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I think you are overly harsh on the RNG aspect without much to back it up. Randomness is risk that you can, and must, control for in your play and deckbuilding. It can reduce the level of meaningful play, but I'd contend that to demonstrate this you'd have to demonstrate that upsets between players of different skills ... | Hearthstone is an objectively bad Card Game. | 1 | 2015-09-08T07:59:56 | 75 | 17 | 3 |
The majority of your points seem predicated on the idea that a) Basic Income requires a flat tax or rejects progressive taxation, and b) that absolutely every social program must be scrapped for a BI to take effect. Neither of these are true. Of course there are many conservatives or right-libertarian who would prefer ... | We should strengthen the traditional safety net rather than replace it with basic income | 1 | 2015-03-29T20:43:31 | 75 | 0 | 11Δ |
The plea for equal taxes, is bullshit because we already have equal taxes, I pay 10,000. And poor people can also pay 10,000. So our tax are quite equal. It's just that I can afford to pay the tax and poor people can't. By your second definition, you use the idea of inequality being related to different impacts on grou... | I oppose same sex marriage , CMV. | 1 | 2013-11-16T17:27:57 | 254 | 3 | 62Δ |
He is clearly a terrible candidate in the general. In the GOP primary he might have a chance, but the fact that he is a non-starter in the general will eventually hurt him in the primary, too. Remember last time - polls showed support for a variety of "fan favorite" candidates who were harshly right wing, but they even... | Donald Trump's lead in the polls can be explained quite simply... He's the best candidate Republicans have to offer | 1 | 2015-09-23T19:27:12 | 94 | 11 | 9 |
the rising national debt, specifically student loans I think you are mistaken with this. The national debt is the loans taken out by the government, it means something different than the debt that the citizens of the nation are in. College is inordinately expensive because loans are so easy to obtain This is also dubi... | America's economy is destined to fail | 0 | 2015-05-08T21:34:10 | 75 | 9 | 1Δ |
i think the problem is that you're trying to be analytical about everything, but in actuality you're only being analytical about some things. for one, you're assuming that you're the only common denominator amongst girls you've been with, but can you say that for a fact? could you unknowingly be attracted towards mani... | I believe that nobody should say I shouldn't follow TRP because "my life experiences aren't valid" | 1 | 2014-04-04T02:26:39 | 64 | 4 | 1 |
I used to vaguely believe that rape was really no different from any other physical assault. Then I was sexually abused within a relationship (it wasn’t rape to be exact, but it was non-consensual and violating). And after that experience I went to volunteer at a sexual violence center, answering the 24/7 crisis line, ... | Many people are hypocrites regarding rape, they refuse to admit that they are animals, that is where the so called trauma comes from. | 1 | 2017-02-13T22:58:06 | 133 | 2 | 1 |
Sexual desire is on a spectrum, ranging from very high - where a person desires sex pretty much all the time, and it is their predominant thought - to very low, where a person never feels the desire for sex and doesn't think about it unless someone else mentions it. Most people, of course, are around the middle of that... | I believe A-Sexualism is a trend and is just something people call themselves just to be 'interesting' or 'different'. | 0 | 2015-08-07T17:53:52 | 112 | 1 | 32 |
The general sentiment here is good and correct, but I think you're at risk of taking a hard stance whereas there's some middle ground. Just because most of the time, less debt is better (and no debt is great), does not mean that all debt is bad and that it should always be avoided. Clearly, the amount of debt you have... | Borrowing Money To Pay For College Is Harmful | 1 | 2017-04-28T17:54:04 | 64 | 3 | 9 |
I have two main possible counterarguments to consider. First, although smarter, better-informed people do make better decisions, that can only be applied to fields that they're smarter and better-informed *about*. Two people who graduate from the same high school after taking the same classes have the same base informa... | I think that the correlation between education and liberal politics, as well as the tendency of society to move leftward, is evidence that liberal politics have more merit than the alternatives. CMV | 1 | 2013-07-06T07:45:36 | 81 | 62 | 7 |
If you fall short of your aims as heavily as ukip (Farage failing to take South Thanet), the lib dems (down to 8 seats) and labour (believing they were on course to come out ahead of the tories while actually coming ~100 seats behind), your only real recourse is to quit now or face no confidence from your party (this m... | Political party leaders resigning after a 'failure' in a national election is ultimate proof that they were only interested in power the whole time. | 1 | 2015-05-10T19:29:54 | 92 | 22 | 1Δ |
I own a mercury grand marquis. Its basically a crown vic with silver paint, fancy grille and different bumpers. All the metal body work is the same, only real visual difference is plastic. Great car. Unbelievably reliable power train. Spacious, comfortable ride. Reasonable insurance. MPG acceptable in city, and surpris... | I think my son's first car should look as much like a police car as possible, within the legal limitations. | 0 | 2014-04-28T04:37:51 | 23 | 3 | null |
Smoking is filthy because it bothers folks around you. When I drink coffee, the worst that can happen to those around me is I'll talk their ear off about something they don't find interesting. When I smoke next to people, there are legitimate health risks incurred from exposure to second-hand smoke. | I believe that people who need to drink coffee everyday are no better than smokers CMV | 0 | 2014-03-23T20:21:22 | 36 | 2 | null |
I believe you posed two parts to this CMV. The first is they shouldn't have their ears pierced and the second is circumcised. Ears first. I agree that you shouldn't pierce a child's ears as a baby. I told my wife I wanted to wait for my daughter and we have. She is now 4 going on 5 and she has asked multiple times abo... | People shouldn't pierce their babies' ears. | 0 | 2016-10-12T19:10:09 | 81 | -5 | null |
Here's my favorite example of why things like this are scary as hell. Let's say you represent New Jersey. There is unrest or Ebola in the Sahel region of Africa. You might think, "So what? I have better things to focus on." Except, that's where most Gum Arabic comes from. Again, you'd probably say, "So what?" Well: it... | A congressional "re-boot" would breathe new life into the legislative branch of the federal U.S. government. | 1 | 2015-03-20T19:25:36 | 173 | 75 | 103Δ |
I think you are partially right. He has tapped into a demographic that was not previously politically active in the mainstream sense, and their views were not highly represented. However, I think that their size appears to be inflated simply because of the level of distrust people have for Clinton. One thing you have ... | Win or lose, Donald Trump has drastically altered American political culture for the worse, and opened the door to all kinds of batshit insanity in the future | 0 | 2016-09-27T09:30:45 | 690 | 2 | null |
When you say ''spending money'' do you mean spending *big* money, or spending *any* money? My mother made my wedding dress and it cost about £20 for the fabric which was a lovely white jaquared satin ... I kept the dress and several years later my mother used some of the fabric to make a really cute dress for my littl... | Spending money on a wedding dress hardly seems worth it if we’re having a small wedding. | 0 | 2014-08-14T18:16:18 | 31 | 1 | 30Δ |
It does. For male prisoners with countless "don't drop the soap" jokes that are seen as entirely inoffensive. Being raped is often seen as part of the punishment, especially for those accused of crimes against children. This prevailing social attitude leads to a culture where prison rape of men is more common and more... | Western Culture does not normalise or excuse rape. | 1 | 2016-08-16T14:50:26 | 1,013 | 31 | 3 |
I think the sympathy is so much more heightened because it's uncontroversial. The deaths in Afghanistan are marred by having occurred as part of a foreign invasion, which many find too distasteful to offer sympathy for. Civilian deaths at home don't receive the same sympathy as the person in question wasn't necessarily... | The outpouring of grief for the Canadian soldiers killed on home soil is an example of selective empathy, which is toxic. | 1 | 2014-10-27T00:22:00 | 181 | 2 | 4 |
I do not believe that anybody who feels the need to defend the existence of race as an objective category earnestly believes that the category does not justify the systems of inequity and racism that exist. I mean, yeah. What you've just described is the view you're asking us to challenge. If your belief of this view i... | "Race realists" are not meaningfully distinct from racists. | 1 | 2017-06-08T22:39:49 | 240 | 2 | 1 |
Let's talk about the nerd one for a second. I don't think it's fair to say that nerds necessarily have poor social skills. Mind you, I'm not arguing that nerdiness and poor social skills don't tend to go hand in hand: I'm saying that you can be a nerd with excellent social skills. Such a thing is quite possible, and in... | I think acceptance movements are harmful to the individuals they try to accept. | 1 | 2014-08-28T09:24:00 | 52 | 3 | 4 |
For me, just because a human cannot survive on it's own, doesn't mean we shouldn't protect them. Are you familiar with the [famous violinist](http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2012/02/the-under-rated-famous-violinist-defense-of-abortion/) abortion analogy. Even if one accepts the premise that a fetus has the right to... | I believe a fetus has rights worth protecting. | 0 | 2014-05-24T18:15:37 | 149 | 5 | 1 |
Of course this ignores the more superior crepe. It can be sweet or savory and has a delectable, light taste. It can carry delicious filling and fruit and makes a perfect accompaniment to both a formal and casual eating. But since we are needlessly restricting our choices here - Pancakes have superior succulence throu... | Waffles are completely superior to pancakes | 0 | 2014-06-07T20:35:18 | 41 | 1 | null |
I'd like to give you the perspective of a teacher who is moderate on education policy (i.e. I think teachers' unions AND charter schools both have basically good intentions but both have some significant flaws in their approach.) I agree with you that the idea of the Common Core is good, and I would even agree with yo... | Common Core is a good thing, both in idea and implementation. | 1 | 2015-09-24T18:51:02 | 397 | 169 | 4 |
cosplaying is one thing i think would actually really help somebody who was socially inept. escapism is way too extreme a term. it's such a popular activity, there must be individuals out there who use it as such as with many things, but definitely not the majority. it's an indulgence, a lot of fun i'm sure and somethi... | Cosplay is for people who are socially inept and is a strong form of escapism. | 0 | 2015-03-24T08:02:29 | 31 | 1 | null |
Yes, the idea being to have that atmospheric explosion not take place over a city. Also, you can use a lower yield nuke on your interceptor (something like 20 kilotons) to take out a much more powerful nuke. 10 megatons or roughly 500x as powerful is typical for a missile launched warhead. So the atmospheric explosion ... | Nuclear weapons are evil and the UK should scrap them for good | 1 | 2014-09-06T17:01:17 | 219 | 19 | 63Δ |
I think my argument here boils down to the fact that I believe some personal liberties should be sacrificed to ensure that everyone is better off. The canonical example being "You can't yell fire in a crowded theater." I don't feel like being required to vote is that much of personal sacrifice for the benefit of what ... | Voting in the general election should be mandatory in the US. | 1 | 2016-09-24T21:44:10 | 54 | 5 | 2 |
Overall, the they a net negative for the world A few highlights from their [Global Responsibility Report](http://www.corporatereport.com/walmart/2014/grr/) Renewable Energy: Building on the momentum of becoming the largest on-site green power generator in the U.S., we pledged to increase our supply of renewable energy ... | Walmart is an evil corporation, which is bad for the USA and the world | 1 | 2015-03-18T20:21:22 | 61 | 2 | 8Δ |
1) My high school always had fries seasoning shaker similar to Old Bay. Also, people may not like the seasoning and simply prefer salt because it's the default seasoning for fries of any kind. 2) Loaded fries usually are meant to be messy so it gets served with a fork. I don't see why you would scoop anything with a we... | Potato Wedges are superior to French Fries | 0 | 2016-10-18T21:35:44 | 60 | 1 | null |
There isn't a hard line between being a sexist and being a non-sexist. People who are otherwise perfectly nice, egalitarian folks might harbor some sexist attitudes that they don't even realize are sexist. It doesn't mean they're a woman hating misogynist, it just means they have some outdated ideas about gender. Wou... | CMV. I am insensitive to the Gaming Industry's portrayal of women, minorities, and how it deals with other socially sensitive topics. | 1 | 2013-11-15T10:23:13 | 64 | 12 | 125Δ |
It's like the store didn't even sell anything, but still wanted your money and used empty promises and peer pressure to get it out of you. In short, a scam. Your forgetting that FTP games actually have an actual game in there some where. The only FTP games I've played much of are TF2 and LoL and at no point did I feel ... | I believe that "Free to play" games are complete scams and are never justified. CMV. | 0 | 2013-11-08T12:28:57 | 49 | 4 | 5 |
I don't have a medical source and being that I don't think that a circumcised vs uncircumcised penis are hugely different medically I believe that the psychological aspects of the choice should be your main focus rather than trying to make it black and white with data. I'm circumcised, every penis I've ever seen in my ... | I should have my newborn son circumcised | 0 | 2016-08-14T16:18:13 | 75 | 5 | null |
Attorney here. Formerly a prosecuting intern in law school. In my opinion prosecutors have, more than any other agent in the criminal justice system including the judge, the greatest ability to be a force for good. Contrary to popular belief, the job of a prosecuting attorney is *not* to "win." Their job is to seek a ... | Defense Attorneys are much bigger protectors of justice than Prosecuting Attorneys and should be regarded with more respect than "the guys who defend murders" | 1 | 2015-10-23T17:15:39 | 166 | 172 | 2 |
I will repost a reply I made to the very article you posted which line up with your views: ------------------------- The article was terrible, I will go through each point individually. Male/female brains: There are differences between male and female brains which is caused by differences in hormones absorbed by the br... | As a feminist I'm really bothered how male-to-female trans-people portray what it means to be female | 1 | 2015-06-16T22:17:22 | 81 | 25 | null |
I think you are missing the point of politics, politics pander to their constituents, the people that actually vote for them. So in their mindset, they are abiding the majority, or they wouldn't be in office, even 50.00001% is majority right? They may not be perfect for everyone, but they believe they represent the maj... | There will never be a goodhearted, honest politician in our system. | 0 | 2015-06-30T08:00:14 | 32 | 2 | null |
Sure, there are thousands of books out there where you could derive moral ideas from. No matter if we're talking about religious texts, tales or even comics. But morals aren't true or false, they are accepted or not. The obvious problem starts when people try to force their moral ideas on other people and the only reas... | It doesn't matter whether God "exists" or not, religious beliefs can still be "true." | 0 | 2016-03-18T19:25:20 | 81 | 2 | 4 |
It has become extremely easy for [white middle class American] men to just come out of the closet. Or to find anonymous gay sex. If anything, pegging is more stigmatized. How many closeted privileged gay men are really bold enough to ask women for such a stigmatized activity? If they were that bold, why not just come o... | Most men that like pegging are either homosexual or bisexual and are afraid to give in to their urges | 1 | 2016-03-16T18:53:33 | 44 | 10 | null |
If you would set up an organization that pays people who aren't capable of holding down a fulltime job for irregular work like trash collection, that would be admirable. But when you abuse your coincidental position of econmic power to make them acknowledge your moral superiority, by saying you're giving them a "life ... | I think the best way to deal with beggars it to make them work for money, e.g. by cleaning the area of litter | 0 | 2014-08-07T10:46:50 | 59 | 0 | 2Δ |
Until I provide proof, everyone has a right to say that no such thing exists I think the claim "unicorns don't exist" needs some evidence. First of all you know the source, fantasy writings, and we can state that unicorns resemble other mythological creatures known to not exist, also we can look into how many have bee... | I don't need any evidence to claim that God does not exist. | 0 | 2017-05-06T10:48:57 | 66 | 6 | 15 |
an airline ticket is a contract, the terms are spelled out on the back. Usually it will say somewhere "contract for carriage" and spell out the terms, which include overbooking. When you purchase it you agree to the terms of the contract. It's your own fault if you don't read it or arrange your own contract for carriag... | Overbooking should be illegal. | 0 | 2017-04-11T04:52:38 | 803 | 1 | null |
if they stopped fighting for the "word" marriage, a lot more people would be tolerant. That's right. But the LGBT community and their supporters wants the *word* marriage. It's the only way to be 100% equal. Without the **word** marriage, there is still some separation between heterosexual and homosexual unions. They w... | I believe gay marriage shouldn't be legalized but I have no problem with civil unions. CMV | 0 | 2013-11-12T08:02:17 | 53 | 2 | 2 |
I contend that technology hasn't increased our natural talents or abilities, merely supplemented and facilitated what was already there. Yet for every good thing technology enables, it almost always enables evil as well. This is most evident in how the defense industry is the driving force behind the development of our... | Technology is making us smarter | 0 | 2016-06-22T03:44:54 | 77 | 1 | 1 |
I thought that Mr. Snuffaluffagus was real after watching Sesame Street. Do the negatives of believing in Mr. Snuffaluffagus (which I'm hard-pressed to come up with even one example) outweigh the benefits of watching this educational show? I vote no. Are you against reading them fairy tales? Showing them Sesame Street,... | Lying to our kids about Santa Clause, The Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy etc. is wrong and creates a false sense of reality. CMV | 1 | 2014-03-12T02:47:49 | 19 | 5 | 8 |
The most obvious manifestation of this is the tolerance of Islamic terrorism in the west. Despite this it may actually be the least important manifestation because the attacks are rarely genuine attacks on Christianity or practicing Christians, usually they just indiscriminately kill Europeans and probably actually pro... | Christianity is under attack in the western world | 0 | 2017-06-03T23:56:29 | 219 | 5 | 14 |
[The Velvet Revolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Revolution) | There is little to no point to protests in the streets. It can often just be ignored. | 1 | 2017-04-20T17:56:59 | 109 | 8 | 4 |
The idea of UBI is that as automation/technology grows we will soon have more people than we do jobs. So we need a way to provide basics needs (food, shelter, etc) to people. The whole point of UBI is for people to earn an income while not working. It would replace all of the patchwork of current government assistanc... | UBI would not be successful in the United States because of various reasons. | 1 | 2017-01-16T18:19:47 | 150 | 1 | 2 |
There are over 2,000,000 Americans sitting in prison right now instead of being at home with their families and being free to live their lives for acting immorally. I'd say there is some confirmation bias at play here... you sometimes see a person behaving immorally but seeming happy. You remember that. You don't tend... | Immoral people seem to be happier than moral people. | 0 | 2016-08-12T01:21:48 | 37 | 8 | 7 |
There's a whole realm of views between belief and non belief that have serious implications. For instance, one thing I struggled with when I was a Christian was how people born into different faiths or born before Christianity was a thing weren't technically saved by he evangelist way I was taught. I still discuss/deba... | I think debating religion is a fun game, but ultimately pointless. | 1 | 2016-04-08T18:22:58 | 139 | 14 | 24 |
I do a lot of things by accident. I'd say about fifty percent of my actions cause effects that I didn't intend. So I would say that a very large portion of what I cause to happen is in no way selfish. There is no direct motivation to the results at all. | Every single thing a person does is for selfish reasons. | 1 | 2015-02-16T04:41:52 | 122 | 2 | 1 |
And I imagine that people imagined factory production in the middle ages. Look, Bill Glade is repeating precisely the same argument that the Luddites did. The Luddites were a group of 19th century textile workers who were watching their jobs disappear because machines were replacing them. This is actually a well descri... | Humans are going to die out because of an economic collapse | 0 | 2015-01-05T04:57:31 | 45 | 9 | 69 |
I'll give it a try. Whatever the tax system that is in place requires you to pay, let's say you've paid it. So, I assume you would be okay with saying that this post-tax money is now "yours" because you've paid all your taxes. Now, let's say you want to pay someone to build you a house. If the money became yours by vir... | Taxation cannot be theft, because no one can rightly claim 100% responsibility for their pre-tax income. | 0 | 2016-02-21T20:51:45 | 299 | 13 | null |
Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say it's antisemitic (necessarily, see below), but, thinking of Judaism as just a religion is not really accurate - I would call the statement ignorant. There are plenty of agnostic and atheist Jews; it is a culture and, as a crude simplification, two or three ethnicities. Once you cons... | Atheism is not inherently antisemitic nor islamophobic, and neither are statements like, "The practice of religion is largely irrational and propagates misplaced certainties, and should end." | 1 | 2017-05-09T23:14:52 | 142 | 14 | 4 |
NOBODY knows that I even think I am depressed. NOBODY knows that I have talked to a psychiatrist about it (quite a bit) or that he wants to give me a prescription. Do you believe that your psychiatrist knows what he is doing? Have you shared your concerns with them about not wanting to take the drugs? | I've been diagnosed with depression but I don't want to take medication because... | 0 | 2017-05-19T22:08:32 | 62 | 2 | 6 |
People do not have enough time to be sufficiently educated as to the nuances of the bills being presented or the many other things that our elected officials do. That is why we have a representative republic rather than a direct democracy. Either everyone would vote without any education about the issues and so it woul... | The US legislative system should not consist of elected officials based on platforms and ideologies, but we should use 21st Century tech to crowdsource government. | 0 | 2014-09-06T04:20:41 | 31 | 10 | 8 |
So are we in agreement that this is a better idea than what your CMV proposes? Instead of coopting all Muslims by default into Sharia civil law, any two Muslims who agree to have a civil matter arbitrated according to Sharia law (within the limits of national law) can. Essentially a religious version of binding arbitra... | Muslim here. Western nations should allow Muslims in their jurisdictions to practice Sharia law in civil matters excluding those that conflict with the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Otherwise its equal to oppression by the host nation. | 1 | 2015-12-18T16:23:48 | 138 | 4 | 30 |
I live in Haiti, and regularly travel to parts of the world where littering is part of life (like the Vietnamese throwing their trash out of the window of their trains). It is incredibly economically inefficient to bring trash to where it can be processed and stored properly. The tragedy of the commons is already in fu... | 100% of people who litter frequently are assholes. | 1 | 2015-11-08T21:26:17 | 119 | 2 | 1 |
1. Democratic control of the means of production is necessary in a fair and free society. capitalism is democratic. One dollar, one vote. It is not the owners who decide what to produce, it is customers. You have vastly more control over walmart than you do over the federal government. If you don't like walmart, you ne... | Socialism is superior to capitalism. | 0 | 2015-10-01T05:35:34 | 126 | 1 | 5 |
"Doing justice" is a highly subjective idea. Look, you posted this in a "change my view" format. This is my attempt to do so. I believe the problem you're pointing out is legitimate. I am arguing that the solution you propose is not the best answer for a addressing this problem. My reasons for believing this are that ... | Philosophy should be taught at an appropriate age and continued throughout the education system. In university, the English requirement should be interchangeable (or changed to) a philosophy requirement. | 1 | 2016-06-05T22:41:47 | 330 | 20 | 3 |
I don't see why they would have to *personally* be damaged by religion in order to hold the views they do. I've never been raped, but I'm vehemently against rape. I can campaign against rape, even though it hasn't happened to me. Similarly, a militant atheist as you describe could simply be someone who has seen the dam... | Militant Atheists hate religion because they have been personally damaged by it. | 1 | 2016-03-24T22:53:46 | 35 | 13 | 10 |
It really depends on what they want to do. For both genders going against expectations and norms can be difficult, they just each have different ones to deal with. For some of the upsides there's a corresponding downside I'd say. People are more inclined to help women, but more inclined to believe they're less competen... | It is a lot harder being a guy than it is being a woman | 1 | 2017-03-14T08:36:45 | 199 | 1 | 69 |
I've come to the conclusion that I suppose I am a passive racist.. but I'm not hurting anyone and I doubt I will see a horde of black women outside my window tomorrow demanding dick, so I'm all g Excellent then, if I've changed your view may I have a delta? Since you no longer believe you are not racist, you are a pass... | I am in no way attracted to black people. I am not racist. | 1 | 2017-06-01T16:47:47 | 150 | 1 | 130 |
People project their appearance and their personalities in everyday interaction, but can hide their past and their proclivities if need be. We do not worry about hating pedophiles in everyday life because we don't meet someone and think, "Ted is totally a pedophile, let's hate on him". We do think "Ted is super rude, l... | What we most hate in others are traits we have, and hate, in ourselves | 1 | 2015-07-23T19:53:15 | 38 | 1 | 1Δ |
Some examples: * [Male-to-Female Transsexuals Have Female Neuron Numbers in a Limbic Nucleus](https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article-lookup/doi/10.1210/jcem.85.5.6564) * [Regional Grey Matter Variation in Male-to-Female Transsexuality](http://dbm.neuro.uni-jena.de/pdf-files/Luders-NI09-2.pdf) | Your gender is determined solely by the sex you are born as. | 1 | 2017-01-24T18:31:02 | 43 | 4 | 27 |
I don't know how to change your view when it's so subjective. There are going to be people for whom the big city life simply isn't amenable, and that's the end of it. You can't change a matter of taste. I can tell you that I'm living in Manhattan and I'm loving it. Everything is so convenient and thriving. My commute i... | NYC sucks | 0 | 2015-07-15T18:37:25 | 328 | 3 | null |
It's a question of what the legal consequences should be for abortion. There is a valid position that holds "Abortion is wrong, but we shouldn't jail poor, desperate women for having one. Abortion should be safe, legal, and rare." I think this position is rooted in acknowledging what a grey area it is for many people. ... | I believe that being Pro-Choice makes you Pro-Abortion. CMV | 1 | 2013-05-21T11:00:05 | 77 | 3 | 7 |
It looks as though part of your view is that profiling like this is unacceptable for some reason. Allow me to make a quick argument against that. Your concern, in profiling random passersby and deciding accordingly how cautious to be, is not with the impact of said profiling on them. It doesn't affect anyone except you... | I don't want to be afraid of random black people on the street. I was just attacked. Again. | 1 | 2017-01-06T23:14:50 | 393 | 41 | 3 |
They don't know for sure what created the universe and they don't understand it, but they don't spend all of their time searching for the answer. Therefore, they have "accepted" the fact that there is a force that they don't know or understand yet that created (or even possibly governs) the universe. They have accepted... | I believe that almost everyone accepts a higher power. CMV! | 0 | 2013-08-14T23:40:51 | 31 | 3 | null |
I think the crucial piece of information that could change your view is the fact that the "real world" is actually just a collection of individual "real worlds", so no one person really understands them all, even adults. The real world of an unemployed person is very different from the real world of a banking executive... | 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. | 0 | 2016-04-30T16:18:55 | 114 | 2 | 2Δ |
I agree that there are issues with most money-lenders, but Payday loan companies are the bottom of the proverbial barrel. They impose extreme fees, interest rates, and penalties and the companies also frequently engaged in deceptive practices to conceal added fees and strict terms. The average payday loan has an APR of... | there is nothing wrong with legal loan sharks and payday loan companies. | 0 | 2014-07-22T22:56:26 | 49 | 2 | 1 |
It's important to remember that retail workers are often kept at 35 or 36 hours per week (in the US). But if we assume 40 hours per week in a very low-cost-of-living area, yeah, you can squeak by on minimum wage. If you don't have pets, never eat out, don't give to charity or church, never go on vacation or take a sick... | Minimum wage(in Canada and the United States) is *usually* enough to live on. | 1 | 2017-04-22T21:14:28 | 153 | 9 | 4 |
But I'm happy to give away mine and I'm happy for government agencies to gather information that people are already giving away to private companies. How do you feel about private citizens having access to your information? Let's say you say the wrong thing on reddit and some member of a hacker group dislikes it so muc... | I see no problem with giving my personal information to Google, other web services and even government intelligence agencies. CMV | 0 | 2013-12-19T16:55:28 | 70 | 5 | 55Δ |
Of course, it's difficult to compare liberal violence and conservative violence side-by-side. However, there is substantial evidence that there is loads of rightwing violence, and -- when it occurs -- it's far more deadly than leftwing violence. In the aggregate, for example, rightwing extremists have [killed 48 Americ... | The left and liberals are the majority perpetrators of intolerance and violence in the USA. | 1 | 2017-02-23T09:58:55 | 276 | 5 | 3 |
How can you reliably prove that something is a lie, and not a sincerely held, but factually inaccurate, belief? The only thing that differentiates them is really intent, which is a very hard thing to regulate. If someone cites disproven studies to make a claim that benefits them, how can you prove that this was the res... | I believe any published lies should be illegal | 1 | 2015-06-29T05:28:44 | 53 | 1 | 1 |
If you take that broad of an understanding of healing magic, you should probably take a similarly broad understanding of other magics. Fire magic is similarly the manipulation of kinetic energy to create heat then fire in a finely controlled manner. There's no reason to believe that I couldn't use that to melt your br... | under any logical system, healing magic would be one of the most dangerous branches of sorcery there is, and would have at least as much martial potential as fire magic or necromancy. | 1 | 2017-06-05T06:47:46 | 75 | 1 | 5 |
Artists are in fact qualified to make political statements and their opinions should be worth more than the average person's as they are intellectuals. I disagree that all artists are intellectuals (some obviously are, and while they chose to do art, they are qualified by their other activities), so to change this part... | People put too much emphasis on art and artists. | 0 | 2017-01-26T21:47:09 | 58 | 1 | 18 |
Is there anybody over 35 that thinks it's okay to elect a 20 anything year old to become president? No, and if you say yes you're not 35 yet. The same way, when OP is that age he won't be able to explain the difference his brain works differently to a 23 year old. | The requirement for a president to be 35 years old is ridiculous and singles out a large part of the population | 0 | 2014-09-10T10:40:51 | 147 | 1 | 2 |
The two choices are not independent, because your first choice might affect which door can be revealed between the choices (which affects the options available in the second choice). The option to switch is basically the option of saying that your first guess was wrong: by switching, if you were wrong originally, you'... | To suggest that the Monty Hall problem has a solution better than 50% is the Gambler's Fallacy. | 1 | 2017-01-22T18:46:46 | 43 | 1 | 1 |
And why do you feel the need to advertise/promote you being gay? Pride is not "yay!, look at me! I am gay!" Pride is: - "yay! we aren't being arrested for this!" - "yay! we aren't being fired for being gay." - "yay! our lives aren't ruined if people find out we are gay!" - etc.. etc.. And if you are gay,... | Why do we need a gay pride. | 0 | 2017-06-26T14:50:35 | 138 | 12 | 20 |
No. It's because women were property at the time and place. You had to buy the woman from her father in order to marry her and premarital sex was technically a kind of theft. | Religions should not frown upon pre-marital sex. | 1 | 2014-09-14T18:30:42 | 92 | 4 | 5 |
None ended up with more than 4,000 points, and only three got over 2,000. Almost all posts get more points than what you see, they just come gradually and get cut down when they (would) pass 5,000 or so, and come down to around 2,000-4,000. The Zoolander posts were at once a reference to something a large amount of red... | 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. | 0 | 2015-03-11T07:57:55 | 109 | 1 | null |
I currently works at a company that offers very affordable car leases to its employees. In that car lease they include everything, and for example insurance can be really expensive in Sweden where I live for a young male that havent had a car in their name before. And they also include the tax for driving through gates... | Leasing a car is always and forever a bad choice. | 1 | 2015-05-24T15:08:26 | 27 | 6 | null |
X-post from other thread. The idea behind abortion is that women should have the right to choose what they do or don't do with their bodies. Birth control can fail, condoms can break, or even a mistake can happen. Abortion is not the easy fix many people say it is; it's very stressful and emotional to most women, and s... | 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 | 0 | 2013-05-01T03:13:15 | 511 | 9 | null |
Ah, I love this view. If nothing matters (and in the grand scheme of things, nothing does matter) then that means you can decide what matters *to you*. Some people go out and they want to make the world a better place. They do this by giving back, teaching and creating a better world for the future. Some people want to... | Nothing really matters. | 0 | 2016-07-13T02:03:26 | 60 | 1 | 1 |
Psych major here. What you talk about is totally a valid criticism, and an oft-cited reason why people diagnosed with depression don't want to be dependent on prescription. This is why treatment involving antidepressants pretty much always comes coupled with therapy sessions. Often times, you'll even get a therapist th... | I believe that antidepressants mess you up and addict you in the long term because without them you are back to the "reality" goggles. CMV | 0 | 2013-04-26T02:16:56 | 63 | 10 | 27 |
If churches are taxed, they are entitled to representation. This means they could donate money directly to political candidates and political action committees directly in support of candidates. I do think we should restrict their speech when it comes to ballot initiatives though. Churches are powerful, and giving them... | I think churches should pay taxes. | 1 | 2014-06-04T00:04:57 | 83 | 6 | 16Δ |
What about laws which enable to society to achieve much greater efficiency? Specifically I'm thinking about traffic laws; we currently require everyone to drive on the same side of the road, but we could (and, under your system) should repeal those laws, letting everyone drive how they want as long as they don't hit an... | People should be allowed to do whatever they want unless they harm another human with their actions. | 1 | 2017-03-26T18:45:57 | 103 | 1 | 1 |
The thing about records is that they won't be forgotten. If you made a mistake in your life and it happens to be on the record, you will never get another chance to prove you became better. I know an infertile couple where the wife is not allowed to adopt anymore, because she did something in the past. I know that they... | People should earn the right to have children. | 0 | 2017-05-22T19:29:02 | 461 | 1 | null |
Without clock stoppage, (let's assume no added-time for now), there would still be 15 minutes a quarter. The average drive seems to be between 2-4 minutes. That still leaves between 4-5 drives each quarter - which seems to me to be plenty. Each team would likely get 3-5 possessions each *game*. Maybe a few more if ther... | the NFL should eliminate all clock stoppage | 1 | 2016-10-08T23:03:13 | 122 | 20 | 14 |
Companies that provide the most value to the public are the ones that thrive and grow. It is survival of the fittest. Companies that damage the public or act unethically end up being caught and their product sales decline. The idea that the government has to regulate companies so that companies will behave in their own... | Corporations almost never act in the interest of the public and would pursue extremely unethical and illegal practices to increase profits if not prevented from doing so by government regulations. | 0 | 2016-12-07T05:30:04 | 265 | 2 | null |
she should be stripped of her Gold's, since technically she would be a female competing in a male sport But everyone knows she was a male at the time she competed. Why strip gold medals if they didn't break any rules at time of competition? Why do you care about this subject? Not trying to be condescending just do not ... | When discussing success in sports Caitlyn Jenner should be referred to as Bruce Jenner. | 0 | 2017-04-23T07:06:08 | 41 | 13 | 5 |
So, I think "meaning" is kind of just a byproduct of our evolution. Because, the way you're talking about it is sort of the way most people address this concept, like it's some sort of transcendent sentiment, that there's a purpose that can exist forever and we're not a part of it and that eternal purpose is the only i... | Human existence is futile. | 1 | 2015-08-21T08:22:50 | 49 | 5 | 11 |
Gender is a social construct and is not tied with sexual characteristics and hormones. Genderfluid is not "biologically" possible because gender is not tied to biology. Your sex organs and hormones don't determine how you define yourself. The point about how there aren't any trustworthy studies so it's not real is exac... | Genderfluidity isn't a thing and is usually related to attention seeking/ being psychologically unstable or just being undecisive trans | 0 | 2016-09-04T16:13:07 | 473 | 0 | null |
Japanese car manufacturers produce 3 trucks. The Toyota Tacoma, the Toyota Tundra, and the Honda Ridgeline. Of these three trucks only the Tundra is actually has towing capability greater than the average SUV. The Tacoma has the same towing power as the average sudan 6 and only comes with a automatic transmission, and ... | Japanese automobiles are the best in world for quality of production and value for money. American cars are especially inferior products. | 1 | 2016-07-10T21:17:30 | 57 | 7 | 15 |
Who would you rather raise kids with, your guy-friends or one of your sex affairs? I'd guess (and hope) that the answer is a clear *neither*, and there you have your answer as to why monogamy (at least temporary monogamy for the purpose of child-rearing) makes a lot of sense. Life is about a lot more than going out wit... | Monogamy is misguided | 0 | 2017-05-13T22:42:52 | 52 | 16 | 1 |
The scant evidence you cite has not properly controlled for social factors. When studies have controlled for social factors differences vanish. For [instance](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/opinion/sunday/intelligence-and-the-stereotype-threat.html?_r=3&): In a 1995 article in The Journal of Personality and Soc... | Blacks are less intelligent than Whites due to genetics CMV | 1 | 2013-08-03T08:57:05 | 172 | 7 | 11Δ |
They may argue, for instance, that as a woman who has been raped has made no decision to risk initiating a pregnancy they should immediately have access to an abortion. This is seen as justifiable because the motivations of the woman are pure, and she is an innocent party; she is not, for example, rejecting the intrins... | The context of a pregnancy, however abhorrent (e.g. rape), does not affect the morality of abortion | 0 | 2017-02-02T17:27:00 | 41 | 1 | 2 |
Modern rap, especially up around the Kanye/Jay-Z/Nicki tier, co-opts white-power imagery as a way of asserting dominance basically. Kanye wears the confederate flag. JayZ made a video of end-to-end illuminati imagery (On To The Next One). It's shorthand for saying 'we run things now'. They aren't saying that Nazism is ... | The new Nicki Minaj music video "Only" is glorifying Nazism and Hitler | 1 | 2014-11-09T09:02:36 | 56 | 158 | 4 |
Even in the reddest of red states, at least a third of people are reliably liberal. And even in the bluest of blue states, at least a third are reliably conservative. Within a specific region, we are few enough to wield almost no real political power, but there are still probably a hundred million of us, and Federal au... | The U.S. is too big for one government, and should be broken up into smaller countries. | 1 | 2014-06-20T05:11:52 | 78 | 2 | 1 |
As others have mentioned, that's not how addiction works. One of the major problems right now is fentanyl. When other, safer opiates lost their ability to be prescribed due to being opiates, drug companies produced a new product, a synthetic opiate. The problem is that the dose is 50-100X the strength of traditional op... | Prescription opiates should come, not in a twist off bottle, but in an electronic device that vends the proper dose periodically in accordance with the prescription. | 0 | 2016-12-30T02:14:10 | 39 | 1 | null |
It may be possible to create a commodity crypto-currency that is not a Pyramid Scheme (ask who owns most of the bitcoin, and how that happened, and who is paying the cost), isn't intrinsically inflationary, and doesn't contribute to crime. But BitCoin is not that currency. Ultimately, though, you're mistaking the prob... | a Bitcoin based world economy would be far better than the current fiat based one. | 0 | 2016-12-19T21:40:40 | 79 | 1 | 208 |
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