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You have insurance not to protect you, but to protect me.... From you. She's human, she can make a mistake. And if she happens to make a mistake and destroy my property or maim my children that i will now need expensive medical care, his does that get paid for? I could sue her, but what if she has no assets? It's got... | I think car insurance is a scam. | 1 | 2016-03-13T07:18:06 | 66 | 16 | 1 |
Flushing the toilet releases a spray of fecal-tainted water droplets. Putting the cover down before you flush prevents this spray from reaching the rest of the bathroom. It's is obviously not completely sealed to totally prevent particles from escaping, but it is better than nothing. | The lid of the toilet serves no purpose. | 1 | 2015-05-18T15:43:10 | 51 | 31 | 1Δ |
Something that I've been trying to find is the total energy that the earth absorbs from the sun each year, shown against the total energy released from human activity through things like fossil fuels. The ratio of the two would be a very decisive factor in whether or not I CMV If only you knew a programmer with a exten... | Global warming is a rounding error | 1 | 2016-07-28T08:48:24 | 57 | 2 | 1 |
Before the industrial revolution, something like 85% of American jobs were in agriculture. Only a small fraction of those jobs remain. Instead, people went into manufacturing and industrial that simply didn't exist prior to the industrial revolution. Automation well likely cause a similar shift. Manufacturing/industria... | America's economy is destined to fail | 1 | 2015-05-08T21:23:52 | 75 | 11 | 2 |
Having to wait for episodes is breaking the continuity of the story. I just get into it and get excited about it, when suddenly I have to pause it for a week, several weeks, or even months between seasons. There is a reason a lot of series have "Previously on ..." at the beginning of each episode. The truth is that 99%... | Binge watching is not the best experience for watching television. | 1 | 2015-11-28T00:18:07 | 64 | 217 | 11 |
So I’m not going to argue here that rioting is good. What I am going to argue is that our attitude toward riots is more complicated than we tend to admit. Probably the most famous riot in American history is the Boston Tea Party. Although it’s not often called a riot (because, let’s face it, “riot” has a negative conn... | There is no legitimate reason to riot (property damage, assault, etc) | 1 | 2017-05-09T02:28:32 | 88 | 19 | 3 |
Well there's nothing wrong with the act of eating meat itself. What's typically thought to be wrong about meat-eating is the suffering inflicted upon animals as part of industrial farming. If we were to reform our practices around meat-eating, however, and do away with these objectionable conditions, it's possible to t... | I believe there is no moral framework in which it is permissible to eat meat but not to have sex with animals. | 1 | 2015-05-19T14:01:48 | 81 | 2 | 1Δ |
There are dozens of millions of Muslims a good part of them probably have some kind of mental instability (because a good part of the population has mental instability, not because they're Muslims of course). You'll agree that not all of them are terrorists. So you'll agree that him being both Muslim and mentally unsta... | The Orlando shooter was propelled by BOTH his religious beliefs as well mental instability. | 0 | 2016-06-13T21:06:15 | 267 | 3 | null |
1. Even if I agree completely with this it doesn't make Gaston a good guy. Being charming and able to win people over is a trait a lot of our "greatest" villains and evil doers had. Manson was very charming which led to him being able to build his family around him. This Hitler guy was pretty charming and I don't care ... | Gaston was the good guy in Disney's Beauty and the Beast | 0 | 2015-08-04T15:16:52 | 69 | 1 | null |
Well I'm not really qualified to argue scale of atrocities, and you're absolutely right about Saddam being a brutal evil person. It is important to remember though that this Chinese government was at one point let by Mao, who killed 45 million of his own people in the five year period of the Great Leap Forward (accordi... | The Iraq War was both just and necessary. CMV. | 1 | 2013-05-23T00:43:20 | 122 | 1 | 1 |
If I own a business I can fire you just for liking a particular football team but I can't fire you for being Muslim. Freedom of speech and association only tie the hands of the government, not private institutions. Now, you may say the freedom of religion also only ties the hands of the government (congress shall make ... | Freedom of Religion is Not Necessary. | 0 | 2015-03-29T18:42:31 | 76 | 1 | null |
I think you are painting with a very broad (and negative) brush here. You assigned some pretty harsh labels to these groups which, coincidentally, is part of the reason that many political strategists think Clinton lost this election; you are discounting that these people have really opinions and real problems that dif... | Trump voters basically fall into three categories. | 0 | 2017-03-27T23:07:38 | 143 | 16 | 103 |
What if your at a weddin' or somethin'? Why don't you change your own view pal. | Unless it is expected, you should never play any music or any sort of video unless every one around you is okay with it. | 0 | 2014-08-10T03:50:12 | 63 | -1 | null |
Normally in today's society, more money that non-minimum wage jobs provide is incentive enough. If someone knows that they can't live based on their pay from a fast-food joint then they'll have even more incentive to get an education and a better job. I really don't think that there is a huge number of people who say... | I think the minimum wage should be removed to create more incentive for people to get better jobs - CMV | 0 | 2014-03-02T01:34:58 | 48 | 7 | 52 |
You've got a few problems here: 1. empirically we know there are people with fruitful races who have opposing political views. Unless you narrow "fruitful" to mean "synchronized on political views", then the real world damns your position. 2. Your idea that a relationship isn't "fruitful" because a specific topic is on... | It is impossible to have a fruitful relationship with somebody who has opposing political views | 0 | 2017-05-02T01:56:21 | 53 | 5 | 87 |
Touches =/= spacing or value on the court. Bosh doesn't get as many touches because of being the third option. Just having Bosh out there being a threat from the long two and 3pt. The example I used is very important because it's what cost Indiana the game and the series. LeBron isn't the one creating the spacing. Alth... | The Miami Heat do not have a particularly special "evolved" offense, they can just do whatever they want and still win because they have by far the best player in the game. CMV. | 1 | 2013-12-06T20:23:55 | 27 | 3 | 1 |
moderately hard to instantly replicate See Readymades by Duchamp. | Modern art is mostly terrible, and often requires audiences to unnecessarily apply meaning to it to convince themselves they "get" it. | 1 | 2016-09-05T11:41:07 | 166 | 1 | 1 |
I think that when someone who isn't mentally stable plays video games, it can defiantly lead to them doing irrational things like hurting others. So these people were predisposed to violence from the get go. It didn't "cause" them to be any more violent than they already were. When someone isn't mentally stable there ... | I love and play video games all the time, and I believe they defiantly can lead to violence in people. | 1 | 2015-12-28T20:43:21 | 20 | 5 | 22 |
Delineating between a police force and an army is arbitrary in this case. Now you've made the police into a *de facto* army that just doesn't leave national borders. The reason people are discussing the practical implications of your view is that the need for an army arises from practical - not speculative or theoretic... | If you become a soldier willingly, you are perpetuating war. | 1 | 2016-12-21T00:24:12 | 410 | 57 | 125 |
Thanks! If you like it, feel free to award a delta! There is absolutely nothing wrong with not being aware of all details! Like others say, it HAS been going on since before many of us even had the internet, and there are people on both sides being paid big bucks to confuse things on behalf of both candidates and part... | Hilary clinton is no more corrupt than the average politician, she is the target of a 20 year long smear campaign | 1 | 2016-08-16T23:40:26 | 496 | 40 | 5 |
Thanks for posting. As a seemingly educated and well-informed dude, it may surprise you to know that a lot of men (and to be fair, women) don't know what rape is, or what qualifies as consent, and some evidence from Edmonton actually [suggests](http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2013/01/08/rape-prevention-aimed-at-rapi... | You can't teach men not to rape. | 1 | 2014-08-31T05:37:40 | 67 | 6 | 2 |
Since when does having a formal education equate to understanding everything about politics? If someone has a PhD in Music Therapy, does that automatically make them more learned on economics, the needs of public schools, the politics of war? Absolutely not. If they are voting on the best methods of using music to prov... | The more educated you are, the more your vote should count in an election | 1 | 2016-12-04T04:42:18 | 39 | 9 | 3 |
I think your definition of neckbeard is off. It isn't just embracing nerd culture. While fringe interests, social awkwardness, virginity, etc are all expected characteristics, the defining trait is a sense of grossly unearned superiority, nearly to the point of delusion. Plenty of atheists exist, but the neckbeard will... | The treatment of 'neckbeards' by our culture is regressive and wrong. | 1 | 2016-03-11T23:07:15 | 54 | 62 | 1 |
Prejudice has its bases on confirmation bias. Often, there is some deeply hidden logical reason for prejudice. However, just like legends, that logical reason is twisted and turned to conform to a person's views and experiences. Prejudice may also arise from societal unfairness, wherein only a small fraction are born l... | [CMV] I believe that prejudice can sometimes be justified. | 0 | 2014-03-01T02:09:21 | 23 | 2 | null |
The Republican Party of today is very different than the Republican Party of 50 years ago. There was a time when Republicans were the progressives (Teddy Roosevelt) and Democrats were the bigoted "old white men who fear change" stereotype. Things change, parties change. In a few decades, the GOP will be made up of almo... | Disgusted by their antics, I will never vote Republican. CMV | 0 | 2013-10-26T14:44:55 | 38 | 1 | 3 |
because one's terrorist is the other's rebel. No, a terrorist is specific to using violence and/or intimidation for political aims. More particularly by some definitions, by targeting civilians to some extent. A rebel is a much broader term and assumes resistance to some authority, not necessarily violent. Terrorism c... | Global inequality caused what we call terrorism. | 0 | 2016-07-11T17:07:04 | 87 | 5 | 3 |
Now, just in addressing this freedom you're talking about... Dogs have been dependent on humans for around 15,000-30,000 years. What I mean by "dependent" is parallel to the domestication we've given them - its been shown that a human's relationship with a dog is "behaviorally and psychologically" similar to a parent a... | I believe owning a dog as an indoor pet only is cruel. | 1 | 2016-01-31T08:05:39 | 39 | 3 | 1 |
I don't think that religious people are less intelligent, but I do think they are more likely to behave in an unintelligent fashion. Think about it, this person's entire worldview is based on faith in a relatively recent religious text. Not only is their belief by definition formed in the absence of evidence, but they ... | It is wrong to judge someone's intelligence because of their religious views | 0 | 2014-05-27T15:55:08 | 755 | 1 | 1 |
However, statistically, you can prove a man might be more efficient than a woman in a certain job and therefore should earn a higher pay, or at least have a higher chance of getting the position. How would you prove that? Are you talking about low-paying jobs that require a lot of physical strength? | If men have to pay more for car insurance, it is only fair for men to earn higher pays. | 0 | 2014-09-29T13:45:40 | 77 | 1 | null |
Some would say that going interplanetary would be a good idea just in case something detrimental happens to our home planet, we have a backup. Sure people may philosophize on this. But if everyone is super-happy on Earth - who would bother actually doing this? Overpopulation is another problem that would force us to ex... | in order to become an interstellar species, we need to settle all of our differences. ALL of them. | 1 | 2017-06-15T00:53:36 | 40 | 1 | 172 |
What if the rich vote in tax rebates, giving themselves infinite political power? | One dollar, one vote, is better than our current voting system | 0 | 2014-08-20T22:01:06 | 50 | 3 | 18Δ |
Using a gel as a preventative measure such as Advion is probably the best method of roach control overall short of calling an exterminator. For isolated incidents that happen after a product like Advion has already been deployed I still think Raid is a better answer than trapping and flushing for three reasons. 1. It ... | The best way to dispose of a single cockroach is by trapping it under a disposable cup, sliding a piece of cardboard underneath, carrying it to the bathroom, and flushing the vile creature down the toilet. | 0 | 2015-09-11T19:11:36 | 101 | 1 | 27 |
* Social reasons - you are late because its socially a thing. You might not like it or understand but it is a thing to be socially late. * You aren't fully in control of your time - You have children that you have to attend to - their needs aren't based on the convenience of your personal schedule. * Medical reasons th... | There is no excuse for consistent lateness | 0 | 2015-12-27T17:41:05 | 518 | 38 | 78 |
My taxes are not lower due to subsidizing other counties defense. Your taxes will never be lower because spending is reallocated. That's not how fighting for budgets works. But the government can generate larger revenue through taxing military sales to other countries who only agree to purchase because of defense subsi... | The USA should cut its defense budget, not increase it. | 1 | 2017-05-18T20:55:05 | 154 | 4 | 37 |
Informed consent. A child is not emotionally mature enough to consent to sex and on top of that the power dynamic will always work out in the benefit of the pediphile. Sexually attraction can be both genetic and environmentally altered so in that sense all attraction is equally viable, but from a moral perspective a so... | Being gay is closely related to, if not the same as being a pedophile. | 0 | 2014-12-10T07:46:01 | 64 | 1 | null |
For illegal immigrants, Trump won't have any impact. This xenophobia is as old as the nation, beginning with Citizen Genet and the alien and sedition acts. The thing about illegals is they are cheap labor. Cheap in that they are fearful, invisible, and plentiful. What business in their right mind would want to let g... | For legal immigrants, a Trump presidency won't have any detrimental effects. | 0 | 2016-11-14T07:51:10 | 62 | 0 | 7 |
We absolutely CAN (and are) "break[ing] it after 100 years of pollution." First of all, they changed the name from Global Warming to Climate Change, because we are seeing fluctuations in temperature in both directions that are well outside the norms. [Link 1](https://www.aip.org/history/climate/simple.htm) This link pr... | Global Warming Isn't Real. | 1 | 2015-10-07T00:25:39 | 60 | 61 | 4 |
There are a lot of Jews who do the "weird" stuff. About 70% of observant Jews (about 40% of Jews overall) follow a strict interpretation of the text. Source: http://www.jcpa.org/dje/articles2/demographics.htm Also, speaking anecdotally, Judaism is way more than a religion. It's a culture. The reason that we differentia... | Islam is the worst major religion. | 1 | 2016-04-09T22:31:54 | 252 | 10 | 1 |
The so called 'Western' nations are where they are for a number of different reasons, such as the climate and resources of Europe, the density of states in Europe, and the frequent warfare between those states. That level of conflict breeds competition and improvement, because they either had to evolve technologically ... | I believe that Christianity is the superior religion. | 1 | 2017-03-10T19:22:17 | 116 | 5 | 1 |
He has bankrupted somewhere between 4-6 of his own companies. And if he goes through with his tax cuts will do so to the US as well. His proposal will create a much larger deficit than Clinton's. She supported the war in Iraq in 2003. She supported intervening in Syria, Yemen, and Libya -- and now these places are di... | Hillary Clinton is not the lesser of two evils. | 1 | 2016-11-02T00:30:29 | 75 | 1 | null |
Though I wouldn't blame you for not awarding one a delta is customary if your view is changed in some way. | Many people are hypocrites regarding rape, they refuse to admit that they are animals, that is where the so called trauma comes from. | 1 | 2017-02-13T23:15:11 | 133 | 1 | 5 |
It sounds to me like what you're really stressing about is not being in control. I can relate to the feeling and think it's similar to someone getting a valuable thing. Say you have a special set of beautiful clothes hanging in your closet. You've never used them, because they're too pretty, and you haven't found the r... | Death is by far the most terrifying thing on the planet, and this life is pointless. | 0 | 2015-11-06T17:01:24 | 177 | 4 | 2 |
I know that this is old and you have already awarded deltas, but I think they were all pretty bad ways of thinking about American military spending. The US sets a National Security Strategy (NSS) that dictates what we want our military to be able to accomplish (Examples in the past include being able to simultaneously ... | The United States Government spends too much on the defense budget. | 1 | 2017-05-18T03:44:42 | 84 | 8 | 5 |
Basically non offensive words get deemed offensive by people when they are tired of being criticized . so they call the word describing them or their behavior offensive and invent a correct, much longer word or acronym to be used in its place. This long word/acronym is a huge pain in the ass to say and thus discourages... | Marginalized groups brand benign words as offensive to shut down (sometimes legitimate) criticism of their culture | 0 | 2015-09-17T07:58:38 | 208 | 1 | 1 |
1. America and Europe are not the same in this regard. Whites have no special claim to this country. Most white lineage comes from immigrants after the founding, much of the hard labor early on was done by nonwhites, the areas of great achievement here were monopolized by whites early on because they refused to allow o... | White people wanting to stay a majority-group in America and other 'White Countries' is not racist nor a bad thing | 1 | 2016-10-02T10:47:50 | 70 | 24 | 1 |
Hmmm why couldn't you just use the word "exceptional" in the sentence you provided about leo? As for pregnancy you can say late/early in her pregnancy....Both are more accurate than simple using "very". | Phrases like "very unique" and "very pregnant" are not wrong as they reflect concepts that proper English cannot easily describe | 1 | 2015-04-11T01:56:02 | 36 | 8 | 3Δ |
What is being stipulated by proponents of this concept is that society at large partially change their grammar conventions in order to appease a fraction of a minority -- not to say that those who are minorities should be made to feel uncomfortable because it would inconvenience the majority to accommodate them, but pe... | Incorporating gender neutral pronouns into higher learning/society is a good thing that allows everyone to feel comfortable and safe during discussions and social interactions. | 0 | 2015-09-20T03:59:21 | 37 | 9 | null |
I don't personally have a tattoo, but have been considering getting one for a long time, so I think about this stuff a lot. I'm sure you've heard of the saying about bodies are meant to be decorated. And I think that's a large part of it to a lot of people. Tattoos don't have to have deep meaning to some people, they j... | Tattoos are ultimately a bad idea. | 0 | 2014-07-04T03:25:33 | 36 | 1 | null |
LGBT Rights Originally marriage was viewed as a union to help promote the wellbeing of the child. Nowadays LGBT can adopt so it's not really a big issue and most conservatives that are my peers (I am 24) don't really give a shit about who you fuck. Another thing is that straight people account for 95%+ of society whic... | I literally cannot understand most Republican social views. | 0 | 2017-02-11T02:52:58 | 250 | -1 | null |
You make a number of them points. Does this summary accurately reflect them? - Women currently fear men because of a belief in the potential for male violence - We should not fear people based on physical attributes (i.e., gender, race, etc.) - Men are equally likely to fear and have inflicted on them the violence of ... | Women who fear random men are being sexist and propagating illogical fear | 1 | 2017-04-17T22:41:11 | 726 | 623 | 11 |
if there is a $200 million jackpot, it is worse if 20 people win it and thus you get $10 million each than it is to win the entire $200 million jackpot But it's worse for those 19 others: when 20 people win, more people are (at least potentially) happy, plus their families. You make a sweeping statement that declares t... | In the lottery, it is worse to share the jackpot than it is to win the entire jackpot | 1 | 2017-01-30T12:35:25 | 84 | 2 | 24 |
The value of pandas is to raise funds that fund the conservation of other species. They're mascots. Very good ones. It's not possible to raise anywhere near the amount of money by slapping a photo of a crocodile or a spider on a marketing intended to raise money. | We should kill all of the pandas | 0 | 2017-04-10T01:43:19 | 26 | 14 | 263 |
We may not be able to communicate with animals, but we can perform tests which give us a pretty good understanding of their level of awareness and cognizance. One of my favourite examples is the mirror test to determine self awareness. A spot is placed on an animal, then they are placed I front of a mirror. If they re... | Our superior ability to communicate with each other is the only thing separating us from other animals. | 0 | 2015-03-07T02:25:35 | 52 | 9 | 2Δ |
"Asshole" is a metaphor and therefore extremely vague. Everybody defines it differently and you will have to specify what you mean in every possible context. What is an asshole-ish behaviour to one person may seem perfectly normal to somebody else. You can be an asshole without being a rapist and I would even argue the... | "Rape Culture" could be renamed as "Asshole Culture" and be far more helpful at identifying our society's issues at large. (Long) | 0 | 2016-01-25T21:44:30 | 334 | 8 | null |
So which is it? No one cares whether you're trans/it's a "non-issue," or people do care so trans people should pretend until they graduate high school? You can't have it both ways and keep your original view. | The transgender bathroom thing is a non-issue. People who wanted attention made it an issue. | 1 | 2016-04-21T22:52:46 | 763 | 28 | 4 |
Tips are not guaranteed. Social pressure makes them likely, but not certain That's because they're extra, despite social pressure making them likely. Tips are not guaranteed, minimum wage still is, even as a tipped employee. I used to do bookkeeping for a restaurant. I knew which servers weren't doing well because they... | The class of "tipped employees" in the US should be abolished - minimum wage should be guaranteed for all. | 0 | 2016-08-04T17:01:18 | 905 | 3 | null |
When I was learning English - I was thinking the same. English is so simple - who not use it everywhere, right? What stopped me then, after my English became more decent, is the finding that language has a huge influence on how people perceive the world. And when I thought about it, not much of the great minds in histo... | [CMV] I believe adopting a single, unified language would be beneficial to the world | 1 | 2013-05-02T12:20:22 | 110 | 2 | 3 |
The US doesn't spend money on pure charity. It uses humanitarian aid to avoid more costly problems. Food aid is dirt cheap. Controlling the civil war that comes out of the lack of food is outrageously expensive. Controlling disease outbreaks is cheap. Treating Americans when a mutated infectious disease makes it to the... | The U.S. spends too much on foreign assistance; this may feel compassionate but could be better spent domestically or on defense | 1 | 2017-01-25T21:43:54 | 81 | 1 | 113 |
Personally I want to have the female experience of my baby growing inside of me and the amazing experience of *making a friggin person* with the person I love. It may not be a plausible scenario but ideally I've imagined having one child by birth and then adopting or fostering other children after that. Even if I had t... | I believe there is no good reason - other than vanity and narcissism - that an infertile couple should opt for IVF over adoption. Please CMV. | 0 | 2014-01-26T20:34:28 | 143 | 2 | null |
1) Some people like their drinks *very* cold. For me, soda from a soda fountain is definitely cool, but I want it actively cold, so ice is necessary. It's worth the trade-off in losing some soda for the correct temperature in that instance. 2) If you're taking it outside on a hot day, it keeps it the correct temperatur... | Getting ice in a fountain drink is almost always a bad idea. | 1 | 2016-11-06T01:41:15 | 38 | 29 | 1 |
Maybe to you, but I think for many people being told "you're being too sensitive" feels like their issue and voice is being trivialized. To give an extreme example, If you were raped and when you spoke up about how you were feeling and were told "you're being too sensitive" I imagine you'd feel very hurt and dismissed.... | "you're too sensitive" is a legitimate viewpoint. | 1 | 2016-04-28T05:36:58 | 36 | 9 | 3 |
Hiding out in a zebra herd would seem to be an inopportune time to be wearing a stripe sweater when a lion attacked. If it is black and white vertical you would blend in and could be mistakenly attacked for looking like a zebra, if it is any other color scheme or pattern you would stick out and not be able to use the g... | The best time to wear a striped sweater is all the time | 1 | 2017-05-03T01:03:27 | 49 | 37 | 13 |
When you grow up with good parents it can be difficult to even understand the depths of the damage bad parents can do to a child. For a lot of people they grow up with parents who instill values, an outlook on life and the world, and basic life skills. For those children, and their parents, if schools even tried to tea... | Teaching life skills should be the core function of high school, and not general education. | 0 | 2015-03-09T15:47:46 | 75 | 2 | 16Δ |
To make sure that you've been reading all the way down to the bottom, I would really appreciate it if you started your post with any word that rhymes with "crime." No Or more specifically, it is justified in general when a man gets praise for “sleeping around", and it is also justified when the woman does not get the s... | The Slut/Stud Inequality Is Generally Justified | 1 | 2015-07-14T01:27:04 | 58 | 24 | 1 |
Keep in mind that most people who commit suicide are mentally ill | There is no such thing as "suicide victims". It is an oxymoron. | 0 | 2017-04-10T19:57:13 | 54 | 6 | null |
Eh, it happens. My uncle (not an unattractive guy, but definitely not model-quality) married an heiress to a large New England supermarket chain. His family was pretty poor and he himself worked as a restaurant manager at Friendly's when they met. My uncle's an exceptionally smart guy, but was not famous or rich. Thei... | It is close to impossible to marry into the upper class unless if you're from the upper class yourself, famous and/or extremely good-looking | 0 | 2017-06-15T16:07:50 | 69 | 3 | 35 |
It sounds like a waste of electricity, having to dry the inside of the machine as well as the clothes, and also would perhaps encourage people to use it when they don't really need to, when they could remove the load and sort out which things can be hung up to dry and which things are urgently needed to be dry. | 2 in 1 washer dryers are better than having 2 separate machines | 0 | 2015-12-16T23:57:57 | 24 | 1 | 37 |
I haven't seen any so-called feminists disparage Emma Watson, only non-feminists. Can you show me an example? | Feminists are flaming hypocrites for criticizing Emma Watson's Vanity Fair cover. | 0 | 2017-03-06T19:52:43 | 92 | 2 | 81 |
Like all things in life, you shouldn't be peer-pressured into doing things you don't want to do, especially drinking. However, drinking is monumentally fun. You should drink because you enjoy it. And since you don't really know if you enjoy alcohol or not, then yeah you should try it. Your mentality about this is wrong... | I should start drinking to improve myself socially | 0 | 2017-07-06T20:29:07 | 93 | 1 | null |
Just need to remember that 08 was 3% higher than 2012, and almost 8% higher than 2000. If I had to guess the typical bump from Internet voting would only be around 5%, which would be hugely expensive, the ACA website cost 1-2 billion dollars, it would be on every anti-USA hackers list each November. Mail-in voting is ... | Voter turnout on election days will not increase until there is a way for citizens to vote online. | 1 | 2015-10-07T17:55:34 | 83 | 2 | 20 |
If person A is a staunch atheist and believes in science, how much do they know? They probably believe in the big bang or possibly some other advanced science that could theoretically explain our universe more completely. So the thing about "believing" in science is that you're believing that the scientific process wil... | I believe that almost everyone accepts a higher power. CMV! | 1 | 2013-08-14T23:58:57 | 31 | 2 | 12 |
The point is, that feminists are feminists, and they have very good reasons to think that they need to approach certain social problems *specifically* from the direction of the theory that a historical tradition of a of male-dominated authority has influenced practically all of our present gender discrimination issues.... | I believe "Feminism" is outdated, and that all people who fight for gender equality should rebrand their movement to "Equalism". CMV | 1 | 2013-06-30T22:55:26 | 478 | 56 | 23Δ |
Boosting the ratio of women to men is not only good for women, it is [good for businesses](http://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/better_decisions_through_diversity). Studies have shown that more diverse groups tend to improve businesses, for a number of reasons: Cultural diversity positively affects total fa... | Women being underrepresented is not a real problem. | 1 | 2015-07-01T18:38:22 | 449 | 25 | 17 |
I have a cousin who unrepentantly did not pay child support. He accused his wife of cheating, not using birth control; even though their agreement was condoms. He had two kids by her before they divorced. One kid looked just like him, the other didn't. This was before paternity tests. Then he had two more kids with an... | Jail time for unpaid child support is a modern day debtor's prison and also doesn't make sense as a concept. | 1 | 2017-02-10T18:39:00 | 382 | 26 | 13 |
I don't know if this addresses anything, I just spent a really long time reading through this thread and I'd like to reply but it's all so thick it's tough to even know where to begin, so I'll just say this. You just said that gay rights is where you side with liberals. So imagine someone came in here saying that conse... | The liberal left has severely lost its way! | 1 | 2017-03-14T07:20:49 | 211 | 7 | 1 |
Sure, the government forces people to do things against their will all the time. If it didn't, there wouldn't be much point to government. But I think the government has that right through the concept of the social contract. If there are five of us and one pie, agreeing to split the pie five ways is in everyone's best ... | I have the moral right to make others do moral things. | 1 | 2016-11-26T21:46:58 | 63 | 4 | 24 |
A lot of those uses are just waste products from raising animals for food that are utilized because industries realized they could either pay for disposal of the waste products or convert them into other products (glue, leather, etc.) for sale. There is a variety of substitutes for any animal derived product (nut milk ... | Animals shouldn't have any rights. | 1 | 2016-10-03T19:48:50 | 101 | 4 | 1 |
I used to agree with you, so here's the argument that changed *my* view: Rangers need to be able to communicate with local populations in order to be as versatile as they are. Adding a woman to the squad would improve its communicative abilities immensely, especially in traditionalist cultures where men and women have ... | The physical requirements for Rangers should not be altered to accommodate women. | 0 | 2015-09-30T07:17:21 | 427 | -1 | null |
I used to agree with you actually but I think earth bending is the weakest. My order: 1. Water 1. Fire 1. Air 1. Earth We are biased against air for a few reasons. We have seen relatively few air benders throughout the series. Air benders haven't been around to improve their craft. Metal bending was created relatively... | Airbending is objectively the least powerful of the 4 bending powers. | 1 | 2015-10-25T19:13:04 | 333 | 214 | 11 |
Without the ability to read facial/body expressions, interaction with somebody wearing a burqa is mysterious. Why is this a problem? The ability to commit crime and be unrecognizable. Was this ever a problem? How many people committed crimes and got away with it because of Burqas? Essentially you are looking for solu... | Other countries should follow France and ban the use of burqas. | 1 | 2015-06-26T17:45:42 | 329 | 385 | 49Δ |
The mainstream 'blue pill' position is that this is entirely acceptable and possibly a little too biased in favour of men. Men who are known to rape and abuse women are rightly punished and vilified but women who commit similar crimes against men are not. The 'average' feminist position (and I acknowledge that not all ... | the 'Red Pill' is no worse than the 'Blue Pill'. | 0 | 2016-06-06T23:05:29 | 104 | 13 | 13 |
The problem is the transition, if you dont transition well this plan is and absolute disaster. Essentially you are saying this works in theroy, but the problem is switching systems. If you want too switch systems that is the biggest issue.This is a massive problem and maybe it wouldn't be this way if your system was im... | Instead of tuition, universities should charge a percent of your future earnings. | 0 | 2016-12-03T00:01:51 | 82 | 1 | null |
An activity is superficial in comparison to a goal: it means that this activity doesn't help you reach this goal. Now it is not easy to have a specific goal in life, but there many classic and legitimate sub goals: live longer, be healthy, get rich, find a lover... When you can't find the meaning of life, these are us... | Finding enjoyment in more "primal" outlets (working out, self-grooming, gossip, etc.) is a waste of time in today's world. | 0 | 2016-02-24T18:52:15 | 35 | 2 | 2Δ |
I would like to introduce you to [ITER](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER), an awesome nuclear fusion project that will produce **no radioactive waste** in the traditional sense. We shouldn't give up on nuclear energy, we should instead invest in something like this. Other forms of renewable energy are NOT cost-effecti... | We need to develop alternative energy capabilities, but that shouldn't include an expansion of nuclear power. | 1 | 2015-05-21T00:00:31 | 20 | 2 | 3Δ |
A tomahawk of other hatchet has the problem of getting caught though. The head sticks out at a 90 degree angle and if you chop into a zombie, it can get stuck in bone. A long knife or sword can slash instead of hack, making it less prone to sticking in bone. The smooth profile of the blade makes it less likely to tangl... | In a zombie (or similar, e.g., "Clickers" from Last of Us) apocalypse, a tomahawk or small ax would be the ideal melee weapon. | 1 | 2016-01-28T20:19:58 | 98 | 2 | 2 |
It's this attitude that helped Donald Trump become President. I'm not saying everyone in the country should go around purposefully being racist or outrageous. There has to be a balance. Correcting people's speech and trying to call out their embedded racist really rubs people the wrong way, enough so that they purposel... | Serious topics should not be turned into jokes. | 0 | 2017-04-14T22:46:27 | 37 | 0 | null |
Parking in the expectant mothers spot when you're not one is the logical thing to do if there are no legal consequences. First of all, I wouldn't do this personally because I don't mind walking So are you saying you aren't logical? I know you say "you don't mind walking", but let's be real-- you know it would be a dou... | Parking in the expectant mothers spot when you're not one is the logical thing to do if there are no legal consequences. | 0 | 2015-07-24T04:45:08 | 20 | 5 | 5 |
This is definitely a tricky one. The rating system is kind of too 'one size fits all'. Now I'm coming from an American perspective, here we are ok with suggestive sexual content but not any actual sex. We are super ok with violence all the violence. Just consider daytime tv for a minute, you 100% are not allowed to see... | Going with your 10 years old children to R-rated movies is signs of bad parenting. | 1 | 2017-03-16T16:17:59 | 39 | 20 | 3 |
People *do* make that kind of deal about a lot of other food. I mean, acidity isn't a characteristic of steak, but there are tons of enthusiasts who take steak [very seriously](/r/steak) (don't even get them started on Kobe beef). I am sure there are a few who are enthusiasts of oranges (likely farmers), but the differ... | I have no desire to drink alcohol or partake in its associated culture, even at legal age. | 1 | 2015-01-19T14:13:34 | 446 | 2 | 1 |
This sounds like a bunch of wishful thinking. For instance: Additionally, I would expect that news of this (and of her acceptance of it) has caused some of her actual supporters to stop supporting her because they do not condone such activity. "what you would expect" is not fact. You don't have any data about how this ... | It is reasonable and warranted, at this point, to assume that any anonymous Hillary Clinton supporter online is a paid shill, and to ignore anything they say. | 1 | 2016-05-05T04:18:50 | 46 | 8 | 9 |
I'm not sure how you want your view to be changed. Could your view be changed if justifiable does not just mean "no negative effects on person/society?" You state this as fact, but there could theoretically be arguments against it. Could your view be changed by the possibility of an afterlife. Where the person may disc... | I believe murder is justifiable if there are no possible negative effects on society. CMV | 1 | 2014-01-15T11:36:03 | 51 | 1 | 3 |
It strikes me that you've exaggerated one view (conservatism) and taken that as the norm whilst using a moderate version of the other (progressivism*) as a point of comparison. As below: Conservatism in its most basic form is just wanting things to stay the way things are. [...] Conversely, I don't think it's true tha... | conservatism is just narrow-mindedness | 1 | 2016-02-03T15:29:19 | 74 | 27 | 4 |
My point is that it's okay to be flexible with those set morals sometimes because there really aren't many absolute morals. Moral flexibility only applies in the abstract - where some actions may or may not be moral depending on the circumstances. It does not apply to specific situations. Given that we are discussing a... | It is okay to have flexible morals, for example, sometimes it is okay to cheat on College exams if you can get away with it. | 1 | 2017-06-15T22:13:49 | 38 | 3 | 143 |
I think that instead of "safe space", it's better to call it a specific discussion space. For example "Christian discussion space" for Christians who want to discuss their religion without people coming and trying to convert them to something else. Or "atheist discussion space" with people discussing life as an atheist... | "Safe Spaces" are not bad | 1 | 2017-03-04T13:53:18 | 52 | 8 | 1 |
understand that the way most private prison contracts are currently structured makes prison operators benefit from higher incarceration rates, and this is a problem because it gives prison operators a perverse incentive to increase incarceration rates any way they can. these perverse incentives exist, and are even stro... | the problem isn't *that* prisons are privatized, it's *how* prisons are privatized: all we need to do is restructure the contracts. | 1 | 2016-04-23T02:54:22 | 44 | 3 | 6 |
Exercise regimens depend entirely on your goals. Do you want to improve your cardiovascular health? Cardio. Do you want to work on aesthetics? Weights. Do you want to increase your physical strength? Weights. Best in terms of time investment? Weights. Best in terms of monetary investment? Walking. People have different... | Swimming is the best form of exercise | 1 | 2014-12-29T20:34:56 | 33 | 3 | 7 |
Since you brought up Calvin and Hobbes I'll give you another example from the strip. There is a stretch where the family goes on a camping trip. Upon returning they discover the house has been broken into. Calvin is most worried about Hobbes and the tv. His parents are worried and afraid by the fact that somebody was i... | Parents lying to their children is unjustifiable. | 0 | 2014-10-23T16:04:06 | 46 | 9 | 1 |
Really depends on the game and the type of game. Getting rid of the minimap would definitely make an RPG more interesting, but that particular game would lose a lot of players once they get lost and can't/are too lazy to find their way back. However, getting rid of the minimap in some MOBA games like league would make ... | Minimaps are overused in games, and often detract from the gameplay of the title they're in. | 0 | 2017-03-15T08:15:47 | 24 | 2 | null |
Apart from any moral considerations, I think this would be impossible to implement. Are women going to have to provide a signed form from the father before having an abortion? What if he refuses to sign not out of any interest in the child, but simply out of spite? What if the mother is not in contact with the father?... | No one should get an abortion if it is against the father's consent | 1 | 2016-11-13T09:36:46 | 143 | 9 | 1 |
I believe that parents are just as at fault for the actions of their children as the children are. I believe this is true for any age whether the kid is 1 or 38. I take an opposing view. Each individual is responsible for their choices and actions. Many people and circumstances influence the individual--notably, parent... | I believe that parents are just as at fault for the actions of their children as the children are | 0 | 2016-08-04T05:10:07 | 40 | 1 | null |
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