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the full details of the holocaust were not known when the powers first went to war. That's because the Holocaust didn't begin until the war had been going on for 2 years. The Anti-semitism of the Nazi's however was well known, the laws they were passing weren't secret. Hitler got himself on the cover of Time at one poi... | The Nazis are perceived so badly as an accident of history | 1 | 2016-10-01T15:24:39 | 43 | 12 | 9 |
The thing that I think can sometimes be hard to see if you are coming from a position of privilege (which I do too) is that workplace atmospheres have historical, and oftentimes currently been incredibly hostile towards LGBTQIA people or women or POC. And so a lot of the reason that it needs to be a conversation in the... | Gender and sexuality should not be discussed at all in a professional atmosphere. | 1 | 2017-04-07T07:20:29 | 39 | 9 | 24 |
Just because something is "working" does not mean it is the best system and cannot be improved upon. A single-payer system is better than obamacare because it concentrates everyone into a single group with leverage to lower healthcare costs. It also removes private profit of insurance companies from the equation. How w... | There is no need for Bernie's Universal Healthcare plan because Obamacare is clearly working | 0 | 2016-03-07T11:15:22 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
**Your Argument** 1. Preaching your innate character necessitates that you cover yourself up, to a child, is abuse. 2. We allow said teachings to young girls which wouldn't be allowed to happen to others. 3. Thus we allow abuse to women that wouldn't be allowed to other minorities i.e we are sexist. ----- Disproof of ... | Our tolerance of Islam’s teachings on women is a form of sexism. | 1 | 2016-10-11T07:43:36 | 249 | 2 | 1 |
You ever seen how long the end credits are for a movie? You probably have. It takes a lot of people to make a film. So the likelihood of someone associated with the film being in the audience is actually higher than you might think - especially if you live near some major city like Los Angeles or New York. | Clapping at the movie theatre when the film finishes is pointless. | 0 | 2014-08-05T11:25:04 | 218 | 0 | null |
Almost all of the traits you have described (height, testosterone, deep voices, penis size) are related to men. What about black women? | Black People are Better | 1 | 2017-05-02T20:05:33 | 286 | 11 | 6 |
I"m willing to respect somebody who knows they're missing critical life-skills and takes the steps necessary to rectify that. Or somebody who realizes they have no chance of getting any education higher than high-school by themselves, who joins the military in order to further themselves and give themselves/their child... | The American military shouldn't receive the praise and glamour they do. | 1 | 2015-07-30T22:12:21 | 188 | 25 | 1 |
As someone who vapes, I don't agree. The fastest way to get e-cigs regulated into oblivion is for asshats to disrespect people by vaping in places it isn't welcome. Some people care, some people don't. You should respect the people you are around and ask if they mind, and if you're in a crowded area where you can't as... | Electronic Cigarettes shouldn't be banned from use inside most public buildings | 1 | 2015-04-18T18:32:44 | 105 | 35 | 1Δ |
Pre-internet I could only experience and know the mystery of a pretty small number of things. I can peruse the homepage of reddit and see a wider variety of "mystery" and topics about which I can formulate questions than I could have come up with in a decade in 1975. If anything the proportion of answers to questions ... | There is less mystery in the world nowadays for the average person. | 0 | 2017-01-06T18:13:34 | 50 | 1 | 54 |
This post is exactly why it sucks working those jobs more than any other and that's exactly the reason people working them have a right to complain. Are you just looking for a reason to stop respecting them? Does seeing them as cry babies make you feel better about being shitty to them? No other occupation has the same... | Retail work is not bad enough to warrant the level of complaints from its workers | 0 | 2017-01-02T21:14:50 | 60 | 7 | null |
The eventual goal should be completely mixed tournaments. However, I want to take a tack that no one else took. It's not about capability necessarily, it's about the environment of the tournaments and clubs. There is a significant amount of sexism towards female chess players when they play in male dominated areas. It ... | I see no reason why men's and women's chess are separate events. | 1 | 2014-06-22T18:48:55 | 658 | 12 | 3 |
How would you feel if every time you bought meat some vegan or vegetariran got up close and personal and screamed in your face? That person calls you murderer sadistic, hurls all types of obscenities and profanity very angrily and very passionately. Is that harrassment? At what point does stating an opinion aggressivel... | There shouldn't be "buffer zones" around abortion clinics, and anyone should feel free to stand outside of the clinic and shout about their opinion on abortion. | 0 | 2016-02-01T04:53:46 | 187 | 6 | 58 |
I do think that abortion is perhaps not the best example, although don't you think that in order to have a perfectly 'enlightened' opinion of abortion you would need to have a deep, hands-on understanding of topics such as the biology of human reproduction, the ontology of consciousness and identity, and a separate opi... | I believe that if you aren't an expert you have no right to criticize or argue with experts in certain field(ranging from technicians to scientists)CMV | 1 | 2013-06-14T19:11:18 | 48 | 9 | null |
Well, what do you count completely disabled? Autism? Asperger's? But yes with children that will also be in a hospital bed should have a quick, non painful death | Children born completely disabled should be euthanized. | 0 | 2017-03-25T20:45:40 | 277 | -1 | null |
It could be a 1000 years, or maybe in 5000, but eventually you will have mastered everything and no longer have anything left to do with your life. Biological immortality is not true immortality. If you are bored enough to want to die after 1000 years, you're free to do so. You just lived a much longer life than you wo... | We should not try to become biologically immortal | 0 | 2016-08-21T23:24:09 | 32 | 1 | null |
Rather than try to convince you myself with my "dude on the internet" arguments, I will point you toward my favorite site for political commentary: Five Thirty Eight. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-boom-or-trump-bubble/ I would call it more of an ongoing conversation with their readers than any single articl... | It is all but certain that Donald Trump will win the Republican nomination. | 1 | 2016-01-05T17:25:32 | 584 | 144 | 3 |
The standard for trans people was so low just a few years ago that any moderately famous trans person is a huge win for the trans community. Most people had never even heard of the concept being trans. Most people literally retched in disgust when they heard about it, let alone saw a trans person. But after seeing Cait... | Caitlin Jenner has been one of the worst things to happen to Trans people | 1 | 2016-12-18T01:12:00 | 68 | 59 | 105 |
"Basic" is a term coined by black women that was primarily used to target black women--at first. Yeah, white girls can be basic but it's nowhere near an exclusionary use of the term. Boom | We should stop describing white girls as “basic” | 0 | 2014-10-05T03:21:54 | 52 | 1 | null |
It increases gamer performance? Does it have something to do with getting the slightest advantage when playing other people? Do gamers with the highest refresh rates perform better? Does getting the most headshots mean more than enjoying an immersive experience? From the testimonials of multiple friends: Yes, it does m... | High Frame Rate (30fps) is just as bad for video games as it is for film. | 0 | 2015-07-22T20:07:50 | 98 | 2 | 42 |
As for point two, there's a world of difference. Irish were shipped across the sea by an empire moving people around, they were white and weren't exactly coming from a past slavery. Not trying to diminish the Irish community's hard time. Just saying these two situations are not the same. Now, most recent immigration w... | Minority Groups Are Justified in Believing That African Americans Should Just Work Harder | 1 | 2015-04-30T20:23:47 | 242 | 17 | 18Δ |
Specifically regarding the "big 3" (Christians, Jews, Muslims) but most religions have similar issues. Firstly I'll start by saying I would never persicute a person for their religious beleifs. But, claiming all religons are equal is simply incorrect in my view. The law does not say all religions are equally true, it j... | Religious tollerance is pointless, religions are not equal and have no place in modern society | 0 | 2015-02-08T05:12:12 | 427 | 0 | 3 |
If my religious beliefs require me to disrespect certain other religions' beliefs (for instance, their worship of idols), are you saying that you respect my religious requirement to disrespect the idol-worshippers or that you disrespect this aspect of my religion and demand that I respect the idol-worshippers? | I believe that everyone should be able to respect everyone else's religious beliefs. CMV. | 0 | 2013-09-09T18:41:30 | 24 | 1 | null |
As others have mentioned, I think you're missing a very critical part of the definitions you posted: ...a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being **and processes and phenomena** can be explained as manifestations **or results of** matter *(emphasis added)* If we take that aspe... | Not everything is made of matter | 0 | 2017-04-17T18:56:20 | 149 | 1 | 4 |
EDSA Revolution. Peaceful protests do matter, and they do have tangible results to the current ruling class. | There is little to no point to protests in the streets. It can often just be ignored. | 0 | 2017-04-21T07:26:54 | 109 | 1 | null |
It's safer for teenagers. They can be together in the public, don't have to keep the relationship secret, can speak with friends and family about without fearing that somebody calls the police, an open conversation about the relationship is a better protection from getting manipulated, no secret meetings means paren... | Having the age of consent be anything less than eighteen years old is disgusting | 1 | 2015-04-23T21:58:26 | 82 | 9 | 1Δ |
Another man from Saudi Arabia, unrelated to the first, is using one of the girls here for her green card after she converted to Islam and he has said so publicly. The group of guys from Saudi Arabia have sex with an obese girl here and behind her back treat her as the big joke. One of my friends converted to Islam to m... | Men from Pakistan/Saudi Arabia are more likely to sexually assault or excuse it because of their culture | 1 | 2016-04-29T09:42:21 | 196 | 2 | 3 |
As far as I'm concerned, the universe didn't exist before I was born. And when I die, from my perspective it ends. So everything I do has meaning to me. Life is a journey not a destination. It's each step of that long journey which matters How will I accept death when I know nothing more lays ahead? The same way ... | Assuming there is no afterlife, then life is ultimately meaningless and pointless because we die. | 0 | 2015-01-06T05:55:31 | 150 | 1 | 14 |
We can't perceive the thoughts of others based on circumstantial evidence that suggests they only complain about something or even hate it because secretly they hate it about themselves. Yes it is an ego-protection based thought process, but you can't relegate that to every human that walked the earth. Different people... | What we most hate in others are traits we have, and hate, in ourselves | 0 | 2015-07-23T18:47:40 | 38 | 1 | null |
This is a hard thing to argue against when your friend group isn't known. I like using Facebook to see funny jokes from my friends, find and read articles my friends post and then comment on them with folks I know, and it's good for organizing events and finding out about events in my city that I may not hear about wor... | I have no reason to sign up for most social media. | 1 | 2015-10-26T02:36:20 | 28 | 7 | 20 |
If nobody volunteered to go out and fight, there wouldn't be any choice but to have a draft. There will *always* be power-hungry people who want to take things that don't belong to them and who will resort to violence when they don't get everything they want. The only way to avoid having your stuff taken is to fight ba... | Soldiers who fight in wars are stupid and we shouldn't feel sorry for them when they die. | 0 | 2017-05-15T23:09:26 | 36 | 3 | 3 |
It's obviously something the airlines are giving thought to, in terms of their costs incurred to provide the service, and how passengers and their luggage factor into that equation. Americans are definitely trending heavier as a group, airplane seats are still tiny but airlines seem to be more concerned about the weigh... | Fat fliers should pay more for airfare | 0 | 2015-10-22T16:45:46 | 89 | 2 | null |
No one has really tackled video games as medical treatments yet, so let me do that: Stroke patients, increased muscle control http://www.livescience.com/41862-video-game-stroke-therapy.html Cerebral Palsy: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/770970 A safe environment for Asperger’s patients to practice social skills: h... | Videogames are always bad for humans overall | 1 | 2017-02-08T19:23:12 | 39 | 11 | 23 |
Not to be that guy, but the whole point of this sub and deltas ... | Medical School students and doctors are all just childishly whining! With the money they make, 80 hours of work is nothing! | 1 | 2017-03-28T14:45:29 | 128 | 1 | 7 |
Wages are generally controlled by supply and demand. Tax rates are absolutely not. Provided you make exponentially more than most people (which a very small number of Americans do), it would be a relatively easy thing to manipulate the tax code to ensure that you stayed that way. All you need to do is make sure that yo... | One dollar, one vote, is better than our current voting system | 1 | 2014-08-20T22:40:09 | 50 | 3 | 86Δ |
Yes, definitely. Your claim was that veganism is ethical. I'm suggesting that if your vegan diet is high in beans, nuts, and other high-water vegetables, you may unintentionally be causing harm to others. So it depends on how you do it. | I think living a vegan lifestyle is ethical. CMV | 1 | 2016-07-21T16:49:27 | 184 | 1 | 3 |
Your view is in line with Joseph Campbells, who said that there are teachable spiritually meaningful elements that show up throughout all religions and are therefore more resonating to us. He's been lauded for this. However, when it comes to belief, it does matter what the origination of the universe and the physics on... | It doesn't matter whether God "exists" or not, religious beliefs can still be "true." | 1 | 2016-03-18T20:28:38 | 81 | 3 | 1 |
And if you think the price is too high for what it is worth, pirating is still a dick move that's denying revenue to someone who deserves it. What about what I deserve? I never held $60+ in my hand until I was 17 - nearly 18 years old. I could only get cool games like that on Christmas but I wanted to play like everyo... | Saying the game isn't worth paying for isn't an excuse for pirating videogames | 0 | 2015-01-09T20:49:33 | 567 | -2 | null |
The idea behind this was to stop certain religious practices from being criminalized solely for the purpose of antagonizing people of different religions. Banning burkas or turbans in public, for example, would probably not be allowed. | Freedom of Religion is Not Necessary. | 0 | 2015-03-29T01:05:04 | 76 | 1 | 7Δ |
I'm not a guy, but I've heard guys talk about their penises either touching the toilet bowl or the toilet water when they sit down to pee. I've heard it's a rather unpleasant experience that could be avoided if they'd just stood up to pee. | Peeing sitting down in the best way to do it, for both men or women, in a home setting. | 1 | 2016-11-30T03:16:54 | 39 | 10 | 1 |
I think if people were willing to evaluate every single 16 year old who wanted to vote we'd find lots of them that are totally qualified, but it would take way to long to determine this. Voting isn't a very tedious process, the government doesn't have any criteria for who can vote, but they can't have actual children v... | The minimum age at which an individual may be tried as an adult in a criminal case should be, wait for it, 18 years of age. | 1 | 2014-08-22T17:17:56 | 195 | 38 | 8 |
Right. And what I'm saying is that doing the wrong thing for the right reasons is *still doing the wrong thing.* Therefore: Stannis did nothing wrong. CMV. You can't say this for sure. Not until we know more about Mel. If it turns out she's evil, then he absolutely did the wrong thing by letting her talk him in to kil... | Stannis did nothing wrong (all show spoilers) | 1 | 2015-06-10T01:18:54 | 70 | 4 | null |
The effort to change road signs would be a great jobs program for unskilled laborers. It would cost a lot but it's not like the money would be thrown down the drain | Switching to the metric system in America would be cost-prohibitive and not worth the effort. | 0 | 2016-05-06T00:00:22 | 91 | 17 | 18 |
I halfway agree with you OP. I think that it is indeed stupid that we have so many countries, but looking at history you can see how major landmassed governments fail every time. Having many multiple countries does cause tensions and divisiveness but overall more efficient governments. ***** The Mongolian Empire contro... | There's no need for countries to exist, because bringing such diversity slows everything down and leads to wars and hatred. | 1 | 2017-02-26T17:46:40 | 31 | 3 | 1 |
exactly! ramps help everyone! | Wheelchairs are bad, and we should not design our entire cities and public places around them (Frustrated architect here) | 1 | 2016-05-01T07:13:42 | 72 | 6 | 8 |
In conclusion saying "This game is hard, it has a steep learning curve" is equivalent to saying "I could care less" when what one meant was "I couldn't care less" If the speaker is referring to a curve whose Y-axis represents the amount of learning that has to be done over a period of time measured by the X-axis, then ... | The term "steep learning curve" is used incorrectly what people really mean is "shallow learning curve" | 1 | 2015-01-03T03:56:33 | 41 | 10 | 5 |
If you've had your view changed in any way, then you should award a delta to the user(s) that made it happen (you don't have to be OP to do this). I will let you be the judge! | Government policies to counter climate change will cause more harm than good. | 1 | 2017-06-28T09:10:23 | 39 | 2 | 1 |
Cups make getting ice-cream with friends so much better. 1. You're not constrained to walking around the immediate area, which might be a boring place. You can put your ice-cream in a car cup-holder or bike basket and move somewhere more interesting. 2. Say you want to sample your friend's ice cream. If you both have ... | Ice cream is better in a cone than a cup. | 1 | 2017-02-05T08:38:02 | 22 | 23 | 8 |
After your edit: I think the best reason to show you it matters if for you to buy two dozen eggs (or 1/2 dozen, if you can get them). One package the cheap eggs. One package (whatever the cost) from a local farm that you've looked up and see the chickens run around. Crack one or two eggs of each in separate container, ... | CMV Why does humane treatment matter for animals destined for slaughter? | 1 | 2014-01-28T03:23:38 | 53 | 5 | 10 |
My refutation is two fold. Why can't this also be applied to getting a job? You shouldn't judge my ability to work for your company based on grades, you should also listen to my story. You could apply this to anything in life and it should never be taken into consideration for my next point. If schools, jobs, people, e... | Colleges should consider a student's situation before deciding not to accept someone over poor post secondary marks, assuming their high school marks are good. | 0 | 2015-11-06T04:05:07 | 29 | 1 | 1 |
I'm not questioning the sanity behind coffee drinkers Well, I guess saying they are lying to themselves isn't quite the same as questioning their sanity. But it's in the same ballpark. Either way you are insinuating there is something wrong with the way coffee drinkers experience reality. I just want more reasons just... | Coffee is overrated, the effects received are negligible and often a placebo, and people who say they like the taste are lying to themselves. | 1 | 2015-05-15T21:02:54 | 51 | 3 | 2Δ |
Although it looks like Unger is a respected philosopher, I have a problem with the word "psychology" used to almost explain away the differences, at least the way it appears in Wikipedia and the way you use it. The "psychology" bit is extremely important because it means there is some philosophical work to do to figure... | The famous Trolley problem and the related Transplant problem are morally equivalent, in their purest forms. | 0 | 2015-04-19T10:24:37 | 73 | 1 | null |
I certainly don't want to tell you your life experiences aren't valid. However, I will argue that your life experiences shouldn't lead you to turn to a redpill way of thinking, as it is unlikely to make you happier in the long run. Nor is widespread redpill thinking likely to improve society (for men or women) as a who... | I believe that nobody should say I shouldn't follow TRP because "my life experiences aren't valid" | 0 | 2014-04-04T02:11:58 | 64 | 3 | null |
I won't dispute that they are smart, but I will dispute that they are 'incredibly romantic.' It seems your argument on this point boils down to the following quotes from your OP: It takes those nagging doubts right off the table, again facilitating healthy cornerstones like openness and honesty. and The motivation to b... | Despite the stigma, Prenuptial agreements are not only smart but incredibly romantic | 0 | 2016-12-09T19:39:08 | 38 | 13 | 7 |
What about life itself? The only way to not die is to never be born. Assuming that a pre-existent you could somehow be presented with the option, would you be willing to be born, knowing that it means you will also have to die? Or would you choose to never exist at all? | I don't think there is anything worth dying for. CMV | 1 | 2013-07-14T07:35:58 | 80 | 2 | 15 |
For one, this could easily be used as a method of control against the mother. Imagine a man has sex with a woman, telling her that he does not want kids and even in the case of an accident he would not disallow her from getting an abortion. The man could then easily break this trust and force the woman to have his chil... | No one should get an abortion if it is against the father's consent | 0 | 2016-11-13T09:06:21 | 143 | 12 | null |
IKEA has a range of price and quality. Sure, you can get a "dining set" that is pretty much a table and two stools for $50, but you can also get the [MÖRBYLÅNGA / BERNHARD](http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S19131628/) set for $1,473. Plus, you don't have to go to IKEA, either, but when you have $100 for a bra... | the fact that IKEA is pretty much the only place most people can afford to buy furniture is a sign that capitalism is a failure. | 1 | 2015-10-07T15:07:13 | 363 | 1 | 5 |
Can you point to a single Tea Party platform that advocates evading or abolishing taxes? There are dozens, if not hundreds of independent Tea Party groups nationwide. I'll bet you're not going to find a single one that matches your stereotype. A big part of the scandal was the timing. After tea party groups showed a b... | There is nothing wrong with the IRS targeting Tea Party members | 1 | 2016-11-22T20:07:59 | 41 | 11 | 1 |
You assume that people with disabilities and low IQs (or whatever) are disadvantageous to society Some research suggests that people with autism served a valuable role in society as they were far more able to do tedious and repetitive tasks. The person who would sleep with the cattle and watch them day and night withou... | Eugenics Is A Good Idea, Just Gone About In The Wrong Way In The Past | 0 | 2017-04-18T17:21:24 | 67 | 1 | 11 |
Why should you fear Voldemort? He is the only wizard known to ever successfully cheat death. Even if you don't think his reign of terror is enough to fear him, and if you think that he is a failure for failing to recognize the love charm, the man successfully cheated death. He dies from the love charm, is struck by the... | Voldemort is an awful villain. | 1 | 2017-05-17T01:06:38 | 70 | 1 | 1 |
Let me explain it this way: Perhaps you're thinking of Superheroes too narrowly. Perhaps you're thinking that most Superhero stories go along the lines of this: Bad guy appears, Superhero beats bad guy. That's just about the most boring storyline structure ever. And that's the problem with your analysis: you think that... | I feel like Superman is the most Mary Sueish hero, and I do not understand his popularity. CMV. | 1 | 2013-08-29T18:27:48 | 281 | 74 | 7 |
In general I think when someone wants to buy a new phone, they want to make sure it's not going to become obsolete in two years. It's a reality that companies stop supporting their phones after a few years. I think what has happened is that people got used to replacing their phone because faster data technology used to... | Buying a new phone is a waste of money. | 0 | 2015-10-07T23:16:32 | 48 | 3 | 15 |
But Businessmen...They study how money functions in a populated system. However helpful and useful that is in facilitating the exchanges between people in a system, it can't ever advance society. You're right. Business people don't study anything that will help society advance in these ways. But that's not really what ... | I think the study of business contributes little to nothing to the progression of society. | 1 | 2014-04-25T08:19:00 | 33 | 4 | 12 |
Think on this: your beliefs result in not having kids! That's sort of poetic, it shows evolution at work even in this day and age, working at subtle ways to weed out the unhealthy. If you want to live, you have to *want* it. You betcha it's selfish to want to live. And it's selfish to want kids to expand the values yo... | The typical rationales for having children are either narcissistic or self-serving and therefore unethical | 1 | 2014-06-10T18:48:15 | 45 | 1 | 64Δ |
I mostly see people/voters complaining about the electoral college, not anyone speaking on behalf of the DNC. When did the DNC complain about the electoral college? | It is highly hypocritical of the DNC to complain about the rigged electoral college system when their own rigged system selected their candidate. | 0 | 2016-11-25T18:50:18 | 48 | 1 | 4 |
I am working under the assumption that all brands of Christianity accept every word written in the bible; Your argument is wrong because your assumption is ridiculous. It's tempting to dismiss people as not "true Christians" but really you're falling into a scotsman-type fallacy. By your definition, many Christian gro... | I believe that homosexuality and Christianity are incompatible. CMV. | 0 | 2013-12-19T21:17:27 | 248 | 127 | 2 |
People of every race and/or ethnicity have biases, including you. If you don't believe me just take the [Implicit Association Test](https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html) and see for yourself. People with prejudices are often unaware of them and even the best people have these unconscious biases, that do... | All white people are closet racists/biases. | 0 | 2016-02-28T01:54:07 | 52 | 3 | null |
Do you feel the same way about movies? Should all (legal) *movies* be available for viewing to the entire audience, without any sort of age restriction? Graphic novels are an intensely visual medium. They get lumped in with "books" more often than with "movies" because they're printed on paper and the images are static... | I believe books should not be banned from public libraries on the basis of content. | 1 | 2014-05-13T16:06:00 | 169 | 4 | 15Δ |
I can see two problems with your proposal. First of all, isn't the goal to not have an outside incentive influence society's incarceration in either direction? Pushing to pack prisons greater than they should be has its problems, but pushing to reduce prison populations lower than what they should be has its own proble... | the problem isn't *that* prisons are privatized, it's *how* prisons are privatized: all we need to do is restructure the contracts. | 0 | 2016-04-23T01:45:38 | 44 | 6 | 16 |
Having recently adopted an adorable little rescue pup, and having fostered a few in the past, I agree on a personal level, but not on a broad scale that I feel right imposing on everyone else. Rescue dogs can come with a *lot* of baggage, and it is impossible to know about it all ahead of time. Our little guy is great,... | It's always a better decision to adopt a mutt from the pound than to buy from a breeder. | 1 | 2017-05-10T18:38:34 | 95 | 39 | 6 |
Assuming the 20 people know and like each other, you'd have the perk of rich friends and family that you can share the experience with and not have anyone feel like they're mooching or being taken advantage of. At a certain point the marginal value of more money severely diminishes and your time and relationships becom... | In the lottery, it is worse to share the jackpot than it is to win the entire jackpot | 1 | 2017-01-30T15:23:38 | 84 | 1 | 91 |
I used to own a house that had all wood and tile. I also have knee problems. If I had a day where I was busy and walking around the house all day, my knees would be throbbing by the end of the day. Now I live in a carpeted home and my knees are much happier for it. Also, the kids would much rather play on carpet than o... | Carpeted floors are the worst type of floors. | 0 | 2016-09-14T16:07:03 | 42 | 1 | null |
I have been writing and studying poetry seriously for about 10 years now, and not seriously even longer than that. I currently teach Creative Writing classes at the college level. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you, and I don't mean to sound confrontational here, but I think that what you’re putting forth does a disservi... | Criticizing a poem whether constructively or destructively is stupid. | 1 | 2017-06-15T21:33:15 | 21 | 7 | 5 |
The GNU philosophy of what is morally wrong centers around freedoms. For example, the freedom to change a program. And it supposes that proprietary software takes away those freedoms and so a freedom that is denied is morally wrong. While I mostly agree with this and mostly use free software myself, there is a pretty b... | Proprietary Software Is Morally Unjust | 1 | 2017-05-12T02:29:05 | 62 | 6 | 12 |
With all of the world watching, The world has *been* watching. We've watched him be forced into exile. How would his trial suddenly be this trigger in initiating revolt? | The best thing for Snowden to do would be to return to the US | 1 | 2014-06-15T14:01:10 | 134 | 31 | 27 |
I think PDP isn't some kind of nazi Now, that aside, I think he's a major idiot. Or at least this particular action was extremely dumb No matter how much he is trying to become something else, he's majorly a kids celebrity. Case in point, he is (was) sponsored by freaking Disney Kids do not get high level sarcastic jo... | PewDiePie did nothing wrong. | 1 | 2017-02-16T03:53:22 | 72 | 61 | 21 |
I've read the bible several times, as well as the Tanakh, Teachings of Buddha, and the Ramayana. I've recently started reading the Quran. Each and more has grains of truth that contribute to my spirituality. My stance on belief, and a great many things in life, is: I am what I am and that is good. You are what you are ... | I don't think an atheist and a religious person could realistically have a good marriage, CMV. | 1 | 2013-08-17T21:17:20 | 270 | 3 | 2 |
What do you gain from studying philosophy that could not be gained from thoughtful introspection? Ask yourself the same question about math. Sure, with knowledge of basic numbers, we could theoretically use those numbers to derive all the theorems of geometry and calculus, reinvent fields like engineering, and create w... | Philosophy has no tangible value as an academic field of study. | 0 | 2015-01-07T22:46:41 | 65 | 2 | 1 |
This is a tough topic to argue. Many people would fall into the 'Not-in-my-back-yard' mindset, where they support immigration as a principle while living as isolated from them as possible. So, for the matter of disclosure, I'll tell you that I'm an Indian who has lived the majority of his life in Indonesia. I've also s... | President Donald Trump's travel ban is not anti-Islamic, it is anti-Terrorism. | 1 | 2017-03-07T18:09:09 | 99 | 7 | 3 |
I know that D&D has magic in it, and the Bible says to not practice occult rituals, is that something to be concerned about? I'm not going to berate you for thinking this way. I know what it's like growing up in a Christian community and what they teach. There's nothing to fear. Dungeons and Dragons actually helps ... | Dungeons and Dragons is evil | 0 | 2016-09-18T06:33:09 | 22 | 1 | 7 |
Rebuttal: * Cakes may also be filled with fruit. Cakes can also be made reasonably healthy. * That's completely unsubstantiated and a matter of personal taste. Rebuttal unnecessary. * Cake is also quite a "malleable concept." Cake comes in a wide variety of flavors (significantly wider than pie flavors), and can be mad... | Pie is clearly superior to cake. | 1 | 2014-05-24T00:14:09 | 427 | 1 | 1 |
I'll talk about your second point, about people of a certain race being able to make comments about that race, but I will apply it to a group I'm a part of: LGBT people. Often times, only people on the inside of a group can truly see what that group is like. As a bi guy, I can see a better image of LGBT issues and LGBT... | I believe that a statement should be considered independently of the person making it, CMV | 1 | 2013-08-31T04:42:32 | 32 | 6 | 8 |
I cannot in my wildest dreams fathom as to why having children is considered a normal human "instinct". It is evolutionary beneficial. There is nothing redeeming about them at all. Many people would disagree. There are a finite amount of resources on planet Earth. True . By bringing more consumers into the world, it ... | Having children is one of the most selfish things a person can do | 1 | 2017-07-06T21:59:20 | 47 | 1 | 9 |
It would depend on who says it really, because some people are afraid of or wary of dark-skinned people or people wearing certain things (even when it's not specifically Islamic) for fear that they may be Islamic, and at that point it is a kind of racism or at least ignorance/prejudice against their culture/nationality... | Islamaphobia is NOT "Racism"! | 0 | 2017-03-30T22:30:04 | 73 | 1 | null |
However, they define "one's life" as "The period between the birth and death of a living thing, especially a human being," which clearly suggests that BY DEFINITION the life of a specific human being begins with that person's birth. There are embryology texts that disagree with you. From *The Developing Human: Clinical... | Life begins at birth. Not conception. Not any other arbitrary time. Birth. | 0 | 2017-04-13T07:36:11 | 62 | 4 | 5 |
Children have agency, they are not solely raised by their parents in a box and are influenced for better or worse by many people not just their parents. Also you start with a 1 year old, kids at that age and up to 3 will behave badly and need structure and before they can learn what is appropriate behavior. If a 1 year... | I believe that parents are just as at fault for the actions of their children as the children are | 0 | 2016-08-03T19:24:36 | 40 | 5 | 4 |
Well how far into spending money should we take this whole thing? Should we not spend money researching vaccines and coming up with any sort of cure? Because if you necessitate the treatment of diseases or chronic illness to the old and not the young, it kind of undermines the whole point of making an equitable and hea... | As a society, we should not use public resources to cure or treat children with chronic illnesses. | 1 | 2015-08-03T22:41:43 | 51 | 4 | 2 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_fact There is a word for what you are describing. While I'd concede your point is potentially valid, using your line of thinking makes living as human being really difficult. If you say social facts are nothing but human imagination, you suddenly lose pretty much everything that is ... | my view is that nations are just lines on a map and not real or useful | 1 | 2016-07-08T00:32:09 | 41 | 9 | null |
As far as I understand it, "Equalism" involves taking people's bending away. Okay, but on a serious note. A lot of our gender equality issues in western society might not stem specifically from womanhood, but they do stem from a mistreatment of characteristics perceived as "feminine." People who are trans and nb reject... | "Feminism" shouldn't be used when talking gender rights, "Equalism" should be used. | 0 | 2016-06-16T16:48:42 | 129 | 3 | 3 |
First, and most importantly, Canada recently admitted something like 30,000 refugees fleeing from actual real problems. And you want to move to Canada because you lost a fair and legal election!? There are people who have real problems that need to move to places like Canada, there is no room or time for you to "flee" ... | I find the seriousness of Americans moving to Canada offensive | 0 | 2016-11-11T10:10:00 | 67 | 3 | 12 |
I don't really agree that biological sex should be required on any kinds of ID (unless a medical professional needed to know a person had transitioned), but I'm pretty sure most trans people are aware that they while they may identify as one gender, they have a biological gender that they were born as. Doesn't change... | While gender can be decided upon by the person, sex cannot due to genetics and sex, not gender, should be used for medical and other information on forms (as well as gender if necessary) | 0 | 2014-08-27T01:33:43 | 759 | 1 | null |
In half. They should be able to talk back and discuss following the dispute, but during a dispute, it is necessary for the parents to be granted the power to end the dispute. This is purely for practical reasons as more immediate goals outway the suturing of an inquisitive attitude. As such, the parents should be able ... | Kids should be able to talk back to authority during a dispute | 1 | 2017-03-02T03:28:05 | 55 | 0 | 2 |
I know it may be too easy but: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feminism Two definitions. There's two definitions to feminism. You can be a feminist and a feminist activist, you can be only a feminist and not an activist, you can be neither. It's as simple as that. If you can't get over a word having multiple ... | People are not feminists unless they explicitly state that they are. | 1 | 2016-04-12T07:20:24 | 66 | 10 | 3 |
There are some interesting counter-arguments in here, but let me pose one from a slightly different perspective. Your argument is that the world would be "so much better without Christianity, Islam, and Judaism." Many people are arguing against a world being better without religion. However, I argue that a world withou... | The world would be so much better without Christianity, Islam, and Judaism | 0 | 2016-11-22T03:29:58 | 312 | 1 | null |
I feel like a lot of people don't itemize BECAUSE we don't allow employees to deduct things which are clearly work expenses, so there is nothing to itemize, Your proposed commute deduction wouldn't change that much. We'd still have very few itemized returns among the poor (less than 25%), and very many itemized returns... | Commuting expenses should be tax deductible. | 1 | 2017-05-15T20:12:45 | 305 | 8 | 1 |
I would argue that picking up a 7-10 split is largely down to luck rather than skill. If it was truly a demonstration of skill: * You'd see them converted more often * Announcers would not get quite so excited when professionals pick up those spares as is would be expected of them Not to mention the fact that a skillfu... | In bowling, a successful split conversion should reward extra points | 0 | 2017-06-17T19:47:40 | 32 | 5 | 1 |
You assume that the people who love you only love you because you are exceptional. When you die, the people you leave behind will not experience a magnitude of grief relative to how great a person you were. You cannot hope to lessen your family's pain by being less than the man you could be. On the other hand, the bett... | I think we should be mediocre, so people don't miss us painfully when we're gone. Maybe CMV? | 0 | 2013-08-23T18:26:24 | 27 | 1 | 4 |
I have a clarifying question. Who exactly are we sharing the jackpot with? Is this like an office share type thing or are we talking about 20 different winners who each got $10M? | In the lottery, it is worse to share the jackpot than it is to win the entire jackpot | 0 | 2017-01-30T15:39:39 | 84 | 1 | 3 |
Define religion, what if I worship the sun as it truly is the bringer of life? In that sense, such a religion isnt wrong. | I believe that religion is wrong and everyone should just admit it. CMV | 1 | 2014-03-25T00:59:12 | 347 | 5 | 5 |
I believe the value of the game itself lies in its mature content. Yes, and that's what makes it enjoyable. It's silly to say a game's bad because it would be if it had other words. That doesn't make sense at all to me. but in a place like Denmark, you are hard pressed to find young people who even raises an eyebrow at... | Cards Against Humanity is a bad game | 0 | 2015-11-20T00:03:36 | 33 | 6 | null |
Atlanta, etc.. All these cities were in states where the biggest cites weren't the capital of the state. Atlanta is the capital of and largest city in Georgia. Not much in tourism Hawaii has plenty of tourism. Its largest city is it's capital. boring, slow, traditional Is Boston boring, slow, and traditional? | If a state's capital is its largest city, that state sucks. | 1 | 2016-05-06T23:00:42 | 25 | 25 | null |
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