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So, in that example, I'd have a handy link to the dictionary definition of "hyperbole" handy, and another to a guide on differentiating strawman with ad hominem. But I digress. Living by emotion can screw you. Example: You get into a heated argument, someone offers a grave insult in front of a bunch of people, you get ... | Emotion is more important than Logic | 1 | 2014-04-02T01:26:30 | 58 | 1 | 50Δ |
You seem to think only of wrong timing on emotional terms. Like sparing someone the pain of coping with the break up during Christmas, Graduation etc... There are practical reasons to be careful. Being under stress (Which a break up will certainly impose on you) under certain situation can affect your life negatively ... | There is no "wrong time" to break up with someone | 0 | 2015-06-29T18:58:57 | 17 | 2 | null |
While I understand where you are coming from, and agree that measures should be taken, I don't think what you propose would be fair or effective because: * Imprisonment [simply does not work](http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/e199912.htm) as a measure to reduce recidivism. At all. * 7% of inmates [report being raped](h... | I think rape cases should be fast tracked through courts, and the burden of proof should be on the defendant, not the accuser | 1 | 2015-06-28T06:40:55 | 60 | 8 | null |
The majority of 0.99 prices are probably intentionally set at that price for marketing or cash register reasons. But, prices are increasingly being automatically set by computers, in which case you really can have a 'market value' that happens to be $5.99 instead of $6.00. As long as there is a legitimate reason to hav... | Prices like $599.99 are deceptive by nature and ought to be outlawed or boycotted. | 0 | 2015-05-30T18:49:32 | 43 | 1 | null |
There's only two ways I can think of in which it's not 100% bullshit; more like 99% bullshit. The first is that it's somewhat self fulfilling prophecy. You tell someone they're an Aries, and that Aries means they have traits X, Y, and Z... they'll believe it and consequently actually develop those traits. So in a gener... | Astrology is 100% bullshit | 0 | 2015-11-23T19:34:12 | 73 | 8 | 5Δ |
I once went on a date with a girl who had 家 tattooed on her shoulder and I asked her what it meant. She said it meant "family" and I told her a great deal of Japanese people for example are going to see that and think "why does she have "house" tattooed on her shoulder?" To be fair to her, it means family in Chinese. I... | Getting a tattoo of a Japanese Kanji or Chinese Hanzi is a really bad idea. | 1 | 2016-07-01T20:14:07 | 39 | 47 | 8 |
A president can use Nukes. A president can redeploy troops out of the eastern part of NATO/EU. These are things that Trump's bandied around. The Bush presidency conjured a war in the middle east and a know-nothing President went for it. I don't think I'll see us stop paying for this mistake in my lifetime. Trump is a k... | Fears over the possibilities of a Trump presidency are overblown. He can't act unilaterally on any of his positions, and his greatest actual danger to progressives would be to win and then quietly get in line with the GOP's advisers. | 0 | 2016-09-07T01:45:20 | 259 | 1 | null |
blue jeans and pop music Been enjoying playing Civ V? :) In terms of Chinese cultural influence, you could argue that China always had the cultural advantage over everyone else. For example, football is a game invented by the Chinese, something the whole world plays. Paper and gunpowder, two of the driving forces of hi... | China is Not Currently a Serious Challenger to Western Dominance Because of its Lack of Cultural Influence | 0 | 2015-06-06T03:55:43 | 88 | 1 | null |
i mean, it literally doesn't get more "trying to understand the other side" more than this. if this doesn't cyv, i don't know what will. i have never ever seen a more honest effort of a right wing thought icon saying "huh, maybe we should listen to them" rather than "DROWN THEM OUT" | The Left in the US has made a better effort to understand the Right than the Right has to understand the Left. | 1 | 2016-11-29T02:34:06 | 776 | 46 | 3 |
First things first, my youngest daughter has downs syndrome and I love her to pieces. The reason why I'm posting this so late is because I wanted to confirm a few things with some people before I said anything here. In our country, there's a test you can do that allows you to predict whether your unborn child will be b... | Aborting a fetus that has a severe disability shouldn't be looked down apon | 1 | 2014-08-14T13:47:44 | 281 | 5 | 2 |
I completely understand your accusations and share them to a limited degree but you are making this judgement without all the facts. Trump could ask congress to appoint a special prosecutor (finally) and that would be an improvement. He also could pick a highly qualified replacement that isn't a personal supporter. Now... | Trump's dismissal of FBI director Comey was a politically motivated effort to stop a legitimate ongoing investigation. | 1 | 2017-05-10T18:22:55 | 294 | 119 | 1 |
Yeah sure, if you wanna say that then go for it. The only thing you need to keep in mind is who you're talking to. This goes back to me saying the point of communication is to get a point across. If you're talking to somebody who regularly uses the word colour to indicate non white or black things then effective commu... | Black and white are colors | 1 | 2015-05-09T18:45:38 | 38 | 3 | null |
I think you should re-read the link. It refers to PHD student numbers by country, not by subject. In the United States, the PHD student numbers are near equal, 51% male to 49% female. In Australia, Israel, Macedonia, Croatia, Italy, New Zealand, Estonia, Finland, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Argentina, Mongolia, Thailand, and ... | Most women cannot "nerd out" | 1 | 2017-04-03T10:00:10 | 61 | 1 | 20 |
Load up some Contra or Battletoads if you want a challenge. You said you find the battles tedious, not challenging. It's like, are you doing differential equations or adding 5+7 a thousand times? Which one makes you think and which one is just a pain in the ass? It's not "wussing out" to decide that performing a mindle... | I feel guilty playing RPGs on "Casual" mode | 1 | 2015-04-12T00:21:27 | 55 | 1 | 3Δ |
My 2 cents besides the point of the Gideons which others have mentioned. I understand that it's the most read book in world literature, and Christianity is the biggest religion. You've just said it. That there is reason enough to say that the decision is not arbitrary. It's simple numbers. Also, you have to keep in mi... | Providing a bible in a hotel room is arbitrary | 1 | 2014-06-06T20:03:37 | 55 | 1 | 7 |
It's not about being communist, it's about whether or not it really serves a positive purpose. What's wrong with people buying something at an agreed upon price, regardless of the profit? People are willing to spend what they feel a product or service is worth. Sometimes that means the profit margins are huge and somet... | I believe society can put a cap on company profit percentages without being communist. | 0 | 2014-10-31T14:47:22 | 45 | 2 | null |
In terms of "What is a Philosophy Job", you are correct. He will have problems finding work. Getting a marketable skill set isn't the only reason to attend school. Getting a degree in philosophy gets you engaged in many more topics and lines of though than the very rigorous and focused CS programs do. Philosophy progra... | my brothers philosophy degree is worthless | 1 | 2016-08-11T00:29:38 | 57 | 4 | 13 |
To be clear: she is in the wrong. There is nothing wrong with homosexuality and gays should have been able to get married forever. However, from her point of view she is doing the right thing. And simply suggesting that she resign is missing the point. Then I guess I'm a little confused as to what the point is. Have y... | Kim Davis is doing, from her point of view, the right thing by attempting to obstruct marriage through her job position. | 0 | 2015-09-19T21:09:25 | 63 | 9 | 22 |
A child with divorced parents who can't cooperate ends up having three parents: father, mother, and judge. The judge represents the State first, and the interests of the child second. (It's the law that directs the judge to consider the interests. And the law comes from the State.) These two folks here, the mother and ... | a divorced mother in Illinois can't move out of state because father has visitation rights. I disagree because she has full custody, and should have just left. | 1 | 2015-04-14T19:07:32 | 325 | 7 | 1Δ |
The "third wave" feminism you talk about isn't feminism. Those people have expertly hijacked feminism in order to create an "us/them" situation in an effort to demonize people and ride the coattails of the progress being experienced in other marginalized groups. *Because* feminism has been a movement for so long, it ha... | feminism is the notion that women should be absolved from all responsibility and criticism. | 1 | 2017-02-01T01:32:37 | 35 | 2 | 10 |
You are playing a game with that word then. "Malicious" connotes a conscious negative intention, whereas we are talking about people who simply don't consider others one way or another when they make these decisions - they only care about their bottom-line. In fact, a lot of them rationalize that by considering the peo... | Everyone who voted for Donald Trump did so out of malice or stupidity | 1 | 2017-01-24T02:13:45 | 73 | 12 | 12 |
Theres not as big of a risk of brain damage/death in basketball, a 130lb getting decked by a 220lb guy could potentially kill him. Also lighterweight classes in boxing are more talented then the heavyweights, I dont see why that would be true in basketball. | much like boxing has weight classes, basketball should have height classes. | 1 | 2014-07-04T13:03:59 | 64 | 0 | 1 |
Again, I submit that we *already follow this principle in most regards*. Prohibitions against gay marriage are made *because the people who passed the law believed it to be potentially harmful to society as a whole*. I'm not saying they were *right*, I'm saying that they were in fact following your principle. Which go... | People should be allowed to do whatever they want unless they harm another human with their actions. | 1 | 2017-03-26T18:12:40 | 103 | 7 | 32 |
Why do you think that a trans person would be more comfortable in a unisex bathroom, as opposed to the bathroom that's for the gender that they identify as? | cmv: i believe that all bathrooms should be unisex | 0 | 2016-05-02T11:46:57 | 138 | 1 | null |
Coffee is a bean, whereas tea is a leaf. Specifically, for all teas besides herbal, tea is from a specific plant, as well- and there's some discussion over whether herbal tea is really tea, since it doesn't come from, well, tea leaves. Tea is sometimes legally regulated to only belong to the specific plant, though [not... | Coffee is just tea | 1 | 2017-01-27T19:31:32 | 65 | 19 | 5 |
I also agree that everyone has a right to know what they're eating. I disagree with just about everything else you've written. We don't know enough about it to widely accept them in the country, as there could be long-term effects. There have been many, many studies that have demonstrated the safety of GMO crops. Let'... | I don't support GMO's. I believe altering Mother Nature is wrong and could cause (and probably already have) serious problems. | 1 | 2015-07-28T02:31:05 | 89 | 4 | 76 |
I believe Penn holds this view pretty strongly and honestly I agree with it in concept (though it would be annoying in reality). However, if I’m not mistaken these people *do* have the right to voice their opinions. Unfortunately you can’t hold either side to some kind of standard because they’ll be disagreed upon. Ath... | Anti-theists and Westboro Baptist have just as much right to publicly express their views as anybody else does. | 0 | 2015-08-10T09:39:49 | 39 | 1 | 1 |
I think what people are celebrating is the potential within people to redeem themselves. We all like to think we're better than our actions tend to indicate but to see a person actually turn themselves around shows us that we really can do it. | Drug addicts who have quit drugs and become sober shouldn't be celebrated | 0 | 2014-09-01T07:47:07 | 24 | 2 | null |
Ah, but what you fail to understand is the poophole loophole: as the mass of poop increases so does our inability to fully harness and exploit our dwindling poop reserves. Due to encroaching technology and municipal overreach, the wholesale destruction of poop has become a multi-trillion dollar industry. Little do most... | The ultimate meaning of life is poop. Human beings are the vessels for the carrying, transport, distribution, and ultimate deposition of poop. Poop is the true traveler of the world; we are merely their vehicles. | 1 | 2016-12-13T09:45:07 | 21 | 8 | 12 |
Much of ancient history consists of our best inferences from incomplete evidence and biased accounts. I'd compare our understanding of Alexander the Great to the Bohr model of the atom, incomplete but less wrong than what we previously had to work with. In that sense, we judge ancient history as the most coherent narra... | The accounts of Jesus in the Bible are more historical than the accounts of most other ancient, western, historical figures. | 0 | 2015-11-13T22:21:09 | 80 | 1 | 26 |
The domestication of animals - from an evolutionary biology perspective - is the single best thing an animal can figure out. Of the animals in the world those that are _at the least risk for extinction_ are our pets. The trick the pet has played on us is convincing us that we've domesticated them. In reality, they've ... | Owning pets is morally wrong | 1 | 2017-02-25T03:42:37 | 38 | 6 | 67 |
Alright, I love e-readers, but I wouldn't call them superior. They're simply different. Paper books have a greater negative impact on the environment. An e-reader, while not impact-free of course, can save literally millions of pages of trees and ink. Possibly, the problem is that [we don't use a lot of recycled paper]... | E-readers are better than paper books | 0 | 2016-02-08T18:32:28 | 94 | 53 | 2 |
I would say your teachers are teaching it wrong. Not that it's *bad* to know their names, and you can certainly point out a fallacy, but you should mention to your teachers (and remember) the ["fallacy fallacy"](https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/the-fallacy-fallacy) : You presumed that because a claim has been poorly a... | The classification of logical fallacies in debate is generally not useful and does not make for good discussion | 1 | 2017-03-29T04:36:17 | 33 | 9 | 32 |
Even if they think they're going to a better place, you don't think a person might feel sad for leaving loved ones behind, even if they think they'll see them sometime in the future? Or sad that there are so many things they didn't get to do while alive? Or regretting they won't have the time to say the things they lef... | If religious people truly believed in heaven, they would be happy that they're dying | 1 | 2015-01-11T23:24:47 | 124 | 11 | 12 |
because it involves lower taxes Most republican tax breaks go to the 1%, not to the middle class. Middle class would actually benefit from 1% being taxed at higher rate and that money being used for programs beneficial for middle class. Hence, "voting against self interest." if you voted to save $100 on taxes but miss ... | Americans in the rust belt are not voting against their best interest when voting republican. | 0 | 2017-04-25T17:13:50 | 240 | 18 | 160 |
Are you kidding? She's one of the most effective members of congress. That's why the Republicans all hate her and want her to quit. Consider: Even with a majority, Pelosi made sure that the budget bill that was passed [contained everything that the Democrats wanted](http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/conservatives-fume-... | Nancy Pelosi should retire from Congress for the benefit of her party. | 1 | 2017-06-22T00:58:40 | 186 | 22 | 1 |
The majority of ideological and social conflict is petty. Who gets to define petty? Is it you? Is it your class of people? Petty means something that is not important to you. That is all it means. It is driven by emotion, prejudice, and impulse rather than logic and reason. While humans can use logic and reason it i... | Our Democracy is Broken | 1 | 2016-09-05T19:15:46 | 80 | 2 | 1 |
I suppose it depends on how far you go and how many pages you had to read through. When I add someone on Facebook I'll often just click their photos and scroll down through the list. I don't tend to "Like" those photos, because they're not "in the moment", they're older content... but I think there is a level of "creep... | It's not "creeping", "snooping", or "being a creeper" to browse social media content that presumably was put there for exactly that purpose. | 0 | 2015-05-22T12:24:52 | 199 | 88 | 30Δ |
It's not so much that it *targets* minority voters directly as that it *disproportionately affects* minority voters. This is mostly mediated by poverty. Minorities are more likely to be poor than white people in the United States, and being poor can make it hard to do things like get a license (which sometimes has a fe... | How do voter ID laws discriminate against a certain group of people, such as blacks or hispanics? To me that seems extremely illogical. | 0 | 2017-04-15T14:56:54 | 585 | 143 | 38 |
I'd argue that the premise is fine but the reality isnt. Many users have discussed costs and practicality of sterilization, so I'll leave that alone. The problem for me is that welfare (call it that late 90's term "workfare" if you want) is designed to to be a safety net for those who fall on hard times. Shit happened?... | If you can't even take care of yourself, you shouldn't be allowed to have children. In short, "Let government take care of you by welfare for giving up fertility." | 0 | 2016-12-27T16:18:47 | 124 | 1 | null |
USA spends huge money on war and donates to countries. I think GOVT should spend money on their own citizens That war money is emergency use only. If there is a war and we are at total spending we will have to cut these programs. And we are at war. Now aside from the boarding part, school is free. If a student asks, t... | Underprivileged kids should get free education/food/accomodation | 0 | 2014-09-16T20:48:11 | 382 | 1 | 1 |
What benefit do we get as a society from kicking them out? This question continues you missing the point. Benefits or drawbacks don't matter. Breaking the rules and getting ahead from it is inherently bad. Punishing that is inherently good. End of story. I know you don't share this way of looking at things (I don't eit... | The most reasonable conclusion you can reach about someone who advocates deportation of non-violent illegal immigrants is that they are racist | 1 | 2017-03-01T23:25:13 | 191 | 11 | 66 |
There are two suits here, consolidated into one by the court. The first suit was the civil suit brought by Ingersoll. Presumably you've got no problems with the second suit (the consumer protection suit) brought by the State of Washington for violating RCW 49.60.215. In the civil suit, the plaintiffs asked for the foll... | The gay couple that sued the florist in Washington was being petty and vindictive | 1 | 2017-02-16T23:30:48 | 167 | 13 | 2 |
It is not a red herring. There are shootings, but these are a drop in the bucket of gun deaths. A very public, very incendiary drop. But we're more likely to die in a car crash than a mass shooting. *A LOT* more likely, in fact. On that note, you're actually more than [twice as likely](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wi... | Mental health is simply a red herring for gun control. (USA) | 1 | 2017-01-06T22:49:21 | 106 | 21 | 1 |
It's an absolute myth that the USA is the worlds policeman, the US is only interested in furthering its own interests, and this has been the case for any influential country through the entirety of history. The outcomes are those that the US leaders think are best for the US, not what's best for the world overall. Kyot... | At this moment in time, the United States creates more problems than it solves both domestically and internationally. | 0 | 2015-12-29T14:55:06 | 119 | 1 | null |
In the rich kid drunk-driving cases, the problem is not the state's lack of resources in fighting back. The rich aren't getting light sentences by somehow out-spending the government, they are getting light sentences because they can hire lawyers that are way more competent and effective than most other drunk drivers. ... | 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. | 0 | 2014-11-06T21:58:43 | 98 | 16 | 1 |
Here's a joke I've always enjoyed that I don't believe to be offensive: A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it into the air. "Why?" asks the confused, waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses... | All jokes are offensive to somebody. Catering to everyone who could possibly be offended means not being able to tell any jokes at all. | 1 | 2017-06-12T00:18:10 | 115 | 114 | 45 |
If you're talking about the threat of nuclear missiles, [the US already has a variety of missile defense programs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_national_missile_defense#Current_NMD_program). Currently we have the [Aegis system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_System) on larg... | We should invest in nuclear defense | 1 | 2017-01-16T07:27:17 | 41 | 9 | 4 |
You all make very good points and I realize there are definitely flaws in my logic from a historical standpoint. Humans are, have been and always will be focused on appearance. However, I do believe that social media (think Snapchat) has changed the expectations of sexuality, and teens who are interactive via texting a... | Social media has made America's generation's Y (1980-2000) and Z (2000's-today) more vain and obsessed with appearance. CMV. | 0 | 2014-02-10T22:30:16 | 19 | 1 | null |
I choose to politely disagree with you. Nothing is impossible. It was once thought impossible for humans to fly, now we have airplanes. If you tried to explain the internet to someone from the early or mid-1900s, everyone would look at you like you're insane. I believe that in the future, we will have new technology th... | I believe we have reached a sort of wall in technological advancements and that every technology that is possible has been achieved. CMV | 0 | 2013-10-23T02:01:01 | 49 | 2 | null |
In the mid sized city where I live, the people responsible for making the city accessible sometimes spend a day in a wheelchair. There is a disabled guy who runs workshops. The city engineer several years ago, half way through the day, got so frustrated with how hard it was to get around town that he burst out of the c... | Wheelchairs are bad, and we should not design our entire cities and public places around them (Frustrated architect here) | 0 | 2016-05-01T16:29:41 | 72 | 1 | 1 |
* Is your view that your vote doesn't matter? If so, then you're most certainly somewhat correct. You are one of millions, you are statistically insignificant. That said, so is *everyone else*. You must recognize that voting is all you can do, that *not* voting is doing nothing, and as such is worse than doing somethin... | I don't vote. | 0 | 2014-11-04T18:20:26 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
Wouldn't a "True Christian" also have slaves? The Bible supports slavery and oppressing women. A "True Christian" would look very different when all parts of the Bible are followed. EDIT: I'm an Atheist | It is impossible to be a true Christian and support the actions of the United States. | 0 | 2015-05-22T03:35:07 | 60 | 0 | null |
The first question is, "Are there, in fact, people?". *The answer is obviously yes*. Therefore person-hood exists. The second question is, "Have people always existed? If you travel back in time, do certain individuals not exist?" The obvious answer is that people *come into being at some point in time* Therefore perso... | I think Definitions of person-hood are arbitrary. | 1 | 2014-10-13T08:02:56 | 36 | 2 | 3 |
He called fake media the enemy of the people. Not the media in its entirety. He's talking about news corps that on a daily basis print misinformation. News corps with basically zero integrity when it comes to their journalism. What you are doing is taking what he said way out of context and even taking out some words i... | Calling the media the enemy of the American people is a way to eliminate checks and balances at a governmental level and creates corruption | 0 | 2017-02-27T20:21:20 | 562 | 18 | null |
...Oh man you're really playing with fire here. I guarantee you that the "objectively bad trap music" you're referring to is loved by MANY, maybe just not you. I also guarantee that there's some trap out there that you'd love even. It's all subjective. Your definition of "good musicianship" is skewed and formed by c... | Trap is objectively bad music | 0 | 2014-11-16T23:15:55 | 59 | 1 | null |
Maybe I didn't follow the RNC close enough, but I find it pretty shocking that someone that wanted to put a blanket ban on muslims and a VP that is for gay conversation therapy is more progressive than average. I don't recall Jeb or Kaschic (sp?) having views that extreme. Oh Pence is awful and I have no excuse for him... | I'm having a hard time respecting people who voted for Trump/Pence. I know I need to expand my worldview. | 1 | 2016-11-12T20:34:59 | 191 | 13 | 9 |
killing a 1 day old baby to save the life of an adult is immoral (I don't think this needs to be justified) It definitely needs to be justified. With that you are either claiming that the 1 day old baby is worth more than the adult, or that harm by action is significantly worse than harm by inaction. aborting a fetus t... | Defining the start of human life at birth is arbitrary, and there is no ethical justification for late-term abortion even in the case of the life of the mother | 0 | 2016-02-07T22:56:36 | 105 | 4 | 9 |
You're not the sort of person a Mac is targeted at. I finally figured this out: Macs are computers for people who *don't like computers* (and graphic designers). If you run a *nix box, you love tinkering with stuff. If you run Windows, you're happy to change some settings, learn about your computer, download the extras... | I see no logical reason to spend more money on a Mac opposed to a PC unless a college class requires one. CMV. | 1 | 2013-03-06T23:34:16 | 52 | 62 | 47 |
Being yourself is meant as "don't let anybody tell you otherwise, be what You want to be now". Aka, refuse to change. If you have to change, it's somebody else's fault and therefore you shouldn't listen to them, etc... That is what is meant. And yes, it is possible to be something else than you are now. Of course it is... | It is impossible to be anything other than yourself | 0 | 2016-12-03T17:04:11 | 53 | 2 | 18 |
Show that cookies and bars get equal respect as the treats found on dessert menus This is clearly false, since in most restaurants, cookies and bars are not even on dessert menus. But why? It's not because they're *necessarily* worse as a dessert. At one of my metro area's premier bakeries, they make the finest coconu... | Cookies and bars don't get enough respect. | 0 | 2017-01-13T05:43:29 | 79 | 1 | null |
Some roads have posted minimum speed limits as it is (for all vehicles, not just bikes). All you would need to do is make that system more universal. | When there isn't a lane specifically meant for cyclists, they should ride on the sidewalk and not the street. | 1 | 2017-05-04T21:05:46 | 81 | 3 | 94 |
Ummm... we're taught both... But really, the Declaration is a simple historical document, and so is best taught in a history class. It goes over, in excruciating detail, all of the reasons for the American Revolution. The Constitution is a legal document, and if you're going to go over it in detail that's probably bes... | In American elementary schools, American history classes should focus more on the Constitution than on the Declaration of Independence. | 1 | 2014-07-28T21:11:46 | 54 | 40 | 96Δ |
As a low-effort post: The reason that we have all these staggered election terms (4 years for some, 2 years for other, different maximum terms IIRC) is so we would never have a completely inexperienced legislative body. Worse than having an entrenched group, we would have a body that's totally winging it. | A congressional "re-boot" would breathe new life into the legislative branch of the federal U.S. government. | 1 | 2015-03-20T20:24:18 | 173 | 3 | 1Δ |
A couple problems with this: 1) The definition of "secure" varies from person to person, and your view of what is reasonably secure is not an objective standard. Would you laugh at people whose mail is stolen, or is that "secure" enough that it's not their fault? Snap chat? Regular email? What is "secure enough" that i... | I think people who send nudes or save them in a non-secure manner and expect them to remain private are deluded idiots who deserve any grief they get because of that delusion. | 0 | 2015-09-04T00:49:31 | 47 | 1 | 9 |
Murder is a very specific term with a specific legal meaning. It is the unethical, unjustified, and illegal killing of a human being. So eating animals is not murder because it is fully ethical and justified as we are omnivores and eating meat is done by omnivores and carnivores, it is not illegal, and the animals eat... | Meat is murder, but all animals kill themselves, and the vegans do nothing to prevent that, that is why veganism is useless. | 1 | 2017-03-11T19:54:01 | 73 | 1 | 80 |
This isnt the first time the internet has fallen in love with a politician. When you are using anecdotal evidence like this you have to consider many massive voter demographics arent very vocal on the internet. Especially old people, the technological illiterate, religious folks and so on. Plus you have to consider how... | Bernie Sanders actually has a very realistic chance of winning the 2016 election. | 1 | 2015-07-03T03:38:10 | 97 | 105 | 2 |
The Supreme Court's decision wasn't so simple as "people can opt out of laws due to their religion because we say so." There was a conflict between the ACA and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and they decided how it should be resolved. You're speaking in generalities, which doesn't really fit into legal framewor... | If religious people can opt out of a law due to their views, anyone should be allowed to opt out for any reason. | 0 | 2014-07-09T22:57:36 | 676 | 437 | null |
. Maybe it's because I'm not a very interesting person, but I don't anything embarassing to hide Your right to privacy is still important, though, just like the right to free speech is still important even if you have nothing controversial to say. nor do I get creeped out by the possibility of someone I'm never going t... | Your private life isn't very important. CIA spying on you or Google selling your personal info to advertisers is not a big deal. | 0 | 2017-03-09T20:42:59 | 69 | 1 | 9 |
I think united would claim he did ask to be victimised by repeatedly refusing to leave the plane when told to do so. Any evidence that this man was unreasonable in the past slightly helps their side of the story (not by much though). I agree with the basis of what you are saying but the other party in these cases who ... | A man who didn't asked to be victimized, should not have his past brought into the public spotlight | 0 | 2017-04-12T09:39:51 | 592 | 2 | null |
Die-hard liberal here. Republican policy, which does not help the poor, isn't inherently unchristian. Republicans simply think that people should willingly and enthusiastically help the poor through charitable work and donations rather than be forced to subsidize them through taxes. | Republicans are unchristian. | 0 | 2016-12-23T22:03:24 | 517 | 2 | null |
If I understand you right, you're saying that foreigners that do not assimilate do not have to be accepted, but those who do assimilate should be accepted? Yes. I'm also thinking about it from my POV; granted I'm not sure if that would be the same as a Japanese POV. But think about why people complain so much about Me... | Korea and Japan do not have a moral imperative to accept foreigners or multiculturism | 1 | 2016-11-20T18:29:33 | 116 | 35 | 2 |
Emotional images of the fetus and explanation of its state of developments (it has nails, laughs etc.) are valid and useful requirements to get a well rounded decision, even if they are distressing. Yes, let's take one the most emotionally tumultuous things any person can go through, and harass them to make it even wor... | Requiring people to see emotional images of the consequences of their actions is good. This includes abortion. | 0 | 2015-09-10T05:05:37 | 89 | 19 | 15 |
My bet is less on mummy issues and more that you feel overwhelmed. At 23, I was terrified by everything I was expected to be. Good career, good relationship, nice house, family, perfect body, beautiful blah blah. I also thought life would be better if I could stay at home all day. Women have a lot of pressure on them b... | It's okay to be a woman against women's rights | 1 | 2017-03-25T05:22:39 | 324 | 1 | 1 |
" if someone came up to me, and said three other people and I need to be tortured because only one of us is a terrorist and it's either the four of us or potentially thousands of others, I would volunteer in a heartbeat." That's just asinine. That isn't the way this stuff works, ever. You'd be tortured for something yo... | I don't have a problem with the U.S. torturing people. | 0 | 2014-12-23T08:35:02 | 36 | 1 | null |
So, I really don't know where to put those people. This was specifically mentioned as a means to change your view. Just saying. But, I would also call them uninformed because looking at the most progressive and well developed countries, they have consistently had a lot of political stability. So these people think the... | Trump voters basically fall into three categories. | 1 | 2017-03-27T23:16:41 | 143 | 4 | 13 |
Part of it is because parental fitness isn't the highest of bars, and part of it is because two people can bestow benefits upon a child, and taking one of them away can still be detrimental even if they maintain the other benefit. Imagine Parent who works two jobs to provide for the child. It pays for a decent private ... | I don't believe grandparents deserve any rights when it comes to being able to see their grandchild(ren). I don't understand why US courts grant grandparents visitation rights despite the child(ren)'s parents being deemed fit. | 1 | 2014-05-01T07:00:53 | 64 | 14 | 66Δ |
I was a little harsh, but I wanted to get your attention. But, like I said, with some perspective I hope you'll see that dire picture painted by our "It it bleeds, it leads" media isn't the totality of our current circumstance as a society. I encourage you to go forth and procreate (when the time is right). | I think having kids right now in cruel. | 1 | 2016-07-03T18:37:41 | 39 | 1 | 1 |
Roads destroy the environment Replacing cars with bikes and buses doesn't mean there is no need for roads. Cars are also expensive to buy and maintain. Gas is such a money hogger as well, and think of all the things you could buy without having to pay for car insurance and other expenses associated with cars. This is a... | Cars should be banned and replaced with public transportation and bicycles. | 1 | 2016-08-26T19:46:32 | 89 | 2 | 3 |
While I agree that by season 4 he was really just a caricature, I think the portrayal of the character in seasons 1 and 2 was quite subtle and clever. I never felt that the 'over-the-top and annoying' act was who Moriarty really was. That was the face that he put on explicitly for Sherlock just to keep him off balance.... | I hated BBC Sherlock's take on Moriarty | 1 | 2017-05-28T20:34:59 | 79 | 21 | 1 |
As far as the first part of your view is concerned, I don't particularly have anything to add about that. I don't frequent r/all enough to have seen any the_donald spam. The second part of your view, however, I do disagree. Reddit can mean a great many things to a great many people. For some, it is a way to keep up to... | the ability to filter subreddits like the_donald from r/all is bad | 1 | 2016-12-01T00:09:12 | 51 | 3 | 1 |
For the vast majority of open carriers the choice is a comfort and tactical one. - The draw from open carry is much quicker than concealed carry. - Open carry is much more comfortable than concealed carry. - Open carry allows for a larger weapon, either in caliber or magazine capacity, to be worn without restriction. ... | I believe civilians openly carrying a gun for the reason of 'crime deterrent' does nothing of the sort, and only creates fear and compromises the public's sense of safety. CMV. | 1 | 2013-09-26T16:33:26 | 191 | 1 | 1 |
I really, honestly don’t see the point The point is to expand your mind and see new perspectives that are not normally available to you. Or simply to have a novel and fascinating experience. It can be really, really enjoyable for a wide variety of reasons. Oh, and sex on LSD is just absolutely mind-blowing in its eroti... | Using illegal psychedelic drugs is unnatural, disturbing and shameful, and therefore, and I believe that anyone who does use them needs immediate mental help. | 1 | 2017-02-02T02:18:22 | 125 | 2 | 1 |
the meaning of life is to pursue happiness If you look at all organisms on this planet, their main goal is to survive and reproduce. Our goals are no different. If you live in a first world country, you may focus on achieving "happiness", but ultimately when you start to understand the current situation of most humans ... | Mankind is inherently selfish, and the motivation behind any "unselfish" behaviour is not truly unselfish. | 0 | 2017-04-25T19:04:58 | 49 | 1 | null |
You're setting up a dichotomy of *"would you rather die, or spend your life in a mental hospital?"* We do not live in a world where those are the options available. And for people living under regimes where that is a choice they face, we should be calling for refugee status to allow them to escape such horrifying condi... | Treating Gender Dysphoria by Gender Reassignment is cruel and counterproductive. | 1 | 2015-09-26T22:45:13 | 552 | 3 | 8 |
Racism can be deliberate or unintentional, overt or subtle. The reason the joke works is becuase of racism. It plays because of it, not in spite of it. I would best explain it as "not all racism is bad." Sure, there may be some people offended. But any joke has the ability to offend someone on some level. Especially i... | I don't believe this is racism (example inside). | 1 | 2017-03-01T19:10:36 | 27 | 18 | 2 |
Sure, I agree probably not to that extent. Most of that time is due to timeout usage, something soccer doesn't have. However, if we stopped the clock every time the ball went out of play, the length of the game would increase by at least 50% (except taken from fivethirtyeight.com). In the average 2014 World Cup match t... | The soccer/football time keeping method (counting up to 90 + injury time) is inferior to the counting down and time-stop methods used in other major sports. | 1 | 2014-07-14T02:24:42 | 181 | 22 | 18Δ |
So, In most of the west, I agree with this, but to persuade you, we're going to need to use a hypothetical. So, we have a few different resources we need to consider here. We have natural resources (which is the water, raw food, cotton), processed resources( clothing, soap, and electricity), and Labor(which basically c... | The basic necessities of life should be provided to all humans for free and money should not be part of the equation. | 1 | 2017-06-05T22:06:02 | 53 | 2 | 18 |
When you become a parent, your brain chemistry changes and you biochemically become a completely different person. You've crossed the void and there's no going back, your life is your child's and no longer your own. This is a huge exaggeration. Sure, there are plenty of chemical responses when you have a kid, but not ... | Having a child is more selfish than not having one | 0 | 2014-10-28T18:45:26 | 231 | 8 | null |
The few times I see them occupied, EVERY TIME, I see a completely able bodied person leave the car. It is important to understand that there are many 'invisible' disabilities. Some have the badge for respiratory issues, where walking for even a short amount of time could aggravate a condition, or they are fresh from s... | Cruel as it may seem, I do not see the point of handicapped parking spots. Based on what I have seen in my surroundings. I am actually willing to have my mind changed about this but hear me out first. | 1 | 2015-06-09T22:09:43 | 76 | 27 | 2Δ |
One could conceive of a problem that requires all parts to be considered simultaneously, and is so large that not every human could hold enough parts in memory to solve the problem. Not every problem can be broken down, just most real world problems. Thus a mathematician could invent a problem that only a subset of the... | human smartness is equal | 1 | 2016-12-06T20:49:20 | 72 | 1 | 10 |
But you already suggested a perfectly gender equal solution, which is to make up or adopt a new surname - so why is that not ''gender equal''? Your objection to it is that your offspring might not impose it upon *their* offspring, which suggests that you are extremely confused about what you want to achieve with this s... | There are no adequate gender equal options when it comes to changing your surname in marriage | 1 | 2016-12-05T17:15:00 | 180 | 3 | 39 |
I think it's important to draw a distinction between tolerance of different culture and *love* of different culture. You can be tolerant and still prefer what you already know and can relate to. I wouldn't choose for my son or daughter to be a jock because I wouldn't be able to relate to them very well. That doesn't me... | I'm fairly ashamed of this, so please help me CMV. I believe that the vast majority of parents, no matter how tolerant and loving, would not choose to have a gay child. | 1 | 2013-05-13T14:18:21 | 50 | 2 | 2 |
Heterosexuals have the right to marry people they're attracted to. Homosexuals do not have the right to marry people they're attracted to. Therefor, heterosexuals and homosexuals do not have the same marriage rights. | This is a logical argument: "Gay people and straight people have the same marriage rights in the US" | 0 | 2014-09-18T23:33:38 | 49 | 1 | 6Δ |
First off, if the US is not the leading country, then who is? I don't see you proposing a candidate for the new leader. Every single other country has at least a few metrics by which is sucks. Name a country that you think is the world leader, an I can list just as many stats by which they are not number one. Secondly,... | America is no longer the leading country in the world. | 0 | 2017-07-03T20:28:36 | 59 | 1 | 96 |
I asked you to substantiate the claim that "grammar isn't taught enough". Another assertion that it is so doesn't suffice. What would constitute "enough" and what would make your assessment more valuable than the assessment of teachers and curriculum designers? You claim that the emphasis in low-level modern foreign l... | Foreign language classes should be replaced by computer coding classes. | 1 | 2017-01-16T02:12:43 | 37 | 3 | 8 |
I think that for some people it's also used in relation to internet filters in their office. For example if I click on to any page with a certain word on it, the page might get filtered and my visit might get flagged for attention which could potentially get me in trouble. By filtering out NSFW content they would be th... | The NSFW tag should be reserved for images and not used for text posts | 1 | 2014-07-22T20:43:34 | 44 | 134 | 16 |
So just to make my point clear. Yes I admit that Gandhi has become a propaganda tool for the state. But that does not mean that he did not accomplish stuff which has a lot for us to learn. Imagine if someone said "I believe Albert Einstein is overrated, CMV", and then talks about all these stories Christians tell each ... | Indian guy here, I feel Gandhi is given too much importance and limelight today, in a systematic attempt to delete historical importances of other freedom fighters, and raise his status to an unnecessarily saintly level for benefits of obviously related people. CMV. | 1 | 2013-12-10T07:50:21 | 128 | 1 | 2 |
Most people are going to bring up free speech arguments which I think are somewhat valid but I'm gonna offer a slightly different angle. By sweeping stuff like Coontown under the rug, you give people the impression that racist/hate groups no longer exist, or that racism is "dead", which it most certainly isn't. Persona... | I'm really happy that coontown was banned | 0 | 2015-08-07T01:40:14 | 217 | 6 | 2 |
I would love to respond to your question! I think you chose some great songs to analyze, particularly songs that sort of bookmark Kanye's career for me (until his next album comes out). Like a few people have already mentioned, "All Falls Down" was one of the cornerstones of the revival of mainstream self-conscious, s... | Kanye West's lyrics are not as clever/deep as his fans make out (but I would love to be proven wrong) | 1 | 2015-02-26T18:29:38 | 339 | 178 | 7 |
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