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So I believe this would only apply to multiple-occupancy restrooms, but if there's pros and cons with each, why not have 3 bathrooms? Men, Women, and Co-Ed. That way if the women don't feel comfortable with the co-ed bathroom they have their own. Co-ed/Unisex bathroom allows for parents to take their children of the op... | All non-lockerroom restrooms should be Co-Ed | 0 | 2017-03-31T00:44:49 | 304 | 3 | null |
One thing you should know is that virtually every Studio Ghibli film revolves around a coming-of-age plot. The plot throws challenges and quick change at immature characters that are unprepared for it, they must adapt and must be brave and show what's inside, their internal struggle is often emphasized. Also every char... | Studio Ghibli is overrated and their films more often than not require an adaptation in the western film adjusted viewer's watching habits in order to be perceived as enjoyable | 1 | 2015-07-28T19:24:23 | 35 | 11 | 5 |
It's not uncommon for people to want to establish an emotional connection with their partnet before they move into a physical relationship. Head over to r/AskWomen and you'll find that this attitude is absolutely *normal*. Not all women go for the clubbing and casual sex thing. Everybody goes through a different proces... | [25/M] finds sexual pasts gross, does not enjoy sex as a purely physical act, requires "love." Help me fix this. [mildly NSFW?] | 0 | 2014-09-02T18:24:20 | 21 | 1 | 18Δ |
Out of curiosity: which state? Are you *absolutely sure* that wait staff fall under the same minimum wage? I ask, because I live in a place (not US) where the "minimum wage" for certain occupations is lower than the general minimum wage. This means that, yes, when I was a server I made "minimum wage" but that wage was ... | In places where waiters and waitresses are paid minimum wage, I should not tip said waiters and waitresses. | 0 | 2017-02-28T18:31:33 | 187 | 1 | null |
You say 'never much of an issue', yet PC culture has neutered entire fields of science. Perhaps the majority of social scientists today believe entirely wrong ideas not because they are 'correct' but because they are 'politically correct'. I will give 3 examples: The Blank Slate; The Nobel Savage; The Ghost in the Mach... | Political Correctness was never much of an issue, and today the word "Political Correctness" is mostly used wrongly to disguise racism, sexism, homophobia, or to attack progressive social views with no real arguments. | 0 | 2017-03-22T03:14:32 | 193 | 1 | 4 |
You are leaving out a key benefit of owning your own home: the ability to shape it to fit your life and tastes. If you own your home, you can do whatever you want to it. Do you love the look of a marble floor? A penny floor? Teak cabinets? You can have that. Call a contractor or do it yourself; the change can be made. ... | There is nothing wrong with never owning your own home. | 1 | 2014-09-23T17:43:27 | 341 | 64 | null |
I think other people have said better things than I could but my experiences working CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) taught me that meat doesn't have to be about mass production or that it needs to be in every meal. I know you're mostly getting into the morality side of the debate though, and while I wouldn't hes... | I think our current amount of meat consumption in the first world is immoral. CMV | 0 | 2013-04-24T16:37:35 | 106 | 3 | 1 |
First, I'll agree that the way *Vikings* portrays women is a little absurd. While there are stories of warrior women in Scandinavian lore, there are also similar stories in many other mythopoetic histories that never correlated to real people that we've been able to find (like the Amazons.) A lot of the evidence we hav... | When a show like Vikings, Marco Polo or Game of Thrones tries to present a struggle towards women's rights and equality as a thing of the time, it kills the mood (and the show). | 1 | 2017-03-05T06:01:53 | 96 | 12 | 135 |
1. Do you think that "so far, nothing bad has happened" is a good enough reason to stop trying preventative measures? 2. Most people feel that the value of human lives is more than the "several million dollars per year". If a city spends several million dollars a year and, after 30 years, this results in saving 50 live... | There's no point in taking bomb threats seriously | 1 | 2016-05-10T18:09:47 | 83 | 5 | 9 |
* The referendum was held on 10 days of notice, under military occupation, with no time for either side to really make arguments or for people to think about it. * The choices in the referendum were "join Russia" or "more independence within Ukraine". That's hardly a fair question if you are happy being part of Ukrain... | I don't see anything "illegal" about Crimeans voting to become a part of Russia. | 0 | 2014-03-18T01:06:54 | 51 | 2 | 42 |
Selfish - (of a person, action, or motive) lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure. When someone is do depressed that they attempt to commit suicide, their cognitive pain clouds their ability to take into account the inconvenience of others. The act maybe selfish,... | People who commit suicide by jumping in front of tube trains are selfish. | 1 | 2016-03-31T19:39:44 | 25 | 36 | 3 |
Right, but your view you asked to have changed is that there are no other options than what you presented. This presents a viable option. We make it illegal to, for example, automate delivery vehicles, until such a time as doing so, perhaps incrementally, will not be disruptive to our economy. Your argument presupposes... | Most people will be harmed by AI unless we redistribute income | 1 | 2017-07-05T05:17:59 | 355 | 5 | 4 |
There is, at least in the US. If 2/3rds of the US States call for a constitutional convention one must be held and at the time they can write any number of amendments to alter the Constitution up to the potential of fully rewriting it and if 3/4ths of the States ratify it then we have a new constitution. We also overt... | There should be a legal and peaceful way to 'reset' government. | 0 | 2016-08-11T01:16:15 | 65 | 2 | 51 |
The problem with religion is that it undermines an individual's ability to determine good from evil for themselves. This is a difficult problem, and for many it's easier to just think that what God (or whatever divine source) wants is good, and whatever opposes that is evil. This opens up the possibility that any dark ... | It doesn't matter whether God "exists" or not, religious beliefs can still be "true." | 1 | 2016-03-18T18:52:09 | 81 | 9 | 1 |
I've lived in Scotland as a foreigner for the past 6 and a half years, and though I've not followed the debate with eagle eyes, I have, of course, been aware of it. There are some difficulties with untying. Firstly, should a simple majority vote mean dissolution? This means that 49% of the country potentially could get... | I can't think of a good reason why Scotland shouldn't go independent. CMV | 1 | 2013-12-30T03:52:22 | 107 | 5 | 1 |
You mention religion in your response on at least 4 different occasions. I'm not talking about religion whatsoever. I'm talking about "a higher power". That's the thing. Just because we don't know the answer, that doesn't automatically make it ~~religion~~ **a higher power**. There is no legitimate evidence supporting... | there is no rational reason to believe in the Christian (or any other religion's) God | 1 | 2015-04-07T18:39:04 | 47 | 2 | 4Δ |
Are you telling me that if I don't feel like playing a video game anymore, that I'm a quitter and that is weak? Either you chose a bad analogy, or you just showed how quitting life isn't weak if you really think the two are comparable. Not that it matters, but I have beaten plenty of games. There's also plenty of games... | Suicide is an act of weakness. | 0 | 2015-03-23T14:55:57 | 34 | 2 | 3Δ |
It's not about present harm - it's about *future* harm. We don't know what our information will be used for in the future, and we don't know who will have access to it. I believe that is the much greater concern. | What Google knows will never adversely affect you, so avoiding them because they track you is irrational | 0 | 2016-03-09T15:33:57 | 108 | 59 | 12 |
For most of history and throughout various cultures, never quite getting enough food and then dying of an illness that is now preventable was a fundamental human experience. Fundamental parts of the human experience aren't all good, friend. Im fairly confident i learned all i need to of alcohol when my drunken mother t... | I believe that a person who has not tried drugs (including alcohol) at least once is a person who is significantly missing out on a fundamental human experience. This is barring medical issues (including a family history of addiction) | 1 | 2015-02-03T07:43:19 | 52 | 8 | 2 |
People can already voluntarily disclose their status; it's the ones that don't know or are lying you need to watch out for. And you already have a legal obligation to notify any any past and future partners if you have a positive HIV test. Failing to do so is a serious offense. If you mean medical reccords, obviously t... | I think the only currently available way to get rid of HIV/AIDs is to start quarantining people who have the disease. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-22T16:53:29 | 45 | 2 | 1 |
Censorship may not be helpful in the grand scheme of things, but although most people wouldn't admit it, we censor or edit the way we think about many things, e.g. confirmation bias about the political party you support. We can learn from differing opinions of course, but most people just want approval from facebook I ... | You shouldn't delete fbcomments of people you don't agree with | 0 | 2016-04-20T02:32:52 | 47 | 1 | null |
Of course, but there is a difference between saying, “Hey, nice ass.” and “You look really pretty today.” or “I really like what you’ve done with your hair.” One comes across as sincere, and the other explicitly sexual and probably overtly aggressive. And as an adult, you have to keep in mind the person you’re interact... | Complimenting women are not sexual harassment | 1 | 2015-03-08T10:00:32 | 54 | 20 | 1 |
Trump is a representative of the US now. The issue with Trump is not only that he was in power, but that over half the country voted for him and were not deterred by the fact that he is racist, sexist and generally a very prejudiced person. That gives those things an air of respectability by virtue of the fact that tha... | I think those who say they are "genuinely fearing for their lives" now that Trump is President-elect are over exaggerating the severity and reach of his authority. | 0 | 2016-11-09T23:23:49 | 136 | 0 | 1 |
I think the problem is that the types of animals poached are vastly different from those that are factory farmed. If there were an easy way to breed elephants, lions, etc.. then it wouldn't be as big of a problem. | Westerners have no right to be angry at poachers who kill endangered animals | 0 | 2014-08-16T21:18:39 | 74 | 2 | null |
I'm all for freedom of speech, but I don't like the message Reddit sends by saying it's OK to have subs that are this hateful. I think by ignoring them, they are in some ways validating them and saying they are as acceptable as, say, a sub about knitting What about this sub-reddit? Is it okay? It doesn't exist specific... | I don't think Reddit should allow subs that are obviously a source of hate speech or hateful intent. CMV? | 1 | 2014-02-27T05:33:42 | 25 | 2 | 66Δ |
I don't really have an argument for or against Moriarty as presented on Sherlock, but I want put him up against Moriarty in the books, because I've always felt that he was a terribly written character in the first place. He's introduced with absolutely zero preamble or foreshadowing, which would be fine, except that he... | I hated BBC Sherlock's take on Moriarty | 0 | 2017-05-29T04:13:59 | 79 | 1 | 1 |
Seems to me that your position is built on the assumption that the religious view is factually incorrect, no? That seems to be the key issue here. Let's say, for example, that I have a religious belief that if you have gay sex, it will cause a drought. And therefore I think we should ban gay sex. What's really the impo... | If your religious beliefs are the sole reason for thinking something is wrong, then it does not make sense to ban/make that thing illegal. | 1 | 2015-08-18T21:43:49 | 40 | 1 | 2 |
I think that you're wrong, because like BenIncognito said we can't do anything that is against our nature. Our species is not a solid monument, it evolves and changes constantly, so there isn't one Human Nature that will follow us and haunt our conscience through the ages. The Deus Ex HR had one beautiful ending in whi... | I'm scared that technology can kill human nature / I fear the singularity. CMV (help ease my fears) | 1 | 2013-12-14T18:52:24 | 56 | 0 | 1 |
I'm sorry you were attacked. I can tell you, as a black person, that the melanin in my skin does not affect my desire to attack strangers... the person did not attack you because they are black. There are other reasons someone may attack such as being psychotic or being a crappy person. On another note -- I'm curious ... | I don't want to be afraid of random black people on the street. I was just attacked. Again. | 0 | 2017-01-07T00:22:17 | 393 | 4 | null |
In my mind it isn't some horrible, scary thing hinting at full censorship. And mind you, I am not a Trump supporter. All Presidents have selectively released info to certain media outlets. Maybe a "leak" given to a friendly reporter, or any other manner of selectively releasing information. Its all a way of controlling... | Trump's media ban is bad, and a victory for censorship | 1 | 2017-02-25T18:28:17 | 51 | 14 | 1 |
If you don't have a desire to exceed professionally, continue the path you are on. I'm going to be brutally honest with you in hopes you'll change your thought process and make you realize you aren't the shining star of intelligence and superiority you think you are. I was in your shoes in high school. I saw people aro... | I don't think I should spend every waking hour of my teenage life trying to get into a good college | 1 | 2015-05-12T17:57:20 | 78 | 2 | 1Δ |
Disorders are defined and classified by the distress and/or harm they cause to themselves or others. At this point, homosexuals do not harm others with their orientation, and for the most part it does not cause themselves distress to be homosexual (once they are 'out' and accepting of what they are). For a pedophile, t... | I think Pedophilia is a sexual orientation, like homosexuality, and should not be subject to forced "treatment" when diagnosed. CMV | 1 | 2014-01-30T09:40:13 | 553 | 606 | 2 |
Well, "capitalism" incorporates many things, and the points I raise would apply to government and non-profit employers as well. But "because employers do what's best for their organization" works. | Parents should not be given special treatment by employers at the expense of their childless colleagues. | 1 | 2014-04-13T06:02:27 | 65 | 7 | 108Δ |
Just because you can afford having a pet or a child at one point doesn't guarantee you always will. The homeless families you see on street corners weren't always homeless. What happens if you lose your job and your child suffers from cystic fibrosis? Suddenly, you have no health insurance and can't take care of your c... | People should not buy pets or have kids if they cannot afford emergencies with them | 1 | 2016-12-28T11:41:59 | 92 | 29 | 20 |
I don't much care for those, because they're too easily set off by such things as racoons, and those things triggering at one in the morning tend to bother the neighbors (our plots are very small and our houses close together). I'm not too worried about a dead battery, because I carry a self-jumper everywhere, just in ... | Auto manufacturers should make their vehicles' headlights shut off when the car shuts off | 1 | 2015-08-01T23:36:31 | 58 | 6 | null |
I'm all for penalizing unsafe road users. Fuck those guys. I'm all for gouging those aholes hard, give 'em a mean reminder to be safe and attentive on the road. But people aren't always safe. It doesn't matter the penalty, people still commit crimes. Countries with the death penalty still have murder and drug smuggling... | It is perfectly fine to shorten the yellow signal when installing traffic light violation cameras | 1 | 2014-09-19T07:28:48 | 91 | 3 | 3 |
If someone who is under 18 shows that they were fully aware and mature enough to commit a crime the same way an adult would then it would make sense to try them as an adult. My question to you is in what ways are adults and children "fundamentally" different with regards to how they commit crimes and how they should be... | Children should never be sentenced as adults or in adult courts | 0 | 2017-04-05T18:32:23 | 162 | 10 | null |
While the benefits you mention are certainly a good thing to take into consideration when talking about the ethics of zoos, I feel that as long as a zoo is in possession of an animal that has demonstrated a degree of intelligence on par with toddlers, as many different species have, the benefits will be far outweighed ... | Zoos can be ethical | 1 | 2015-08-07T21:54:28 | 100 | 2 | 2 |
Are you suggesting that because the question might be misused we stop using it all together? Yes. At this point, it should be clear that the question is often used as a cloaked attempt at justifying racism or xenophobia and a lot of people report being uneasy about the question or questions like it. It's not that you s... | Asking someone "where are you originally from" is totally fine and not a racist thing to do | 1 | 2017-05-02T15:44:04 | 174 | 8 | 7 |
Simply eliminating private schools would not have the effect that you are looking for if the public school that a student attends is based on the location of his/her home, as is the case currently in the United States. Already, parents with the means to do so flock to districts known for "good" schools. Removing the op... | Private schools and homeschooling should be banned and every child put into public schools. | 1 | 2016-08-20T05:41:06 | 97 | 14 | 6 |
Out of curiosity, where did you get the 1/5 statistic? Most of the recent studies have found from what i can tell much lower rates. | transgender individuals should not be able to start hormone treatment until they're at least 16 and you should have to be diagnosed with gender disphoria. | 0 | 2017-04-12T15:08:39 | 108 | 11 | null |
So your view is changed. It is a non-statement as to ascertaining someone's view on a group? Effectively value-less. Correct? | "I am not a racist [against X], one of my best friends is X" is a perfectly valid rebuttal | 1 | 2017-05-29T19:54:54 | 126 | 4 | 6 |
If having your group represented in positions of power helps your group, and men dominate positions of power, then why isn't life basically a utopia for men? Shouldn't women be overtly oppressed and men treated like kings? Until relatively recently, women were overtly oppressed. They were denied access to the workplace... | I believe feminist or other similar woman's rights groups are overestimating the value of women being in "positions of power" | 0 | 2016-12-21T17:43:17 | 61 | 7 | null |
It's just fiction. It's not real. If you have to, think about what technology "means" for the story. Is it symbolic of man-made machines overtaking natural ones? Contrasting science and magic? If you're overly concerned about fictional works making complete logical sense, there are many fictional works you will be inca... | I find it difficult to enjoy works of fantasy that incorporate science/technology. | 1 | 2014-04-25T17:53:31 | 49 | 9 | 50Δ |
I think that unconsciously, the parent did not want to be viewed as a monster by the rest of society. Your claim is that the primary motivator for ethical decisions is an unconscious desire to not seem like an asshole. How do you account for the many people that are, and seem like, assholes? What makes them so special,... | People have no morals, but instead are directed by greed | 0 | 2017-07-02T18:08:11 | 88 | 1 | null |
Well you are assuming these moral rules apply across culture, yet they objectively don't and you have admitted that with your moral subjectiveism. You talk to any person about any one of these subjects and you are going to get a variety of nuanced answers. For example lets take your three points and my views. They woul... | Vegans are morally superior, and that's a fact. | 1 | 2016-10-29T18:17:40 | 296 | 4 | 32 |
Copy pasta.... Here is the thing about Boba Fett . . . . His bad-assery in ESB and RotJ are based upon not just what is seen in the movies but what can be inferred, i.e., the necessary backstory that happens off-screen for the few actions seen in the films to be possible. In ESB, Boba Fett reaches Bespin before the re... | I think Boba Fett from the Star Wars movies is a talentless hack that doesn't deserve half the praise he gets. CMV | 0 | 2014-01-13T20:38:42 | 283 | 50 | null |
Some people argue they support fat shaming because they believe it will encourage people to lose weight. That doesn't seem to be the case with you, at all. I see fat people trying to wear nice clothes and laugh silently at how futile it is. I see them in the gym and feel queasy about how weak they are. i see fat people... | I think the Fat Acceptance movement is dangerous | 0 | 2014-06-08T19:00:47 | 145 | 0 | null |
Why does real life possess more truth and insight than fictional worlds? Granted Skunk Works is a pretty amazing book but turn around and read Red Storm by Tom Clancy and see if you don't get just as much out of that. Part of the issue you are facing is that a lot of the fiction books you are reading, I'm looking at yo... | Reading fiction is a waste of time compared to reading nonfiction | 1 | 2015-06-09T17:03:08 | 64 | 5 | 17Δ |
The same happened with Pakistan and India, they both hated each other, and fought several wars, but once they both got nukes, they stopped fighting because they knew it wasn’t worth the cost of being nuked. Not quite. In 1999 the two countries engaged in the [Kargil War (or Kargil Conflict)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... | Nuclear weapons could end warfare, at least between nation states. | 1 | 2015-06-06T06:16:58 | 29 | 6 | 14Δ |
What is "pure" kindness? There seems to be an assumption that there is some unattainable kindness that is completely free of any selfishness. This kind of reasoning has a flaw. First, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation is a psychological theory, which is well and good, but it has not been rigorously proven or verified ... | I believe that everyone is selfish and there is no true kindness in people. CMV | 1 | 2013-10-09T21:32:32 | 97 | 8 | 82Δ |
Must make a challenge to something in OP's original post... Okay, here's my two cents: If casual sex is not your thing, I don't see why you should psych yourself into it. First of all, there's a chance you'll change your mind again right after the deed is done, and now you've dragged someone into your troubles. There's... | Sex is something intimate, to be shared in a relationship; not just something that should be done casually. | 1 | 2014-10-23T08:21:21 | 31 | 2 | 2 |
You could consistently hold that abortion is wrong in some cases but permissible when the foetus results from rape. You're right to argue that whether or not a foetus results from rape has literally no effect on its own moral status (if it has one) but I think your second response to anticipated objections misses the r... | Regardless of whether abortion is wrong, rape and incest do not affect the moral permissibility of abortion. | 1 | 2016-01-12T04:20:47 | 471 | 1 | 2 |
You have created a false dichotomy of only those two choices. You've completely ignored the idea of improving the system such that everyone could survive without need for welfare/SNAP or a cash stipend. We need a living wage. We need to reform how Disability is handled so that those who can't work don't end up homel... | We should strengthen the traditional safety net rather than replace it with basic income | 0 | 2015-03-29T18:19:05 | 75 | 2 | 17Δ |
"Anime" is just the Japanese word for animation. A Japanese person would call Avatar anime, because that's their word for what it is. In the west, we use Japan's words for comics (manga) and animation to refer to the ones they produce specifically. But in Japan, Batman comics are "manga" because that just means "comic ... | Anime doesn't NEED to be produced in Japan. | 0 | 2017-07-05T15:16:26 | 27 | 2 | 83 |
When you're angry, you're by definition unable to be calm And therefore your rational faculties are hindered. At the same time, you will make other people angry and thus hinder *their* rational faculties. If you're angry, you're better off delaying the discussion. Maybe write down what you want to say, and use that as ... | Raising your voice during arguments is fine (when there aren't, e.g. children around). | 0 | 2015-08-16T13:59:18 | 26 | 2 | 17 |
i mean the person who made .gif has said it's pronounced jif but that's the thing isn't it? jif is pronounced jif. we already have a spelling for that sound that brooks no arguments so it makes more sense for gif to be a different sound (with a hard g) if you wanted to spell gif as in gift how else would you spell it? ... | .gif is pronounced like the peanut butter | 0 | 2015-08-02T12:28:39 | 64 | 2 | 1 |
Golf takes an incredible amount of skill. Saying that every shot is the same is like saying that every basketball shot is the same. The position of the ball relative to the hole is different, there are different obstacles in the way, the wind is different, the type of grass you're in is different, you're distance is di... | No sport takes less skill than golf | 0 | 2015-07-27T02:30:41 | 65 | 4 | 1Δ |
If your view was that the wealth gap will always be too high or too low for SOME people, I would agree with you. But one of the benefits of a democracy is that compromise occurs (although not as much, lately) and you do get a system MOST people like. Right now, most people don't like it, that's why you're hearing so mu... | The "wealth gap" is always going to be inherently too big or too small for most people. | 1 | 2017-01-16T17:58:14 | 226 | 114 | 5 |
I think it's already been pointed out that formal education level doesn't correlate super well with being well-informed and thinking clearly about politics. Your point about people sometimes voting against their best interest is valid. Ideally we want our smartest people making the political decisions. And by smartest... | The more educated you are, the more your vote should count in an election | 0 | 2016-12-04T06:39:56 | 39 | 2 | 5 |
Democracy means the majority rules. 10% of the public should not be allowed to decide on an issue that affects everyone, and secession affects everyone. This would be fair if it were to affect everyone equally. If Scotland left the union how much would someone living in Manchester be affected? 90% of a power in any vot... | The Scottish Independence Referendum should be voted on by the whole UK, not just Scottish residents. | 1 | 2014-07-31T12:43:16 | 90 | 3 | 2Δ |
1.) You seem to think that the only reason moderates are moderates is because they go "compromise = good" in their brains and thats the extent of their thinking. Thats extremely trivializing their position. Maybe they genuinely feel that the approach to a number of large problems is in the middle of the two extremes? 2... | I think moderates/centrists are dangerous | 1 | 2017-04-30T19:23:26 | 29 | 10 | 3 |
It seems intuitive that magazines holding 10 rounds instead of 30 would make it more difficult for a person to walk into a night club of 300 people by themselves and shoot 50 of them without being stopped. In both Columbine and Virginia Tech the perpetrators did not use "high capacity" magazines and instead brought man... | American civilians do not need high capacity magazines. | 1 | 2016-06-19T05:00:49 | 334 | 9 | 1 |
believing that you are a gender that differs from your physical biology constitutes a common form of Delusional Disorder. This disorder is defined as "unshakable beliefs in something untrue or not based on reality". Trans people do not assert that their biology is something it is not. Trans people realize what their s... | Trans Men/Women Are Experiencing a Form of Mental Illness | 0 | 2017-05-02T01:03:04 | 81 | 4 | 8 |
When you close all the farm like you want to how many people would die from lack of protein. I live in a big city in China. We already use a lot of soy. There simply would't be enough soy protein to make up for the loss of meat. I don't say this in a bad way, but how many people would you want to sacrifice to make anim... | I believe that animals deserve the same rights as human where possible and that it is moral to non-violently liberate them from places of abuse, eg factory farms, slaughterhouses and animal experiment labs. | 0 | 2014-08-28T02:07:59 | 185 | 1 | null |
The "marriage equality movement" is dangerous and should be stopped because it destroys Queer Culture and represents the end of Queer History via assimilation. That's just a tad hyperbolic, don't you think? Even if part of the culture is lost, how is that *dangerous*? However, if Queer people are equated with the hete... | The "marriage equality movement" is dangerous and should be stopped because it destroys Queer Culture and represents the end of Queer History via assimilation. | 0 | 2014-06-17T12:17:07 | 27 | 1 | 14Δ |
Personally I'm a fan of the Q. Q, being queer, encompasses a lot of the misc orientations. I don't think it's necessary to have a letter for every single possible orientation, but the Q at least acknowledges the less commonly recognized ones like asexuality. As for the T, I think it's really important to keep that, eve... | Using the LGBTTQQPAAS2 acronym doesn't represent the gay community and so shouldn't be used. | 1 | 2016-06-18T01:10:26 | 751 | 2 | 1 |
Fellow European here. I think that we're incredibly lucky in most developed European countries not to have any guns (aside from Switzerland). However, the situation isn't the same in the US at all. Firstly, they're already saturated with guns. In Germany, France, the UK, etc, it's extremely difficult to get your hands ... | I do not believe that it is a good thing that everyone in the US can buy weapons freely. | 0 | 2013-11-12T23:24:00 | 170 | 1 | null |
It really depends on your own personal moral system. If part of your moral system is that others should also obey it, then clearly it is ethical. However, consider the more likely scenario that this is not the case. A basic utilitarian moral system is one in which the moral thing to do is the one that maximizes the tot... | I have the moral right to make others do moral things. | 1 | 2016-11-26T21:52:34 | 63 | 4 | 2 |
Nobody will know you're a virgin unless you tell them, and you can always lie if you're really sensitive about it. "I fooled around with a girl back in high school" is more than enough information for most people. If your circle of friends makes a big deal about virginity, they're really immature and you need a new cir... | I should lose my virginity in a casual encounter to get it over with as opposed to waiting for someone I care for | 0 | 2017-07-06T21:14:05 | 113 | 1 | 46 |
When dating someone, you also have to consider other people's opinions as well as your own. Nobody knows if you masturbate to porn, but people may know that you're dating an ex porn star and that might affect their opinion of you. Consider someone who aspires to political office for example. However you feel about por... | Regularly watching porn while refusing to date ex-porn stars is hypocritical | 1 | 2015-11-08T16:52:38 | 48 | 1 | 4 |
This is akin to saying that would-be killers can have their urge to murder sated by playing COD. I'm not saying that watching that kind of porn makes you a would-be rapist, but I disagree with the OPs claim that it can actually prevent rape. An another note: I'd argue that simply watching porn doesn't simulate total co... | I think pornography depicting (not real) rape should be legal and accessible, because it would likely lower actual rape rates. CMV | 1 | 2013-11-18T20:22:59 | 106 | 38 | 1 |
Essentially your argument is that our moral obligations stem entirely from our individual beliefs. Assuming you do not believe in hell (though maybe you do, I don't know) you are claiming that even though you don't believe this place exists, you think that someone who genuinely *does* believe such a place exists has th... | Attempting to convert people to your religion (or lack of) is a MORAL thing to do. | 1 | 2015-01-02T16:03:51 | 30 | 9 | 15 |
Your first point confuses me - you claim that a long TV show doesn't have any positive benefits, but then go on to claim that a movie can show different perspectives of a challenging topic. Why is this something that a TV show or video game is incapable of doing? Regarding point 2, you could say the same of any enterta... | Video games and TV shows are a waste of time | 1 | 2017-03-28T18:36:14 | 73 | 17 | 103 |
The biggest difference I see is in what the two groups get excited about. Both revel in the other's misery; a lot of toxicity stems from that on both sides, to be sure. The problem I have with T_D that i don't find with MAT is the barely concealed glee they show when something truly tragic happens, as long as it suppor... | /r/The_Donald and /r/MarchAgainstTrump are equally toxic, and neither represent real pro-Trump or anti-Trump sentiment | 0 | 2017-05-11T20:00:28 | 61 | 8 | 7 |
Some insights into why these might get popular without vote manipulation or intention: 1. Zoolander is an incredibly popular and often quoted movie. 2. This is the first official announcement of the movie. 3. Many people watch fashion week, people who saw this live will feel connected to the experience and will upvote ... | I believe that all these Zoolander 2 related posts that make it to the front page today are part of an elaborate marketing plan and were manipulated to the front page. | 1 | 2015-03-11T05:52:39 | 109 | 9 | 1Δ |
(the city where I live has a sizeable Muslim population and well this is what happens when you are gay in a Muslim part of town I suppose That is going to be a serious issue, people bring their barbarianism with them to the UK. Fortunately, it is dying off. Ask yourself though, how many people are awful to you though,... | Even today being gay is awful | 0 | 2015-08-06T09:01:59 | 169 | 2 | null |
It takes 13 lbs of grain to produce 1lb of beef. Meanwhile, almost 3 million cats and dogs are put down each year due to over population. How many pounds of food does it take per 1lb of cat or dog meat? Food isn't free just because there are *currently* strays. Additionally, the beef and other meat that we farm is purp... | There is no logical reason we should not eat cats and dogs in America. | 0 | 2014-08-05T21:07:02 | 100 | 7 | 24Δ |
In Peacetime, Hufflepuff is probably the "best house". However, remember, in the context of the books, the wizarding world is at war. Book 4 onwards, Hogwarts and the wizard world more resembles a war zone that a school. Gryffindor is the house of bravery and selflessness, which in times of war, is arguably more import... | In the Wizarding World of J.K. Rowling, Hufflepuff should have been the most popular house | 1 | 2017-02-07T05:47:49 | 64 | 232 | 11 |
Just because because you don't like the choices people make doesn't give you the right to treat them poorly, which you are saying you don't. So I don't see a problem there. Just that you find them "disgusting". That's not really an opinion as much as an emotion, and everything else you said is a rationalization. Big no... | I don't agree with the social shield around fat people. They got that way via choices and I don't feel cruel for being disgusted by them. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-24T06:47:00 | 81 | 4 | 1 |
The most fundamental human technology is language. Language is what sets us apart, allows for communication, collaboration, the sharing of ideas that lead to literally everything else. Language is the most important tool humankind has ever developed by far. | The most fundamental human technology is the container. | 1 | 2014-05-19T11:50:20 | 58 | 8 | 2 |
Hey. artist here. I recently answered exactly this question in Quora and got a good response, so I'm gonna try it here in reddit-ese. I think you are just getting caught up in the not-uncommon misunderstanfing that the word "art", let alone "REAL art", is somehow a compliment or confers aesthetic legitimacy. It doesn't... | Modern Art is not "Real Art" and using the argument that it's subjective is a poor argument. | 1 | 2016-12-27T21:31:48 | 710 | 1 | 1 |
I don't think you want your view changed. You want your SO changed. But I could be wrong. In case I'm not: you should get the hell out of that relationship. For your sake, and theirs. There is absolutely nothing to be found in a relationship that revolves around one person forcing herself on the other person. There's n... | I am against my SO's use of marijuana. CMV | 0 | 2013-11-30T14:30:55 | 54 | 0 | null |
The american people elected an asshole, bully, and ego maniac. If you want a constitutional check on those things in a leader it is the voting public. If we take out those personal failings nothing else Trump has done is really that bad. He has his daughter and son in law in key advisory roles? We knew he was an egotis... | The GOP is the new "party over country" and are misleading their voters and encouraging extreme partisanship in the face of Trump's indiscretions | 0 | 2017-04-25T23:03:30 | 96 | 4 | 47 |
There's certainly not a ~pervasive~ culture of rape in the first world, but I think it's certainly innaccurate to claim there's ~no~ rape culture. There are groups within first world countries who have what I suppose you'd call rape sub-cultures. Examples: - Some fraternities and sports teams in the USA - Certain Arab ... | there is no rape culture in the first world. | 1 | 2016-07-08T01:22:26 | 218 | 1 | 3 |
Doesn't Roxane Gay still consider herself a feminist? For that matter, isn't her underlying thesis that people (and movements) don't have to be perfect to be worthwhile or valuable? The most effective critics are the people closest to a thing, not the people who resign from it altogether. I agree that silencing dissent... | I really want to be able to call myself a feminist, but can't because identifying with the movement means accepting its troubling relationship with racial minorities, GSMs, etc. | 1 | 2015-03-25T16:50:31 | 88 | 2 | 19Δ |
I could never really empathize with the trauma of rape victims because to me it reeks of human ego I can't even... | Many people are hypocrites regarding rape, they refuse to admit that they are animals, that is where the so called trauma comes from. | 0 | 2017-02-14T07:12:22 | 133 | 1 | null |
What about competitions where finishing is an achievement in itself? Although many people don't win marathons/obstacle races/triathlons they still get a medal for it. For some kids that is exactly what a competition is. | Children who do not get 1st-3rd place DO NOT deserve a trophy for simply participating | 1 | 2015-06-26T19:27:59 | 244 | 2 | null |
Once again I think this is another classic case of social media being blamed for the downfall of our generation. The thing is though, all social media has done is brought certain social habits and qualities to the forefront of our world. It has taken preexisting human habits and given them a more visible platform. It’s... | Social media has made America's generation's Y (1980-2000) and Z (2000's-today) more vain and obsessed with appearance. CMV. | 1 | 2014-02-10T19:29:48 | 19 | 3 | 1 |
Taken from [A Case for Secular Morality](http://www.atheismandthecity.com/2013/02/a-case-for-secular-morality-objective.html): Imagine that I’m trying to boil water to make a cup of tea, but I don’t know how. So I ask a few friends for ideas. One friend of mine thinks he knows how. He says, “Take the water, and dump a ... | Morality is subjective | 0 | 2017-05-05T00:54:24 | 82 | 2 | 1 |
Wrong assumptions Everyone agrees that the continuation of life is a good thing Certainly not everyone. There are those who actually believe life is a bad thing, and those who believe abortion is a neutral thing * [Antinatalism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism) exists * Many who condone abortion before the ... | Abortion is a terribly framed issue | 1 | 2017-05-24T21:27:19 | 85 | 17 | 41 |
I don't think there's anything about any art that makes it inherently "kid's stuff" or adult stuff. You can look at something like Star Wars or even Star Trek as an example. Those stories are certainly written on a level so that the average 8 year old can understand them, but that doesn't make them shows for children. ... | Brony's obsession with a child show is unhealthy and they should seek psychiatric help. Please CMV. | 0 | 2014-02-09T15:30:26 | 128 | 2 | 5 |
In your situation I completely agree that you shouldn't spend a ton of money on a wedding dress. But to your statement "Spending money on a wedding dress hardly seems worth it if we’re having a small wedding." Is different then what you should do, and I disagree with it. It honestly comes down to the bride at the speci... | Spending money on a wedding dress hardly seems worth it if we’re having a small wedding. | 0 | 2014-08-14T20:07:54 | 31 | 1 | 5Δ |
The only thing that matters in life is what matters to each individual. For some, it is success. However, everyone defines success in their own way. If what you have outlined in your OP is what truly matters to you, then that's fine. But just because it is important to you doesn't mean it is important to everyone. | Financial and career success is all that matters in life. | 0 | 2016-04-11T15:15:49 | 47 | 2 | 3 |
Am I right that you're advocating Ayn Rand's conception of selfishness as a virtue? (I'm a fan). Or is this something else? Because there are others who argue for selfishness because they think morality doesn't exist and it justifies *any* psychotic behaviour of theft they can get away with. (I'm not a fan). I think th... | My life belongs to me, and others can not lay claim to what I do with my life or my time living. | 1 | 2014-06-27T06:35:27 | 92 | 1 | 64Δ |
The only way your argument holds is if an extremely high percentage of these potential kids would have been unproductive members of society (if they were criminals, sucked up resources, drained society, etc). Let's say an unproductive member of society is one who spends a large portion of their life in prison and/or un... | America is a better place because of the 55 million abortions its had | 1 | 2015-01-05T06:41:49 | 139 | 134 | 9 |
Debts are, by definition, voluntary. Taxes, by definition, are not. You can make the argument that taxation is moral, but to conflate it with debt is simply a misuse of words. | You owe taxes starting from your first moment of existence; they are a debt you are morally obliged to pay. | 1 | 2015-04-07T21:29:25 | 198 | 3 | null |
Women have been told in politics all along that abstinence is the only way to avoid pregnancy for sure, and access to abortion and birth control is continually restricted because of this idea. When it is restricted that is wrong. But that is not a reason to use the same argument against men. Women fought and largely w... | If men don't want to pay child support, they shouldn't have sex with any woman they don't want to be the mother of their child. CMV | 1 | 2013-05-01T03:41:37 | 511 | 62 | 127Δ |
"A study was done showing that when you take out STEM jobs, and the sometimes dangerous (but lucrative) manual labor jobs like logging, fishing, welding, heavy manufacturing, then women actually were making $0.93 for every dollar a man makes. The difference is easily accounted for in terms of maternity time, and sick t... | There is no pay gap between men and women | 0 | 2015-03-12T22:16:51 | 187 | 3 | null |
Honestly? A lot of people with controversial ideas are extremely offensive in how they discuss this. That means that, even if someone is willing to discuss it in a rational, non-offensive way, many reasonable people have too much bad experience with discussing those topics, so they are likely to just not do it at all. ... | Modern culture, even "intellectual" culture values not offending people rather than truth. This is a bad thing | 0 | 2016-01-03T11:58:21 | 133 | 13 | 4 |
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