can agree anyone would be insane to believe in the God you have described and I hope you remain ... | Believing in the Christian god doesn't make sense | 1 | 2017-01-08T11:13:40 | 103 | 2 | 1 |
Donald Trump played the Republican Party and is not a Republican I personally believe President Donald Trump is not a Republican by value, but a Fascist. Your accusation is a contradiction because an extreme republican is a [fascist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism) by definition. So, you're confirming that he i... | Donald Trump played the Republican Party and is not a Republican | 0 | 2017-03-22T03:45:49 | 52 | 1 | null |
can you give me an example of any card game that treated those who purchased no-cards vs. those who purchased a lot of cards equally? I have never recieved a new pack of YGO-cards because I won against an opponent 10 times, I had to go to the store, buy a new pack and hope for the best. If I didn't expand my library th... | Hearthstone and its card economy is incredibly unbalanced and shallow, especially after the Gnomes vs. Goblins expansion. | 1 | 2015-07-29T18:42:16 | 33 | 2 | 3 |
As a one time vegetarian (even a vegan for a few years when I was younger), for me the morality or immorality of eating meat was conditional. My reasoning was basically that animals feel pain and seem to feel emotions like fear (different animals to different extents). If there is no need for me to cause pain to an ani... | When one accepts that eating meat is immoral, one would also have to accept that wild animals that naturally eat meat either need to be "rehabilitated", or put down. | 1 | 2014-10-23T01:02:39 | 75 | 1 | 2 |
I think Rowling wanted us to be more scared of the racism and hate that Voldemort and the Death Eaters had than the actual snake man in the black robe. As a symbol of nationalism and bigotry, and how easy it is to take power in a nation, frightens me. And that makes Voldemort an effective villain. Stephen King's Cujo i... | Voldemort is an awful villain. | 1 | 2017-05-17T21:11:58 | 70 | 1 | 1 |
Let me start by saying that I think your premise is false. What you have described is focussing on "rap" and not really on "hiphop". Hiphop is the bigger category of music under which rap/trap/cloud rap/oldschool/boombap/rnb(?) are sorted. Hiphop (in my opinion) in itself has become more of a cultural identity than act... | I hate Hip-Hop culture | 0 | 2015-12-11T21:02:33 | 34 | 2 | null |
Just playing devil's advocate here... or I guess God's advocate, but one argument that could be made is to say all of this "horrible stuff" is part of His plan, which is far too vast for us to even begin to understand. | I don't see how God could let so much horrible stuff happen, and the free will argument doesn't make sense to me. CMV | 0 | 2013-04-16T06:57:18 | 55 | 1 | null |
I'm pro-vax and vaccinated both my children. However, I hope if it became mandatory that there would be a choice of different vaccines for parents to select amongst. What if there was a monopoly for all or some of the vaccines and parents had no choice over what their children were being injected with? I can see a rang... | Choosing not to vaccinate your children should be considered child abuse. | 0 | 2016-09-18T21:11:19 | 176 | 2 | null |
And the problem with this is? In the following paragraph (that was a badly chosen line break). Interesting. I suppose a case could be made that laws exist to improve order and function in society, and, while they are not justified every time like the perfectly justified individual actions would be, they, as an aggreg... | The ends justify the means. CMV. | 1 | 2013-05-30T00:30:32 | 75 | 2 | 1 |
I know this is a couple weeks old, but I found this while browsing and just wanted to add my own view on this. I'm a non insulin dependent T2 diabetic and I completely disagree with you. I'll respond to your points. 1. There were no clear signs for me. The only sign was that I sometimes woke up in the middle of sleepin... | I have no sympathy for Type 2 Diabetics | 0 | 2016-11-19T04:27:38 | 85 | 2 | null |
•It's cheaper, especially if you have more people on the trip. An increase in the number of people on a vacation increases the total cost of the airfare, but does not significantly affect the cost of driving. For a single traveler who does not own a car, flying is probably cheaper. •A flight requires you to park your ... | When a location is 8 hours or less away in drive time, driving is superior to flying | 0 | 2015-09-23T23:43:37 | 43 | 1 | 65 |
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