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I’m going to tackle your thoughts on Pokemon designs. but there are other Alolan Pokemon like Ponyta and Sandshrew. Alolan Ponyta? Where did you hear that? Really, it’s hard to argue about the designs of the Pokemon since it’s completely subjective. Personally, I always thought the majority of Pokemon were silly looki... | Pokemon games have gotten progressively worse recently, and nobody should buy Sun/Moon | 1 | 2016-09-19T23:59:02 | 92 | 9 | 1 |
The fact that you can recognize a deviation from an archetype of maleness tells me instantly that you don't _really_ believe there are only two genders. I can insist that the world is black and white, but then I have to call purple "black". I'd suggest that you are on one hand very cognizant of differences - a spectru... | There are only two genders | 1 | 2017-04-04T20:02:00 | 49 | 10 | 85 |
(1) Huge swaths of Democratic blocs have little-to-no idea who he is. That is okay at the moment. His current goal is to recruit the activists who will help him organize volunteer campaigners in key primary states. In a half a year it will matter if most primary voters know who he is and in a year it will matter if mos... | Bernie Sanders is never going to win the Democratic nomination. Even if he did win the nomination, he will never win presidency. | 1 | 2015-07-12T16:34:10 | 157 | 23 | 25 |
We should be helping prisoners get back into society, especially for non violent offenders. Giving them the option to end their own life goes against that. I'm pro medical assisted suicide in a medical setting, but that's another discussion on it's own. The problem is the prison system is focused on punishment rather t... | Prisoners should have the option to end their life. | 0 | 2015-06-04T22:19:35 | 63 | 1 | null |
Detroit can ban guns [No it can't.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_v._City_of_Chicago) So any "experiment" done by any state really can't be seen as a true scientific experiment because people can subvert the laws, or can change buying habits to subvert the state. Political experiments aren't scientific experim... | We cannot be 50 states of 50 experiments because we cannot control for cross state movements. | 0 | 2016-01-30T08:22:07 | 58 | 1 | 14 |
I think the problem with your view is that your perspective assumes somebody is either straight or gay; that is, sexuality is dichotomous and you are either one or the other. This is mostly a trick of categorization though and doesn't really hold up under further scrutiny. Even in your own argument you present a lot of... | Traps are gay. | 1 | 2017-04-08T22:54:53 | 53 | 5 | 1 |
Even if we take your idea as 100% accurate, that china has zero cultural influence, all you need to do is look at the de facto impact that they (and to a lesser extent, Vietnam, Cambodia, and bengladesh) have already had. The American textile industry, as well as electronics, IT (shared with outsourcing to India) and g... | China is Not Currently a Serious Challenger to Western Dominance Because of its Lack of Cultural Influence | 0 | 2015-06-05T20:40:27 | 88 | 3 | null |
What if it was the other way around? What if you could teleport any other thing living or inanimate? | Teleportation would be an very overrated superpower in our world | 0 | 2015-10-25T01:39:37 | 317 | 1 | null |
What you use as the definition of "tea" is really a definition of "infused beverage" of which tea, coffee and other drinks are sub-categories. "Herbal tea" is a colloquial term for hot drinks infused with plant matter other than tea leaves and coffee beans, which are prevalent enough to have their own category. | Coffee is just tea | 0 | 2017-01-27T23:29:01 | 65 | 1 | 8 |
Well, if you're being properly compensated for your time, you do have quite a bit less to complain about. If my gf goes to work on 8 hr shifts all week, forcibly bitches at people about credit cards just so they can bitch back, cleans up the mess other newer employees are making, and gets chewed out by her boss for thi... | Retail and food service employees complain too much on reddit about jobs that aren't that hard. | 0 | 2014-12-14T21:51:30 | 84 | 5 | null |
I'd like to challenge some of OP's sense of "democracy." I found in undergrad that most people speak of "democracy" as equivalent to elections. But it takes more than voting for citizens to participate as equals in the processes of decision-making (the wikipedia definition of democracy). Here are some other elements th... | I think some countries (like mine) are not yet ready for full Democracy, as they would be better with something else - CMV | 1 | 2013-08-10T23:47:59 | 111 | 2 | 1 |
Not when illegal immigrants get state benefits without paying taxes. Not that I support Trump. | Tackling Illegal Immigration is a complete waste of money | 0 | 2016-06-16T06:31:12 | 69 | 1 | null |
I was in a similar boat and ended up becoming Catholic (after marrying a Catholic). One thing that surprised me was how little I knew about the most popular Christian church before I started researching it closely. Here are my responses to your issues. Granted I can't speak for the church, but this is how I see things:... | I was raised agnostic. Sometimes I wish I was Christian, and have attended church but I cannot find it in myself to believe. Appeal to my logical side and CMV. | 0 | 2015-04-21T18:48:17 | 52 | 1 | null |
I think that you're right that this is politicized, manufactured drama by the right. In fact, if I recall correctly, one of those "truthful gaffes" admitted as much last year. I would argue that this issue picked up steam in part because it fits so well with the Clinton narrative. With Benghazi, you had to do some real... | "Emailgate" is essentially a non-issue | 1 | 2016-03-13T14:11:36 | 144 | 7 | 3 |
My point wasn't the efficacy of the self-driving system, but more the timeline in order for the general public would feel comfortable with it (without the need for a manual bypass). A similar situation is with reclaimed water. We here in Southern California have systems in place where we could reclaim a large percentag... | Our current generation will be the last drivers. My 6 month old nephew will never need to learn how to operate a car. | 1 | 2015-06-24T00:21:50 | 57 | 2 | 4Δ |
The very thing you are using to set apart Christianity from other religions is shared by most, if not all of those other religions- some of which are older than Christianity. The Golden Rule isn't revolutionary- it's been around for thousands of years and is part of what helps us function as a society. In fact, it's pa... | Christianity's call to turn the other cheek in the face of personal insult or violence sets it apart from other religions, it's a revolutionary moral call. | 0 | 2017-02-15T21:31:21 | 90 | 7 | 8 |
First thing I want to point is that you're excluding a big portion of the trans community. Female to Male Transfolk are still Transfolk. Secondly, I'm Male to Female Trans. I didn't get voice therapy, no implants, I rarely wear skirts, never heels. My wardrobe is very gender neutral. By all means if I was a cisgendered... | with their voice therapy, implants, skirts and heels: trans people have a very narrow definition of the gender they want to express. Without socially constructed gender stereotypes and clothing expectations, trans people wouldn't exist. | 0 | 2017-02-24T19:09:08 | 405 | 0 | null |
That is very understandable, and call that abuse all day everyday. I just hate it when I hear Dawkins say that teaching religion is abusive within itself simply because it is false. Some false beliefs are relatively benign to peoples lives, and should be put in the potentially somewhat detrimental category. Save the w... | I believe teaching children religious belief as fact is mentally and emotionally abusive. CMV | 1 | 2014-03-09T01:49:15 | 102 | 3 | 12 |
So, I'm voting third party (as I do every election), but I'm fairly convinced that if I were willing to vote for the lesser of two evils I'd be voting for Trump. It's not that I like Trump better than Hillary, I think they're both pretty deplorable. The thing is, congress has a lot of power to keep the president in ch... | I think Trump is a horrifying choice, no matter how bad you think Hillary is. | 0 | 2016-11-02T14:09:44 | 735 | 2 | 1 |
3 I'll preorder whatever the fuck I want, and here's why. Development doesn't start when the game goes on preorder. There's this notion that if you preorder a game, they say "oh, pack it up boys. We've made our money, sell the game with half the levels missing." No. That's not what happens. When a game goes on preorder... | The gaming community, specifically on reddit, holds unrealistically high standards on games and developers. | 0 | 2015-09-09T18:45:20 | 161 | 2 | 27 |
Did you mean there is *no* benefit? Aside from the aforementioned family-oriented folks, have you considered that some people might simply enjoy the activities you find boring? Additionally, the cost of living is usually much lower outside of major cities. The fact that your money can go much farther means that you can... | There is benefit to living in the suburbs or rurally unless you are raising a family. | 1 | 2016-04-24T12:31:59 | 64 | 13 | 17 |
quite good I'm told—but has devolved into buzzfeed lists of things only introverts will understand[2] The existence of bad articles on buzzfeed doesn't say anything about introverts. Practically no one is all the way an introvert or all the way an extrovert. Which is why there are introversion and extroversion scales.... | 90% of self described "introverts" are just self absorbed children who have no social skills because they've spent the last decade texting. CMV. | 0 | 2014-01-16T06:39:29 | 22 | 7 | 63Δ |
In nature, this process is wildly spread trough natural selection. Natural selection does *not* weed out the weak (that would be called Social Darwinism, but that's not a thing in nature), it merely weeds out the ill-adapted. If anything, it's the fact that humans have no natural enemies anymore that makes someone bein... | The weak and ill constituted shall perish | 1 | 2017-06-27T16:25:54 | 28 | 6 | 7 |
What I don't know is if this is really "global warming" or just a normal fluctuation. We're looking at maybe 40 data points (in years) out of millions. We actually have data (yearly, consistent records) up to 250 years back. We also have loads of other indirect temperature records and stuff like that, based on geolog... | Global warming is a rounding error | 0 | 2016-07-27T22:26:37 | 57 | 1 | null |
Since the 1970s... there has been a lot :P A thread which can tell you a lot about the current state of NNs is r/MachineLearning they have become almost exclusively NN lately because of how powerful the algorithms are now. I'll take a shot at some of the basics. Rectified linear units are now used as the nonlinearity f... | Modern progress in AI is not progress toward humanlike intelligence | 1 | 2016-08-07T04:26:54 | 74 | 13 | 7 |
The issue I find is the offence that comes about when others say I "should" pronounce it the American way, because that is the "right" way. THAT smacks of conceit and nationalism, to think that there is only one way to do something. That's what I addressed near the bottom. I agree it's annoying and not "good", but it's... | Americans should be more accepting of British pronunciation | 1 | 2014-11-24T23:13:02 | 43 | 2 | 2 |
The problem with this argument is that you are mixing up generalizations and things specific to you. You're also not giving your own self-determination nearly enough credit. Women are often objectified by men, so if I dated I would expose myself to situations where guys would see me merely as a sex object, which woul... | As a girl, there's no advantage for me to date | 1 | 2016-10-02T01:51:24 | 82 | 17 | 5 |
Generally, I agree that women get the short end of the stick in a lot of areas. However, there is one area that women have a big advantage: life expectancy. Except for around age 10, males are more likely to die at any given age than females. In the US, at age 21, men are 3x more likely to die than women. At age 35, me... | I believe for the average person it's better to be born a man than a woman | 1 | 2016-12-30T01:12:55 | 86 | 0 | 3 |
Your view is based on the premise that "If a democracy is to function *well*, then the average voter must not be ignorant or ill-informed." I would attack this premise as being a gross generalization of democratic participation and how *most democracies* actually operate. No where in the world is there a population of... | The average American is too ignorant for a democracy to function. | 1 | 2017-05-09T04:34:21 | 99 | 13 | 1 |
I think people associate "steep" with "insurmountable," and so the word has a connotation of difficulty that "shallow" doesn't. Even if you're right and the phrase is used illogically, that doesn't make it incorrect. Humans and human language isn't logical. You know what "steep learning curve" means when people say it,... | The term "steep learning curve" is used incorrectly what people really mean is "shallow learning curve" | 0 | 2015-01-03T07:34:26 | 41 | 1 | 47 |
You can't be *really* bisexual. It's one or the other. A lot of people say the same thing about gays. There are plenty of people who are uncomfortable with gays who say "You can't *really* be gay". They think everyone is secretly straight the same way many people think all bisexuals are secretly either gay or straight.... | I believe it is harder to come out and be accepted as bisexual than it is to come out as gay. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-06T17:38:57 | 136 | 62 | 16 |
I think you're way, way, way off base assuming that nobody likes Clinton or Trump. Why would any of the 57% of Democrats who voted for Hillary Clinton in the primary elections not want to vote for her in the general election? Why would progressives who prefer Sanders to Trump or Clinton but still prefer a Democrat to a... | There is a solution to the Hillary v Trump dilemma: | 0 | 2016-07-27T01:18:40 | 73 | 10 | 1 |
Not all teenagers. There are two sorts of people, those who can extrapolate data from incomplete sets. Some teenagers do understand that were they to be affected by a proposed policy how they would react and what this means in terms of real world effects and apply that thinking to the potential outcomes of a given poli... | Teenagers in high school cannot fully understand the problems and politics of the adult world and of other people purely because they lack the experience and development necessary to do so. | 1 | 2016-04-30T14:16:38 | 114 | 0 | 2 |
I have a different take on this than most people. There are actually two parts to it: * If you treat this situation as unethical you will open the door to eugenics, which is extremely unethical. * Genes do not exist in a vacuum, and we don't know what future protections will be conferred by what we view as a horrible d... | Passing on genetic diseases is highly unethical | 0 | 2017-03-04T16:19:53 | 286 | 0 | null |
Would you mind restating the question so I could understand it better? I'm alright with looking like an idiot. Sure, and my goal is not to make you look like an idiot! Your OP compares two ideas; the *real* example of a Snoop Dogg video with a controversial political statement, and your *hypothetical* example of a rac... | Using "it's artistic and has a deeper meaning" is a stupid loophole for controversial statements. | 1 | 2017-03-15T16:31:27 | 102 | 16 | 35 |
With no need to learn to drive, the influx of the new blood into the car culture would be severely diminished. The new generations will simply not be excited about the driving aspect of car performance, meaning there'll be no new like-minded individuals to talk to about a hobby. Subsequently, new cars (normal cars that... | I'm scared of self-driving cars. | 0 | 2016-06-29T22:11:19 | 40 | 2 | 3 |
Jew caricatures in nazi germany were jokes. Blackface was comedy. Some jokes are obviously different from others. What's important I think is that it's not the joke by itself that's offensive, it's the person telling it, if they have a specific intent, or a specific worldview or lack of, or are in a certain situation, ... | All jokes are offensive to somebody. Catering to everyone who could possibly be offended means not being able to tell any jokes at all. | 0 | 2017-06-12T08:18:03 | 115 | 2 | null |
In general, I don't disagree that the monarchy is a fundamentally unfair system, and that hereditary rulers aren't necessary good rulers. So if you wanted to democratise monarchy, I'd be on board. But here's two points to consider: 1) The royal family, at least in England, don't really rule. As far as I'm aware, the Qu... | If I cannot submit my CV for consideration to be the next King of England, the monarchy is illegitimate. | 0 | 2016-03-10T23:44:48 | 313 | 1 | null |
Problem 1: false dichotomy. You say that by NOT shaming them we are encouraging unhealthy lifestyle. This is not at all the case. Problem 2: you think shaming people is helping them in any way. Problem 3: by targeting fat people and not also including sedentary, smokers, drinkers, wankers, etc. you are focusing mostl... | I don't think "fat shaming" is a bad thing. | 0 | 2014-11-18T18:19:49 | 93 | 1 | 25 |
I think it's inevitable that all people will find both male and female individuals attractive. Well, there's a difference between *finding someone attractive* and *being attracted to that person*. I'm a heterosexual male. If I look at another male and see that his face and body are muscular, chiseled, and overall have ... | I think all people are bisexual CMV | 0 | 2013-06-04T07:26:02 | 40 | 18 | 16 |
I agree with your points about the value of Esperanto for primary/secondary school level language classes. However, there are many situations where having other mandatory language classes are useful. Consider countries like Canada or Switzerland, with multiple official languages. It makes sense to ensure students are e... | Esperanto should be taught in all schools instead of other any other mandatory languages | 1 | 2017-06-03T03:25:02 | 34 | 3 | 8 |
[This video explains a lot of the issues with controling AI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TYT1QfdfsM) To be more specific, the issue with AI is that it does exactly what it was programmed to do. It has no concept of good and evil, other the one it learns, and if you're making an AI, even a dumb one, you can't reall... | There's no danger that robots will take over the world in the future | 1 | 2017-03-31T18:29:55 | 100 | 3 | 3 |
Many, *many* dogs would live short lives in cages and be euthanized if they weren't adopted. Many adoptive parents aren't able to let the dog run around outside free range all the time (apartments, busy, disability, etc). Would it be less cruel for the dogs to be put down after a short life in a cage, instead of allowi... | I believe owning a dog as an indoor pet only is cruel. | 1 | 2016-01-31T07:21:40 | 39 | 5 | 3 |
It's the sane thing to do when you have subhuman beasts willing to rape on the loose. We don't though. The overwhelming minority of rapists are strangers who go after provocatively dressed women. In fact, being dressed up makes you *less* likely to be attacked - in the rare cases of stranger rape, rapists tend to go af... | Telling women to dress modestly and be generally careful is a valid action in the fight against rape. | 1 | 2017-03-02T20:00:48 | 211 | 112 | 93 |
Can I assume that you show greater lenience to candidates who come via external recruiters? I know they usually change my CV, to a greater or lesser extent, when passing it to clients. Edit: Amusingly, I made an error in my short comment. Lenience is not a word. Leniency is. | I won't hire someone with a misspelling on his resume | 0 | 2015-04-14T08:21:41 | 332 | 1 | null |
Ideally, voters would be supplied with free ID's by their state. It is unconstitutional in places where you must pay to get an ID because that constitutes a Poll Tax, which are unconstitutional. VA has a voter ID law that has so far passed scrutiny because it created free voter photo ID cards for voters who do not have... | If voter ID laws are unconstitutional, so are other things requiring a photo ID. | 0 | 2014-10-11T02:02:44 | 155 | 1 | 1 |
No term can adequately describe a social movement of any significant size, much less one that seeks equality for everyone on Earth. It's true that 'feminism' creates certain ambiguities that may be annoying for those seeking to quickly describe or analyze the movement. However, no matter what term is used to describe a... | The word "feminism" does not accurately represent the feminist movement | 1 | 2015-02-11T17:24:47 | 148 | 6 | 12 |
I agree with Anita Sarkeesian that video games have a problem with women, both in the games and in the industry that makes them. Still, she's made it a point in her tropes videos that you can criticize something you actually enjoyed (a point also made by the likes of CinemaSins and Zero Punctuation). For example, Eliza... | Anita Sarkeesian and similar feminists actually have a point about the portrayal of gender roles in video games. | 1 | 2016-12-06T04:43:55 | 617 | 1 | 1 |
Think about how much you benefit from taxes paid by everyone. All those roads you can drive on, pavements you can walk on, etc. Every day you benefit from tax money without even thinking about it! | I know I am wrong, but I feel robbed when I have to pay taxes. I don't feel evasion as a crime and I hate the Government. Please, change my view. | 1 | 2015-08-23T19:29:40 | 787 | 70 | 1 |
There was/is a large education bubble, and it was/is fueled mostly by students basing their selections on amenities, students choosing majors that were 'fun' and didn't translate to careers, and economic bubble giving them access to huge amounts of credit, and a crash that cut school funding and drove up tuition to off... | I would like to get a better paying job in a rewarding career field but I can't help but be dissuaded from going to college because all I read about it is people not being able to find a job in their career field and or having a massive amount of student loan debt. | 1 | 2015-02-23T21:13:54 | 50 | 1 | 11 |
Will Clinton be okay with not getting any Supreme Court picks through, or would she try to pull a FDR? I refuse to hand our state back over to the Democrats and we have several cases in the legal system that could do just that. Clinton will likely get a Senate majority if she's elected. [Right now it's pretty close to ... | As a lifelong Republican opposed to Trump, I cannot vote Clinton | 1 | 2016-06-07T22:09:19 | 245 | 65 | 220 |
In the last century we picked the lowest hanging fruit of technology. There is more yet to be found, but it's getting tougher more quickly than it has been. Much of the principles of 20th century science were broached at the beginning of that century - quantum physics, relativity, radio, x-ray crystallography etc. Whic... | I believe we have reached a sort of wall in technological advancements and that every technology that is possible has been achieved. CMV | 1 | 2013-10-23T02:43:20 | 49 | 3 | 4 |
I can understand your point of view, and I largely agree. However, I don't think the narcissism is on the part of the individual, it's on the part of the military subculture, and is enabled by culture and society in general. If you think about it, the military is the ONLY group with notably different formal attire. How... | Wearing your military uniform to a wedding or funeral is highly narcissistic. | 1 | 2017-05-16T19:39:00 | 111 | 17 | 2 |
Do you do any research on aging? Are you committing suicide as we speak? Should we send help? | Suicide by Aging is a thing. | 0 | 2016-08-27T05:42:39 | 61 | 2 | 3 |
First, there are plenty of jobs you can get with a philosophy, or really any humanities, degree. Just because there aren't as many of them and the ones that are available aren't as lucrative as STEM outcomes doesn't make the degree or career track worthless. Second, philosophy is very applicable to everyday life. Any t... | my brothers philosophy degree is worthless | 1 | 2016-08-11T00:40:39 | 57 | 6 | 6 |
I think life has the meaning that you give it. I have no interest in checking out early, and I want to improve the ride for my fellow travellers as much as possible as we go through the world together. I think Emerson was on to something: To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affecti... | Life has no significant meaning. CMV | 1 | 2014-01-15T22:27:34 | 21 | 18 | 108Δ |
When talking about UBI, you are relying on the fact that people will still be interested in working after they are given x amount of money every year. Not necessarily. One of the primary reasons for wanting to implement a UBI is to accept and allow for unemployment. In a future with higher automation, there is less nee... | UBI isn't a good idea | 0 | 2017-06-26T22:11:36 | 158 | 3 | 15 |
You spend a long time explaining how supply and demand work in a free market and explain how the market naturally reaches an optimal equilibrium. Textbook first chapter Econ 101. We need to go a few chapters later to explain why that model isn't necessarily true. There's a concept called "perfect competition," which i... | Minimum Wage is a bad policy that hurts a vast majority in order to help a tiny minority. | 0 | 2017-02-27T22:59:15 | 41 | 6 | 22 |
If the argument is that it makes leaving the spot easier, my rebuttal is that its far easier to pull out of a spot in reverse (going from a tight enclosed space to a bigger one) than it is to back into a tight little parking spot. I can think of plenty of time where backing out of a parking space would be much harder a... | People who back their car into parking spaces (so the front is facing out) waste their own time and the time of anyone trying to get around them. It is an unfathomable stupid act. | 0 | 2014-12-12T19:42:37 | 65 | 2 | 13 |
Maybe 'pure' consciousness can exist independent of a physical body What led you to believe that? From what I know, the mind is what the brain does. Your consciousness is the point of your brain. We understand that consciousness can be effected by severe brain damage. Certain functions of the body can stop (or start). ... | Reincarnation is more plausible than permanent nonexistence. | 0 | 2016-09-13T16:52:53 | 73 | 1 | null |
No, I define art as something that makes me feel something beyond what the object is. This is close to what I define art as. But then you go back to "regard".... Jackson Pollock splattered paint to give the viewer a "sense of the moment" both moments really... The moment of creation, and the moment of looking at it. M... | If all a modern art piece does is make you question whether it's art, it's terrible. | 1 | 2014-11-26T23:27:52 | 111 | 9 | 6 |
They will be subject to female genital mutilation instead. Disfiguring people is not going to accomplish anything. Unfortunately there are some born criminals but we will try to rehabilitate them before castrating them. If there are born criminals, why not preemptively lock them up so they don't hurt people at all? O... | Violent criminals should be castrated | 1 | 2017-03-16T08:11:51 | 132 | 14 | null |
You should look into *why* there is "world hunger". It isn't like people are just living off our food supplies and giving nothing in return most of the time. Moreover, the people who are starving are almost always either 1. having a bad year due to poor weather or more likely 2. government policy that ends up being gen... | I believe that the only way to end world hunger is to allow those suffering to starve. CMV. | 0 | 2013-07-23T12:35:44 | 59 | 1 | 1 |
All they did was stop doing business with a company because they no longer found the arrangement beneficial to them. Walmart is not a charity. They're a business just like any other. If the small, local burger shop decides that the guy selling them buns is charging them too much, then they're going to start buying buns... | Walmart is an evil corporation, which is bad for the USA and the world | 1 | 2015-03-18T21:30:16 | 61 | 2 | 32Δ |
When I read a book, I gain "nothing material", and some other aspect of my life is not getting that time. You even cite reading as a beneficial endeavor. Yet, how does it differ from participating in a good CMV. The goal of both is to give you insight into something you wouldn't otherwise have that perspective on. But... | You, the person trying to convince me I am mistaken, are not living up to your maximum potential because instead you are wasting time on Reddit. | 0 | 2016-04-27T17:41:04 | 28 | 2 | 162 |
The gridlock is not necessarily a bad thing. One of the major reasons why the founding fathers designed our government with a bicameral legislature and separation of powers is to reduce the productivity of government. Imagine if one person or party takes over the government. They would be able to pass pretty much anyt... | I believe that the existence of the US Senate is unfair and it should be abolished. CMV | 1 | 2013-10-31T04:19:55 | 128 | 2 | 37Δ |
What does the phrase "All things being equal" actually mean? It is talking about the available evidence. If the evidence does not support any theory more than the others, then one should test the simplest explanation first. In the case of our milk, we have no evidence as to why is spilled - both the simple and the comp... | Occam's Razor doesn't help us accurately describe reality. | 1 | 2016-10-11T18:11:07 | 41 | 9 | 73 |
Well for a person who is moral and has integrity there is no worse life than to resort to immoral actions. So if it helps, it doesn't matter if immoral people live happy lives because it will be impossible for you to live a happy life whilst being immoral (the same is true for the vast majority of people). | Immoral people seem to be happier than moral people. | 0 | 2016-08-12T18:43:00 | 37 | 1 | null |
scat play is undeniably unhealthy and goes against basic human evolutionary tendencies to avoid ingesting solid waste I think scat play is gross, but I don't know that I can say it goes against evolutionary tendencies. A lot of animals eat their own poop. Or other animals' poop. A lot of things really like eating poop... | dangerous and unhealthy sexual behaviours should not be condoned or defended by "kink positive" groups [mildly NSFW] | 0 | 2016-08-30T01:33:08 | 184 | 30 | 7 |
In western societies the man as provider isn't needed anymore, as there are insurances, friends, the police etc. For women a man is a nice-to-have. But he's not needed in no way for the (maybe decreasing?) amount of straight women, as they're strong and independent. Staying without one is not a problem. This is arguabl... | Human men are about to become surplus as father and eventually as a biological concept | 1 | 2017-07-01T18:45:52 | 68 | 7 | 1 |
I feel like we're going to have an argument about definitions. Your definition for social conservative seems to be someone who "opposes social progress" so it's sort of wrapped up in the premise that social conservatives are never on the "right side of history", because the group that you're considering as social conse... | social conservatives are typically on the wrong side of history. | 1 | 2017-07-05T18:09:46 | 626 | 603 | 20 |
You aren't asserting that Swedish people are inherently better than other people, and don't have a negative view of people based exclusively on their color, so you aren't the strong form of racist. But you do have problems with immigrants. That might be because the notion of race and nation have been combined. In the U... | I think the last three years in Sweden have turned me racist. | 1 | 2014-12-15T18:53:25 | 248 | 330 | 69 |
I won't try to change your view that ones right to decide her fate extends to her choice to commit suicide. Why? Because it is absolutely correct. With this I'm not implying that it's necessarily a good idea for you to commit a suicide, but merely pointing out that you are absolutely *completely* free to act in whatev... | It is MY right to decide my fate, and that right should extend to suicide as well. | 1 | 2015-04-06T06:22:27 | 147 | 3 | 1Δ |
Debatable, it depends what your goals are. I'm not just going to lie about my opinion on a controversial issue because it offends people, I will speak my mind. If I feel like offending someone is important to bettering them as a person, then perhaps I will. For example, I may try to talk someone out of an unhealthy or ... | No is obligated to be attracted to anyone, and people should not be chastised for their preferences. | 1 | 2015-04-27T14:21:50 | 144 | 19 | 1Δ |
I think that if some religious people have a problem with those they deem lesser being classified as equal to them, then it is the religious who should use another word. Why on earth should I or anyone else segregate ourselves to indulge the spiteful whims of self righteous prod-noses? if the reason that isn't happeni... | We should give the word 'marriage' to religious people. CMV | 1 | 2013-10-27T03:27:26 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
There is a gap between knowledge and facts in these circumstances. Say 1% of Muslims want to kill Americans, but many Americans think 50% of Muslims do. The problem is that most people's estimate is too high. Not all Muslims moves the estimate closer to the actual number. On the flip side, say 6% of men are rapists. Mo... | There is a huge inconsistency between the ways the left treats male rapists and muslim terrorists. | 1 | 2016-07-31T03:06:39 | 263 | 237 | 85 |
Is it fair that Turkey is hosting 23.72 refugees per 1000 people while the UK is hosting 1.8 refugees per 1000 people? Meanwhile Kenya is hosting 12 refugees per 1000 people, that's what - 6 times as many as the UK? Even France is 4.13 per 1000 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_refugee_populati... | Everybody at the 'Calais jungle' is an economic migrant. There's no good reason to allow them into the UK. | 1 | 2016-10-03T02:10:24 | 50 | 8 | 3 |
One thing to consider is that it's easier for men to gain fat and easier to lose it, women have a harder time gaining fat but more trouble losing it. That's what my experience has taught me at least. Also, the body fat percentages are off. Even at 15% a man is still slightly chubby, certainly not as shredded as the pic... | It is easier for women to look hot than it is for men. | 0 | 2014-07-16T20:20:21 | 166 | 1 | null |
I'm not saying that economists can't predict anything, just that they don't have their predictions down to a science like they claim to. I think you're operating under a faulty assumption. I have yet to meet an economist who can say with certainty that they can predict the future of an economy. Economists work with mo... | A lot of economists are just glorified fortune tellers | 0 | 2014-05-24T05:08:55 | 82 | 38 | 14Δ |
Out of curisosity, do you believe that all expensive jewely is a waste of money? Because I've been wearing this ring every day for four years now and don't plan on stopping any time soon. Doesn't it make sense to have a ring that will bring you the most enjoyment if you're going to wear it every day for decades? | Engagement rings and weddings are unnecessary wastes of money | 0 | 2014-09-08T22:39:34 | 91 | 1 | null |
Hard science can show you are most likely right, but only in a very narrow view. That narrow view can be dangerous. For example, people with severe genetic issues reproducing will result in people with even more severe genetic issues, which is not good for the species. This is basic natural selection. So do we steriliz... | Everyone outside of the hard sciences needs a massive slice of humble pie | 0 | 2017-06-26T23:28:30 | 123 | 1 | 9 |
The idea that one political view point can hold more merit than another doesn't make sense. For example, I don't think anyone can make a definitive argument that "pro choice" has more merit than "pro life" or vice-versa. There are good arguments both ways, it comes down to your moral perspective and individual values. ... | More highly educated people tend to lean more liberal, suggesting that a liberal political view (as opposed to a conservative one) holds more merit/is more "correct." | 0 | 2016-09-16T06:17:58 | 105 | 1 | null |
you can never hurt someone on purpose If someone wants to hurt my family, then I'll do anything to protect them. Even hurt others. | Right and Wrong do exist | 0 | 2017-05-26T00:43:11 | 77 | 2 | 1 |
I disagree with you first point. The USA doesn't has the biggest army in the world out of goodness of heart. They build it very deliberatly and profit a great deal from it. Being the worlds only superpower and having the ability to quickly project power gives them influence and power on people all around the world. Nob... | I think Europeans should be more grateful to the USA for subsidizing their quality of life | 0 | 2017-05-11T02:21:00 | 123 | 12 | 3 |
I believe premarital sex and Christianity are not compatible. All these people who claim to be Christians and almost none of them are saving themselves for marriage! Clearly they're not "true" Christians. Actually I believe 99.9% of "Christians" are people who pick and choose what they like out of their version of th... | I believe that homosexuality and Christianity are incompatible. CMV. | 0 | 2013-12-20T03:35:10 | 248 | 1 | 15Δ |
Ah, yes and no. The ability to do violence and the monopoly on violence, the ability to kill civilians, to create law and grant exception from it, can all be seen as violence and all contribute to the "rule of law." However, once the legitimacy of law has been established through this violence/threat of violence and so... | I believe that the rule of law is little more than a standing threat of violence. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-17T23:53:16 | 133 | 9 | 4 |
Hillary Clinton with her Super PACS has raised $29.4M, and yet Bernie Sanders with individual donors has raised $26.2M [\(as of October\)](http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/16/us-campaign-fundraising-hillary-clinton-and-bernie-sanders-top-quarter). He's not really strapped for cash, and in fact considering ho... | Bernie Sanders is not electable. | 0 | 2015-11-24T04:42:59 | 72 | 2 | 49 |
In addition to all of the other ways in which your view has already changed... I would like to point out that whatever we're doing *already* is having the effect that you would like, and without the negative downsides that any actual eugenics program implemented by actual humans would have. Read up on the [Flynn Effect... | Eugenics isn't all that bad... And we don't even have to kill anyone for it | 0 | 2015-01-07T21:30:36 | 132 | 0 | 89 |
I have three basic ways of explaining my taste in music to people: * "the spicy food approach": Do you like spicy food? And I don't mean the painfully hot stuff, which is more of a fringe thing, I just mean stuff like the mild hotness of BBQ sauce or medium salsa on your chips. You would think, if spicy food had never ... | I don't hear any musical quality in the screaming vocals found in many genres of metal music. CMV | 1 | 2013-06-09T19:13:17 | 636 | 2,782 | 42 |
My hypothetical theory on how this would be achieved is via an easily reversible castration which I'm fairly sure doesn't exist, but I'm not a doctor so I don't know. Suggestion: Adjust your view from a focus on right to procreate to instead focus on really good practices for the prevention of unwanted pregnancy (solid... | People should earn the right to have children. | 1 | 2017-05-22T15:12:26 | 461 | 251 | 2 |
1) All being who are capable of being wronged have moral status. While I would agree with you, the definition of being wronged is to treat someone (or something in your eyes) unjustly. Animals for thousands of years have lived in the food chain, having for many creatures being food for something. As human we live, we e... | being a vegan is morally right for me. And probably for you. | 0 | 2016-07-07T23:25:09 | 287 | -3 | null |
You've given no concrete examples about why you think punk is the only effective genre at conveying its subject matter out of the two, beyond old artists vs new. You also haven't explained why you think rap copies off punk in that point. It's hard to persuade against that. Is it simply the typical subject matter of son... | Rap music is ineffective at conveying subject matter compared to punk. | 1 | 2015-07-05T13:46:15 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
You seem to waffle between fixed dollar amount for everyone and fixed percent. Yes, fixed percent is closer to a fixed dollar amount then our current system, but why is fixed percent the perfectly fair balance point between our current system and fixed amounts? I actually think a progressive tax system IS the most fair... | A flat tax is the only fair way to tax people. | 0 | 2017-02-28T22:38:27 | 137 | 1 | 20 |
Any market where competition, growth, and expansion are positive things should be run as a free market. Markets that deal with natural rights (free speech/internet) or extreme perverse incentives (private prisons/recidivism rates) should be strictly and transparently regulated to maintain the correct incentives. Today... | The free market is the best form for any industry and service. | 1 | 2017-03-27T19:13:47 | 82 | 1 | null |
Reddit does have a general hard-on for leaping in with 'citation needed!' even for the most casual of conversations, or views and inquiries that deliberately ask for anecdotal advice. That said, there is a general rule that people who make a claim need to substantiate it so there is some basis for arguing against it. Y... | I think Reddit might have an obsession with calls for 'citing' and 'sourcing' for general ideas, and not specific facts | 1 | 2014-04-27T01:11:29 | 54 | 5 | 66Δ |
If you have a bit of belly fat in that area, zipper jeans cut your belly in half so it looks like you have two bellies (like a number "3") Button jeans flatten that area smoothly, It also doesn't dig into my belly when I sit or bend. I replace my zippers with buttons because it's much more comfortable. 3 or 4 buttons ... | Jeans with a zipper are superior to jeans with multiple buttons. | 0 | 2015-11-04T21:59:41 | 47 | 1 | null |
Thanks! To be honest I imagine everyone who works on such projects would feel the same way as you though, when confronted with the sheer magnitude or seeming impossibility of such a task. Hence it's always good to be an outside opinion or bigger picture, regardless of how large or small a thing a person is trying to do... | i think venice should be evacuated and left to sink | 1 | 2014-05-03T23:43:55 | 244 | 1 | null |
I have a very hard time summoning any sympathy for people with a disease which can be caused by not walking, and can be cured by walking. Ok well not so simple. While in a lot of cases type 2 diabetics might be lazy overeaters. In other cases type-2 diabetes can be induced by some medication that target the brain. In m... | I have no sympathy for Type 2 Diabetics | 1 | 2016-11-03T20:40:27 | 85 | 20 | 1 |
In most cases, hormones aren't given until 16 at the earliest, 18 in many cases. And they are never given without extensive consultations from physical and mental health professionals. Before age 16 trans children are usually given puberty blockers, which are safe and reversible. Additonally, feelings of transness ofte... | I believe the trans community is taking the child hormone therapy move too far. | 0 | 2016-06-17T21:51:27 | 94 | 6 | 25 |
I'm going to argue to try and change your mind about "subjective" sports. I.e. I'm going to challenge the first line: "Subjective sports cheapen Olympic medals". First of all, I'd like to talk a bit about subjectivity in general. There are different kinds of subjectivity. I'll mainly examine it through the lens of rand... | I don't believe subjective sports should be allowed at the Olympics, CMV. | 0 | 2014-02-18T14:23:48 | 101 | 3 | null |
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