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I don't disagree with you much. I think it's a perfectly acceptable use of the tax code to discourage obesity, which is a perfectly valid public concern. However, this particular proposal seems ripe for unintended consequences, and there are better alternatives. For instance, a parent can reduce their child's weight by... | On Puerto Rico's Proposed "Fat Tax" | 1 | 2015-03-04T03:13:26 | 117 | 8 | 15 |
First off, you need to define what you mean by "donation" in this context. Corporations and unions are barred from donating money directly to candidates or national party committees. [from here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance_in_the_United_States#Federal_contribution_limits) So if that's what you meant... | Corporations should not be allowed to donate money to politics. | 0 | 2016-06-17T04:51:34 | 482 | 2 | null |
Mathematics and Physics could be extremely useful things to understand as a lawyer. I can imagine circumstances where proving something was physically impossible for your client to do would be helpful. Now, on the broader subject, there are certainly a lot of things taught in high school that any individual will simply... | Much of what I'm being taught in high school isn't going to be important in life. | 0 | 2016-09-07T18:51:47 | 27 | 1 | 3 |
One major point that I think you need to consider is personal preference. Like it or not, most people prefer the freedom to leave when exactly when they want, directly from their current location, and directly to their destination. These are things that public transportation requires compromises on, often quite signifi... | Instead of focusing on making self driving & eco friendly cars, we should focus on improving and expanding public transportation. | 0 | 2015-08-19T00:18:59 | 37 | 1 | 1 |
I'll keep it short. That personal don't-care-what-they-think indifference is great; it'll keep you stable through interactions with obnoxious people and it will give you an admirable air of confidence in your personal and professional relationships. That said, don't take it too far. The funny thing about relationships... | I am a 21 year-old who is rapidly becoming a hermit/recluse. I don't necessarily see anything "wrong" with it. | 1 | 2013-09-11T16:56:14 | 77 | 2 | 2 |
Watching the Star Wars movies in order of release (4,5,6,1,2,3) is one of the worst ways to introduce new or casual fans to the franchise. Not even close. 1, 6, 2, 5, 3, 4 is worse. 6, 2, 1, 5, 4, 3 is also worse. 3, 4, 1, 5, 2, 6 is also worse. Any of these three ways is a worse, far more confusing way to introduce s... | Watching the Star Wars movies in order of release (4,5,6,1,2,3) is one of the worst ways to introduce new or casual fans to the franchise. | 0 | 2017-04-11T01:33:33 | 67 | 1 | 1 |
It adds an extra competitive level. You can get through the game perfectly fine never EV training and not knowing IVs, but training and breeding is not actually that difficult if you want to put in the extra effort to EV train. | Pokemon, while not ruined by, is worsened by including IV/EV as a concept, etc. | 0 | 2017-01-16T08:29:13 | 37 | 1 | null |
A lot of it's about the proportions. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/more-than-half-of-university-sports-players-admit-to-raping-or-sexually-assaulting-women-study-finds-a7063641.html I've seen feminists claim that over half of men are rapists, based off the above. If the majority of men you meet are rap... | Anti-Muslim generalisations are invalid | 0 | 2017-03-26T23:50:37 | 91 | 2 | 107 |
Let me set up a hypothetical: Let's say that you go to medical school. It took you eight years to get it (four years in an undergraduate program and four in the graduate program) and was hugely expensive in terms of money and work. In exchange you get to wear a white lab coat, stethoscope, and carry around a medical li... | Cultural Appropriation is not wrong | 1 | 2016-04-20T17:45:53 | 183 | 3 | 87 |
Each country decides *individually* what it thinks is the best policy for gun control, business regulation, speed limits, etc; drinking age happens to be just one of these policy choices. There's no "world government" that sets "world laws", nor should their be because it would mean that every country would need to for... | I Believe the Legal Drinking Age Should Be Homogeneous Around the World | 0 | 2015-02-16T02:51:18 | 42 | 3 | 15 |
I think you're just overthinking this. It's just a turn of phrase. Everyone know what you mean when you say "suicide victim". | There is no such thing as "suicide victims". It is an oxymoron. | 0 | 2017-04-11T00:15:39 | 54 | 1 | null |
Trans people are at risk of violence. | Protections enabling transgendered people to choose the bathroom of the gender they identify with removes that protection for other people. | 1 | 2017-02-23T14:15:44 | 401 | 7 | 1 |
I’m forced to pay (at least partially) for all of these things and offered no way to choose where my money goes. You are offered a choice about where your money goes, albeit indirectly. You can choose where the money goes by choosing what laws to vote for, what representatives to vote for, what policies to support and ... | Taxation is (basically) theft. | 0 | 2014-10-29T01:57:52 | 289 | 1 | null |
This is kind of a devil's advocate argument I came up with. It's what I imagine a reasonable person holding a view contrary to your own might say. Basically, *the world does not have to care about Brazil*. The world has made it clear what they want. They aren't tuning in to learn about how Brazil was the first in thei... | Faddish negativity for Rio 2016 is brimming with 1st world chauvinism and confirmation bias, fueled by one-sided sensationalism and is creating a no-win scenario for Brazil and the underdeveloped world at large. | 1 | 2016-08-17T20:24:40 | 53 | 44 | 5 |
The thing about art is that it reflects its context. Art has to be *about* something. While sometimes art is just for aesthetic--and that's totally valid--sometimes art is created to send a message in a unique way. That message doesn't have to be political, but there's no reason it can't be. I'll try to address some of... | People put too much emphasis on art and artists. | 1 | 2017-01-26T21:41:39 | 58 | 2 | 18 |
I think we need to start with an initial question: Why did she set up a personal email server? She has publicly offered a number of explanations (the infamous "i didn't want two devices" answer when there are photos and other evidence showing she had multiple devices anyways). To me however I have only heard one answer... | "Emailgate" is essentially a non-issue | 0 | 2016-03-13T17:09:21 | 144 | 69 | 27 |
What about Go? It's even simpler than Chess and is easier to learn, but is so much harder to master they still have yet to develop a decent Go-playing computer. | Chess is the best board game ever to be invented | 1 | 2016-01-20T04:09:41 | 66 | 13 | 67 |
I can't believe no one is talking about cost. On average, it costs [nearly $40,000](https://www.americanadoptions.com/adopt/the_costs_of_adopting) to adopt a child. That's something most people simply cannot afford. Meanwhile, the costs to have your own child are [less than $10,000](http://www.parents.com/pregnancy/co... | It's egoistic if you want children but are unwilling to adopt. | 0 | 2017-06-29T01:57:57 | 82 | 1 | null |
Tough call here. I *understand* their interest in protesting because political campaigning is an exercise in portraying the other candidate and their supporters as evil, and that kind of rhetoric has grown strongly in the past 20 years. We do that because it works, and it works because a lot of people believe it. So wh... | The Trump Protests are Counter-Productive | 1 | 2016-11-11T15:52:45 | 349 | 3 | 6 |
I think the movies can be really sexy. Even for people with dating experience. Even for first dates. Okay, so you go to dinner. You talk, you chat, you're engaging as people, getting to know each other. But you're not coupled enough to go back to each other's place and you're having a good night and you don't want to ... | Going to the movies is a crappy date idea. | 0 | 2016-02-13T03:12:15 | 24 | 10 | 33 |
A giant meteor impact will make the planet uninhabitable killing all life (this has already happened six times to Earth according to scientists). This is extremely unlikely to happen in any given 500 year time span. Moreover, we've done a lot of work [mapping out where big asteroids are and none of them are in a path t... | Within the next 500 years, all life on Earth will be either wiped out completely or to a point where it is nearly impossible to rebuild society. | 1 | 2015-02-24T03:05:38 | 51 | 1 | 2 |
I've certainly been thinking about this a lot. Here are some alternative scenarios that might convince both of us: 1. The role of the federal government in terms of climate change will change radically, states will also change drastically. In many ways this would be a far-right win - better state control, and better ab... | Trump's position on climate change will devastate (if not outright doom) the world in the long run. | 0 | 2016-11-14T20:22:33 | 56 | 3 | 39 |
Quotes from Carey's piece: "controversial vaccine issue" There isn't a controversy other than the one invented by the anti-vax movement to try and get air time. The whole tone of the article follows from this assertion in the first paragraph. "In this growing crisis" See what I mean? There is no crisis but they want p... | The Anti-Anti-Vaccination brigade on the internet is stupider than the Anti-Vaccination movement. | 1 | 2015-03-02T06:39:14 | 54 | 16 | 1 |
Why stop at the 1%? Why not include the top 2-20%? If you spread the burden out more over all of the "rich" percentiles (proportionally), instead of just the 1%, you're more likely to keep them in the country. | We need to raise taxes on the richest 1% | 0 | 2017-03-15T22:52:29 | 338 | 5 | 32 |
Governments are spying on us more than ever Yes they have the ability to manipulate and oppress us on a scale never seen before True, but Western governments haven't become as oppressive as they've been before. I think people's memory of the horrors of the 20th century will preclude the same fate. But I agree that's wh... | I believe the future of global society is dark and sinister | 0 | 2014-11-18T20:33:30 | 127 | 2 | null |
**Neville:** In the beginning he is kindy shy and fearful, yet he still showed signs of bravery. In the first year he fought Crabbe and Goyle at quidditch match, he tried to warn the Trio that Malfoy knows about the dragon, he tried to stop the Trio from leaving common room at night (and for this he was rewarded by Dum... | JK Rowling is bad at writing male characters | 0 | 2017-02-08T09:47:28 | 32 | 3 | 3 |
Let's look at the opposite of this reasoning: Thursday comes around, and the prisoner *then* concludes logically that he must be executed on Friday based on the judge's statement that he must be executed "on one of the following five weekdays of the week". Either he is or he isn't. If he is, then the judge was wrong. ... | I believe I have legitimately solved the Unexpected Hanging Paradox! | 1 | 2017-04-14T19:02:33 | 26 | 21 | 237 |
I mean the Danish tax rate is 60%, in America if you're not making much you don't even pay taxes. I don't think any level of earnings ever reaches 60%. No, they don't provide the same things Denmark has, but people have the money to buy the things themselves because they actually keep the majority of the money they ear... | The United States of America is socially and legally backwards and should not be emulated by other countries. | 0 | 2017-02-06T01:53:41 | 444 | 5 | 2 |
While I think this is a novel idea, I feel like it’s not going to solve the problem you want to solve (somehow evening out biology). The only people who would be affected are those who consents and aren’t married. If you are married, it makes little sense to pay your spouse (especially in a community property state wit... | If Paternal Surrender becomes a thing, it should be in conjunction with Paternal Consent, in which men who want children have to pay the women who bear the children for their financial loss and pain and suffering. | 1 | 2017-02-21T21:43:38 | 52 | 2 | 27 |
Because of this, I think the best option is to save as much as I can, letting it grow throughout my life, and then give whatever is left to charity in my will. Undoubtedly you will purchase a car that is more expensive than you need, a house that is larger than you require, take a trip when you don't really need to, or... | I should give little or no money to charity during my life and instead save it and leave it in my will | 0 | 2014-10-21T04:47:24 | 24 | 9 | 19 |
It's really a toss up to argue that someone with this feeling has something wrong with their mind or something wrong with their body. Science does show that, statistically speaking, transgender people have brain structures more similar to the gender they perceive themselves to be than to the sex they were born with. So... | Transgendered people still should be considered as having a psychological disorder. | 1 | 2017-01-21T20:37:42 | 133 | 5 | 217 |
I like what you are saying with this but I'm not sure I 100% understand what you mean. Is this because we live in a "hetero-normative" society and that heterosexuality is the dominant culture and that homosexuals are really the Davids in our society? Yea, I certainly agree with those reasons, but also because she is li... | Kim Davis is doing, from her point of view, the right thing by attempting to obstruct marriage through her job position. | 1 | 2015-09-20T02:35:36 | 63 | 1 | 8 |
One thing I feel the need to point out, as it is often overlooked. The U.S. Constitution does not *grant* us the right to keep and bear arms. According to the founding fathers, the right to keep and bear arms, just like the right to assembly, to religious belief, etc. is a natural right that the government is supposed ... | Pro-gun advocates become hypocrites when they concede that felons and people with mental illness afflictions should not have guns. | 1 | 2016-06-28T23:21:00 | 33 | 21 | 1 |
* Win + D : Goto desktop * Win + E : Open Explorer * Win + R : Open Run dialog * Win + P : Toggle video output (switch between screen and projector, for example) * Win + L : Lock computer * Win + Pause/Break : Open System Properties * Win + arrow keys : manipulate window (minimize, maximize, align) I use all of these e... | I think the Windows key on my keyboard is completely useless, CMV! | 1 | 2014-02-03T11:12:07 | 51 | 21 | 1 |
The weight of a fat human being pales in insignificance compared to the weight of a passenger jet. Proportionally of the weight of the craft, a fatter person would only cause the usage of a teeny tiny fraction of extra fuel. So their price should go up by what? $0.01? Pointless The reason why people that need two seats... | Fat fliers should pay more for airfare | 1 | 2015-10-22T07:23:05 | 89 | 6 | 1 |
The constitution is certainly flawed, but allowing amendments to be passed more easily would by no means fix it. The biggest barrier to improving our system is the *social* view of it as an immutable, timeless document (not at all what the Founding Fathers intended it to be). Were there at some point in history massive... | The U.S. Constitution isn't nearly as great a document as it's made out to be, especially in the modern day. Making it as hard as it is to amend is a spectacularly disastrous oversight by the Founding Fathers. | 1 | 2015-07-06T18:19:04 | 332 | 1 | 2 |
I am short and bald. Not much I can do about that. People bug me about both of these features all of the time. I don't get too upset about it. I have a few friends that are just odd-looking. One has a thyroid condition so that his eyes bulge out. There were ways to combat your baldness (rogaine, propecia), and even way... | It should be okay to criticize and tease people for qualities that they can change but not for qualities or characteristics that they cannot. | 0 | 2016-09-23T20:29:23 | 72 | 1 | null |
For the record, I am tired of comic book movies, and I have been for some time. However, I would appreciate it if you could elaborate on this point... "No redeemable qualities." What qualifies as "redeemable?" for you? Redeeming from what? Compared to what? I would argue that these movies are largely just a showcase fo... | Comic book films are done to death; offer no redeemable qualities, and are carried by nostalgia and a public that simply consumes what is offered to the lowest common denominator. | 0 | 2016-07-26T19:30:09 | 48 | 1 | null |
I'll just chime in on a similar note to others. If you're view is based on anecdotal experience, you should be swayed by the anecdotal experiences of others. I've met lots of gay people, but most of them I honestly don't know what their sexual lifestyle is. But the two close gay friends I have are *both* in long-term m... | Gay men are incapable of a committed loving, monogamous relationship. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-09T18:20:59 | 183 | 2 | 41Δ |
I'm narrowing in on just one aspect of the defense of your belief, it doesn't necessarily contend with your entire belief. The point is that the question is illogical, and it assumes that because things happened the way they did in the formation of our country, why would that be relevant now? We used to be able to solv... | If an illegal immigrant doesn't commit crimes and pays taxes, they should be allowed to stay. | 1 | 2016-10-23T21:32:52 | 55 | 3 | 14 |
1) This may be true, but there is no evidence that I am aware of that supports any of your claims. Also, cancer? Really? That sounds almost like a joke: "I squat when I poop so I won't get cancer!" 2) Soap and other cleaning materials also have costs associated with them. The cleanliness bonus is marginal for people wh... | European style pooping is the worst way to go to the bathroom | 0 | 2015-08-31T16:45:40 | 240 | 33 | null |
It's a bit harder to find good examples of strategy on YouTube, because hockey's highlight reels tend to focus on other skills like speed and coordination, but it still plays a huge role in the course of a game. When one team is in the offensive zone (trying to score,) they need to maintain control of the puck while t... | Based on objective measures of skill, athleticism and strategy, American football is the greatest sport ever created. | 1 | 2014-09-25T00:11:46 | 54 | 3 | 13Δ |
Considering *how* much more expensive than a good pc a mac is, for this to matter, a similarly powerful mac would have to still be competitive 10 years or more into the future, and that just isn't the case. Spending a lot less for the same performance but a year or two off the end life is well worth it for all except t... | A Macbook is a better long term investment than a Windows computer. | 0 | 2014-07-16T18:22:16 | 113 | 2 | null |
Yesterday I read a post about Effective Altruism and perhaps that's a philosophy you can adopt to help you out emotionally. Here's the article from the post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melody-y-guan/the-new-social-movement-o_b_7097082.html There's a notion presented called "earning-to-give" where you take a high-pay... | As an environmental engineer, I give up! PLEASE CMV! | 1 | 2015-04-23T19:48:06 | 366 | 58 | 1Δ |
And to be clear. A police state doesn't mean ruled by the police. It means pretty much everything has been legislated and controlled, and then enforced. The root of a police state is the laws. Not the police. | America is already a police state, the public just hasn't admitted it yet. | 0 | 2015-07-17T07:29:37 | 269 | 3 | null |
All I said was that *I* don't know how to make it happen. But my knowledge of international relations is basically limited to watching the news occasionally and having done Model UN in high school. There are people out there who are a hell of a lot more qualified than me. I also don't know how to create a drug that cur... | I don't understand the ideal search for world peace | 1 | 2014-04-25T20:25:10 | 78 | 3 | 1 |
I'm in the military, and I don't think Trump is a good fit for president. That being said, I'm serving my country, not Trump. He happens to be the top of the chain of command, but I don't take direct orders from him. I have faith in the 20+ steps it takes from an order to get from him to trickle down into my workcenter... | Someone cannot serve in the US Military if they believe the President to be an unfit Commander in Chief | 0 | 2016-12-19T16:50:38 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
People in your generation are not cooking, yet. Once they start getting older, having families, pre made meals usually won't cut it. Pre-made meals are generally high in sodium, fat and low on nutrients, while it may be fine to eat that way in your 20's, we should not giving this type of food to kids and it is certainl... | CMV : With less people learning how to cook, supermarkets will start to replace fresh produce with pre-made food. | 1 | 2017-02-02T21:00:08 | 42 | 3 | 1 |
For many Muslims it is taboo to create such an image. They aren't alone, the 3rd commandment of the Hebrew bible prohibits depictions of god, Jews don't like pictures of their god either. Christianity is a different religion, it has different rules and ideas. The fact that Jesus is a diety but Mohammed only a prophet s... | Muslim's over-react to Mohammad being depicted in cartoons and such | 1 | 2017-01-18T05:42:56 | 260 | 47 | 4 |
All we have is the absence of evidence, and therefore, the absence of an explanation. As a pattern-seeking mammal, we are prone to believe a bad explanation rather than no explanation. As you say, "experts have nothing more than a speculative guess as to what happened". Yet, you also claim that you can say that aliens... | I think that Malaysian Flight MH300 was interfered with by Aliens. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-15T22:24:07 | 40 | 2 | 34Δ |
I had an existential crisis of sorts a couple of years ago, so all of these thoughts are very familiar. The idea of us all being essentially mechanical is a thought trap. It's logically appealing due to its backing in science and empiricism and all that... the problem with it is that it does a poor job of describing us... | I cannot return to "normal" after an existential crisis. | 1 | 2015-06-21T00:08:38 | 62 | 5 | 1 |
As a white person I am able to identify many ‘privileges’ I have but I am unable to discern the differences between them and common courtesies that all humans should receive. There *are* no differences. They *are* common courtesies that all humans *should* receive. The problem is, other humans don’t receive them, or do... | White Privilege should be renamed to encourage the social rise of minorities rather than the condemnation of white people. | 0 | 2017-01-27T01:53:09 | 396 | 23 | 1 |
the majority of airliner crashes kill everyone on board. No they don't though, the survival rate in plane crashes is [95.7 percent.](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/01/17/the-great-plane-crash-myth.html) | We should totally bring back airships. | 1 | 2015-07-25T10:59:35 | 52 | 2 | 1 |
Heyo u/Swashbucklin_Ducklin (killer name btw). I know you posted like 7 hours ago, but bear with me here... Here's why the Fight for 15 (FF15) is good for you and others: **RAISING MINIMUM WAGE HELPS BUSINESS AND THE ECONOMY** This is the most important point, so all you lazy readers can quit after this one. Right now... | Raising minimum wage doesn't help | 1 | 2016-08-04T05:42:28 | 249 | 2 | 1 |
There are plenty of charities that have nothing to do with social safety net like issues. There are charities designed to fund medical science when a disease doesn't lend itself to research from open market forces (this can happen for numerous reasons). There are charities designed to help the environment. There are ch... | Charity is irrational | 1 | 2016-12-04T16:57:22 | 41 | 3 | 36 |
"Entitled" simply means "have a claim to". You have a claim to your opinion, whether it is that Barack Obama is destroying America or that the world was made by a giant fiery lobster in the sky. That doesn't mean anybody else is required to listen to it. There should be no instance that if I had that belief that I sho... | "Everyone is entitled to their opinion" is a dangerous phrase that allowed American society get to the disappointing state that it is currently in. | 1 | 2014-12-11T23:19:17 | 169 | 2 | 9 |
Well, first of all, if you blur the lines of intent your question makes a false assumption to be answered. Killing anything for the fun of it is drastically different than killing for a purpose. If you kill for food you take enough to use and you limit yourself based on the use. That said, my viewpoint is that man is ... | I have recently come to the conclusion that killing animals for meat is immoral. Please change my view. | 0 | 2014-10-22T22:48:06 | 177 | 1 | null |
Cruise ships aren't for people like you. You, if I had to guess, like to explore on your own and see things that other people might not see, really get into the local cultures. Other people are tourists. They want a guided luxurious tour that someone else has planned that will entertain them. you have to sleep in tiny ... | Cruises (travel via cruise ship) are the worst way to travel. They're basically floating hotels that you can't leave with brief respites where you don't get any good sense of the countries you visit. | 1 | 2017-05-08T23:29:04 | 50 | 2 | 14 |
If you base a view on any one book, your view will not be that great. For starts, all the trends you have pointed to have come and gone at various time. Political correctness is a social trend that has been rising and falling since at least the French Revolution. Pessimism has always had a place in our society, such a... | Most of the West is living in the Age of Decadence | 0 | 2016-07-31T18:30:36 | 43 | 3 | 1 |
The point of having a jury of peers is that you are supposed to be tried in the context of our society, and it makes the most sense for actual representatives of our society to be the ones judging you, as opposed to people who do it for a living. It is no secret that many people are definitely biased, but the jury sel... | A "Jury of your peers" is an untrustworthy, unjust way to come to a verdict in law | 0 | 2015-07-13T22:49:27 | 65 | 13 | 41 |
In every alien invasion movie, all of the aliens are the same: just doing its part in progressing the species, with no political affiliation, religion, opinions, or aversion to being used as a test subject. Bee colonies work similarly. If we are using movies as evidence, it should be noted that in most of these movies ... | in order to become an interstellar species, we need to settle all of our differences. ALL of them. | 0 | 2017-06-15T00:15:57 | 40 | 4 | 15 |
You are arguing two points. First, that foreign language should be switched to an elective, and second, computer science should be a required class for all students. Here is why I think studying a foreign language is valuable: 1. Studying a foreign language helps people learn a new skill, but it also has additional ben... | [CMV] I believe that Foreign Language should be switched to an elective, and that Comp. Science should take its place in the core curriculum. | 1 | 2013-09-26T03:15:29 | 46 | 21 | 37Δ |
There is no *intrinsic* difference between fiction media (in the sense of media that directly communicates, such as literature or television, in contrast to more abstract media such as instrumental music or visual art) that makes one better or more respectable than the other, but that does not mean that differences do ... | There's nothing admirable about reading. | 0 | 2014-07-03T21:57:51 | 49 | 2 | 8Δ |
I guess it comes down to how you want to define the word "superiority". If all that's important to you is achieving the stated goal of 'economic growth', then yes, a technocratic approach would be 'superior' in its effectiveness to other models. However, governments in the west aren't always engaged in a political dead... | China's rapid and continuing economic growth demonstrate the clear superiority of the technocratic model. CMV. | 0 | 2013-11-13T21:54:50 | 39 | 1 | 2 |
A couple potential points: First, it seems like if it's from a culture that your family came from, it's much more reasonable. Maybe you're naming them after your grandparents, or maybe an ethnically Chinese name is something your parents expect, or maybe you want to keep reminders of your family history around even as ... | You shouldn't name your child something ethnic if you don't plan on at least teaching your child the language from where the name came from. | 1 | 2017-04-16T01:31:16 | 27 | 20 | 38 |
What about a country like Syria or Iraq that used weapons of mass destruction **against its own citizens**? The US used primitive nuclear weapons to end a war with fewer casualties on both sides after dropping millions of leaflets alerting the area of their intentions. The US has been involved in several wars since the... | The USA is the least trustworthy nation to possess atomic weapons | 1 | 2015-07-28T18:21:34 | 83 | 4 | 9 |
Is secondary school education too much to expect? Unfortunately it is too much to ask the average adult. Its too far in the past (Quick what is the atomic number of zinc? You did know that in secondary school) and on average people aren't good at math (http://educationnext.org/with-a-math-proficiency-rate-of-32-percent... | Instead of "bands" for income tax there should be a continuous formula for tax rates | 1 | 2014-12-31T03:19:00 | 168 | 4 | 52 |
cannot conduct her/his affairs due to psychosis, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior. This is why they're not insane, most, not all, but most religious people are in control of their behavior and no more impulsive than the rest of us. | I think being religious is the equivalent of being insane. | 1 | 2014-06-15T22:46:54 | 47 | 5 | 8Δ |
I wouldn't say "always", because there's a number of people who may not even know what '/s' refers to. I sure didn't before I found this post and I've seen it a number of times before. I've been able to take people's sarcasm and find humor in it even with the label because I just ignored it. | Adding /s to a statement kills the joke. Always. | 0 | 2017-05-18T16:49:14 | 70 | 2 | null |
So one of the items that Uber was tasked to comply with in Denmark (which is I'm guessing the reason behind this post) was to install meters in their Uber vehicles. These can cost up to 500 Euros. Think about *why* you would need a meter in a taxi; because the passenger should expect to know exactly how far they travel... | Ride-Sharing companies should have to follow the same regulations as taxi companies | 1 | 2017-03-28T20:46:58 | 79 | 4 | 1 |
You got back before christianity and not quite as far in other cultures, and polygamy is very common. and Gender doesn't matter? I'm talking purely as a legal and social construct. Obviously it matters from the standpoint of individuals who want to get married, and it seems to matter to some religious zealots and whatn... | If you support gay marriage, you should support polygamy. | 1 | 2017-03-08T06:13:00 | 157 | 7 | 4 |
Let me prefix this by saying I think our planetary protection rules are a bit strict. If there is any chance that mars has life on it, we need to protect it, at least for now. This is purely from a scientific stand point, if we found life on Mars we could conclude that life is plentiful in the universe. However, if we ... | Planetary Protection (the concept of protecting other planets from Earth life) is a flawed concept. | 0 | 2016-04-30T04:30:48 | 74 | 1 | null |
IMO, rock - especially modern metal - is more "culturally" relevant than ever before. But it's more relevant to a different demographic; people who are connoisseurs of music and the like. It's the same move that jazz and blues made when rock became dominant in the '50s and '60s. The music of the masses is now hip hop,... | Rock music is no longer culturally relevant | 1 | 2015-08-03T20:42:23 | 78 | 1 | 1 |
That's certainly not an unreasonable conclusion to come to. White people are responsible for so much black misery it's almost impossible to count. From slavery to voter denial fraud it's always been popular among a certain group of whites, and enabled as inevitable by another. But if you look through history there's a ... | Almost all white people are inherently racist/evil and blacks should segregate | 1 | 2016-10-19T07:21:01 | 232 | 2 | 8 |
Yep. So, since you're probably not going to do that, it's unfair to specifically focus negative attentions on a small segment of discriminated people. Anyway, if I've changed your view, may I have a delta? | Instead of allowing/encouraging people to identify as queer/trans/etc, all focus should be on dissolving the norms surrounding gender etc. | 1 | 2017-02-07T04:20:45 | 50 | 3 | 99 |
Then your issue has nothing to do with grammar or spelling and all to do with written communication. If you and the person you are talking with have a light misunderstanding about something then that can cause ripples down the line. But that isn't to do with intelligence. That is all to do with the inherent imperfecti... | The average redditor lacks an adequate grasp of English. | 1 | 2016-02-27T06:05:44 | 98 | 1 | 53 |
It seems like we aren't really changing your view then. We're just giving you more information to help you change your view to something you already know is a little off. I'm sure people come here from many positions and mentalities so I won't get into that, but I guess I'm just fishing for more perspective on where th... | I don't believe Marijuana should be legalized. | 1 | 2017-05-13T22:22:39 | 87 | 2 | 13 |
This would be unenforceable. Humans are completely incapable of living without sugar in our diet. There are four major classes of types of molecules that every living thing needs to function: lipids, amino acids, nucleic acids, and sugars. As we are incapable of creating sugars within our own body, it is required that ... | Sugar is a drug and thus should be regulated(i.e. limited in products for both adults and children, especially the latter) | 0 | 2015-10-17T21:10:59 | 116 | 3 | 42 |
This is the second reply to your comment. [This blog post should help you out](https://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-true-believers). In it, Harris says: In my view, one really can’t blame the religious dogmatist for resorting to literalism once he has accepted the claim that a given book is the perfect word of the ... | I think Sam Harris' argument against Islam is logically inconsistent | 1 | 2017-02-12T05:33:05 | 68 | 5 | 261 |
So I guess to tackle your summary points first: * [Boston University School of Medicine study on the biological nature of gender identity](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150213112317.htm). While it doesn't talk about non-binary identities specifically, it does say that transgender identities are most lik... | Genderfluidity isn't a thing and is usually related to attention seeking/ being psychologically unstable or just being undecisive trans | 0 | 2016-09-04T17:02:14 | 473 | 4 | null |
Edit: nevermind, I completely misinterpreted your suggestion ~~The issue is, obviously, writing the same characters right to left wouldn't look anything like normal writing and it would be a useless skill besides showing off.~~ ~~Also, there's basically no issue with left-handed people writing left to right, no solutio... | Left-handed children should be taught to write top-to-bottom, right-to-left with characters (and paper) rotated clockwise 90 degrees. | 0 | 2016-08-09T15:13:35 | 40 | 2 | 9 |
Ticket scalping is good in the sense that it gives the tickets to those who value them the most. Ticket scalping is bad in the since that they can buy out tickets very quickly for certain events, however, normally, where this becomes the issue is when there are already a million people trying to buy them, so they make ... | I think that ticket scalping should be made illegal. CMV | 0 | 2013-09-07T02:18:04 | 39 | 2 | 12 |
This is a video of a white blood cell chasing down and killing a bacterium. This what your body does naturally. Think of [this](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JnlULOjUhSQ) | Being completely obsessed with the presence of germs (and the prevention of spreading them by washing my hands/showering) keeps me from getting sick and staying "safe" | 1 | 2015-10-01T02:29:40 | 46 | 5 | 23 |
Interesting, I'm 26 so it's not an age group thing. It must depend on who you follow and why you use it. I am much stricter with the universe of people I interact with on Instagram than Facebook. I do consider Facebook a valuable tool for staying in touch with people, but I don't mindlessly browse it like I do with Ins... | Instagram has no purpose except as a means of propagating vanity and self-consciousness | 1 | 2016-11-18T20:24:14 | 46 | 3 | 2 |
You raise good points, but i think there is an added level of discomfort hoping into bed after sweating. I find a shower before bed after playing sports is a must, especially if any are field sports that get you muddy. Its rare that i would sweat enough in the night for my hygene to be at a compromised level. I sometim... | It is better to shower in the morning than at night | 0 | 2016-07-25T13:37:06 | 40 | 1 | null |
It really depends on the situation. I'd hesitate to make "quality over quantity" a general rule since it's such a context-dependent decision. For example, during WW2, the Germans went with "quality" for their tank designs while Russia went for "quantity" of production. Quantity certainly won out in this historical exam... | Quality is better than quantity. | 0 | 2014-10-03T04:36:06 | 35 | 2 | 12 |
I used to be a nihilist until I realized I was also human. I think if I lived 900,000,000 years, I would still want to fuck Nicki Minaj, eat steak, watch Its Always Sunny, and help people. I cannot forsee those getting old. Human brains are still human brains. The mechanisms which ensure that you aren't willing to rip... | life holds no meaning. I'm a Nihilist and I don't care about much of anything anymore. | 1 | 2016-04-23T17:44:14 | 76 | 9 | 1 |
Almost all of our prohibitions on the use of chemical weapons comes out of WW1. If you think the shelling in Iraq was bad, in WW1 they had things like drumfire, where the shells rained down with the speed of a drumroll, and the creeping barrage, where the drumfire was concentrated into a moving curtain of death that pr... | There is no moral distinction between the offensive use of chemical weapons and the offensive use of explosive material that blasts shards of super heated lead and steel in every direction. | 1 | 2017-01-04T16:46:49 | 160 | 54 | 2 |
I will allow that the gay population does have a higher incidence of HIV/AIDS. There are several reasons for this which we can debate if you wish, but this is, I believe, a diversion from the topic at hand. Proponents of this ban would argue that this is the *sole* reason why the ban should exist. You much consider tha... | Men who have sex with men (MSM) should be allowed to donate blood, without a "waiting period" which can range from 1-5 or more years. Lifetime bans are discriminatory. | 1 | 2016-04-16T19:37:08 | 185 | 138 | 1 |
1.) The U.S. military is spread out all over the globe, so even if there is a million volunteers, are they really going to bring them *all* back to fight against the citizenry they swore to protect? They would only step in as a tertiary force to finish what the secondary layer of order couldn't handle. --That leaves t... | I believe a armed revolution by the citizens of the United States would fail. | 1 | 2014-04-11T19:28:03 | 468 | 36 | 2 |
As someone from a developing country, I would like to point out that mobile sites require less amount of data transfer to view than a desktop site which is a big thing for us due to slower Internet connections. | CMV - Mobile websites are a relic of the early mobile internet era and are inferior to actual websites when using your smartphone. | 1 | 2015-01-01T09:45:50 | 115 | 2 | 1 |
The reason being that if you're going to the comment section, you are looking for discourse, and not just "quality" content What? Maybe on this sub, but not anywhere else. *All* of the content is Askreddit is in the comments, both jokes and stories. In most comedy subs, the content in the comments is as important as th... | You should not be able to downvote a comment without leaving a response to said comment. | 1 | 2017-06-06T20:03:27 | 60 | 4 | 14 |
This is a situation where a better alternative, or at least an idea of what a better alternative might look like, is crucial. Otherwise "unfair" has no meaningful context and we're only pointing out that the current situation falls short of...something. It the core problem is that too many people aren't smart or dedica... | “One person, one vote” is not a fair voting system | 1 | 2016-05-04T20:26:35 | 30 | 8 | 41 |
If I refer to the "1400s", am I talking about the decade or the century? And how often do you see "1400s" and "15th century" used interchangeably? Those first ten years in a century can be very confusing, and a clarifying term should be used. I don't, actually- hardly ever. Most texts, especially academic ones, stick t... | I believe that referring, in a single work, to centuries as both the "1800s" and the "19th Century" is confusing and should be discouraged. | 1 | 2014-11-29T03:29:48 | 36 | 1 | 5 |
So this is a short argument, but one I haven't seen brought up yet. I work for a company that runs group homes for people with disabilities. Other posters have commented on the fact that caregivers often feel love, joy, friendship, and other good from family members or friends with disabilities. I get an actual paychec... | Aborting fetuses that would be born with debilitating diseases is good for society | 0 | 2017-05-31T05:32:10 | 276 | 1 | null |
You don't hate political parties, you hate a 2 party system. The US political atmosphere encourages tribalism and polarizes people. If you don't have a system dominated by 2 parties then you don't have issues with people by default hating eachother for their views and refusing to compromise. | political parties bring nothing but problems to the political system, and only serve to divide people and make government slower. | 1 | 2016-12-20T18:21:31 | 47 | 1 | 1 |
That is completely accurate. My apologies for not stating that from the start. I would state that both (a) and (b) are true. (a), since there can be information reasonably inferred, though it isn't the most reliable of information. (b) is also true, since "male" and "female" are defined only as societal constructs, not... | I believe exactly one of the following must be true: (a) A non-bigoted person can reasonably use a person's gender to infer things about that person, or (b) gender is a meaningless concept. CMV. | 1 | 2014-02-23T22:19:51 | 126 | 3 | 1 |
I would think part of the answer is that religion is taught slowly and over time. Explaining what someone believes to be true is not done by saying one specific part. Am I going to explain to a 4 year old when he dies he will have a bunch of virgins waiting for him? No, because that part of the religion doesn't matter ... | Just like sex education, religion should be introduced to children only after they have reached a certain age and level of maturity. | 0 | 2017-04-08T21:22:30 | 641 | 1 | null |
don't believe Congress would allow Trump to go as far as so many people believe he will in regards to his immigration policies and stance towards Muslims, even if there is a Republican majority in both the House and the Senate when he starts his first term. Why? Is that backed up by fact or predictive opinion? | I believe the comparisons of Trump to fascism are exaggerated and have little to no basis in reality. | 0 | 2016-02-26T11:09:26 | 323 | 0 | 1 |
Fictitious literature relies on the imagination of the reader to craft a variable setting. This is one such itch. Because there is less to see, there is more left to the imagination. Sure, you see the characters, but you don't see how they move, or how they sound. Those are in your head, and some people like it that wa... | A comic book priced at $2.99 or $3.99 is disproportionately expensive to the amount of entertainment that can be garnered from it. | 1 | 2014-08-11T18:24:22 | 161 | 51 | 127Δ |
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