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So lay out the pros cons. Pros, small possibility of a fun time and feeling like yourself, if your body chemistry is right. Cons, small possibility of liver damage, large possibility of puke and bad time, possibility of embarrassing friend at his/her wedding. To me the cons really outweigh the pros, especially that las... | I should drink at my friends wedding next weekend | 1 | 2017-01-06T20:38:55 | 40 | 7 | 54 |
* You exclude students and retired people from voting. They have or will contribute to society. You force students to give up on education so they can vote, which will lead to a poorer workforce. You force seniors to work or else they give up control to social programs they've contributed all their lives. * You will en... | In the USA if you don't work, you shouldn't be allowed to vote. | 1 | 2014-04-18T13:41:27 | 46 | 39 | 52 |
If you try and look at gun control in isolation it's quite clear that in some countries gun control is the perfect solution! Take England for example, England has quite strict gun control (handguns illegal, some shotguns can be owned by farmers, no concealed carry) and most years there is **less than 50 gun homicides**... | I don't believe having stricter gun control policies will reduce the amount of violent crimes with firearms. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-23T20:35:36 | 94 | 24 | 1 |
People generally care less about the authenticity of facts and more about subjective "truths" that fit their bias That's called **confirmation bias**, and it isn't new nor exclusive to the West. In the name of "tolerance" all ideas are stamped equally valid and "true"; "to each his own." That's a generalization. Every... | Donald Trump and Fake News are the natural consequence of a culture that has increasingly championed relativism (i.e. non-objective Truth) | 0 | 2017-05-23T21:40:37 | 41 | 8 | 8 |
Animals are brutally slaughtered by the millions every year, then their bodies are processed and packaged in our conveyor-belt slaughterhouses which are completely redundant and are ultimately cruel. I understand why our ancestors had to eat meat, and I don't buy into the "humans are biologically herbivores " rhetoric,... | Vegans are morally superior, and that's a fact. | 0 | 2016-10-29T20:45:49 | 296 | 3 | null |
I can't change your view, because it is true. But what I can change, is your understanding of the Holocaust. There was no plan to exterminate the Jews and no evidence to support that except testimonials. Most of the WW2 Holocaust propaganda pictures came after the war after the Allies decimated Europe and left people i... | The Holocaust is not a unique genocide (when compared to other genocides). | 0 | 2015-01-30T22:54:07 | 64 | -1 | null |
- World of Warcraft: reinvented the MMO genre and made it mainstream. It is the model that many MMOs since have copied. Didn't most WoW clones fold after a few months? What successful MMOs used the WoW formula? And did they use specific elements of that formula, or was it just part of the larger trend of games getting... | there have been very few innovations in video games since about 2010 and the industry is generally in a period of stagnation. | 0 | 2017-03-22T00:18:02 | 70 | 1 | 30 |
1. How are you dividing up the federal Army to be transferred to the states? Does Ohio get all the tanks? Does everyone get a roughly equal share? 2. Why would states be interested in maintaining an expensive military force that they would get limited functionality out of? These aren't part time National Guard members ... | America should abolish the United States Army as a federal force. CMV. | 0 | 2014-03-03T15:21:05 | 37 | 14 | 19 |
You're not following through the game theory of optimisation. Take the Prisoner's Dilemma. As you know, the confession is always (by design) the best individual result for the actor with all things being equal, _assuming the game is only played once_. In a sequence of games, and with the ability to form a cartel with t... | "Objectivism" is the most optimal way to go through life. | 1 | 2015-07-06T10:48:30 | 76 | 1 | 2 |
This is the same argument for classifying homosexuality as a disease. Say that the only possible thing is heterosexuality, and then dismiss anything else as something for people with psychological disorders. This doesn't fit the criteria of a psychological disorder. In fact, when you let them live their lives as their ... | There are only two genders and they are NOT on a spectrum. Everyone is cisgender, except for a few legitimately diagnosed with psychological disorders. | 1 | 2016-11-02T14:13:46 | 52 | 1 | 1 |
Most holidays are hard to justify on paper. Why celebrate someone's birthday? It's really just an arbitrary marker that bears little on an individual's actual development. Christmas is a scam. Halloween is a scam. Easter (if you're not religious) is a scam. Mother's day: scam. On and on. But you know what? I like these... | I am a father who hates Father's Day. | 1 | 2015-06-15T09:32:03 | 71 | 11 | null |
So, heres a pretty simple thing. I have two points, and I'm curious as to which one you don't agree with. First off, we need to talk about CO2. Spectography shows that CO2 absorbs infra-red energy. By absorbing and trapping the infra-red energy, it "creates" heat. In a closed system, CO2 will increase the overall temp... | I believe that man made global warming to be made up, CMV | 1 | 2013-11-24T19:08:22 | 489 | 245 | 7 |
I'll start by saying that I agree with OP that a trophy for participating is absurd. However, I think some form of acknowledgment for being in the league at all is cool. I remember one league I was in where every player received a patch with the league logo and the year. It's fun to go back years later and see a physic... | Children who do not get 1st-3rd place DO NOT deserve a trophy for simply participating | 1 | 2015-06-26T18:21:48 | 244 | 1 | 1Δ |
How is it a bet you can't win? I funded a game I wanted to see made and it is being made. I payed for a product up-front in order to see it come into existence. The only way my bet will be lost is if a) the game is not made or b) the game is not up to my standards. These risks do mean that one should be careful about w... | Kickstarter is a scam. It's a charitable donation to a for-profit company; a bet that you can't win. | 0 | 2014-05-12T23:34:32 | 86 | 6 | 7Δ |
It's a lovely idea in theory, but until roads are constructed in such a way as to allow space for opening doors, plus a lane for cyclists beyond that and then a lane for motor vehicles, it's just not practical. So cyclists are left with the choice of riding uncomfortably close to parked cars or holding up every other f... | Being "door-prized" is the fault of the cyclist, and cyclists should ride out of the range of doors. | 0 | 2014-10-31T00:46:25 | 77 | 1 | 1 |
The only reason Kevorkian devised a suicide button was so that he could cover-his-ass legally. When a doctor assists a patient in committing suicide, there is always the lingering question of whether the patient truly wanted to die or whether the doctor pushed the patient past where he was willing to go. There's no way... | I believe we should come up with an "abortion device" so ONLY the pregnant woman can terminate the pregnancy herself. CMV. | 0 | 2013-12-18T04:29:52 | 138 | 1 | 7 |
What courage! As a legal immigrant who live a "cushy" life I somehow really like you as a person. I admire you sticking to your core values and valuing your own youth above anything else. And I completely understand what you feel. When I go on road trips during college years and US showed it's beauty I thought again an... | My best plan in life would be to illegally immigrate to the USA | 1 | 2016-08-18T06:52:46 | 169 | -1 | 1 |
Yes, my comment was basically pointing out you didn't say good christian. But look at all the other rules, I doubt many people truly believe they are good Christians. You are picking one controversial rule in a book filled with them. Homosexuals are no different. For example, going of your statements, a person that has... | I believe that homosexuality and Christianity are incompatible. CMV. | 1 | 2013-12-19T21:12:24 | 248 | 7 | 1 |
First of all, let me tell you from experience that submitting to a sexual act you really don't want to do, even willingly, is not mentally healthy. Everyone has reservations to new experiences, especially sexual, but actively not wanting to do something and doing it anyway isn't something you forget. it's not like chok... | Every man demanding anal sex from a woman should try it himself first | 1 | 2016-10-21T04:16:46 | 81 | 11 | 1 |
Over the last decade, muslim terrorists have killed on average 10 people per year in the US. Non-muslim terrorism has killed on average 5 people per year. Yet what you also need to realize is that muslims make up around 2% of people in the US. This means that muslims are roughly 100 times more likely to commit a terro... | Terrorism in the US is not a big deal and Trump's ban will have no impact on it | 0 | 2017-01-30T07:16:21 | 837 | 3 | null |
"(of a person, action, or motive) lacking consideration for other people; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure." Some people obviously do acts that primarily cause benefits for other people. You mention the idea of a father sacrificing his life, immense acts of charity. As a society we need a wo... | Every single thing a person does is for selfish reasons. | 0 | 2015-02-16T04:46:56 | 122 | 1 | 61 |
Sweaters are warm This is the biggest problem. Very often they are too warm. During summer weather, you can very easily overheat if you are wearing too many layers. While this may be a good choice for a cool day in the early spring or late fall and can certainly work all winter, I can't see every wearing a sweater betw... | The best time to wear a striped sweater is all the time | 1 | 2017-05-03T00:38:48 | 49 | 32 | 94 |
And if the others that worked hard to be where they are do deserve respect because of that hard work, why doesn't any other hard working individual deserve respect? I don't think anyone is arguing that hard working people don't deserve respect. I'm certainly not. But like you say, visibility does matter. I'll illustrat... | Judges and other elite professionals don't deserve any more respect than another person I might meet | 1 | 2017-05-16T17:45:37 | 67 | 1 | 3 |
"I always thought I wanted to be a father. It turns out I wanted to be an uncle." - Some comedian I can't remember | I'm under the impression that I don't want kids. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-22T03:05:59 | 61 | 1 | 1 |
US citizens who support the Democratic party are either profoundly ignorant or immoral. This is a view that I don't especially like having, but has existed for a while, and has grown over the course of the Obama-Hillary administration and the Democrat's behaviour before and after the recent election. Especially after s... | US citizens who support the Republican party are either profoundly ignorant or immoral | 1 | 2017-05-13T17:17:33 | 350 | 331 | 98 |
Trespass, burglary, and maybe armed robbery. To use deadly force and escape liability there needs to be an imminent threat to your life. Having a gun while being in your home unlawfully doesn't rise to that. *State v Laney*, 168 SC 367, 167 SE 671 (1933)(property owner charged with manslaughter for using spring loaded... | I believe installing death traps on a hidden room is totally justified. I see no shortcomings. (safe house of the future) | 1 | 2016-08-19T17:46:10 | 70 | 2 | 1 |
Actually, we tried to apologize. Obama wanted to formally apologize for the atomic bombings, [but Japan didn't think it was a good idea.](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/10/12/141276162/wikileaks-japan-rebuffed-idea-of-u-s-apology-for-hiroshima) both governments must temper the public's expectations on suc... | USA was unjustified in bombing Japan to hasten the end of World War 2. The government of USA should apologize from the nation of Japan. | 1 | 2015-08-10T17:11:14 | 102 | 1 | 1 |
I don't know exactly which interactions in the brain are that susceptible to quantum phenomena, I'm neither a biophysicist nor a neuroscientist, I have merely been to some talks where in the background material this was mentioned, to then go on to the math "ruling" that world. Now, the thing is that when you had to cho... | We have no free will and everything that happens could be represented by a mathematical function. | 1 | 2014-01-28T15:53:19 | 358 | 22 | 2 |
How could a person with gender dysphoria realistically benefit from the classification as a mental illness? Then you have that stigma with you too. The depression, anxiety, and other common disorders you mentioned are often going to still be treated with methods centered around helping depression, anxiety etc. Having L... | Gender Dysphoria (Being transgender) is a biological, mental disorder, and should be treated like OCD or Depression. | 0 | 2016-01-31T01:51:01 | 61 | 2 | null |
My mom has two Yorkshire terriers that would be instant coyote food if they were allowed outside to roam free unsupervised. Same goes for my cat. | I believe owning a dog as an indoor pet only is cruel. | 0 | 2016-01-31T07:30:27 | 39 | 2 | null |
I agree that logic, reasoning and problem solving are important skills that are often overlooked, but I don't understand why basic programming would be the most efficient tool to teach them. More than computer programming, I think it would be necessary to include computer USE. I think computer programming, while it mi... | Basic computer programming should be taught in primary education. | 0 | 2017-06-02T04:00:47 | 217 | 1 | null |
Let me give it a try. 1. If you can immunize yourself against a disease, why should you care if others don't? It will not affect you. 2. If you immunize yourself against every minor disease, how do you train your immune system to protect you against major diseases where no vaccine is known yet? There are many studies t... | Vaccinations should be compulsory for all persons living in my society (USA, but applicable to all western countries). religious reasons should not be acceptable reasons to get out of it. CMV | 0 | 2013-09-26T00:53:02 | 208 | 2 | null |
I haven't seen this specifically addressed, so I would like to add this; Moriarty is morbidly playful and odd because he is so disconnected from everyone else. He clearly shows through his actions and words that he feels superior to everyone else, even Sherlock. He is cold, and that has been shown in a few key moments... | I hated BBC Sherlock's take on Moriarty | 0 | 2017-05-29T08:17:58 | 79 | 1 | null |
It seems like you have identified 3 possible benefits from instilling this system. The first is: we would never need a draft again, because if a large war came, we could simply activate some of the 16 million-odd Reservists to fight. Training the equivalent of our entire current army every 1-2 years would be exceptiona... | Instead of the Selective Service, 18-year-olds should be required to enlist in the Army Reserves | 0 | 2014-05-19T04:33:50 | 75 | 2 | 1 |
That depends on if your goal is to have a high number of sex partners. I think that if your goal was to find the one, only have sex with that one person, and settle down/get married/have kids, then suddenly realizing that you've had sex with 12 people in your life might make you feel a bit ashamed that you're failing s... | No rational person can be ashamed of having a high number of sex partners. | 0 | 2014-11-17T20:13:34 | 104 | 18 | 43 |
The problem with this is where to draw the line. So if steroids are cheating, what about test boosters? If those are, what about things like creatine? Then what about whey protein? If that's cheating, then surely just eating a lot of protein is also cheating? At the other end, if a new product came in that was twice a... | Taking anabolic steroids to gain muscle/bulk up is "cheating" and is for people who are too lazy or impatient to gain muscle "naturally". | 1 | 2015-10-17T14:43:54 | 45 | 3 | 3 |
Even if a person is partially responsible for being assaulted, does that not mean you can't have sympathy for them? Presumably you have sympathy for those who are victims of hurricanes or earthquakes or tornadoes, even though they are responsible for living in areas with an increased risk of natural disaster. If you go... | I don't have much sympathy for girls (or boys) who decide to go to parties full of strangers and drugs and then are shocked when they are sexually assaulted. I don't like having this opinion - CMV please. | 1 | 2014-01-02T09:09:56 | 186 | 2 | 16Δ |
Well I tend to air on the side of individuals being enlightened more than societies, since societies are made of individual people. But it seems to me enlightenment is about understanding "greater truths" and not being constrained by traditions. Am I wrong about that definition? | We are closer to animal behaviour than we are to enlightenment. | 1 | 2016-09-10T02:17:17 | 49 | 1 | 20 |
The United States spent 11 years fighting fundamentalist muslims in Iraq after 9/11, but then we gave up and left and the enemy we sought to eliminate is more powerful than when we arrived and running half the country. We didn't leave because we gave up. We left because the government of the country, that was democrati... | The United States is by no metric the greatest country in the world. | 0 | 2014-07-30T23:26:09 | 139 | 4 | 5Δ |
It brings a few benefits, in that it can be taxed (I don't know if it is, but I do believe that they have to apply for a license to sell it, which likely costs money), and that it provides utility for customers. It also makes it easier for those who are prescribed medicinal marijuana to use it without undue suspicion o... | Legalizing pot for recreational purposes brings no benefit to our society. | 0 | 2016-08-31T07:04:24 | 123 | 1 | null |
I think there are two very different questions. The first is "can" they do it. It's plausible that by then they "can" do it. It's also plausible that by then they can't. While it *seems* like AI is marching along and if it continued at even a remotely similar rate that we'd automate everything, that's not really the ca... | In approximately 2 centuries there will be absolutely no jobs left that robots can't do | 1 | 2016-09-13T16:39:52 | 102 | 4 | 4 |
Pi (in terms of radians) measures a half-turn around a circle. Pi may measure half-turns, but it also measures the whole-area of the unit circle. Which is one eighth of the area of the unit circle: pi/8 or tau/16 ? Since pi is the area of the unit circle, all of its fractions are precisely that much of the area of the ... | Tau is Better Than Pi | 1 | 2016-02-13T15:21:37 | 42 | 22 | 1 |
I think what you aren't seeing is that emotional and psychological trauma are just as bad as physical trauma. When a person is raped, or sexually assaulted for that matter, you are helpless. True helplessness to defend yourself is terrifying. It is demeaning. It is emotionally and psychologically damaging. It's torture... | There is nothing especially bad about rape. | 1 | 2015-09-24T19:03:17 | 55 | 19 | 1 |
The two handed hammer is so good that its broken. Ignoring a percentage of enemy resistances is a benefit that scales with the defenses of the enemy, which makes it objectively superior to all other weapon perks in the mid and late game. And the sheer, overwhelming damage of a two handed weapon made with 100 smithing a... | Skyrim's One-Handed Weapons are Objectively Superior to Two-Handed Ones. | 0 | 2017-03-04T16:27:19 | 71 | 7 | 11 |
In many of these replies, commenters state something akin to "Don't get me wrong, I would never want to engage in incest myself, but..." I want to turn around the argument a little bit and get away from legal issues and even views on morality, to ask one question: why would you, personally, never want to engage in ince... | I don't think Incest is a big deal at all. CMV? | 0 | 2013-09-05T12:12:57 | 534 | 1 | null |
In this case, yes. Insurance companies offer their customers a service at a price which is based on their likelihood of needing insurance coverage. If it has been statistically proven that men get in more accidents than women, then this means that men are going to cost insurance companies more to insure since they will... | If men have to pay more for car insurance, it is only fair for men to earn higher pays. | 1 | 2014-09-29T06:31:58 | 77 | 2 | 28Δ |
I sometimes "hire" undergraduate volunteers for internships at a research laboratory. The advice I got from professors when I started to do this was to set a reasonably high minimum GPA (e.g., 3.3) and not even consider anyone who fell below it. After breaking that rule a few times and getting burned, I've come to see ... | I believe that grades in school are completely useless. CMV | 1 | 2013-05-11T00:10:34 | 29 | 1 | 2 |
I think what you have identified is simply that there are socially sanctioned relationship preferences, and socially unsanctioned preferences, depending on context. For instance, a man can have an internal, silent preference for lean women, but depending on the context, if he vocalizes it, he is likely to receive criti... | I think having a preference against promiscuous people is as valid as having a height or weight preference nor does it constitute "slut-shaming". | 1 | 2015-07-05T22:57:40 | 270 | 55 | 15 |
Alcohol can be dangerous, I'll give you that. Alcohol is pretty much legal drugs, but due to social circumstances, it's generally not seen like that. But banning something has never made it safer. People won't drink less, they'll drink in secret. And if they won't be able to buy it, they'll brew it themselves. Making ... | I believe we should put a ceiling on the amount of alcohol sold per day in America, if not return to prohibition entirely. CMV. | 0 | 2013-10-16T11:12:05 | 23 | 2 | 3 |
Most religious people I know admit that they believe because reality is too scary. They fear the lack of purpose. It is therefore logical that they would seek an escape, meaning religion can be logical. What I can not understand is the logic behind philosophy, or rather philosophy today. Back in ancient Greek times phi... | Philosophy is less logical than religion | 0 | 2017-03-05T01:01:38 | 110 | 1 | null |
A free market is to economics what the perfectly spherical frictionless cow is to physics: a useful basic model for learning and occasional simple real-world problems, but massively oversimplified and unsuitable for more complicated problems. When people tout the benefits of a free market, what they're really touting ... | The free market is the best form for any industry and service. | 1 | 2017-03-27T19:27:48 | 82 | 29 | 25 |
So, you sound like the kind of guy who breaks into the movie theater just to read the exciting credits. What's your favorite back cover of a book? You know what the worst part of any game is? The gameplay. If you're so worried about your legacy, after you die, than get up off your ass and do something. No, it won't l... | We are all going to die someday, I might just as well kill myself right now. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-21T20:46:34 | 24 | 12 | 45 |
I've loved and been burned. I think the pain was such that I would've rather never been in love to begin with and lived my life completely immersed in my hobbies, studies, volunteerism, travel, ambition and family. People are different. My current gf and I broke up at one point in our relationship. It was the most excr... | Romantic love isn't a risk worth taking | 1 | 2015-02-03T23:25:07 | 22 | 5 | 10 |
In general, very few of the unemployed get welfare, and it tends to be well below their normal earning potential. It's not that easy to abuse government welfare. In terms of unemployment benefits, people tend to submit less job applications and have a better success rate. This is job. We don't want skilled professional... | UBI would not be successful in the United States because of various reasons. | 0 | 2017-01-16T18:15:26 | 150 | 2 | 93 |
Situation you describe is only possible for a few decades, in developed enough countries, and among people that do well enough for themselves. In any other circumstances, family is pretty much instrumental for survival (mostly when kids are involved of course). In most cases, family only works well with monogamy. So, o... | Insisting your SO does not have sex outside of your relationship is a controlling behavior and should not be considered a normal, healthy behavior. | 1 | 2015-06-23T10:19:25 | 40 | 4 | 1Δ |
The problem with government providing anything it regulates is the overhead cost of any agency that provides a service to the taxpayers. Regulation has its own costs but the deeper the government's involvement, the more costly the program is to run. I'd rather pay insurance than have to pay taxes to purchase my insuran... | I believe if the state or federal government legally requires you to have something then they should provide it. CMV | 1 | 2014-03-23T18:04:13 | 328 | 6 | 1 |
You do not get to decide what someone else thinks is in their best interest. | The vast majority of poor Republicans are not voting for their own best interests. | 0 | 2016-04-12T07:05:44 | 264 | 2 | null |
I'd be fine with memorizing all the laws being a feat on par with memorizing the Bible; but it should be well within the average citizen's capacity to know all the laws likely to apply to them, word-for-word or close to it. I'm not sure I understand your point--is it that there are too many laws or that they are diffic... | Any given aspect of the legal system should be short and simple enough that an average high school graduate could fully memorize it | 0 | 2014-12-30T03:33:52 | 101 | 0 | 27 |
I watched the video, and I understand it. Bill Gade's theory is not rigorous. I agree that the economy will probably collapse some time over the next few decades from a combination of ecological pressure and automation. But just use your common sense. Unemployment is at 90% and you're a senior politician/a ceo with inf... | Humans are going to die out because of an economic collapse | 1 | 2015-01-05T04:06:59 | 45 | 8 | 1 |
I can't agree to that. Some games have unfolded aspects which shape their gameplay. Frog Fractions, for instance, would be something which would fail if it was just a demo, and as it is, it's a cult hit. True, it's a free game, so that doesn't help. May I recommend Eversion, then? To really go into it at all would spoi... | All video games should have playable demos | 0 | 2014-11-06T13:51:26 | 34 | 1 | null |
Trophy hunting works like this when hunters follow the rules. This is precisely why we should care when those rules are broken. | It's just a lion and I see no reason to care. | 1 | 2015-07-30T20:57:42 | 568 | 29 | 1 |
6. Nothing is explained. Almost all those things are explained in the film. How did Han find Rey and Finn? He mentions having a tracker on his ship. How is Rey so powerful and skilled? Skilled? She has been scavenging and living alone on a desert planet since childhood. Powerful? It isn't explained but it is also h... | The Force Awakens is the worst Star Wars film ever made | 0 | 2017-05-04T00:00:16 | 99 | 1 | 55 |
Attractive women are more likely to be harassed. I don't see how that qualifies as "easier in everything", unless you want to argue that things are better in the aggregate (and previous deltas seem like that is not the case). | Being attractive makes life easier in everything. | 0 | 2017-04-28T17:09:13 | 41 | 1 | 6 |
I'd say a right not to have access interfered with might sound nice. But governments are basically agreements between people, and as such they tend to be as varied and dynamic as the populations that produce them. Ideally a government is above all responsive to the needs of its people, which is what I think you're gett... | All humans should have access to food, clean water, clean air, shelter, education and the Internet guaranteed by their government. | 1 | 2016-11-24T21:52:00 | 241 | 147 | 1 |
Hummm as some of the comments did mention -- I do think him limited himself when he limited the discussion to gender. I'm gay and a top. And I mean a real one. I'm not into dicks -- I could at no time see myself giving oral to one. I also have never had the physical or mental desire to bottom. I'm in my late 20s now, a... | Every man demanding anal sex from a woman should try it himself first | 0 | 2016-10-22T03:17:06 | 81 | 1 | null |
Before I start, I want to clarify, because this is a touchy subject, that my post is not in ANY WAY intended to shame anyone for their body. I'm only intending to talk about societal expectations of beauty. Not meeting those expectations does not mean that anyone has any less worth. I think that maybe you are underesti... | It is easier for women to look hot than it is for men. | 0 | 2014-07-16T11:19:40 | 166 | 11 | 3 |
I dare you to present a subreddit where the community is nicer, more open-minded, and less-hateful that /r/trees. The user(s) who can prove their sub is as such will receive a Delta. How do you intend to go about determining this? I think if you go looking you'll find that a lot of smaller and well moderated subreddits... | /r/trees is the nicest and most sincere community on Reddit. | 0 | 2015-09-25T08:20:10 | 27 | 5 | null |
Considering how when I get off work, I have a beer or a mixed drink or 2 or 5, I'm fine with homeless people using money I give them on alcohol. A pbr tall boy isn't so different from a can of soda, tbh, and a bottle of grain and a 2 liter of coke is just economic | I do not see a reason to give homeless people money who is smoking or drinking | 0 | 2017-01-06T06:02:47 | 39 | 1 | null |
1. Some people enjoy pain. Some people really enjoy pain. 2. People will do anything to be different. Putting ink under your skin is on the low end of the spectrum in my opinion. 3. Tattoos can be timeless. It depends on how much time and effort you attribute to the tattoos meaning. Some people just get a tattoo to get... | CMV; I think tatto's are rather stupid. | 0 | 2013-12-10T23:33:20 | 22 | 7 | null |
On point 3: The structure of the hunger games was in part based on the television reality show "Survivor" I *have* spent quite a lot of time studying game theory, and from the Russian revolution to the fall of the USSR - from the reign of terror in France to the reconquista in Spain - it is completely, absolutely norma... | "The Hunger Games" as a story is completely unbelievable | 1 | 2015-01-23T19:06:20 | 255 | 26 | 9 |
One counterargument is technical: the US has no mechanism for special elections for President. The chain of succession is the only constitutional mechanism for replacing a President. In other words: it isn't legal. Not being legal, there would be a great argument for invalidating the results of *that* election in its t... | If any investigation finds collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, and Trump is impeached, a full re-do of the election is the only fair next step | 0 | 2017-05-18T23:14:39 | 23 | 15 | 38 |
That's because your CMV statement about enforcing "minor laws that a lot of people break" is itself very broad. I suppose your main concern wasn't just the dog poo issue? If society started enforcing punishments based on all the laws and statutes that people violate on a daily basis, we would all get multiple fines per... | There should be stricter punishments for minor laws that a lot of people break | 1 | 2017-06-03T02:44:33 | 92 | 2 | 43 |
For some of these people this is their last hope, if someone can reach out to them on here it could potentially make them go and get help. I know /r/suicidewatch is heavily moderated, there was this troll offering methods and crap but he gets weeded out fairly well now. Banning the posts won't do anything constructiv... | Suicide posts should be banned from Reddit. | 0 | 2014-10-20T09:30:42 | 46 | 1 | 1 |
Clarify please. Do you mean real education or do you mean the kind one gets by sitting in a lecture hall? | The more educated you are, the more your vote should count in an election | 1 | 2016-12-04T04:44:02 | 39 | 2 | 2 |
I approximately agree with you, but have one point of contention. The woman deciding to get the abortion isn't actually the one that kills the fetus. The doctor performing the abortion does that. So it's more akin to hiring a hitman to commit a murder than it is to directly committing the murder. To truly be a murderer... | If abortion is murder, women who get elective abortions are murderers | 1 | 2016-12-21T03:44:32 | 50 | 11 | 7 |
I think if they have a claim for the land, as in strong cultural heritage, the land should be granted them for free. This would probably be the case in such cases as Scotland, or if Native Americans or Sami people would advocate for seceding their own country. These sort of retro-active claims never work, for one simpl... | I don't think a country has the right to deny a group the right to leave itself | 0 | 2016-09-09T22:38:55 | 33 | 1 | null |
I'm under no illusion that it would be anything other than a very small minority of women who would qualify. How extensive would these monetary accommodations be, in your experience? Could you not concentrate women to certain units, and by extension to certain facilities and regions of deployment? As such a small minor... | Women should not serve in most military functions. | 1 | 2015-03-12T09:03:37 | 74 | 4 | 9Δ |
Zoos are foremost a business, therefore the commercial value of animals is more important than their well being. This means the animals have to live in conditions they are not used to in the wild, for example the size of the cage, the food they eat and how they obtain it, the animals they live with, the visitors lookin... | Zoos can be ethical | 0 | 2015-08-07T20:35:00 | 100 | 2 | null |
Do you think your neighbor who earns twice as much as you should have more a say in public policy than you do? Do you think your neighbor who makes half of of what you do shouldn't get the same voice in government that you do? | I believe that taxpaying individuals should have some form of control over where their taxes go. | 1 | 2015-05-07T05:43:38 | 61 | 16 | 4Δ |
All the other houses are goobers, think about it. Slytherin is basically like /r/The_Donald , /r/atheism or some other hive of fedora tippers trying to be edgy and falling for spooks like "muh pure-bloods", they waste their time on memes and delusions of grandeur. Gryffindor want to be holier than thou heroes but they ... | Hufflepuff is objectively the worst house and it is kind of an insult to be sorted into it. | 1 | 2017-01-28T18:12:12 | 230 | 113 | 2 |
So how much would it be to replace your phone? I still feel super glad it wasn't ruined, not because of cost, but the hassle of getting a new one. Also, I think there's a misconception of how much phones cost. My phone is financed in my monthly bill at $20/month with no interest. I wouldn't pay $20 total for the phone ... | About going from dumb phone to smart phone. | 1 | 2016-02-27T04:05:49 | 39 | 4 | 1 |
Glad I could help! | That adoption is as fulfilling and equal an option as having kids of your own | 1 | 2015-10-19T10:04:57 | 143 | 3 | 1 |
Guns are basically an insurance policy for society. Here's an old comment of mine that seems applicable: "I want to have a thought experiment, so bear with me. Imagine that it's 2115. What does the world look like? What does America look like? There are infinite possibilities: one of them includes a broken and decaying... | There is no reason for anyone to own handguns or other semi-automatic firearms, and we'd all be safer if they were restricted (USA). | 0 | 2015-12-11T08:59:05 | 222 | 3 | null |
They do it because reddit is generally made up of younger people who are more likely to be liberal. | Reddit leans Left when it comes to politics beyond "social Liberal," excessively and without proper reasoning | 0 | 2015-11-03T17:52:08 | 95 | 10 | 2 |
There's a whole slew of people who are told not to get vaccinated, are you sure those you claim were "anti vaxxers" weren't just one of those? https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/should-not-vacc.html Vaccinated people can still get the diseases so are you sure the child who gave it to your mom was unvaccinated? There's ac... | If you don't vaccinate your kids and harm comes of it, you should be punished. | 1 | 2017-04-12T03:07:54 | 93 | 1 | 1 |
As someone that believes that japan is still an Axis country and never ended their tyrannical way of thinking I am sad that America didn't "invaded" Japan. By ending the war not by defeating the enemy but instead scarring them into surrender there was never a rethinking in the population. Germany on the other hand was ... | The US was right to drop the two atomic bombs on Japan in WWII | 0 | 2016-12-20T11:56:52 | 76 | 0 | null |
I think elections are won one of two ways: based on geographic party affiliation (i.e. local elections in red states are going to consistently choose the Republican and nothing will change it), or based on marketing (who runs better ads, who has better buzz words like "Change" and "Hope", who can come off as the better... | I don't vote. | 1 | 2014-11-04T18:04:34 | 23 | 2 | 5 |
It is relatively easy to create and maintain. There are many instances of such 3rd party services known for other forums, like the different 4chan archives. At most, Reddit could actively try to make it difficult. For example, by hiding usernames when showing a thread that is over a certain amount of days old. But that... | Reddit users should not have the ability to view another user's "post history". | 1 | 2014-11-24T13:21:50 | 44 | 1 | 2 |
I'd support rallies for tolerance. These protest come across as being sore losers. I did not support Trump and am horrified he won btw. | The Trump Protests are Counter-Productive | 0 | 2016-11-11T10:29:09 | 349 | 2 | null |
You're wrong, because many people who *attempt* suicide are mentally ill. Without access to guns, they would be likely to make an *attempt* which is less effective than shooting themselves (gunshots are not always fatal, but they usually are). They would then be more likely to receive treatment due to the attempt and h... | CMV I don't believe easy access to guns should be considered "factors" when someone commits suicide. | 0 | 2013-10-14T20:17:32 | 85 | 5 | null |
It's actually easier to change your behavior rather than your subconscious thought processes but the overall goal is to change your thought processes to match more positive behavior. For one simplistic example, let's say you have an amusement park trip planned. Once before you got lost in the crowd at one of these park... | There is nothing wrong with hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. | 1 | 2016-10-07T20:12:30 | 38 | 6 | 83 |
I actually think religion has very little to do with it. It is just an easier defense than explaining the real reasons. The fact is that many people still grow up in incredibly masculine cultures. The emphasis is on men being strong and women being weak. So if a man chooses to be a women they are basically choosing to... | I believe religion is a major reason why transphobia and homophobia still exist | 0 | 2015-12-10T22:13:43 | 156 | 1 | 2 |
Saying something is "overrated" without explanation is generally bad, but so is most criticism without backing and explanation. I can think of a few scenarios off my head where I think the term "overrated" can be used well. 1) Sports: many sports have official or unofficial rankings of teams and players. Saying that th... | I really dislike the criticism "overrated." I think it's lazy and discouraging. | 0 | 2014-07-14T20:58:27 | 52 | 3 | 12Δ |
Your idea is the rationale behind the various administrative agencies. Congress can't effectively run a space program, so we'll create NASA. Congress doesn't know how to improve education, so we'll create the DOE. Congress doesn't know how to regulate workplace safety, so we'll create OSHA. Congress doesn't know how to... | I think an ideal society would be run by technocrats that heavily fund education, healthcare, and science. CMV | 1 | 2013-10-01T21:22:05 | 49 | 20 | 4 |
It's about the people who watch specifically "Asian porn" (where Asian females are depicted as weak and submissive). It seems to be taking objectification to an extreme level. I am trying to focus on the objectification/sexualization part of all of this. I have no problem with dating in or outside of race. I'm talking... | I think that people who have racial fetishes (especially toward Asian or black people) are disturbing. CMV | 1 | 2014-07-01T03:57:41 | 68 | 1 | 1 |
Have you ever visited /r/Suicidewatch? it's a sub reddit dedicated solely to helping suicidal people, they have very strict rules about dealing with suicidal people, and trying to help. It's amazing | Suicide posts should be banned from Reddit. | 0 | 2014-10-20T05:17:43 | 46 | 4 | 6 |
Campaign Finance Reform. If you care about campaign finance reform, you **must** vote Democratic in November. Here is a timeline: In 2002, Congress passed the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, also known as McCain-Feingold, which placed various limits on campaign contributions, and created the system we have today, where... | I won't vote in a Hillary v. Trump Election | 1 | 2016-03-07T23:56:38 | 102 | 2 | 5 |
There are two types of students who finish exams early, and I've been both of them at one point or another. I work hard in school, and generally know the information well going into a test; when you know the information like the back of your hand, it is much easier to fly through the test at a high speed as you spend l... | In exams, the students who finish first are the ones who get better grades. | 0 | 2015-09-22T00:37:31 | 22 | 1 | 2 |
You don't have a problem with it? Excellent. But the rest of the world doesn't share your view. And that on its own creates a downside to torture - it will tarnish the reputation of the US, whether or not it is rationally justified. Many people are very uneasy with utilitarian calculations in which people's lives or he... | I don't have a problem with the U.S. torturing people. | 1 | 2014-12-22T20:26:12 | 36 | 1 | 1 |
Practically waffles are not better than pancakes, you need need anything but a jug and flipper and a frying pan with some oil for pancakes all of which are very common in any normal household kitchen, for waffles you need specialised makers that you can only use for waffles and add to the cost of making them. If you wa... | Waffles are completely superior to pancakes | 0 | 2014-06-06T22:30:21 | 41 | 2 | null |
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