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1. Controls Now this is the first reason why I felt this game was more frustrating than difficult. Dodging Now this mechanic was pretty good except it isn't even near accurate. Several times when dodging an enemy, it could hit me even thought I was out of reach. It felt like my character dodged but my hitbox stayed beh... | Dark Souls isn't hard game, but rather creates illusion of difficulty with gimmicky controls and unbalanced gameplay | 0 | 2017-05-22T05:35:49 | 342 | 1 | null |
Mind-control is the best single power. You want to go on a mini vacation for an hour or so? Get people to just let you on the plane thats already headed to the destination. Or get on the plane and reroute it. The income potential is crazy too Get people to give you money. Worried about being hunted? With mind-contr... | teleportation is the best super power. There's no contest when choosing super powers. | 0 | 2014-07-05T05:43:04 | 128 | 1 | 52 |
I agree that we 'shouldnt' have to conform to others ideas of how we should act, but those ideas are still real. Gender may just be a set of ideas that a lot of people have opinions on, so it is just as real as any other set of social ideas. | I don't believe in gender, other than biological sex. As in, I don't believe in any set gender norms/the existance of a non-biological gender. | 1 | 2015-07-14T07:09:12 | 28 | 3 | 1 |
I would only argue that "special care" should be taken when dealing with *anyone*, introvert or not. Part of social interaction is reading the person with whom you're talking, and being sensitive to their personality. You try to avoid rude jokes around people you know aren't going to like it, you try to not yell around... | Special care should not be taken when dealing with introverts. | 0 | 2014-06-16T16:34:55 | 96 | 40 | 38Δ |
I think you're equating her position in public office as "just a job", but a public official swears an oath to uphold the constitution as interpreted by the supreme court. She has outright said that "gods law" trumps the constitution, and so she is in breach of the oath she swore. | I don't think Kim Davis should be forced to issue marriage licenses to gay couples | 1 | 2015-09-03T15:55:27 | 74 | 80 | 1 |
My understanding is that generally dream analysis isn't considered hugely useful generally, but when you start getting into recurring dreams (particularly nightmares) or heavily repeated themes, then it's less of the "random neuron" thing and more that you are, consciously or unconsciously fixating on something and it'... | I don't see any benefit in psychological analysis of dreams - CMV. | 1 | 2014-02-03T14:47:30 | 38 | 5 | 7 |
The problem with making a transition is that *we all already use π*, and the fact that 2π is somehow more natural than π is simply not a good enough reason to upend centuries of convention. There's just no way to switch cleanly. If you want stuff to change, start writing books using tau, and maybe it will catch on and ... | Tau is greater than pi | 1 | 2017-02-17T20:42:56 | 78 | 2 | 10 |
I think that it is a possibility for the republican party to die. But it is unlikely. Look at the demographics of the republican leadership and the way that it will change. The older republicans like Mccain (senator Mccain not candidate Mccain) are closer to a libertarian and reasonable party that existed during the fi... | I believe the Republican Party will die within the next 100 years and will be replaced by the Libertarian Party. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-08T16:41:22 | 33 | 1 | 20 |
First, some common ground: I agree that people who avoid work and spend large parts of their day surfing the web should probably lose their jobs, especially if other employees are suffering because of it (either others are picking up the slack or they are not getting the inputs they need). With reddit being known for s... | You shouldn't reddit at work. | 0 | 2014-12-23T16:11:15 | 154 | 1 | null |
My question for you would be, do cissexual people reinforce gender norms any less than transsexual people? That is, do most (for example) female-assigned people not go by female-associated pronouns, wear clothes typical for women, have names that their culture understands as female names, etc. - that is, culturally sta... | Transsexual people reinforce Genders and Gender Stereotypes. | 0 | 2016-05-11T11:24:35 | 93 | 5 | null |
I rate quite highly on the Machiavellian score - except my narcissism is way below average (without that low score, I'd be 99 or 100% on the tests), and it seems I'm quite a bit older than you, so I've had more experience in what it really means. I believe that my lack of narcissism has saved me from a life of misery a... | I believe my high Machiavellianism and egotism makes me the greatest person in the world and it's not a bad thing either. | 0 | 2016-01-07T19:13:18 | 57 | 3 | null |
First off: languages I've been paid to program in: * Java * C * Unibasic * Easytrieve * VBScript * VBA (and VBScript) * COBOL * Perl * Javascript (and I've written an interpreter for Prolog, done some assembler hacking, and written some code in Python and Ruby and probably a few others I can't recall) I include the abo... | Perl is a terrible programming language and should never be used for any program longer than a dozen lines when Python is an option | 0 | 2016-10-15T11:09:22 | 64 | 64 | null |
At the point that a student is studying for an exam, all of the information they need, they should already know. This is why exam weeks were awesome--it was nice to be able to relax from the normal pace. Out of curiosity, are/were you a science or engineering major? I think those subjects lend themselves well to not h... | I believe that it should never take more than a few hours the night before an exam to study. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-20T21:03:56 | 44 | 1 | 1 |
You can't expect other people to treat you according to what you *intended* to say, if you're not willing or able to explain it clearly. A key part of (almost) any communication or management training course teaches that when there is one person delivering a message and one or more people receiving it, the ONLY thing t... | The intent on what I say is more important than how its interpreted | 1 | 2017-01-31T12:41:55 | 26 | 17 | 1 |
If someone says to me, "I feel uncomfortable with the idea of a lot of unqualified students getting into university due to a quota system," I would probably also ask about their reasoning for this, but I don't discount their emotional way of putting it. It's just them expressing an opinion in a single sentence. Maybe t... | Discussions should be based on logic, not on emotion. | 0 | 2016-04-22T00:55:11 | 33 | 6 | 5 |
The President does have a couple of areas where he can act unilaterally. Chief among them is military affairs. Trump has talked about turning NATO into a mafia-style protection racket. As President, he could do that! He could decline to use US troops to support allies unless they write a check to the US. There'd be ver... | Fears over the possibilities of a Trump presidency are overblown. He can't act unilaterally on any of his positions, and his greatest actual danger to progressives would be to win and then quietly get in line with the GOP's advisers. | 0 | 2016-09-07T00:01:16 | 259 | 9 | 5Δ |
I made this claim to someone who disagreed with me and seemed to know what they were talking about a while back: http://np.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/2e325c/wait_did_michael_brown_buy_the_cigars_or_not/cluj40q?context=9 The penultimate comment about the logistical difficulties: Contract it out to one of the ex... | Police should be required to use dash cameras and wear body cameras at all times. | 0 | 2014-11-26T06:25:46 | 474 | 16 | 2 |
As long as abortion is legal it isn't murder. | I'm an atheist who is pro-life | 0 | 2016-05-09T01:58:36 | 209 | -1 | null |
The *fact* is, *no one* knows what happens when we die. We can assume our consciousness ceases to exist, because we know from experience that once someone's body dies, we no longer can communicate with them. It's *possible* our consciousness disengages from our bodies and continues to exist somewhere/somehow, but we ha... | Being an Agnostic who leans more towards spiritual aspects is better than being an Agnostic Atheist | 1 | 2015-11-27T19:36:48 | 64 | 2 | 1 |
I am not american but these are the facts: 1- Black americans are more likely to be pulled over than white americans. 2- people are angry due to white cops murdering black people being justified and they hardly do any time for their crimes. 3- recent reports of white cops killing black people involve the victim bein... | BLM is a terrorist organization | 0 | 2017-06-26T03:22:45 | 36 | 4 | null |
Then delta? If I changed your view on the validity of the questions to get your answers then I still changed your view. | I don't think Pro-Lifers believe fetuses are babies. | 1 | 2016-11-03T21:35:36 | 85 | 1 | 42 |
Oy. First of all, you're right; testing is not an adequate gauge of intellectual abilities. Nor should it be. Testing *should* be about mastery of the material. Theoretically, a not very smart individual should be able to work extremely hard and understand the material enough to do well on a test. More intelligent indi... | Testing is NOT and adequate gage of intellectual abilities, no matter the subject. | 0 | 2014-12-17T19:14:26 | 51 | 3 | 5 |
I agree with everything you just said, but none of that is unique to art, which is what your OP is about. It feels like you’re framing this around art, but you’re really making an argument about objectivity, so I don’t understand why you’re choosing to frame it around art. To highlight this I’m going to paste below you... | There is no objective criterion or argument for what counts as art | 1 | 2017-03-21T20:30:27 | 84 | 2 | 2 |
There is more behind school than you might imagine. The school is interessted in making their pupils into functioning members of society, they don't teach you math so you can solve these very specific equations you learn during highschool, they want you to understand the greater logic behind it. The same goes for sport... | Schools should not sponsor after-school sports/activities | 1 | 2015-02-06T12:00:47 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
I was raised a creationist. I denied evolution for a variety of reasons: I was expected to. For those of very conservative faith, it is a litmus test of secularity. You are expected to conform with the beliefs of your community. People that don't conform keep their mouths shut, so as a child I didn't think it was possi... | I don't understand people who deny evolution | 1 | 2017-01-17T17:58:28 | 53 | 27 | 2 |
Interesting will always be a matter of perspective. If I read something and every five seconds say to myself "this is boring" or "I don't want this" or "this isn't interesting" you'll never find what can be found there. The thing about a fake world and a real world is that the fake world was already designed and you ... | I think that the fake realities within video games, books, and TV shows are more interesting than actual reality CMV | 0 | 2014-01-17T08:29:43 | 20 | 1 | 42 |
I am curious how this would work for mental illness. I am a US citizen and while I pay out of pocket for my health insurance and other medical expenses, they all cover treatment for mental illness. In my experience in treating mental illness, there is a lot that goes into the formation of an illness... much of which is... | I believe those who cause their own illnesses should have to pay for their treatment on the NHS (UK) CMV | 0 | 2013-12-02T23:01:36 | 42 | 1 | 1 |
For some reason, politics is the only thing that everyone thinks it is ok for people that have absolutely no idea what they are talking about to make decisions. We dont let people just start building bridges and roads for other people to use if they are not qualified. We dont let anyone start operating on people becaus... | Democracy is the best political system. | 0 | 2014-10-28T20:02:29 | 111 | 1 | null |
It' healthy to challenge ideas to gain a stronger perspective on things whether it makes people happier or not. | It's so easy to offend people that I'm better off saying nothing or very little. | 0 | 2017-04-18T23:13:26 | 32 | 0 | null |
The government is far bigger, powerful and has shit ton of more data about you than Google could ever possibly have. They also have the power to wreck your life if they wanted to (speaking of potential) compared to any corporation out there. If the potential to do something is your defining factor, you should leave the... | I think Google is dangerously large and powerful, and should be avoided. CMV | 1 | 2013-04-28T23:48:54 | 167 | 50 | 1 |
You're saying that Hip Hop isn't "getting credit", but what does that really mean to you, OP? Because I would argue that Hip Hop has been critically applauded in many, many ways, and, you can't get much more credit than archives being created to keep Hip Hop recordings and article clippings in [Adler Archive with its r... | Hiphop culture was born at the cross roads of racism, poverty, and the American Dream, and deserves more credit | 1 | 2014-12-19T17:50:52 | 37 | 1 | 1 |
The fact that chemical weapons are bad shows that all countries have come to the agreement that war is atrocious, and we should do something about it. Maybe banning chemicals is just a small step towards making war more humane, but at least it's a step. Sure, there are still plenty of weapons capable of killing innocen... | There is no moral distinction between the offensive use of chemical weapons and the offensive use of explosive material that blasts shards of super heated lead and steel in every direction. | 1 | 2017-01-04T16:52:11 | 160 | 5 | 2 |
Other people are already addressing the fact that giving prizes for participation doesn't devalue victory, so I am going to go at this from a different angle. This is simply another overblown moral panic, children know participation trophies are utterly meaningless. The only people who give a damn about them are the fe... | Children who do not get 1st-3rd place DO NOT deserve a trophy for simply participating | 1 | 2015-06-25T23:38:43 | 244 | 47 | 4 |
I don't think that it is about accepting obesity or being overweight, I think it's about accepting that there can be great difficulties for some people in overcoming them. Plenty of people know that being overweight is bad for their health, plenty of people shame themselves or try to apply pressure to themselves to cha... | When people are overweight there should be much more pressure to change. | 1 | 2015-03-29T20:32:35 | 421 | 7 | 3Δ |
For those interested, Ben Rattray, the CEO of change.org, just did a [whole interview](https://youtu.be/_nlsm8GcUnA) on the website and its effects with Jason Calacanis of This Week In Startups. | Change.org is a completely worthless website and the petitions will never change anything. | 0 | 2016-01-31T01:00:57 | 118 | 11 | null |
In addition to all the great points made here, what about teen drivers who think they are better drivers than they are? They could easily think "I can handle going 100 through here, easy." Then they don't think of the smarter people going 40 ahead of them and crash. | I believe that you should be allowed to drive at whatever speed you wish as long as you aren't driving recklessly or under extenuating circumstances CMV | 1 | 2014-02-16T05:22:54 | 42 | 2 | 1 |
In the context of discourse, is it not intellectually insulting? Think of it this way: A little kid hears a word like that, and repeats it not knowing it is offensive. By saying "the n-word", people who already know the word can fill in the blank. | I believe we/media should not censor ourselves when discussing issues dealing with racial slurs. | 0 | 2015-03-13T18:53:15 | 208 | 3 | 20Δ |
I don't see what's to be gained here, unless you had those gay guys specifically target the men who were doing this. If you had them just going around indiscriminately doing the same thing to guys that you see being done to women, then what have you really accomplished except to make the evening suck for everyone inste... | Bar / Nightclub culture would be more fun / safer for women if there were more gay men harassing straight men. | 0 | 2015-03-23T17:38:18 | 120 | 5 | 37Δ |
If I encourage someone to drive home in spite of them being intoxicated, I am in no way guilty of drunken driving If you were a baby [no insult intended] and didn’t understand the connection between action and consequence , for instance, if i drop this object, it will fall,Then i would accept your claim, But since yo... | I am only responsible for my own decisions and not the decisions of others. | 0 | 2016-08-23T15:47:55 | 192 | 0 | null |
OP, I can see from your reply that you're open to considering abortion moral if the mother's life is at stake. If you see physical danger as grounds for terminating a pregnancy, why do you not make a similar allowance for psychological danger. It's not a secret that being raped is harmful to the mental state of indivi... | The context of a pregnancy, however abhorrent (e.g. rape), does not affect the morality of abortion | 1 | 2017-02-01T23:26:26 | 41 | 11 | 2 |
The conversation that immediately comes to mind (from CMV, of course) was one in which it was said that fathers do not want to be the sole provider for their children and that's why most residential parents are women. That's a universal claim and my anecdote proves it to be untrue. It was backed by the sole statistic t... | No one should dismiss something simply because it's "Anecdotal" | 1 | 2014-04-03T21:38:22 | 47 | 1 | 19 |
American governments and public institutions are allowed to place limits on citizens' Constitutional rights, within carefully monitored legal guidelines. Typically, First Amendment rights fall under the "[strict scrutiny](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict_scrutiny)" guideline. This means that if a government institu... | High Schools exercise too much power over students' lives. | 0 | 2017-05-17T20:20:45 | 237 | 3 | 2 |
I see being politically well-informed as a responsibility if one believes in democracy. Just being able to vote does not automatically mean the 'right' people will be elected to office. Somebody campaigning on a platform composed entirely of empty rhetoric designed to be emotionally appealing will almost always be elec... | I believe that being well educated on political events is a waste of my time because I have minimal influence on these events. CMV | 1 | 2013-09-22T03:21:08 | 124 | 29 | 1 |
I am not suggesting torture, but maybe life in solitary confinement. Which is a form of torture. There shouldn't be a form of punishment that makes reintegration into society impossible (which the psychological effects of torture would do) because even if there's no belief that the person can be rehabilitated, there's ... | The Death Penalty isn't a harsh enough penalty for many crimes | 1 | 2015-04-07T00:56:34 | 55 | 28 | 7Δ |
Birth control is not medicine. It doesn't treat an affliction. It doesn't? I would say having a large living thing inside you, leeching off all your nutrients for nearly a year is an "affliction". If someone had a tapeworm problem, shouldn't the medicine be covered? | Birth control shouldn't be covered by health insurance. | 1 | 2014-06-28T00:24:44 | 113 | 10 | 1 |
Let's just address the omnipotence. True omnipotence requires infinite energy (in a nut shell). There isn't an infinite power source available to us in this universe as we know it, and we are highly unlikely to ever find one. And if we did, it would cause all sorts of problems, like being an infinitely large black hol... | It is possible to become God himself/herself | 1 | 2016-09-13T20:17:34 | 51 | 3 | 6 |
I have literally never met a single person in my life who LIKES the taste of beer. Probably not the most compelling argument you could make. Ever been to a super high end bar and ordered beer? Yes? There are a lot of very high quality beers out there. (Just like there is a lot of shitty wine and liquor.) As an asid... | I think that beer is generally classless and a poor man's drink. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-02T23:49:25 | 29 | 6 | 21Δ |
I conclude that people are racist. I posted about this earlier. We have to stop throwing this word around every time we fail to come up with a meaningful description of something we find distasteful. I can elaborate if you want to hear more. This is mostly just a side rant. At the end of the day, I really can't come up... | The most reasonable conclusion you can reach about someone who advocates deportation of non-violent illegal immigrants is that they are racist | 0 | 2017-03-01T20:15:52 | 191 | 6 | 1 |
I have met several travelers in my life that have the philosophy that if you "trust the universe", it will provide. They usually consider themselves more loving, open minded and spiritual than others. To me, me they are: I consider myself open minded, but I think religion and spirituality are a cure for a disease that ... | "Trusting in the Universe" and "Relying on the kindness of others" while traveling isn't spiritual, it's arrogant and entitled. | 0 | 2016-06-23T09:50:02 | 45 | 1 | null |
In my view banning it totally can only be counter-productive as you'd just end up making abortion more dangerous and riskier as the people carrying them out are forced to 'go underground' Any reduction to access to abortions will cause an increase in people seeking back-ally abortions. If you reduce it to 22 weeks, you... | The abortion term limit should be signigicantly lowered | 0 | 2017-03-01T20:55:04 | 44 | 1 | 1 |
A: They're too sleazy to be pants. By definition they are pants. But they're not suitable pants. Yoga pants and leggings are usually very thin. Sometimes to the point where they are clearly see-through. If they are not see-through they are usually very tight, which is obviously their intended purpose, leading to a vivi... | Yoga pants and leggings should be banned from all high-schools and middle-schools | 0 | 2014-07-06T15:07:40 | 173 | 1 | 1 |
As a new mother, I find this thread infuriating. OP, you're being so short-sighted it's ridiculous. When I had my baby, I started breast-feeding immediately. I was lucky enough to be a milk machine, so much so that my 8 lb. daughter was nearly 16 lbs. by the time she was two months old. When I was pumping, I was gettin... | Baby formula should only be available with a prescription from an internationally-certified consultant. | 0 | 2015-03-29T22:02:20 | 87 | 1 | null |
Ruck marches, combatives, etc. are all fairly unrelated to how many pushups you can do or how quick you can run. So, if that is what we need to test for, lets test for that. Set a standard and if women fail it, they are relieved of duty. | Women don't belong in Combat Arms in any capacity in the Military. | 1 | 2017-06-13T22:25:04 | 85 | 32 | 143 |
a bunch of Golf TDIs and the like aren't the problem with our collapsing ecosystems I don't quite get this bit. Are you saying that they have no footprint on the ecosystem, or that it is a small footprint in the grand scheme of things? Because the latter is merely a classical example of 'no drop ever feels responsible ... | Volkswagen cheating on US emissions makes me think more highly of them as an automotive manufacturer. | 0 | 2015-10-21T20:30:33 | 41 | 2 | null |
I don't think killing things is intrinsically immoral (Seems like you're arguing that it's not immoral, or that you're not amoral when you do it, maybe?) at all. But I see some problems with your arguments. 1)Insect populations are exponentially larger than vertebrate populations. By killing thousands of them I am prob... | Killing insects isn't intrinsically amoral | 0 | 2017-04-15T23:19:34 | 40 | 3 | 33 |
I work for a non-profit and I live to work there I'm glad you have fulfilling work! Have you considered that you need to pay people more to do work that isn't as fulfilling? Maybe those servers would also prefer your job, just like you do, but are only servers because it pays more. So even though you think serving isn'... | In places where waiters and waitresses are paid minimum wage, I should not tip said waiters and waitresses. | 1 | 2017-02-28T19:00:38 | 187 | 2 | 20 |
I don't believe that you should change your view on Islam as being barbaric based on a random survey by redditors. This is no way a legitimate way to determine the views of a population that is about 1.6 Billion people that all come from different races, ethnicities, social economic statuses, and countries. Furthermore... | Islam is Evil. | 0 | 2016-09-01T21:57:54 | 198 | 1 | null |
We can't know how much he knew, but he knew a lot about what was going on in Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone which he proved by showing up and foreshadowing Harry's neardeath/next experience with the Mirror of Erised, at the ripe ole age of 11. For what? Battle training? Toughening him up? Testing? He clearly didn't car... | Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter) was a selfish and bad person, and certainly not the best Headmaster Hogwarts ever had. | 0 | 2017-04-26T19:29:42 | 113 | 12 | 118 |
I'm your guy for this one. I worked at a group home for 14 years and now work in real estate. Odds are the group home is for adults with special needs and developmental disabilities. That's the majority of group home residents. Assuming most group homes are like the one I worked at these won't be violent (at least no... | A group home may be opening near me, and I'm afraid that is will be bad for the neighborhood | 1 | 2014-07-18T22:10:56 | 47 | 8 | 8 |
I think you're comparing two seperate ideas here- all of the genre defining games released didn't "create" genres, they perfected ones that had already been established. The 2000s games that you've listed added polish, but didn't innovate in the way that minecraft did. Minecraft *created* a genre. It didn't just define... | there have been very few innovations in video games since about 2010 and the industry is generally in a period of stagnation. | 1 | 2017-03-22T00:29:05 | 70 | 11 | 8 |
What about the feminists who aren't egalitarians? For example a large number of college feminists are pushing for asymmetrical legal expectations and/or burdens of proof concerning rape and sexual assault legally between men and women, surely they can't be considered egalitarians? The challenge with something like "Fem... | All social justice movements (feminism, BLM, LGBTQA equality, etc) should abandon their individual "labels" and unify under a single Egalitarian movement. | 0 | 2017-04-19T01:47:43 | 35 | 0 | 11 |
I've taken plenty of drugs. It's completely a choice to be addicted or not. I think your disconnect on this issue is viewing humanity as being exactly the same as you. Many people who become addicts think "Oh I'll just do xyz when I want to" Like you did, except they didn't get the choice to say no before addiction mak... | I have no sympathy for addicts. | 1 | 2015-04-28T16:26:34 | 91 | 19 | 2Δ |
Sure the average american is uneducated, but how are our representatives any different. I'd like to think that the average congressman is more politically savvy than the average person, considering the definition of a congressman's job is to do politics. I'd say that the average congressman has a better education than ... | I believe that America should be a direct democracy CMV | 1 | 2013-09-10T19:07:36 | 30 | 7 | 1 |
What you seem to be advocating is what constitutional scholars have called the declaratory theory. In other words, people used to think that if you knew all of the statutes and common law principles, you could look at a given case and simply "declare" the verdict without the need for interpretation. But the idea that t... | 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 | 2014-04-03T05:31:01 | 353 | 157 | 1 |
In principle, you're right. All you have to do is eat less than you need, and you'll lose weight. Your body can't create energy out of nothing. In practice, simply eating less and doing minimal exercise leads to slow results. Eating less than you need all the time leads to feeling hungry all the time. This amounts to n... | I can lose weight only by lowering my calories and walking my dog. | 1 | 2014-10-27T17:15:51 | 42 | 2 | 6 |
There's two separate issues you have to tease out here: 1. Active Duty personnel being released from service at the end of their contract 2. Deployed personnel returning from dangerous or stressful or psychologically damaging tours. Of course, there is some overlap between the two, but they are distinctly separate even... | I believe that we should have a 'Reverse Boot Camp' when veterans return from active duty, in order to better transition them back into society. CMV | 0 | 2014-01-14T20:25:52 | 162 | 1 | 1 |
Yes, I am. I do feel that this is a more global problem right now, but I can only speak specifically to American culture. | I think it is okay to use the phrase like Team-A 'Raped' team-B in a sport's context. | 1 | 2016-02-08T12:05:15 | 173 | 11 | 1 |
Voting for Sanders in a primary and Sanders winning the primary are two separate things. Depending on your state, you can (likely) vote for Sanders without a worry that he will actually win the primary over Clinton. While that won't put Sanders in the White House, it does demonstrate for future races that there are ide... | As a progressive, it is NOT in my best interest to vote for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary. | 1 | 2015-05-18T21:54:04 | 43 | 55 | 7Δ |
You seem to be misinterpreting what the academic meaning of privilege is. Now, this may be because people misuse the term, but one should not judge a term based on individuals who use it incorrectly. As you appear to understand, "X privilege" is when a member of majority group X has experiences different than members o... | I believe anyone who uses "x privilege" in a discussion is a horrible person and a parasite on society. | 0 | 2014-04-13T19:43:48 | 460 | 89 | 18Δ |
I'm going to respond to specific bits of your OP, since you bring up several drastically different points. Video gaming is something anyone at any age level can do and requires very little physical activity and therefore should not be considered a sport. All you need to know is how to work the controller, and a basic ... | Video Games shouldn't be on a Sports Channel, or considered a Sport at all. | 0 | 2015-10-11T09:57:44 | 305 | 2 | null |
Here are the criteria you list: * **Battery Life:** The MacBook Pro claims 10hrs, this is far from an uncommon stat. For example the Lenovo x250 has a 20hr rating, and it has swappable batteries, allowing you to carry a spare. * **Weight:** Again, the MackBook Pro is 3.48lbs, which is on the low side, but for ultrabook... | Retina MacBook Pros are the best computers for college students. | 1 | 2015-10-10T10:24:38 | 53 | 1 | 1 |
That may be the case for some people, but what about the person who just feels that their body is wrong, and wants to change it to appear more like the opposite sex, without conforming to the gender role for that sex? Many transgender people don't conform to the gender roles of their preferred gender ... did you know, ... | The idea of getting a sex change is ridiculous. CMV | 0 | 2014-02-12T21:36:21 | 95 | 1 | 30Δ |
There is definitely an argument for durability, but that's only a selling point of some mid to higher end headphones. Thicker cables that are still flexible (but won't be crushed as easily) and good strain relief are just more expensive -- that comes up mostly for over-the-ear type headphones (since they tend to not ca... | expensive headphones are not worth the price in relation to cheap ones. | 0 | 2017-05-24T18:39:49 | 36 | 3 | 4 |
I think your Idea is flawed from the beginning. 1) College/University is an option not mandatory. Add to that, Post Secondary Education is becoming less and less important. I don't think that it will ever go away, but I think the way we look at College is going to change over the next few decades (this is obviously an ... | One should not bring a kid into this world unless they can afford to pay their college tuition. | 0 | 2015-07-10T19:21:43 | 117 | 2 | null |
Hey! As the top comments state, it is impossible to define one nation as "Most Heroic". It goes against academic standards when studying history to project such a subjective assessment, as again the top comment points out, since our conceptions of what is heroic can never be standardized. The best way to look at it is ... | Britain was the hero of WWII | 0 | 2014-09-05T20:58:54 | 104 | 3 | null |
Moot* You mean to call them "moot points". A "mute point" is a point that is not heard. Except they aren't moot points. Moat people think "moot points" are points that don't actually have an effect on the argument, but that's not what it means. For something to be "moot" means it is up for debate though not entirely re... | I am only responsible for my own decisions and not the decisions of others. | 1 | 2016-08-23T12:26:05 | 192 | 3 | 6 |
A quick follow-up though. If I was to change my mind in recognizing facilitation of sex being a contextual right in this case, I'm not sure how religious rights play into that. What wins out? The right of a company owner to refuse to partake in (but not the use by his workers of) something against religious beliefs, or... | Sex should be in no regards considered a basic human right when discussing birth control | 1 | 2014-07-24T08:02:15 | 68 | 1 | 84Δ |
In terms of morality, this is completely made up. Firstly, the idea that drivers have to stop and can't pass opposite side the children aren't getting off being "correct" is debatable. I do believe N. America may be one of the few regions doing this, but I could be wrong, but I thought some Europeans were questioning w... | Changing lanes in a school zone to block a speeder is morally acceptable and possibly responsible | 0 | 2016-12-23T21:27:57 | 96 | 1 | 1 |
You can find illogical or flawed positions in every party, since none are perfect. But you go a step further and say that: conservatism not only has flawed positions, but also that it is illogical *to it's core*, because it is *fundamentally* based on preserving the status quo (fallacious) and appeal to tradition (fall... | Conservatism (current, American) is objectively illogical. | 1 | 2017-02-25T22:17:32 | 70 | 4 | 27 |
Grab her by the pussy is not a political statement. How do you know it isn't? Isn't it expressing support for a political figure, or at least something he has said? Who gets to determine what is political speech and what isn't? If it is flying on the flag pole of my provincial tax payer funded government offices, then ... | Vanity license plates are not protected speech if they (potentially) promote misogyny | 1 | 2017-03-28T00:52:36 | 77 | 1 | 13 |
The thing is, Monsanto just kind of embodies all the things we tend to hate about corporations. Technically not monopolies, morally dubious actions, desire for money over anything else, abuse of patent laws, etc. There are a lot of business practices that a lot of people do not find acceptable and will deem wrong wheth... | Monsanto has done nothing wrong | 0 | 2016-03-18T18:44:21 | 313 | 1 | 3 |
I know a couple people with diagnosed depression, and they laugh and have fun and vocally commend their lives as awesome in a moment of joy or good happenings. Meaning I've seen them happy, and it sure looks genuine. People with depression have highs and lows. Depression can be like a constant hum in the background, an... | People with depression are really just over dramatic and ungrateful | 0 | 2014-06-05T20:24:41 | 37 | 1 | 24Δ |
I'm not asking you to explain natural selection to me, since it has been explained before. I just want to know : what are the odds? Suppose you roll 1 million six sided dice. What are the odds that you would roll the exact sequence you just rolled? It's incredibly improbable that you would roll that exact sequence, yet... | The origin of life is highly improbable | 0 | 2016-02-22T15:12:04 | 50 | 2 | null |
I guess I'm kind of bias because I'm studying a STEM field and doing undergrad research with an intent on going into computer science and I wouldn't give up my experiences for anything. Sure, I'll make less than someone who majors in CS, but I loved my undergrad experience so far. I am saying that science/mathematics ... | I see little value in majoring in science/mathematics as compared to other fields of study. CMV | 1 | 2013-07-12T01:31:04 | 45 | 2 | 27 |
If you want you can ask your own fiancee to agree to this and sign a prenuptial agreement to that effect. But why expect everyone play by your rules? What's it to you? | A cheating spouse should not be able to receive alimony payments after a divorce. | 1 | 2015-09-06T01:06:54 | 334 | 7 | 12 |
First, rape can and does result in death in some cases, but that isn't the point. Surviving something does not necessarily mean it has to result in imminent death. Rape kills souls. That isn't being dramatic, that is reality for many people who've been raped. Rape does not have to be compared to everything else to dete... | The term "survivor" to refer to victims of sexual assault is inappropriate. | 1 | 2014-09-16T01:40:31 | 21 | 3 | 1 |
When I'm watching TV and the need for an afternoon nap strikes, it's much easier to grab the pillow from behind me and put it under my head than it is to stand up and retrieve it from storage. Getting off the couch is going to ruin my drowsy, dozing off condition. Also, when I'm on a couch, I tend to somewhat lounge ag... | Throw pillows are only useful for aesthetic purposes. | 1 | 2014-06-23T20:10:17 | 27 | 19 | 24 |
Are you sure? I mean, if you've met people like that, they're wrong, simple as that. And they don't represent the majority of vegans, that's for sure. But I strongly doubt there are people who actually think, "not eating meat is *definitely* the BEST THING I can do for animal welfare!" That makes zero sense. Even if t... | Veganism and vegetarianism are not the best way to improve farm animal welfare | 1 | 2015-01-05T05:45:52 | 60 | 2 | 47 |
I'm going to address only two things, because I feel, they've not been properly addressed in the answers to far: My wife has only been on 1 round trip and it was with me. The flight on both landings was very rough. I am talking we dropped about 15 feet FAST and we were only 20 feet off the ground. Crosswinds were craz... | I should not fly on airplanes. | 0 | 2015-04-14T01:43:26 | 147 | 10 | null |
I actually have a severe food allergy so this is a daily struggle anytime I eat out. I agree with you in terms of the waiter not being trained/knowingeverything or being made resposible for any kind of reaction and I'm fine with that. BUT, I'd much rather ask a waiter than a manager for one specific reason - their reac... | waiters should not be the crucial step in preventing allergic reactions | 1 | 2016-08-09T04:25:32 | 333 | 1 | 1 |
Not necessarily that they cancel each other out, just that what we consider an improvement may not always be an improvement, and it certainly might not make you better suited to your environment. Just as another point, most people don't NEED to be stronger or faster or anything like that, so what purpose does it serve ... | Altering DNA, So called "Designer babies", is a steppingstone into the right direction when it comes to human evolution. | 1 | 2016-09-28T22:19:28 | 53 | 1 | 73 |
First of all, I mostly agree. Something a lot of people here probably won't share with you. I've got depression and have considered suicide MANY a time. Obviously due to the fact I'm here, I didn't do anything drastic. That said... I'm still not sure that I'm entirely right in doing it... In terms of people who say sui... | Life is not worth living | 0 | 2014-09-04T23:23:57 | 208 | 2 | null |
Going on a website to talk with a bunch of people, who are untrained, to talk about relationships isn't therapy. It doesn't follow the rules of a true therapeutic setting. It is getting advice from strangers. There are relationship problems that can be sorted out by the person working through things on their own, but ... | "I urge you to seek therapy" is the most useless advice one can give on /r/relationships. | 1 | 2014-11-30T01:35:07 | 95 | 2 | null |
What you say is tautological. I've never been mugged, I lack the perspective of someone who has been mugged on criminal justice issues. I've never had a kid, I lack the perspective of a parent on family law. Everyone has a different perspective on every issue. Abortion is no different than any other issue in this regar... | If you haven't experienced pregnancy, you are missing important perspective on the abortion debate | 0 | 2016-05-19T00:19:33 | 130 | 2 | 7 |
It is not a new precedent. Colleges, buildings, scholarships, programs are changed all the time by Universities, and lower schools. Yale is not doing anything out of the ordinary. | Renaming Calhoun College, Yale sets a dangerous precedent in recognizing historical figures | 0 | 2017-02-12T17:59:59 | 54 | 3 | 78 |
Congratulations, you've discovered [Solipsism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism), a conundrum ever since Descartes thought up the [Evil Demon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_demon) in his second meditation. Unfortunately, there is no way for me to objectively *prove* to you that other minds exist. Descartes ... | I believe that I am the only person in this world, and everyone else is a simulation/AI. | 1 | 2017-01-18T15:43:30 | 35 | 24 | 103 |
This seems like the most likely scenario. In this case, you've actually done that person and their SO a favor by testing the strength of their relationship. You have not tested the strength of a relationship, you have *assaulted* the relationship. If I'm trying to kick down your door, you do not benefit from me "testin... | by pursuing someone who's in a relationship, you're actually doing them and their SO a service | 0 | 2016-01-14T20:21:37 | 42 | 1 | 47 |
No, I'm saying that the child is incorrectly assuming that the justification for the request must be fairness. There are many other legitimate justifications available. Expedience, the greater good, impossibility of other options, and many others are all legitimate alternative justifications to fairness. Saying, "but i... | "Life's not fair" is a terrible (non)justification for parents to make to their children | 1 | 2016-09-09T22:32:52 | 37 | 1 | 2 |
OK, given your premise I assume it's okay if I talk from my feelings and not from the cold logic of it all? My feeling is that your post is more of an (unintended) self-critique than it is truly about society. I don't see any of what you said being a societal problem. Logic and rationality are incredibly useful tools,... | Technocratic language has invaded our whole social world | 0 | 2016-09-17T21:38:24 | 83 | 14 | 19 |
100% of people in the world? Plenty of countries don't have adequate means of waste disposal. They are left with the option to basically burn their trash, or throw it somewhere. Surely those people aren't asshole merely due to their circumstances. Also, for things like cigarette butts... many people think they are comp... | 100% of people who litter frequently are assholes. | 0 | 2015-11-08T15:09:17 | 119 | 0 | null |
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