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If you put peanut butter on both slices of bread, and then spread the jelly leaving a margin, the peanut butter around the edge of the bread bonds to itself, trapping the jelly inside. This makes for a neater eating experience. But to do this, you must put on the PB first. | I think putting jelly on first when making a PB&J is the superior option. | 0 | 2016-10-20T22:03:34 | 63 | 1 | null |
Using "n-word" indinstintly is part of making it taboo. If you use it as a stand-in every time in any context whatsoever, it signals to others that the actual word should never be said. That way, no one could interpret another situation as allowing its use even if you wouldn't think it appropriate in that instance. "B... | Saying "the N word" when talking about the word itself or its past or recent use is silly | 1 | 2015-01-31T23:50:18 | 166 | 10 | 1 |
1. The same reason society demands that taxes be paid, and makes murder illegal. Because in general for society to continue and prosper they need certain things from people. You have more potential benefit to society alive instead of dead, until you become a threat to society. 2. How do you know that your opinion on ... | suicidal people deserve legal euthanasia options | 1 | 2017-04-28T16:28:03 | 173 | 2 | 6 |
Just because one can think of a historical event that can be explained purely in terms of self-interest, does not necessarily make it a correct explanation. It's just one *possible* explanation. A better way to judge it would be to look at it's *predictive* power. In other words, it's going to be a much better argument... | Ideology has no historical explanatory power. All of history can be explained in terms of narrow self-interest. CMV. | 0 | 2014-03-15T22:52:48 | 68 | 3 | 34Δ |
While you don't need to be a Christian to go to paradise, I believe you have to meet certain criteria to be considered one. Here's the biggest issue I see with your view. YOU have certain criteria that you think others should meet to call themselves Christian. However, THEY might have different criteria. Most of the Ch... | Large number of people who call themselves Christian can not be considered Christian | 0 | 2017-02-13T18:08:49 | 124 | 5 | 18 |
They are almost always heavily driven by religion [Not accurate](http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/party-affiliation/) (at least in USA). Certain religious demographics trend their own way, left or right. They like to regulate all movement Search for travel bans to North Carolina. Several "progressive... | Right-wing politics is on the wrong side of history | 0 | 2017-04-19T21:59:55 | 79 | 3 | null |
Coke and rum - brown liquor used for mixing. Tequila - white liquor drunk alone. | Brown liquors are for drinking. Clear liquor's are for mixing. | 0 | 2017-02-11T03:59:38 | 63 | 1 | null |
Born in Brazil and raised in Florida. Apples SUCK. Steve Jobs saw the apple, realized that it was just terrible, and improved on it, making the Apple II. It was easy to improve on the apple -- Steve Jobs chose it because it was low-hanging fruit. From there Apple has come up with more and more products far superior to ... | Apples are better than oranges | 0 | 2015-05-31T06:25:38 | 71 | 5 | 5 |
I think this is going to be a pretty difficult CMV if you talk educated to only be a high school level. But lets see: In my opinion education is more a result of your parents and where you were raised I think this is the same for your appearance, if not more so. The choices, dietary or otherwise, definitely has had a ... | Being recognized for being attractive is better than being recognized for being educated | 0 | 2015-05-18T06:16:24 | 111 | 3 | 2Δ |
I shall take up this challenge! I had posted many things we will discuss with another member in a CMV i posted the other day. It would be very much in your benefit to read it as it outlines many major points in response to pretty much the same question you are posing. Only difference was that the other poster didn't be... | I am not sure if global warming is a real issue. CMV either way. | 1 | 2013-04-23T18:51:56 | 76 | 2 | 9 |
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. Some people are better at backing into spots than others. If you learned to drive in a windowless van and know how to properly use your side view mirrors, backing into... | 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 | 2014-12-12T22:35:11 | 65 | 1 | 1 |
My main argument is that almost every American has used google at one point or another. Google has been selling your internet browsing history for the entirety of its existence. And how did everyone know this before it was reported on? In fact, their entire business was built on selling your information. I think their... | The majority of Americans don't actually care about their privacy. | 0 | 2017-04-06T00:29:50 | 42 | 1 | 2 |
I see classical liberalism as the view that the government should never initiate the use of force. Force can only rightly be used in retaliation against someone who has violated the rights of others by initiating force, like a criminal. The definition of "violating the rights of others" is kind of a tricky one, though.... | I am a classical liberal. | 0 | 2017-02-15T21:35:33 | 94 | 1 | null |
I disagree. I do not think overall that GMO's are bad, but I don't think GMO's are unequivocally good. GEMO's - much like any other technology have their share of risks. Why - specific vaccines have their own share of risks. Recently there was a controversy with the vaccine Pandemrix It was linked to increased risk o... | Anti-GMOers are the same breed of moron as Anti-Vaxxers | 0 | 2015-06-03T13:02:03 | 152 | 8 | 24 |
To name just one example, there has been a 79% decline in the number of 1st year undergraduate women interested in a Computer Science major between 2000 and 2011. Is there a known correlation between the implementation of girls-only STEM promotion programs and a decrease in interest in computer science? Recently I rea... | The creation of girl-only programs to promote women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at the K-12 level actually perpetuates gender stereotypes in these fields. | 1 | 2015-10-15T06:11:24 | 301 | 179 | 29 |
Thinking about it, I guess my biggest problem with your idea is the one of efficiency and practicality. In order to make the change that you propose, a traffic survey of literally *every* traffic light in the state would first have to be done to decide whether it could safely and/or efficiently support your idea, and ... | At the majority of intersections red lights could and should be treated like interchangeable stop signs | 1 | 2014-07-15T18:59:03 | 186 | 3 | 96Δ |
Person A is a citizen. Politicians decisions affect them. And they have nowhere else to go. Same with B. C is Canadian. Until they revoke citizenship and join the US they are no more than a guest. They can rally and campaign all they want but they belong to Canada. They are free to go back whenever they want. | You should have to pass the citizenship test to vote in the US | 1 | 2015-05-10T08:12:59 | 95 | 1 | 5Δ |
Question: why do *you* care? It's literally none of your business. Your opinions on this are completely irrelevant. But you're trying to make them relevant by enshrining them in law in your country, and that's wrong. See, the reasons someone has for an abortion are her own reasons, not yours, and the reasons someone ha... | It's extreme hyprocisy to be a vegan and have an "on demand" lifestyle-dictated abortion | 0 | 2016-10-24T15:53:08 | 95 | 2 | 8 |
Not sure if this directly debates one of your points, but do we have to accommodate those women who won't go if they are worried a cis-man might be there? (going with those genders for consistency with OP) As a hetero-cis-male I am personally too uncomfortable to change in front of other HCMs, but no ones going to over... | if we allow transgender people to use the locker room of the gender they identify as, and if we also acknowledge non-binary genders, then we have to open all bathrooms/locker rooms to everyone, because there's nowhere else you can draw the line and be consistent about it. | 0 | 2017-07-03T10:28:20 | 116 | 0 | 1 |
If an employee and employer sign a contract then that particular employee could indeed be entitled to a job per their contract at a set minimum pay level. | No one is entitled to a job at any fixed minimum pay. | 1 | 2016-07-10T09:21:47 | 45 | 1 | 4 |
From a technical view, "love" doesn't need those things. Love only needs a certain set of chemicals and neuron firings in a certain way that forms the right mental connections so that the object of love is caught in a self-reinforcing positive feedback loop in the mind of the person. This can, on occasion, happen to r... | The movie 'Her' was terrible, because its central premise is impossible to take seriously. | 1 | 2015-06-19T16:49:53 | 40 | 8 | null |
I'm going to tell you a story. My friend's little sister does not have Facebook, all her school peers do. For some reason some girls decided to start a Facebook group about all the 'hoes' of the school. These girls got a photo of my friend's sister and put her image in this public group, then posted some ridiculously ... | There is no such thing as cyber bullying because you can just turn off your device or block the sender. | 1 | 2016-02-11T20:58:50 | 79 | 95 | 2 |
I'd say flying foreign flags is not necessarily unpatriotic. The so-called confederate flag (what most people think of as "the Confederate flag" may or may not be the official flag of the confederacy) represents treason against the USA. They made war upon the federal government. To celebrate treason in defense of slave... | Flying the Confederate flag on American soil is just as unpatriotic as flying the Mexican flag. | 0 | 2017-03-03T20:35:27 | 120 | 1 | null |
Given the US had economic sanctions on Japan at that time because of their war crimes in China, it is pushing plausibility to the limit to argue that the Japanese would be nice enough to allow the export of a crucial raw material to a country that had placed an oil and arms embargo on them. Saddam was the leader of the... | I believe that the idea that US soldiers have fought for freedom in the United States in modern times is for the most part false. CMV | 1 | 2014-01-06T00:08:12 | 175 | 2 | 2 |
I didn't equate it, I was using it as an example. Also sexual preference is not a choice. Doing drugs is. Drugs are an illegal act, and viewed negatively by a good chunk of the population. Companies that drug test are those that don't want the image of their employees doing drugs. It's their freedom to not employ pe... | I believe it should be criminal in the U.S. for employees to terminate employment based on the results of a drug test. | 1 | 2014-08-11T00:29:42 | 72 | 9 | 14Δ |
There's a lot to pick apart here but rather than just go through quote-by-quote, I'm going to start with my biggest issue: The idea is that voters should be those who are willing to sacrifice of themselves for the state, or at least then that those voters would be more invested in the government (encouraging informed v... | I believe that only veterans (or those with equivalent government service) should be able to vote. CMV. | 0 | 2014-02-11T05:21:01 | 23 | 6 | 66Δ |
There is no reason to think that vaccines cause autism and experimental evidence does show them to be beneficial. And that is scientific because we could, in principle, discover vaccines to be harmful and we don't, in fact, discover this. However, in a free society, people get to choose whether to use vaccines or not, ... | Being "fair and balanced" isn't necessary--especially when one of the sides is in direct conflict with actual scientific fact. | 0 | 2015-02-04T01:27:42 | 89 | 0 | null |
An element is just an atom the has a certain number of protons in its nucleus. Hydrogen has 1 proton, helium has 2, etc. It is possible to form very large atoms, with a very large number of protons in it, under extreme conditions. Why not name every possible configuration? If we can create them in a lab, they can very... | Elements created in a lab that cannot exist in nature or in quantities greater than a few atoms for microseconds at a time have no place on the periodic table | 1 | 2015-06-17T21:21:04 | 88 | 5 | 1 |
The biggest issue I see with this argument is that you are stating there is a single point where a fetus or unborn baby becomes viable. Even a pregnancy brought to full-term doesn't have a 100% chance of viability outside the womb. [Medical viability is a range of probabilities of survival outside the womb.](https://en... | Abortion past viability is murder. | 0 | 2017-06-29T21:51:47 | 126 | 15 | null |
I think taxes are good for freedom, and libertarians have been tricked by the rich. Since this is an "and" statement, logically, both parts would have to be true in order for the entire statement to be true. Most people have been focusing on the former premise: "taxes are good for freedom". Let me suggest you reconside... | I think taxes are good for freedom, and libertarians have been tricked by the rich. CMV | 1 | 2013-11-29T08:07:38 | 652 | 6 | 1 |
Luxury cars are not bought for function alone. People buy them because they see it as something very valuable. They want the best of the best. They want to look rich and be looked up to by others. Some people see luxury cars when they can't afford them and dream of having them. When they can finally get one they get it... | I feel that high-end luxury cars (Bentley, Rolls Royce, etc.) are a complete and utter scam. CMV | 0 | 2013-09-02T20:05:39 | 55 | 1 | null |
Having children only creates more people to demand resources. If you desire to see a couple with significant resources do good for the world, the best option would be to use those resources on kids without the need to bring more into the world. If a couple is certain that they have the resources, time, capability, and ... | I think that couples that do not have kids are selfish, CMV | 0 | 2013-03-26T03:57:36 | 13 | 2 | 14 |
I agree with you, but let me try and argue the opposite anyway.   Assuming the child in question only has deafness (and leaving aside any other hanidcaps for now), it is technically possible that when you encounter a situation like yours, it may have been the child's first time going to the movies. Or even g... | There was a child who was deaf in my showing of Jurassic Park. He was very noisy. I don't believe he should have gone to the movies, and I think it would have been okay if he were kicked out for being a disturbance. | 0 | 2015-06-16T20:53:50 | 258 | 24 | null |
I am not sure where your view stands. One or two things about those Korean exclusive businesses are due to the following reasons: * owner does not speak English very well, and have been many times unable to communicate with foreign tourists * they have their own stories too: fraudulent travellers, leaving without payme... | Korea and Japan do not have a moral imperative to accept foreigners or multiculturism | 0 | 2016-11-20T18:00:34 | 116 | 4 | null |
I have some relatives who are from coastal cities and moved to the heartland, as you call it. Granted, you have to try harder to create an interesting life for yourself, but they have crafted a really interesting artistic/adoptive native American culture, creative life for themselves. I cant really go further than this... | The American heartland is devoid of cultural and meaning. | 1 | 2016-10-25T18:18:14 | 107 | 2 | 6 |
Irony generally describes a situation in which a certain action is taken which results in the direct opposite of your expectations occurring. There are quite a few examples in the song which do not seem ironic at all, in my opinion: *An old man turned ninety-eight/ He won the lottery and died the next day*: Winning t... | I believe that the song "ironic" by Alanis Morissette is unfairly criticized. | 1 | 2014-07-16T13:04:39 | 92 | 13 | 2 |
now I'm not saying people should be allowed to resist with deadly force it even excessive force This is where the problem lies. If I police officer is trying to arrest me and I fight back (even a little), he's worried that I'm going to use excessive force. The reason resisting arrest is illegal is to protect the civili... | I believe civilians should be allowed to resist arrest | 1 | 2014-12-05T21:06:44 | 265 | 3 | 1 |
I also heard homeopathy works by certain people but proven science is better. I have sources that on average oranges are healthier for you than apples. | Apples are better than oranges | 1 | 2015-05-30T22:53:03 | 71 | 1 | 7Δ |
When a person with autism tells a fat woman that she is fat he is playing the only card he has in his deck: concrete thinking. He see a fat woman and he tells her she's fat. There are no abstract ideas because people with autism often don't have a good grasp of abstract thoughts. One card in his deck.....one card playe... | Mental illnesses are functionally indistinguishable from personality traits. Things like autism do not really 'exist'. | 0 | 2015-12-27T06:31:58 | 78 | 3 | 41 |
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Arguably, the Dallas shooters believe that they no longer live in a free state (which I'll take to mean "a state free of cruel or oppressive rule", that is to say "tyranny"). I... | The Dallas Shooters were applying their second amendment rights | 0 | 2016-07-08T16:15:32 | 163 | 0 | null |
So gender is a biological trait. Its objective. Its not a matter of opinion. If you have one set of reproductive organs, for example, then you are a member of that gender. How you feel doesn't change that. But this isn't consistent with what most people mean by gender. If I were to lose my penis, I would not cease to b... | If someone of one gender can "identify" with another gender and be legally recognized as such, then the same should hold true if I identify myself as another race, etc. CMV | 0 | 2014-02-09T00:10:17 | 29 | 15 | 30 |
The concept of 'backlash' covers a lot of it. There's Susan Faludi's book of the same name, or Thomas Frank's _What's the Matter with Kansas.'_ As far as the definition of hate group, I was thinking of some work in political philosophy on the concept of 'extremism.' A lot of is heavy going but I can recommend some exam... | GamerGate is a hate group | 1 | 2014-10-23T23:41:12 | 267 | 1 | 3 |
I worked for a private school that banned nuts for a single student with nut allergies, and didn't lift the ban after she left. This was their reasoning. - As a private school, they were not governed by the school district and were liable for the health and safety of all students. The students were primarily the child... | All children should be allowed to bring nuts to school. | 0 | 2015-09-14T22:19:38 | 297 | 4 | 16 |
That is not how it happened in historical situations were voting required passing a literacy test or something. If you think that education will cause the rural vote to change why would current politicians encourage their education? | I live in Pakistan, after seeing the rampant destruction of my country by politicians, I have come to believe that voting should weighted according to education, not 'one man, one vote' TCMV | 1 | 2013-05-05T19:34:20 | 116 | 3 | 2 |
While I might agree theoretically, I feel there's both a definite emphasis on female issue and an overrepresentation of female scholars in the discipline which make "feminism" a good name for the movement. To go further, even if I do feel feminism also help men, I feel it's not the main objective of most feminist acti... | The word "feminism" does not accurately represent the feminist movement | 1 | 2015-02-11T16:43:44 | 148 | 9 | 12 |
I did this for *years*, and it will work, you won't say anything embarrassing or uncomfortable, but it will fuck up everything else. For one, it is really awkward for other people to have a guest that barely talks, they become uncomfortable and are forced to fill silences, and people notice you don't talk and wonder if... | I don't think I should say something unless I feel its really worth saying | 1 | 2015-04-16T21:20:29 | 31 | 12 | 7Δ |
Sure. Fair questions, but unless / until the official cannon does something blatantly contradictory, I don't think there's a problem. Here's another way of looking at it: Just because republic city develops many technologies similar to our own universe does *not* necessarily imply that the avatar universe shares an ide... | I find it difficult to enjoy works of fantasy that incorporate science/technology. | 1 | 2014-04-25T18:16:52 | 49 | 6 | 41Δ |
If you think that this can be categorized under a fraud statute, or maybe a UCC provision for services, then why have a redundant law against it? I think that there is a good chance for a breach of contract case, unless when buying the ticket they agreed to the provision that they might be booted due to a practice of o... | Overbooking should be illegal. | 0 | 2017-04-10T20:17:13 | 803 | 2 | null |
Firstly, customization. iPhones feature very little in terms of customization. Correct. What iOS lacks in customization it makes up for in stability and ease-of-use. It's a design trade-off, plain and simple. Next, no haptic feedback. This is incredibly minor and boils down to personal preference. Then, price. iPhon... | Android phones are much better than iPhones. | 1 | 2014-07-16T19:57:08 | 148 | 4 | 2 |
Ad-blockers only block adverts from advertising networks. These ads don't just offer suggestions to readers, they are part of a vast tracking network that tags and reports on every person who doesn't use an ad-blocker. This information is collected, sold to partners, intercepted by governments and is used to build a va... | Using an adblocker is morally wrong | 0 | 2016-01-11T05:22:57 | 61 | 1 | 2 |
Now, for the record, I agree with you on this - it was most likely due to the ongoing Russia investigation. With that said, it is _possible_ that it was motivated by other reasons. 1) Just because Trump praised the investigation during the campaign doesn't mean that his opinion didn't change when he got in office. It ... | Trump's dismissal of FBI director Comey was a politically motivated effort to stop a legitimate ongoing investigation. | 0 | 2017-05-10T16:43:18 | 294 | 35 | 125 |
I'm very new here -- do I get one of those fancy deltas for this? | Restricting access to assisted suicide only for persons with physical and/or mental illnesses is philosophically groundless. | 1 | 2016-06-12T23:36:06 | 124 | 6 | 1 |
Why do so many parents who want a better education send their kids to private schools if they can afford it? If this were true for a majority of schools? | Private schools (in the US) either need a lot more regulation and oversight or need to be shut down | 0 | 2016-08-11T19:20:05 | 84 | 1 | null |
Equal pay is a problem caused by women choosing to take up lower-wage jobs. If feminists put a lot more effort into encouraging women to go for STEM jobs, rather than just bitch about a 20-25% gap that is in actuality a 1-7% one, I'd be supportive, but I can't stand behind this movement when it is a distraction. A lot ... | The only feminist cause I sympathize with is reproductive rights and everything else I am disinterested in. | 1 | 2017-05-17T03:01:12 | 100 | 6 | 42 |
Yup. Roma are much less likely to claim state benefits (about 12-16%) than UK residents (42%). http://imgur.com/o3UEFoo Roma work in a variety of fields, including professional ones, and contracting. If home improvement costs are low, it's because illegal labor enables that. http://imgur.com/sBu6HgN http://www.reading.... | Gypsies and european immigrants are nothing but negative | 1 | 2015-06-15T04:51:14 | 43 | 21 | null |
I'd like to address your edit: I feel that either haven't explained myself properly or people are reading me wrong. I completely understand the drive to have children, and the benefits that is does bring. However I do feel that the more children that a person has, the more chance of negative implications on society or... | I think it is narcissistic and selfish for a person to have a large number of children. | 0 | 2014-08-14T23:20:07 | 147 | 1 | null |
"Having a strong grasp of Maths will almost always lead to strong reasoning skills"- If critical thinking is what you wish to bestow upon the youth of this nation, then why not just teach them how to critically think- what is the need for the foreplay that is maths To flip this around: if we're going to try to develop ... | Maths, beyond its rudiments, should not be a component of compulsary education | 1 | 2015-12-26T04:59:01 | 33 | 7 | 1 |
"depression is too hard to diagnose and should be reserved for instances where the person is catatonic / has made an attempt to commit suicide" This i like saying, "I don't think we've should give inhalers to asthmatics until they have at least 1 serious attack." Prevention is better than the cure, in the case of depr... | I don't believe in being depressed | 1 | 2017-04-10T18:22:17 | 31 | 9 | 12 |
The least-effort solution (short of rescheduling visits) is for everyone to leave the seat as-is when done. The state of the the seat only changes when it needs to. Always putting the seat down creates extra work when you have consecutive standing users. One lifts it up and puts it down only for the next to lift it bac... | Regardless of gender expectations, toilet seats should be put back down after use. | 0 | 2017-03-09T18:57:21 | 32 | 2 | null |
In general I agree with this, however there are several very popular candidates that had no political experience, yet they became very popular because of their military experience. Presidents like Washington, Eisenhower, and Grant, weren't previously elected in any form, yet they all proved to be competent leaders. | There should be a requirement for presidential candidates to have served a full-term in a publicly-elected position before running for president | 0 | 2017-05-21T18:22:55 | 38 | 2 | null |
At any moment, there is a chance that a meteor could crash through your roof, slam into your head, and kill you. If you live in a house with an ordinary roof, there is no place in that house that could be considered safe. Knowing this, should you spend $50,000 to protect your house with steel-reinforced concrete? In ot... | I believe that there is no level of radiation that can be considered safe. CMV | 0 | 2013-11-05T23:12:45 | 119 | 1 | null |
I think a Trump presidency would be a wake-up call for the US and show the average American that a functioning democracy requires citizens who engage with their government. It would put America's bigotry and racism center-stage and force us to actually confront it rather than our media's current baby-gloves approach. O... | I think my vote for President is best used voting for Trump | 1 | 2016-09-16T03:21:00 | 108 | 125 | 112 |
Ethics are in the eye of the beholder. As a libertarian, I'd 100% consider it unethical to snitch on someone doing an illegal activity that I thought shouldn't be - driving without a seat belt, for example. But someone else might feel a social obligation to protect their fellow human, and a third person might feel an a... | "Snitching" or being a "tattle-tale" on people (not institutions) is highly unethical. | 0 | 2016-12-08T20:53:33 | 92 | 1 | 2 |
Yet often people claim this "targets minority voters", even recently an appeals judge ruled that texas' law did just that. How? People of different races aren't evenly distributed throughout the geographic United States - they're not even evenly distributed at the local level. Other things not evenly distributed by rac... | How do voter ID laws discriminate against a certain group of people, such as blacks or hispanics? To me that seems extremely illogical. | 0 | 2017-04-15T17:03:20 | 585 | 9 | null |
The cited research states that these findings apply to most contemporary Americans. While having a gun for protection is certainly not a rational choice for most Americans, it is a rational for some Americans. For instance, individuals in extremely rural areas. Living in rural Alaska with access to a firearm for bear p... | It's irrational to keep a gun in your home for self-defense | 1 | 2015-08-23T17:32:32 | 140 | 3 | 1 |
So from what I can gather from your OP, the only reason you actually think this is a good idea is because it will increase the total GDP. There's a big problem with this though, ignoring "muh freedoms" which is a fairly obvious argument: You can't assume that every business will actually benefit from this, because you ... | CMV increase employment by prohibiting non-paid work | 1 | 2014-01-17T18:05:09 | 38 | 8 | 5 |
They aren't saying that their lives matter more, they're saying that they matter just as much as anyone else. Black Lives Matter (Too). | All Lives Matter | 0 | 2017-04-18T03:23:04 | 67 | 1 | null |
I've always rejected the notion we can reliably tell when people are lying or not. Whether by lie detectors, tears, pleas or whatever. Liars adjust and they're out there, paying close attention to what works and what doesn't. And they are sometimes caught and sometimes get away with it. And I've got little inherent fai... | 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 | 0 | 2015-02-13T19:22:41 | 171 | 3 | 1 |
When it comes to abstract art, we know what they are trying to convey by either understanding the context of the artist’s life, or simply because the artist has directly made statements regarding their intentions. Most abstract art does not use abstraction to represent a definite object, but instead is used to represe... | People put too much emphasis on art and artists. | 1 | 2017-01-26T23:55:22 | 58 | 1 | 12 |
A lot of games considered the best fall into the category of WRPG. Baldurs Gate, Planescape Torment, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Skyrim, Morrowind, The Witcher etc. These games, and many other highly regarded games, have to rely on dialogue trees and manually created storyline branches for narration. This is a massive, ma... | The best video game of all time has already been made. | 1 | 2015-04-26T23:53:56 | 78 | 10 | 1Δ |
In Red, you have Arcanine which is a much better alternative. Charizard is a fire/flying type that, if you want it for convenience's sake, can't learn Fly. It doesn't have the strongest flying type attacks. It's smarter to choose a better flying type with better attacks and one that can actually use fly. If you choose ... | Charmander is the best starter pokemon in the original red and blue games | 0 | 2016-01-15T01:19:03 | 86 | 2 | null |
I'm not sure how good an argument this is, but it could also mean that she sees you as someone that she can turn into the kind of man she wants. In other words, you may not currently be what she wants, but she believes she can make you into what she wants. | Getting into a relationship with a pretty, confident girl means you are a worthy guy (Or having her admiration means that) | 1 | 2016-08-10T17:50:04 | 71 | 10 | null |
I might be hated on by some of the wine enthusiasts but studies show that there is no quality difference in cheap vs expensive wine. The entire industry of 'fine wine' is pretty much based off a placebo. So that being said, *cook with wine that will complement the food.* Don't look at the price tag when deciding which ... | "If you wouldn't drink it you shouldn't cook with it" is a misleading axiom. | 0 | 2015-11-20T16:53:55 | 139 | 9 | 1 |
The Cyclist on a sidewalk is a much larger threat to the safety of pedestrians than the cars on the road are to the cyclist. So no, allowing them on sidewalks is not acceptable. There is a reason it is illegal most places. | When there isn't a lane specifically meant for cyclists, they should ride on the sidewalk and not the street. | 0 | 2017-05-04T21:28:28 | 81 | 2 | 93 |
I'm a little confused as to what your contention with Tarantino's directing style is, it seems more to me that you are more concerned with his lack of originality as a produce/writer. As a director Tarantino gets very good performances from his actors, moves his camera with obvious skill, and cuts his films in genuinel... | Quentin Tarantino IS Not A Good Director | 1 | 2015-10-01T15:51:26 | 18 | 2 | 12 |
Imagine that all pedophiles start saying that they do it because Popeye kidnapped their loved ones and is threatening to drown them in spinach. If they all say it, why shouldn't the news report that they are all saying it? Again you're idea is that you're being misled by the news, but the news is just reporting the fac... | Mass media are forcing a misleading point of view. | 1 | 2016-10-25T20:43:03 | 38 | 2 | 9 |
I think of it this way: every person who gets employed for projects like New Horizons is one who isn't on food stamps. Besides, even if we didn't spend the money on projects like this, that doesn't necessarily mean that money is going to be used to feed hungry bellies. It could just get used to line the pockets of rich... | I think the New Horizons mission was a giant waste of money, and humanity would have been better off if the money had fed the hungry | 0 | 2015-07-15T18:37:46 | 55 | 1 | 1 |
This is a hazard of spending all your time watching Batman and Commissioner Gordon interact with the worst people in Gotham, who are also far more competent criminals than anything real-life police encounter. We just don't get to see as much of the good people of Gotham, but we know they exist, Batman is protecting the... | I don't think Gotham can be saved. | 1 | 2014-06-09T18:07:47 | 44 | 42 | 4Δ |
If you own an apartment building and you rent to blacks or Mexicans you are shooting yourself in the foot. Mexicans have much lower rates of criminality than blacks, about even with whites. So your argument might apply to redlining against blacks (the problem most commonly discussed) but not redlining against latinos. ... | So called "redlining" is an entirely rational practice and should not be illegal. | 1 | 2016-10-01T00:36:59 | 130 | 1 | 3 |
We have the House of Reps and the Senate courtesy of a compromise at the constitutional convention. The states with large populations (i.e Virginia and Pennsylvania), wanted each states' number of representatives to be based on state population. The states w/ small populations (ie. New Hampshire), fearing that the larg... | I believe that the existence of the US Senate is unfair and it should be abolished. CMV | 0 | 2013-10-31T00:51:55 | 128 | 2 | null |
1. Any anarchocapitalist nation would be completely defenseless. It goes without saying that, in the modern world, a country needs a large organization to protect itself. This does not actually go without saying in this context. An anarchocaptalist nation would allow all manner of anti-material and strategic weapons in... | Any anarchocapitalist nation would be unable to defend itself from a nearby state, and by having the required military the nation becomes, at the very least, minarchist. | 0 | 2017-06-02T19:50:53 | 507 | 54 | 25 |
I have never understood why Republicans wanting to get everyone working is seen as a bad thing and Democrats wanting a society that makes it comfortable to not work is a good thing. Both sides want what is best for society, There is really no evidence that either party wants to ruin America. They have the same goal wi... | 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 | 2017-02-10T07:20:48 | 119 | 13 | null |
As a trans woman I believe in having respectful debates and discussions about gender identity, that include dissenting views. I would rather have the chance to teach someone and change their mind, then for them to silently make assumptions about me. Of course this depends on the specific setting and the individuals; in... | People who don't believe trans* people about their gender should just stay quiet about it. | 1 | 2017-05-11T20:26:04 | 91 | 19 | 6 |
You're only talking about medicine here. Science is so much more. I'm a physicist and more than 90% of the physics studies is reproduced at least once. Whenever we use a new piece of equipment we reproduce an experiment to confirm that our equipment is working correctly. This means that results like you describe would... | There is a problem in scientific academia. | 1 | 2017-02-16T17:13:42 | 65 | 22 | 4 |
Self improvement and fashion arent mutually exclusive. You can have nice clothes and be vapid, you can be a phd and be a dirty hobo, but you can also be a phd with an eye for style (why not both!). fashion, good fashion, has more to do with design and art than it does with showing off how much youve spent. much in the ... | I view fashion as an arbitrary social construct and as such reject it. CMV. | 1 | 2013-07-06T04:03:01 | 43 | 11 | 1 |
The republican party doesn't have that tight of control over their ranks to play this extensive of a campaign for pure marketing. The entire Tea Party movement is proof of that, as they usurped the traditional republican party establishment and removed some senior reps and senators in elections by moving farther to the... | Ted Cruz is not a serious candidate, he's just being used by republicans to make the actual candidate seem less extreme | 1 | 2015-03-26T18:40:35 | 50 | 91 | 25Δ |
In my opinion, this should be weighted way less in one's decision on how to get a dog than the two points above. That's just like your opinion man. Not everyone feels the same. Getting a purebred dog is like getting a fancy sports car--looks cool, high performance, but terrible mileage, maintenance fees, initial cost,... | It's always a better decision to adopt a mutt from the pound than to buy from a breeder. | 0 | 2017-05-10T18:29:47 | 95 | 1 | 16 |
There's also the sexist reason, that Melania is "classy" because she is content to sit there and look pretty and not interject herself into her husband's business/ political endeavors unlike a Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton. | There is no non-racist reason for people to say "Melania Trump is bringing class back to the White House". | 1 | 2017-03-16T16:56:57 | 119 | 60 | 3 |
The Christians who say this believe their faith is the embodiment of god's will on earth, and as such is inherently "fair." If Christian doctrine and fairness are synonymous, as many Christians believe, then the assertion "I'm in the majority so I don't have to be fair" makes no logical sense. If you want to convince a... | I believe that when people say "america is a Christian nation" what they really mean is "I'm in the majority so I don't have to be fair." | 1 | 2015-09-22T05:29:37 | 272 | 48 | 3 |
What I think is that, if an idea or a value is a good one, it shouldn't really matter whether it is traditional or not. The concept of, "Thou shall not kill," goes back at least until the time of Moses, but you don't see normal, sane people dismissing the concept of not taking another person's life simply because it's ... | Conservative 'traditional values' are inherently flawed due to them being traditional, that is, of the past. | 0 | 2016-04-18T03:45:47 | 172 | 1 | 5 |
There are a number of issues with this: * It would make the United States _much_ poorer. One of the big changes implemented by the US Constitution was the interstate commerce clause, which gave the Federal government authority over trade between states. Without this, you would end up with state borders having tariffs, ... | America would be better off as a loose confederation of Liberal and Conservative states. | 1 | 2016-12-27T19:22:39 | 101 | 135 | 243 |
Alright. Let's talk about the business of lending. Normally, lending works like this. John Doe wants a car. The car costs $15,000. He needs a loan to afford that so he fills out an application. The bank reviews it and underwrites. They put John in a category of people based on whatever criteria they 1) legally can, ... | Subprime auto loans are a necessary evil | 1 | 2016-08-16T20:35:48 | 31 | 10 | 3 |
1) The only way to stop the Joker is to kill him What makes you think that? Punching him in the face and tossing him in Arkham seems to do well enough. Are you suggesting Batman kill the Joker for crimes the Joker had not yet committed? That would be immoral. | Batman is morally culpable for the people that he Joker has killed. | 0 | 2015-05-13T14:42:27 | 93 | 1 | 3 |
I guess the main problem I have with expanding this deduction to everybody for commuting, without applying an income cap, is that it will provide disproportionate benefits to people with higher incomes (just like the mortgage interest deduction). The more you can afford to spend on a car, the larger the depreciation an... | Commuting expenses should be tax deductible. | 1 | 2017-05-15T19:52:36 | 305 | 1 | 5 |
You make a lot of good points, but I'm not at all convinced by this: The Swedish society seems "calmer" that what i believe happens in the US. There are of course cases of racism and public disobedience, but not to the extend of Fergusson or some other similar events. According to a quick Google search: The population... | Moving to the US feels like the wrong choice | 0 | 2015-04-06T03:38:07 | 145 | 2 | 6 |
My CMV is mainly against the lax attitude we have towards protecting the respect and eliminating stereotypes of 'foreign' cultures and religions in the west, and for the elevation of the swastika to a neutral symbol so that it doesn't create hatred. Towards that end, consider what educating people actually means. The o... | I believe The 'swastika' deserves respect and clarification as a symbol, as a significant part of the human population, viz the Hindus, hold this symbol sacred. I feel this is essential to prevent misunderstandings and prejudice...CMV, I guess. | 1 | 2014-03-26T08:22:59 | 251 | 6 | 1 |
Even if a fetus is "alive" killing isn't always murder. Nobody calls our WWII vets "murderers" but they killed a lot of people. Murder is a legal term. It means killing someone , on purpose, against the law. Abortion isn't against the law So it can't be "murder." | If abortion is murder, women who get elective abortions are murderers | 0 | 2016-12-21T03:49:32 | 50 | 2 | null |
Point b) makes no sense. How dirty can your socks get in the three seconds it takes to put the second one on before putting the shoes on? You even said you're sitting down Also, stop wearing socks. Problem solved. | Putting on one sock and one shoe, then the other sock and other shoe is superior to both socks and then both shoes. | 0 | 2016-04-22T19:45:20 | 92 | 3 | 1 |
The problem I have with vegetarianism is that it is an emotional choice and not a moral one. Vegetarians and vegans are convinced it is a moral choice that they are making. The moral reality is that for humans to live then something must die. Vegs are not making a moral choice by choosing plant life over animal life, t... | Raising and then killing an animal for food when you have other food available is morally wrong | 1 | 2015-02-10T20:09:18 | 343 | 1 | 1 |
The U.S. enjoys an extraordinary privilege in the world: when the global economy tanks--even if the U.S. is the cause of the trouble, as was the case in 2008--investors move their money into U.S. bonds under the assumption that U.S. government is the safest investment in the world. Without that confidence in the safety... | 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. | 1 | 2017-02-10T08:38:08 | 119 | 9 | 5 |
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