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I believe that college degrees already don't do much anymore because of how many people have them these days. We need a master's or something else to stand out because a Bachelor's just isn't enough. Making it free, and pushing so many more people into college would just add more and more degrees and make them useless.... | Adopting a system of universal, free college tuition in the US is a bad idea and would hurt the country rather than help it. | 1 | 2016-10-11T04:11:14 | 82 | 6 | 1 |
When Jesus said render unto Caesar, etc.. he meant that the government is one thing and being Christian is another. In the sermon on the mount and throughout his teachings in the gospels, Jesus consistently prepared his followers to be persecuted, treated unfairly, tortured and possibly killed for their beliefs. He adv... | I genuinely fail to understand how someone can claim to embrace both the Christian faith and the values of the Republican party of the USA. Being a Christian and a Republican is hypocrisy, and I am shocked by how rarely people seem to point out this hypocrisy. | 0 | 2014-06-04T08:20:57 | 183 | 2 | 2 |
http://m.cnsnews.com/news/article/cdc-study-use-firearms-self-defense-important-crime-deterrent “Self-defense can be an important crime deterrent,”says a new report by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The $10 million study was commissioned by President Barack Obama as part of 23 executive orders he signed in Janu... | I believe guns are terrible self defense tools, and the idea that we require guns for self defense is a fallacy. | 1 | 2014-04-02T23:10:34 | 189 | 21 | 3 |
Sensitivity, kindness, and support are fundamental qualities of a healthy relationship. A relationship can exist with no honesty (though that would be a terrible relationship) but a relationship can't even develop if there is no kindness and sensitivity. Relationships suffer if that isn't there, and it sounds to me lik... | Honesty is better for a relationship than being sensitive and kind | 0 | 2016-12-13T15:39:04 | 85 | 2 | 19 |
I know your mind has already been changed but there are multiple parts of the military. One is factories, but another is actual jobs often for young people. There are few things that almost any able bodied 18 year old can do after high school, get paid for, and then get a free education for afterwards. But the military... | Military spending is a disgusting waste of a public asset that should be spent on more useful things. | 0 | 2016-04-11T08:42:06 | 32 | 1 | null |
It's true that elections these days are all about Ohio/Pennsylvania, Florida, Virginia/NC, and Nevada/New Hampshire, and it's true that demographic shifts in many of those states are increasingly favoring the Democrats. Republicans are smart & focused about targeting competitive areas and maximizing every possible ... | Unless the Republicans change their stance on social issues, the United States will never have another Republican President | 1 | 2015-08-29T07:17:08 | 60 | 1 | 18 |
There are many reasons that vegans don't eat eggs, but them being fetuses or potential life is not one of them. It is out of concern for the wellbeing of existing chickens in the egg industry (sources available upon request): 1. Male egg laying chicks are disposed of shortly after hatching because they can't lay eggs a... | If you are a vegan, you have to be pro-life. | 0 | 2016-11-28T19:12:12 | 49 | 14 | 4 |
What would the capitalistic approach be to handle the problem of ISPs which use their owning of the infrastructure to not compete with one another, but instead split up the country into regions so that they do not have to compete? Consumers in the majority of places get only 1 or 2 choices, both of which are moving int... | Net Neutrality is anti-capitalism. | 1 | 2014-06-25T20:57:47 | 88 | 11 | 16Δ |
I live in the US and so that's what I will talk about. Our society hates rape. We hate it so much and condemn anyone who rapes. We also normalize and excuse rape. The issue is that what we hate is very specific. We think of a (often black) man jumping out of the bushes and violently forcing himself on a woman who is "m... | Western Culture does not normalise or excuse rape. | 1 | 2016-08-16T16:36:00 | 1,013 | 949 | 12 |
Education isn't the problem on this, it's the ever growing partisanship that fuels the vitriolic rhetoric dividing the country. So many people have a "us versus them" approach to politics where they defend anything their party does and hates the opposing party. They don't need to research any issue, they just blindly s... | I feel that the fundamental problem in American politics is a dangerously ill-informed populace | 0 | 2014-08-20T17:07:05 | 158 | 2 | 4Δ |
You said in your OP that you thought diversity should not be encouraged or discouraged. Allowing a homogeneous environment to form *discourages* diversity. It actively repels people who are different. That's a pretty basic fact about human nature. Maybe it's something we can change. I actually think creating lots of di... | Diversity in the hard sciences should neither be encouraged nor discouraged CMV | 1 | 2013-12-17T08:10:49 | 139 | 2 | 2 |
I think your definition of elitism is unique to you. What you've described isn't actually what the word means in dictionaries or common usage. Anyway, if I were to hold an exclusive conference if only the intellectually elite for benevolent and collaborative purposes, would that not undermine those who were not welcome... | Elitism should not be tolerated in any kind of way | 1 | 2015-11-20T19:49:03 | 96 | 3 | 2 |
I don't understand, the democrats were for a lot of these things too. Most voted for the Patriot Act, the Iraq war, endorsing the TPP, and neglecting gay marriage. The democrats were all for these things. She's always changed her tune with the party. The other things you mention are either nonpartisan like internet cen... | Hillary Clinton is indistinguishable from a Republican on most of the matters that are important to me | 0 | 2016-01-31T05:56:57 | 62 | 3 | 1 |
Point #1 I think God's omniscience refers to knowing everything that is knowable. God probably doesn't know if I'm going to swallow the food in my mouth or spit it out, but he knows all possible scenarios that could happen following the event. Think of God like the ultimate chess player, he knows every possible move th... | The God of the three main Abrahamic religions almost certainly does not exist | 1 | 2016-03-28T20:34:16 | 92 | 1 | null |
I think it's a combination of things, really. 1. As a veteran subscriber, you've been here longer than many other users. So topics that are old to you may be new or at least not that old to others. Given your longevity on the sub, it's also possible that these topics were just as popular way back when, but you had mor... | /r/CMV seems to slowly be becoming "Make me not a bigot" | 0 | 2015-09-02T00:20:30 | 135 | 5 | 14 |
To change my view, convince me that that is not an option and that I am obligated to stay involved in US politics, or that I am being unfair to one side and should commit to them while trying to reform the things I don't like. I don't think these are necessarily the only options. There's more to politics than just plan... | As a Christian, I think the left and the right are both so far gone in America I should give up my interest in politics entirely. | 0 | 2017-06-26T20:16:16 | 144 | 1 | 18 |
How I see it, if you're at the point where you cannot survive and are desperate enough to ask the government to pay your bills for you, then you should have to show everything you buying to ensure that the money you do have isn't being wasted. Otherwise, people just get way too cozy on government programs. How much mon... | I believe that if you collect welfare the government should be able to monitor and control all of your spending. CMV | 0 | 2013-06-08T18:40:35 | 66 | 19 | 19 |
Counter Examples: * [Serco](https://vimeo.com/12014112) * [Glencore](https://vimeo.com/25123730) | I think Google is the most powerful company in the world. | 1 | 2015-02-02T15:24:03 | 90 | 17 | 23 |
I'm a TA/instructor (I'm a graduate student, so not a professor but I do teach classes on my own). My experience with grading is this: The people who finish really early fall into 3 categories: 1) People who know nothing and have not filled out a significant portion of the test. Obviously these people fail. 2) Smart ... | In exams, the students who finish first are the ones who get better grades. | 1 | 2015-09-21T21:48:29 | 22 | 15 | 4 |
Stuff that's really dissonant. I can handle complex chord combinations, but when songs have no harmony, I don't like to listen to them. There are entire genres of music that do exactly this. There might be one out of every 200 death metal songs that I might like. I don't have enough head ache medication to listen to 2... | People who refuse to listen to certain genres of music are missing out | 0 | 2016-12-21T07:59:55 | 35 | 3 | 23 |
I don't think it's more offensive, but I think it's more *damaging.* When people (especially kids) see this, it reinforces the taboo nature of these words and makes them "cool" and more desirable to say. It reminds me of the idea that the best way to get kids to read a book is to ban it from schools. | I think that censoring profanity with asterisks (f*ck, sh*t, c*nt) is as offensive as spelling out the entire word since it's obvious what you mean. CMV | 0 | 2013-12-29T18:38:00 | 79 | 45 | 13 |
The Bible, from my reading of it, seems abhorrent has far as violence is concerned. Never said it wasn't, my point was that if you are going to go after the Bible for promoting violence, but give the Quran a pass, even though it has hundreds of verses promoting religious intolerance, then you are not being very philoso... | Islamophobia is more dangerous than Islam. | 1 | 2014-10-27T06:20:52 | 105 | 6 | 2 |
It seems you acknowledge two points. 1) There exists something which could correctly be called "Fake News" (propoganda, intentional falsehoods, blantant disregard for the truth, partisan grandstanding, etc.) and that it is good to combat it. 2) Any tool used to combat "Fake News" can also be used to censor free speech.... | I believe the term (not the concept) 'Fake News' is one of the most dangerous and destructive forces against free speech we have seen in a long time. | 1 | 2016-12-01T02:53:22 | 36 | 7 | 3 |
One of the biggest reasons why polygamy is banned is because polygamous marriages often result in a sort of power relationship where the one husband treats himself as the patriarchal leader of his harem of wives. It would be antithetical to both democracy and gender equality for the government to recognize those sorts ... | If you support gay marriage, you must also support polygamous/polyamorous marriages | 0 | 2015-01-31T22:03:21 | 131 | 1 | null |
I was told this once: If you are ever unsure about what you should decide, flip a coin. Before the coin lands, you'll notice that you want it to land one way or another. Which ever way you _want_ it to land is what you should do, regardless of the actual coin flip results. I believe that even when we are "confused" ab... | I should keep my Ex's life insurance policy not her kids. | 1 | 2017-06-30T23:30:54 | 33 | 6 | 145 |
It would. You don't need to promote it as an AI. Promote as an educational program, a game, anything really. These things already exist. No need to promote it differently. For all you know, the MyMathLab 2.0 will have AI. You already see plenty of schools increasingly using computers and iPads. The only thing missing i... | Education system is impossible to change. | 1 | 2017-04-26T15:33:19 | 43 | 1 | 1 |
Namely, the same argument used here could justify the practice of zoophilia or pedophilia. They are both seen as wrong and harmful in society, yet it isn't hard to consider scenarios that don't involve any harm to the parties involved and so don't violate utilitarian moral values. Nor is it hard to imagine new cultures... | Autism shouldn't be normalized. | 1 | 2016-08-14T00:44:07 | 273 | 19 | 11 |
Sure, but given as we've evolved there is most likely a reason for *why* as well. And in any case: if the parts of your brains responsible for various different ideas are firing randomly, in proportion to how large/active they are, that would make analysing them useful to give a view of what aspects of the world are mo... | I don't see any benefit in psychological analysis of dreams - CMV. | 1 | 2014-02-03T19:48:49 | 38 | 1 | 13Δ |
A corporation is composed of many people with many different interests. One of those is making money, allowing them to continue what they do at the level they do it. Money does allow you to do much more with a movie. I don't doubt that there's profit motive, and that some are only interested in the money side of things... | Disney (and similar large, multinational entertainment businesses) ruin the spirit of filmmaking by putting profit over creativity. | 1 | 2017-02-19T20:03:13 | 28 | 16 | 46 |
If for example company A makes a new gadget that takes over the market it is pretty obvious people that buy it will stop buying something else, either their old gadget equivalent from company B, or something unrelated as their money is limited. This is true on the surface, but it is also the case that if Product A take... | Economy is a zero-sum game. | 1 | 2017-05-24T16:08:00 | 41 | 18 | 18 |
OK, no problem, but it doesn't need to change your main premise. Whenever a comment causes you (OP or not) to change your view in any way, please announce it by replying with a single delta and an explanation of how your view has been qualified, modified, reworded, or otherwise changed. | CMV-Human morality should not extend to animals. | 1 | 2013-08-17T07:10:47 | 104 | 1 | 61Δ |
A lot of people would feel they've been successful if they're financially stable and have a job that they love. There are very few careers in which it is not possible to earn at least a decent living. Would I rather be a historian who makes 20k a year or a hedge fund manager making 2 million? Pretty poor example if yo... | The phrase "do what you love and you'll succeed" is ridiculous and stupid to tell kids. | 1 | 2015-10-18T02:51:52 | 29 | 3 | 3 |
We don't live in a totally capitalist society. If we did there would be no police force and no army. It would be up to each individual to protect their own assets. If people want to be protected by society they must contribute. That means sharing wealth and giving everyone an equal chance. That doesn't mean sharing equ... | I don't think inequality is a bad thing. | 0 | 2014-10-04T21:43:28 | 66 | 1 | 3 |
I normally point to [this ted talk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSF82AwSDiU) when discussing why I dislike porn from the standpoint of its effects on the viewer, but there's more than just that. [One in three children had their first exposure to porn before age 10. "These kids reported being more sexually aroused b... | Porn is normal and does not have a negative effect on people or society when used moderately. | 0 | 2017-05-01T05:19:07 | 90 | 7 | 1 |
Because replacing the bees with our own developed technologies or techniques (that cost an extreme money to develop and implement) doesn't give a justifiable benefit. All we will have done is replaced one method with another, except that it cost a lot of money to do it. Right now, all we have to do is not kill them. T... | It is not worth the money it costs to conserve biodiversity | 1 | 2015-05-19T05:38:39 | 36 | 3 | 1Δ |
Fairness isn't a binary proposition. Things aren't fair or unfair, it is a sliding scale with "more fair" being at one end and "more unfair" being at another. It is virtually impossible to create a system that is 100% fair to all people at all times. Certainly some people are better at making choices then others, some ... | “One person, one vote” is not a fair voting system | 1 | 2016-05-04T20:53:28 | 30 | 1 | 4 |
Before I give my view, let me state that I am a straight male and so certainly a lot of privilege influences my opinion. I believe that someones sexuality should have no relevance at all in the workplace. Just because something isn't relevant to the workplace doesn't mean it shouldn't be respected. A person's gender is... | Gender and sexuality should not be discussed at all in a professional atmosphere. | 0 | 2017-04-07T07:55:54 | 39 | 6 | 30 |
I am late to comment on this, but as a father of a deaf child I feel a need to chime in. If for no other reason in that at some point in our lives it may be my son on the other side of this scenario. I am basing my comments on the assumption only deafness and not any other special need is at play here. At the time of p... | There was a child who was deaf in my showing of Jurassic Park. He was very noisy. I don't believe he should have gone to the movies, and I think it would have been okay if he were kicked out for being a disturbance. | 1 | 2015-06-17T07:29:21 | 258 | 5 | null |
but what if you are pinned to a wall, you can't use your hula hoop then. oh yeah? now my hula hoop becomes a weapon where i poke zombies with its blades (imagine a short thrusting knife) If the blades are positioned at 120 degree intervals, you can either stab with one while holding the hoop with your hands dangerousl... | the best weapon to have during a zombie apocalypse is a hula-hoop with blades on the end | 0 | 2016-04-30T19:45:51 | 16 | 2 | 10 |
It seems as though your position is a restatement of the old Hobbes vs Rousseau discussion of human nature. Rousseau argued that we are 'noble savages' corrupted by civilization. Hobbes thought our lives would be 'nasty, brutish, and short' but for our civilizing environments. I agree with most of your post up until yo... | The base nature of human beings is closer to what human beings refer to as "evil" rather than what human beings refer to as "good". | 1 | 2016-10-05T02:16:00 | 189 | 103 | 1 |
Within Christian theology it is impossible for God to be unjust, immoral, or in any way wrong. God is the sole source of justice and morality in that theology, answering to no one. Anything and everything that the Christian god does is moral and just as He is the only one who "decides" what morality and justice are. Fr... | It is immoral and unjust for God to damn unbelievers to Hell | 1 | 2017-01-09T02:55:58 | 110 | 15 | 2 |
I understand your basic thrust here, but I feel that your argument falls apart when you ask yourself the following: what do you mean by patent? The basic idea behind property is the right to *exclude* others. I own a pen. When I bought that pen, the pen didn't change; I simply gained the legal right to exclude others f... | I strongly feel that scientists especially Physicists should be allowed to patent their theories | 1 | 2014-04-07T15:53:27 | 51 | 2 | 14 |
Semantics are precisely about precise meaning, nuance and content. To dismiss an argument with "it's just about semantics" is literally to say "actual meaning of a statement doesn't matter to me." Meaning is absolutely the single most important thing in any communication. So, if you are saying that a well thought out ... | Some opinions are ethically right and can only be argued against using semantics. | 0 | 2015-05-14T17:01:10 | 90 | 3 | 13Δ |
I don't think anyone serious considers the homeless to be "lazy". I think Bill O'Riley might say something about moral failures for those who are drug addicts or pedophiles forced to live on the streets, but even he would recognize that mental illness is probably the major cause of homelessness. BUT... What if you can'... | Laziness is not the main cause of homelessness in the U.S. | 0 | 2017-01-05T20:46:29 | 290 | 4 | 39 |
Can't argue with that. I've seen several threads in which people have posted provocative or awful views but then never bothered to reply to anyone attempting to change them, and I think it cheapens the whole meaning of this subreddit if submissions are being made in bad faith. I understand better what you mean now. | Being willing to change your homophobic, sexist, or racist views doesn't make it right to broadcast those views CMV | 1 | 2013-05-26T23:41:33 | 38 | 1 | 23 |
It applies the same as it always has, it's just very different environmental pressures that factor into death and procreation because we live in a very different world. Ability to obtain and use medicine and technology well is part of that. Survival of the fittest is just a confusing way of describing natural selectio... | As modern medicine and technology develop, natural selection applies less and less to humans | 0 | 2017-03-07T16:06:28 | 82 | 5 | 69 |
I COULD see Hillary (she is by far the most well-known politician outside of the United States) but she does struck as an unreliable person in a moment where an honest figure is what americans crave for. Democratic nominee Bernie Sanders has been fighting for things such as civil rights, paternity leave, single-payer h... | As a non-american, I don't see any candidates as a viable choice for the presidency of the USA. | 1 | 2016-01-08T00:40:06 | 41 | -1 | 1 |
If everybody was mandated to do community service, having it on your college transcript or resume would not make you look better; everyone is doing it, so everyone now looks the same. I understand your reasoning for it. I had thought about this before. The private school near my city (which I did not attend but many fr... | I believe that community service should be a graduation requirement for high school students. CMV | 0 | 2013-06-27T06:39:50 | 65 | 3 | null |
Explain why, based on *pleasure derived*, other desserts deserve their loftier perch in the gastronomic community. I'd argue that "pleasure derived" isn't the only relevant feature when considering "respect." When considering other examples of high culture or art, skill and complexity are crucial components of what mak... | Cookies and bars don't get enough respect. | 1 | 2017-01-12T20:54:42 | 79 | 4 | 60 |
Why do you need your view changed? Isn't this something everyone encounters at some point in their lives? Take it on a case-by-case basis. If someone's music is bothering you, politely ask them to turn it down. If it's your roommates, talk with them. Assuming they're not assholes, they'll compromise. Nobody likes peopl... | Unless it is expected, you should never play any music or any sort of video unless every one around you is okay with it. | 1 | 2014-08-10T05:39:58 | 63 | 2 | 1 |
Stop wasting time and get out in the real world to put what you have learned to use. Work that 9-5 job and see if it suits you. Take that drive to succeed and not waste time and apply it to a job that has room for promotions and higher pay. After work, spend some time on your own, not related to work or study. You can ... | My mindset of "time is money" has made me miserable. | 0 | 2014-10-02T00:31:49 | 27 | 1 | null |
This is a superficial argument. Religion, as you choose to define it, is nothing more than a social construct. That being the case, one could just as easily make the case that virtually any social construct is just as (if not more) destructive. For example, I could just as easily state that government is the single mos... | I believe that religion is the single most destructive invention in the history of humanity. CMV. | 0 | 2013-06-28T15:37:22 | 59 | 4 | 2 |
I think this has been brought up elsewhere, but possibly not in this way; it is an argument from Amayata Sen "Being in favour of the ability or capacity to do something does not mean that you are in favour of utilising that ability or capacity." This is most clearly seen with Republican views on military spending. Unl... | I believe that being Pro-Choice makes you Pro-Abortion. CMV | 0 | 2013-05-21T14:35:19 | 77 | 1 | 18 |
Game of Thrones costs 6 million dollars an episode, thus it is not cheap. Opinion refuted! I win. | Game of Thrones is a terrible show with a cheap strategy of evoking basically one emotion—sadness. | 1 | 2015-06-16T07:19:31 | 61 | 3 | null |
You have to live and let live. This part... monogamy as emotionally unhealthy, needlessly restricting and frustrating, and likely to end in pain; and I'm growing annoyed at society for not being accepting of other ways of doing things. Asking society to tolerate and embrace different forms of relationships is fine. I ... | Monogamy is unhealthy. Permissive and open sex is better than monogamous relationships. | 0 | 2014-09-07T20:08:29 | 22 | 3 | null |
Let's refute determinism and then address freewill. I'll assume you're talking about human choice, not physical determinism (e.g. chaos theory or quantum mechanics refute a physics sort of determinism handily). The question is whether confronted with two or more "choices" if the one taken is the result of actual choice... | I'm a hard determinist, so I don't believe we have free will at all. | 1 | 2016-10-25T21:30:31 | 93 | 9 | 14 |
Same thing happened in Beijing in 2008, they held an event as far as Hong Kong, London had some minor events hours away as well. it almost always happens in Winter games. | The Summer Olympics should be held at a permanent, non-moving (or rarely-moving) location | 1 | 2016-08-05T06:08:36 | 61 | 1 | 39 |
There are a few issues here. Firstly there are two main kinds of addiction, psychological and physiological. Psychological addiction is the brain saying "dude you need this, go get it", a little like an incredibly strong habit. People with a psychological addiction may suffer withdrawal symptoms, but they are purely ps... | Addiction is a habit, not a disease. | 0 | 2015-07-17T18:22:28 | 117 | 6 | 1Δ |
You're talking about two entirely different problems. Even historically and when there was a better reason than now, hyphenating words in the middle of phonemes has always been viewed as wrong. It's never been the case that hyphenating tro-ugh that way has been considered acceptable. It has nothing to do with it being... | It's time to stop hyphenating words because they don't fit in one single line. | 0 | 2014-11-10T19:15:19 | 71 | 95 | 89 |
I haven't seen this point raised throughout the thread yet and I hope it will allow you to rethink your entire premise. You keep mentioning "people" who can't afford a child shouldn't have one. **Women**, is what you mean to say. Your viewpoints specifically and overwhelmingly harm women and target women based upon thi... | People who can't afford to have kids shouldn't be allowed to have them. | 1 | 2017-01-23T17:19:58 | 549 | 9 | 1 |
I don't agree with the majority of doctors complaining how bad they have it Do you have a source for the claim that a majority of doctors think they have it bad? I mean I know a lot of doctors are concerned about some aspects of their industry and have difficulty keeping up with some of the aspects of their job, but I'... | Medical School students and doctors are all just childishly whining! With the money they make, 80 hours of work is nothing! | 0 | 2017-03-27T21:17:00 | 128 | 13 | 13 |
A guiding principle of liberal democracy is the idea of pluralism, or the meaningful representation of multiple philosophies and viewpoints in governance. Under this framework, it is morally worse to use the mechanisms of democracy to suppress discrete communities - such as certain races - than to instead allow them to... | Gerrymandering in the name of racial representation is just as wrong as racial or partisan discrimination. | 1 | 2017-04-10T21:51:16 | 75 | 3 | 6 |
Lol celebrity deaths are only going to get worse and worse, celebrities in the new media (movies, music, tv etc) are only now starting to die off. In the next decades there are going to be waves and waves of people dying you recognize. | There was nothing special about 2016, bad events happen and people die every year. The internet just exaggerates everything. | 0 | 2016-11-28T13:18:12 | 336 | 2 | null |
You've noted several times that making you like Trump less is in some sense counter-productive to changing your current view. But if someone were to make a strong enough case for the potential for catastrophe Trump represents, is there any possibility you could change your view in a different way, and vote for *Clinton... | I'm a conservative who finds Donald Trump extremely unlikable as a person, so I should just refrain from voting altogether. | 0 | 2016-09-30T20:36:28 | 53 | 2 | 10 |
More or less, except it's not "book they get for free" so much as "book they are convinced to permit". The hotel may or may not want the Bible, but they are given the Bibles by the organization with a strong request to please allow them in the rooms. If they say "no", they're going to be asked again and again by both t... | Providing a bible in a hotel room is arbitrary | 1 | 2014-06-06T15:23:35 | 55 | 22 | null |
My best friend is a girl I've known since I was 4. She and I basically grew up like brother and sister, and so feelings didn't develop there due to that; there's a fancy name for it that I can't remember but basically people don't develop feelings like that for people they've known since before age 6 or so. | Girls and guys can't be BEST friends | 1 | 2014-11-25T08:23:17 | 60 | 5 | 43 |
I'm not entirely sure how to respond to your comment. Facebook doesn't care what "normal" speech is in different regions. Facebook cares about the way they are perceived publicly (and pissing off a few hardcore racists/homophobes is fine by them if the overall press is positive.) Facebook also cares about reducing liab... | Facebook's "new" policy on deleting or "shutting down" racist, homophobic, or other derogatory comments is wrong and essentially an infringement upon an individual's right of identity and their freedom. | 1 | 2016-02-17T06:32:17 | 361 | 81 | 26 |
STEM students design bombs, humanities and social science [1] students determine whether/when they will be dropped. No scientific formula can determine the latter. Likewise, STEM students design life saving technologies, but humanities and social science students determine whether people will get them, and design the s... | STEM studies are inherently superior to humanities | 1 | 2014-06-15T20:16:33 | 30 | 4 | 1 |
Having just graduated from a high school that has a 50 hr+ of community service (throughout freshman to senior year) requirement, I rightfully disagree. I believe serving one's community, when forced, is not service at all. I could shit here and bullshit like I did for my senior project and tell you guys that community... | I believe that community service should be a graduation requirement for high school students. CMV | 1 | 2013-06-27T09:20:33 | 65 | 3 | 1 |
While it is almost certainly true that, under your definition, Bernie Sanders will not make a serious attempt to help the Palestinians, it would be unfair to say that he is "abandoning" them. The word abandon, in this context, means to cease to support. However, neither the US Government, nor Bernie Sanders personally,... | Bernie Sanders, if elected, will abandon the Palestinians and make no serious attempt to help them in their oppression. | 1 | 2015-11-24T05:48:42 | 57 | 5 | 4 |
This is all hypothetical of course but should teleportation be invented at a practical level, it would only become available when being extremely safe; today, statistically, airplanes are the safest way to travel. Teleportation would probably be equally or more safe. I'm still just not sure if I'd be able to shake the... | If teleportation is ever invented, I wouldn't use it. But I would really want to so CMV. | 0 | 2013-09-10T05:24:02 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
To start I think your being incredibly arrogant to think you know what is best for people politically in your description of the ignorant voter. Also your missing one big category of Trump voter those who refused to vote for Hillary Clinton. Many would have voted for Biden but could not bring themselves to vote for Hil... | Trump voters basically fall into three categories. | 0 | 2017-03-28T18:30:55 | 143 | 3 | 1 |
I think the best system would be to have publicly funded elections. The United States *already has* public election funds, so would you mind clarifying what you're actually arguing here? | The root problem in American Government is the Campaign Finance System. | 0 | 2017-03-01T20:35:17 | 43 | 3 | 23 |
Some things probably are going to change, but not everything. Many tendencies have a genetic basis so when you find something that fits better, you move toward it. Your childhood is limited and as you grow you expand as a person, moving toward options that are closer to your nature. Bi-sexuality fits here for sure, and... | Everything I am and everything I believe in as a young adult is simply a phase. | 0 | 2015-05-04T05:32:22 | 24 | 1 | 7Δ |
if your argument for being the way that you are is that you're genetically pre-programmed to be that way, it's something of an acknowledgment that it's a bad thing to be This is not true. For example, I am genetically pre-programmed to have two arms and two legs, but that is not an acknowledgement that it's a bad thing... | The "born this way" argument is not the strongest argument, but the one with the least bad repercussions | 0 | 2017-05-07T07:31:47 | 60 | 2 | 4 |
When I'm doing research, if I see something interesting in a paper and they cited it, I might want to go to the references and look at that other paper. But what if that paper came out years ago in print? Or if you have to pay to view it? If I only have a link, that's a little useless. I've even had situations where I'... | I think that using MLA and APA works cited and reference pages for websites are outdated even for professional papers, and that a URL should be sufficient most of the time. | 0 | 2014-09-23T08:25:30 | 57 | 1 | null |
In order to be able to effectively use public restrooms, we need to teach young boys how to pee standing up. That happens at home. It's just part of raising young boys. | Boys/Men should be taught to pee sitting down | 1 | 2016-08-13T02:42:26 | 66 | 6 | 136 |
Most people who don't know about something learn about that thing before they advocate that people should do that thing. Average cost of an adoption is 40 thousand dollars. Average wait time is between two and 7 years. You might want to learn about it since your advocating that anyone not doing it is wrong. I found ... | Volitionally choosing to have children is wrong. | 1 | 2017-05-22T10:10:11 | 161 | 3 | 46 |
Unfortunately doubling or tripling the price of junk food would completely destroy the market for these things and put manufacturers out of business almost immediately. I don't think raising the price of junk food by the amounts under consideration would put manufacturers out of business completely. And if if forced th... | So-called "fat taxes" should not be on junk food, they should be on pants. | 0 | 2015-06-10T21:41:01 | 100 | 1 | 3 |
So I'm gonna dissect your argument a bit, and hopefully change your view. Firstly, you assume that there's a correlation specifically with Gordon Ramsey and the suicides, which is may hold some merit but consider this. Reality TV is about making money off of people's interpersonal drama. To even be considered you reall... | It's immoral to watch Gordon Ramsay shows like Kitchen Nightmares, Master Chef and Hells Kitchen if you're aware of the suicides they have caused. | 1 | 2014-10-07T08:18:13 | 156 | 29 | 3 |
You've essential described the definition of luck: success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions. | I don't believe in Luck | 1 | 2014-10-22T20:55:46 | 31 | 4 | 7 |
Freakonomics isn't saying healthcare shouldn't be provided for everyone they are saying that "free" healthcare shouldn't be considered a right. By free they mean "all-you-can-eat'. The problem is that when healthcare doesn't cost anything there's little incentive to not get every little thing checked out. And not just ... | I believe universal healthcare should be a human right. | 0 | 2015-02-24T19:11:53 | 863 | 4 | 20 |
Justice Kennedy's ruling is not exactly as you see it. Here's the juicy bit from pg. 25: The class to which DOMA directs its restrictions and restraints are those persons who are joined in same-sex marriages made lawful by the State. DOMA singles out a class of persons deemed by a State entitled to recognition and prot... | I think the DOMA ruling today was badly decided. You cannot draw the connection from equal protection under the law to the unconstitutionality of a uniform definition of marriage. CMV | 0 | 2013-06-27T05:04:09 | 39 | 11 | 11 |
I think you're misinformed as to how many classes you take not in your field. I'm majoring in physics, and take 1-2 (out of 5-6) classes each quarter that are not related to my major. Some of these classes are required, some are electives. Furthermore, you're not wasting your money. If you go into a field that requires... | I think college is a useless idea created just to make money, and should not exist. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-26T10:54:13 | 49 | 1 | 2 |
Not all people react the same, some have dramatic reactions and some do not. I've shown mine to many people. Reactions go from "ooh, this is neat", to loss of balance and falling to the floor with a scream (standing up in the rollercoaster isn't a great idea). Just because you know it's not truly real doesn't mean you'... | "Oculus Rift" overreactions are fake and are just people hamming it up for the camera | 0 | 2015-01-25T15:40:18 | 31 | 2 | 2 |
I agree with you on the effects of polls but I disagree with your conclusion. Voting strategically is a necessity in the FPtP system. Not having the information (even if it can lead to bias) may lead to worse choices. A voter may see their circle of friends and assume party A has a reasonable shot but end up contributi... | If polls were removed from elections, then the political landscape of any FPTP country would alter dramatically. | 1 | 2015-11-10T22:56:29 | 28 | 1 | 5 |
So is your view changed? Your OP is "Shaving your beard is a waste of time and money" Your current view is "Shaving your beard is a waste of time and money **unless you have a job that deals with the general public.**" | Shaving your beard is a waste of time and money | 1 | 2015-12-19T00:31:12 | 98 | 2 | 84 |
Don't forget that food money isn't the only cost involved. You mentioned going to farmer's markets - how far away are these? Do you have a car? If not, can you afford the public transport to get there? How much can you carry with you at a time? When do they occur? Where I live, the market is during the day on a Wednesd... | the $29/week budget on food stamps is adequate amount of money to feed yourself nutritiously. | 0 | 2015-04-12T21:41:13 | 143 | 23 | null |
In the case of The Force Awakens, brand recognition wouldn't have been enough, because a large fraction of viewers were disappointed with the last three Star Wars movies. The point of expensive trailers and ads isn't just to make people aware of a new Star Wars movie but to release specific information about the movie.... | Spending money on Advertising for Starwars films today is a COMPLETE waste of money... | 0 | 2016-02-11T16:50:53 | 40 | 1 | 38 |
but there is never a good reason to cheat. To paraphrase Dan Savage a bit: what should a person whose spouse is dying of cancer do? Or a a person whose spouse is still alive, but is brain dead because of some horrible accident? Should they just go without sex, no matter how crazy and depressed that lack of intimacy ma... | A cheating spouse should not be able to receive alimony payments after a divorce. | 1 | 2015-09-06T01:31:26 | 334 | 62 | 1 |
So people who cause traffic jams should be given punishment on the magnitude of hundreds? | Any action performed by a person that reduces the quality of another's life should be illegal. CMV. | 0 | 2013-08-23T07:27:24 | 65 | 1 | null |
1. That doesn't mean state sanction enforcement of consequences. Again, it's easy to come up with examples when denying anonymity aligns with our own interests. No one feels bad about limiting the rights and protections of white supremacists. But that can be turned against you and something you believe in just as easil... | Anyone wearing a mask or otherwise hiding their face at a protest/rally should be immediately arrested | 1 | 2017-04-18T08:50:16 | 40 | 10 | 2 |
scared of being happy To me, this sentence is a very good reason to try to get help. All of the negatives that you posted, while understandably uncomfortable or scary, pale in comparison to your fear of a life of missed opportunities. If you aren't willing to seek help for yourself, then consider the effect that having... | I've been diagnosed with depression but I don't want to take medication because... | 1 | 2017-05-19T23:28:01 | 62 | 2 | 13 |
I'm a lawyer. I represent people. I'm not practicing at the moment, but I used to represent a lot of folks pro bono. These are people who either did not possess clothes beyond jeans and sweatpants or simply did not grow up in an environment that understood that some places required a dress code. Yes, this was to projec... | Suits are Tryhard, their use is unnecessary in the modern age, and everyone that wears them regularly are projecting insecurities | 1 | 2016-12-30T23:28:32 | 48 | 5 | 83 |
That's why I use a password database. 6-36 character, randomly generated, special character and number included passwords. I only have to remember one, and you can't access the database from any device other than my phone (or an absolutely perfect clone. Unlikely). Look into it. | websites should not have password restrictions besides length of password. | 0 | 2017-04-21T05:24:18 | 88 | 1 | null |
[Here](https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/1453) is the release and study from the AAN on their most recent football study; while [here](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24658345) is a paper on head injuries in MMA; I would suggest reading Dr David Klonsky's statistical breakdown and comparison near the ... | Boxing is barbaric and should be outlawed | 1 | 2017-02-04T05:38:22 | 46 | 1 | 64 |
Why and how did your weight get that high? Many combinations of things. When I was a kid, my parents (my Dad, mainly) didn't really feed me well, nor was what I ate restricted in any way. I was allowed free reign of the kitchen. I would frequently have Ramen Noodles and Mayonnaise sandwiches (yes, a sandwich with noth... | I don't like fat people. | 1 | 2015-03-01T06:29:04 | 75 | 7 | 2 |
"Victim" here. I didn't report what happened for a few reasons. 1.) I was in college, and in Greek life. Had I told and filed a report, I would have had to deal with the social backlash of (potentially) putting a very prominent and popular person on trial. It would have been a he-said she-said situation, and whether ... | I believe rape victims have a social responsibility to report their assaults to the authorities. CMV | 0 | 2014-03-24T18:28:03 | 953 | 10 | null |
1. If abortion is murder then this policy is akin to paying people not to murder - it's a basic expectation that ought not need to be rewarded 2. You're creating a perverse incentive - an ideal scenario would be that NO ONE conceives without wanting to carry a baby to term. This pays women to produce kids they don't wa... | Pro-life should just compensate people for not having an abortion, instead of trying to make abortion inaccessible to everyone except extreme cases. | 0 | 2016-02-18T22:33:30 | 137 | 39 | 2 |
Yup but we always associate the most prominent person to the one behind the mask. Too bad James Bond is both the mask and the one behind it. | The Bond films should embrace the fan theory that James Bond is a code name/identity assigned to 00 Agents | 1 | 2016-06-15T23:50:30 | 140 | 2 | 1 |
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