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Man, I feel you. I used to be kinda the same way (still am, to an extent)... Like you and other commenters have said, it's probably rooted at least somewhat in your own self esteem issues, so it would probably help you significantly to address those with the help of your gf if you feel.comfortable talking to her about ... | I get internally furious whenever girls/guys in a relationship (including my girlfriend) comment on the attractiveness of anybody else, especially celebrities, simply because I think it's wrong for a significant other to think about that sort of thing. CMV. | 0 | 2013-02-13T14:48:09 | 33 | 3 | null |
False. What you mean to say is that, with the current infrastructure in the US, we need cheap labor. We really wouldn't if we had our shit together. Do you know the current distribution of wealth? I don't feel like looking up a study from 2015, but here's a chart from [2009](http://inequality.org/wp-content/uploads/201... | For the west to enjoy the lifestyle it does, subjugation of third world countries is necessary. | 0 | 2015-05-15T00:37:31 | 232 | 3 | null |
I would argue that these two comments do not logically follow: I don't want to experience art the way the artist intended. As the viewer I am more important to this equation than the creator. Therefore Quentin Tarantino should give me the right to recut Pulp Fiction and release it for general consumption. This is reall... | Pulp Fiction is a worse movie for being told in a nonlinear way. | 0 | 2017-03-31T16:49:58 | 137 | 3 | 32 |
Religious liberty applies only until it is incompatible with our Constitution. I feel that fear from terrorism is winning and the right and is more than willing to start a culture war between Christianity and Islam. The culture war has already begun, whether we admit it not. You might not see it that way, but that's ho... | There isn't a Muslim agenda to take over the West. | 1 | 2017-03-14T01:17:40 | 65 | 8 | 8 |
Pence is a zealot but he isn't likely to do any damage which can't be undone later. LGBT rights can be reinstated but furthering dubious Russian interests and military conflict with north Korea are harder to undo. I assume the terrible cuts to medicare to fun tax cuts for the wealthy will happen either way, but they c... | Impeachment of President Trump would not actually solve any problems, but rather cause more since VP Mike Pence would be President. | 0 | 2017-05-24T14:12:50 | 307 | 1 | null |
A lot of people don't actually possess the confidence to cheat on their partner. If both sides feel that they don't deserve the other, they wouldn't want to risk the chance of losing them and so wouldn't cheat. The feeling of "you're too good for me" being mutual is very common in particularly passionate relationships,... | Cheating will almost always occur in a relationship at some point | 0 | 2017-03-08T18:20:33 | 27 | 2 | null |
So I get the feeling you don't have that much of an understanding of the history of the Constitutions based on the points you made. First off: The problem is compounded by the fact that making substantial changes to the document is difficult, if not to say nearly impossible in any but the best of circumstances. There a... | The U.S. Constitution isn't nearly as great a document as it's made out to be, especially in the modern day. Making it as hard as it is to amend is a spectacularly disastrous oversight by the Founding Fathers. | 0 | 2015-07-06T18:26:50 | 332 | 4 | 5 |
But North Korea's transfer of power wasn't peaceful or an exchange between warring political factions. In fact, Jang Sung-Taek (who was pegged as a potential successor of Kim Jong-Il over his son) was executed by the state after Kim Jong-Un took power. Allegedly his family members have also been executed. That is neith... | The fact that people are making a big deal about the "peaceful transition of power" is extremely alarming, and I think that the peaceful transition of power is something the US and other developed countries SHOULD take for granted. | 1 | 2017-01-22T06:06:32 | 54 | 6 | 7 |
So if I called you a bitch right now, is it okay because I didn't call you a female dog? If I called you a dick, would it be okay? I'm not rally calling you a penis, after all. Just because a word is "divorced from its original meaning" doesn't mean that the use of the word is okay. Imagine if the word "hetero" were to... | Using "Gay" as an Insult is not Inherently Wrong | 0 | 2015-02-28T23:34:04 | 141 | 4 | 8 |
A lot of people in this thread are taking your viewpoint to a bit of an extreme - I don't actually think your advocating pussy-eating classes. I think you have a point in that "safe sex" is taught from a purely physical and medical standpoint (condoms, birth control, etc) with not much emphasis on the emotional or ps... | Sexual education should not be limited to safety. We should also be encouraging sexual experimentation and teaching how to improve one's own sex life. | 1 | 2015-02-06T23:23:14 | 132 | 1 | 1 |
feel like people of my socioeconomic class are used as a scapegoat. It's so much easier to blame the 1% then to work harder. Is it any wonder people don't like the 1% when you yourself has this kind of attitude? You were literally born into wealth because of someone 5 generations previous to yourself yet state people s... | The 1% is unfairly hated | 0 | 2016-12-28T07:00:04 | 86 | 10 | 1 |
This would not have the intended effect at all. If people are addicted to something and they cannot obtain it easily they will follow the path of least resistance to getting that thing, which means they aren't going to go to the doctor. They are going to find someone dealing in opiates. Then we have to deal with people... | 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. | 1 | 2016-12-30T01:27:29 | 39 | 7 | 19 |
Was the first avengers Disney? I thought the attack on New York at the end was pretty awesome. | The best action/fight scenes in *any* Disney movie are found in "Tarzan" from 1999. | 1 | 2015-06-29T18:26:59 | 29 | 14 | 2Δ |
I am adopted. I was born in Russia and brought over to America at about 9 or 10 years old. The thing is that this is from my point of view. Take it or leave it. When you are in an orphange, you are taught every day that you've been cast out. You watch every day as other students and children go home from school, and y... | Adoption is almost always better than abortion if the sex was enthusiastically consensual and no permanent harm is posed towards the mother. CMV. | 1 | 2014-01-05T22:03:09 | 106 | 280 | 4 |
Was Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle as much of a racist hellscape as you think Get Out was? Here is Peele quoted on [Fresh Air today](http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/03/15/520130162/get-out-sprung-from-an-effort-to-master-fear-says-director-jordan-peele) Peele wanted the audience, regardless of race, to... | The movie 'Get Out' is a viciously racist anti-White film that went over the heads of most white people. | 0 | 2017-03-16T04:35:17 | 80 | 35 | 51 |
Suffering isn't the default, doing stuff is. Millions of years ago, we did shit to survive. We hunted wooly mammoths and looked for berries and stuff. As time went on we discovered farming and we settled down, so we didn't need to do as much so we had more free time but we still had needs like shelter and friendship ... | Being alive is fundamentally a bad thing. | 1 | 2015-08-01T04:22:00 | 169 | 3 | 1 |
Speaking as a dyslexic undergraduate student of biological since I can assure you that your experience with dyslexic people has given you an unrealistic view of the reading experience of a dyslexic person. Your error is in thinking that we can just adapt to the way in which words are jumbled on the page. This is not th... | I think dyslexia in almost all cases is just a lack of education in the language. | 1 | 2016-08-31T21:05:49 | 40 | 18 | 1 |
You have confused motive and intent. Intent is the mental process of meaning to cause the death that you cause. that is one of two things considered in determining if a person committed a crime or not, and which one. Motive is the 'reason' that the offender committed the crime. Person A murdered person B because B slep... | I believe that motive shouldn't be taken into account in murder trials. CMV | 1 | 2013-11-27T08:17:50 | 43 | 1 | 8 |
Did he ever think about putting down the cape and cowl? Using his resources and clever mind he could have affected more change in Gotham as Bruce Wayne than as the Dark Knight. He does. In fact, for example, in the New 52, the first storyline involves Bruce Wayne the philanthropist raising a bunch of money to help imp... | Batman isn't a hero. | 0 | 2016-12-09T18:37:16 | 173 | 12 | 2 |
I believe that expensive engagement rings and elaborate wedding ceremonies are a waste of money and only serve to make women feel spoiled and/or special. Not all weddings are about the woman. Many are about the couple and the bond/commitment that they are making together. Sometimes, the wedding industry makes it seem t... | Engagement rings and weddings are unnecessary wastes of money | 0 | 2014-09-08T04:50:32 | 91 | 3 | 8 |
Many sources claim that we will be able to have self-driving cars by the year 2020. By 2020, there will be a few, probably, but they'll still be expensive as hell and inaccessible to most people. For example, your own source #2 estimates 10 million by 2020. But there are over a billion cars on the world's roads already... | It's not worth it getting a driver's licence since self-driving cars will likely be available in less than 5 years | 0 | 2016-07-22T17:56:10 | 97 | 4 | 8 |
I think that this is a natural human reaction. People put a large value on defining themselves, versus letting other people define them. In this situation, the term wasn't really coined or defined by the group it is being applied to, so there is some natural human resistance and reluctance to accepting it. | I don't get what is wrong with the term "cisgender" | 1 | 2016-03-22T21:44:40 | 302 | 48 | 103 |
One of two things is either happening to you. You are either making false associations with one action and another action (Like where I sit while watching a sporting event totally affects the outcome of the game), or you feel so guilty about masturbating and the impending doom that it will bring, that it becomes a self... | CMV : Masturbating is a sin. | 0 | 2014-09-03T22:59:26 | 64 | 1 | 18Δ |
I don't mind illegal immigration because we have demand for low skilled, low paying labor that isn't currently being met entirely by US residents and people (in countries like Mexico) that are willing to provide that labor. Obtaining a right to work in the US is a long and laborious process and illegal immigration is ... | There is no good reason to support illegal immigration and sanctuary cities. | 0 | 2017-04-27T01:57:51 | 88 | 3 | 23 |
To get admissible evidence, the police would have to be present when the rape is initiated and immediately measure BAC levels. Lacking direct conclusive evidence, the raper would need to somehow make it plausible that the amount of alcohol they consumed immediately before the rape, was sufficient to take away their cog... | If two drunk people have sex, no rape or sexual assault was committed. Or, alternately, each of them sexually assaulted the other. | 1 | 2014-04-16T15:33:43 | 164 | 3 | 14Δ |
I mean watching a lot of movies won't make you a good movie maker. But it sure as hell helps. Writing is a process which require experience. How do you get experience? By comparing other people's work. You get in part, their experience. It forces you to think how the writers created the scenes. What makes their books g... | Reading a lot doesn't make you a better writer | 0 | 2017-06-25T00:13:08 | 30 | 2 | 36 |
I'm going to kind of jump points here (though not back and forth, just in order). If I seem to be going off on a strange tangent from my previous topic, just give it a moment and I'm sure the context will make it clear that I've moved on. Thanks for your indulgence in this style, I hope it's comprehensible and if not, ... | I Think it's Unfair and Unproductive to Hold Protesters and Protest Movements to a High Rhetorical Standard | 1 | 2015-03-06T05:13:20 | 33 | 3 | 2 |
It's not really trying to change your view, other than to address the use of the word "Republican". If you had framed your question to "I believe that in general, all people are hypocrites", I'd be the last person to try and change your view. It's human nature to want to be seen as being than we really act, and to view... | I believe that in general, Republicans are hypocrites. CMV! | 0 | 2014-03-11T21:39:00 | 108 | 2 | null |
There is science behind it. You can look at this paper. "[An Easy Approach to Calculating Estimated Energy Requirements](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1784117/)". Meanwhile I'll skip the most of the paper and do a quick answer to your question. First of all, a disclaimer, what I am doing here is an over-s... | I think tall people are the reason behind obesity in the world - because there's no concept of meal proportion to height at restaurants | 1 | 2015-11-02T05:23:48 | 26 | 13 | 1 |
In diablo 3, the entire point of the game is to grind. Every season, your characters are reset and you grind again. I've been doing this since d2 came out 20 years or so ago, and I absolutely love the grind. I'm so powerful that I can teleport through an entire area in 10 seconds or so. It would otherwise takes me 5-10... | Grinding contributes nothing to the gameplay of RPGs and game devs should design away from it | 0 | 2016-02-03T21:19:52 | 55 | 1 | null |
I think you've got good intentions, but I see a few flaws in this plan. Firstly, while it's nice to think we could remove money from politics altogether or offset it with systems like this, the expenses involved in a major political campaign are massive. All of the advertising involved, booking locations for speeches, ... | I think that the state should bankroll political parties and their campaigns, and that private contributions should be forbidden | 1 | 2015-05-17T19:50:55 | 114 | 40 | 30Δ |
You make some good points. But in that case, shouldn't CPR training in high schools be outlawed as highly dangerous? Not really. Most common health issues in public is heart attack by far. So much so, we must prepare to deal with it if that happens. Kinda like when there is pickpocket chance in certain parts of the cit... | Police should be required to provide first aid | 1 | 2016-09-08T00:41:51 | 72 | 11 | 9 |
That is a reason to believe Jesus or Mark are lying bastards, not a reason to believe the account is unhistorical Wouldn't Jesus or Mark lying mean that what they claim Jesus did, actually didn't happen? Wouldn't this make it unhistorical? How is a lie not unhistorical? | The accounts of Jesus in the Bible are more historical than the accounts of most other ancient, western, historical figures. | 1 | 2015-11-13T21:23:43 | 80 | 10 | null |
I'm really not the least bit prejudiced. I think you're wrong, and you're projecting your own prejudices onto everyone else so yours don't seem so egregious. I don't see the color of someone's skin and think I know anything about that person. Skin color does not matter to me, any more than height or eye color or hair c... | We are all racists, but some of us can control it | 0 | 2016-11-15T19:59:05 | 156 | 1 | 1 |
do you believe that access to a gun actively increases your risk for suicidal thoughts No, my point isn't that you're more likely to **want to** kill yourself, but that you're more likely to **succeed** at killing yourself. If I try to kill myself with a knife, I still get a chance to abort as soon as I feel the pain. ... | Owning a gun doesn't actually makes you safer. | 1 | 2017-05-13T21:00:13 | 143 | 6 | 1 |
That website is a rough simulation. Dyslexic people can't just figure it out by looking on to their past knowledge of the language and finding the pattern. Imagine learning to read like that. Your brain isn't taking the disorder and Turing it into something you recognize it's taking things that should be recognizable ... | I think dyslexia in almost all cases is just a lack of education in the language. | 1 | 2016-08-31T22:25:15 | 40 | 1 | 29 |
I think the main difference is in how their minds work. * Dogs are literally the only other (non-ape) animal besides people to use a human's eyes as visual cues, or to pick up on pointing. They have been bred to understand human gestures in a way that is totally unique. * They inherently *trust* people. If they can't... | I believe if you are a meat eater then you cannot criticize people for eating dog. CMV | 1 | 2013-07-03T06:02:09 | 481 | 40 | 7 |
Did I change your view? You can award a delta and give me imaginary points :D :D lol. Just write ! delta (no space) and add a few lines of text. Making 90k is no chump change, but it's surprising how a few random events can put people in a bad place :( | I'm a moderate conservative, and cant see how Bernie Sanders would benefit me. | 1 | 2016-02-08T04:01:06 | 133 | 15 | 19 |
Not sure if this is limited to couch pillows, but throw pillows on my bed have been turning into a lifesaver for me. I'm pregnant enough that if I sleep without something under my belly, my hips hurt when I wake up. I sleep on my side and throw pillows are great for wedging under my belly and propping it up without bei... | Throw pillows are only useful for aesthetic purposes. | 0 | 2014-06-23T22:59:46 | 27 | 3 | 2 |
Tl;dr: they came on their boats. Looted and enslaved. Left unstable, failed and arbitrary states. Now complain. Europeans also looted and occupied each other; Africans didn't get a particularly bad deal in that regard. For example, there is not reason to blame present-day European problems in formerly Nazi-occupied cou... | Europe has a responsibility to help the refugees (and, to an extent, towards all immigrants) because of their colonial brutality in Africa and Asia. | 0 | 2015-09-03T12:37:10 | 93 | 1 | 3 |
None of the seats in special elections have been won by Democrats in the past 20 years and they managed to have quite a few majorities without them.The Georgia 6th was a 23 point race 7 months ago, it was 4 point race this week I think that's at least a little hopeful. In 2009 the Democrats had the House, Senate, and t... | The Democrats in America are highly unlikely to achieve any significant political gains by 2018 or 2020, and risks political irrelevance after 2020. | 0 | 2017-06-24T07:44:32 | 58 | 4 | 18 |
Roundabouts require significantly more real estate than four-way stops/traffic lights, which is a problem is areas where land is at a premium. This is especially problematic in cities or other urban areas. | Traffic lights and four way stops are objectively inferior to roundabouts. | 1 | 2014-11-19T03:53:14 | 94 | 93 | 31 |
The rules requiring purchasing only food seem designed around ideas that poor people are irresponsible and prone to bad decision making, and that the government knows better than them what they need. That's because it's the government's money. The point of something like Welfare is not for someone to live forever on it... | Food stamps should be given as cash benefits. | 0 | 2014-10-09T06:23:51 | 104 | 2 | 30 |
Well, then thanks. I don't think u/Deltabot can read deltas from edits, so you might have to make a new reply. But regardless, thanks for the discussion. Was really interesting. | Exploiting a bug/glitch in a video game is not cheating. | 1 | 2017-01-07T03:10:25 | 55 | 1 | 6 |
I can tell from reading your other responses that you much prefer rice and think that potatoes don't taste good and aren't as healthy. It seems as though a white potato has a lower glycemic index than even brown rice. Potatoes give a similar amount of fiber, more vitamins B-6 and C, etc. Also, depending on where the ri... | There is no reason to be eating potatoes in the developed world. | 1 | 2017-03-06T00:07:09 | 54 | 22 | 1 |
I'm pretty sympathetic to your view on this myself, but there are some difficult questions to consider. First, your title talks about religious beliefs, but your text seems to talk about discrimination for any reason. So, some clarifying questions: 1. Does the nature of the belief matter? Do you only mean religious rea... | Businesses should be able to deny service to a customer based on religious beliefs | 0 | 2016-03-03T18:19:20 | 69 | 1 | 11 |
I'm not discounting cultural impact. I'm sure the average German is less against this type of punishment than the average American. But I looked up the average savings of a [German](http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/08/15/10-countries-where-people-save-most-money.html) vs. [American](http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/0... | There should be stricter punishments for minor laws that a lot of people break | 0 | 2017-06-03T19:17:48 | 92 | 1 | null |
So if there were 1000000 fights between a grizzly bear and a silverback gorilla, would the grizzly win all 1000000 fights, and the silverback always lose? | The average Silverback Gorilla can absolutely NOT beat a grizzly bear. | 0 | 2017-06-01T17:34:11 | 60 | 2 | 9 |
The safety regulations in Canada remain the same. The goods will be of the same minimum safety standards. The quality standard is up to the consumer. As I said before the markets seems to prefer lower cost goods as opposed to buying things based on them being "Canadian" (this in no way necessitates the quality is bett... | Free Trade only benefits big business, and is detrimental to developed and developing countries. | 1 | 2015-08-11T21:42:20 | 78 | 1 | 2 |
It's a bit of an ego thing. *In most cases*, no matter how much it seems like one person runs the entire show in a band, the other members are what keeps them in check. The most accurate description of most solo/side projects is listening to the musician get off to themselves. Big time musicians have huge egos, and bec... | "Going solo" or a single member of the band "taking the lead" leads to a sharp decline in quality in that musicians body of work. | 0 | 2014-09-05T00:01:40 | 50 | 1 | 2 |
I just cannot see the incentive to watch overly paid players to run up and down the pitch trying to kick a ball into a goal. That reasoning can be applied to all sports {basketball ,american football , etc.} there are usually 2 reasons why a person likes a sport 1. They know something about the strategies of the game a... | I think football is boring and repetitive CMV | 0 | 2014-03-19T15:25:35 | 34 | 8 | null |
Mistakes are not hate crimes. In fact, it's barely even name calling. The term Arab isn't disrespectful, or hateful - it's just a description of a group you happen not to belong to. In fact, the post you provided is full of intolerance and bigotry against Arabs, but the misunderstanding that you deplore is sometimes s... | Calling an Iranian "Arab" should be categorized as hate crime | 0 | 2014-11-19T10:15:38 | 57 | 25 | 6 |
What about viruses? They're similar to microorganisms, but not alive by the scientific definition. What is it about life that gives it value? I asked about jellyfish because they have a nervous system that allows them to react to stimuli, but no brain or consciousness to speak of. The reason I ask is because when I ... | It is wrong to kill bugs on a whim as their lives are as precious as animals'. | 1 | 2016-07-13T07:10:27 | 55 | 12 | 71 |
I am a record collector and I fall under none of the categories you mentioned above. First of all I am a music lover, I study music in school, I spend pretty much all my time listening or learning about music. I think you're right that the quality argument for vinyl is flawed especially if you can't afford nice equipme... | I believe that there is no value in vinyl as a format and that collecting it is just nostalgia, hording or pretentious CMV | 0 | 2014-03-25T19:12:30 | 65 | 1 | 2Δ |
I think there is possibly another psychology at play here. There is a very real social conception of better cultures and worse cultures. It is expected that everyone should aspire to the better cultures, i.e. advancing in technology, democracy, etc. A lot of people if they could would trade their "race" to be Swedish t... | I think the last three years in Sweden have turned me racist. | 0 | 2014-12-15T23:34:54 | 248 | 0 | null |
I agree, but only to the extent that I agree the wrong term is being used. Fascism is a kind of government. As best I can tell, Trump does not and likely would not support that kind of government. Rather, he seems to reflect more accurately the *style* of government that goes by the term *authoritarian*. Authoritariani... | I believe the comparisons of Trump to fascism are exaggerated and have little to no basis in reality. | 0 | 2016-02-27T05:09:18 | 323 | 1 | 2 |
You didn't really clarify what you mean by "believe" trans people. People can have all sorts of experiences and interpretations of said experiences, you can believe they had these experiences yet not believe in their interpretation or the underlying reality of these experiences. Likewise, someone can believe a trans pe... | People who don't believe trans* people about their gender should just stay quiet about it. | 0 | 2017-05-12T21:08:24 | 91 | 1 | 1 |
Who could be weak in their eyes? Someone who cant fight back physically, or not bold enough to challenge them, or doesn't have enough social skills to defend himself. If you define weakness as such that you automatically meet all criteria of your thesis, then you are tautologically correct. So it follows that if the bu... | If I get bullied then it means that I'm a weak guy, inferior to other guys around me | 0 | 2017-05-25T19:48:42 | 70 | 1 | 33 |
I agree with your first point, but I'm going to challenge your second. When prosecuting a drunk driver, it's fairly easy to tell that they were drunk - they blow over a .08 on a breathalyzer, they're locked up. No personal freedoms are violated, no supposedly secure communications are breached - it's pretty cut and dry... | Texting while driving is morally wrong, and should be prosecuted similarly to driving while drunk. | 1 | 2016-07-21T03:00:17 | 42 | 36 | 20 |
First off, not everyone lives in a urban or suburban environment. To those of us who live a more rural lifestyle, a loss of species diversity in our local area has a *very* direct impact on our way of life. Also, like it or not, many of the sources of food for even those in urban environments come from sources that are... | It is not worth the money it costs to conserve biodiversity | 1 | 2015-05-19T06:03:35 | 36 | 5 | 31Δ |
Dude if I could teleport to my fridge to get a beer I'd be happy. That sounds fucking awesome. | Teleportation would be an very overrated superpower in our world | 1 | 2015-10-24T17:38:31 | 317 | 22 | 3 |
Even if a relationship ends amicably, a divorce is still fundamentally an emotionally painful, draining experience, even moreso if the couple has had children. | A marriage that ends after the children have grown up shouldn't be viewed as a failure | 0 | 2016-03-21T07:42:23 | 59 | 1 | 3 |
Let’s focus on the definition of cultural appropriation in the abstract before applying it to an objective example, which is admittedly difficult to do because the effects of cultural appropriation are largely subjective, i.e. they are experienced internally rather than observed externally. Cultural appropriation is ... | I think "cultural appropriation"is perfectly okay, and opponents of cultural appropriation are only further dividing us. | 1 | 2016-04-08T00:19:15 | 360 | 237 | 5 |
I only eat cheese sandwiches and I have an excess of bread. I went to the store and I got some cheddar and provolone. Nothing else. | I believe that no one ever goes out to buy just cheese. CMV | 1 | 2013-09-09T00:59:40 | 32 | 26 | 2 |
Hey OP, I know you already handed out deltas, but I am going to write something anyway. I am no expert on ballet or classical music, but I did use to dance hiphop and disco (freestyle) as well as play the piano (classical music). You used to play orchestra, correct? One could say the same things about orchestral music ... | Ballet is one of the most boring dance styles ever. | 0 | 2017-03-28T21:44:15 | 62 | 1 | 7 |
I don't know why you would want to settle down here. What do you want me to do? Tell you that there aren't problems? That facts are not facts? The US has problems because it's a world-class hegemonic power that is aggressively terrible at imperialism, and never really wanted the job in the first place. The healthcare ... | I believe that the United States of America is a bad country, and never want to settle down there. | 0 | 2014-09-10T21:55:49 | 81 | 19 | 69 |
Hey! Very good points but just to play devil's advocate here's a counter. I'm also a guy, and grew up seeing beautiful women on TV and in porn. These women/girls aren't only the prettiest (or pinnacle of beauty, as you say) but they're also photoshopped, under a lot of makeup, and edited to only include flattering pict... | I don't think mass media presents an unrealistic/harmful example of body image for people to strive for. | 0 | 2014-05-30T23:19:34 | 34 | 1 | null |
So, you're willing to vote for the most establishment, least forward thinking candidate imaginable, just because she's a woman? No, don't jump to assumptions. I'm only explaining why I and other people would be excited if Clinton were president; not that I (or others) would vote for her. My point was that it was a lot... | I'm not excited for a Hillary Clinton presidency | 1 | 2015-05-20T20:23:36 | 618 | 6 | 19Δ |
I believe Google Voice on the phone DOESN'T call over wifi. Just a heads up. At least that's how it used to be. It called your number. And used your minutes. Maybe it is different now. Maybe you're referring to the new hangouts? I know Skype does call over WiFi though. I don't see what your problem with gadgets is. A... | I think smartphones and tablets are just glorified gadgets that serve no useful purpose different from their less classy counterparts. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-15T12:26:24 | 49 | 1 | 24 |
When a native English speaker is pronouncing foreign words in the presence of other native English speakers, in the context of a sentence that is primarily made up of other English words (ex, "we'll rendezvous at the steakhouse in a few hours") it comes of as hoity-toity and somewhat affected to attempt an authentic pr... | Popular US/English pronunciations of foreign words, names, and phrases betray ignorance of the speaker as to the origin and meaning of those words. | 1 | 2014-07-09T21:54:54 | 123 | 3 | 14 |
I'm getting a lot of replies citing how ethnic sounding names vs white sounding names affect job interviews. This is a cultural issue, the color of someone's skin has nothing to do with their name. Quick, who do you picture when I tell you I'm going to introduce you to my friend Shaniquah? And I can't help but notice t... | I don't believe that "white privilege" exists. (at least in the US) Someone please CMV. | 0 | 2013-11-11T02:34:56 | 604 | 1 | 6 |
You sound like simpletons | There is no such thing as an American Accent | 0 | 2017-04-28T02:02:05 | 205 | 1 | null |
Would you then say that people with cancer are not cancer victims? Technically it is their own body that is killing them. What if they chose not to treat the cancer? Are they still victims? The same logic could be applied to suicide victims. If their hormone and neurotransmitter levels cause them to commit suicide, it... | There is no such thing as "suicide victims". It is an oxymoron. | 1 | 2017-04-10T20:40:59 | 54 | 1 | 1 |
Truth be told, America rarely sells stuff they don't already prepare to fight in an upcoming war. This has been common practice for some time, selling outdated technology as modern technology to the world because the up to date technology is top secret. Implying F-35's should not be sold to Turkey because they might le... | The F-35 should NOT be sold to Turkey | 0 | 2016-08-25T02:14:45 | 54 | -1 | 1 |
You should look up Arrow's Theorem. He proved that there is no truly fair voting system. In the end, any voting system is able to be gamed. That's not any reason to keep the current US system, though. I think we should change the system every, say, 24 or 36 years or so in order to minimalize the potential problems. | I have created the ideal voting system to replace the Electoral Vote, and it isn't the Popular Vote | 1 | 2016-11-27T13:56:35 | 94 | 1 | 2 |
Hi there, Thanks for presenting your point, it was an interesting read. I largely agree with everything you wrote, and I get very irritated by the way modern feminism suggests that I, as a man, am automatically living the sweet life by comparison to the women around me. The one point of your post that I disagree with i... | Equating "gender unequal" societies as "women disadvantaged" societies is misguided, and obscures the true problem of gender inequality. | 0 | 2016-10-25T12:02:56 | 212 | -1 | 1 |
but to completely discount alternate (and, in many cases, the original) British and Aussie English have been evolving right along at the same time as American English. How do you know current Aussie and/or Brit pronunciations are the "original" ones? You know, kind of like how the ancestor of modern humans and modern "... | Americans should be more accepting of British pronunciation | 0 | 2014-11-24T22:51:49 | 43 | 2 | null |
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive". The guy's a freaking behemoth. In the day, Arnold Schwarzenegger was *the man* in terms of libido. Those two are hunks of muscle. There's nothing wrong with people finding that attractive, but they are two radically inaccurate portraits of how real me... | Anita Sarkeesian and similar feminists actually have a point about the portrayal of gender roles in video games. | 1 | 2016-12-06T00:47:58 | 617 | 27 | 1 |
He/she wouldn't be doing this if it weren't interested (nothing dishonest so far) and were trying to change the other party view on you (there's where you find the dishonesty). I have a similar reply to another post, but I don't think there's any dishonesty here. Are you lying about your feelings for that person? Clear... | Seduction is morally wrong, as it is based in manipulating other people | 1 | 2015-10-24T06:28:45 | 38 | 1 | 1 |
You forgot another category, people for whom the price is not an issue. Apple laptops are great, they are just overpriced compared to a PC with the same components. I use Windows and Mac about equally. I like them both, but I didn't have to pay for my Mac; it was given to me for an internship. When I bought my own comp... | Apple computers are for old people and the technologically illiterate. Anybody else that using Apple products have bought into marketing. (Not just a fanboy, please read) | 0 | 2014-08-14T02:52:19 | 172 | 1 | null |
Technically I have two claims: supporting ISIS, engaged in acts of terrorism So which of the 4 points is supposed to support the idea of him committing actual acts of terrorism? | Donald Trump just admitted to supporting ISIS and engaging in terrorism on Fox News. | 0 | 2015-11-15T16:04:01 | 91 | 15 | null |
but I am nothing if not an advocate of freedom and choice, and drug usage is a personal decision which I find in no way immoral. If a drug is extremely addictive, is it really a free choice to take it? The first time, perhaps. But once addicted, that is not really the case. Some severely addictive drugs, people will ke... | All drugs should be legal | 0 | 2016-07-02T02:34:40 | 43 | 2 | 1 |
So, this is gonna be brief because a lot of people have already explained most of the counterpoints in detail. I just want to kind of unite them into a theory. The biggest reason for these things is simply the scale of the game. Starcraft matches are short, the maps are small, and the number of units used are few. A ga... | Some of the challenge of playing Starcraft 2 comes from wrestling with an interface that was intentionally designed to be hard-to-use. | 1 | 2015-12-10T20:34:25 | 125 | 2 | 2 |
I do think there are some issues with how socioeconomic status is determined. For example, if a student's father owns a business that on paper pulls him in $500k per year, but he's drowning in debt due to financial mismanagement or other obligations related to his business, his children should be able to be considered ... | College scholarships should solely be based on merit and not on ethnicity or socioeconomic status. | 0 | 2015-10-19T22:09:17 | 31 | 1 | 45 |
If you'd actually like to gather data, you could assess the most up voted comments and deltas recieved here over the last year. I believe this sub keeps that data organized, contact the mods if you have any questions and then you can do a formal rhetorical analysis and perhaps gather some decent quantitative informatio... | Redditors don't generally argue in good faith, and only really care about popularity. | 1 | 2017-04-15T20:01:55 | 53 | 2 | 25 |
First - Dawkins isn't a "hard atheist", and has many times stated he is an agnostic atheist. Second - Atheism refers to the lack of belief in a deity. One can still believe in karma or reincarnation or even the afterlife as an atheist. Third - If there is no evidence, even theoretical evidence, there is no reason for m... | I am an atheist, but I don't think there is a good reason to dismiss karma and/or reincarnation. CMV. | 0 | 2013-08-20T16:35:57 | 56 | 4 | 1 |
1. It doesn't directly refute your point, but it seems that dogs do understand human emotions: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/3729/20140225/dogs-are-wired-to-understand-human-emotions-and-react-accordingly-study.htm 2. Yes, that is quite bizarre. Is that really true? I have never heard of anything like that. 3. They... | I believe that Americans have a unhealthy, pathological obsession with pets that is creepy and smacks of loneliness. CMV | 0 | 2014-02-26T20:45:55 | 50 | 2 | 5 |
You said it's not covered under insurance. Psychological therapies *are* covered by decent insurance providers with affordable visit copays, $10 with Blue Cross. Sure, urging a person to seek therapy can be unhelpful or obnoxious if done inappropriately. But there are some people who really benefit from evaluation and... | "I urge you to seek therapy" is the most useless advice one can give on /r/relationships. | 1 | 2014-11-29T21:52:32 | 95 | 3 | 1 |
The risks of over training would be far, far better than taxing the social worker system, separating families or fining people. You would be talking about millions added to the dockets of social workers and you would be talking about kids removed from their family and placed into foster care. Social workers are alread... | Child Obesity is Child Abuse | 1 | 2016-07-17T20:30:19 | 300 | 65 | 72 |
Ah. This is a classic. Having been both Person A and Person B, let me take a fairly extreme stance: Believing this will work is *arrogant* of A. If you suppose that A will be able to completely suppress their feelings, without causing strain elsewhere in the relationship, without having to distancee themselves, without... | It is selfish to confess romantic feelings to someone who is potentially or certainly unable to reciprocate. It only makes yourself feel better while placing an unnecessary burden on them to be responsible for your feelings. | 1 | 2017-02-12T21:52:23 | 173 | 145 | 1 |
Why do you think that simply becasue a thing would be beneficial, it should be mandatory? Your argument seems to be that learning how to swim would have lots of social benefits, therefore it should be mandatory. But lots of things are beneficial that we don't mandate. And where do you set that threshold - if, for examp... | Colleges should have mandatory swimming tests as a requirement for graduating | 1 | 2016-11-30T07:49:40 | 53 | 17 | 14 |
But we lived for another 30k years just fine. Actually, a majority of us didn't. Even as recently as 500 years ago, if you had 5 kids you could expect that 3 of them would die before they reached adulthood, 2 probably within a couple months of being born. You know what helped us fix that problem? Technology. Nature is ... | God is nature, the devil is knowledge and technology. | 0 | 2016-08-22T20:44:09 | 44 | 4 | 11 |
I just want to take a moment to address one point: I've never heard a male friend (I'm also male) ever complain about or deride a woman for being promiscuous. Certain studies have suggested that 'slut shaming' is much more common among women than men. Young men tend to promote female sexuality (cause, you know, sex). ... | I believe that heterosexual women have far more sexual and gender role freedom than heterosexual men. CMV. | 1 | 2014-01-27T22:00:08 | 609 | 219 | 3 |
I think this because how else is there sea and land, the sea from the time of the ark must have dried up to create the land? How would that work, exactly? After it rains really hard, does your yard seem like it's an inch higher than it was before it rained? Also I have grown up to be told this is true without anyone ... | I think Noah's ark is a true story. | 1 | 2017-05-24T16:11:06 | 36 | 9 | 12 |
Freakonomics did a podcast, titled "How Much Does Your Name Matter?", on this very subject. The overall conclusion is that what your parents name you has virtually no effect on the outcome of your life. You might think "La-a" is a cruel name to give a kid, but that girl is will statistically have the same chance of suc... | I don't believe that parents should be able to name children whatever they want. CMV. | 1 | 2013-10-22T20:19:37 | 42 | 5 | 19 |
OP, I might argue your points about it being harder to come out due to social repercussions based on a few points. Let me tackle this by 1) showing what the misconceptions of being gay are, 2) talking about the gender difference in social outlook (there *is* one), and 3) finally, discussing why I think you might feel t... | I believe it is harder to come out and be accepted as bisexual than it is to come out as gay. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-06T18:52:40 | 136 | 71 | 2 |
As far as I have been able to see, no one has included true discussion of neuroscience in this discussion. Because you're right if there's no fundamental difference between men and women's brains; then, gender does come down to genitals. However, specific structures of the brain are sexually differentiated, and you can... | The notion of changing and identifying as a different gender doesn't make sense at its core. | 1 | 2016-12-08T02:59:04 | 489 | 3 | 1 |
Thanks. I just wish I got a delta for it ;_______; | I don't feel bad for attractive people who complain about being 'holla'd" at | 1 | 2015-02-20T02:19:32 | 108 | 1 | 9 |
Have you considered the relativity of each of those examples? If we had to fight a foe like ISIS that were enslaving our women, I'm pretty sure there would be plenty of people signing up to beat them back, feminists included. But we don't have that here. We have police forces dedicated to eradicating human slavery when... | I can't take feminist activists in the west seriously... | 0 | 2015-04-15T02:51:44 | 195 | 4 | null |
This is the way that major developments in high tech work. Between 10 and 15 years ago, you could argue that Palm and Microsoft were making handheld toys for executives to show off. Now, smartphone proliferation (built upon developments in the PDA space) is growing at an incredible rate even in developing countries. An... | Tesla Motors makes toys for rich people, nothing more. | 1 | 2014-04-23T20:40:38 | 35 | 1 | 1 |
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