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If the price of a Whopper tripled nobody would go to Burger King, not just fat people. No need to triple it, just increase it so that people consider it more of an occasional luxury. Here's another thing, it's very possible to become morbidly obese eating only "healthy" food, just a lot of it. Yes, but why would anyone... | So-called "fat taxes" should not be on junk food, they should be on pants. | 1 | 2015-06-10T21:02:26 | 100 | 2 | 14Δ |
One motivation for people to work hard is so that they can give their children and grandchildren a better life. That's a pretty strong motivation imo. Also, since your argument seems to be against the very rich passing down their money, what's to stop them from giving most of their money to their kids before they die? ... | I disagree with the concept of inheritance, CMV | 1 | 2013-08-18T01:10:51 | 29 | 3 | 27 |
Other wealthy people are still going to buy their products, aren't they? Suppose it's a product that is essential, cheap, and every household only needs one. A few things to consider: 1. The poor put almost all of their paychecks into buying things, almost nothing into savings and investments. If millions of poor peop... | Realistically, hurting the majority of poor people will not hurt the majority of wealthy people in any significant way | 0 | 2016-10-14T16:48:05 | 76 | 1 | 11 |
How much is "a lot more". They already pay _far more_ in taxes than services they recieve. If you start taxing them harder, they will just move their wealth overseas and you will get far _less_ in taxes. | We need to raise taxes on the richest 1% | 1 | 2017-03-15T22:03:38 | 338 | 65 | 103 |
I think that people's view of what teaching philosophy to children means is rather different to what it could be like. Perhaps a better way of teaching philosophy is to harness the inquiring nature of a child's mind, attempt to show different answers to their questions according to different philosophies and try to all... | I feel like math, philosophy, first and second language and IT should be the only course taught to children until 4th grade. | 0 | 2015-03-27T13:20:22 | 46 | 2 | null |
What intrinsic value does making an opinion invisible with no discourse do? What will taking someone's opinion and committing as many ad-hominem attacks as you can without addressing anything about the opinion itself accomplish? You're trying to say SRS is productive or the face of feminism. The thing is, even they don... | I think that banning downvote brigades from ShitRedditSays is actively harmful to this site. CMV | 1 | 2014-01-13T15:28:25 | 236 | 10 | 2 |
I think that this generally makes sense for most people, but not in the case of the morbidly obese. For them, their main focus is to lose as much weight as possible before physical achievements such as how long you can run or how many pushups you can do is even relevant. The main objective for those that far down the s... | People who are trying to improve their health/figure should use physical achievements and not weight as a measurement of progress. | 1 | 2016-09-22T01:41:30 | 38 | 5 | 4 |
Do you mean casual performance? Solo performance? When playing in groups it's very important if you're playing in a higher skilled group for harmonization, different chord tones need more emphasis than others. | knowledge of music theory is only necessary for creating music, not performing it | 1 | 2015-02-04T17:20:23 | 28 | 2 | 15 |
Fist fights, with the participants' awareness and consent, are *not as harmful as it is propagandized *. It is almost never fatal or debilitating. How do you assure that informed consent was gathered from all involved parties? What stops an aggressor from attacking someone and claiming the other party consented? Kids ... | Fist fights should have less severe consequences and stigma surrounding it! | 0 | 2016-11-01T17:17:41 | 58 | 3 | 9 |
Can we stop with the "first world problems" being selfish and offensive because there is worst out there. Yes, there are people in the world in a very bad situation. Yes, there are people starving to death, losing their whole families in wars, or used as sex slaves. Does that mean we lose the right to worry about the p... | There was nothing special about 2016, bad events happen and people die every year. The internet just exaggerates everything. | 1 | 2016-11-28T00:54:51 | 336 | 532 | 1 |
What about things like radiotherapy that would make you a danger to others? Or drugs that are only used in crimes, like date-rape drugs? | All Drugs (even cocaine) should be available without a prescription. CMV | 1 | 2013-12-24T01:23:57 | 82 | 3 | 44Δ |
So your saying that the issues are used to distract us from other ones. The reason why gay marriage gets so much attention is due to the simplistic nature of the issue. With most issues, I can see both sides and understand them,crime, envioromentilism and financial reforms are tricky gray area subjects that are much mo... | CMV Gay rights are a media circus to distract liberals from environmentalism and financial reforms. | 1 | 2014-01-24T23:08:06 | 91 | 7 | null |
So you want to violate both free speech and the equal protection clause? If the word is so bad, shouldn't we let anyone get beaten who uses the word? What percentage of "black blood" do you need to qualify? Does a mixed race person get to beat themselves? | If a non-Black person in the US says the N-word, a Black person should not be charged with a crime if they respond violently, unless it results in that non-Black person's death or permanent injury. | 0 | 2017-04-03T23:45:58 | 325 | 2 | null |
That is, the model would be incapable of representing itself within its own framework. Assume all intelligence happens in the brain. The brain has in the range of 10^26 molecules. It has 100 billion neurons. With an MRI (maybe an improved one from the current state) we can get a snapshot of an entire working human brai... | Artificial general intelligence will probably not be invented. | 1 | 2016-09-17T15:38:05 | 86 | 136 | 94 |
I think a lot of the discussions and arguments here are going to find the points of disagreeance at what *you* or *yourself* are. Are they the primary personality attributes you consider yourself to have? If so, yourself is a pretty easily identifiable being. Are they your decision making properties, wants, desires, ... | It is impossible to be anything other than yourself | 1 | 2016-12-03T17:30:20 | 53 | 3 | 35 |
In the student's defense, this is how it's used in common speech even if that's not the textbook definition. The way it's usually used is specifically to say "you couldn't possibly face any problems anything like what I as a [minority] face, so shut up". There's often a difference between technical language and common ... | The "check your privilege" phenomenon is not racist against white people; rather, it calls for an awareness of the cultural and historical reality in which we live. | 0 | 2014-05-07T03:04:21 | 172 | 1 | 5 |
I agree, but your argument isn't about rightness, it's about favorability. Laws against incest would stem from other reasons you've already mentioned in your OP. | It is hypocritical to be in favour of homosexuality, yet against incest. | 1 | 2016-03-13T17:41:30 | 170 | 3 | 3 |
I don't think it has much to do with how "good" a language is, rather than its adoption. English is already prevalent everywhere, the most important thing about a language is how many people use it; it doesn't matter how good a language is if nobody uses it. | English should not be the international language | 0 | 2015-06-21T21:32:41 | 32 | 3 | null |
Are we trying to punish the wealthy? No, really. We shouldn't tax people because there is wealth to be taxed. Taxes should be raised to a specific purpose. So, what is the specific purpose? What would raising this money do for us? Very often, tossing money into a system only results in corruption and waste. Just look a... | There should be a 2% Wealth tax on everyone making more than 10 million dollars | 0 | 2016-08-01T00:02:48 | 72 | 3 | 87 |
This can also be addressed using a "loser pays" system that has a cap. The loser in a civil lawsuit has to pay the winner's legal bills within a certain cap, like 200% of their own legal bills. That way, the little guy isn't afraid to bring a lawsuit, and the person being sued doesn't have to contribute to his own demi... | The fact that rich people can afford better/more lawyers than poor people is a fundamental miscarriage of justice. In order to combat this problem, each side in a legal battle should be forced to contribute equal money to their own counsel and their opponents counsel. | 1 | 2014-11-06T21:10:51 | 98 | 2 | 1 |
First of all, euthanasia based on a terminal and painful illness is a seperate debate. And i agree with that portion. However, suicidal tendencies should be treated not aided, as per the Hippocratic oath. In the interest of preserving human life and the true intention of a prison, to rehabilitate, it is counterproduct... | Prisoners should have the option to end their life. | 0 | 2015-06-04T20:16:31 | 63 | 1 | null |
First of all, the notion of a "two party system" is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If 80% of the popular vote in every state had gone to Jill Stein, she would have become president, unless for some grand unprecedented fixing at the Congressional level (which admittedly could probably happen). Secondly, how do you even kno... | Obama is the best we could do 2008-2013 and complaining about his presidency is pointless, CMV. | 0 | 2013-09-06T00:05:02 | 120 | 29 | 15 |
Go to /r/badeconomics if you want criticism of Bernie that's grounded in academic economics. Supporters of Bernie aren't making an echo chamber as much as they're being dishonest about Bernie's plans. | Supporters of Bernie Sanders have turned reddit into an echo chamber devoid of critical evaluations of his policies. | 0 | 2016-02-16T15:41:41 | 285 | -1 | null |
This has nothing to do with touchy-feely ideas about process and everything to do with outsourcing. Unions work for things that can't be relocated. The miners can unionize because you can't move the mine to another country. Dockworkers can unionize because you can't move the dock to another country. Teachers can unioni... | Software engineers (and engineers in general) should be unionized | 1 | 2016-04-26T21:30:14 | 124 | 3 | 2 |
I'll challenge a very simple part of your analysis; China could have a stronger military than the US in a decade. If China's GDP continues growing, and they are willing to continue to accelerate or maintain their 2% spending as a percentage of GDP, while the US continues spending a declining percentage of it's GDP (no... | America will crumble internally like the ancient Romans. | 0 | 2014-04-28T02:32:07 | 119 | 16 | 6 |
Does reading poetry count as a form of artistic expression? Does collecting paintings and hanging them in your home count? Does singing your favorite song count? If so, then playing a video game also counts. You stated in your "edit" that video games are art, but you do not consider gamers to be "artists". I think you ... | I do not think that gaming qualifies as a form of artistic expression. CVM | 0 | 2013-06-10T01:15:20 | 46 | 1 | 16 |
I'm not sure about your local institutions, but here, mine take 10% of each donation. For what, I'm unsure. Sure, it's better than the major, corporates donation companies, who take as much as 40% of each donation. The better, smarter option would be to give the homeless the actual objects you hope they buy in the firs... | Giving beggars or people on the street money is wrong, rather give it to helping institutions. | 1 | 2015-01-28T16:36:14 | 93 | 1 | 2 |
There have been various allegations of assault, etc against Uber drivers. http://www.whosdrivingyou.org/rideshare-incidents The simple fact that you're being monitored isn't enough to deter some criminals. Background checks aim to prevent incidents, rather than responding to them after they happen. Also, regular taxis ... | In the age of Uber there's no point in having any taxi regulations | 1 | 2016-05-26T23:17:16 | 92 | 5 | 1 |
Religious arguments are not tenable either though. If some Christian was against gay marriage, AND against masturbation, AND never wore cotton-wool blends, AND insisted women who were menstruating be isolated, AND advocated impregnating your brother's widow, then they would have a coherent argument. Picking and choosin... | The Only Tenable Position Against Gay Marriage/Adoption is a Religious Position | 0 | 2017-07-04T07:37:32 | 46 | 0 | null |
I think the American Conservative brings up a very good point [here.](https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/too-good-a-problem/) Essentially all of the solutions to climate change are liberal policies. You're going to have a hard time selling conservatives on these policies and that they should happen anywa... | Even if climate change is not real or man-caused, all of the acts being recommended to counter it should happen anyway. | 0 | 2017-02-01T16:33:05 | 301 | 15 | null |
why not younger? [Not a great source](http://www.thefreelibrary.com/At+what+age+does+a+child+know+right+from+wrong%3F-a0221650953) but surely we should have it at the age when you are determined to know what is right or wrong? Say 14? why not older? you're expecting people to be responsible for every law but not respon... | The minimum age at which an individual may be tried as an adult in a criminal case should be, wait for it, 18 years of age. | 0 | 2014-08-22T18:26:57 | 195 | 1 | 2 |
I think the trick here is to stop thinking that god being capable of "change" is a power. Something perfect cannot change, and why would it, to become imperfect? Such a god knows that it will do the perfect thing at the right time, always (omniscient). And it can do that perfect thing, no matter what it is (omnipotent)... | God, as he is commonly described, logically cannot exist | 0 | 2017-02-13T01:08:23 | 147 | 3 | 223 |
What about mathematics and philosophy? Both of those are important to science, but neither are scientists. Or do they fall under creatives? | A society where all people are creatives or scientist is preferable to our current one | 1 | 2017-04-17T05:18:03 | 96 | 1 | 55 |
Have you considered that your problem might be your attention to "stuff" rather than people? Have you considered that, while YOU may feel it's nicer and more comfortable to hang at your place, your friends probably feel the same way about their own? I'm in your boat. My place is typically the one with more space and am... | I spend a lot of time making my space an enjoyable place for guests to visit. Because of this, I shouldn't be expected to go visit others that haven't done the same. | 0 | 2016-12-16T22:17:10 | 68 | 3 | null |
I think the 'cars' comparison isn't so invalid, but I have a different take. The following are random thoughts on the issue: The benefits of automobiles are obvious, however, the disadvantages of automobiles are relatively rare and hidden: car accident deaths, and pollution come to mind at the top of the list. The bene... | The 2nd Amendment Should be Abolished. | 0 | 2016-12-16T03:47:47 | 187 | 1 | 1 |
I'd like to point out that what you have identified is the major difference between nationalism and cosmopolitanism. This is a sharply divisive topic within the political science community, with both sides having excellent points. Nationalist thinkers believe that co-nationals have more of a moral claim on each other t... | I believe that the concept of national identity is a divisive concept with no real benefit to the average citizen. CMV | 1 | 2013-04-29T04:24:12 | 66 | 29 | 4 |
One person saying, "no, I won't buy that" isn't enough to affect the demand. As a result, the same number of animals will be killed and that person's vegetarianism or veganism will make no difference. One person refraining from stoning a person to death doesn't keep that person alive either, but the refrainer can say t... | I believe vegans and vegetarians who choose their diets for ethical reasons rather than simple taste or health reasons are irrational and misinformed. CMV. | 0 | 2013-12-26T21:16:14 | 49 | 13 | null |
so, if i'm understanding you correctly, you think these outfits are lazy because not much thought goes into them? how are leggings and a top different from jeans and a top? or a skirt and a top? i mean, if you're using that criteria, wearing dresses means you're the laziest of all. you put on a dress and a pair of shoe... | Leggings are lazy. | 0 | 2014-06-07T23:14:10 | 30 | 1 | null |
I'm not sure how much I agree with the way WSDOT is treating the HOV requirement. It seems like WSDOT is trying to hack their way around getting the funding, with a terrible workaround that disproportionately benefits wealthier folks over poorer ones and not fairly improving transportation for the public as a whole. We... | The new Washington State I-405 Toll Lanes are terrible and unfair. | 1 | 2015-10-06T04:07:50 | 43 | 1 | 1 |
The biological sex that someone is doesn't matter for almost anything in life outside of purely genetics, reproduction and specific medical ailments. If someone chooses to express themselves as a female or male, and they follow most of the societal rules about it(something that is inherently absurd given that they are ... | Transgender people will never really be "men" or "women" | 1 | 2015-09-11T05:03:17 | 131 | 8 | 16 |
You've formed this view based on less than a quarter of how long you're probably going to live. And you hadn't even reached puberty for at least ten of those years. You're likely to be well off, financially. You're recently taken steps to reduce your weight. These are very attractive things, and women do value them ver... | it is clear that I am meant to be alone | 1 | 2015-07-14T03:55:56 | 29 | 1 | 37 |
There's realistically only so much practice that can be had in a day, whether its because of time or because the player's body becomes to mentally/physically exhausted that practice is no longer constructive. Because of this players and coaches have to decide how they will spend their limit practice time. This can be s... | NBA Players should be making more free throws. | 1 | 2017-04-19T23:37:02 | 34 | 2 | 3 |
"But hey ...what about the fact that you had to do this exact same study a hundred times to get a result that did not confirm the null hypothesis ???" Can you give me an example of this? As someone who has been involved with academic science this doesn't sound that familiar. There may be similar experiments done, but n... | There is a problem in scientific academia. | 0 | 2017-02-16T17:13:42 | 65 | 12 | 66 |
I was of a similar mindset to you not that long ago. How could someone who is practically indestructible ever be a compelling hero? I still watched all the Christopher Reeve movies. I used to even be strangely addicted to the 1940s cartoons of Superman. It wasn't until I watched Man of Steel that it all started to make... | I feel like Superman is the most Mary Sueish hero, and I do not understand his popularity. CMV. | 0 | 2013-08-29T17:20:07 | 281 | 18 | null |
Which republican values conflict with Christianity in your view? If it's voting against social welfare programs, please consider this verse: “Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” 2 Corinthians 9:7 NIV The Bibl... | Republicans are unchristian. | 1 | 2016-12-23T21:10:11 | 517 | 9 | null |
If 'B' is born a man, and remains a man and identifies as a man, and identifies men as those who are born men, and uses a bathroom that has a man in it at the same time, and wishes to only use a bathroom of the same gender he identifies with because he is more comfortable doing so, his right to do so is not protected. ... | Protections enabling transgendered people to choose the bathroom of the gender they identify with removes that protection for other people. | 0 | 2017-02-23T23:13:25 | 401 | 1 | 10 |
Just speaking from experience, I have gotten several deltas from very long posts and draw out discussions. I also find this kind of delta to be the most rewarding kind. There are some topics that are simply far too complicated to properly express in a few sentences, and it can take the exchange of a couple long posts t... | CMV - Long debate posts are ineffective at changing views. | 0 | 2015-08-19T00:03:57 | 52 | 0 | 39 |
Where do you live? It's obviously not NYC. No one here wants a paper trail because they can't launder money from their Salon / Dry Cleaner / Deli. Plus it's understood that you should be carrying cash here wish negates your main point. | Businesses that don't accept credit cards are losing money by doing so. | 0 | 2015-04-27T22:33:45 | 161 | 1 | null |
I'd just like to point out that even if our minds aren't entirely deterministic, that does not mean we have free will--it just means that some of the inputs may be entirely random (this is basically pointed at the people who are bringing up quantum effects, etc. as sources of free will--the source is irrelevant). If ou... | I believe that everything is predetermined and humans have no free will. CMV. | 0 | 2013-08-14T01:55:57 | 51 | 1 | 1 |
Games with no rules is just play. The difficulty around defining games is the difficulty around defining play. Phenomenologists are still nailing down the meaning of playfulness. "This seems like a delaying tactic." That's absurd. No one is trying to delay a definition of play. Science is a process, it's not a finger... | I don't think the term "game" has a concrete definition. | 1 | 2015-10-28T20:35:35 | 311 | 3 | 2 |
A receipt is protection for both the seller and the buyer. The buyer has a list of what they purchased so they can know that they weren't sold anything that they didn't want to purchase. Before receipts it used to be a common practice to tack on something to a large order, a product that wasn't actually given to the cu... | Printed receipts for everyday purchases are outdated and should only be printed if the customer specifically asks | 0 | 2015-09-22T02:00:08 | 61 | 1 | 29 |
While I generally agree with your sentiment, it's a lot easier said than done. For an adult, it's a lot harder to learn a language than it is for a child. Adults have to start from scratch - alphabets. As a 23 year old trying to learn a new language, let me tell you it is quite difficult to retain all the information.... | I think that anyone who lives in a country must learn the native language. | 1 | 2016-12-14T17:21:38 | 71 | 40 | 1 |
It's relatively common that some top-level comments are rehashes of arguments that have already been tried in some fashion. Thus, while a response would be nice, it may be redundant. Also, some threads balloon to several hundred comments. It may be impractical for OP to respond to all comments within a fixed time with... | I believe that OPs in this subreddit should be banned if they ignore serious top-level replies to their posts. CMV. | 0 | 2013-05-15T09:15:55 | 42 | 3 | 3 |
Well I don't think anyone is under the impression that legalizing marijuana will save the budget, but even a small amount of tax money is better than no tax money. Also, you fail to take the savings it would have on frivolous spending within the justice system into account, which would be a far greater amount than tax ... | Legalizing Marijuana Will Not Help the Economy | 0 | 2015-01-22T16:50:39 | 105 | 1 | 4 |
Videos in this thread: [Watch Playlist ▶](http://sbtl.tv/_r3ckuyu?feature=playlist&nline=1) VIDEO|VOTES - COMMENT -|- (1) [Peter Tosh - Equal Rights (HD)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iqeOTg2a-l8) (2) [Bob Marley - Ambush In The Night [09]](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tgVVG5EknuI) (3) [Jimmy Cliff - The Ha... | I'm a musician and I like all its derivatives, but I just can't stand reggae. | 0 | 2015-07-09T01:35:53 | 27 | 3 | null |
The most important tennant to consider is called [uniformitarianism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniformitarianism). This assumes that the rules that govern the processes that happen today are unchanged from how they were in the past. Therefore, any process that happens today would also happen in the same way in the ... | I'm a young-earth creationist. | 0 | 2015-11-04T20:27:00 | 82 | 1 | 47 |
Yes, exactly. You're free to act within limits. No one is free to act however they want to, that's why laws exist. | Why should small business owners have to server the LGBT community? | 1 | 2016-03-30T22:09:48 | 83 | 11 | 24 |
A partnership has many forms. My wife and I have separate finances, and we pay for different things as we like. We have a joint account where the house bills are paid from, and we paid half each until she went independent and I took up those bills while she has low income, and suddenly she has a lot of money come in a... | Married couples that maintain separate finances are, at best, not fully committing to the true spirit of marriage as a partnership. At worst, their reasoning is cynical and/or selfish. | 0 | 2016-11-29T05:51:17 | 81 | 2 | 10 |
Except thinking about it now, there must have been hundreds of thousands of black men in the South during this time period. If we wanted to know what it was like, why didn't we just ask one of them? Did we really need to send a white man down pretending to be black? Was that the only way to get a legitimate opinion? It... | My public school's diversity education was actually racist. | 0 | 2015-05-21T03:09:50 | 33 | 5 | null |
Journalism is one area where the Oxford comma is not preferable (costs more in ink and takes up more space). The other is that the comma and the "and" serve the same function in lists, like "I need ice cream, balloons, and chairs." The commas mean "and," so it's not logical to write it twice (you might as well write "I... | I believe that the oxford comma helps create a clearer meaning in text, and that it should be the standard for everyone to learn. | 0 | 2014-03-12T03:05:35 | 225 | 3 | null |
Let's pretend there's something called "Effort Levels." In order to successfully learn or complete a task, you need to input a certain amount of effort level. Let's say the task is to read a book and write an analytical essay. For the average natural intelligence level in the class, it takes a student "10" effort lev... | I think dyslexia in almost all cases is just a lack of education in the language. | 0 | 2016-08-31T19:56:23 | 40 | 1 | null |
I don't think most people have *that* much of a problem with the "my grandpa stole your grandpa's axe, I still have it in my garage, so morally I should give it back" unless it goes back so far that there's really no legitimate way to determine who it goes to, etc., etc. However, that's not really what's going on here.... | Western nations have a moral obligation to help the people of poorer countries | 1 | 2015-08-28T03:26:09 | 67 | 39 | 119 |
You seem to think that life can only be positive if you can experience pleasure by doing nothing. Boredom might be the default option if you sit alone in a room all day, but that's why people don't sit alone in a room all day. People have jobs and friends and hobbies, that provide constant stimulus. Having to put effor... | Being alive is fundamentally a bad thing. | 1 | 2015-08-01T12:24:11 | 169 | 2 | 1 |
I'll address 2 issues here that didn't really get talked about in the thread so far. 1) Fatherlessness and 2) Hip Hop Fatherlessness and broken families goes way back to slavery. Slave marriages were not recognized by law. As a result of this, slave owners would deliberately split families apart if one formed by sellin... | Black people need to begin accepting their own responsibility for their problems; it is black criminality/culture that is causing the black community's problems, NOT white racism. [Serious] | 1 | 2016-04-28T07:43:37 | 802 | 4 | 1 |
Voting for Obama doesn't mean I condone using drones to kill innocent people, or that I accept using drones at all. It might mean you condone it, similarly that people who voted for Trump condone racism, etc because of whatever reason (such as not wanting Clinton). This doesn't mean that they are racist, but it does me... | Using the same logic of some liberals, anyone who voted for Obama supports the killing of innocent civilians by drone strike | 0 | 2016-11-11T02:01:17 | 38 | 1 | null |
Well, from one perspective both choices are equally selfish, because they are just different answers to the question of "What do **I** want from life?" In both cases people have or don't have kids because that's *what they want*, not because of broader societal consideration. Hence: selfish. I'm sure there are some peo... | Having a child is more selfish than not having one | 1 | 2014-10-28T19:40:15 | 231 | 20 | 11 |
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" is not a problematic song. The thing is, in a modern context, it *is* problematic. Even if it's just coy teasing when intended... we really don't want to perpetuate this notion that women have to be coy and teasing when the want sex, and that men have to be pushy and dominant. Sure, it might ... | "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is not a problematic song. | 0 | 2016-12-07T23:26:05 | 119 | 2 | 208 |
# Summary: There are three counterarguments below: 1. Media **report on criminality and culture differently** for different groups, which distorts how we view culture's contribution to inequality 2. **Focusing on *hard work* and *self-improvement* is an old argument**, and it hasn't historically depended on how bad the... | Black people need to begin accepting their own responsibility for their problems; it is black criminality/culture that is causing the black community's problems, NOT white racism. [Serious] | 1 | 2016-04-28T00:23:22 | 802 | 2 | 1 |
I'm going to stop trying to convince you right now because honestly it looks like you've already made up your mind. I know in like 20 years or something you'll almost certainly have come round with the rest of everybody, just gotta wait for you to have that moment where it clicks properly, or you see a concept or idea ... | You are the Gender you were born as because it is impossible to have understanding of something of which you are not. | 1 | 2016-04-20T16:04:07 | 565 | 2 | 3 |
They basically make music for the sole purpose of sustaining their wealth and have corporates piggy back on top of their success. That is why their songs all sound painfully similar, while managing to have zero depth. In this way they are similar to the likes of Justin Beiber (they are not quite that bad though). It ca... | I believe that the band Nickelback gets far too much unwarranted hate. CMV. | 0 | 2013-07-06T20:03:02 | 47 | 0 | null |
Let's look at [United's Contract of Carriage](https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/contract-of-carriage.aspx): because it makes sense to judge United by *their own rules*. Some of the interpretation is subjective, and other details aren't known, but let's see if United violated what they laid down. First, some bas... | United Airlines did nothing wrong. | 1 | 2017-04-12T11:56:08 | 72 | 3 | 11 |
For full disclosure, I don't believe in God either. But that doesn't mean it's indefensible. A semantic thing first: lots of people say "I don't believe in God," but mean different things when they say it. Some people have their doubts, some people deny even the possibility of God, and others (like myself) hold that h... | I think belief in God is indefensible on any grounds CMV | 0 | 2013-05-02T02:56:43 | 130 | 1 | null |
I got birth control pills as a 15 yearold without consulting my parents. When I was 13 I had the following "sex-talk" with my mom: Me sitting in my room minding my own business. Mom enters: If you have sex with your boyfriend use a condom! Mom leaves. Me: .... She wasn't exactly inviting to asking questions and having ... | Teenage girls should not be given birth control pills without their parents’ permission. | 1 | 2014-07-17T08:06:26 | 64 | 2 | 7 |
**(1)** The implication of your question is that pirates who upload *are* hurting copyright holders. **(2)** Without people who upload, nobody could download. People who upload, do so because the infrastructure exists (P2P sites). **(3)** The infrastructure exists because it's profitable, which is why all these sites h... | CMV : In most cases, the pirates that only download but do not upload copyrighted content are causing no loss to the copyright holder. | 1 | 2014-12-31T10:05:49 | 55 | 58 | 1 |
Your premises don't lead to your conclusion. Robots are going to take over all production. Over-population and inflation will result in massive poverty. If we continue on the path we are currently on with out implementing socialism what will happen is that the wealthy top 1% that own the corporations that own the robot... | The only way humans don't go extinct in the long run is if we convert to socialism | 1 | 2016-07-28T00:01:44 | 136 | 2 | 13 |
We can't correctly estimate how easy someone's life is because the only basis for comparison we have is our own. Outside of the fact that the people who complain to you probably do have very real problems that they're just not sharing with you, even if superficial surface stuff is all they've ever had to worry about, t... | We can correctly estimate how easy someone else's life is (whether it's your spouse, office colleague, your boss, friend or anyone else) | 1 | 2016-10-14T17:09:26 | 61 | 28 | 84 |
Oh and Farmville etc doesn't really count. I'm talking about games with a competitive element and where you have to interact. Playing Bejewelled on your phone means you play games. Not that you're a gamer. OP, I think you should really consider the meaning of what you've said here in it's full context. 1. Gaming has on... | I don't care that most women find the gaming community to be an "All boys club" and think that it's not my problem and women should just grow thicker skin. CMV. | 0 | 2013-12-15T23:58:12 | 551 | 3 | null |
You need to define "evidence." Is it only evidence of it's something that can be recorded, kept, and shown to other people? Is it somehow not evidence if only one or a few people experience it? The latter is obviously false, since I could hear a tree fall in the forest and not have actual evidence to share that it made... | Christianity is almost certainly false. | 0 | 2016-12-25T20:10:19 | 101 | 5 | 3 |
I like the idea, but have you considered the ramifications of such a result? I see two immediate results, neither of which I actually like: Mass Transit and Housing costs. **Mass Transit** One of the major reasons people use public transit is financial. By making Transportation costs a tax deduction or a tax credit, yo... | Commuting expenses should be tax deductible. | 0 | 2017-05-16T00:42:21 | 305 | 1 | 26 |
reflecting on who I perceive acts more closely in public as themselves 100% of the time, like Naval Ravikant or Alan Watts. I'm not sure I understand. How can you *possibly* know how Alan Watts is "as himself" to compare it with how he acts in public? Are you him? Do you know his personal Reddit account? How do you kno... | A person can only be 100% themself around another person if they share their reddit account identity with that person | 1 | 2017-06-19T19:50:37 | 58 | 3 | 18 |
I'm just going to challenge one aspect of your view. In general, American culture devalues intelligence (some areas more than others). Literacy movements are wonderful, but until people stop seeing learning as lame, or avoiding intellectual discourse, this won't change. People actually enjoy learning right. Like the re... | The problem with the American educational system is a culture of anti-intellectualism | 0 | 2015-11-25T19:43:50 | 155 | 7 | 5 |
I've heard people say when discussing these controversial issues that Christians (or muslims or jews) should "get with it" and change their beliefs on those topics because it's the current year and not 50 years ago. I don't see this as an adequate argument. That's because it's not an argument at all. You are right, tha... | Saying, "It's not the 1950's anymore, it's 2017" is not an adequate argument for people to change religious beliefs. | 0 | 2017-05-27T15:14:59 | 212 | 11 | 31 |
what if a system made of collect elite individuals from both the U.S and Vietnam were put in the position? But basing the idea that Vietnam would *definitely* be better off on a circumstantial change of government is a bit presumptuous. What signs did the government show before '75 that it would trend towards an actual... | As a Vietnamese, sometimes I wish the America won the Vietnam War | 1 | 2015-08-12T12:23:12 | 155 | 18 | 1 |
What's so special about the physical act of drinking? Are you suggesting you should give up all alcohol? That you'll never use it in food, either? Because I can tell you that putting white wine into a gravy is one of the best things ever. Likewise red wine in bolognese. Not to mention coq au vin. Or is it that you'll n... | I have no desire to drink alcohol or partake in its associated culture, even at legal age. | 1 | 2015-01-19T01:00:21 | 446 | 1 | 1 |
Regardless of compliancy I believe it is the case that most people consider lethal force only acceptable when the lives of others are at risk, that the use of force should be just enough to de-escalate the situation. It's why we have SWAT teams, snipers, etc. when there's a gunman but why we don't roll out the troops f... | The victims of the majority unjustified police shootings could have prevented it by simply complying, therefor I don't believe they deserve any sympathy for their behavior. | 0 | 2015-07-30T02:20:11 | 116 | 2 | 6 |
But why? As I ended my comment, wouldn't the very best movies make sense and be geared toward great impact? That way everyone can enjoy it (even the nitpickers!), and it won't ever succumb to fridge logic. I don't think anyone really believes that logic is the most important thing to a movie. The point that people mak... | Movies are not supposed to be logical | 1 | 2017-06-13T05:26:04 | 23 | 1 | 27 |
If I say that a geological sample that contains radioactive isotopes is 10,000,000 years old and back myself up with lab data that includes the amount of radioactive isotopes in the rock and their half-life, am I arguing semantics or simply stating facts? Is my statement any less true if it was made in the context of m... | Every argument, without exception, is an argument of semantics. | 1 | 2016-04-20T03:22:20 | 106 | 2 | 5 |
Would you be willing to eat "vat grown" beef? This is an active area of research. We can already grow "meat like" product in labs, and reproducing the taste and texture is likely only a matter of research. Since this is a very active field of research I feel chances are good that we will see these sort of products well... | I believe that we should stop eating beef. CMV | 0 | 2013-05-06T03:16:56 | 140 | 34 | null |
The way I like to see it is that sexuality has multiple dimensions and these types of sexuality labels are on a completely different plane than traditional sexual orientation terms. Sexual orientation is supposed to be about *who* you love/fuck not *how*. Similarly, asexuality vs. sexuality is about *if* you like anyo... | Most "non-traditional" sexualities are more like personality traits than actual sexualities | 0 | 2016-06-01T05:57:50 | 230 | 54 | null |
Every individual should comply with a police officer fully when being detained and not attempt to disobey orders This is not enough. Philando Castille did what he was supposed to do in a traffic stop and he still got fatally shot. Poverty and years of racial inequality has somewhat led African Americans to the situati... | African-Americans should take responsiblity for their actions and work to change their lives rather than wait for someone else to do it for them. | 0 | 2016-10-04T18:01:51 | 86 | 16 | 14 |
This has nothing to do with respect. This is about protecting *you* from potentially poor choices in friends/mates/employees/teammates/whatever. The idea is to not judge people by their outside, because usually that won't reflect who they really are. Likewise, if others judge me, I should have the right to judge others... | "Don't judge a book by its cover" is a useless lesson due to the importance of first impressions | 1 | 2017-04-30T07:17:27 | 25 | 1 | 8 |
They're all pretty rude at times. Monica is obsessively neat and bossy and annoys the hell out of everyone. Rachel can be a spoilt and ignorant brat. Joey can be ridiculously sleazy. Ross can be a show off. Chandler is immature and insulting. Phoebe is funny. She counters Chandler's boring job, and Ross's love of scie... | The character of Phoebe adds nothing to the Friends dynamic, and is just unpleasant and rude. CMV. | 1 | 2013-09-17T17:12:26 | 42 | 171 | 11 |
The best way it has been explained to me is with the phrase "give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach him to fish and he will eat for a lifetime". I.E. If you're too selfless, it does the other person more harm in the long run. Privatisation and capitalism are promoted along with the accumulation of wealth. ... | The right is inherently selfish | 0 | 2017-05-22T20:12:25 | 194 | 2 | null |
I went to public school then switched to a very highly ranked private school. The difference in opportunity is insane. I took more AP classes per year than the public schools even offered - and I didn't come close to taking all of the AP classes at my school. Everyone I knew at public high schools struggled starting ... | I think that private schooling and homeschooling should be made illegal, and everyone be forced to attend public school. | 0 | 2015-08-24T19:01:25 | 148 | 7 | 4 |
Secondly, Conservatives are aging. Statistically, older people are typically more conservative whereas younger people are typically more liberal. The older Conservatives will eventually all die and be replaced by young liberals. This is just...bad reasoning. Yes, older people will die, but younger people will also beco... | A Conservative will never be US president again | 0 | 2015-08-18T20:23:44 | 40 | 1 | 14 |
Do you still think that she has mystical powers or do you think you got cold read or that she said a bunch of general statements and you took them to be specific to your life. | Astrology is real. An astrologist told me SPECIFIC things that are accurate, based on my exact time of birth, down to hours and minutes. No, it’s not newspaper horoscopes. | 1 | 2015-09-16T06:18:18 | 45 | 4 | 29 |
Drivers don't pay for all the pollution they emit, or for roads (gas tax doesn't cover everything), or for the tens of thousands they murder every year, or for the higher medical costs bought about by their driving (lack of exercise leads to obesity), or a million other things. You say that like owning a car in the Un... | It is perfectly fine to shorten the yellow signal when installing traffic light violation cameras | 0 | 2014-09-19T06:16:14 | 91 | 1 | 47 |
I totally agree that parents shouldn't make body modification decisions for their babies. However, I think ear piercings are a bit of an outlier in this catagory because they aren't permanent. I think they're way more similar to, say, a hair cut (a cosmetic aspect of your body that can be changed with no ill consequenc... | People shouldn't pierce their babies' ears. | 1 | 2016-10-13T03:16:27 | 81 | 8 | 1 |
It certainly is valid to be unconvinced that morality is objective, there's simply no evidence and we haven't even begun to grasp on to how to research and progress in morality to accrue the evidence. However, to default to the idea that it is subjective is not reasonable as far as I can think it through. Can you expla... | Morality is subjective. | 1 | 2015-09-25T09:37:03 | 107 | 0 | 13 |
Your theory is wrong for 2 reasons. 1) If everyone was armed then the terrorist would simply pick a target that was unprotected ie. A plane, a kindergarten. Terrorist's don't get scared about dying from guns, they go in expecting to die, they just want to last as long as possible. It wouldn't stop it, only possibly red... | If citizens are armed, there will be less mass shootings and civilian deaths. | 0 | 2016-07-07T15:14:28 | 71 | 1 | 1 |
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