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Nobody* loves the boring details. Nobody gets excited about basketball because of the physics or the ball. Very few people get excited about NASCAR or F1 because of the vast amount of engineering that goes into making these incredible machines. In the shooting sports, there's a very slim minority who enjoy the physics ... | When laypeople say they "love science," they more specifically mean that they "love" the *idea* of science, rather than the nitty-gritty minutiae of science. | 1 | 2014-05-30T18:33:27 | 30 | 6 | 11 |
As an Asian (South East), fork and spoon, man. Fork and knife would be useless for most Asian dishes. You may scoop rice with a fork, but a spoon is still way more effective. And with all the food with broths and sauces, you don't want a knife to go with your fork. Spoon is the shit. I can't think of any Chinese food... | Chopsticks are in no way superior to fork & knife. | 1 | 2015-05-21T18:39:08 | 431 | 72 | 2Δ |
I don't think you're apply Occam's razor accurately. I came upon this definiton, but there are others: ""when you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better." To develop a theory, you need a hypothesis as well as evidence. In your spilled milk example, Occams razo... | Occam's Razor doesn't help us accurately describe reality. | 0 | 2016-10-11T18:15:45 | 41 | 1 | 80 |
A down payment on a second car 6k is more than enough for a car. Anything more than that and you are just paying for a fancier hunk of metal that is depreciating, unlike a ring. So how can you justify that, but not a nice ring? As for the things that would be better for a marriage than a ring, my fiance and I need none... | The "you should spend x months salary on a wedding ring" idea is morally reprehensible and financially irresponsible in every single case. | 1 | 2014-10-15T02:07:21 | 92 | 3 | 3 |
Cats don't have rights, humans do. This has nothing to do with the rights of the animal or cat welfare--the prospective cat owner can move to the country and let their newly acquired cat roam free there if they're worried about the animal's welfare--it's about humans and their rights and welfare. Should people who want... | In urban environments, cats have the Freedom to Roam. | 0 | 2015-03-14T04:11:47 | 308 | 2 | 1 |
I think you may be missing some information about the formation of the state of Israel. A lot of critics of Israel like to concentrate on the historical/religious reasons that the Zionist movement had for wanting a state in that location as though those motivations were also the justification for Israeli statehood. Her... | The Jewish state of Israel has no right to exist and should be abolished ASAP. | 1 | 2017-04-27T01:42:58 | 46 | 18 | 10 |
I think that your argument is trying to tackle rotating shifts, without taking into consideration the need for rotating shifts. Yes it might not be ideal to have a sleep pattern that varies, and I'll even concede that the varying sleep pattern causes the problems you describe above. However that is a consequence of th... | Rotating shifts shouldn't be used. | 0 | 2014-05-09T21:30:27 | 46 | 0 | 4 |
Porn is already banned for people who are younger than 18, at least it is in the US | Porn only brings harm and should be banned. | 0 | 2016-11-14T22:14:27 | 42 | 2 | 16 |
Netflix has [thirty-seven million subscribers](http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/NFLX/3957952215x0x804108/043A3015-36EC-49B9-907C-27960F1A7E57/Q4_14_Letter_to_shareholders.pdf), and made $266 million *net* profit last year. Hulu has around [six million subscribers](http://blog.hulu.com/2014/04/30/today-at-the-hulu... | Netflix should have ads. | 1 | 2015-02-10T03:49:20 | 57 | 8 | 12 |
how old are you? the older you are, the truer this becomes. if your 30 you know yourself and are established enough to know what you want in a relationship and a partner. if you know it wont work out, for whatever reason, then it makes sense to end it instead of waiting for months or years for the relationship to run... | Relationships are pointless unless there's guarantee of continuity | 0 | 2016-02-15T06:46:52 | 22 | 1 | 58 |
I can only speak for myself, but at 18, I knew that I would earn *significantly* more studying engineering than english. And I never want to pay more than I am required. Only people that earn less would want this system because it will benefit them. If they were on the other side and paying more, they wouldn't want to ... | Instead of tuition, universities should charge a percent of your future earnings. | 1 | 2016-12-02T23:35:18 | 82 | 2 | 3 |
Make the test freely available (at the claimed father's discretion, privately decided and disclosed) at birth and mandatory prior to awarding child support. That completely empowers men to have this information if they want it, and it's much more practicable and much less intrusive. The government does not have an obli... | Paternity tests should be mandatory at all births or even before. | 1 | 2016-07-04T22:37:43 | 199 | 3 | 16 |
Your first misconception is that the people who had lived there were "forced to leave their lands," leaving unsaid who did the forcing, or who was forced to leave. It is clear from the context of your CMV that you believe Arabs were forced to leave, either by Jews or the British. This is false. When Israel was created ... | I don't believe the state of Israel should exist. CMV | 1 | 2013-06-17T22:58:41 | 98 | 29 | 4 |
"If someone's nudie pictures get released because they were given to another person, I don't think that they are free to blame and are an innocent victim. That's the risk you take when you give something like that to another person" Oh, please. Have you heard some of the of the countless people that this has happened t... | I believe that cyberbullying is too broadly attributed and over-blowned in general. CMV | 0 | 2013-10-26T07:49:40 | 83 | 1 | null |
Why do you say they are of "similar" descent (other than in retrospect now that the groups mingled)? At the time they were foreigners, and they (or at least one of them) chose to breed together anyway. Geographic distances are easier to handle these days, but every Scotsman is descended from Genghis Khan. | CMV I believe that if you honour your personal heritage and familial culture you should only marry and have children with members of your own race and culture | 1 | 2013-05-03T01:08:15 | 80 | 5 | null |
to the state that they were in before the crime okay, we agree here. (Is Down's actually a serious defect?) Are you serious? It's life breaking. And not just for the child, but for the parents as well. the best thing to do is to end the suffering as soon as it is known. Exactly. Also factoring in: * When such a child... | Conflicted because I'm pro-life but I'm still worried about the increasing the population | 1 | 2016-11-14T16:45:16 | 43 | 7 | 1 |
Batman and Superman are different heroes. Look at Batman's villains; a mob kingpin, a lunatic, a deranged doctor, a former attorney turned PTSD-posterboy, a criminal syndicate that wants to destroy individual cities, etc. Now look at Superman's villains; a global business leader, a robot bent on destroying the world, a... | Batman is more heroic and a better crimefighter than Superman | 0 | 2016-08-14T13:31:24 | 50 | 1 | 6 |
There are a thousand places, a million internet hits, which one can browse to discover facts on the athiesm/religion debate and even the specific subtopic that was discussed yesterday. An educated person, or rather, a person seeking to educate himself, would have simply utilized this vast body of resources rather than ... | Irony aside, most people that post in CMV are uneducated, and changing their view on one point won't solve this overall problem | 1 | 2015-01-07T10:01:47 | 69 | 1 | null |
i think it's one of those things that works as a principle, but probably shouldn't be used in actual conversations about these topics because it does derail and dismiss certain view points. In a perfect world, everyone should look at issues from as many points of view as possible, with as little personal bias as possi... | The "check your privilege" phenomenon is not racist against white people; rather, it calls for an awareness of the cultural and historical reality in which we live. | 1 | 2014-05-07T00:43:23 | 172 | 11 | 22 |
Though I don't suppose that's any different from anyone's attraction to retro things - it seems like this is a new market driven by people who weren't actually there, and already have better things. Nothing pisses me off more than yuppies and college kids with record players. That, I will agree, is for the most part re... | I believe that there is no value in vinyl as a format and that collecting it is just nostalgia, hording or pretentious CMV | 1 | 2014-03-24T23:52:04 | 65 | -4 | 2 |
I like long replies! Anyhow, I think we should distinguish between myths and the things they try to explain, and what you asked for in your original question, because I think we have two streams of thought going here. The myths and stories that have been generated to explain various things that people didn't understan... | there is no rational reason to believe in the Christian (or any other religion's) God | 1 | 2015-04-07T16:09:16 | 47 | 2 | 1Δ |
So, we agree that the student refused to get up out of her chair. This is the only thing she did. The police officer wrapped his arm around her neck before grabbing her leg. You may notice that she tried to get him to remove his arm from around her neck. The police officer then lifted her up and (purposely) flipped her... | I believe that the police officer in the news recently for throwing around the girl not obeying his instructions was doing the right thing. The magnitude of the response was disproportionate but not dismissal worthy. | 0 | 2015-10-29T03:20:08 | 192 | 13 | null |
Thank you. The crux of my argument is that there are parts of different cultures that are objectively harmful, and these harmful beliefs and practices do not deserve the same respect that we accord to minor cultural differences. This belief is called cultural objectivism, and it is the binary opposite of cultural rela... | "Defending freedom of expression in the face of oppression is one thing; insisting on the right to be obnoxious and offensive just because you can is infantile." | 1 | 2015-01-13T17:54:00 | 67 | 2 | null |
I used to be a climate change denier, so I understand the mindset. My parents and relatives are almost all climate change deniers. There's a specific reason they hold that belief: A significant part of the reason we even *have* climate change deniers is because environmental activists have deceptively conflated climate... | Climate change deniers should be held accountable for any future catastrophes that might come as a result, such as Wars and Diseases. | 1 | 2016-11-16T16:36:01 | 61 | 17 | 2 |
I live in Kansas. There is a 99.999% chance Kansas will go Republican. I could also vote Republican (I'm a conservative) but considering my vote will have 0% odds of affecting who becomes president, I vote 3rd party. By voting 3rd party I help push alternative views that are otherwise unnoticed and help aid a 3rd party... | I think that voting third party in a presidential election is, overall, a waste of your vote. | 0 | 2014-04-30T03:29:50 | 61 | 32 | 3 |
How does this actually address the problem we're dealing with? You could be elected to a "full term" in some local school group for 6 months- that wouldn't make you any more qualified to be president than you would have otherwise been. You're needlessly complicating the system while simultaneously disqualifying people ... | There should be a requirement for presidential candidates to have served a full-term in a publicly-elected position before running for president | 1 | 2017-05-21T19:36:43 | 38 | 11 | 32 |
I do not know how extensive it is, and I’d also like information on it. However, I do understand that we have some very rural parts of America (think Alaska), where both defense from wildlife, and hunting for food are important to them. I am assuming from your perspective that the government has limited resources to e... | Civilian gun ownership should be banned. | 1 | 2017-01-29T03:44:36 | 147 | 7 | 12 |
High school has no more meaning than any other part of life. It's an entirely self-imposed significance. | Life is meaningless in the modern world and as a result life ends after high school | 0 | 2017-06-14T17:11:49 | 100 | 2 | null |
The income you earn is not directly proportional to the work you do. It exists in a culture where the money flow and even people with power influence how this results. Many people get paid far less than the work they do is actually worth. Many others get paid far more. Sure, a hard worker deserves more, but this has to... | I work hard for the income I earn, and shouldn't have to give a higher percentage of it simply because I have more of it. CMV | 0 | 2013-07-31T05:40:06 | 71 | 1 | 1 |
I think the premise of this is basically wrong from top to bottom. I think Reddit undoubtedly has a racism/misogyny problem Which is already wrong. Some people have a racism/misogyny problem and reddit simply reflects that. and it's important that there's a sub that recognizes this. Ok, so why is it SRS? They aren't d... | ShitRedditSays should require np links | 0 | 2016-01-26T22:34:04 | 191 | 6 | null |
Your entire view of what deserves to be an academic field seems to be based on a career trajectory. Do you not think that there is research to be done in the arts? Do you not think that the arts are worth understanding? Remember, academia (and arts in academia) have a long history. In our current capitalist model we te... | Art should not be treated as an academic discipline | 1 | 2015-04-27T17:15:26 | 63 | 3 | 2Δ |
Ok, so race and sex both have physiological and social elements to them, right? But race's physiological attributes are so small they don't really merrit their own word, while in sex we can break it down by two. We use the word "sex" to define a set of physiological attributes and "gender" to define how you fit into a ... | Wanting to change your sex because you feel you were born with the wrong gender is no different from pretending to be black because you feel you were born with the wrong color (cf. Rachel Dolezal) | 1 | 2015-10-03T19:16:09 | 818 | 6 | 1 |
The issue with that, though, is that at that point it is only illegible to you. "Bad" penmanship is subjective, and there will always be somebody who can read the stuff you can't. I work at a place where I call out orders under peoples' names that they have written on a bag. A handful of times a day I cannot for the li... | I grade assignments, if I can't easily read your writing and find your answer, you shouldn't get credit. | 0 | 2014-11-09T18:21:36 | 127 | 13 | null |
I feel like I'm a very open minded person but I just don't think anybody should be killed or treated differently over an idea. I'm having trouble understanding why they should be kept around You don't see the irony in making these two statements? I can understand not tolerating bigotry, but you're making an extreme ass... | The world would be so much better without Christianity, Islam, and Judaism | 0 | 2016-11-21T21:00:17 | 312 | 3 | null |
But your argument seems to be that deterrence is the only goal, with no thought towards just punishment. Would you increase the fine indefinitely, until the worst offenders would be in indentured servitude for the rest of their lives because they didn't pick up after their dog? | There should be stricter punishments for minor laws that a lot of people break | 1 | 2017-06-03T00:39:22 | 92 | 2 | 13 |
Once the baby is born, giving it up for adoption is a valid option. To tie this in with my views specifically, imagine that tomorrow some technology was invented that allowed people to get fetuses out of themselves, put them in some sort of artificial womb, and let them continue their development there free from the mo... | I am not pro-life, nor am I pro-choice. I am pro-abortion | 1 | 2017-02-07T04:48:07 | 275 | 75 | 27 |
More than two genders is nothing new and has been around for a long time. Arguably even most of western culture has a third gender with the concept of androgyny. Myself, I am Two Spirit, this is a third gender amount many Aboriginal people. What that is exactly depends on what specific Nation you are looking at. Amount... | I feel like non-binary genders are just a ploy for attention and are actually disrepectful towards trans men/women | 0 | 2017-04-16T19:40:09 | 430 | 1 | null |
The thing is, we *know* that we (our brains) are living one *kind* of simulation: the simulation that our brains reconstruct from the input from our very fallible senses. The notion that we are living in another kind of simulation is, as you say, kind of useless, because it doesn't matter. If we're living in a simulat... | We are not living in a simulation. | 1 | 2017-04-24T18:37:11 | 360 | 59 | 237 |
Your career isn't all that you do. In fact, my graduate ethics instructor argued that you can't consider your job to be your charity, because you are getting paid for it. That you should always be pursuing some other good or charitable works in your free time. You can still do this and have whatever else job you want.... | I feel bad that I don't want to go into a "helpful" or "society bettering" career | 1 | 2016-07-15T17:19:40 | 76 | 82 | 23 |
I hate kids who think life is about pleasures without consequences. Some pleasures have consequences, others don't. Some people are going to have more pleasure than others. Some are going to work harder to gain the same pleasures. That's just how the world works. Let it be. There is no such thing as a natural law that ... | People should only be elegible to abortion during certain conditions | 0 | 2016-09-13T18:14:26 | 36 | 2 | null |
It's worth considering that while we may talk about the technical durations of the four seasons (e.g. winter is 12/21-3/21), it's kind of weird to do so in reality, when the actual effect that the seasons are associated with is reversed when you go south of the equator (so, the definition changes: AFAIK, Australia date... | Given that days of the week are considered proper nouns, the names of seasons should also be proper nouns. | 1 | 2017-03-10T21:12:18 | 121 | 12 | 2 |
There is a *huge* difference between a taxi, which is hailed on the street, and an uber, which is hailed using an app. Taxis are much less safe. They are identified by markings and there is no real verification at the point of use that it is legitimate. There is not GPS tracking or record of the trip. Therefore, it is... | In the age of Uber there's no point in having any taxi regulations | 1 | 2016-05-26T23:30:12 | 92 | 33 | 2 |
What do you mean by informal setting? Most of the time when I'm over at a friend's house, shoes go off the minute I enter the door. Your experience could of course be different, but then I'd argue that it isn't a social norm in the first place for shoes to be worn during informal settings. Do you mean out in public wh... | The requirement to wear shoes in public (in nonformal settings) is arbitrary and should be lifted | 0 | 2017-04-17T03:42:05 | 67 | 2 | 1 |
The US. Houses that flippers generally buy are not qualified for financing, short of porfolio or hard money loans that carry ridiculous rates. Your house must be fully inhabitable from day 1 to qualify for bank financing. If you say flippers can't buy these, then now you have houses that have almost no chance of eve... | Flipping houses is a detrimental practice for society as a whole | 1 | 2016-04-29T21:46:13 | 60 | 7 | 6 |
When a person dies for a cause, all that is actually accomplished in that moment is that there is now one less person in the world who supports that cause. At that point, that person has absolutely no control over what happens next because they're dead. I've heard people say that it's better to actually go out and do s... | People who are willing to die for their causes are the best humans. | 1 | 2016-01-26T16:29:26 | 60 | 1 | null |
But are you a racist if you are right? Say you see a black guy walking towards you. It's racist to assume he will mug you. but then he mugs you. are you a racist for predicting behavior? Predicting something and having your prediction confirmed is not the same as making a factual statement. I could say "I will draw the... | It's not racist if it's true. | 0 | 2016-07-12T21:30:12 | 144 | 3 | 5 |
"a mother's unconditional love for her children" could fall under this definition. I would say the difference there is a mother loving their child is a biological imperative so get's excluded from being evil. In the same way stealing to survive isn't classed as evil, doing something untoward for your baby isn't either.... | Weinberg was wrong when he said that "for good people to do evil things, that takes religion." | 1 | 2015-08-25T00:23:03 | 22 | 2 | 4 |
Belgian who works in France here, If I were to move to Germany (or another country where English is not the native language), I would expect myself to have to learn at least some of the language to know how to talk to those serving me at a restaurant or those providing care support to me. How can I be well informed wh... | I think that anyone who lives in a country must learn the native language. | 0 | 2016-12-16T15:26:13 | 71 | 1 | null |
Why do you want your view changed? I'm going to guess that what you want is *not* so much to be convinced that people shouldn't have to contribute to society in order to be comfortable, as to be convinced that there's a way to respect your girlfriend's parents even though they aren't doing that. | If able, people should have to contribute to society in order to have a comfortable life. | 0 | 2015-02-13T19:06:45 | 48 | 1 | 13 |
Mathematical intelligence is important to society because it gives us cool shit and makes our lives easier. Airplanes, laptops, and all other technologies can be attributed to engineers, scientists, and other mathematically intelligent folks. However, the one thing that these technologies cannot give us is meaning. A p... | I believe mathematical intelligence is the most superior of all intelligences | 0 | 2014-05-30T09:07:51 | 47 | 1 | null |
I think you can criticize Islamic texts and not be a racist. But I don't think you can criticize Islamic texts without being *labelled* racist. Being labelled is a passive thing. Someone else chooses to label you. And if you publicly criticize Islamic texts, even in the most delicate and respectful way possible, someon... | One is able to criticize Islamic texts without being labelled racist | 1 | 2016-08-31T07:43:08 | 76 | 14 | 90 |
1. Gender isn't chosen. Neither is trans-ness. Considering almost 50% of trans people think about or do commit suicide, there is a lot of pain there; hardly something someone would choose. 2. Sex is changed by taking hormones, in that secondary sexes changes with such medication. A trans man won't have a functioning ut... | 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 | 2014-08-26T21:28:58 | 759 | 8 | null |
I'm just gonna leave [/r/EndDemocracy](http://www.reddit.com/r/EndDemocracy/) here to sum up a lot of my issues. It may only seem cheap because it started recently. | Democracy is the best political system. | 1 | 2014-10-28T18:37:21 | 111 | 1 | 1 |
How do you feel about killing your own skin cells when you clap your hands? | It is wrong to kill bugs on a whim as their lives are as precious as animals'. | 0 | 2016-07-14T02:21:11 | 55 | 2 | 1 |
First off, triangles are general and squares are specific, so I'm going to replace every instance of 'square' in your view with 'rectangle' to make these comparable. Triangles are easy to do math with because they're the simplest 2D shape, but rectangles are infinitely more useful in the real world. Triangles are stron... | Triangles are superior to squares | 1 | 2014-11-26T06:01:38 | 33 | 16 | 3 |
Well, first, there's the more practical side of it: Civil Unions are not universally administered, and, even when they are, they're not universally recognized. There are states that refuse to recognize even Civil Unions as valid, let alone companies. I believe that there are companies that have at least attempted to us... | I believe gay marriage shouldn't be legalized but I have no problem with civil unions. CMV | 1 | 2013-11-12T07:08:33 | 53 | 6 | 4 |
I have a counter argument on your second point; do you base this claim on empirical data? It is easy to claim that democracies favor short term decision making, but its not necessary correct. It is probably easy to find examples, but I could probably list up just as many long-term projects by other democratic countries... | Democracy is overrated. | 1 | 2017-06-24T14:10:46 | 46 | 1 | 1 |
Definition of Victim - "a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action." Suicide is an action, and the person is harmed by the action. | There is no such thing as "suicide victims". It is an oxymoron. | 0 | 2017-04-10T19:28:58 | 54 | 7 | 6 |
I assume an association between a day and the date because that's, like, how we have been operating for a very long time. It also helps for things like scheduling, I know that it's April 25 all day, and it'll be April 25 all day. It didn't suddenly become April 26 in the middle of my day, which is good because I have b... | I think we should abolish timezones and have a universal time across the world | 1 | 2014-04-26T03:36:32 | 26 | 8 | 57Δ |
To use an analogy, if a group of 20 physics students all have identical copies of their textbooks on their desks, then you could choose to say that the textbook is in 20 different places at once, defining the textbook as a particular way for matter to be arranged, which can be instantiated by several different collecti... | Quantum Physics is bullshit. | 1 | 2014-09-19T00:14:37 | 28 | 4 | 121Δ |
The American dollar is the world currency because it is the safest most stable currency in the world. All this petrodollars talk is nonsense. The dollar isn't just arbitrarily used. It is the dollar because America is the most powerful and stable country on earth. Debt isn't that big of deal. The Us has never missed a ... | The American political system is a huge failure. We need one person who has absolute power in order to advance. | 1 | 2015-11-04T21:04:49 | 156 | 7 | 1 |
A hot dog on a bun is *absolutely* a sandwich. You'd have to be insane to not consider that a sandwich. It's stuff inside bread. How is that not a sandwich? But when you get to pizza, tacos, and burritos, I think your categorization breaks down a bit. First of all, I've had sandwiches that fall apart such that I have t... | I believe that pizza is a kind of sandwich. CMV. | 1 | 2013-11-24T11:28:50 | 52 | 2 | 5 |
**TL;DR: It's not a flaw to be competitive, nor is it a flaw to be not-competitive, because the trait is amoral (neither good or bad) nor is the trait the only way to succeed. ** * First, what is a character flaw? To me, it means anything that prevents a person from being a good member of society. From that, let's d... | It is a character flaw to be non-competitive. | 1 | 2017-01-07T05:47:11 | 38 | 13 | 3 |
What you said is true, but at the same time is also true of every other adult. The key point is that there really isn't any kind of clear dividing line between 'teen' and adult, really. I have met people who have gone through much more as children (including death of parents, economic independence, etc) than other 30+ ... | Teenagers in high school cannot fully understand the problems and politics of the adult world and of other people purely because they lack the experience and development necessary to do so. | 1 | 2016-04-30T10:49:18 | 114 | 376 | 1 |
The worst thing they could expect is actually that Thalmor attack Hammerfell again, have the Empire (and Skyrim) not interfere, take it, attack Skyrim, have the Empire attempt to appease the Aldmeri Dominion by not providing support, and fall due to the sudden nature of the attack and not having allies. The Empire won'... | It is morally and practically unjustifiable to join the Stormcloaks. (Spoilers) | 1 | 2014-08-03T00:58:46 | 207 | 5 | 2 |
I think there's a trade off for everything. You're accustomed to having everything as fast as you want it. Country people aren't. They know and accept some things are going to be a hike. It's also possible you don't really "hear" the noise around you all the time like someone who hasn't grown up with it or lived in it ... | City life is hugely preferable to country/small town life | 0 | 2015-07-15T21:48:32 | 26 | 1 | 2Δ |
The thing with incest is as people say, the power dynamic . If a parent wants a relationship with their son or daughter, it is all too likely they had been already having a relationship before they are 18. An adult wanting their child is not normal. A parent is mentally ill in one way or another if they want their chi... | Incestuous relationship between consenting adults should be legal | 0 | 2016-09-25T05:08:41 | 203 | 3 | null |
Sponsorship contracts like these can't/won't necessarily stipulate the content of the show itself, but they *can* stipulate exclusivity for explicitly marketing a specific product type. It's unlikely that McDonald's would pay to advertise on a show that's only showing you Hardee's commercials, or vice versa. | The "Mulan Szechuan" bit that Rick and Morty has going on is a McDonalds ad, plain and true. | 1 | 2017-04-05T07:59:52 | 42 | 4 | 1 |
The first question, especially in regards to handguns, that you need to ask yourself is "Do I think that people should have the means to legally defend themselves against someone using equal force?" If your answer is "Yes," then as long as criminals are capable of obtaining and using firearms it's not justifiable to ta... | 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). | 1 | 2015-12-10T21:50:21 | 222 | 3 | 5 |
Freedom and democracy - Japan had a vibrant pacifist minority in parliament throughout the war. Even after the early 1940s elections, opposition lawmakers continued to serve. In contrast, the UK,Italy, and Nazi Germany all banned dissent and only one American congressman was opposed to the declaration of war (Ms. J. Ra... | Among the Allies, Nazis, and Japan, Japan was the least bad during WW2. | 1 | 2016-07-15T21:31:50 | 71 | 10 | 19 |
I believe that a woman will never be able to go topless without causing a stir unless women's boobs, and more importantly, their nipples are no longer considered objects of sex*. Never?! In many places in the world it does not cause a stir. Isn't this example enough to prove that it is very possible for the perception ... | I believe that woman's nipples should be censored despite men's not being so. | 0 | 2014-06-13T23:48:01 | 53 | 1 | 21Δ |
No, you were actually part of the problem when you were using 'Donald Drumpf' and making stupid jokes about him. Now it seems you're evaluating each of his actions/policies and judging them according to their merit, which is really the way it SHOULD be done, in a society were 99% of the people involved in politics aren... | I've become part of the problem with America by losing fervor against Trump | 0 | 2017-04-25T21:20:44 | 69 | 13 | 10 |
So I'm going to have to go with your female friends here and agree that you generally just don't get it because you don't understand what they face on an almost daily basis. You bring up the power differential, which as you pointed out can also be a significant problem for a male, but you have completely decontextualis... | Women who fear random men are being sexist and propagating illogical fear | 0 | 2017-04-18T00:34:31 | 726 | 55 | null |
There are plenty of immigrants entering this country legally. They can pay the taxes and help the economy. Every illegal immigrant that takes a job in this country is taking that job away from a legal immigrant. They are also hurting the cause of immigration as a whole. As long as we have any unemployment whatsoever, i... | If an illegal immigrant doesn't commit crimes and pays taxes, they should be allowed to stay. | 0 | 2016-10-24T01:53:30 | 55 | 2 | null |
I think English is important because it is a way to learn about the world inside your own mind. Physical sciences, history, ethics, they all focus on our interaction with the outside world. Literature allows us to create and explore the mental world of not only ourselves, but of Shakespeare and Tolkien. Our brains have... | English should not be a required course in high school | 1 | 2017-05-04T17:54:42 | 44 | 7 | 2 |
Well we only need to look at the source material to prove you wrong. He doesn't kill because he's morally opposed to it (and for reasons I mentioned in another comment). He brands himself because, as an idea he's more effective than as a man. This is borne from the idea that criminals, a cowardly and superstitious lot... | Batman is not noble; he's a corporate authoritarian, and the goal of his "defense" of Gotham is only to perpetuate his brand. CMV | 0 | 2014-08-04T10:24:03 | 59 | 1 | 5Δ |
I don't think you know what a boondoggle is. -- I'd like to address this part, specifically: It would not become a criminal or civil offense to strike, but the NJ transit authority would have the freedom to fire any individual employee on the spot with cause, without appeal and without benefits to the employee. There ... | New Jersey transit union workers should not be allowed to shut down commuter train service as part of collective bargaining | 1 | 2016-03-09T21:08:47 | 164 | 2 | 2 |
All reading is not equal. Looking for Alaska is not Crime and Punishment. Harry Potter is not In Search of Lost Time. The internet is not even Harry Potter but it most especially is not Hamlet. Maybe in principle the internet can be similar to literature, but certainly not in practice. Most of the popular internet is ... | Browsing the internet is the contemporary equivalent of reading a novel | 1 | 2014-08-15T23:06:24 | 41 | 6 | 8Δ |
Ok, facts for you then. One of the crimes he was convicted of has a minimum sentencing of 2 years. That alone means that the Judged acted outside of his authority by giving only 6 months. | Brock Turner's Sentence Was Just | 1 | 2016-06-13T23:39:14 | 62 | 1 | 38 |
We don't know the answer to that question, but based on current trends, the problem is that "new jobs" havn't become a significent sector of the economy in the last 200 years, and so there's no reason to think they suddenly will now. I have to disagree on that one since one of the most important and rapidly growing sec... | In approximately 2 centuries there will be absolutely no jobs left that robots can't do | 1 | 2016-09-13T16:18:05 | 102 | 3 | 1 |
Even deep space nine had thrusters that could move it, is this a space ship? | I believe the Death Star is a space ship and not a space station. CMV | 0 | 2013-10-11T03:02:49 | 87 | 1 | null |
While often a good strategy, I think it is better to focus on people with more money. You can dog pile a poor chef or give a good sabotage to a rich one, that's probably the best (assuming in second round) | The best strategy on Cutthroat Kitchen is to dogpile. | 1 | 2015-08-20T04:57:19 | 41 | 1 | null |
The software is most likely much more reliable than a human driver could possibly be. You can drive home when you're drunk. You can take a nap/read/work during long commute. You don't need to park the car. Less cars need to be made and less cars get wrecked in accidents = lower emissions, lower healthcare costs and les... | I don't see the point in self driving cars | 0 | 2014-05-29T15:59:24 | 61 | 1 | 5 |
Ghettos are the truth of all poverty areas, and it doesn't matter what culture. It's a fact of poverty, and nothing anyone does will change that. I'm going to use the US for my next example. Let's say Russia attacks the US, and is fairly successful at making life here survivable. Now let's say you're one of the middle... | It's not racist to demand that immigrants integrate into the dominant culture, and that is better for them if they do. | 0 | 2017-06-11T19:42:49 | 1,330 | 2 | null |
CMV folks. Okay. It actually is greed to want after any material thing. This is in fact the definition. Being greed does not make something good or bad, or even just nor unjust. It does, however, make it greed - the desiring after a material thing. Mistakenly equivocating "greed" with "unjust" left you arguing against... | It's not greedy for rich people to want to keep their own money and not be taxed | 1 | 2017-05-08T09:48:40 | 287 | 3 | null |
Look, just because you heard that 99% of 'wealth' is owned by the '1%' that doesn't mean you can just restribute that. You have no idea how the system works, bill gates doesn't have 70b in the bank, but his net worth is around 70b, its his total assets, all of his plusses, not just money. Lots of people also don't rea... | The USA should enact a one-time mass-redistribution of wealth to correct the 1%/99% imbalance along with a Basic Income and the outlaw of Renting. | 1 | 2014-04-06T20:20:15 | 426 | 1 | 2 |
I agree that the pledge is a dumb ritual, but you are glossing over the benefits of nationalism. It's not just being proud of *where you happen to live*, it's being proud of the country that you participate in. Countries are more than pieces of land, they are areas with a unique set of laws, values, and activities. Nat... | The pledge of allegience and other rituals of national identity are holding society back. | 0 | 2015-06-01T16:42:51 | 99 | 0 | 24Δ |
What exactly do you mean by "what would it look like?" If I have a wife, do I need her permission to marry again? Are marriages transitive? If I marry someone and thus get half their property, then marry again, is the property communal between all three of us? Or is her property now half hers, a quarter mine, and a qua... | People who use the traditional arguments to support Gay marriage should also support every other form of forbidden marriage. | 1 | 2016-12-29T17:25:06 | 209 | 62 | null |
Well, the way you worded your CMV sounds like you're implying something more extreme and insidious than what actually occurs. People aren't threatened by libertarianism; they just don't care that much. The media isn't threatened by libertarianism; they just do whatever sells them the most money. People don't necessaril... | When people ascribe anarcho-capitalist views to all libertarians they are attempting to dismiss all libertarian ideas and beliefs as crazy | 1 | 2016-08-24T23:21:02 | 154 | 10 | 56 |
Please prove your hypothesis by conditioning yourself to be sexually attracted to something you are not currently sexually attracted to. Human sexuality is very complex, and involves a lot of environmental/psychological factors. But that is not the same thing as saying that it's a choice people can freely make. You can... | Being gay is a choice | 0 | 2016-11-13T23:10:48 | 158 | 3 | null |
I think it's easy to let yourself believe that, as if it somehow safeguards you against poverty because *you* can manage your money and *you* have self control. Kinda like people that say "don't dress like a slut and you won't get raped." Only that's not how it works. Is it? Thinking that way may make you feel better, ... | Social programs are no substitute for a good financial education and throwing money at people who cannot handle money is a waste. | 1 | 2015-04-20T16:11:00 | 93 | 6 | 5Δ |
A lot of chemicals, especially organic solvents will eat right trough plastics. Plastics are generally a lot more susceptible to deformation due to high temperatures. All glass can be recycled, plastics need to sorted out by type (PET, PVC, PUR, ect..) this is a costly process and not all plastic can be recycled due to... | Glass is an outdated technology and should be gradually phased out in favor of plastics | 0 | 2014-09-15T17:32:31 | 38 | 3 | null |
Boxed cereal stores better in that you can stack them. The extra price is that you are paying for that storage and for a brand name. As for freshness, that is fairly random. You are not at all guaranteed for them to be more fresh. I have also never encountered a bagged cereal with a resealable spout. They have always ... | Bagged Cereal is superior to boxed cereal in every way | 1 | 2015-07-10T22:01:50 | 34 | 2 | 15 |
If you don't like death, do something about it. There are researchers looking into the causes of aging and the death that comes from it, and trying to reverse it and solve the aging problem. There are others looking to try and cure all sorts of diseases. I'm of the opinion that death is a bad and scary thing. But, unli... | Life is pointless because we die. | 0 | 2016-12-02T13:10:04 | 83 | 1 | 25 |
1st amendment gives the freedom of religion. Churches are religion based. Taxing a church would encroach on the freedom of religion. Can we tax the freedom of speech? Can we tax the freedom of the press? Can we tax petitioning the government? Can we tax lawful assembly? Can we tax personal privacy? Can we tax due proce... | I think churches should pay taxes. | 0 | 2014-06-04T05:57:21 | 83 | 1 | null |
Is having kids a fundamental human right? Does anyone have the right to burden society by having children they can't/ won't support? What's the alternative? Forced abortions? Not feeding/housing/clothing children who need food and support? Neither of those sound like particularly moral positions to me, so I think we'l... | Welfare benefits incentivize reliance | 0 | 2016-01-06T20:46:17 | 217 | 42 | 74 |
Haha, sex is not about just sex. It's about the bond you share with someone, about intimacy and opening yourself up in a meaningful manner. Boning everyone you meet as quickly as you do cannot possibly be an act of intimacy. And that's what makes it so amazing. | Waiting to have sex with a partner is worse than sleeping with them ASAP. (NSFW) | 0 | 2017-04-11T10:34:23 | 41 | 2 | 4 |
To be a vampire, you need to meet at least 5 of these criteria. There are no examples of cool vampires who do not fit at least 5 of these criteria. Define "cool vampire" then. A lot of people loved both Spike and Angel from Buffy and I'm pretty sure they only met 3 or 4 of these criteria. | to be a vampire, you must meet certain standards or criteria | 0 | 2015-10-30T18:16:09 | 36 | 3 | 45 |
Whether in comics or movies, pretty much everyone has proven spectacularly incompetent at keeping any sort of information contained, or organization un-infiltrated. In the movies/shows Hydra totally infiltrated Shield and stole all their mindblowingly dangerous items they had claimed to have destroy, their records of p... | the more reasonable, sensible and rational side in Civil War is Tony Stark's. | 0 | 2016-03-29T19:13:07 | 25 | 3 | 37 |
THings need to be replaced and fixed, whe that happens, the metric system can be introduced. It will take decades to switch from imperial to metric. So just mention that it will be changed in the future, and people wil hopefully use it more. | Switching to the metric system in America would be cost-prohibitive and not worth the effort. | 0 | 2016-05-06T15:36:42 | 91 | 1 | null |
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