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My grandfather grew up in a house where the bottom floor was dirt. That is the worst type of floor, with carpet being much nicer than dirt. You say carpet feels gross, walk barefoot in dirt for 15 years before you go out on your own. | Carpeted floors are the worst type of floors. | 1 | 2016-09-14T01:41:02 | 42 | 15 | 1 |
undermine the teaching of the church, that God created the universe. Yes we should teach students not to follow stone age cults and look at the facts. The reason it should be taught is the reason anything should be taught, to further the general understaning of the general population creating are more developed peopl... | There is no educational benefit to teaching the Big Bang theory in schools. | 0 | 2017-01-30T18:28:38 | 91 | 1 | 6 |
Take the example of anal sex in porn. It is portrayed as being able to be done with no prep and no protection. This teaches harmful messages, which are almost never, ever, covered in sexual health educations given in schools--if one is even given at all. The big takeaway is that many boys want to try anal sex because o... | Porn is normal and does not have a negative effect on people or society when used moderately. | 1 | 2017-05-01T01:17:31 | 90 | 9 | 4 |
I think it still addresses the crux of your point, that lids *do* have a purpose. | The lid of the toilet serves no purpose. | 1 | 2015-05-18T16:34:49 | 51 | 3 | 57Δ |
That's a qualification that you don't get to know at the time when you decide to do the test or not. It's like saying that a dictatorship would be a great system of government if the dictator were the Dhali Lama or the Pope, so let's do that. The test will need to be continually updated, otherwise people don't need to... | Everyone should pass a test in order to vote | 1 | 2017-05-04T21:17:19 | 98 | 6 | 12 |
So is your view changed? | At the heart of it, people are only nice to get what they want. | 1 | 2016-04-14T03:06:10 | 142 | 1 | 113 |
Polarization *is* good in a country like the United States (and potentially all others) because it's the way issues don't get buried and become invisible. I wish I could remember where I read this really compelling study on the matter, but I don't, and I don't know how to google it. The conclusion was that if you have... | Political Polarization appears to be killing progress on pretty much every issue and we are doomed if we don't reverse course | 0 | 2017-02-25T05:47:07 | 155 | 41 | null |
You're giving King credit for inspiring millions of people, and Tubman for saving hundreds. I'll discuss Tubman's inspirational credentials. Then we can ask, how many slaves did King free? Harriet Tubman was known as the "Moses of her people" (and was also famous for having "never lost a single passenger"). She was a l... | If anyone should replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, it should be MLK Jr, not Harriet Tubman | 1 | 2015-05-13T13:46:39 | 61 | 15 | 3Δ |
If people only did things when there was some benefit to themselves, no matter how small, how can we account for instances of ultimate self-sacrifice without reward? There have been many historical accounts of people diving on a grenade for the sake of others at the expense of their own life. Nobody will ever do anyth... | Mankind is inherently selfish, and the motivation behind any "unselfish" behaviour is not truly unselfish. | 1 | 2017-04-24T21:30:25 | 49 | 5 | 18 |
Like other left-leaning movements There is no "SJW movement." It's just a pejorative label. There is no group that self-identifies as SJWs. There is no "SJW" organization. No SJW leaders. No SJW conferences. What you view as a movement is just a bunch of independent people with similar conceptions of social justice, ... | The SJW movement uses language of the elite and privileged, and thus does very little to empower or educate. | 1 | 2015-07-28T05:27:37 | 54 | 25 | 24 |
In my view they are just a way to say "look at me". Exactly!! Ever ride a motorcycle? Do you have any idea how dangerous it is? The most dangerous thing is someone driving a car and not paying attention, so motorcyclists do everything they can to get the attention of other drivers: loud pipes, bright orange shirts, ref... | I believe unmuffled motorcycles should be banned from the streets. CMV. | 0 | 2013-09-26T20:08:33 | 654 | -7 | null |
I would absolutely love to be president one day (no seriously… I would really like to and am lining my future up to attempt public office in the next five years). It’s not about the salary, the thanks, the accolades or the historical legacy. It’s about the country. I am a patriot, but I think America needs some serio... | I think being the president of the US, or any leader of a country, is such an ungrateful and stressful job that I don't see why anybody would want to do it. CMV | 1 | 2013-11-01T17:23:05 | 182 | 9 | 2 |
Well, traditional values have worked for literally thousands of years (well, probably more like a couple of decades, but anyway) so why change them now? We were taught good and evil, and now someone wants to do an evil thing and claim that it's good? Of course not; it's evil! Basically, we learn a moral structure in ou... | Conservative 'traditional values' are inherently flawed due to them being traditional, that is, of the past. | 1 | 2016-04-17T20:08:16 | 172 | 4 | 8 |
I come from a wealthy family and have had very little experience with people from the lower socioeconomic spectrum, which probably shapes my view of the wealth ladder and how one climbs from rung to rung. This is all you needed to say. You lived in a higher income area with schools that were better funded. Your parents... | I believe that poor people have every ability to pull themselves out of poverty, but most don't due to a lack of motivation. | 0 | 2015-06-30T20:08:57 | 47 | 33 | 25 |
But, right now we have a shortage of food Do you have any source for this? I don't think humanity lacks food or other resources. Many people do not have access to such resources, but that is a bit offtopic, maybe for another debate. It is true that finding water on mars is totally unimportant to anyone who's alive toda... | NASA, LHC, etc are a waste of resources in my opinion. CMV? | 0 | 2014-01-08T19:23:47 | 76 | 2 | 1 |
Just because people who identify with that group do it, does not mean it's what the group is about. Just as how Christians who shot up planned parenthoods don't represent Christianity. | BLM is a terrorist organization | 1 | 2017-06-26T03:30:09 | 36 | 16 | 1 |
There are sooooo many problems with this idea: 1) Your living in Israel makes a massive difference since everyone there, male and female, has a mandatory military service. In most other countries this is not the case, and so many, if not most, teachers would have little to no training with weapons. The absolute most a ... | I believe that all teachers should be encourage to carry a handgun. CMV | 1 | 2014-02-09T23:35:13 | 66 | 3 | 3 |
The best thing about grass is that it provides a low maintenance multi-use space, which is also beautiful. Want a fair only once a year? Grass. Concert? Grass. Control stormwater? Grass. Temporary carpark? Grass. Football game? Grass. It's everywhere because it's useful. You can't have all of those with a meadow or for... | There is too much grass in the United States | 1 | 2017-03-08T06:49:16 | 247 | 606 | 1 |
It is rather silly to post these views that are based on something completely subjective and without merit. Your opinion on what is "awful, redundant, and lacks any sort of meaning" is irrelevant in regards to the music industry or anything else that's subjective. Your taste and mine and anyone else's are different. Wh... | Country music is absolutely terrible. | 0 | 2015-08-25T05:21:03 | 18 | 1 | 3 |
I think allying would be a great thing, as having more allies is better than less, as long as rules are followed. All else held equal? Possibly. But that's not the case, and some of these are major factors. * Russia is in a conflict with the EU over territory and a number of other issues. Allying with Russia means oppo... | I think the United States allying with Russia would be a good thing, contrary to the Cold War era propaganda still going around to this day. | 0 | 2016-11-26T13:48:14 | 124 | 34 | null |
It's likely not possible to prove a substance is what the picture alleges it to be. Also consider the power of photoshop. The amount of time and resources needed to police the internet, and ensure the pictures truly are what the allege to be, makes the idea somewhere between infeasible and impossible. So, as my point ... | I think any pictures of someone using or possessing a illegal substance (or minors in places like bars) posted to social media should be admissible as proof for them to be arrested. CMV | 1 | 2013-04-16T19:57:17 | 53 | 2 | 1 |
Glory2Hypnotoad already made the key point about how making an argument against an entire group of people is a bit ridiculous. Arguments should be made towards individuals and ideas, not groups. The point I want to add, as an actual socialist, is that Reddit embraces positions that aren't left-wing too. General Reddit... | Reddit leans Left when it comes to politics beyond "social Liberal," excessively and without proper reasoning | 0 | 2015-11-03T21:08:55 | 95 | 10 | 5 |
I'm gonna guess that you live in a relatively academically inclined environment. I'm an engineering student and so most of the year I hang out in a bubble of people who understand science pretty deeply. More advanced scientific concepts are just common knowledge because it's fresh in our minds. So I tend to assume the ... | "Cosmos: a space-time odyssey" is an elementary school educational show. | 1 | 2014-06-19T04:10:50 | 27 | 2 | 2 |
One of the key stages of grief is acceptance. Making critical decisions while processing grief is not an excellent plan, too many folks turn to suicide when facing unaccepted difficulties. At some point, the cancer patient can accept that they have cancer, or even that they are likely to die from cancer. Until then, sh... | If I had cancer I wouldn't want to tell my family. | 1 | 2015-04-29T00:31:02 | 47 | 1 | null |
Just reading the title was enough to give me a good laugh and remember when I was a 14 year old boy who thought he was smarter and more capable than everyone in that demographic. | As an intelligent 14 year old, I could support myself if I had the legal rights to. | 0 | 2015-09-30T18:47:26 | 36 | 2 | null |
What you're observing is the emergence of a heightened awareness of our conflicted nature that has occurred with the rise of a mass media, not anything that's particularly true about America and its history. The mass media accentuates our *awareness* of our differences, but many of these differences have always been th... | Polarization and Extremitization of Opinion/Attitudes in America Eats Away at our Integrity as a Country. | 1 | 2016-01-27T11:44:57 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
I believe unprecedented crimes should call for unprecedented action to be taken. I am just going to address this quote here. Regardless of what crime is committed or by whom, I feel that all of us should support the rule of law. The law presently regarding presidential succession is spelled out pretty well in the const... | If any investigation finds collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, and Trump is impeached, a full re-do of the election is the only fair next step | 1 | 2017-05-19T01:15:35 | 23 | 4 | 2 |
Considering the number of genocides committed by more powerful nations who claim to be "civilized", I think such a claim is invalid. What country is committing genocide that is even close to the power of Germany during that period? | The Holocaust is not a unique genocide (when compared to other genocides). | 0 | 2015-01-30T21:21:31 | 64 | 1 | 15 |
Not all Americans vote and we don't need them all to. It'd be more interesting to see stats on the voting population. I'm sure it's not great either, but it might not be as bad. We also don't have a pure democracy, we have a representative one. We select people who know more than thus to handle stuff we're ignorant off... | The average American is too ignorant for a democracy to function. | 0 | 2017-05-08T22:23:56 | 99 | 1 | 81 |
It would be difficult to construct whole convex districts of approximately equal population for various reasons. But you definitely are on the right track. My proposal is similar... The majority leader appoints a committee that draws the boundaries of sub-districts one third the population of a whole district. All such... | To prevent gerrymandering we should require congressional districts to be convex. | 0 | 2017-02-24T23:25:25 | 107 | 1 | null |
I don't think the mental and physical torture of children by their peers in a mandated educational situation is a problem worth fighting. CMV That's what your saying. Really. I just feel that bullying is one of those things that is self-correcting. It is. The people being bullied end up feeling like they deserved it ... | I don't think school bullying is a problem worth fighting. CMV | 0 | 2013-10-01T19:48:45 | 36 | 5 | 3 |
The entire reasoning behind teaching upper level maths is to teach radically different approaches to solving problems. Every field approaches problems differently, and without upper level maths (starting with Analylsis I or Algebra I) you cannot learn how to properly approach a problem in a mathematical manner. Of all ... | I believe that most people, unless they're going into a STEM field, have no use for math beyond basic arithmetic. CMV | 0 | 2013-06-03T20:11:46 | 25 | 2 | 7 |
What do you think of the idea that the utter lack of seriousness which so many politicians and scientists treat the climate change issue (and I mean here particularly the ones who say it's very important) indicates that maybe they don't think it's as important as they say? | Climate change should be every politician's first priority, and we are doing too little about it, since no one seems to care anymore | 0 | 2015-06-13T18:57:00 | 95 | 2 | null |
The problem here is that people WANT TO pass on the money to their kids. Like REALLY want to. People want to see their children prosper. You can't legislate something like that away. Even if you do pass draconian law about 100% percent inheritance tax - what you will also see is an appearance of an enormous black marke... | We should disallow children from inheriting wealth from their parents, for it destroys meritocracy. | 1 | 2016-04-27T22:59:06 | 96 | 8 | 113 |
The nobility and aristocracy would take mistresses because arranged marriages made it impossible to marry someone you loved, only someone that would benefit the family line. In other words, if you're forced to marry for whatever reason (and many immigrant or traditional families will pressure their children to do so), ... | Cheating on a partner is never justified. | 1 | 2016-07-11T07:07:30 | 126 | 9 | 9 |
I agree that morality is very different in many cultures, for example Americans have trouble understanding cultures that allow beating your wife, honor killings, prohibit public alcohol consumption, and prohibit public kissing. Consider that every human rights violation is a **power imbalance**. We're not saying, "We'r... | "Human rights" are a dangerous concept that societies should move away from. | 0 | 2017-01-09T17:37:46 | 61 | 2 | 14 |
So, many unusual things can happen during human development. A person with two X chromosomes who is exposed to high levels of androgens can develop as male. A person with XY chromosomes whose cells don't respond well to androgens can develop as female. A person can develop too few limbs, or two sets of reproductive org... | Your gender is determined solely by the sex you are born as. | 0 | 2017-01-24T13:41:39 | 43 | 1 | 15 |
If you have acknowledged/hinted that your view has changed in some way, please award a delta. ▾ Per the rules, if your view has changed in any way, no matter how small, you are obliged to award a delta. It would be bars refused to allow dangerous people to drink there. The legal literature on rape gives these examples ... | If you CONCIOUSLY and CONSENTUALLY put something in your body that you KNOW makes you make bad decisions, it's not rape. | 1 | 2015-08-31T22:28:50 | 114 | 1 | null |
Given that everything is equal, men (and women) would go for attractive people. If you just mean *physically* attractive, this isn't universally true. Some people don't value it as much as other people, and some people find unusual traits physically attractive. May e she has a desirable personality. He is still "settl... | Men who date average-looking women are "settling" for her looks | 0 | 2017-03-13T06:28:15 | 29 | 4 | 66 |
The problem is that if you're able to break one person's password, it makes it easier to break everyone else's password. Without getting into a computer science lesson, suffice it to say that when you have a weak password, you're inadvertently making *my* account less secure. | websites should not have password restrictions besides length of password. | 0 | 2017-04-21T06:28:33 | 88 | 3 | 1 |
Maybe you need some consolation considering that you're probably in the midst of finals or are lamenting at already having taken them, and are reflecting in hindsight? Either way it's important to note that science (I can't speak for every field in STEM, sadly) has changed dramatically in the last couple of centuries, ... | if you have to work hard on STEM subjects you don't deserve to study them. | 1 | 2016-05-09T22:34:24 | 30 | 14 | 1 |
If I'm not being clear, I apologize. Basically my argument is that congress is two bodies made of many elected offices while the EC is one things for one elected office. The distinction to my mind is that disproportionality is not inherently problematic, which OP seems to assert, decrying that if you are against the di... | If you favor abolishing the Electoral College, you should also favor abolishing the Senate. | 1 | 2016-11-01T17:52:11 | 146 | 2 | 2 |
Western society has agreed that a fetus isn't alive until it's 24 weeks old and until then the mother has the right to an abortion. Her reason for having an abortion doesn't matter so if a pregnant woman finds out that her fetus has a big chance of having a disease (usually Down syndrome, but using your example we coul... | I can't help but think that some children who are born with terminal birth defects would be better off euthanized, please CMV | 1 | 2013-11-13T18:47:07 | 191 | 2 | 3 |
Imagine if you will an INCREASE in welfare instead of a decrease. Say for example $12k (or $1k a month) Plus full medical coverage, Food stamps and rent assistance. Which would equal out to about $25-30k in most of the country. (Modified for married couples/ families) Now try to hire employees for less than a living wa... | welfare depresses wages for low skilled workers | 0 | 2015-08-02T03:08:49 | 34 | 2 | 8 |
But it clearly doesn't harm the academic results of certain schools, yes? But you still think it has 'no place'? Let's turn this around - what evidence do you have that it harms US universities, given their stellar worldwide results? | Sports should not have a place in American universities. | 1 | 2017-05-21T01:18:25 | 74 | 18 | 7 |
how many primary languages are there in the USA? i would say somewhere in the estimate of.... 1. you can't do the same for Europe where everything is completely different - money/currency, religions, general lifestyle. it's also worth noting that having an EU passport means that you can go to those countries with no pr... | We need to do away with all the small countries in Europe and unite them as a single nation like the U.S, and later strive to turn all small countries into large, united tracts of land. | 0 | 2015-07-31T09:20:08 | 31 | 1 | null |
I can think of three reasons why direct democracy is not preferable: The unfortunate main answer is that we would still find ways to skew power to the wealthy or ambitious in a direct democracy. Laws are often very lengthy and are written by trained experts because if they are even a little ambiguous it creates problem... | I think the United States should be a direct democracy. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-21T06:15:50 | 71 | 2 | 5Δ |
Your argument has an implicit claim that if a territory isn't governed like a European nation state then the claim of homeland of its inhabitants lacks legitimacy. The native tribes of the east coast were certainly in factions and had a different way of organizing themselves. Their borders weren't nearly as fixed and r... | The United States was founded by settlers, not immigrants | 0 | 2016-08-04T18:24:54 | 77 | 2 | 1 |
These books are all quite unrealistic in how they show technological progress( blame the book "we" for the collectivists having space travel, while [spoiler]the outsiders[/spoiler] had sticks and stones) State communism *used* to promise huge growth of technological progress, and these books were written as if that was... | I think 1984 has a happy ending. | 0 | 2014-06-07T23:06:01 | 330 | 1 | 22Δ |
The problem with Steam reviews is that you are essentially reading the opinions of people whose preferences are unknown to you. You can't accept a recommendation from someone if you don't know if they share the same gaming values as you. That's why you really shouldn't base your decisions on a simple aggregate number. ... | If a game on Steam receives a negative review from someone who has played that game for more than 200 hours, you should ignore that review. | 1 | 2017-07-05T00:40:45 | 138 | 10 | 2 |
Well, I do believe there is such a thing as morality, but I do not think it is an altruistic concept, such as it is portrayed and often defined. Say you were to live in this hypothetical world you describe. Then no, there would be no direct physical or psychological detriment to yourself from torturing someone to deat... | There is no morality | 0 | 2017-02-05T07:53:28 | 67 | 1 | null |
The NHS is free at the point of need, diluting that is bad for everyone and introduces needless complications into a system that needs to be as simple as possible, lives are literally at stake. You say limit it to things that "directly causes harm, " as if that's easy to define. It's pretty impossible to prove medicall... | I believe those who cause their own illnesses should have to pay for their treatment on the NHS (UK) CMV | 1 | 2013-12-02T18:28:37 | 42 | 7 | 1 |
concocted create or devise (said especially of a story or plan). "they concocted a preposterous but entertaining story" synonyms:make up, dream up, fabricate, invent, trump up; formulate, hatch, brew, cook up "this story she has concocted" Also Trump has repeatedly after the EO said it's a promise filled, he's referre... | Federal Judges blocking Trump's executive order on immigration is an abuse of power by the judiciary. | 1 | 2017-05-29T16:15:54 | 101 | 4 | 1 |
I have to agree with the poster. Sense 911 the government has kept the people in a state of fear. Ben loden. Al-cia-duh. Isis. Russian. Blah blah blah. Now we have mass shootings and an attempt to say that crazy people can be profiled and identifed. Pre crime? If you look at the American flags in court rooms and Congre... | America is already a police state, the public just hasn't admitted it yet. | 0 | 2015-07-17T07:22:40 | 269 | 1 | null |
I want to take an indirect approach to this one by clarifying something: what do you mean when you say "the public interest?" It seems like you've defined it very narrowly to mean protecting the environment. While environmental concerns can certainly present a conflict of interest between money-making and public good, ... | Corporations almost never act in the interest of the public and would pursue extremely unethical and illegal practices to increase profits if not prevented from doing so by government regulations. | 1 | 2016-12-07T02:47:06 | 265 | 229 | null |
The much disputed election in Florida was a huge challenge to the world's second-largest democracy. Having the Supreme Court effectively appoint a president upon party lines significantly hurt faith in the US political process and led to the polarization that has led to the Do-Nothing Congresses of 2006-2008 and 2010-.... | The George W. Bush years (2000-2008) will be perceived by future generations as a dark age in world history. | 0 | 2015-08-14T15:56:13 | 79 | 69 | null |
Feminism is about getting rid of gender roles, which are harmful to both men and women. Take your career example, there are more women than men in social work/teaching because society tells women they are meant to be nurturers and caregivers, characteristics associated with motherhood. Would it be better for everyone i... | Feminism and Mens Rights Activist are equally discriminatory and should be grouped as "Human Rights Activists" CMV | 1 | 2013-09-12T05:10:06 | 123 | 17 | 1 |
The reasons vary. Some changes are for player safety, often in response to a star player getting injured (restrictions on tackling quarterbacks by the legs were brought in due to Tom Brady being taken out for a season by a tackle to the knees.) Others are, as far as I can tell, to encourage passing plays because the l... | Games with a constantly changing meta-game shouldn't be considered e-sports | 1 | 2014-08-23T23:02:26 | 43 | 1 | 7 |
Why is it bad if the government can see your internet history, as long as you aren't doing illegal shit you'll be fine. You can do *personal* and *embarrassing* shit and be at risk of blackmail. Keep in mind that if this data exists somewhere, it can potentially be accessed by hackers and leakers. Not even the CIA and ... | This whole "keep our net free " movement is stupid and is an example of people buying into mob mentality | 0 | 2017-03-27T18:05:57 | 46 | 3 | 79 |
I'll agree that discrimination isn't magically not-discrimination just because it happens to a privileged demographic, but I agree with your friend in that in regards to all of society, the discrimination that happens to white people is not necessarily as 'bad' as that which happens to minorities. For example, if you a... | Discrimination is discrimination no matter who it's against. | 0 | 2015-03-01T21:38:03 | 93 | 0 | 1 |
Well you need to understand that scalpers are preforming a service for some people, even if that person isn't you. Somewhere someone is getting that thing you wanted when they wouldn't have otherwise. Raising the price by scalping generally ensures that those who want the item the most, as measured by willingness to pa... | Reddit's hatred of scalpers is misplaced. | 0 | 2017-06-28T17:34:38 | 41 | 1 | 2 |
Whilst I do agree with your some of your statements, especially the one about the track Hollywood is on, I disagree with your main points. In the cinematographic view, the films offer bare-bones scripts with laughable dialogue, non-compelling narratives, and have been beating the same horse for years since the introdu... | Comic book films are done to death; offer no redeemable qualities, and are carried by nostalgia and a public that simply consumes what is offered to the lowest common denominator. | 0 | 2016-07-26T14:33:25 | 48 | 9 | null |
So, there's quite a few viewpoints you're posing with different arguments for each. It sounds like you think the death penalty should be abolished because of the social and economic costs involved in pressing for the death penalty vs. incarceration. And it sounds like you believe a prisoner should be able to choose to ... | The Death Penalty should be made illegal, but Suicide should be made legal. | 0 | 2015-09-07T10:44:31 | 254 | 1 | null |
First, Hobby Lobby isn't paying for contraceptives. The employees pay for their insurance and should thus be able to make their own decisions about what medications they do or do not want to be on. The employee doesn't go to their manager and say "hey can you spot me $50? I had sex irresponsibly last night." It just do... | Hobby Lobby shouldn't have to pay for Emergency Contraceptives. | 1 | 2014-07-14T23:19:59 | 163 | 23 | 1 |
As a Canadian looking south who follows American politics closely, I always think of the Democrats as the "pragmatic centrist" party, even though in US terms they seem like the left. Honestly, though, the problem is that your guys voting system is set up to produce a two party system almost inevitably (it has [other pr... | An American Centrist Party would be great and would help combat an increasingly politically polarized nation. | 0 | 2016-08-31T05:48:36 | 75 | 1 | 10 |
If an immigrant is there legally, pays their taxes, and is registered to vote then there is nothing you can do about it. They're allowed to be politically outspoken because immigrated citizen still means citizen of the country. | It's very disrespectful for immigrants to express strong political opinions directed towards the governing of whichever country they've immigrated to. | 0 | 2017-04-22T07:28:15 | 110 | 1 | null |
I tried to take a generous view of your CMV statement, and imagine a hypothetical future world where we have actually succeeded in stopping racism. Maybe then, it would finally be okay to stop talking about race. But I think people underestimate, or don't even realize just how much else would need to be changed for tha... | I believe that racism will only end once we stop talking about race. | 1 | 2014-12-10T06:30:18 | 80 | 10 | 5 |
I just see it as these people will always be about to a degree and that I don't like the idea of phasing them out. Some people do better holding their tongue and others do better screaming about how they're going to fuck your mother. This is not a bad sentiment. However, I'd wager that most of these people don't go aro... | 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. | 1 | 2013-12-15T21:11:33 | 551 | 3 | 3 |
While I unfortunately don't have accesses to the detailed financials of companies that produce T-shirts, we can deduce the accuracy of a few of my statements using available information. ______________ # The fabric is only a single part and most fabrics are dirt cheap. The IRS happens to have a webpage on agricultural... | Fat people should pay more for clothing, or skinny people should pay less | 1 | 2016-12-27T20:30:31 | 27 | 6 | 37 |
Alright, cool. When a transgender person who has undergone surgery goes to the doctor, does they doctor approach their treatment according to their original sex or their new one? This is exactly what I meant when I asked for context. Sure, when you're talking to your doctor you should probably tell them what genitalia... | Transgender people shouldn't be able to choose their "sex". | 1 | 2015-12-14T22:08:55 | 91 | 6 | 6 |
Me ("oh yeah bring the hate" white male) and my girlfriend ("oh yeah bring the hate" middle eastern war refuge) live on the same budget (we live together). She experiences a lot more negative biases then i do. Remarks, looks and so on. Now i can't know what these people think but it gives you a window in how they would... | The only relevant privilege in Western society is money. | 1 | 2017-03-02T17:07:24 | 310 | 2 | 1 |
People in the Netherlands thought similarly to you back in the late 19th century. The government kept records on where people lived and their basic information including their religion. This changed in 1940 when Germany invaded Amsterdam. The germans took over the buildings where these records were stored and used thi... | I think government tracking and personal data collection are good and should be continued/expanded | 0 | 2015-08-18T20:49:12 | 51 | 2 | null |
The songwriter is far and away the most important part of any band. And there are plenty of examples of bands keeping their vocalist but going to shit because they lost somebody else. For some examples, Pink Floyd is nothing without Roger Waters, even though Gilmour is their primary (and most recognizable) vocalist. An... | A vocalist is the key to a band's success and is therefore the most important member of a band | 1 | 2015-02-16T20:48:07 | 34 | 2 | 5 |
but the effects of global warming will occur far enough in the future that most people alive today will not be affected. You don't have to experience a future event in order to be affected by it. If we can logically deduce that our children, grandchildren, etc, are negatively affected to certain extents due to our acti... | I believe that it is not morally obligatory to be a vegetarian. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-14T22:24:09 | 202 | 1 | 1 |
s'okay. My mom told me she hoped I wouldn't be gay. I turned out gay anyway and I know that she loves me. I want to change the part of your view that says it's a problem. No one wants life to be harder for their children. Life is harder for gay people than straight people. These are two undeniable facts. Together, they... | 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. | 0 | 2013-05-13T07:26:31 | 50 | 3 | 47 |
I completely agree with you rationally. The hypocrisy in the way people treat animals is baffling to me. Most people are ok with the slaughter of animals much more intelligent than mice. But they would cry for blood if the same animals were hurt for most other reasons. But it isn't hypocrisy for everyone. Many people d... | I believe that animal testing should be without any restriction for any animal that is considered a plague and killed routinely, such as rats, flies, birds, cochroaches and such. | 1 | 2016-08-05T19:29:42 | 58 | 2 | 9 |
THIS COMMENT isn't like the rest of this thread. Most of these can be summed up as "Eugenics are wrong Hitler are wrong you are Hitler DIEEEEE". This is not that kind of comment, knowing that please read further. Eugenics are wrong? Whoever thinks that is extremely close-minded, the only valid argument against eugenics... | If a "gay gene" could be located it should be eliminated from the gene pool. | 1 | 2015-06-22T16:34:14 | 230 | 44 | null |
There is a historical reason as this is a method of loss-prevention. If customers buy an item at even dollar amount it was easier for the employee to pocket the money from that purchase. When item is priced 0.01 lower than that, then it forces the employee to open the cashier and give chance from the drawer and record ... | Prices like $599.99 are deceptive by nature and ought to be outlawed or boycotted. | 1 | 2015-05-29T22:10:54 | 43 | 9 | 11Δ |
You can't stop advent of useful technology. Self driving car have just too much promise: less death, less accidents, less traffic, more comfort. You can't stop something that is so obviously so good. It's just not how human societies work. | Self-driving cars are too likely to become a tool of mass surveillance, therefore their development should be stopped as soon as possible. | 1 | 2017-01-01T23:27:29 | 51 | 12 | 140 |
Did I change your view about the elements of a riot then? Also, I would say that since road users regularly have to deal with obstructions, closures, and congestion, it's not reasonable to put a roadway being partially or totally blocked on par with something like breaking into a storefront, which is not a normal thing... | There is no legitimate reason to riot (property damage, assault, etc) | 1 | 2017-05-09T00:10:35 | 88 | 5 | 258 |
When you say the mental capability to do something must be given, what about excelling at difficult intellectual skills such as high level theoretical sciences or math? A subject that would take a genius 20-30 years to grasp could take an average person 100+ years to grasp and wouldn't be possible for them given our cu... | Talent isn't needed to excel at something | 0 | 2015-01-15T21:58:28 | 122 | 1 | null |
I think machine learning is basically the process of throwing a bunch of statistics at the wall and seeing what happens to stick. Machine learning can do great things because statistics can do great things, but I don't think there is anything deeper than that going on --- formalizing a statistical intuition and running... | The singularity is just the rapture repackaged for techies. | 0 | 2015-11-27T16:06:39 | 69 | 16 | null |
Being a vegetarian is also selfish By eating crops, you are contributing to the deaths of millions of animals every year. Mice, other rodents, insects, and birds all get slaughtered to protect the crops and also during harvest. And you don't even put this meat to good use. The carcass' of the dead animals just lay on t... | Eating meat is selfish. | 0 | 2016-03-18T04:30:01 | 157 | 1 | 1 |
You should change your view because it introduces too much chaos by putting the responsibility of bullying on the students and parents while they're under the jurisdiction and orders of the school (required to be in an environment). He-said she-said would be a big legal issue with your present view (with bullies, who a... | If schools refuse to punish bullies than their victims should be able to fight them. | 1 | 2015-12-03T02:05:20 | 353 | 194 | 7 |
This has already been said, but I need to reiterate, these ideas are one point on a very slippery slope to censorship, the loss of free speech, and thought crime. The idea that someone should not be heard because an intellectual community considers them to be wrong would have prevented the enlightenment, spurned the fr... | Being "fair and balanced" isn't necessary--especially when one of the sides is in direct conflict with actual scientific fact. | 0 | 2015-02-03T21:41:36 | 89 | 1 | null |
The real issue IMO, and I believe what these segments are really trying to highlight, is that a lot of people hold opinions (sometimes very firm opinions!) about things they know *almost nothing about*. It's ok not to know all the legalities behind GMO research, or know if GMO crops will cause health issues - hell I do... | Expecting an average citizen to be knowledgeable about ANY ONE topic is unreasonable. | 1 | 2015-04-08T06:51:16 | 52 | 29 | null |
I am not going to argue against the fact that owning a gun increases the chance that someone in that home will get shot with it. I will argue that as long as it is legal for people to have guns in their home, schools should teach gun safety and responsibility to children. Often, a particular part of the text of the se... | There is little sense in allowing the citizens of a country to own firearms for reasons other than hunting and recreation, and that should be tightly-controlled. | 0 | 2017-02-24T18:41:25 | 92 | 1 | null |
Occam's Razor is not about just the simplest explanation. Occam's razor is about the simplest of a number of theories which both explain an observation. And also, Occam's razor does not say which is the explanation: it says which theory you should try to check first. A cow is floating in the air and I have no data abo... | Occam's Razor doesn't help us accurately describe reality. | 1 | 2016-10-11T18:03:06 | 41 | 1 | 7 |
Men have a completely different risk assessment about casual sex than women. Sex is riskier for women in almost every way, the chance she won't enjoy it, the chance she'll contract an std, the chance she'll get pregnant, the chance the partner will stop using a barrier half way through, the chance the guy will hurt her... | I don't believe women desire sex nearly as much as men. | 1 | 2014-07-29T19:33:19 | 167 | 35 | 15 |
I assume that since you're here, on Reddit, responding to comments, you have no committed suicide. Why not? You live with a nagging thought that each day there might be a terror attack. Are you telling me that despite having that fear life is still worth living? Of course you are! You would prefer living in this world ... | I think having kids right now in cruel. | 0 | 2016-07-03T19:01:23 | 39 | 1 | 3 |
I know sex worker abuse is a problem, but government regulation of the sex industry would give workers rights and protections in case of theft, rape, or employer abuse. While true, in practice government regulation is not something most prostitutes want. Due to the social stigma on this job, they value anonimity above ... | I believe prostitution should be legal. CMV. | 0 | 2013-10-07T18:05:11 | 151 | 2 | 2 |
Isn't it an alarming precedent to set that the elected president can't follow through with plans he made clear in his campaign? Nope, happens almost always. Campaign promises are usually over the top to get votes. We have three branches of government to stop things from turning into some sort of dictatorship of the pre... | Trump is just doing exactly what he was voted in to do and being hindered by the public | 0 | 2017-02-19T19:51:17 | 123 | 1 | 46 |
The idea of Sovereignty became sacrosanct after WW2. Before WW2, in very large, and abstract strokes, Sovereignty, wasn't as important. States had a pretty flimsy habit of changing fairly rapidly, sometime a few times in a single generation. And there are a few examples you can point to of long lasting States with the ... | If a state treated men the way certain Islamic nations treat women, the UN would ostracise that nation. | 1 | 2016-05-27T09:41:08 | 125 | 2 | null |
My point is though, that in the end, happiness derived from a machine-world is indistinguishable and just as good as happiness derived from the world around us. The difference between reality and an illusion is that it's reality that *really* kills you! If Star Trek's holodeck illusion can truly kill you, then it's wor... | Kidnapping someone and forcibly connecting them to the experience machine is morally justified. | 1 | 2014-08-12T09:32:36 | 58 | 2 | 64Δ |
I live in San Francisco. My monthly for a one bedroom costs $2000. Let's round to the nearest ten thousand and say I still get $50,000 left annually after taxes. That's around $4,200 a month approximately. I'm already down to $2,200. Factor in insurance. Factor in food costs. Factor in expense for my personal life. Fac... | I believe a $70,000 individual annual salary is more than enough to live damn comfortable anywhere in the US | 0 | 2014-05-29T18:22:31 | 114 | 32 | 14Δ |
Well the [least violent countries in the world](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate) are the wealthiest ones with stable governments, functional justice systems and good education and health care systems. I am under the impression these are also the [countries where these video ... | I should be allowed to play first person shooters when I am 17. | 1 | 2014-06-11T00:55:14 | 42 | 1 | 26Δ |
If better background checks were to be put on gun purchasers and more strict laws on what kinds of guns could be bought gun violence and mass shooting levels would decrease without violating a persons right to bear arms. You mean [like it has](http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2013/05/SDT-2013-05-gun-crime-1-3.png) ... | Using the second amendment as reasoning for not controlling guns is ridicules | 0 | 2016-04-08T15:42:23 | 53 | 4 | 17 |
a good study showing that the greenhouse effect alone is enough to cause catastrophic warming (without appealing to feedback mechanisms) This is a fatal misunderstanding of how the climate system works -- or any other dynamical system, for that matter. *Everything* works on feedback mechanisms. An explanation that does... | Global warming predictions are epistemologically flawed, and should not be the basis for public policy. | 0 | 2015-06-04T06:25:13 | 534 | 2 | 5 |
Forums are the worst... I've been part of a ton of different communities overthe years and the best ones just had the best members. Of the large popular forums I always found 4Chan's format the most entertaining but the content is awful. Reddit is constantly aggravating but the content is way better and I can choose no... | Over-moderation of online forums is a lot worse than under-moderation | 0 | 2015-01-16T14:07:52 | 73 | 1 | null |
It sounds like you don't understand velociraptors. They would have a significant speed and agility advantage, and they are not large enough to mount- roughly chicken sized. You would not need to outmaneuver a velociraptor, because 1. you couldn't. 2. if you've ever done physical activity (which can be assumed since you... | I could probably outmaneuver and evade a velociraptor | 0 | 2014-05-15T02:22:22 | 403 | 1 | null |
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