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You didn't say anything about all the millions of guns currently in the country that lack this system, or the resistance to its implementation. Suppose that all guns are on the RFID lock - there will still be suicides. It also assumes that the system can't be broken. Much of the work is being done by impossibly shrinki... | Using an RFID based gun locking system would prevent nearly all American gun deaths | 0 | 2017-04-07T06:34:15 | 77 | 4 | 57 |
I am currently experiencing unmedicated depression. I have not been awake for more than a 90 minute period today. I have an exam in a subject I love on Monday, but studying for even a few minutes instantly results in a wave of crushing fatigue. I cry every time I wake up, both because I can't bear the thought of moving... | I don't believe depression is a real illness. | 1 | 2013-03-31T06:42:57 | 134 | 208 | 1 |
Oh sure there is. Withholding sex from each other can be a massive turn on, it strings out the game of flirtation and discovery and can increase desire to a fever pitch. The greater the build up... It's helpful here if there are few taboos or cultural barriers to having sex straight away - doing it voluntarily could al... | Waiting to have sex with a partner is worse than sleeping with them ASAP. (NSFW) | 0 | 2017-04-11T06:11:43 | 41 | 4 | 89 |
A lot of the arguments liberals make on those issues is that there's structural oppression of various groups, and conservatives hear that and react in bemusement... "Where's the bad person doing the bad thing?" If they don't see it, then it just seems unfair and suspicious for these people to get all this attention whe... | I literally cannot understand most Republican social views. | 1 | 2017-02-10T21:04:45 | 250 | 52 | 59 |
Some of us have better things to do with our time than learning karate, things that might one day benefit you and the rest of the world. Some people choose to be protectors like cops or soldiers. Some people are in the middle and spend time on whatever their job is and have time left over to learn to fight or practice ... | I believe it is the responsibility of every citizen to have some form of martial skill, CMV. | 1 | 2014-02-15T17:53:29 | 34 | 8 | 1 |
I wonder how long it would take if someone starts burning bibles for some violent extremist Christian to go kill them. From what I understand, the level of offense is equivalent. Burning bibles that I own is my God-given right to freedom of speech/expression. Killing me over it is not anyone's right. What I'm trying to... | "Defending freedom of expression in the face of oppression is one thing; insisting on the right to be obnoxious and offensive just because you can is infantile." | 0 | 2015-01-12T17:23:43 | 67 | 7 | 43 |
Are we talking only about Uber and Lyft here? Or all disruptive tech companies? Because there are plenty of disruptive tech companies with an old fashioned labor force, like Netfix for example. | Disruptive technology companies are only disruptive because they are ignoring labor laws and mis-classify their labor force as contractors | 0 | 2016-06-10T06:09:06 | 31 | 6 | 122 |
First, atheism isn't the belief there isn't a god, it is them not believing that people's assertions of a god are untrue or unfounded. There is an important difference in that a believer is making a claim of a god and an atheist is saying that "no, that claim is false." Second, atheists don't have a set of beliefs, the... | I believe that Atheism is hypocritical and just as narrow-minded and dogmatic as religion. | 1 | 2014-08-20T20:09:19 | 66 | 5 | 1Δ |
Basically all you've done is explain how some of the things marriage was (according to you) "invented to solve" are less important now than before. But "less important" isn't "unimportant". The (slim, but still) majority of kids are still raised by married spouses that don't get divorced. Marriage helps them, even if i... | The Institution of Marriage needs an Overhaul | 0 | 2016-01-02T19:45:14 | 50 | 46 | 155 |
Take the causality back one more step. What is causing the attitudes you speak of, if not "externalities in the cultural, economic, or government systems of the United States" ? Please give an answer that doesn't assign fault, because that's not what you're doing here. | Generationally impoverished people in the United States have a cultural and attitude problem that prevents financial improvement, and is not a product of America's race culture, economic system, or shortcomings of governance. | 1 | 2015-12-05T21:06:41 | 34 | 13 | 5 |
I see this sort of thing all the time, and I'm really not sure who you all are talking to who's telling you to feel *guilty* for you're race/gender/sexual orientation/whatever. I really really don't get why you think that's what anyone means when they talk about privilege. I'm a healthy attractive straight white male w... | I believe anyone who uses "x privilege" in a discussion is a horrible person and a parasite on society. | 0 | 2014-04-13T20:04:06 | 460 | 488 | 41Δ |
Homosexuality is a sexual orientation. If we outlaw homosexuality, we are outlawing a person's right to have an authentic romantic and sexual life. Incest is not a sexual orientation. By outlawing incest, we are outlawing a person's right to have a sexual or romantic relationship with a few individuals. The moral pos... | It is hypocritical to be in favour of homosexuality, yet against incest. | 0 | 2016-03-13T22:34:56 | 170 | 2 | 3Δ |
Common Core standards might in fact prepare students for the Real World, but don't take this as an endorsement of the Real World. If being a STEM drone is what it takes to survive in the new economy, so be it, but that doesn't a whole person make. | Common Core (esp. Mathematics) is a system that is fundamentally flawed and does not prepare students for the real world. | 0 | 2015-06-12T04:54:18 | 45 | 0 | null |
Do you have a breakdown of where exactly those subsidies go? Because subsidizing the production of oranges (that almost all go to human consumption) is a bit different than subsidizing the production of corn that is consumed by cows. | There is no strong, socially responsible argument for not reducing/eliminating animal products in one's diet | 1 | 2017-07-05T22:03:49 | 52 | 1 | 19 |
those who dont believe in a god. those who believe there are/is no god(s) The latter is what i'm talking about in this CMV as i don't agree the former is even considered atheism. Then you are not using the same definition of atheism as most people who actually consider themselves atheists. Why do you dismiss the common... | I think Atheism is a narrow-minded and arrogant ideology. CMV | 0 | 2013-05-17T00:12:51 | 110 | 1 | 1 |
You sound very open minded and self aware of your situation. Props to you. Before anything else, I want to make a few things clear. First, there are several answers to each of your questions. I'll use the answer or answers I think are strongest, but you may want to do some additional research if you wish. Second, reli... | 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. | 1 | 2015-04-19T07:34:28 | 52 | 8 | 3Δ |
There is zero evidence to suggest that body positivity encourages additional weight gain. In fact, [studies arguably show the opposite:](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/05/obesity-awareness-may-be-causing-overeating-finds-international-study) The paper says all three studies “found consistent evidence that... | Fat Acceptance/ Body Positivity although it sounds great in theory is in fact a negative movement in the long run. | 1 | 2017-07-02T01:09:13 | 247 | 276 | 11 |
It doesn't really matter if the government "already" has control over people's lives. That doesn't mean we should just let them do whatever they want. The simple fact of the matter is if I smoke a cigarette in a responsible manner (e.g. not around other people, and I dispose of the butts properly), the only person it's... | I think all tobacco products should be illegal. | 0 | 2015-05-29T03:55:43 | 312 | 1 | null |
Morality is all about protecting and promoting life (though people have many different definitions of what that is). Why is life good? You are free to disagree, but this will eventually lead to your death, and remove that perspective from the universe. Moral rules are not arbitrary, but are based on helping us to cont... | I don't believe in morality | 0 | 2014-05-19T16:44:58 | 108 | 1 | 6 |
Yes, you're right. Taken at face-value as you presented them these liberal opinions would likely be a detriment to someone in a post-apocalypitcal scenerio. However, I think you are wrong in one (or two) of four **ways** for *each* of your ten liberal ideals. Here are the four **ways** in which I think you're wrong (t... | If a total catastrophic breakdown of society were to happen, liberals would be primarily useless. | 1 | 2014-10-23T05:02:19 | 85 | 5 | 1 |
Statistically speaking married couples live longer and amass more wealth overall. http://digitalburg.com/studies-reveal-link-between-marriage-and-life-expectancy/ The crappy thing for guys is generally if you become a widower in old age you follow in like a year or two but hey maybe you already outdid your single self!... | I don't see marriage or having children as anything but an end to my life as an individual. | 1 | 2015-02-03T22:19:17 | 92 | 7 | 1 |
The Haddith against body modification such as tattoos, straightening teeth is best seen in the context of the overall prohibitions on expressions of vanity and living modestly. The Haddith explicitly references adjusting the gap in your teeth, but it is not seen as prohibiting the use of dentures, or having a cavity fi... | People shouldn't change gender | 1 | 2015-07-09T20:38:22 | 180 | 3 | 1 |
A couple of things you should consider. Hopefully, they are succinct enough to be helpful. 1) You will come to 'musically' appreciate screaming vocals so long as you first appreciate the music that contains them. Personal experience here, but I couldn't bear screaming vocals when I started listening to heavy music. How... | I don't hear any musical quality in the screaming vocals found in many genres of metal music. CMV | 0 | 2013-06-09T22:29:03 | 636 | 11 | null |
The reason many people (including me) dislike MRM is because it's not really a rights movement and they don't really care about men. They're essentially a hate group. Allow me to explain. There are a plethora of legitimate problems men face that the Mens Rights movement could focus on to make a positive change. But the... | I don't see how /r/MensRights is a harmful subreddit at all, and has been completely misrepresented and given a bad reputation that it doesn't deserve. | 0 | 2014-07-15T22:06:47 | 1,119 | 0 | 2 |
If the cost of advertising were more clear to the consumer, they could see how much money each company spends on marketing. This would let them understand that the additional cost of certain products funds marketing strategies rather than improving product quality. Correlation does not equal causation. Think of ads as ... | All advertisements should have to include their cost to the advertiser. | 0 | 2016-03-25T04:40:18 | 30 | 3 | 2 |
The will of the people is always free to be persuaded, and it often is. There is nothing wrong with republican safeguards like limits and appointees, they add stability to the democratic principle. (Judges shouldn't be politicians, for example). I'd say you are quite wrong about how those social movements were successf... | I do not believe democracy inherently protects freedom. CMV. | 1 | 2014-02-20T20:31:54 | 36 | 2 | 11Δ |
[Neither plants nor animals are independently capable of constructing vitamin B12. Only bacteria and archaea have the enzymes required for its biosynthesis.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B12) Humans can "naturally" obtain B12 the same way that cows, pigs, horses, elephants, and gorillas obtain B12, by eating un... | A vegan diet that requires supplements is neither natural nor healthy. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-28T21:33:56 | 379 | 536 | 3 |
[You've obviously never heard of the Millennium Falcon guitar.](https://www.google.com/search?q=millenium+falcon+guitar&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=a4PGUdHyFsi30QHizIHAAg&biw=1066&bih=559&sei=eYPGUY3KO-Xe0QGO64DIDg) [There are ***definitely*** guitar... | No guitar that costs more than $1,500 is worth the increased price and any difference in tone to be gotten from a higher price bracket is placebo at best. CMV | 0 | 2013-06-23T08:13:07 | 29 | 1 | 1 |
So you made a couple of claims that I want to deal with that seem to be at the core of your argument. **Is the greenhouse effect real?** - the reason I was unsure if you agree with this mechanism is because if you do, more CO2 will cause an increase in temperature. So the increase in CO2 causes a temperature rise. Case... | Climate Change Is Not Possible For Mankind To Control | 1 | 2017-06-04T00:20:04 | 50 | 5 | 9 |
Ok, so I'm going to come at this from a slightly different angle. In general, I have a problem with redefining the natural numbers because, while it might make mathematics more *complete*, it will make it less *useful*. As an example, I'll try to explain (in very general terms) a situation in physics where we actually ... | There is no need to have an infinity of integers. | 1 | 2014-12-27T01:27:08 | 371 | 4 | 7 |
Because often sex is better with an emotional connection to the person. And one night stands often just lead to short term encounters. when you wait to have sex you show a girl that she is more than just a fuck buddy and the likelihood for a longer relationship becomes a greater possibility. And never underestimate th... | Waiting to have sex with a partner is worse than sleeping with them ASAP. (NSFW) | 1 | 2017-04-11T05:28:00 | 41 | 12 | 42 |
I know this is already a few weeks old and has a couple deltas already, but I'd like to add one more argument for posterity. First, let's take the premise that it's possible for the government and only the government to have access to this back door, and this access is secure. As previously posted, this isn't realistic... | Central intelligence agencies should have access to encrypted information on cell phones that may threaten the security of a nation. | 0 | 2016-05-29T15:21:20 | 31 | 1 | null |
In virtually all sports, the athletes essentially compete by using their body to interact with their *environment* and something manipulable like a ball -- BETTER than the other players do. In boxing, wrestling, etc, this is not the case. Instead, the athletes pit their *body against the other athlete's body*. The **wh... | much like boxing has weight classes, basketball should have height classes. | 0 | 2014-07-04T22:15:00 | 64 | 2 | 19 |
I thought the issue was that they wouldn't cover her friend's condition (which I think was PCOS)? Sandra Fluke requested contraception for herself, and also talked about a friend: "A friend of mine, for example, has polycystic ovarian syndrome and has to take prescription birth control to stop cysts from growing on her... | I believe that not covering birth control pills (or other birth control methods) whilst covering erectile dysfunction medication (such as Viagra) is immoral. CMV. | 1 | 2013-10-05T04:34:56 | 155 | 2 | null |
Hello, I will work through your argument then add anything I see fit to the end, it might make it read a bit off but I'm sure we can cope. Violence has been commited by all people throughout time, however the last time the Papal Baner was given to an Army was in 1480 and that was given to a defensive force agaisnt th... | Islam is not an inherently violent or evil religion. | 0 | 2016-08-25T15:53:39 | 72 | 2 | 4 |
But what about unplanned pregnancy? Still a choice To not take precautions. Unintended pregnancies can happen even if you take precautions. I agree. So they can still get welfare and food stamps but I don't see how they deserve more money from their job. Is anyone actually claiming this? | Starting a family is a luxury and should be done at your own risk. We would shame two homeless people for having six kids and we should do the same to low wage workers. | 0 | 2015-10-09T21:21:07 | 532 | 5 | 18Δ |
I'm not opposed to a negative income tax, which is sort of a softer basic income that doesn't have issues like the medicaid trap. Nor am I, but I wouldn't really classify that as UBI, despite the similarities. Also, UBI would replace some social safety net programs, though certainly not all. I'm not convinced there's a... | A federal $15 an hour minimum wage is disproportionately damaging to small businesses; a Universal Basic Income is better as both a solution for society and platform for the Democratic Party | 1 | 2016-10-15T07:38:03 | 53 | 3 | 34 |
Thank you for posting this cmv. As a poor minority Detroiter that votes republican I have grown very tired of having to defend myself; with this being a cmv I hope I won't be wasting my words....So TAXES; while I should be benefitting from them I'm not. Government, especially my city's, does a horrible job spending the... | The vast majority of poor Republicans are not voting for their own best interests. | 1 | 2016-04-12T07:31:37 | 264 | 15 | 2 |
Anything else ("commerce clause covers Obamacare!") is a rationalization. The "rationalization" you're decrying is the process of judicial review. Whatever your opinions on how the Constitution should be read are, the final say on what the Constitution means rests with the Supreme Court of the United States and has sin... | The 10th Amendment to the US Constitution means that federal laws with regard to health insurance, drug prohibition, and abortion legalization are illegal and should be left to the states | 0 | 2017-02-01T17:31:30 | 59 | 2 | 18 |
My counter argument is to ask, do we ask the same of any mother of a child 1 day to 18 years old? The question is whether the fetus' rights extend to continuing use *of the mother's body* against her will. If yes, then a fetus would essentially have more rights than any born person in the world: in no other situation ... | A human with rights is made at conception | 1 | 2016-11-16T18:01:49 | 329 | 9 | 22 |
I just took a trip involving my wife and two boys (3) and (4 months) that was a 4 hour flight each way. While I don't agree they should be forced to sit in a section, we actually grab the last or second to last seat as we get drinks faster and easier access to bathroom. 1. Obviously most people traveling without small ... | Children under the age of 6 should be seated together in the same section on the airplane (together with their guardian(s)), at the back of the plane. | 1 | 2015-09-10T05:45:46 | 269 | 55 | 1 |
Low *skill* manufacturing jobs aren't coming back any time soon, but you can already see a trend in China where manufacturing is shifting to robotics. There's literally no reason why robotic manufacturing is *that* much cheaper to do in China than the U.S. It's capital intensive, but their main advantage is in cheap l... | "Good-paying" factory jobs won't come back to the United States. | 1 | 2016-08-22T19:14:55 | 101 | 5 | 190 |
The burden of proof for the claim that we are morally obligated to be vegetarians falls on the vegetarian who thinks that we have this obligation. Hold on now, all being a vegetarian is is not doing something. The burden of proof actually falls on the person doing a thing to justify that thing as being morally permissi... | I believe that it is not morally obligatory to be a vegetarian. CMV. | 0 | 2014-03-15T10:19:18 | 202 | 3 | null |
The world is still mainly setup for "men's rules"; women still have a lot less economic power than men. They earn less, and face a lot of social and personal pressure to tank their careers, either by checking out of the workforce to raise children, or by prioritizing their husband's job, because he earns more and his j... | I am a young man and don't see any benefit to getting married and following the game by women's rules. | 0 | 2015-09-25T19:03:30 | 95 | 3 | 14 |
A social construct means that people make judgements about a thing in reality and create mental models of how it works which they share with each other and reinforce and punish people who disagree signifigantly with their models. In what way can a concept be a social construct if it has its roots in biology (in this ca... | There are such things as 'social constructs' | 1 | 2017-05-16T17:24:13 | 72 | 12 | 126 |
I want to say two things: First, let me tell you a story about the first time I ever did shrooms. I was raised in a really, really abusive household. My father raped me and beat me and locked me in closets and mentally battered me. My mom was an alcoholic. My sister hated me. I hated myself. When I did shrooms, all of ... | I think that doing any kind of drugs are wrong, because they give only temporary happiness. CMV, please. | 1 | 2013-10-18T06:50:17 | 27 | 12 | 2 |
You frankly seem to be taking "not wasting" to a ridiculous degree. Wasting food is not ideal. But it is much better to waste food than risking your life eating it. Your body has a lot of good ways of telling you that food is NOT safe. Eating something that you can taste or smell is bad is an incredibly stupid risk. Mi... | Wasting food is a horrible, selfish thing to do. | 1 | 2017-02-07T21:18:29 | 46 | 6 | 20 |
*Since the election, I've seen a subset of liberals - many of my friends included - go on to denounce all Trump supporters as (insert pejorative here) who should not be engaged with on any level because "you can't reason with stupid" (I'm paraphrasing here, but you get the gist). This same group often mocks things like... | Supporters of President Trump should not be mocked or ignored if Democrats want to win elections | 0 | 2017-06-06T01:12:39 | 809 | 2 | null |
Turkey has had like half a dozen coups in living memory, it's not as big a deal as it sounds. If anything secular military coups in Turkey are a stabilizing force. The problem with the recent coup is that it seems largely doomed to fail. (Suspiciously so) The West would love military leaders to take over. The military ... | The F-35 should NOT be sold to Turkey | 1 | 2016-08-25T15:20:43 | 54 | 3 | 1 |
You make the assumption that peoples attitudes will not change. As an older redditor I can tell you, when I grew up (in England)homosexuality was an offence and it was expected that women would be paid less than men. Fortunately that's all changed now, so it shows that people can change. You should remember that... | Male immigrants who have rooted from culture and society that have little to no respect for women cannot successfully be integrated into our "western" society. | 0 | 2015-12-21T01:46:44 | 33 | 1 | 5 |
Abortion features the question when does life become life. Which means, does the ball of cells in my uterus count as a life. And pro-lifers say yes, pro-choicers say no Not at all. Pro choice merely means that a woman has a choice. Regardless whether the embrio, fetus, baby, etc... it is considered a human being or not... | If you are pro-choice, there should be no circumstances in which you are against using embryonic stem cells | 0 | 2017-02-20T20:48:01 | 54 | 1 | 24 |
I guess what I'm getting at is that I think you're stuck with whatever biological hand life deals you. If you were born with a penis then from a literal standpoint you are a male. Do you feel the same way about other body modifications? For example, should someone who doesn't like the shape of their nose not modify it?... | Transgender people shouldn't be able to choose their "sex". | 0 | 2015-12-14T21:11:21 | 91 | 3 | 48 |
As a student leaving college with $150,000 of debt (Undergrad) I disagree that college isn't affordable. I think a problem is people want to go to top schools, but want to pay CC prices. I think another problem is people see schools in Europe and think we are super expensive. Those countries have higher taxes so everyo... | College is not unaffordable in the US. | 0 | 2015-08-30T23:56:08 | 46 | 2 | null |
Imagine you are at a party. You can't remember when you got to the party, but there are all these cool people there. You are chatting, learning, having a good time, and this goes on for quite a while. Some people who were there when you got there have left, and others have arrived. As time goes on you become aware that... | Death is by far the most terrifying thing on the planet, and this life is pointless. | 1 | 2015-11-06T13:07:56 | 177 | 96 | 4 |
If you look at the Americanized version of Mexican food, then yes. I agree. But authentic Mexican food has so much variety! Mexican chimichangas are made with simple ingredients (chicken, onion, garlic, sour cream, salsa, a little parmesan, and avocado), fresh and wonderful. The Americanized is stuffed with cheese, cov... | Most Mexican food (enchiladas, burritos, tacos, etc.) tastes exactly the same. | 0 | 2017-02-16T17:45:09 | 34 | 1 | null |
The ending is seen as depressing because it paints a hopeless picture for the future of Oceania. Winston was originally opposed to the system, and is now a part of it. If this happens to anyone opposed to the state, nothing will ever change. The state will just stagnate and remain as it is forever. It can be argued tha... | I think 1984 has a happy ending. | 1 | 2014-06-07T15:24:08 | 330 | 52 | 2 |
There is actually a *huge* practical problem with this. What happens if we cannot get 3/4 ratification because of some point that is considered vital to both sides of the argument? Does the Union disolve? Do we just keep the previous Constitution and end up with status quo? For example, conservative States would likely... | Thomas Jefferson was right. The constitution should be re-written from scrap every twenty years or so. | 1 | 2016-12-31T00:25:11 | 52 | 201 | 9 |
Facebook is very handy for when you are in small circles of people you know. For example, I'm in a gaming group and we are all in the same facebook group. This makes it a lot easier to coordinate than individual messages. Also facebook is really handy to let people know you are organizing events (unfortunately not so g... | I have no reason to sign up for most social media. | 0 | 2015-10-26T19:01:13 | 28 | 2 | 2 |
Thanks for a good exchange. I actually **don't disagree** with the things you mention, but the discussion here is not an assessment populist uprisings in the Western World, or of specific cases of folks leaving to join IS. The main point here is to determine whether today's Anti-Islam sentiments are different from the... | Islamophobia today is not too different from antisemitism in the 1930s | 1 | 2017-03-07T19:00:39 | 83 | 2 | 1 |
Let's look at the most basic human foods: bread and rice. For $1 you can buy 3,333 calories of white bread or 2,320 calories of rice. That means 33 calories of bread costs 1 penny. http://efficiencyiseverything.com/calorie-per-dollar-list/ If you heroically cut back on your calorie consumption and donate the excess to ... | I should feel guilty for eating at a caloric surplus, because many people in the world and in my country are eating at a caloric deficit. | 1 | 2017-06-27T05:37:28 | 46 | 2 | 171 |
A couple of things. **1.** You may feel that it's a consensus that cats deserve an exception to the societal norm that people should not infringe on others' property rights without their permission, but I can assure you it's far from it. You seem like you might be a cat person, and we all know that people tend to assoc... | In urban environments, cats have the Freedom to Roam. | 1 | 2015-03-13T21:02:38 | 308 | 7 | 2Δ |
I didn't transition to wear fucking heels, lol. I transitioned to fix my body, which was wrong. Part of that meant living as the body type I was trying to transition to. No, I don't want to be a boy with tits and a vagina. I don't want a beard because that would trigger my dysphoria. I don't want to shave a head becaus... | 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. | 1 | 2017-02-24T02:59:40 | 405 | 56 | 8 |
But, by that logic, won't intelligent people also find a way to be sad? Edit: punctuation | Intelligent people cannot be sad because if they're intelligent they'll figure out a way to cheer up. | 0 | 2015-07-26T23:19:12 | 48 | 1 | null |
Public school is really fucking crappy for many groups; which groups depends on the area you're in, but it's pretty fucking terrible for the socially-awkward no matter where you are. LGBTQ+ students are also very often bullied. Homeschooling lets you get away from that so you don't have to deal with your kid's developm... | Private schools and homeschooling should be banned and every child put into public schools. | 0 | 2016-08-20T04:01:58 | 97 | 6 | 6 |
Shakespeare's works annoy me, I find no point in them and the drama among the characters is not believable. Shakespeare is incredibly subtle and it's hard to find a point in his works many times because that's how life works. Not everything happens for a reason, according to Shakespeare and many other people. His trage... | I think Shakespeare is not as great as people claim. | 0 | 2014-04-23T10:09:06 | 45 | 1 | null |
Methamphetamine is a schedule 2 drug in America, meaning it can be prescribed by a doctor. It's primary use is weight loss, but sometimes its used for ADD. I think you're comparing apples to oranges here. Those drugs are regulated by the food and drug administration and given for a specific purpose (such as those you m... | I believe all victimless crimes, including prostitution and drug use should be legalized. CMV | 1 | 2013-04-15T03:43:57 | 253 | 1 | 1 |
I still stand by the main idea of my post, but I didn't really think about the issue of random accidents I was the one who brought up the random accidents thing first, so technically that Delta should've been mine :) hehe Seriously though, I have my own 'rags to middle class' story. It involved a lot of 18 hour days, s... | The American dream is live and well, and any person can be successful through hard work. | 1 | 2015-10-09T07:48:38 | 94 | -1 | 1 |
Religion is a set of ideas. How do you abolish ideas? Simple answer...you don't. Because you can't. | Religion as a whole does not need to be abolished. | 0 | 2015-06-18T02:11:28 | 78 | 2 | 1 |
You're aggregating "people on the internet who think roko's basilisk is a likely scenario" and " qualified people who believe AGI can happen in the next x years". I'm pretty sure they are two different groups. If you're saying "don't believe the experts", then roko's basilisk has nothing to do with that, because none o... | The singularity is just the rapture repackaged for techies. | 1 | 2015-11-28T05:47:50 | 69 | 0 | 1 |
Women pay more for health insurance, not just because of pregnancy and birth control, but because they utilize their insurance in all aspects more than men do. They are more likely to go to the doctor, in general. However, PPACA or ACA or ObamaCare or whatever you want to call it will get rid of that. Underwriting from... | I believe that, if pulling over vehicles based on the race of the driver is profiling, so is charging more for insurance based on gender. CMV | 0 | 2013-07-27T22:12:45 | 259 | 3 | 3 |
I don't think anyone believes that CGI is always a bad thing in movies. The issue is the over reliance on it. Movies are going for bigger and "better" and that often means CGI rather than live actors. This makes movies even less realistic not just that they look cartoony but that the reason they use CGI is to do stuff ... | CGI in movies is not necessarily a bad thing, and the general dislike for it by many Redditors is silly. | 1 | 2015-01-18T18:15:43 | 37 | 88 | 20 |
If you look at a majority of elections, the popular has run pretty close to the electoral college. The electoral college is really just a sample from the populous. What might be a better idea is not make it winner takes all so a better sample is made. | The electoral College should be abolished | 1 | 2016-10-27T19:34:47 | 221 | 21 | 7 |
Let's take the first part of the California Indecent exposure law: Every person who willfully and lewdly, either: 1. Exposes his person, or the private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where there are present other persons to be offended or annoyed thereby; or, Pay careful attention to the first s... | Breastfeeding in public is tantamount to indecent exposure. | 1 | 2015-08-10T21:23:15 | 99 | 13 | 112 |
However, I can't seem to shake feeling that many of the posts here stem from people's discomfort with their own nonconformity and outlying ideas more than from a thirst for truth. This is what prompted me to leave a comment. One of my very favourite CMV's is [this one](https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/3di... | r/changemyview is essentially "Teach me How to Groupthink". | 0 | 2015-08-25T11:18:42 | 82 | 1 | null |
My wife and I are fully committed to our marriage. We have separate accounts because we just didn't feel like jumping through the hoops to join the accounts. We pay bills on a "I'll do this one; you take the next one" basis. Finances just don't play into the marriage/commitment equation much for us. | Married couples that maintain separate finances are, at best, not fully committing to the true spirit of marriage as a partnership. At worst, their reasoning is cynical and/or selfish. | 1 | 2016-11-29T00:58:57 | 81 | 4 | 4 |
1. During the financial crisis a lot of banks were actually forced to accept government money. E.g. TARP in the US was forced upon banks and a lot of them didn't want it. That's also why a lot of them paid if back as soon as they were allowed to do so. 2. The government has an interest to bail out certain firms because... | If the government bails out a failing company, they should demand some equity in the company | 0 | 2016-10-08T03:46:56 | 67 | 1 | 2 |
Hmm. Well it would be either a communication issue or she's not being sincere and did it on purpose. I do understand how rumors on their own can make your life complicated and ruin your reputation. That's a very valid concern. I'm mostly focusing on the judicial part of it (since you expressed your distrust in the sys... | We have little idea the ratio of honest rape allegations to dishonest one and it's likely a moving ratio depending on the legal/cultural shifts of presumed honesty | 1 | 2015-02-13T18:14:03 | 171 | 3 | 12 |
Sorry, what does "the left" mean? I'm liberal, and I think the second thing (about NotAllMen) is stupid. Am I not sufficiently left? I don't think so. Rather, I think you're conflating separate groups of people and calling them both "the left". That said, both of these separate groups of people have a point. Treating a... | There is a huge inconsistency between the ways the left treats male rapists and muslim terrorists. | 0 | 2016-07-31T04:24:08 | 263 | 0 | 8 |
I think that your issue is with easy courses or boring professors, but the solution doesn't have to be making them not mandatory. There can be better systems implemented to place students in challenging courses, or ways to test out of courses. A professor should add enough value to a lecture that you should want to go... | I am against the idea of mandatory attendance for university courses | 0 | 2015-09-22T20:39:05 | 63 | 2 | null |
Two things. One, while some people might genuinely think the term pro-life is ideal, I'm willing to bet it mostly gets used, like pro-choice, because it has become the buzzword term that helps divide the two sides. If you probe most people, I'm willing to bet that they'd ultimately say they're anti-abortion, but pro-li... | Being "pro-life," but also supporting the scaling back of social programs to support the poor, is hypocritical | 1 | 2017-06-17T19:39:50 | 201 | 11 | 2 |
I think most people are comfortable with different things. Just speaking personally, I really like going to strip clubs. It's a novelty thing for me, and I like to chat with the girls and I think lap dances are fun. However, I wouldn't pay for sex - that's something that would make me very uncomfortable. I honestly thi... | If brothels were legal then the 'by-the-book' strip clubs would go out of business. | 0 | 2015-06-16T00:35:15 | 34 | 2 | 1Δ |
Rey Rey was a bit of a marry sue. Come on, if youre going to give the movies heat then that's a point that cant go unsaid. Out of all of the characters, hers in the weakest **by far** because she has so few flaws and is quite frantly overpowered. Though from a feminist perspective, it's nice to see a character who does... | The New Star Wars is a glossed up, fancy and lifeless UNORIGNAL CLONE | 1 | 2016-04-12T02:34:26 | 62 | 1 | 11 |
Is your goal in sharing your perspective to change their opinion and make them pro-gun? Or do you just want them to understand where you're coming from? | Trying to share my perspective with anti-gun people is a nearly pointless exercise in futility. | 1 | 2017-06-20T18:14:26 | 339 | 82 | 42 |
How would an attendance based test type exam be any better than the media, which you claim spreads misinformation. Lets say I take my class in San Francisco. The 'teacher' could argue that the republican party is standing for taking away healthcare, deporting mexicans, and lowering taxes for the rich. They could claim... | Everyone should pass a test in order to vote | 0 | 2017-05-04T21:42:37 | 98 | 1 | 13 |
You over-generalize both sides. The media loves to contort both sides to be satanic and actively trying to kill off the other, so that they can get views and ad revenue. Nothing could be further from the truth. The average conservative does not lack compassion or try to kill minorities any more than the average liberal... | Rightwing political views are self-serving and lack compassion | 1 | 2017-07-05T13:40:51 | 61 | 14 | 3 |
Child 2 represents, to them, a cheap soldier, or cheap labor, and an uneducated voter and uninformed consumer I get what you're saying, I just don't think it makes sense. *Everyone* is better off if instead of producing child 2, everyone becomes like child 1. It isn't zero-sum. What you're talking about essentially amo... | Opposition to birth control/abortion has nothing to do with "the unborn" or their "rights" and everything to do with consolidation of power. | 1 | 2016-01-05T00:59:09 | 182 | 3 | 8 |
The US has a history of propping up dictators when we see it fit to do so. We have done it in the past. Speculative off course, but even with the US's guidance life in Vietnam might have still been bad for the average person. We were also in Vietnam more to stop the communists and less because we actually gave a crap ... | As a Vietnamese, sometimes I wish the America won the Vietnam War | 0 | 2015-08-12T12:11:06 | 155 | 130 | 14 |
I think I get it: People who say things like "Straight White cis men are vicious oppressors, and should be punished for their privilege." are being self-defeating with regards to social justice. Any person who does this (or *mutatis mutandis* endorses group superiority) is using identity politics, let's call this self-... | I believe that the way to ultimately defeat racism/sexism/bigotry is to build a society where identity categories don't matter. | 1 | 2017-02-28T19:36:31 | 103 | 1 | 36 |
Gun control reduces the supply of guns so even in the black market they are harder to come by. A lot of black market guns originate from a legal purchase, so restrictions on purchase reduce the number of guns sold and therefore reduce the number of black market guns. This makes it harder to find guns and makes the guns... | Gun control is worse than pointless since most criminals don't acquire their guns through legal channels anyway | 0 | 2016-01-22T05:41:23 | 137 | 23 | 7 |
Lawyer here! This is actually an ethical issue I've also discussed before, and it's an interesting thought experiment. Your basic premise is that we currently punish people who choose to commit a crime, which is why autonomous actions, intoxication, and other situations where choices has been removed are defenses to ma... | If free will doesn't exist, the justice system is fundamentally unjust | 1 | 2016-08-11T17:42:25 | 128 | 1 | null |
So I want to distinguish between being "pro-choice" and being "pro-abortion." It is a perfectly tenable (if not common) position to believe that abortion should be legal, and that having an abortion is morally wrong. To be pro-choice only requires that you not ask for government intervention to prevent abortions. For a... | Help me be pro-choice | 1 | 2015-04-15T08:15:02 | 38 | 31 | 82Δ |
As a fellow hater of the hero's journey and everyone who says that all good stories follow it somehow\*, I have to say I think it still has merit as an analytical tool. Much like your 6th grade plot structure, the Hero's journey can give people robust yet easy to understand framework for understanding literature mechan... | The Hero's Journey is a poor concept and discouraging to originality | 0 | 2017-04-20T09:05:57 | 46 | 3 | null |
As much as we as a society want to make sure they have a fighting chance against the rest of the students, we should not sugarcoat reality. In real life, everyone chooses their occupation (to a degree) and most tasks in salaried jobs, you can get extra time on by a) working at home or b) asking for extensions (the form... | Students with mild disabilities should not be given extra examination time. | 1 | 2016-11-16T17:51:05 | 53 | 3 | 20 |
You are basically making the same argument as those who claim that all acts are selfish. There is a problem with your logic behind that, but let's first start with the general concept. When people claim that all acts are selfish, while they are technically correct, they aren't being practical about it. We have no cont... | People have no morals, but instead are directed by greed | 1 | 2017-07-02T17:54:12 | 88 | 1 | 20 |
What most people don't seem to grasp about spending money in general, is that money spent does not get incinerated. The people who work these minimum-wage jobs use their money, often at other establishments that employ minimum-wage workers. The amount of extra money spent on employees will be compensated, at least part... | I don't think a minimum wage hike is a good idea. | 1 | 2015-12-31T19:15:24 | 60 | 9 | null |
You have to ask yourself: why? Why did these people take drugs? Why did these people incite violence against themselves? These people are people. They've been hurt and they turned to what they thought would help. It is truly sad. | I see nothing wrong when someone dies of drug overdose or a gang member gets shot. | 0 | 2016-11-11T22:03:18 | 138 | 1 | 1 |
Disclaimer: I am not a real economist, only an interested layman. So, trickle-down economics is interesting in that, as far as I know, no serious economist advocates for trickle-down economics on either the Right or the Left. Trickle-down economics is primarily a pejorative term aimed at those who advocate for supply-s... | There is no hard data that shows "trickle-down economics" or tax cuts for the highest brackets actually produce jobs and benefit the middle class. | 1 | 2017-04-27T20:17:53 | 244 | 65 | 1 |
I'll take a crack at this: contributions to people holding or seeking office should be illegal, with criminal penalties for both the contributor and the recipient, including lifetime ineligibility for the recipient to hold office. Private contributions should still be allowed, but I am open to whether these should be ... | The single-best thing we can do for our (US) political system is get rid of corporate campaign finance immediately. | 1 | 2015-10-06T18:54:18 | 39 | 18 | 4 |
Consider the situation. There is a large influx of low-skilled people into the country, but since the majority of them are not entrepreneurs, the number of jobs does not significantly increase. This implies that the creation of jobs is dictated by an influx of job creators (entrepreneurs), but this isn't true. Job cre... | Immigrants take jobs which would otherwise go to low-skilled Americans | 1 | 2017-01-20T15:25:32 | 30 | 8 | 44 |
I think this is one of the small but crucial differences between American and British psychology. In the UK, the prevailing opinion (amongst the government, at least) is that nobody's property, no matter how valuable, is worth taking a life over. Even if you broke into five hundred houses (and some burglars have) you a... | Where someone breaks into my house, I believe I have full rights to use lethal force against them. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-14T00:27:58 | 331 | 9 | 1 |
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