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We are in agreement on that point at least. Let's move on to your definition of happiness. You claim that "happiness" is merely a manifestation of a lack of suffering. Would you agree that there are varying degrees of happiness? Can some people be happier than others by having more needs met? Or in your terms, by havin... | Given the premise that "death is the end of subjective conscious human experience", human extinction would reduce human suffering at least as well as achieving an utopia would. | 1 | 2016-10-13T18:49:44 | 181 | 44 | 1 |
Late to the discussion, and not sure I belong since I would describe myself as Agnostic in Principle (i.e. I believe the question of G-d's exitence is unanswerable), but I'll give some plain language thoughts about why I feel belief is a tenable position. Personally, despite being agnostic, a really important question ... | Believing in the Christian god doesn't make sense | 0 | 2017-01-06T02:03:41 | 103 | 2 | null |
And you want to move to Canada because you lost a fair and legal election!? It probably wasn't quite 100% legal or fair in every sense. This is fine on its own though. If you have the means to pack up everything, move to Canada, and find a job despite them having similar issues with job availability that we do, YOU H... | I find the seriousness of Americans moving to Canada offensive | 1 | 2016-11-11T02:17:30 | 67 | 1 | 17 |
Much of your point seems to rest upon application of punishment, which isn't something actually expressed in the phrase you're citing. I think you're arguing against a straw man. | People who agree with the quote "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." are zealots and probably oppressive themselves. | 1 | 2017-03-03T05:52:01 | 103 | 30 | 7 |
How are you defining "true progressive"? What if someone holds progressive views on the normal political issues, but prioritizes anti-establishment views above those? In other words, why can't someone be anti-establishment first, and progressive second? | Those who support Sanders, yet would vote Republican if Sanders isn't nominated, are not true progressives, they are merely anti-establishment. | 0 | 2016-03-01T08:21:26 | 317 | 1 | null |
Freedom and democracy Japan was hardly a deomcracy though, yes it had civilians in "government" but policy was largely set by the military and their civilian supporters. Every nation had pacifists and people who didn't want war, a lot of the German general staff were opposed to war because they thought they would lose... | Among the Allies, Nazis, and Japan, Japan was the least bad during WW2. | 0 | 2016-07-15T23:15:13 | 71 | 2 | 6 |
(1) "Nobody is ever truly, selflessly, altruistic" This is just not true. If you look at even your own life, I hope there have been times when you've been truly, selflessly altruistic. That's where empathy and love (I don't mean love in the romantic or Hallmark cards sense, but in _caring about something or someone mor... | Humans are Awful | 1 | 2015-10-19T15:01:12 | 61 | 10 | 1 |
Paternalistic laws that are designed to protect people from their own bad decisions are standing on a slippery slope, risking infringement of peoples' right to liberty in decisions pertaining to their own lives. While some take the stance that only when actions risk harm to others is the curtailing of liberties justifi... | [CMV] I think tattoo artists should not ink drunk people. | 1 | 2014-02-19T17:04:59 | 37 | 12 | 1 |
You posted two views. I actually agree that prison is over-sentenced in the U.S. so I will only tackle the second view. "Prison should almost never be advised for nonviolent offenders." The most significant thing that came to my mind when I read this was white-collar crime. Most white-collar crime (maybe all?) is nonvi... | Prison is over-sentenced in the U.S. and should almost never be advised for Nonviolent Offenders. | 0 | 2014-12-22T22:11:27 | 146 | 65 | 1 |
And looking at your edit, I'm going to be true to this: I actually really liked Photograph, but was very "meh" on most of Nickelback's other songs (the other 2 exceptions were "Rockstar" and "Far Away"; I'm a softie sometimes); It doesn't matter what other people like. In my opinion, one of the most pointless arguments... | Nickelback is a really great rock band | 1 | 2015-06-22T22:25:07 | 23 | 2 | 50Δ |
I believe, if others cared enough about a person's time, they would do the same. This is the root of many failures in human interaction. Other's are not you. Other's may or may not do the same thing as you in the same situation with the same motivation. We all have our own world views and our own reasoning. You just ca... | Often forgetting = not caring enough about it | 1 | 2015-12-27T08:50:23 | 81 | 2 | 2 |
This sets up a hierarchy of rape victims, which isn't helpful. It is tempting and understandable though, as we like to have rules to keep us safe, and it is comforting to believe that if we don't do x y z, we will be safe... but plenty of people party hard without being assaulted. Plenty of people don't party at all an... | I don't have much sympathy for girls (or boys) who decide to go to parties full of strangers and drugs and then are shocked when they are sexually assaulted. I don't like having this opinion - CMV please. | 0 | 2014-01-02T10:38:41 | 186 | 2 | 2 |
I think either a federally funded tuition program or the existing system would be preferable to what you're proposing, with a slight preference for a straightforwardly federally funded system (because today's system is that in effect in a bad economy, which is exactly the worst time for it to be that). I really just d... | A system in which students offer "shares" of their future earnings is preferable to the current student loan system. | 1 | 2015-06-15T06:44:01 | 138 | 1 | 96Δ |
It depends upon the reason that people are in poverty. If the reason that they are poor is a lack of resources, like they suffered a crippling, unexpected injury or disease then providing them with resources to manage and overcome the disaster is far better that simply writing the person off entirely. Skills and knowle... | I believe public welfare does more harm than good. CMV | 1 | 2013-11-25T06:57:36 | 69 | 1 | 69 |
Bee colonies aren't developing any significant technology, so they aren't a good example to support your idea. Suppose humanity builds a spaceship. To accomplish this, there needs to be expertise in propellant systems, heat shielding, life support, metallurgy, orbital mechanics, atmospheric dynamics, software developme... | in order to become an interstellar species, we need to settle all of our differences. ALL of them. | 0 | 2017-06-15T05:01:18 | 40 | 1 | 1 |
1. The limiting of extremist ideologies may make them more popular. See what happened to death metal. When you tell people things are bad, they will do them/be exposed to them. 2. The definition of extremism changes constantly. For example, The Church of Satan is a relatively inocuous group of essentially atheists, and... | Most democracies are far too tolerant of extremism, especially the likes of neo-fascism, neo-nazism, radical Islamism and violent intolerance. The world has been to soft on these ideologies and they need to be eliminated whenever they appear. | 0 | 2014-12-25T16:25:03 | 311 | 2 | null |
I don't think you should lump the Afghanistan and Iraq wars together in your argument. My opinion is that most of the evidence points towards the war in Afghanistan, against a terrorist government harboring Al Qaeda, being right and justified. The war in Iraq was sold to the American people and Congress based on lies a... | America's response after 9/11, e.g. the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, did massively more damage than the 9/11 attacks themselves did. (Which is to say, the worst thing about the 9/11 attacks was that they led to the 9/11 response.) | 0 | 2016-05-28T21:37:22 | 56 | 11 | 6 |
First of all, matters of taste aren't really something CMV can handle. How do you change someone's view on "I prefer chocolate to vanilla"? There are millions of people who love John Green. You aren't one of them. My best advice is to read someone whose work resonates better with you - it doesn't make John a bad writer... | I find John Green's books mildly pretentious, repetitive, and not necessarily worth the amount of recognition they get. | 0 | 2014-12-07T20:12:25 | 130 | 209 | 88 |
1) trump doesn't even represent a majority of the voting population 2) not everybody that voted for trump supports all of his policies. 3) executive orders do not overrule existing laws if people want those changes then they have to go through the long process of electing new legislators (or pressuring current legisl... | The blocking of Trump's travel ban is an affront to democracy | 0 | 2017-03-16T22:58:20 | 81 | 1 | 34 |
Not sure. It just seemed like a legit reason that one could have that preference. Edit: I should say, it seems like the *most* legit reason that could be ideologically consistent. | If you favor abolishing the Electoral College, you should also favor abolishing the Senate. | 1 | 2016-11-01T23:20:59 | 146 | 1 | null |
Who doesn't know how the universe came into existence, who doesn't know about evolution In a poll May 8-11 of this year by Gallup found that [42% of Americans polled believe that humans were created by God in more or less their present form sometime in the past 10,000 years](http://www.gallup.com/poll/170822/believe-cr... | "Cosmos: a space-time odyssey" is an elementary school educational show. | 0 | 2014-06-19T00:48:58 | 27 | 9 | 11 |
The human body and brain are immensely complex, and there are many aspects about them that can have a gender classification. For example, answer this. When you say, "That person is male.", to what, exactly, are you referring? Genetics? Hormones? (Which ones?) Reproductive organs? (Again, which ones?) Sexual organs? Bra... | There are only two genders and they are NOT on a spectrum. Everyone is cisgender, except for a few legitimately diagnosed with psychological disorders. | 0 | 2016-11-02T13:49:18 | 52 | 1 | null |
I don't see the difference between raising money on the internet vs raising it in any other way. Is it the blue collar value that appeals too you? I just don't see what the distinction. If people want to give a guy $55,000 to make potato salad. Well good on him. Its not for you to decide how other people spend their mo... | I believe crowdfunding is stupid. It is lazy and a waste of time and money. | 0 | 2015-02-19T00:01:40 | 31 | 6 | null |
I would be careful to conflate falling crime and increasing technology with an improvement in American society. Technology tends to always increase over time, and crime can fluctuate in a long-term pattern. Just because it's falling now, doesn't mean it will continue to do so indefinitely. As for 'quality of life incre... | That American society is getting better, not worse | 1 | 2014-08-24T09:23:01 | 159 | 3 | 3 |
If I've made you reconsider any part of your view could I get a delta? *********** In a US where voting is mandatory, do you believe we will be better or worse off It depends....does mandatory voting apply during POTUS years? What about the different state and municipal elections that happen all the time? Some states ... | Voting in the general election should be mandatory in the US. | 1 | 2016-09-24T22:01:05 | 54 | 1 | 251 |
At some time during the book, Hitler talks about the importance of the media and how, in good loyal hands, the media has the potential to give courage and strength to a nation and, if in the wrong self centered hands, it could be the greatest poison injected directly into the soul of a people rendering it weak and paci... | The media and education system should be state controlled. | 0 | 2017-06-23T18:24:08 | 333 | 2 | 18 |
I think you're looking at this with the wrong lens. You keep on saying that well I have to work hard to be successful and if I don't I won't. Those are true statements. But there are people who work hard just so their family has enough food for the table. There are people who have to take two buses so they can work a... | The American dream is live and well, and any person can be successful through hard work. | 1 | 2015-10-09T07:07:36 | 94 | 1 | 32 |
The world is nearing overpopulation, abortion in the long run is beneficial for our society because it limits children that are born into bad situations. The amount of foster children in our system is already staggering, why add more children to the mix and hurt more innocent lives. It still all comes down to when you ... | When artificial wombs are viable, abortion should be outlawed and replaced with moving the fetus to the artificial womb. | 0 | 2016-08-03T04:25:59 | 162 | 1 | null |
I say this as a person who works for a company that makes most of it's money off ad revenue: There is no agreement between me and the website that I should have to view the content of their site in any specific way. They send me a big blob of data, which I use my browser to render. I'm free to parse just portions of it... | I think Adblock is just as bad as pirating. | 1 | 2015-04-16T08:04:04 | 77 | 26 | 127Δ |
Nope. Over here in the UK at least, there are distinct differences between a cupcake and a muffin. Like you said, cupcakes are tiny cakes and tend to be iced. I don't think we're confused about the differences at all, and I've never seen muffins that are really cupcakes. I've never thought of a muffin as being healthie... | Most Muffins are just Cupcakes full of lies. CMV | 0 | 2014-02-28T21:50:36 | 52 | 1 | null |
In TV murder is generally pretty easy and painless so most are going based on that assumption I would guess. If the murder is relatively painless and quick then not much agony is inflicted, and the family doesn't mourn the consequences are minimal for murder and it's a lot less wrong than most murders. I am not saying ... | I believe that in a Groundhog Day scenario, murder is still morally wrong. CMV. | 0 | 2013-08-30T03:37:17 | 65 | 1 | 62Δ |
It's true that /r/atheism is way out of its original purpose. But the default subreddits is like a starter pack for noobs. It was a subjective choice at first but because of that those are the most active subreddits today. I personally think that if you're still subscribed to any default subreddit, you're doing Reddit ... | I believe that /r/Atheism should be removed from the default subreddits. CMV | 0 | 2013-05-07T04:12:15 | 414 | 14 | null |
The problem with you clam is that we have only examined the planets in our solar system. This is like flipping 9 coins, and getting one head. Then saying that coin is the only coin that can land on heads. We would need to look at a lot more plaints to support the claim that life don't exist on any plaint but Earth. | CMV It is possible that life only exists on Earth | 0 | 2015-10-29T23:46:00 | 117 | 1 | null |
When I lived in Japan, there were tons of holidays and festivals during the spring and summer that were steeped in tradition (some older, some newer) that often had little or nothing to do with the Shinto-Buddhist religion. Take [Kodomo no Hi (Children's Day)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Day_(Japan\)) for ... | The oral tradition of mythology, and the surrounding celebrations is something that has no secular equivalent. CMV. | 1 | 2014-01-07T06:36:07 | 25 | 1 | 50Δ |
Let me tell you a little story. I grew up with a best friend who was my next door neighbor. We were inseparable, but it was clear from day 1 that she was a lesbian. We'd talk about our favorite Disney movies when we were five years old. I would talk about how I was going to marry Aladdin. She would talk about how she w... | Kids should not be able to, or be encouraged to "come out" and find their sexuality before they're sexually mature | 1 | 2017-06-17T17:56:40 | 172 | 1,172 | 6 |
In a world full of reasonable people that would be a fair solution. But we don't seem to live in that world, if men could opt out of responsibility by not wanting the baby, too many would end up using that instead of contraception. Ignore the condom, if it results in a baby deny your consent, then the mother can either... | I believe that both parents need to consent to having a child for one to receive child support from the other - CMV | 0 | 2013-08-10T17:12:12 | 1,140 | 2 | null |
You only have to be scared if you have things to hide, if you don't have any "data" that you shouldn't, then google has no reason to ever care. They have data on millions and millions of people, and all that means is names, e-mails, online shopping habits, nothing all that important. So for google to care about your da... | I think Google is dangerously large and powerful, and should be avoided. CMV | 0 | 2013-04-28T21:55:04 | 167 | -6 | null |
It becomes okay when the general culture dictates that it does. Each culture has an opinion on when a human is perfectly autonomous, and most dole out rights and responsibilities slowly throughout maturation. In parts of the world it's considered fine for [children to wander the forest alone, collect the world's larges... | Being gay is closely related to, if not the same as being a pedophile. | 1 | 2014-12-09T22:52:07 | 64 | 4 | 3 |
I tried hard to think of a way the government could benefit off of doing such a thing "The government" may pressure you if they ever need to. E.g. let's say the government decides to use you as an informant. Now they can force you to do it. But it's more than that. "The government" is not a robot. It's composed of ind... | This whole "keep our net free " movement is stupid and is an example of people buying into mob mentality | 1 | 2017-03-27T15:00:18 | 46 | 8 | 154 |
I'm a little late to the party, but I wanted to respond to the point that relationships between 15 year olds and 30 year olds are inherently exploitive. I'm surprised no one has mentioned this, but part of the problem is a systemic one, that older people tend to have resources that teenagers do not. At 15, $100 dollars... | As a 15yr old, I don't see any problem with having sex with much older people | 1 | 2014-06-01T15:47:13 | 108 | 1 | 1 |
Can you give an example of a situation where America did not respond to something and got "shit on"? | I feel like the American's get a bad rap no matter what they do. I realize that their reputation was seriously hurt by their "War on Terror", but when there is a conflict anywhere in the world, if they intervene, they get shit on, and if they don't, they get shit on. | 0 | 2014-05-19T09:27:38 | 90 | 1 | null |
The cause of the problem is often sitting in front of the computer. Finding a permanent solution would be illegal. ^^s | "Turning it off and on again" does not solve a problem | 0 | 2017-06-13T20:43:32 | 42 | 3 | 5 |
Holden Caulfield much? Just kidding. Empathy is real, and it's incredibly important in humans. That's why people who do not feel empathy, namely psychopaths, are such aberrations. It's also why people who fall on the autistic spectrum have such difficulties in day to day life. As social creatures, being able to concept... | I feel that people who feel sympathy towards disaster victims are phonies, and they don't feel real pity for them -- CMV | 1 | 2013-04-16T19:27:25 | 67 | 29 | 2 |
I'll give you HIV as an example of the perfect disease for a pharmaceutical company. To have a long life with HIV you need approximately 95% adherence with a course of drugs worth ~18k NZD a year. BRILLIANT. However there is no cure for HIV thus this treatment is the best option. IF THERE WERE CURING ALTERNATIVES.... i... | I believe the pharmaceutical industry has strong incentives to avoid curing diseases CMV | 0 | 2013-06-22T07:44:15 | 52 | 3 | 1 |
One could also argue that trans people stay quiet about it also? | People who don't believe trans* people about their gender should just stay quiet about it. | 0 | 2017-05-15T19:38:26 | 91 | 1 | null |
Obese or overweight individuals do not necessarily lack discipline. In some cultures being overweight/obese is a respected trait symbolising wealth, superior nutrition and power. Some people also find the obese to be sexually attractive, providing great incentive for people to be obese. Also being overweight has been l... | Obese or overweight individuals lack discipline. | 1 | 2017-06-05T15:03:24 | 196 | 7 | 1 |
The purpose of the "Republic not a Democracy" argument is to establish the fact that just because a majority of the people want something, doesn't mean they get to have it. Indeed, every single progressive change in our country in the last 50 years, from abortion to gay marriage, has been implemented and codified throu... | The 'America is a Republic, not a Democracy' is a poor rebuttal to a criticism of the Electoral College. | 1 | 2016-12-11T22:18:12 | 146 | 40 | 1 |
So my understanding is that we came after dinosaurs, which would be at most 65 million years ago. At the time of the dinosaurs, all continents were together. Many fractions of land separated since then, and in those islands evolution "stood still" (i.e.: beings living now in these islands are very similar to how beings... | I don't think that evolution while on earth can explain how we are here now... CMV | 0 | 2014-01-18T12:51:33 | 65 | 15 | 14Δ |
The trouble with arguing for or against free will is that you can easily (and invariably do) tailor your definition of free will to fit your argument. For example: A1) Free will means the ability to act without restriction. A2) I can't choose to be a dinosaur on the moon right now. C1) Free will doesn't exist. I'm not ... | Free will doesn't exist because we don't author our thoughts | 1 | 2016-02-11T07:50:51 | 161 | 4 | 100 |
So this is something that I figured out a while ago. Asian food is not like western food. There is a very subtle differences. In countries that use chopsticks, the food is already cut into bit size portions. There is no need to cut anything like there is with western food, there is also no need to use the force that a ... | A spoon and a fork are more practical than using chopsticks | 0 | 2016-12-01T15:13:03 | 42 | 2 | null |
There are a number of high level structural problems setting U.S. politics back that have to be changed to bath new life into its democracy. Changing just one won't "fix" America because the system us interdependent. 1) As you know, there needs to be viable third parties. Schulz voting method, transferable vote, insta... | The American two-party political system is out dated and completely corrupted CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-05T18:36:16 | 291 | 1 | 2Δ |
I'm not going to argue whether those rights do protect them or not. I'm gonna speak about rights in general. What if those rights are not protecting, but privileging? Or have drawback, which some consider more bad than amount of good caused by law? You're doing a mistake that you're assuming that some states are objec... | Leaving transgender rights in the hands of the states makes little sense and opens the door to discrimination | 1 | 2017-02-24T00:30:44 | 115 | 1 | 2 |
So if the origin of life is so improbable how much more improbable is it that there is a being that somehow came into existence that has all we have and more. A being so advanced it can puzzle out a way to construct a brain made of neutrons that magically create sentience and though. A being so smart it conceived an am... | The origin of life is highly improbable | 0 | 2016-02-22T08:09:11 | 50 | 2 | 2 |
It's hard to quantify nationalism just with what the media prints, since the media is a for-profit entity. They're going to print what people want to read. Plus, these results can vary from source to source. I agree that nationalism can go awry very easily (see Nazi Germany), but my paradigm did come from seeing them ... | The pledge of allegience and other rituals of national identity are holding society back. | 1 | 2015-06-01T23:16:48 | 99 | 1 | null |
I do agree with you, but is it really a bad thing that we no longer commodify education to the point that we are paying thousands of dollars for a piece of paper that says we know how to do a job? Free education would make certain fields even more competitive, but the *quality* of education-where you went and what you ... | If college education was free, the value of a degree would decrease. | 1 | 2015-05-27T23:52:33 | 114 | 14 | 50Δ |
Individual liberty and social responsibility have always been in conflict, in every society, both legally and ethically. They are both necessary; you can't have one without the other. As a democracy our job is to decide how to weight them legally, and as a social group we have to decide how much pressure we exert on ot... | The general trend of "liberal" and "educated" opinion is unwittingly pushing for an Orwellian future. | 0 | 2016-07-22T03:56:59 | 53 | 2 | null |
TL/DR: Expiration dates are times when the contents of a container are spoiled. [Citation needed] From what I read elsewhere, some companies pull these out of their ass, especially for things that keep well like dry pasta. | Food is close to inedible when the expiration date printed on the container is near, within a couple of days. | 0 | 2015-01-03T08:26:13 | 36 | 0 | 1 |
The shower is pretty similar. The locker room part doesn't exactly have stalls or anything, so it's pretty open as well, though people do technically have the option to not fully undress in that area. She showers there though, so she's right out in the open completely naked space. She does her best to be discrete, but ... | Almost all (98%+) women would be uncomfortable sharing a facility like the one pictured with a transgender woman that has a penis. | 1 | 2015-09-03T03:27:02 | 175 | 7 | 4 |
It turns out that there is a final category. It is known as Unemployment. As Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Services become more efficient in the coming months, workers will have nowhere to go but to the unemployment line. At some point, Man's artificial economic system will necessarily collapse. When that happens, th... | Humans are going to die out because of an economic collapse | 0 | 2015-01-05T12:07:55 | 45 | 1 | 9 |
If the crux of your argument is that gender or sex are solely determined by chromosomes then how do you account for people with XY gonadal dysgenesis? They will have XY chromosomes but have female bodies. What about complete androgen insensitivity syndrome which has the same effect? What about people with XXY or XXXY o... | There is no such thing as a man born in a woman's body | 1 | 2014-07-25T12:57:58 | 418 | 35 | 1 |
when in reality I hadn’t tried my best I just did the bare minimum. Are you worried that, with the security of knowing they WILL be accepted, some students will slack off and not prepare for college while in high school? Getting accepted into college doesn't mean anything if you don't also have the skills needed to c... | All first generation students should be accepted to college, no matter what. | 0 | 2016-04-29T22:19:15 | 33 | 20 | null |
I'm a teacher in a Common Core State and while I have my issues with the standards, 'to much emphasis on memorization and not enough on critical thinking' absolutely not on the list. It is true that the algebra standards make heavy reference to different types of functions but this is because that's a large part of wha... | Common Core (esp. Mathematics) is a system that is fundamentally flawed and does not prepare students for the real world. | 1 | 2015-06-12T04:49:36 | 45 | 35 | 7Δ |
Diving, figure skating, cheerleading, et al. Are only subjective at the very peak of their respective sports. An experienced diver or cheerleader is objectively better than a novice, they are only subjectively better than their absolute peers in terms of skill. The same people are going to rank in the same percentiles ... | Cheerleading is not a sport | 1 | 2014-07-21T21:31:18 | 130 | 1 | 4Δ |
I have seen absolutely no evidence that he has again changed the laws. If he had, then he would have made that clear. Ok, well, you have to just stop here. There's been no evidence of anything you're saying. I mean, if you want to argue this or that about your religion, that's one thing. But we need to be perfectly cle... | Saying, "It's not the 1950's anymore, it's 2017" is not an adequate argument for people to change religious beliefs. | 1 | 2017-05-27T15:44:26 | 212 | 19 | 12 |
No. It's fucking awful. Here's why. Common core caters to the absolute lowest ability level in the classroom especially in the lower grade levels. They claim that they have all these methods of using "frames" or "chunks of numbers" or whatever that are used to make sure the kids "understand" addition and subtraction a... | Common Core is a good thing, both in idea and implementation. | 0 | 2015-09-24T20:03:39 | 397 | 5 | 2 |
Let me just begin with a simple observation about conspiracy theorists: They very rarely have any evidence or any plausible theories of what happened. What they do have are questions. That's all. The sheer amount of things that had to be planned, negotiated and then hidden to bring something like this about would be im... | I feel like JFK's assassination was an inside job. I feel like the government DOES inside jobs . | 1 | 2015-11-05T23:42:12 | 36 | 3 | 166 |
It looks like you've already awarded lots of deltas, but I remember being 16 and insecure. (I remember yesterday and being insecure. It never totally goes away.) Hearing this sort of stuff from more sources will probably help you feel better, so here you go: 1. Look around at your friends' dads. Are they all totally go... | TheRedPill is very accurate about women and the reality of attraction, and the AF/BB concept | 1 | 2017-04-27T19:19:17 | 65 | 6 | 1 |
I've seen a bit of the show just because my younger brother has watched it and I just don't care to leave the room, but I don't believe there has been any reference to a love triangle between those characters. All I've seen of it, the girl character has only been interested in characters outside of the main cast and th... | "Bella and the Bulldogs" contains cuckold fetishist references. | 1 | 2016-01-03T02:58:07 | 163 | 47 | 2 |
It is immoral to infringe on a person's free choice. Cigarettes do not infringe on a person's free choice. Selling cigarettes is not immoral for this reason. Many smokers started when cigarettes were marketed as not bad for you. Tobacco companies knew they were bad at some point (before it was widely accepted), but con... | Smoking cigarettes is a freely made choice. If selling cigarettes is immoral, it is for other reasons. Cigarettes should be allowed to be sold. | 0 | 2016-11-30T21:37:18 | 34 | 2 | 66 |
When you play an awesome video game with a single-player story mode, does the fact that your adventure will at some point end ever take away from your enjoyment when you are playing the game in the here and now? If no, then just imagine that life is a video game. That might answer your question of "why anyone should c... | Nothing matters, and nothing is important | 1 | 2014-11-03T23:47:41 | 68 | 13 | 10 |
Do you mean morally right? Or the best thing for the show? Frankly, the public wasn't that upset about this, most of the online chatter I've seen supports Clarkson (not necessarily his recent actions, but him), and he is extremely popular. A good PR rep could easily make this go away in a few weeks. I think the show wo... | Assuming the allegations against him are true, the decision to fire Jeremy Clarkson was the right one | 0 | 2015-03-25T22:16:51 | 76 | 4 | null |
Point 1: Someone who fights for a racist cause, helps create an institution to power that racism, and otherwise spread it is racist. People who have done this don't deserve to be monumented, or at the very least don't deserve to be monumented something as defining as a town square. A similar example I can think of is N... | Monuments to confederate soldiers are symbols of racism | 1 | 2015-08-04T05:51:06 | 71 | 3 | 2 |
It's a mere illusion that people will ever stop to abuse the up- and downvote system. People will always act in their own interest. Even if their own opinion is _blatantly wrong_, it's in their own interest to defend it. That's a common psychological automatism to reduce [cognitive dissonance](http://en.wikipedia.org/w... | People need to stop saying "I'm probably going to get downvoted for this." | 1 | 2014-10-18T18:58:38 | 146 | 2 | 2 |
You are considering it from a modern perspective not a biological perspective, which is where the need stems from. If people were so content without it then they would be less inclined to breed and further the species. But yea for modern living, where sex is mostly recreational it doesn't directly help you. It can be c... | I believe my sex drive is a scam designed to benefit the continuity of the species at my expense. | 0 | 2016-05-02T13:09:19 | 49 | 1 | null |
"The world is progressively getting worse" is a sentiment that every generation seems to believe despite the world clearly being better now than possibly any point in history. Violent crime has been on a steady decline for decades. There are fewer wars. Just about every major problem in the world is on the decline: pov... | I don't want to have children because the world is a bad place. | 0 | 2014-11-09T03:24:09 | 81 | 1 | null |
The problem is that the two terms simply aren't different in the way that you claim in the U.S. Muffins have, for at least 100 years, been distinguished from cupcakes by lack of frosting. Just like biscuits haven't been cookies for at least 100 years. This is like claiming that people being paid a salary are being m... | Most Muffins are just Cupcakes full of lies. CMV | 1 | 2014-02-28T21:55:03 | 52 | 4 | 96Δ |
They posted it to appear on their friend's news feeds to be found serendipitously, not to browse all at once. That's why "it showed up on my news feed" is the classic defence to that. It's like the difference between reading a magazine that has pictures of someone and specifically seeking out all the magazines you can ... | It's not "creeping", "snooping", or "being a creeper" to browse social media content that presumably was put there for exactly that purpose. | 1 | 2015-05-22T15:50:04 | 199 | 3 | null |
I believe that giving students the security that they will for sure be going to a four year university gives them more security knowing that they will be given the opportunity to fulfil their parents dream of becoming successful. I don't know if you've noticed, but there's a lot of people with 4-year degrees who are cu... | All first generation students should be accepted to college, no matter what. | 0 | 2016-04-29T22:21:44 | 33 | 3 | 7 |
For the group of people who simply don't use science, I would hope we all can see plainly why them not being included in a discussion about science does not create an echo chamber. You seem to be using "facilitating effective scientific discussions" and "not an echo chamber" synonymously. What's your justification for ... | it can not be considered to be "creating an echo chamber" to exclude creationists from discussions on science related to evolution. | 0 | 2017-02-13T22:10:54 | 199 | 5 | 59 |
Thank you, and you're welcome. I'm a fan of any discussion around better education.   I understand your frustration, and I agree that "by any means necessary" is not a great approach to creating interest in educational subjects. I don't necessarily agree that what Vsauce and similar channels are doing falls un... | Popular educators on Youtube that aren't expert on the subject are not actually teaching anything but rather just presenting an sensationalized version on the topic. | 1 | 2016-04-10T22:56:54 | 123 | 5 | 1 |
I'd just like to add that these criminals are often not given the same opportunities afforded to the rest of society. So if you believe in some form of social contract (you seem to), in which everyone must abide by the rules in order to live in society, surely you agree that part of the blame has to rest on society for... | Whenever a violent criminal (burglar, thief, murderer) dies, even if the circumstances surrounding his death are shady (police brutality, vigilantism, etcetera), society didn't lose anything of value and might have even gained from the event. | 0 | 2014-12-11T19:58:10 | 54 | 1 | null |
From my understanding it is much like other small dogs. Get them used to strangers - but not too used to them. Do not carry them around like some fashion statement everywhere you go. When they get overly rambunctious, when they bark too much don't think it is cute. Don't let them get away with crap. | Chihuahuas are hideous animals | 1 | 2016-08-27T00:43:12 | 60 | 5 | 6 |
I'm gonna sound harsh here, but maybe the fact that you're bitter enough to be posting on an Internet forum about this (something that isn't really gonna get you anywhere at the end of the day) is unattractive to women. Maybe it's coming through? At the end of the day you're clearly a very smart, successful and discip... | it is clear that I am meant to be alone | 0 | 2015-07-14T13:09:30 | 29 | 2 | null |
One thing I haven't seen mentioned here is that skills tend to be less transferable then we assume. A person who spends thousands of hours practicing and improving their ability to play chess doesn't actually improve their ability to remember strings of numbers. They might be able to recite back the last 15 moves of th... | Whenever younger folks utter the phrase "respect is earned, not given" I can't help but understand it as a childish and short sighted attempt to undermine their elders. | 1 | 2015-05-26T03:58:56 | 76 | 14 | 1 |
I'm disappointed in the state of the current responses here. About 75% can be summed up as "well, it's illegal," which, if this site's general stance on marijuana use is any indication, shouldn't matter. It depends on what industry you're in, and what the composition of your company is. I can see from your posts overal... | I have never, and will never, hire a woman under 50 years old for any position that is even mildly important. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-24T17:51:18 | 632 | 268 | 2 |
A big argument that I haven't seen mentioned here is incentive. Oftentimes, one of the biggest motivators for a parent to work hard isn't to give him or herself a better life, it's to give their children a better life. Destroying inheritance would kill that incentive. Another problem is your view of the wealthy elite. ... | I disagree with the concept of inheritance, CMV | 0 | 2013-08-18T02:11:10 | 29 | 1 | null |
If the camp was racist, they wouldn't have allowed you in. To let you in on a secret: Literally 100% of Black people have faced racism in their lives. No matter where they live, class,religion,political views etc. Your view is so horribly flawed to equalize racism due to your extremely small experience, but not expand... | Due to my personal experience, I find black people to be just as racist as white people | 0 | 2017-05-10T00:26:05 | 154 | 2 | null |
You obviously haven't read enough emails if you think the dems give a fuck about you. The repubs are just as bad. Go to wikileaks.org & read more emails. https://www.reddit.com/r/DNCleaks/comments/5qcqiy/i_realized_i_should_start_backing_up_my_claims_so/?sort=confidence https://www.reddit.com/r/DNCleaks/comments/5... | The current conservative ideology of the US Republican Party (GOP) is objectively worse than the progressive modern-liberal ideology (within the US Democratic party) because it’s bound to lead to socioeconomic failure and risks environmental failure. | 0 | 2017-02-11T02:57:14 | 119 | 0 | null |
From a business perspective it makes sense not to. If you're running a drug store you probably don't want it to be attracting addicts who may put off your regular customers. | When pharmacies refuse to sell syringes to suspected drug users, they do more harm than good. | 0 | 2016-09-26T17:35:27 | 45 | 3 | null |
What I am getting at is you can see the big bill coming but can't do anything about it. | I think transparent pricing will do more for affordable healthcare than anything else. | 1 | 2014-10-03T23:25:36 | 46 | 1 | 6 |
designated spaces existing where opposing views are suppressed This is not what a safe space is. A safe space is a designated space for voices that are regularly ignored, spoken over or worse due to systematic power structures, to congregate and talk about these things with likeminded people to discuss without having t... | "Safe Spaces" are not bad | 0 | 2017-03-04T17:27:43 | 52 | 1 | 4 |
How do you know that he is not studying as hard as you, if not harder? | if you have to work hard on STEM subjects you don't deserve to study them. | 1 | 2016-05-09T22:32:30 | 30 | 3 | 9 |
1) a libertarian economy is not interfered with by the goverment. You want to force people to sign slavery contracts? it's allowed. You're fighting a straw man. Libertarians aren't opposed to economic regulation any more than social liberals are opposed to equal rights laws and the ADA. Libertarians view regulation is ... | CMV - in a truly libertarian economy, unions would rapidly become very powerful players, leading to a restablishment of a welfare state | 0 | 2015-08-09T19:32:10 | 204 | 3 | null |
In a perfect world criminals just want to get away, only want your tv etc. Unfortunately the reality is criminals can be very vicious. I'm not LE but have many very close friends in SRT(swat) and you would be amazed with the savagery they have to deal with and stop and many out there will not come peacefully and will h... | Police officers shouldn't carry guns (US) | 0 | 2016-08-20T16:36:45 | 19 | 3 | null |
Women are often limited for the time window in which they can have a legal abortion. But you said a father can sign away his rights any time before birth. Do you think a father should be able to sign away parental right in the eigth month of pregnancy, long after a woman can legally have an abortion? | If abortions can be unilateral, then unmarried men should be able to sign away all parental rights & financial responsibilities for their unborn child | 1 | 2016-11-19T20:37:45 | 179 | 14 | 160 |
Consider how ubiquitous smart phones have become. They aren't just about texting and making phone calls. Hell, mine rarely gets used for that purpose. For me, my smart phone is about information access. It makes me very happy to know that I carry around a computer in my pocket that is more powerful than what it took to... | About going from dumb phone to smart phone. | 1 | 2016-02-27T03:54:23 | 39 | 8 | 1 |
Potentially yes, at least on a Federal level. In the very least any special "rights" granted would then have to determined on a state based level. A bit like how the current state of marijuana's legality. That being said both Trump and Pence has signed to protect LGBT marriage, regardless of their personal stance on it... | Impeachment of President Trump would not actually solve any problems, but rather cause more since VP Mike Pence would be President. | 1 | 2017-05-24T17:36:04 | 307 | 2 | 1 |
Can we do the same with the original trilogy? While the story is great the actual movies are pretty bad. Lots of sub-par acting, bad effects, cliche writing, etc. Had the order been reversed the Original Trilogy would be just as hated. Beyond this your plan would further complicate things as to what is Canon. Currently... | The Star Wars prequels should be permanently removed from the official Star Wars canon and remade as one film. | 0 | 2017-06-23T21:00:03 | 72 | 1 | 65 |
1a.) Changes is climate snowball at the extreme and, make no mistake, we're getting there. Due to the reflective nature of the icecaps compared to ocean water, melting ice means less cooling to counter-act the warming. Even if I grant you that we aren't killing off species right now, there is a limit to how fast plants... | We should not fight Global Warming | 1 | 2017-05-27T21:06:39 | 57 | 1 | 1 |
If vegans had done this instead of forming organizations and exposing cruel farming practices, there would've been a lot less animal rights advocacy. That advocacy has led to more vegans and vegetarians, more ethical and enforced farming standards, and an emerging market for alternatives to meat. None of this would hav... | The most ethically vegan thing to do is to commit suicide because human population impacts animal life more negatively than eating them. | 1 | 2017-01-12T00:18:15 | 46 | 34 | 1 |
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