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CMV: Men are involved in a wider scope of hobbies due to female oppression.
CMV: Women were greatly oppressed in the past limiting the range of hobbies and activities available to them. This resulted in low demographics of women, if at all, in a very large number of hobbies today meaning that women had a narrower scop... | The usual view is that some hobbies are coded 'male' and some are coded 'female'. If your narrative is true, that would mean that both genders were restricted from hobbies due to social stigma. With reduced stigma both genders would be increasing the scope of their hobbies. As others have mentioned, you haven't really... | > the number of male based hobbies and activities significantly outnumber the female hobbies.
Source? | 5vfvc9 | CMV: Men are involved in a wider scope of hobbies due to female oppression. | CMV: Women were greatly oppressed in the past limiting the range of hobbies and activities available to them. This resulted in low demographics of women, if at all, in a very large number of hobbies today meaning that women had a narrower scope of hobbies to work with. Men's freedom allowed them to pursue a much larger... | 1,487,728,672 | IssyGT | de1ryri | de1r8qa | 5 | 4 |
CMV: [Philosophy] Evolutionary biology is a valid epistemological standpoint and is actually the more correct (or less wrong) epistemological position.
So I've been holding this weird but I find common sense Epistemological position, but I can't seem to read about it anywhere online. I can't find someone else sharing ... | So, for starters, your definition of epistemology is entirely too narrow. Scientific methods (yes, there are many - a biologist looking at plants on some island works entirely different than a theoretical physicist) is certainly one (probably justified) way to gain something we might call knowlege. However, epistemolog... | This won't really change your view but [Evolutionary Epistemology](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_epistemology) sometimes referred to as Darwinian Epistemology is a thing talked about in the field of Epistemology. Might help to read up on it to further articulate your view. | 5vi9sk | CMV: [Philosophy] Evolutionary biology is a valid epistemological standpoint and is actually the more correct (or less wrong) epistemological position. | So I've been holding this weird but I find common sense Epistemological position, but I can't seem to read about it anywhere online. I can't find someone else sharing the same position so I'm wondering if I've somehow pushed myself into a deluded mental state hence me writing this to see if I'm wrong and to see if you ... | 1,487,764,736 | Nez_Zai | de2b9vb | de2a1ib | 6 | 2 |
CMV: Open borders, free trade and global citizenship should be a key goal of our current society
I see the benefit that the EU has brought to the countries that participate. I also see how beneficial it is for **me** to be able to move (semi) freely to America, China, Japan, Canada and other countries to establish pa... | I'll address the open borders portion of your post.
One of the advantages of nation states is that they permit people with shared values to live together. If a country has open borders, its norms and laws will be determined by the majority of people who live there.
Eugene Volokh, a law professor and Soviet immigrant ... | The issue with free trade is that it can hurt a countries economy by allowing corporations to move their industries to regions with cheaper and more exploitatable labor. This not only means lost jobs for people in one country it also means that corporations are constantly looking for who has the policies that best allo... | 5vicya | CMV: Open borders, free trade and global citizenship should be a key goal of our current society | I see the benefit that the EU has brought to the countries that participate. I also see how beneficial it is for **me** to be able to move (semi) freely to America, China, Japan, Canada and other countries to establish partnerships. In my world view it makes perfect sense that open borders, free trade and world citiz... | 1,487,766,074 | Yulfy | de2c0ev | de2a0ur | 486 | 56 |
CMV: 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.
Canadian here - For those who don't know, in Canada we still have a lot of guns (about one for every household), but these are almost all hunting rifles... | I feel strongly that citizens should be able to form a militia. If their government goes off the rails, the people should be able to fight back against oppression. Furthermore, what if the government collapses in the wake of a disaster or riot. In it's absence, people should still be able to defend themselves. In order... | > The reasons I think these rules are very fair:
It seems like a lot of these reasons are simply judgment calls on your part. How do you know that a crime of passion is less likely to happen if you have to unlock several containers, or that I am more comfortable chasing some unknown person out of my house with a base... | 5vjgl9 | CMV: 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. | Canadian here - For those who don't know, in Canada we still have a lot of guns (about one for every household), but these are almost all hunting rifles and handguns used for target practice.
Our laws are, IMO, strict-but-fair:
* To get a gun in the first place, the RCMP has to interview several people who can vouch ... | 1,487,779,191 | killedbyhetfield | de2ltq4 | de2lqpw | 17 | 5 |
CMV: Terrorism on US soil isn't as much of an issue as we make it
It seems like throughout this election, the idea of counter-terrorism in the United States, specifically regarding domestic issues, has been a huge issue. However, I don't see too many terror attacks happening on US soil. Trump is enacting things like t... | I agree that people are probably more scared than they should be. I also agree that Trump's travel ban and general counter-terrorism policies are way more likely to make the threat of terrorism worse than better. I can see however, how a reasonable person could be more scared of terrorism than I am.
The median number ... | It's an *issue* because it is easily solvable.
Many of the other *issues* that are worse than terrorism; that are bigger problems; aren't solvable, or aren't easily solvable anyway.
Suicide? How do we stop people from killing themselves? I don't know
Domestic violence? How do we stop spouses or parents from abusing ... | 5vjp2u | CMV: Terrorism on US soil isn't as much of an issue as we make it | It seems like throughout this election, the idea of counter-terrorism in the United States, specifically regarding domestic issues, has been a huge issue. However, I don't see too many terror attacks happening on US soil. Trump is enacting things like the travel ban in order to prevent terror, but terrorism isn't happe... | 1,487,781,469 | davidthetechgeek | de2lr8i | de2kma6 | 12 | 1 |
CMV: I am a hypocrite vegan and therefore should spot being vegan again
Are you responsible to save a child’s life with the knowledge and the ability to do so without risking one’s own survival?
The following thought experiment showed me that I am a hypocrite:
Is a mother responsible for her child?
If she doesn... | So if you don’t want to be a hypocrite why not just do what you say would follow from the argument you made. As you say there are people that are doing this and they are able to do it so why can’t you do this? You mentioned that you are doing it for your good experience but you can also feel great by helping others to ... | Using your ability to the fullest extent means pushing yourself to the point where you do literally everything you possibly can, including shortening your life/abilities. As long as the extent that you help is more than the extent that you've ruined yourself from helping.
So basically if you help for example, with 10 ... | 5vjvm6 | CMV: I am a hypocrite vegan and therefore should spot being vegan again | Are you responsible to save a child’s life with the knowledge and the ability to do so without risking one’s own survival?
The following thought experiment showed me that I am a hypocrite:
Is a mother responsible for her child?
If she doesn’t feed it and the child dies, is she responsible for the death of the ch... | 1,487,783,220 | AndrewWheel | de2wwbt | de2utya | 13 | 1 |
CMV: There are too many preferred gender pronouns. Help me understand why.
First, I apologize for the disorganized wall of text you’re about to read. I wasn’t really sure how to express all of my questions, so sort of just wrote everything as it came to mind.
Second, I don’t believe that CMV is necessarily the right... | > They are shortcuts. Instead of writing a name in place of all of these pronouns, the pronouns save time and energy to say/write/read. The traditional pronouns that exist are female (she/her/hers/herself) and male (he/him/his/himself), and these are based around the social construct of genders. Historically, the male ... | Every Trans person I have ever met used one of those three sets of pronouns.
The others exist becasue individuals decided they wanted to be called them. They do not refer to any gender that society widely recognizes. The point of gendered pronouns are that society recognizes gender and we need a way to denote those g... | 5vk1mc | CMV: There are too many preferred gender pronouns. Help me understand why. | First, I apologize for the disorganized wall of text you’re about to read. I wasn’t really sure how to express all of my questions, so sort of just wrote everything as it came to mind.
Second, I don’t believe that CMV is necessarily the right place for this, but the other subreddit I wanted to post in (/r/helpmeunder... | 1,487,784,809 | austac06 | de2r7gq | de2qoir | 4 | 2 |
CMV: To prevent gerrymandering we should require congressional districts to be convex.
Here's the idea,
**Background:** A shape is convex if a straight line connecting any two points that are inside the shape, lies entirely in the shape. For example circles and squares are convex. Stars are not convex, since a line b... | Mathematical "solutions" to gerrymandering is not a new concept. The problem is that they are, quite without exception, AWFUL.
The reason is simple. The goal is not to create a system that is purely logical. Or looks pretty on a map. In fact there is NO objective goal for Gerrymandering. It is a balance of many consi... | Forcing strict convexity of congressional districts can create undesirable outcomes. For example, it might not be ideal for two people who live next door to each other in a small town, who use exactly the same infrastructure, school system, etc to be in different congressional districts. It's not possible, for exampl... | 5vk3qh | CMV: To prevent gerrymandering we should require congressional districts to be convex. | Here's the idea,
**Background:** A shape is convex if a straight line connecting any two points that are inside the shape, lies entirely in the shape. For example circles and squares are convex. Stars are not convex, since a line between two neighboring arms of the star would lie, at least partially, outside of the st... | 1,487,785,366 | Metallic52 | de2owpf | de2o7jd | 38 | 3 |
CMV: a massive failure of America's power grid is coming soon, and will lead to catastrophic effects
I started thinking about this two summers ago when a nurse working a tent at an event told me that he had 3 days worth of water and food stored up in case the power grid failed. He cited the risk of air conditioners su... | I currently work for a company whose customers are exclusively utilities and I can assure you - while the technology in the utility industry is undoubtedly behind that is changing *rapidly*. You are right when you say that a large-scale power grid failure is disastrous, but utility companies are held to a very high sta... | Well, just because someone won't attack you in some manner doesn't mean you should leave yourself open to attack.... because things may not stay the same way as now. If we do not give them the opportunity to strike, they have no reason to change the status quo. If for some reason, they believed they had the ability to ... | 5vloxe | CMV: a massive failure of America's power grid is coming soon, and will lead to catastrophic effects | I started thinking about this two summers ago when a nurse working a tent at an event told me that he had 3 days worth of water and food stored up in case the power grid failed. He cited the risk of air conditioners supplying more demand than the grid can keep up with on extremely hot days in summer, but it got me thin... | 1,487,800,321 | k9handler2000 | de34584 | de340gd | 8 | 2 |
CMV: Politicians (especially legislators) should not be expected to ALWAYS do the "right" thing
I often see politicians being denounced for voting the wrong way on a particular piece of legislation. While I think it's important to criticize legislators for their general voting trends, I think it's unfair and sometimes... | I largely agree with you, but personally I would like it if politicians would be more transparent about some of the things you talk about. I would respect a politician who said "I voted for this bill that was unpopular because in exchange Senators Jones, Smith, and Doe would support this other bill that I really care ... | Criticizing every step politicians make is critical and a sign that democracy is healthy. Yes, everyone understands that sometimes compromises must be made but voters should never only demand what is possible, but what they think is needed and right.
Example: If Obama could have implemented a single payer healthcare ... | 5vlz8c | CMV: Politicians (especially legislators) should not be expected to ALWAYS do the "right" thing | I often see politicians being denounced for voting the wrong way on a particular piece of legislation. While I think it's important to criticize legislators for their general voting trends, I think it's unfair and sometimes counter-productive to criticize them for every single move they make. Politics requires a lot of... | 1,487,803,191 | blindcolumn | de354xl | de353qp | 5 | 3 |
CMV: H1B Employees in the USA need to unionize
H1B employees form a backbone of Silicon Valley and other american industries ([Around 75% of tech workers in Silicon Valley are foreign born](http://www.jointventure.org/images/stories/pdf/index2016.pdf)). Yet, we do not have much political sway since we cannot vote. I t... | There should be some compromise here. You should unionize but You got to be kidding me with needing an H1B for Help Desk, Data Center, or NOC. That's a slap in the face to recent American graduates. | I think you are conflating the functions of a union and those of a lobbying organization.
If you want to try and change immigration laws, you don't need to negotiate with employers, they don't control that. | 5vmwbr | CMV: H1B Employees in the USA need to unionize | H1B employees form a backbone of Silicon Valley and other american industries ([Around 75% of tech workers in Silicon Valley are foreign born](http://www.jointventure.org/images/stories/pdf/index2016.pdf)). Yet, we do not have much political sway since we cannot vote. I think that we need to unionize so that we can acq... | 1,487,811,510 | chip_0 | de3kqb5 | de3fqxj | 7 | 2 |
CMV:I believe that Aspergers or High Level Functioning Autism is a bad label and should be eliminated.
The line between mental illness and just personality is a question left for the DSM. In the DSM-V, the Aspergers got changed into Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD, level 1). I believe that most of level 1 criterion a... | You seem to be operating under the assumption that in order to be mentally ill, a person needs to be unable to function unassisted. This just isn't true. First of all, there are different types and severities of mental illness, just like with physical illnesses. A person with arthritis might be able to manage their con... | Say you have a person who was diagnosed with Aspergers/Autism Level 1. This gave them access to support that helped them succeed in school and in life. Insurance companies had to pay for them to get regular appointments with physicians, social workers, various types of therapists, etc. Schools got extra federal funding... | 5vn3e6 | CMV:I believe that Aspergers or High Level Functioning Autism is a bad label and should be eliminated. | The line between mental illness and just personality is a question left for the DSM. In the DSM-V, the Aspergers got changed into Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD, level 1). I believe that most of level 1 criterion are merely a quirk of personality, and asocial people should not be considered mentally ill. Furthermore... | 1,487,813,326 | TrippyTriangle | de3g7be | de3dni8 | 9 | 2 |
CMV: Sex and relationships are best in high school
I think that due to several factors romantic relationships and sex are best in high school (or maybe middle school) and go downhill from then. The first factor is that frontal lobe development makes emotions weaker as one grows up. The second factor is that as people ... | Wanna know what's 10x better than high school sex? Sex at literally any other part of your life. You don't have to worry about hiding it from your/their parents, you're more experienced and probably better at it afterwards, and girls are a lot easier in college. Source: am 23 | Seriously? I thought we handled this 5 days ago. The majority of people don't hit their sexual stride until after high school. Just because your brother told you that he was sad after he left high school doesn't mean that happen for everyone. | 5von5u | CMV: Sex and relationships are best in high school | I think that due to several factors romantic relationships and sex are best in high school (or maybe middle school) and go downhill from then. The first factor is that frontal lobe development makes emotions weaker as one grows up. The second factor is that as people grow up they become world-weary and cynical which ma... | 1,487,828,816 | Blood_tree | de3oqpv | de3nnt4 | 6 | 5 |
CMV: The left and liberals are the majority perpetrators of intolerance and violence in the USA.
Portland, Oregon is one example of a protest against a "hateful, intolerant" man (Pres. Trump) devolved into a violent riot.
The Berkeley Riots that were in response to a speech being put on my Milo (AKA, words vs. violen... | >To change my view, I believe stats, numbers, and studies (current studies which would = no later than the last 6 months) that indicate on a mass-political level that the claim in the header isn't true.
The part about 6 months timeframe isn't realistic, most studies about crime don't have a turnaround that fast. Most ... | Since the 1980s, the right has had a lock on terrorist violence in the United States. Timothy McVeigh, for example, killed 168 people.
[From wikipedia's page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_terrorism#United_States):
> New America's tally shows 18 instances of right-wing terrorist attacks causing fatalities... | 5vot3p | CMV: The left and liberals are the majority perpetrators of intolerance and violence in the USA. | Portland, Oregon is one example of a protest against a "hateful, intolerant" man (Pres. Trump) devolved into a violent riot.
The Berkeley Riots that were in response to a speech being put on my Milo (AKA, words vs. violence).
The inaugural protests which now can be called the "inaugural riots".
The list is extensive... | 1,487,830,672 | ReallyBigMidgets | de3qono | de3qiv1 | 121 | 4 |
CMV: There is little credibility in the opposition to transpeople using the bathrooms they self-identify with
I don't think there's any logical argument to the idea that transpeople should simply just use the bathroom they identify with, bar perhaps the idea that there shouldn't be gendered bathrooms at all.
Most of ... | For whatever reason, women like to go to the bathroom with people of their own gender. It's a safe space for women. If there were no gendered bathrooms, or if anyone could use the women's bathroom based on how they self-identify, it ceases to be a space reserved exclusively for women.
The same logic applies to when wo... | One possible reason to support bathrooms being separated based on biological sex is the physical logistics associated with relieving oneself. Biological men can pee standing up. It makes sense to put urinals in men's bathrooms so men can pee without wasting a stall. If you have trans men with vaginas using the men's ro... | 5vp3fx | CMV: There is little credibility in the opposition to transpeople using the bathrooms they self-identify with | I don't think there's any logical argument to the idea that transpeople should simply just use the bathroom they identify with, bar perhaps the idea that there shouldn't be gendered bathrooms at all.
Most of it seems to be simply based in revulsion, or ignorance, as opposed to logic. The only one I can think of that c... | 1,487,834,601 | matt-the-great | de3qc9q | de3q2dq | 8 | 6 |
CMV: Protections enabling transgendered people to choose the bathroom of the gender they identify with removes that protection for other people.
*I would call this a very specific part of the whole transgender bathroom issue, having less to do with pertinent issues than most other posts about this topic. For instance,... | I think the problem here is that the issue with trans people is about them (using a bathroom that matches their gender identity) and your issue is about others (you don't want women who are transitioning, or men who have fully transitioned to use the same bathroom as you)
Those aren't the same thing.
If you are in a... | You assume most trans people don't pass. Most transmen pass really well - part of why they rarely come up in debate.
So you've got someone who looks male, acts male, considers themselves male, and by most regards *is* male, and you force them to use the women's toilets, where cis women will likely go "aaa! A man! Get ... | 5vpyic | CMV: Protections enabling transgendered people to choose the bathroom of the gender they identify with removes that protection for other people. | *I would call this a very specific part of the whole transgender bathroom issue, having less to do with pertinent issues than most other posts about this topic. For instance, there may be many other options available to legislatures and schools system that sidestep this issue entirely or resolve it in a different way. ... | 1,487,850,307 | chickapotpie | de3w1dj | de3va3h | 411 | 14 |
CMV: "End of the world" predictions are human hubris.
Every time there is a prediction of the exact date of the end of the world, I am punched with human hubris in the face. They feel they are sooooo special, huh? Special snowflakes... In an Earth that is billions of years old... somehow the end of the world is in th... | When people say end of the world, they tend to mean end of human civilization, the end of their world. Extinctions are fairly common geographically speaking, so it's not a bad prediction. | All end of world predictions or just religious/supernatural ones? I feel there are some compelling arguments predicting climate catastrophe, or an artificial intelligence takeover to name a few. These sorts of predictions have come from some very intelligent people, and are rooted in logic and (often) scientific conclu... | 5vqic0 | CMV: "End of the world" predictions are human hubris. | Every time there is a prediction of the exact date of the end of the world, I am punched with human hubris in the face. They feel they are sooooo special, huh? Special snowflakes... In an Earth that is billions of years old... somehow the end of the world is in the same lifespan as that human claiming it the end of th... | 1,487,858,382 | Garlicplanet | de43dwv | de40bnz | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Leaving transgender rights in the hands of the states makes little sense and opens the door to discrimination
Recently, Trump repealed protections for transgender students put in place by the Obama administration, leaving the matter in the hands of the states.
Leaving this issue in the hands of the states just ... | It actually makes perfect sense.
1) We are a federation of semi sovereign states. Every power not specifically granted the federal government belongs to the State and this type of regulation is in the grey zone of something not specifically granted the federal government but can be argued that other powers granted th... | I agree that Trump repealing a Federal protection is awful, but for the sake of argument let's apply your statement to situation where there are no Federal protections in place.
Leaving transgender rights in the hands of the State will negatively affect transgender people in some states... but also may positively affe... | 5vrkxq | CMV: Leaving transgender rights in the hands of the states makes little sense and opens the door to discrimination | Recently, Trump repealed protections for transgender students put in place by the Obama administration, leaving the matter in the hands of the states.
Leaving this issue in the hands of the states just doesn't make sense to me. I assert that the rights of trans students, the rights of any student, any person, don't c... | 1,487,869,564 | brianscalabrainey | de4c4xh | de49rz6 | 26 | 1 |
CMV: I don't understand the idea behind recognizing historical hardships black people (or any other ethnicity) have gone through
Generally this comes up as a response to someone saying "I don't see color". As as the case with BLM(too), the phrase is mis-interpreted due to the phrase itself not being clear.
For most p... | >For most people, stating "I don't see color" doesn't literally mean they can't tell the difference between an Asian, White, Black, Latino, etc... person. It means that they see everyone as an individual. They don't make assumptions about a person based on their ethnicity.
This is a wonderful goal, but the problem is ... | There are two pieces of that idea which need to be addressed separately if they are to make sense.
When we talk about recognizing the _historic_ hardships, it is about remembering the poor decisions of our past so we do not repeat them. Slavery is perhaps the greatest embarrassment of the USA and we need to remember ... | 5vrw7i | CMV: I don't understand the idea behind recognizing historical hardships black people (or any other ethnicity) have gone through | Generally this comes up as a response to someone saying "I don't see color". As as the case with BLM(too), the phrase is mis-interpreted due to the phrase itself not being clear.
For most people, stating "I don't see color" doesn't literally mean they can't tell the difference between an Asian, White, Black, Latino, e... | 1,487,872,544 | ZeusThunder369 | de4dtgx | de4bwlw | 10 | 1 |
CMV: Socialism, while being a great concept in theory, is inherently flawed because most humans will not work hard unless their work gets a quick incentive.
I see many people having the opinion that capitalism is pure evil and they take away all the money earned because of the hard work of the lower classes. But the t... | So how do you explain all the technological and scientific success that took place in the Soviet Union? Things like first artificial satellite, first animal in space, first human in space, first space station, first spacecraft to reach another celestial body, first spacecraft to reach another planet, etc. Etc. These te... | If the fat cat uses their capital to open a factory, shouldn't they have a right to collect on the profits it makes while paying the laborers their fair share for their work? They then take that capital and can create more factories, producing more jobs, and etc.
The problem I have with your argument is that I don't u... | 5vs00u | CMV: Socialism, while being a great concept in theory, is inherently flawed because most humans will not work hard unless their work gets a quick incentive. | I see many people having the opinion that capitalism is pure evil and they take away all the money earned because of the hard work of the lower classes. But the truth is that people are motivated to work hard because they know their lives get better, and if their hard work gets divided by a 100 thousand, they no longer... | 1,487,873,549 | better_and_best | de4g3fb | de4ep68 | 3 | 1 |
CMV: Milo Yiannopoulos is not a Nazi
Let's start by making this clear: I do not like Milo on a personal level or a political level. I would define myself as a left-libertarian in most of my perspectives, and some things Milo has said I've found genuinely disgusting (let's not even try to go into the events of the last... | Milo is (was) a troll: his ideas are not worth debating with, and in fact, debating with them is precisely what he wants. Once the debate starts, he can't lose, because you care and he doesn't.
Besides, how many times can you debate the idea that egalitarianism is good? If the person you're talking to thinks it's ba... | I consider myself to be a left-libertarian as well, so I see where you're coming from. However, Milo is a member of the alt-right. That's evident based on his work for Breitbart, and everything political that he preaches. Although Milo is not a neo-Nazi by any means, the alt-right represents a scary version of what the... | 5vs949 | CMV: Milo Yiannopoulos is not a Nazi | Let's start by making this clear: I do not like Milo on a personal level or a political level. I would define myself as a left-libertarian in most of my perspectives, and some things Milo has said I've found genuinely disgusting (let's not even try to go into the events of the last few days).
I do not agree, however,... | 1,487,875,913 | awolz | de4fk0u | de4ffuq | 86 | 2 |
CMV: "The Lord of the Rings" is a great example of how not to write a story.
It's been a time since I last read the books, so I might misremember some things. The reason I make this post now is because i've met quite a few people in real life that consider "The Lord of the Rings" to be a great story and i'd like to un... | I get told the backstory of almost everything. Remember the spider in the cave in the mountains around Mordor? Frodo and Sam fight it. But before that happens, at the very start of the chapter, we get told what exactly it is, where it comes from, what it's friends and enemys are, what it likes to do, what it's strength... | most of your complaints revolve around not knowing enough backstory in which most of those details are explained.
also, nazgul vs giant eagle means flying the whole way was not possible
and yes it has a lot of irrelevant stuff in it, but that's how you do good books, bad books have only in them what is needed for ... | 5vsler | CMV: "The Lord of the Rings" is a great example of how not to write a story. | It's been a time since I last read the books, so I might misremember some things. The reason I make this post now is because i've met quite a few people in real life that consider "The Lord of the Rings" to be a great story and i'd like to understand their position.
In my opinion the books make a few glaring mistakes ... | 1,487,879,170 | BlitzBasic | de4jt8v | de4jswk | 10 | 5 |
CMV: It is better right now to buy a console than a budget PC
I always see people in Reddit swear by their bloodline that gaming PCs are always the way to go. That may have been true a few years ago when consoles were more expensive, but I believe it is wrong nowadays.
A brand new PS4 or Xbox One base model is just 2... | If you're thinking short term maybe, and MAYBE if the only games you buy are brand spanking new ones and only the ones that come out for that system, but even then you're going to have fewer choices than you'd have on PC.
If you're willing to wait a bit and aren't always looking for big name games, not only will PC gi... | That depends entirely on which games you want. If you want to play World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, Total War, and The Sims, and aren't interested in many other games outside of strategy, MMO, sim, etc, why would you buy a console?
There is no objectively better platform. It all depends on what you want to play. | 5vt423 | CMV: It is better right now to buy a console than a budget PC | I always see people in Reddit swear by their bloodline that gaming PCs are always the way to go. That may have been true a few years ago when consoles were more expensive, but I believe it is wrong nowadays.
A brand new PS4 or Xbox One base model is just 240 dollars these days, and this is before any fancy promotions.... | 1,487,884,089 | Kobelvl_Throwaway | de4n5yn | de4mtxk | 9 | 3 |
CMV: The world would be better off if we didn't have pets.
I see a lot of people altruistically supporting animal shelters. Which isn't necessarily bad. The thing is, we only have all these animal shelters because we insist on having pets. If we had no pets, we wouldn't need animal shelters. All the money that goes to... | You could make this exact same argument about just about anything people spend money on. The great thing about markets is that they more or less distribute resources efficiently. People spend money on pets because the amount of happiness they get from having pets is worth that amount of money. It may not be productive,... | Dogs and cats have been domesticated for a very long time. Dogs, since the early human era as they are great for alerting of any danger. Cats, are very good at keeping rodents that may carry disease away from both people and your livestock/any food storage/etc.
But, look beyond that. People have cows, sheep, pigs, chi... | 5vti89 | CMV: The world would be better off if we didn't have pets. | I see a lot of people altruistically supporting animal shelters. Which isn't necessarily bad. The thing is, we only have all these animal shelters because we insist on having pets. If we had no pets, we wouldn't need animal shelters. All the money that goes to animal shelters could be donated or spent elsewhere.
All t... | 1,487,887,884 | yungkingyemma | de4qmaq | de4qhhk | 7 | 2 |
CMV: with their voice therapy, implants, skirts and heels: trans people have a very narrow definition of the gender they want to express. Without socially constructed gender stereotypes and clothing expectations, trans people wouldn't exist.
I think 99% of gender expectations regarding behaviour and clothing are socia... | I think the mistake you're making here is to assume that all transgender people conform to gender roles, when this is not the case. There are plenty of 'butch' trans women and 'femme' trans men, they just sometimes pass less well and so you're not registering them as trans.
It's a sort of confirmation bias. Of the 'vi... | I have a good friend who is a transwoman. I also have two cousins who are both trans. I know several other transwomen as casual acquaintances.
None of them are into 'heels and skirts' any more or less than any of the other cisgender women I know. | 5vtxea | CMV: with their voice therapy, implants, skirts and heels: trans people have a very narrow definition of the gender they want to express. Without socially constructed gender stereotypes and clothing expectations, trans people wouldn't exist. | I think 99% of gender expectations regarding behaviour and clothing are socially constructed. In theory, if I knew in my heart that I was female, what if I chose not to play into the game by shaving my beard and getting speech therapy? What if I want to be lumberjack you refer to as she? Most women I know wear hoodies,... | 1,487,892,266 | PatricOrmerod | de4u73s | de4u6dg | 705 | 0 |
CMV: Gender is just made up, and only negatively impacts the world.
I believe gender is insanely stupid, and I don't see any reason for it to even exist as a concept. Sexes make sense, they serve a purpose. Gender, on the other hand, only causes problems. It makes liberals upset because people don't take it serious... | Well i wouldnt say it *only* negatively affects the world.
Sure, the expectations for the man to be the breadwinner and the woman to stand in the kitchen making sandwiches, or whatever else there is, hurt the people that cannot or dont want to live up to them, but i would say that for the people that do, it is a big pl... | Well, a lot of things are made up. Money is made up - and you could also argue that that negatively impacts the world. Just because something is made up doesn't mean that they have any less of an impact on our everyday life.
Maybe in some mythical future, gender won't matter any more, or will be so divorced from its c... | 5vu5it | CMV: Gender is just made up, and only negatively impacts the world. | I believe gender is insanely stupid, and I don't see any reason for it to even exist as a concept. Sexes make sense, they serve a purpose. Gender, on the other hand, only causes problems. It makes liberals upset because people don't take it seriously, and it upsets conservatives because "it's tradition." Not only d... | 1,487,894,710 | Davi-Danger | de4ws6i | de4w7so | 3 | 2 |
CMV: Inbreeding over the course of a large span of time is a prominent cause in the extreme actions taken by some Muslims.
Just listened to a Joe Rogan podcast, and an issue was brought up that I was already opening for discussion but seem to be immediately shot down because any talk of real world issues in this case ... | Cousin-marriage is not an inherently muslim practice. It's a cultural practice found, among other areas, widespread in the middle east. It is not, however, a practice every individual engages in, or even every family. Cousin marriage is much less common among Muslims in India and Indonesia, and at the same time can be ... | There have been plenty of studies showing that fundamentalist violence actually goes UP with education. Then again, there are some studies showing the opposite, but the fact that the issue is controversial at all indicates that its not just a bunch or idiots doing all this. And that kind of makes sense if you think abo... | 5vuf1r | CMV: Inbreeding over the course of a large span of time is a prominent cause in the extreme actions taken by some Muslims. | Just listened to a Joe Rogan podcast, and an issue was brought up that I was already opening for discussion but seem to be immediately shot down because any talk of real world issues in this case are deemed "Islamophobic".
Studies show that irrationality, insanity, psychosis, violent tendencies, etc. are major and rea... | 1,487,897,558 | ReallyBigMidgets | de5h7ks | de58o88 | 2 | 1 |
CMV: FO4 is genre-defying due to borrowing some of the most engaging interactions from so many very different games. FO4 has many mechanics and features which have been key ingredients in some of the best games of all time.
Tropico: settlement building, resource management, irresistibly jazzy and upbeat soundtracks.
... | (I'll keep this short and sweet, needless to say this was a fun read and you truly have a refined gentlepersons taste in games.)
*You have classified FO4 as a game which defies classification, and thus defeated your own CMV.*
Also "Genre-Defying" and "Cross-Genre" are both genres.
Bottom line:
**FO4:**
Game Class:... | FO is a large and complex game. Any large enough work of fiction can be classified under multiple genres. You didn't say that it had multiple genres, you said it defied classification. It quite clearly can be classified as long as you don't insist that classification has to be absurdly simple.
In addition, being comp... | 5vuf3e | CMV: FO4 is genre-defying due to borrowing some of the most engaging interactions from so many very different games. FO4 has many mechanics and features which have been key ingredients in some of the best games of all time. | Tropico: settlement building, resource management, irresistibly jazzy and upbeat soundtracks.
This War of Mine: the materials and crafting system.
Prison Architect: the personnel management.
Minecraft: openness, the potential to truly make it your own game.
X-COM: V.A.T.S., equipping your settlers for combat sort o... | 1,487,897,572 | I_HUG_TREEZ | de54kbu | de4z87t | 2 | 1 |
CMV: The media outrage over Milo's most recent pedophilia apologetics is a fake outrage
The people outraged over Milo's most recent comments about his sexual encounters with his priest as a young boy, they don't actually care about the well known issue of rampant pedophilia in both the Catholic Church or Hollywood.
... | It's most definitely not "fake". The outrage is very, very real.
Is the outrage justified? Certainly. He said that a 13 year old having sex with a mature adult could be a very positive experience. He's implying that 13 year olds are mature enough to make rational sexual decisions, and sure, maybe some are, but most ... | You are defending Milo saying that an adult, which I assume you are, should be perfectly able to have sex with a 13 year old, which she is.
You are saying that and outrage at the words he used is fake.
Which simply isn't true.
I'm sure if you asked my sister if you could have sex with my niece she would be outrag... | 5vv7s3 | CMV: The media outrage over Milo's most recent pedophilia apologetics is a fake outrage | The people outraged over Milo's most recent comments about his sexual encounters with his priest as a young boy, they don't actually care about the well known issue of rampant pedophilia in both the Catholic Church or Hollywood.
How do I know this?
Well first off everyone is holding this guys feet to the fire about ... | 1,487,906,897 | blackheartblackmask | de5bked | de59ssw | 11 | 2 |
CMV: The proposed wall along the US/Mexican border is incredibly important in the face of global warming.
We've caused enormous damage to the environment, and the full impact of just what we've done won't be immediately felt for decades. It's too late to prevent that, and all that we can do at this point is try to avo... | So let's make a couple of assumptions. This wall can't be a fence, but must be a concrete wall that stretches our entire southern border (2000 miles). It would have to be taller than a person could climb (let's forget about ladders) so say 10ft. Now thickness 8 inches is minimum in a house per building code, but that i... | > I'm skeptical of the assertion that a wall would be useless, considering how effective they've been in other countries.
Name one example that is even remotely comparable. You won't find it. This is an absolutely massive border, FAR too large to patrol or monitor in full, across all sorts of terrain. Tunnels? Swimmi... | 5vvb03 | CMV: The proposed wall along the US/Mexican border is incredibly important in the face of global warming. | We've caused enormous damage to the environment, and the full impact of just what we've done won't be immediately felt for decades. It's too late to prevent that, and all that we can do at this point is try to avoid causing any more damage than we already have and will as the result of our society's actions. Government... | 1,487,908,010 | Cephaliarch | de585ur | de57uan | 7 | 3 |
CMV: The President of the United State is not "the most powerful person on Earth" but merely a media puppet.
In the US, presidential races tend to focus on electing "the most powerful person" in the country. The constitution gives the POTUS control of the army, indirect control of the executive power through nominatio... | >There's just no way these guys spend this much time on doing fluff on TV and still find the time to do all the work a POTUS is supposed to be doing. All the actual work is done by "the administration" or "the party", so the actual individual thoughts expressed by the President really don't matter, he's just the clown ... | Congress and the Supreme Court have the power to overrule just about anything Trump (or any other president) decides he wants to do. It just so happens that for now Congress is controlled by a Republican majority, so unless he does something that doesn't go along with conservative viewpoints they're not going to.
As a... | 5vw2ci | CMV: The President of the United State is not "the most powerful person on Earth" but merely a media puppet. | In the US, presidential races tend to focus on electing "the most powerful person" in the country. The constitution gives the POTUS control of the army, indirect control of the executive power through nominations, and a veto right on the decisions made by the legislative power.
This sounds extremely powerful in theor... | 1,487,918,562 | rahmu | de5rw3s | de5m6s5 | 5 | 1 |
CMV: Telling children who have severed ties or may want to sever ties with parents they should try to reconcile isn't good
Now to clarify I don't mean to say it's not coming from a place of good intentions most of the time or that it's always bad, but that is a bad idea unless you are absolutely certain you understand... | This is hard to argue about because it comes down to context on both ends. Personally, I don't like giving people opinions/advice about anything within ten miles of what they should do about family/personal/emotional stuff unless I am 100% that I understand/know the person and that I am versed (if not a part of) the si... | 1. I see what you mean and I agree. Perhaps omit hate and just refer to what I mean by disassociation. Really, just any alternative to having a harmonious relationship. Obviously a harmonious relation is the naturally preferable option (without context).
2. Is there something so wrong or harmful about that knee jerk r... | 5vx50l | CMV: Telling children who have severed ties or may want to sever ties with parents they should try to reconcile isn't good | Now to clarify I don't mean to say it's not coming from a place of good intentions most of the time or that it's always bad, but that is a bad idea unless you are absolutely certain you understand the situation. I am also not just talking about teens or kids, but adults as well.
There are a few reasons I feel this way... | 1,487,938,474 | flamedragon822 | de5qjro | de5njon | 5 | 3 |
CMV: Banjo-Tooie > Banjo Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie is a better game than Banjo-Kazooie.
Before we start, I want to be clear that I don’t think Banjo-Kazooie is a bad game. It’s a great game. I just think that Banjo-Tooie is a *great-er* game.
**More moves:**
Banjo-Kazooie has some great moves, and Banjo-Tooie has all of... | I don't know if I can or should change your view completely but I want to push back on a couple specific things:
>In Tooie, you have FIVE TYPES OF EGGS
Right, but honestly, when did you ever use regular, ice, fire, or clockwork outside of it being mandatory for completing an objective? The only useful eggs were grena... | I'm gonna have to binge these games this weekend and get back to you. (I haven't played them since I was 5 or so).
However, I do distinctly remember liking the plot of the Kazooie better.
P.S. +1 for not being a post about Trump, Abortion, or Transgender | 5vy0js | CMV: Banjo-Tooie > Banjo Kazooie | Banjo-Tooie is a better game than Banjo-Kazooie.
Before we start, I want to be clear that I don’t think Banjo-Kazooie is a bad game. It’s a great game. I just think that Banjo-Tooie is a *great-er* game.
**More moves:**
Banjo-Kazooie has some great moves, and Banjo-Tooie has all of them without resorting to a Metro... | 1,487,949,681 | Honokeman | de5w8k6 | de5t57x | 28 | 15 |
CMV: Being a sugar baby is a viable way of making extra cash while you're young, with no negative lasting effects.
Attractive young people, especially those living in or near big cities, can use the sugar baby lifestyle to supplement their current income with little worry about adverse effects in the future.
The suga... | I would like to challenge this part of your view:
> After a certain age or time within the arrangement, the sugar baby can end the arrangement without fear of repercussions on future, traditional relationships.
Call me old fashioned, but I think a lot of people would be uncomfortable entering or being in a relationsh... | For the most part, I agree- consensual sex work is work that deserves respect and safe working conditions and no negative effects. It doesn't need a special term to be valid.
However, it does not mean that our current societal views don't create a dangerous environment for the workers themselves, or effect how other ... | 5vy6p6 | CMV: Being a sugar baby is a viable way of making extra cash while you're young, with no negative lasting effects. | Attractive young people, especially those living in or near big cities, can use the sugar baby lifestyle to supplement their current income with little worry about adverse effects in the future.
The sugar daddy/mama paying for dates or companionship is similar to any potential partner that pays for dates, meals, or gi... | 1,487,951,467 | c6h12o6bb_ | de5t7fm | de5t2oe | 38 | 9 |
CMV: Social Conservatives shouldn't have a place in the intellectual discourse on college campuses.
I understand that everyone wants colleges to be an open space of intellectual diversity but I don't see how having people that espouse socially conservative views can not be at direct odds with any college that values a... | I recently read a speech from someone who posed a question similar to that which you asked which was essentially "at what point should we not tolerate the intolerant". I think it's a _really important question_.
We've found ourselves in an era where we have people arguing that people who fight for equality across gen... | Question for you: what if there was an empirical downside to being gay?
Up to now the LGBTQ community has been... lucky... in how the research has turned out for them. There could have been such a pill. Gay conversion therapy might have worked. Children raised in gay families might have had worse outcomes than chil... | 5vy76u | CMV: Social Conservatives shouldn't have a place in the intellectual discourse on college campuses. | I understand that everyone wants colleges to be an open space of intellectual diversity but I don't see how having people that espouse socially conservative views can not be at direct odds with any college that values a college that looks to foster an environment that is non-hostile to people that aren't cis-white male... | 1,487,951,598 | CurryDutch | de5yd8o | de5wi9i | 17 | 12 |
CMV: Conservative movements are reaching their final scapegoat.
Foundational premise: Conservative movements are galvanized by the scapegoating of the other. The rhetoric of the right props up a stereotype and hatred of a group of people and uses that hatred to mobilize, spread fear, and enforce group mentality.
Exam... | I don't really see why this would be the final scapegoat. Demonising those on the other side of politics has always happened, and pejorative epithets like commie, nazi or fascist have long been used to de-legitimise an opponent's discourse. | Far right nationalism is on the rise. Islamaphobia and anti-immigrant sentiments are rising, and it's galvanized them, allowing for an increase in racism and antisemitism. These aren't things that will fade out with the older generation, and it's not good to assume that the younger generation is solely concerned with p... | 5vy7bg | CMV: Conservative movements are reaching their final scapegoat. | Foundational premise: Conservative movements are galvanized by the scapegoating of the other. The rhetoric of the right props up a stereotype and hatred of a group of people and uses that hatred to mobilize, spread fear, and enforce group mentality.
Examples: Race-based and Nationalist enemies of conservative movement... | 1,487,951,637 | Mitoza | de5tq6k | de5tjqy | 29 | 1 |
CMV: Political Polarization appears to be killing progress on pretty much every issue and we are doomed if we don't reverse course
I strongly believe that the way we have become so polarized political is a huge threat to the American Experiment. Here are my assumptions
1.Sexual assault is evil.
2.Consent laws are a w... | I apologize. The main point is polarizaion seems to be getting worse across the board. I spent more time on the sexual assault double standard virtually everyone seems to have just because that's what got me thinking about it. | May I ask you what the two poles are in your statement? To be polarized something must be moved to opposing endpoints on a spectrum, right? In that case what endpoints have we moved to?
| 5w1d1y | CMV: Political Polarization appears to be killing progress on pretty much every issue and we are doomed if we don't reverse course | I strongly believe that the way we have become so polarized political is a huge threat to the American Experiment. Here are my assumptions
1.Sexual assault is evil.
2.Consent laws are a wonderful idea because puberty doesn't mean that individuals are ready to even comprehend sex and the ramifications.
3.Regardless of... | 1,487,984,022 | Jayddro | de6sz54 | de6pivi | 9 | 5 |
CMV: One can't do philosophy and still believe in god.
I don't think a philosopher, or a person who thinks about the principles of philosophy, can believe in god or be religious in any way. In my opinion, if someone has done enough philosophy, if someone has thought critically about where our need for a god and religi... | > One can't do philosophy and still believe in god.
Your claim is a [fallacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance). *Absence of proof is not proof of absence.*
Also, you may be interested in Kierkegaard's "[leap of faith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_of_faith#Kierkegaard.2C_Goethe.2C_Marx.2C_a... | ERROR: type should be string, got "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy\n\nPhilosophy covers axiology. This certain branch concerns itself with the \"value\" of things and the value of a thing's nature. Take ethics for example. Both sides can be argued that you need or do not need a God to ascertain a moral code of ethics. However, the jury is still out on what creates a sense of morality. The golden rule, both theologically and in considering the absence of any God, that \"rule\" stands true. Theologically, it was given to \"us\" (referring to the Christian POV) by the divine one's only son. Naturally, it just means we don't do something because through empathy, we understand the negative outcome and possible reciprocation of that particular event or action. But the mere fact that scientists haven't been able to provide the answer as to where our sense of morality and ethics comes from leaves room for the idea that a being that is greater than which we are but can still be perceived on an ethical level is a possibility greater than 0%." | 5w20tg | CMV: One can't do philosophy and still believe in god. | I don't think a philosopher, or a person who thinks about the principles of philosophy, can believe in god or be religious in any way. In my opinion, if someone has done enough philosophy, if someone has thought critically about where our need for a god and religion comes from, they will get to a point where they don't... | 1,487,992,483 | andamiok | de6s8tj | de6r8vq | 6 | 3 |
CMV: As a relatively devout/ practicing Muslim, I am very concerned by the Western implementation of integration and assimilation of me and my fellow Muslims.
1. There are many issues on which I am either with the Democrats/Liberals (such as welfare) or Republicans/Conservatives (such as the death penalty). Since the ... | Hmmm I can't speak too much on the respect of Western European Countries but I can speak on behalf of the United States.
The United States has always (falsely) claimed itself to be a melting pot. However, if you look at history you'll see that immigrants in American have always had a tough time assimilating (white pe... | I'm not sure I understand what your overall concern is here, but I'll try to address some of the particular things you're saying.
>However, if Muslims like myself who go against certain liberal positions advocate for our views to be heard, there will be a significant reduction (if not complete elimination) of our supp... | 5w2ane | CMV: As a relatively devout/ practicing Muslim, I am very concerned by the Western implementation of integration and assimilation of me and my fellow Muslims. | 1. There are many issues on which I am either with the Democrats/Liberals (such as welfare) or Republicans/Conservatives (such as the death penalty). Since the Conservatives are by default not willing to woo the Muslim vote (and tend to elect or appoint openly Islamophobic people on the far right such as Steve Bannon, ... | 1,487,996,356 | Positron311 | de7e24c | de7d7yn | 3 | 1 |
CMV: I think we should take the Christ out of Christmas
Okay so first of all this is my first time on this tablet and actually posting something so bear with me here but I don't like how people say put the Christ back in Christmas when it could be argued that Christ never really wasn't Christmas there's some scientifi... | > Okay so first of all there is scientific evidence to show that Jesus probably wasn't even born in December and holiday is meant to celebrate his birth.
I don't get this point - its purpose is clearly to celebrate his birth, saying "scientificlly he wasn't born that day" doesn't disprove this point. Celebrating birt... | OK, so you suggest creating a new holiday in the middle of September?
What about the fact that Jesus probably wasn't crucified and risen on Easter?
Or that the oil didn't burn for 8 days on an ever-changing date that ranges from early November to late December.
Or that the Pilgrims didn't celebrate thanksgiving on T... | 5w2c48 | CMV: I think we should take the Christ out of Christmas | Okay so first of all this is my first time on this tablet and actually posting something so bear with me here but I don't like how people say put the Christ back in Christmas when it could be argued that Christ never really wasn't Christmas there's some scientific evidence to show otherwise and just we don't really nee... | 1,487,996,944 | ViridisTheBlade | de72ys8 | de70gq9 | 3 | 2 |
CMV: 1984 is not about to happen.
The practice of doublethink - for those of you who haven't read the book, that means the ability to be able to hold two contradicting facts in your head and alter them in such a way so that it becomes supportive of the Party - is being practiced heavily in many countries. For example,... | Doublethink is nothing knew, or unique to now or trump. In the book, [the political brain](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-political-brain/) it is shown people have no problem holding two contradictory positions without distress (awareness). We're, you're aware of other's percieved biased due to the cons... | So are you arguing that the world is becoming like 1984 or that it isn't? | 5w2zyo | CMV: 1984 is not about to happen. | The practice of doublethink - for those of you who haven't read the book, that means the ability to be able to hold two contradicting facts in your head and alter them in such a way so that it becomes supportive of the Party - is being practiced heavily in many countries. For example, in America, there is heavy doublet... | 1,488,007,732 | SparklesMcSpeedstar | de73yqy | de6znfv | 8 | 1 |
CMV: It is better to be born without a disability than with one
I have ADHD myself. Sometimes I wish I wasn't born with it but c'est la vie.
I don't think there are any advantages regarding have ADHD. Those who do probably have a sweet lemons attitude in life.
Sure, there is the occasional autistic savant, but these... | I think it all depends on your definition of "better." Is someone without a disability more likely to achieve economic, educational, and career success? Statistically, yes, though of course there are many exceptions to this. However, does the absence of a disability mean that someone will be happier and feel more fulfi... | If the choice is between being born with a disability and Not being born with one, and that variation is static and does not change, then you are correct because it is objectively better to not have a disability.
But if the choice is between being born with a disability or developing one later in life, then the better... | 5w3ne4 | CMV: It is better to be born without a disability than with one | I have ADHD myself. Sometimes I wish I wasn't born with it but c'est la vie.
I don't think there are any advantages regarding have ADHD. Those who do probably have a sweet lemons attitude in life.
Sure, there is the occasional autistic savant, but these people are generally rare. Most autistic people struggle in life... | 1,488,021,410 | sea-wind-30 | de7qfju | de7okbx | 3 | 1 |
CMV: Trump's media ban is bad, and a victory for censorship
So we're all pretty worked up about Trump banning certain media outlets recently (as a brit I'm especially annoyed over him banning, what I see as, the standard for honest and fair news in the bbc, after one of their journalists asked him a question he didn't... | In my mind it isn't some horrible, scary thing hinting at full censorship. And mind you, I am not a Trump supporter. All Presidents have selectively released info to certain media outlets. Maybe a "leak" given to a friendly reporter, or any other manner of selectively releasing information. Its all a way of controlling... | There is a lot wrong with this post:
1. it implies that the likes of breitbart and fox have _not_ supported partisan divisiveness. By almost every watchdog, third party, non-partisan media review this would be an absurd perspective.
2.The idea that "the conference likely...." is soundly refuted by _looking at the tr... | 5w40hh | CMV: Trump's media ban is bad, and a victory for censorship | So we're all pretty worked up about Trump banning certain media outlets recently (as a brit I'm especially annoyed over him banning, what I see as, the standard for honest and fair news in the bbc, after one of their journalists asked him a question he didn't like recently).
But is there a subtlety many of us have mis... | 1,488,028,570 | stansburywhore | de79tfk | de76smw | 14 | 5 |
CMV: People should only have access to bathrooms and locker rooms of their biological sex.
Recently, the Trump administration rescinded the guidance encouraging public schools to allow students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that matched their gender identity. I believe this was the right call, because bathroom... | First of all in none of those instance did trans inclusive policies give the people protections. Doing illegal or inappropriate things will still have consequences as shown by the fact that those individuals faced consequences.
Second, requiring use based on biological sex, which isn't as black and white as people wou... | What definition of biological sex? What if someone has a penis and xx chromosome?
Edit: what if somebody looses their genitals in an accident of some kind, what if they have non functions genitals? What about gay people they have the right genitals but are sexually attracted to people they share a bathroom with (rem... | 5w5867 | CMV: People should only have access to bathrooms and locker rooms of their biological sex. | Recently, the Trump administration rescinded the guidance encouraging public schools to allow students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that matched their gender identity. I believe this was the right call, because bathrooms should be reserved for biological men and biological women. I will constrain my argument u... | 1,488,044,499 | mattman119 | de7dvdr | de7dcww | 58 | 6 |
CMV: LGBT children are the result of parents forcing their views onto their kids, which I see as child abuse.
***TOPEDIT:*** I phrased my post badly, what I'm really trying to say is that when a parent sees their kid not conforming to social norms (i.e. a boy playing dressup), they shouldn't assume they want to be a g... | Children as young as preschool age can distinguish gendered behavior and even make value judgements about counter-stereotypical behaviours. They even find male sex-role violations more severe than female sex-role violations, just like adults.
(Smetana, J. (1986). Preschool Children's Conceptions of Sex-Role Transgress... | Would you say the same thing about children who conform to gender roles? When you see a girl in a dress or a boy playing with toy soldiers, do you see parents forcing their views onto their kids? How about Disney movies portraying exclusively heterosexual romances? | 5w5ljw | CMV: LGBT children are the result of parents forcing their views onto their kids, which I see as child abuse. | ***TOPEDIT:*** I phrased my post badly, what I'm really trying to say is that when a parent sees their kid not conforming to social norms (i.e. a boy playing dressup), they shouldn't assume they want to be a girl, they should assume they like dressup. A lot of parents I know don't get this, and I see it as detrimental ... | 1,488,048,670 | TheVineyard00 | de7iotr | de7g8lo | 19 | 12 |
CMV: There's nothing good about nationalism apart from the belief that there is something good about nationalism.
My title pretty much sums up my position. I acknowledge positive things that nationalism has done, e.g. in uniting larger groups of people, but I deny that that's because of some intrinsic good in national... | The fact is, one's nation is very important to a person—*even if* the borders of the nation's territory were originally arbitrary, there are great differences among the members of the nation, and his membership in that nation is a result of chance.
What's good about nationalism, then, is that it gives people the righ... | Any kind of group-identity is entirely arbitrary and irrational unless you agree on some kind of common contract of values. And even with a common charter, this would only create a formal group setting. *Feeling* to be a part of a group is something entirely different and why would one expect a feeling to be rational?
... | 5w5u87 | CMV: There's nothing good about nationalism apart from the belief that there is something good about nationalism. | My title pretty much sums up my position. I acknowledge positive things that nationalism has done, e.g. in uniting larger groups of people, but I deny that that's because of some intrinsic good in nationalism, rather than the (initially) false belief that such a good exists.
There is nothing meaningful that a rational... | 1,488,051,357 | LappenX | de7lkzb | de7k5hl | 10 | 1 |
CMV: Conservatism (current, American) is objectively illogical.
Alright, at first glance this may seem like an impossible claim to prove, but bare with me. FYI, I am not liberal, and don't make this a post about attacking other political ideologies; this is about conservatism (mainly American) and right-wing politics ... | Now I'm far from a conservative. but I'm only confident about that because I take them seriously. The idea that Edmund Burke can be dismissed with a three paragraph wikipedia page that assets that tradition has no value is, quite frankly, silly.
To begin with, you need to understand where Conservatism comes from. That... | Fallacies are moves that we can't make in formal logic. They are not necessarily bad moves in proper reasoning. Appeal to tradition is of course fallacious - but then again, so is any appeal to authority. Heck, science relies on the Affirming the Consequent fallacy. Indeed, the only common political arguments that ... | 5w5wfk | CMV: Conservatism (current, American) is objectively illogical. | Alright, at first glance this may seem like an impossible claim to prove, but bare with me. FYI, I am not liberal, and don't make this a post about attacking other political ideologies; this is about conservatism (mainly American) and right-wing politics and whether it is logical.
I'm going to be using this page to ta... | 1,488,052,020 | zarmesan | de7jiyz | de7j6l3 | 12 | 5 |
CMV : Breed-specific legislation should be flexible according to individual dogs' personality.
I struggled over how to best word the title for a while. Sorry if it reads awkwardly.
Alright, so — I spend a lot of time volunteering at my local animal shelter and it's a tragic fact that most of the dogs occupying our ke... | When looking at things like breed specific rules I think you need to examine if certain breeds are more likely than others to cause serious injury or death. If there is a significantly higher rate of serious attacks by one specific breed it would seem like these types of rules are justified. [The CDC found that pit bul... | Some dog breeds do have greater likelihood for problematic behaviors, and greater risk of doing damage when that happens. Pitts are capable of serious damage due to size and power, as well as gameness - a common terrier trait which refers to their resilience and relentlessness, basically they will be more likely to kee... | 5w73ps | CMV : Breed-specific legislation should be flexible according to individual dogs' personality. | I struggled over how to best word the title for a while. Sorry if it reads awkwardly.
Alright, so — I spend a lot of time volunteering at my local animal shelter and it's a tragic fact that most of the dogs occupying our kennels are pitbulls or pit mixes. A little over half, if I had to give a rough estimate.
And it ... | 1,488,065,523 | riahxoxo | de7t35o | de7stn1 | 3 | 2 |
CMV: The Hijab oppresses/is unnecessary for women
First and foremost if you are a Muslim women who independently chooses to wear the hijab and you are proud of it by all means God bless you and do your thing. Second I am a Muslim guy who lives in America and I do believe in Allah but don't really follow any other aspe... | I'm not going to argue that a hijab is necessary, only that it's not inherently oppressive and that there can be legitimate reasons to wear it.
>The hijab does not determine if you are a good girl. I've seen so many girls who wear hijabs and wear tight jeans and so much make up and act "promiscuous" then act like Alla... | I think its partially useful to think about context of the hijab's use before we get into modern context, because its actually kinda interesting to think about, and gets left out of modern conversation.
The hijab (or any head covering) is incredibly useful in any desert culture (which lets face it Arabic cultures are... | 5w79cv | CMV: The Hijab oppresses/is unnecessary for women | First and foremost if you are a Muslim women who independently chooses to wear the hijab and you are proud of it by all means God bless you and do your thing. Second I am a Muslim guy who lives in America and I do believe in Allah but don't really follow any other aspects of the religion just like the majority of peopl... | 1,488,067,433 | BradBrady | de7z46v | de7u87z | 6 | 2 |
CMV: There's no need for countries to exist, because bringing such diversity slows everything down and leads to wars and hatred.
I recognise myself as a cosmopolite(the citizen of the world) but I don't see people with such opinions very often.
Considering the positive aspect of different countries is obviously - d... | I halfway agree with you OP. I think that it is indeed stupid that we have so many countries, but looking at history you can see how major landmassed governments fail every time. Having many multiple countries does cause tensions and divisiveness but overall more efficient governments.
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The Mongolian Empire contr... | I tend to side more with you, as this is an idea basically taken from Star Trek :)
However, let me play the devil's advocate:
1) When do you propose we do this? Now? If so and it is a democracy, the majority of the world's current citizens may very well vote in a dictator (likely of Asian descent), as that is what ... | 5w7g3j | CMV: There's no need for countries to exist, because bringing such diversity slows everything down and leads to wars and hatred. | I recognise myself as a cosmopolite(the citizen of the world) but I don't see people with such opinions very often.
Considering the positive aspect of different countries is obviously - different cultures, but I think it's more important to take on the idea of the world beeing unified.
Yet I cannot be proud of the ... | 1,488,069,715 | staticcastym | de8kh9l | de806gk | 3 | 2 |
CMV: The government should provide a financial incentive to encourage sterilization
If the government were to provide access to "one treatment birth control" (i.e. a vasectomy or tubectomy) with an incentive of say, $500, it would save us billions of dollars and there would be fewer children growing up in poverty.
T... | A couple factual issues: tubectomy is not reversible, and is not used for sterilization except in extreme cases. Tubal ligation might be what you are thinking of? That is possible to reverse, but is a non-trivial surgery. Vasectomy is no fun to try to reverse either.
One problem with your view is that this program alr... | Plenty of people who aren't planning on having kids at all - some of whom never would regardless of sterilization - would just take advantage of the free $500. And if it's reversible there's little reason not to. It seems like it could easily end up being the government giving many people money for absolutely nothing. ... | 5w7s13 | CMV: The government should provide a financial incentive to encourage sterilization | If the government were to provide access to "one treatment birth control" (i.e. a vasectomy or tubectomy) with an incentive of say, $500, it would save us billions of dollars and there would be fewer children growing up in poverty.
Those who would choose to take such an offer would be precisely the people who are not... | 1,488,073,944 | chris_marlowe | de7z1wj | de7ykij | 11 | 4 |
CMV: People Who View Themselves as Transgender Are Confusing Gender with Personality.
Looking at what seem to be the most common non-binary genders, the causes of people believing to not be the same gender as their biological sex seems to be based entirely in their personality traits. A trans person with male biology ... | This is anecdotal, but my experience seems to conflict with your premise, OP.
I was severely depressed for 4+ years. I had two suicide attempts. I was put on anti-psychotics, anti-depressents, anti-anxiety medications, and therapy. None of those treatments sufficiently reduced my dysphoria or depressive symptoms.
Two... | Well, I've transitioned as far as I want to go at this point, so it's more "was wrong."
But I doubt I could really explain it to you in a truly satisfactory way. Let's see though - when I was kid I had long hair. I got so harassed and bothered over it I cut it. Then I cried because it looked wrong. I hated how in pube... | 5w8irk | CMV: People Who View Themselves as Transgender Are Confusing Gender with Personality. | Looking at what seem to be the most common non-binary genders, the causes of people believing to not be the same gender as their biological sex seems to be based entirely in their personality traits. A trans person with male biology who happens to be very effeminate will call themselves a female. In my view however, th... | 1,488,084,412 | DavMan1212 | de88nr9 | de868zs | 9 | 6 |
CMV: Nonviolent felons should be able to purchase firearms
I don't see an issue with non-violent felons being able to purchase firearms, assuming they would otherwise be able to purchase them. I would be incredibly surprised to learn that most people haven't committed a nonviolent felony, just due to a lack of knowled... | Breaking most laws is not a felony and even non-violent felonies have to be above a certain severity to be classified as such. That's why sometimes it's used to describe certain crimes to note the severity - a felony assault is worse than assault. Most people may've broken things like traffic laws and on, but they have... | Ok now find me a link to a law making that a felony. | 5w8n8m | CMV: Nonviolent felons should be able to purchase firearms | I don't see an issue with non-violent felons being able to purchase firearms, assuming they would otherwise be able to purchase them. I would be incredibly surprised to learn that most people haven't committed a nonviolent felony, just due to a lack of knowledge of laws. It is easy as hell to break a law without knowin... | 1,488,086,351 | 502000 | de87ymy | de87y3l | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Reddit has a misogyny problem and nothing is being done to combat it.
In many of the default subs, and in hundreds and hundreds that are not, there is a huge problem with hatred of women, anti women views, outright misogyny and many parts of reddit are openly hostile to women.
There has been many reports of fema... | By pure number alone, you have presented a fraction of a fraction of a percentage of sub-reddits that are "anti-woman" (still needs to be defined more concisely). If you're still speaking of quality of quantity, I believe the amount of people subscribed or commenting on these sub-reddits pales in comparison to the amou... | Wouldnt doing these things draw out hate for reddit by misogynists, as well as the media and supporters for free speech, legitimizing the opinion of the misogynists? | 5w8u02 | CMV: Reddit has a misogyny problem and nothing is being done to combat it. | In many of the default subs, and in hundreds and hundreds that are not, there is a huge problem with hatred of women, anti women views, outright misogyny and many parts of reddit are openly hostile to women.
There has been many reports of female redditors taking on male sounding usernames to avoid stalking, harassment... | 1,488,089,429 | sevenkindsofgender | de87jvn | de87c8q | 5 | 3 |
CMV: I don't believe that there is a practical solution for non-binary trans people regarding bathroom use beyond "use the restroom you're least likely to cause a ruckus for using.
Let me start first by saying that having witnessed the personal struggle of many of my non-binary friends I am actually very empathetic to... | I will preface this with the "I am a dude"
now personally I like gendered bathrooms because I like urinals, they're nice. I also dislike waiting on lines. Regardless, I think your fear of gender neutral bathrooms is a little out of place. In regards to transgender people and bathrooms, [very few](https://www.google.co... |
>Solution: make all bathrooms unisex.
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>Problem: *I do not like this idea at all honestly but my distrust of it is somewhat emotional so it is probably my weakest chink in my view.* As a trans woman I do not want purely gender neutral restrooms. I don't want to pee next to heterosexual men (and the more I live as a r... | 5w9qrn | CMV: I don't believe that there is a practical solution for non-binary trans people regarding bathroom use beyond "use the restroom you're least likely to cause a ruckus for using. | Let me start first by saying that having witnessed the personal struggle of many of my non-binary friends I am actually very empathetic to non-binary gender dysphoric people. This isn't a "suck it up butter cup" post. I want there to be a do-able solution for them, but the more I think about it the more I'm stumped on ... | 1,488,108,988 | Osricthebastard | de8ht03 | de8gx5f | 844 | 23 |
CMV: white people are easier to identify
Not 100% if this is the best reddit to post on but here goes:
I'm struggling with something which happened to me tonight. I had an interaction with three African American teenage boys last night. It wasn't a long interaction and some positive and negative things happened. Det... | > Is this because white people can tend to have more distinguishing features or because I am conditioned to see all black people the same, or because I am conditioned to see more variety in people who are like me?
The latter. I grew up in a place with an overwhelming black majority and I used to have trouble telling w... | This is largely subjective.
Chances are you aren't a black person, chances are you are white.
Because of this you are better able to pick out nuances of those that look similar to yourself since you have spent more time studying those faces.
We white people often say all black or Asian or Indian people look alike, w... | 5w9up8 | CMV: white people are easier to identify | Not 100% if this is the best reddit to post on but here goes:
I'm struggling with something which happened to me tonight. I had an interaction with three African American teenage boys last night. It wasn't a long interaction and some positive and negative things happened. Details aren't really important. But when I g... | 1,488,111,291 | longviewpnk | de8hg1o | de8hfor | 18 | 3 |
CMV: We need more immigrants in the USA for economic reasons
In order for our country's economy to remain healthy in the upcoming decades, we need to increase the amount of immigration to the United States.
The declining birthrate is not going to reverse. As baby boomers are, the percentage of our population over 65 ... | The issues that you present are true, at least to some extent. However, it seems strange to me that you would propose increased immigration as the solution for several reasons.
First, the insolvency of Social Security is a major issue, but one that can be solved in a more stable and permanent fashion ( not relying aga... | Why does it have to be immigrants? Why can't domestic workers fill low- and middle-skill jobs? | 5wbarm | CMV: We need more immigrants in the USA for economic reasons | In order for our country's economy to remain healthy in the upcoming decades, we need to increase the amount of immigration to the United States.
The declining birthrate is not going to reverse. As baby boomers are, the percentage of our population over 65 is estimated to increase from 15% to 24% [source](http://www.p... | 1,488,131,316 | Don_Machetazo | de8u688 | de8rkyd | 7 | 4 |
CMV: Alternative medicine is useless and should never be supported.
My mother practices reflexology so I'm informed about her practices and similar ones. It seems nearly all of them are not supported by the scientific method. The only "proof" out there is from anecdotes, placebos, authoritarian fallacies and other cog... | Antidepressants are just as effective as placebo: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2013/10/antidepressants-placebo-effect.html
Read that article and the linked studies. Placebo can actually have a positive effect on people without doing extra harm. Alternative medicine is also a form of placebo. It can make people feel lik... | Are you sure that it's the alternative practitioners who are refusing to study it systematically? It would be in the best interest of those practitioners to have scientific evidence supporting their claims. Since they don't have that right now, they have nothing to lose. However, it would be detrimental to pharmaceutic... | 5wbmzu | CMV: Alternative medicine is useless and should never be supported. | My mother practices reflexology so I'm informed about her practices and similar ones. It seems nearly all of them are not supported by the scientific method. The only "proof" out there is from anecdotes, placebos, authoritarian fallacies and other cognitive biases.
Nevertheless, these practices are advertised as effec... | 1,488,134,956 | Stiblex | de8uq3s | de8u5wk | 4 | 3 |
CMV: Although not everyone who voted for Donald Trump is a racist, the people who still support him are.
Donald Trump has broken over 60 campaign promises within the first month of being president of the United States. The 2 most notable ones he has kept are the immigration ban and the promise to build a wall (which h... | What sort of racist rhetoric did Trump use during his campaign? Please, cite specific statements. Breaking campaign promises is completely irrelevant to whether or not his supporters are racist for their continued support of him.
Again, your criticisms against him may well have merit, but they're largely unrelated to ... | Given this, are you sure that people don't still support him on that same basis? The fact that Trump is "a liar and a fraud who doesn't care about his constituents" was already clear before the election. If a person actually believed Trump was going to "drain the swamp" before the election, in defiance of clearly est... | 5wcplu | CMV: Although not everyone who voted for Donald Trump is a racist, the people who still support him are. | Donald Trump has broken over 60 campaign promises within the first month of being president of the United States. The 2 most notable ones he has kept are the immigration ban and the promise to build a wall (which he has kept via the executive order he signed, even if the wall isn't completed). I understand that DJT's a... | 1,488,146,245 | thesearemyroots | de939ew | de92u8c | 15 | 4 |
CMV: Affirmative Action as we know it today is outdated.
Affirmative Action was initially established to achieve equity in the workplace; however, I think the principle has become too heavy handed and it has added to this PC/anti-PC culture that is having a major effect on the country (USA), including the election of ... | What about studies that show that there is still racist and sexist discrimination within hiring practices and the workplace? Studies where identical resumes were sent out with stereotypical white names and stereotypical non-white names (eg. John vs. Jamal) and found that places strongly favored candidates with white ... | Affirmative action promotes equality, not non-whites. It simply states that steps must be taken to ensure equal opportunity. People constantly mis-interpret that as giving advantage to non-whites or disadvantaging whites. In reality whites are advantaged so all it does is level the playing field, not tilt it to the oth... | 5wdbyh | CMV: Affirmative Action as we know it today is outdated. | Affirmative Action was initially established to achieve equity in the workplace; however, I think the principle has become too heavy handed and it has added to this PC/anti-PC culture that is having a major effect on the country (USA), including the election of President Trump. I would prefer to keep specific politics ... | 1,488,153,057 | average_mitch | de978e5 | de97741 | 13 | 0 |
CMV: Zootopia is an overrated movie, and the least deserving of the nominated films to win Best Animated Picture at the Oscars.
Before I get into my reasoning I think I should state my biases. I am aware that they exist, and please let me know if they get in the way of reason.
Bias 1: I tend to dislike Disney animate... | I only saw Zootopia, Moana, and Kubo, but I see how Zootopia won the award. It wasn't the best story or animation, it may not have had the best message, but it felt very accessible. It takes a lot to make a movie so that a wide range of audience can appreciate it, and that was what it was geared for. It was reasonably ... | Yeah I felt like the bias thing was really mature and meaningful, it does not even need to regard a certain issue. Its more about how it felt to be forced to question this seemingly ideal society. How its like to then not go with the flow of the mass and needing to develop your own ideas and being critical even with co... | 5wet63 | CMV: Zootopia is an overrated movie, and the least deserving of the nominated films to win Best Animated Picture at the Oscars. | Before I get into my reasoning I think I should state my biases. I am aware that they exist, and please let me know if they get in the way of reason.
Bias 1: I tend to dislike Disney animated films, and I think it's because I don't like the way that they are made. I won't get into that, but as a student majoring in A... | 1,488,171,111 | TheBladeJogger | de9odpn | de9nqqt | 67 | 15 |
CMV: Everyone cares about social status to some extent except for people with disorders which prevent them from doing so
We all care about social status to some extent. Like I am pretty sure pretty much everyone wished that they had more money at some point. Nobody wished that they had less money given that all things... | >I think the only exceptions are people with impairments which prevent them from understanding how social status works or observe what is going on in society. Examples include people with severe autism or people in a coma.
...and the innocent, and children, and old people who just don't care about such trivialities an... | We all do care about social status, but there are people who don't let what others think influence what they do.
A lot of people in high school care about what others are thinking. The base their choices based on being cool. They do or don't do things because of how others will feel.
But as to your points, I'm not ... | 5wevkh | CMV: Everyone cares about social status to some extent except for people with disorders which prevent them from doing so | We all care about social status to some extent. Like I am pretty sure pretty much everyone wished that they had more money at some point. Nobody wished that they had less money given that all things are equal.
I think all of us at some point will develop a superiority complex to those who earn less and an inferiority ... | 1,488,172,046 | silver-crescent | de9n8y9 | de9kjxi | 5 | 2 |
CMV: Art and not-art is a false dichotomy.
My view is that things don't exist as either art or not-art, but on a perceived aesthetic value. This is most apparent with post-modern art with creations like 'Artist's Shit' and ones discussed in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNI07egoefc). They often inspire ... | The problem is that "art" has two meanings to it.
1. "Product of human creativity". Like you say it, if it's creative, it's art. It maybe be banal, tasteless, or completely incomprehensible, but it's still art.
2. "Product of human creativity, which has great aesthetic value". The kind of meaning used when you say "... | Art has more than aesthetic value - it has meaning. When an artist chooses to do things one way rather than another, that's a deliberate choice that conveys a message. This is most apparent in writing - parallels in wording help convey a parallel in how the reader is supposed to see situations, and make the reader th... | 5wh43g | CMV: Art and not-art is a false dichotomy. | My view is that things don't exist as either art or not-art, but on a perceived aesthetic value. This is most apparent with post-modern art with creations like 'Artist's Shit' and ones discussed in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNI07egoefc). They often inspire a lot of lamenting about how art is ruined, ... | 1,488,207,044 | DeleteriousEuphuism | dea0iit | de9zb82 | 7 | 6 |
CMV: Calling the media the enemy of the American people is a way to eliminate checks and balances at a governmental level and creates corruption
Trump came out recently as stating that the media is the enemy of the people. The media is one of the things that can check the President - it's a first amendment right. By b... | The governmental checks in balance system do not include the media. Its Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches that cover checks and balances.
Also the checking the president isn't our first amendment right. You are referring to freedom of press, which states we have the right to broadcast our opinions without ... | > And, they're entitled to publish what they want under freedom of the press. You make no argument as to how the media is the "enemy".
But he *has* made that argument - if the media is not working for the people because it is motivated by money, then it is *absolutely not* part of the system of checks and balances.
F... | 5whdkh | CMV: Calling the media the enemy of the American people is a way to eliminate checks and balances at a governmental level and creates corruption | Trump came out recently as stating that the media is the enemy of the people. The media is one of the things that can check the President - it's a first amendment right. By being anti-media as the president of the United States, at least to the extent of the media that is actively against you, you are attempting to rem... | 1,488,209,932 | davidthetechgeek | dea8mpd | dea6bv6 | 67 | 32 |
CMV: Taking pictures of everyday life and posting to Facebook/Instagram is a valid form of recording personal history and is an amazing opportunity offered by modern smartphone technology.
I've gone back and forth on this a lot. Constant baby pics and videos can really annoy me. Being at the beach during a sunset wher... | I generally agree with you, that it's a valid form of documentation and we should probably just be less judgmental of peoples' behaviors in general. But I think the more annoying thing, for most people, is not that they are trying to document things but the way they do share it for 'likes'. Like it's one thing for you... | Concerning baby pics: An infant has no concept of consent. They cannot consent to their parents taking pictures of them and blasting them on social media. Could you imagine every picture from your early childhood being on the internet for the world to see? I can tell you that I definitely would not want that. So at lea... | 5whnbu | CMV: Taking pictures of everyday life and posting to Facebook/Instagram is a valid form of recording personal history and is an amazing opportunity offered by modern smartphone technology. | I've gone back and forth on this a lot. Constant baby pics and videos can really annoy me. Being at the beach during a sunset where people are all taking pictures of the sunset instead of watching it seems bizarre. However, these are fleeting moments that people are capturing in realtime that are instantly ready to sha... | 1,488,212,715 | brmusic | dea3rr1 | dea3k46 | 13 | 3 |
CMV: Minimum Wage is a bad policy that hurts a vast majority in order to help a tiny minority.
The US Minimum Wage was instituted in 1938 as a portion of the FLSA ( Fair Labor Standards Act ) by the FDR administration. The original Minimum Wage was $0.25 / hour ... or $4.11 / hour in 2016 dollars. The purpose of the w... | > There is a fallacy among supporters of minimum wage that we must provide a "livable wage". The truth of the matter is that no employee will agree to work for an employer if the wage is not livable.
That is provably false. Employers like Walmart benefit from things like welfare and food stamps. You can pay below a li... | When you talk about livable wage, and that people wouldn't do it. They wouldn't work a job that isn't livable wage, that's just wrong.
There are many who would work, thinking they can live off it, and find out they can't. They either get subsidized by government, turn to crime, die or any mix of these three.
For many... | 5wijus | CMV: Minimum Wage is a bad policy that hurts a vast majority in order to help a tiny minority. | The US Minimum Wage was instituted in 1938 as a portion of the FLSA ( Fair Labor Standards Act ) by the FDR administration. The original Minimum Wage was $0.25 / hour ... or $4.11 / hour in 2016 dollars. The purpose of the wage was to establish a minimal standard of living for those affected by it. There is no question... | 1,488,221,474 | mem0ri | deaejy9 | deabxad | 22 | 15 |
CMV: There is no logical reason to put a small amount of ice in a cup of brewed tea.
At many food service establishments, I have asked for tea and received a glass of freshly brewed tea with a few ice cubes in it. The ice cubes immediately melt into water, resulting in a cup of lukewarm tea mixed with water.
Every ti... | I've never seen this before. Are you ordering hot tea or iced tea? | I have never seen anyone make iced tea that way. You refrigerate it first and THEN put it over ice.
If you have to plunk a million ice cubes into the tea to make it cold fast enough that the cubes don't melt, you end up with far less tea in the glass than you paid for.
> I don't know of any culture on earth that ... | 5wivz0 | CMV: There is no logical reason to put a small amount of ice in a cup of brewed tea. | At many food service establishments, I have asked for tea and received a glass of freshly brewed tea with a few ice cubes in it. The ice cubes immediately melt into water, resulting in a cup of lukewarm tea mixed with water.
Every time, I think to myself, if they had just filled the cup to the top with ice, then the t... | 1,488,224,656 | yahooeymoogly | deaezua | deaeig5 | 3 | 2 |
CMV: I do not trust the US media
_____Please don't say "just trust them more than Trump." I have no faith in any US media sources due to their corporate control model and in the case of PBS it's pro-US model. They all have their generally accepted biases NBC, CNN are liberal while FOX is conservative. Newspapers and ... | Maybe you could look more into PRI and NPR. They tend to be relatively balanced, albeit somewhat liberal leaning. They also tend to make an effort to provide conservative counterpoints when they know an issue being covered is divisive.
I think the news media, and journalists in general tend to represent the community ... | If your opinion is that cable news is a train-wreck, then yeah, you're right. Talking heads, pundits, needless yelling are all terrible and ought be ignored.
If your opinion is that all news is biased. You are also correct. NYT is liberal, fox is conservative. However, you still have to get your news from somewhere. ... | 5wjdve | CMV: I do not trust the US media |
_____Please don't say "just trust them more than Trump." I have no faith in any US media sources due to their corporate control model and in the case of PBS it's pro-US model. They all have their generally accepted biases NBC, CNN are liberal while FOX is conservative. Newspapers and websites do too. However, in times... | 1,488,229,360 | Disrupturous | deat2dj | deaqsjn | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Dreadlocks aren't from Africa. Claiming 'Cultural Appropriation' of them in any way is intrinsically wrong as they are based on incorrect assumptions.
I often see on campus many people advocating against 'cultural appropriation', a commonly referenced point being that dreadlocks have been stolen by society and ba... | So, when it comes to cultural appropriation, dreadlocks represent something of a confusing topic, and are probably better understood in the context of black hairstyles in general. While you're right that dreadlocks aren't historically exclusive to people of African origin, they've become a part of African American cult... | One thing: I think the first half of your point undercuts the second half. If dreadlocks in North America came from the specific set of historical circumstances you describe, then that seems to go against your assertion that they just arose without any sort of outside influence, because sometimes people do dreadlocks.... | 5wjvwt | CMV: Dreadlocks aren't from Africa. Claiming 'Cultural Appropriation' of them in any way is intrinsically wrong as they are based on incorrect assumptions. | I often see on campus many people advocating against 'cultural appropriation', a commonly referenced point being that dreadlocks have been stolen by society and bastardized. Being that my heritage is from East India, I know quite a bit about dreadlocks. They have traditionally been a religiously significant part of Eas... | 1,488,234,047 | 3dcheesenips | deaottu | deanlys | 34 | 2 |
CMV: I don't respect meat-eaters as much as non-meat-eaters.
I'm just gonna be upfront. You can try to change my opinion about vegetarianism as a whole, but I very much doubt that as the facts are against you. I won't change my view that vegetarianism is a good thing unless you prove animals aren't conscious, global w... | I know this is not going to change your mind, but the one thing I would like to say is that in some places we have killed off pretty much all of the natural predators for certain large game animals. In my state it's deer. If we don't hunt them, then they will overpopulate and starve to death on mass. And this is after ... | >why I should respect meat-eaters as much as vegetarians and the like. Why is it ethically 'ok' for you to eat meat as an individual?
You dont need to see people eating meat as being ethical in order to have the same respect for them that you have for vegetarians.
Although you are right that there is little to no log... | 5wkqg2 | CMV: I don't respect meat-eaters as much as non-meat-eaters. | I'm just gonna be upfront. You can try to change my opinion about vegetarianism as a whole, but I very much doubt that as the facts are against you. I won't change my view that vegetarianism is a good thing unless you prove animals aren't conscious, global warming doesn't exist, and meat is cheap and healthy.
What yo... | 1,488,242,636 | zarmesan | deaufcs | deaudjz | 11 | 7 |
CMV: There is nothing morally wrong with ending a friendship with someone due to their political beliefs
I've seen many arguments that it is wrong that liberals avoid Trump supporters, and Republicans in general, (the reverse happens to but according to a poll I saw recently, it's less common); that it harms the count... | > cultism
Currently, the only group behaving like a cult is Trump supporters. Faith in a single leader, distrusting outsiders, cognitive dissonance, echo chambers (Breitbart and Info Wars). Avoiding cults is not a great loss. | Frankly I didn't want either candidate. I could have been convinced to vote for Hillary but not Trump. I voted for a friend who is ineligible instead. | 5wkvdx | CMV: There is nothing morally wrong with ending a friendship with someone due to their political beliefs | I've seen many arguments that it is wrong that liberals avoid Trump supporters, and Republicans in general, (the reverse happens to but according to a poll I saw recently, it's less common); that it harms the country and they should do the opposite if anything. I agree that it causes harm as it leaves Trump supporters ... | 1,488,244,123 | Hastatus_107 | deaxcpt | deax3iu | 4 | 1 |
CMV: Virtual Reality will negatively affect the human species
Just as I said above, I don't believe that Virtual Reality will bring about positive things for our species. If anything, it will bring us to being more similar to the humans in "Wall-E" that are always stuck on their chairs and are morbidly obese.
As a ... | 1) Exercise - there is no reason you cannot have a VR - Wii (aka a VR which encourages you to move your actual body.) While this is more the realm of augmented reality than virtual reality, the line between the two is rather thin as it is.
2) Touch - I won't link to it, but touch is something that is being investigat... | They said the same thing about radio, TV, and the internet. It's just another medium, and nobody plans to live in VR. In fact unless many other things change, it would be impossible to strictly live in VR so that is much further away than VR itself.
Now if we could live in a matrix like VR indistinguishable from reali... | 5wl7ea | CMV: Virtual Reality will negatively affect the human species | Just as I said above, I don't believe that Virtual Reality will bring about positive things for our species. If anything, it will bring us to being more similar to the humans in "Wall-E" that are always stuck on their chairs and are morbidly obese.
As a species we are not entirely ready to make the leap into VR. We... | 1,488,247,804 | sushiswag69 | deb1tj5 | deayxt2 | 5 | 3 |
CMV: The Usual Suspects is a boring and lackluster movie
...especially if you know the twist. That may seem like cheating, but other movies with twists are still enjoyable to watch even if you know the twist is coming (Fight Club, for example).
The characters are boring and I don't care about them -- I mean what can... | When this movie came out in the 90's it was one of the first "twist movies." At the time, twists weren't even a thing so it was quite shocking. If it feels formulaic, that's because it sort of wrote the formula. You're looking at it after 22 years of meta-commentary put it in a blender, mixed it around, and spat it ... | The scene where Verbal talks about KS killing his family makes the entire movie.
The entire movie is bluff and misdirection. The cops think the bad guy can't be the cripple. I mean there is no way that Verbal could be KS.
And because of that they let the devil walk out the door.
That greatest trick the devil pull... | 5wll5b | CMV: The Usual Suspects is a boring and lackluster movie | ...especially if you know the twist. That may seem like cheating, but other movies with twists are still enjoyable to watch even if you know the twist is coming (Fight Club, for example).
The characters are boring and I don't care about them -- I mean what can you say about any of them except that one guy has a silly... | 1,488,252,150 | TobyTheRobot | deb2g28 | deb2991 | 7 | 3 |
CMV: I believe that the way to ultimately defeat racism/sexism/bigotry is to build a society where identity categories don't matter.
I think that identity politics, though good-intentioned, actually drives harmful wedges between people.
In practice, I have seen people from marginalized groups (or people defending th... | Think about how progress has been made to this point: by people shedding their entire identities and appealing to higher principles of mutual understanding. Remember how during the civil rights movement we stopped talking about race and then Bull Connor realized, "I am a member of humanity, not a white man. Wow I shoul... | The are people who are the victim of racial bias and discrimination right now.
You can't just do a racism reset and claim that now racism doesn't exist if you didn't examine the reasons that it existed in the first place.
You can't just forget that people did grow up with racial bias and that bias affects their per... | 5wlqz8 | CMV: I believe that the way to ultimately defeat racism/sexism/bigotry is to build a society where identity categories don't matter. | I think that identity politics, though good-intentioned, actually drives harmful wedges between people.
In practice, I have seen people from marginalized groups (or people defending those groups) engage in the same style of stereotyping, groupthink and "othering" that they accuse bigots of. Somehow painting with a br... | 1,488,254,106 | TheRealJMX | deb46gc | deb3ael | 5 | 1 |
CMV: Islam is a repugnant religion which has no place in civilized society. As a person who subscribes to a very left-wing/liberal ideology, my hatred of Islam is consistent with the rest of my beliefs. Those who support Islam are not truly left-wing and are hypocrites.
All my life I have tried to be proactive in the ... | EDIT: THANKS FOR THE GOLD KIND STRANGER!
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> Islam is repugnant, and goes against every principle of common decency in which I believe.
which islam? im guessing right away you are talking about "takfiri salafi wahabi islamism".
> 99% of all Muslims in Afghanistan believe that Sharia Law supersedes... | >1979 Islamic revolution
I'm a Muslim living in a Muslim country and I had to look that up just to get what the hell you're talking about. Can you even begin to understand your level of generalization and conflating of terms, groups, people and ideas? Islam, Muslims, Iran, Sharia Law... These things are not th... | 5wmsqz | CMV: Islam is a repugnant religion which has no place in civilized society. As a person who subscribes to a very left-wing/liberal ideology, my hatred of Islam is consistent with the rest of my beliefs. Those who support Islam are not truly left-wing and are hypocrites. | All my life I have tried to be proactive in the fight against injustice. I've always believed that every person, regardless of the color of their skin or their gender or their sexual orientation or the station into which they were born should be treated as equal, entitled to the same protections under the law and the s... | 1,488,268,884 | Jesse158 | debcxmd | debc2ie | 660 | 92 |
CMV: Mumble rap sucks
I hate mumble rap. I can understand how people enjoy a lot of genres I'm not a fan of, but I don't understand how people can enjoy mumble rap. And I'm not talking about the beat, rather how people enjoy some dude rambling on about some stupid shit that no one understands anyways. Great lyricism s... | > Great lyricism should always be important in hip hop, while with most mumble rap (all mumble rap I've heard atleast) talk about the same shit: drugs, money and hoes.
And all those old songs about killing gangsters and cops? Drugs? I guess all those weed-loving rappers aren't real Hip-Hop either, since all they talk ... | i have never even heard of mumble rap, can you link an example please. | 5wodrh | CMV: Mumble rap sucks | I hate mumble rap. I can understand how people enjoy a lot of genres I'm not a fan of, but I don't understand how people can enjoy mumble rap. And I'm not talking about the beat, rather how people enjoy some dude rambling on about some stupid shit that no one understands anyways. Great lyricism should always be importa... | 1,488,293,451 | DJStatic | debm6oo | deblbni | 63 | 3 |
CMV:Universal Basic Income should be tied to reproduction limit.
I have been thinking about Universal Basic Income(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income) a lot recently with the increase in automation full employment seems harder and harder to achieve. The one major downside I see is creating a demographic of peo... | Why 1 child instead of 2? I ask because encouraging people to have only 1 child indicates you want to lower the population long term where as 2 maintains it (mostly). Assuming you are ok with maintaining the population long term than I would argue having restrictions on reproduction would be unnecessary. If your cou... | Forgive me if I'm wrong, but from what I understand, a UBI will essentially be bare sustenance for one person. I don't think a couple will be able to afford any children if they only plan to live off a UBI payment - they would need to pursue some form of employment for additional income if they want a child.
That does... | 5wpksv | CMV:Universal Basic Income should be tied to reproduction limit. | I have been thinking about Universal Basic Income(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income) a lot recently with the increase in automation full employment seems harder and harder to achieve. The one major downside I see is creating a demographic of people that are content living off their basic income. That's fine fo... | 1,488,305,425 | chunx0r | debximt | debx7as | 7 | 3 |
CMV: The political right is more violent than the left.
[An article](http://www.salon.com/2017/02/28/the-nras-new-gun-sales-pitch-america-is-a-war-zone-and-the-violent-left-is-coming-for-you/) on Salon's website, posted today, says that the NRA is trying to boost gun sales by insisting that America is a war zone and t... | I'd argue the main thing that makes the left more violent isn't the number of individuals willing to commit said violence, but rather the support they gather from the more "moderate" members of their ideology.The difference comes down to the usual issue - The Right believe the Left to be wrong, the Left believe the Rig... | How would you measure violence?
By body count there probably is at least an argument to be made for the right being more violent, in that at least in the US there are more lone wolf attacks causing fatalities coming from crazy people on the right side of the spectrum (eg the recent shooting of an Indian engineer, or t... | 5wpwzt | CMV: The political right is more violent than the left. | [An article](http://www.salon.com/2017/02/28/the-nras-new-gun-sales-pitch-america-is-a-war-zone-and-the-violent-left-is-coming-for-you/) on Salon's website, posted today, says that the NRA is trying to boost gun sales by insisting that America is a war zone and that the "violent left" is rising. Ironically, I did rece... | 1,488,309,828 | AndroidLivesMatter | dec5o49 | dec26kb | 15 | 2 |
CMV: Inability to quantify the impact of humans on climate is a real problem for proponents of man-made climate change
Today I came across an interview of Bill Nye the Science Guy on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show. [Here is a link to the video of the interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZsccoSAkUI&feature=youtu... | > Is climate science so inaccurate that we do not have answers to these questions? If so, does that call the concept of Global Warming into question?
Climate science does not have the answer to this question, but it isn't because the science is somehow "inaccurate". It's because science is not able to accurately pred... | >I have never heard a clear answer to how warm the earth would be without man's involvement.
Yet it exists. We have data that can be collected and extrapolated. That it isn't clear to you might simply be a matter of climate-specific, scientific literacy.
You're framing it like you need something proved **to you**, ... | 5wq1id | CMV: Inability to quantify the impact of humans on climate is a real problem for proponents of man-made climate change | Today I came across an interview of Bill Nye the Science Guy on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show. [Here is a link to the video of the interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZsccoSAkUI&feature=youtu.be&t=17). It's about nine minutes long.
I like Bill Nye, and I generally am inclined to believe that man-made climate ... | 1,488,311,488 | kogus | dec4gw8 | dec4gar | 8 | 0 |
CMV: A flat tax is the only fair way to tax people.
I cannot understand why a flat tax isn’t the most fair tax system available. I know that a large number of smart and well regarded economists and politicians are opposed to a flat tax, but I can’t understand how a tiered tax system is fair for everyone; if anything, ... | Can you explain why you're okay with a "flat" percentage? You say a rich person doesn't use roads more than a poor person, so why would you be okay with someone who makes 1,000,000 paying 100,000 while someone who makes 100,000 only pays 10,000. Why should the wealthier person pay 10 times more?
To be clear, I'm certa... | So a minimum wage worker who works 40 hrs a week, 50 weeks a year makes $14500 a year, or $1200 a month. A 10% tax would leave them with $1080 a month. Let's lowball rent at $500 a month and utilities averaging around $100 a month. That leaves them $480 for things like food, car insurance if they live somewhere without... | 5wq3nn | CMV: A flat tax is the only fair way to tax people. | I cannot understand why a flat tax isn’t the most fair tax system available. I know that a large number of smart and well regarded economists and politicians are opposed to a flat tax, but I can’t understand how a tiered tax system is fair for everyone; if anything, a tiered tax system that taxes the wealthy higher tha... | 1,488,312,279 | bastite | dec4iym | dec4e29 | 2 | 1 |
CMV: America does not have the best healthcare system in the world.
Despite the fact that America [has 17 out of the top 20 hospitals in the world](http://hospitals.webometrics.info/en/world) and routinely has the most [top ten medical schools](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/clinical-medicin... | It all depends on how you define "best."
If you define "best" as the highest quality of treatment available, then your own stats seem to show that America **does** have the best healthcare in the world. You have decided to define "best" as the most people having access to affordable care; by this definition you are c... | This doesnt really challenge your view, but the WHO rates the worlds healthcare against eachother, you can see the results on wikipedia [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization_ranking_of_health_systems_in_2000)
it is out of date, but a good indicator regardless. USA ranks 31st while spending the... | 5wq410 | CMV: America does not have the best healthcare system in the world. | Despite the fact that America [has 17 out of the top 20 hospitals in the world](http://hospitals.webometrics.info/en/world) and routinely has the most [top ten medical schools](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/clinical-medicine) in the world, and people come here for the highest quality of care... | 1,488,312,408 | jambulance | dec3v3g | dec3knh | 22 | 2 |
CMV: Drone strikes are not only a legitimate method of waging war, but one of the most ethical and ideal.
Drone warfare is clearly a hot-button topic, but to me it seems to be the most intelligent method of combat. While it doesn't replace the need for boots on the ground, if you don't need to risk the lives of your o... | Would you kill someone if you had to go up and strangle them to do it? What if you had to shoot them with a gun from across the field? What if instead of killing them yourself, you could get someone else to do it for you? What if you got someone else to do it for you, and even that person isn't at risk of bodily harm w... | My issue with drone strikes is that it comes with no risk.
A commander can order a drone strike with no risk at all to any of his men, this leads to a cavalier attitude towards what should be a very grave and serious decision.
I know you've said not to make it about any particular politician, but we have heard politi... | 5wqh22 | CMV: Drone strikes are not only a legitimate method of waging war, but one of the most ethical and ideal. | Drone warfare is clearly a hot-button topic, but to me it seems to be the most intelligent method of combat. While it doesn't replace the need for boots on the ground, if you don't need to risk the lives of your own troops, then don't. Once we accept killing as a fundamental necessity of war, then drone strikes make th... | 1,488,316,999 | malkavlad360 | dec8c6n | dec7ysq | 45 | 5 |
CMV:Breeding a pet responsibly/buying a pet from a breeder who is doing things responsibly is not a ‘terrible’ thing, nor is it contributing to the homeless pet population problem.
Ok, to expand on that title and make my position absolutely clear:
Responsibly means doing the health research/testing on the pair to be b... | I don't think the population that gets their animals from responsible breeders has any impact whatsoever on the rescue population, good or bad. The people who get their cats and dogs from real breeders are ready to spend $800-$2000 on an animal upfront. If you can lay out that kind of cash, you are going to be able to... | Yeah...thats the sentence I'm responding to.
This is a very romantic idea of pets and pet ownership. The fundamental cause of rescue dogs is the decision to no longer want to own a pet. Unless we close the gap between those who want pets and those who keep pets until they die then we will always have rescue pets.
... | 5wqtgv | CMV:Breeding a pet responsibly/buying a pet from a breeder who is doing things responsibly is not a ‘terrible’ thing, nor is it contributing to the homeless pet population problem. | Ok, to expand on that title and make my position absolutely clear:
Responsibly means doing the health research/testing on the pair to be bred, not overbreeding, doing all required vet checks and new owner checks, maintaining lines/breeds while doing the best that can be done to avoid genetic problems and researching ne... | 1,488,320,249 | CoyotePatronus | decfctj | decclck | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Gender equality will never be achieved because men will never be allowed to solve their problems
To begin, I really hope that someone can change my view on this. I consider myself to be a generally optimistic person who believes that problems always have a solution. There are two subject where my belief on this... | I think the problem is that the endgame of what we perceive as 'fairness', where everyone has six apples and is content with them, is an impossibility. Even if we could reach the ultimate level of 'equality', I think it would be oppressive and not something that we should strive for.
I think the most natural solution ... | >Equality is achieved when all genders have identical opportunities to pursue life in whatever manner they see fit (excluding biological differences).
You've described a form of egalitarianism there, but your apples/oranges and Timmy and Johnny example demands something other than equality of opportunity, it demands ... | 5wr06l | CMV: Gender equality will never be achieved because men will never be allowed to solve their problems | To begin, I really hope that someone can change my view on this. I consider myself to be a generally optimistic person who believes that problems always have a solution. There are two subject where my belief on this wavers, and one is gender equality (the other is climate change). Hopefully someone can shed some lig... | 1,488,321,721 | Rockmar1 | decd0pl | decc2zc | 9 | 7 |
CMV: The 'Men Have No Post Conception Rights Compared to Women' Argument Isn't Compelling
In arguments for legal paternal surrender I often see it brought up that men have no post conception rights, compared to women, therefore they should have the right to legal parental surrender. This is that men should be able to ... | Women not only have the choice to abort, they can also:
* Place the child up for adoption without the father's consent
* Abandon the child with certain statutorily approved agencies without the father's consent
* Take full custody of the child at their sole discretion
This is because the father (biological or purport... | From where does a women's right to an abortion come? Is the right to an abortion an extension of a women's right to bodily autonomy, or is the right to an abortion a right onto itself? Put another way, if women were to hypothetically lose the right to bodily autonomy, would their right to an abortion also vanish, or wo... | 5wrpw6 | CMV: The 'Men Have No Post Conception Rights Compared to Women' Argument Isn't Compelling | In arguments for legal paternal surrender I often see it brought up that men have no post conception rights, compared to women, therefore they should have the right to legal parental surrender. This is that men should be able to choose to give up all parental attachment (particularly child support), in the case that th... | 1,488,327,698 | adoptinglilkits | deckqpn | decjork | 6 | 1 |
CMV: Price tags with a cent or five below the "round price" are useless and counterproductive
I belive the strategy of tagging a products such as 3999.99$ or 49.95$ is no longer effectivly working. I get it, people used to see it and think that the TV cost 3k instead of 4k, but now **every single** item is down 1¢. No... | It's all about anchoring. Humans tend to have a cognitive bias toward the first piece of information they receive. And... well, we read numbers in a particular order, at least in most western languages.
No one's stupid enough to think a $19,995.00 car is only $10,000. But perceptually, there's that 1 in front. It's th... | They wouldn't do it if it didn't work. People are able to be manipulated.
10 looks a lot worse than 9.99 | 5ws19h | CMV: Price tags with a cent or five below the "round price" are useless and counterproductive | I belive the strategy of tagging a products such as 3999.99$ or 49.95$ is no longer effectivly working. I get it, people used to see it and think that the TV cost 3k instead of 4k, but now **every single** item is down 1¢. Not only is this marketing tactic is overdone and it does not work anymore, but the opposite of t... | 1,488,330,818 | CoreJJ | deck5ah | decj892 | 3 | 1 |
CMV: Having "Yellow Fever" isn't Wrong
Some background: I'm a straight white guy who enjoys pinup, models, and other NSFW stuff as a hobby.
I say I have yellow fever because the attributes I find myself most attracted to- long/straight hair, slim figure, unblemished skin, tan complexion, etc- happen to be most com... | >I also realize that "yellow fever" is associated with an obsession over Asian culture and the misguided belief that Asian women are submissive and secretly desire to be your housewife, and that some men really buy info that stuff.
Okay, so I think this is the proper starting point. You've acknowledged that there's th... | > And I don't believe that's harmful, dehumanizing, or discriminatory.
I honestly don't understand why you're attempting to have this view changed. Literally nobody cares who you're attracted to or not.
Beauty is defined very differently across cultures and what a western person finds attractive is not what an asian ... | 5wu3fb | CMV: Having "Yellow Fever" isn't Wrong | Some background: I'm a straight white guy who enjoys pinup, models, and other NSFW stuff as a hobby.
I say I have yellow fever because the attributes I find myself most attracted to- long/straight hair, slim figure, unblemished skin, tan complexion, etc- happen to be most common amongst Asian women. It has absolute... | 1,488,353,633 | Borthralla | dedhxpu | ded8907 | 8 | 2 |
CMV: Transhumanism is the only viable path for humans to get through the coming 100 years of technological advancements.
Transhumanism is the idea of merging with technology to improve our human biology. This would include gene therapy, cybernetics, and brain-computer interfaces to name a few.
Regardless of how long... | I consider myself a transhumanist and I sorta think transhumanism is just a logical progression of what humanity has been doing since forever. The question, for me, isn't really "is transhumanism a good thing?" because transhumanism is inevitable, but the question is rather about what humanity will end up doing with th... | > What will humans do if all tasks will be able to be done by an AI?
Whatever we want?
> That being said, even if your answer is along the lines of relax, there are other reasons why this level of optimism isn't really warranted. If an AI becomes generally intelligent, that will allow it to improve itself faster than... | 5wve4v | CMV: Transhumanism is the only viable path for humans to get through the coming 100 years of technological advancements. | Transhumanism is the idea of merging with technology to improve our human biology. This would include gene therapy, cybernetics, and brain-computer interfaces to name a few.
Regardless of how long you think the onset of general intelligent AI will take, the only way for our species to succeed past this period in time... | 1,488,370,906 | har_r | dedcolh | ded671p | 17 | 5 |
CMV: 'Whiteboard' interviews are an appropriate way to hire programmers
I've read a couple of articles that claim that 'whiteboard' interviews are not a good way to hire programming talent. I'm not a programmer myself, but the arguments against whiteboard essentially hinge on the fact that they require the ability to ... | To me, most whiteboard interviews are like asking a writer to spell a word for a copy-writing job. You are only testing a small subset of a skill that is much more about putting lots of units together. Writing how to calculate the week number of the first Monday of a month on a whiteboard is not something that will be ... | I come from the networking world, so there are some specifics that are different between the two fields, but in Networking, whiteboarding is the best way to find out what someone does and doesn't know from a technical perspective, but the interviewer (or more often team of interviewers) have to handle the conversation ... | 5wvsn8 | CMV: 'Whiteboard' interviews are an appropriate way to hire programmers | I've read a couple of articles that claim that 'whiteboard' interviews are not a good way to hire programming talent. I'm not a programmer myself, but the arguments against whiteboard essentially hinge on the fact that they require the ability to recall large amounts of technical information without reference materials... | 1,488,375,276 | eltrotter | dedfs4z | deddgv0 | 41 | 2 |
CMV: Civilization will culminate in either socialism or feudalism
On a long enough timeline -- and I strongly suspect within our lifetimes -- our civilization will follow one of two paths depending on the politics followed, either socialism or feudalism. Given our apparent direction, I suspect the latter.
As the prog... | You're not really looking far enough out. The "end game" is either that we destroy humanity completely, or that everything is actually *run* by those AIs (or possibly human minds uploaded into computers) that eventually become smarter than the smartest (organic) humans.
It's basically impossible to predict the "end g... | To be honest, i dont think society will ever end up socialist. the reality is that people just simply dont like being told what to do, to the extent that socialism demands. socialism doesnt account for the people who really dont care about the state of the nation so much as they care about making money for their famili... | 5wvziv | CMV: Civilization will culminate in either socialism or feudalism | On a long enough timeline -- and I strongly suspect within our lifetimes -- our civilization will follow one of two paths depending on the politics followed, either socialism or feudalism. Given our apparent direction, I suspect the latter.
As the progression of automation continues, very few actual paying jobs will r... | 1,488,377,114 | coldforged | dedbh8d | dedbdir | 67 | 0 |
CMV: I don't believe this is racism (example inside).
[Example.](http://imgur.com/a/IWIz2)
When I first saw this picture someone argued that this was racism against white people. I didn't agree but I didn't really think it through enough to present a well-formulated opinion, so here it goes.
It is obvious that this ... | 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. Especi... | >The build up to the joke presents the previous presidents as "white crackers" and then the first black President as an Oreo. I could agree that this out of context would be racist (although pretty harmless).
So in other words using racist language, and language used by some black people to denigrate other black peop... | 5wwa52 | CMV: I don't believe this is racism (example inside). | [Example.](http://imgur.com/a/IWIz2)
When I first saw this picture someone argued that this was racism against white people. I didn't agree but I didn't really think it through enough to present a well-formulated opinion, so here it goes.
It is obvious that this is a joke but that doesn't inherently make it non-racis... | 1,488,379,858 | silverscrub | dedhf3q | dedbask | 18 | 1 |
CMV: The abortion term limit should be signigicantly lowered
Hi all,
First let me begin that I don't support the out-right banning of abortion. In my view banning it totally can only be counter-productive as you'd just end up making abortion more dangerous and riskier as the people carrying them out are forced to 'go... | >Has anyone else had thoughts like this?
I have. A few facts float around in my head about the topic:
1. A key consideration with abortion rights (at least in the US) is that the woman's right to bodily autonomy supersedes the right to life of the fetus. This is because the right to life cannot come at the expense of... | > How can we justify ending the 'lives' of foetuses which could already be fully functioning human beings if they were given a chance outside of the womb?
I've always held the position that we ought to be able to transplant a fetus into a willing mother or artificial womb instead of abortion. That technology doesn't e... | 5wx618 | CMV: The abortion term limit should be signigicantly lowered | Hi all,
First let me begin that I don't support the out-right banning of abortion. In my view banning it totally can only be counter-productive as you'd just end up making abortion more dangerous and riskier as the people carrying them out are forced to 'go underground'. As it stands however, I do feel that the aborti... | 1,488,387,643 | FyeUK | dedi3a1 | dedhom3 | 19 | 5 |
CMV: The most reasonable conclusion you can reach about someone who advocates deportation of non-violent illegal immigrants is that they are racist
Typically, in conversations about immigration I ask those who want to get rid of 'illegals' give me a moral justification for why being here without permission is worse th... | Imagine you were a strongly conservative person. Conservative people in the modern US are rule-followers; they believe in structure and order.
Illegal immigrants *broke the rules*. The very idea that someone can break the rules and be rewarded for it violates some of your deepest ideas of right and wrong. | There are many reasons to view illegal uncontrolled immigration as detrimental to society even if you factor out the threat of violence.
Above all else, there are economical comsiderations.
While there is likely a correlation between anti-imigration sentiments and racism, it is presumptuous (and even a fallacy of ... | 5wxjl9 | CMV: The most reasonable conclusion you can reach about someone who advocates deportation of non-violent illegal immigrants is that they are racist | Typically, in conversations about immigration I ask those who want to get rid of 'illegals' give me a moral justification for why being here without permission is worse than speeding by 5 MPH?
Seriously. Try to come up with one.
I would posit that both are wrong ONLY because they violate the law.
In fact, speeding m... | 1,488,391,127 | corbantd | dedkrz2 | dedkojv | 21 | 11 |
CMV: The root problem in American Government is the Campaign Finance System.
The system is broken. I believe the biggest reason is because the campaign finance system allows for legalized bribery, and gives people with more money, more free speech.
Representatives don't represent their voters, they represent the peop... | To put a finer point on your argument, I think maybe the problem is actually the Citizen's United decision. As it's already been pointed out, you can only give $2,700 directly to a candidate. SuperPACs, on the other hand, are a whole 'nother matter. In my view, that's where the problem lies. | Could you explain what negative outcomes the campaign finance system has led to? Use your example of JP Morgan and the Clintons... specifically, what harmful policies have resulted from this relationship?
> I think the best system would be to have publicly funded elections.
On the local, state, AND federal level? W... | 5wxphk | CMV: The root problem in American Government is the Campaign Finance System. | The system is broken. I believe the biggest reason is because the campaign finance system allows for legalized bribery, and gives people with more money, more free speech.
Representatives don't represent their voters, they represent the people that donate to their campaigns. JP Morgan isn't donating to the Clinton's y... | 1,488,392,656 | har_r | dednc3k | dedm8a9 | 4 | 3 |
CMV: Eligible voters who do not vote, ought to refrain from complaining or commenting about election outcomes
We're clear, a lot of subs don't like Trump, and it generates much discussion and emotion. But given the low election turnout, especially for Democrats, logically many of the commenters here attacking Trump *... | I guess my question is, can an ineligible voter complain or comment?
Is abstaining a type of vote? In most cases, abstaining is a type of vote. The act of not voting, has had the same effect as if they HAD voted. What if I know I don't know enough about politics in general to effectively vote for someone, but I have ... | would like to ask:
Do you differentiate between those that didn't vote out of laziness or disinterest, and those who didn't out of protest?
Some people were equally dissatisfied with all the names on the ballot. Others may argue that there is an illusion of choice when it comes to selection (and we're slaves in the m... | 5wxwdc | CMV: Eligible voters who do not vote, ought to refrain from complaining or commenting about election outcomes | We're clear, a lot of subs don't like Trump, and it generates much discussion and emotion. But given the low election turnout, especially for Democrats, logically many of the commenters here attacking Trump *did not actually vote*. I have asked once or twice and been ignored.
So, why is it easy to spend years compla... | 1,488,394,429 | Count_Spockula | dedtr3b | dedq8ia | 23 | 6 |
CMV: The terms "conscious" and "consciousness" are misleading when talking about rights and morality, such as with AIs.
I often hear the argument that if an AI becomes conscious, then we should consider it differently than a regular machine and maybe start giving it rights.
This is because, for many people, conscious... | It's when we *start* being rigorous with our moral theory that discussions of consciousness become inevitable. Favour a consequentialist moral theory? Turns out, if any consequence makes an action wrong, it's suffering. Or perhaps you think moral right and wrong boils down to public opinion? Well, public opinion is tha... | > I only believe that consciousness isn't relevant to the discussion at all.
It's in the title of your post...
>You mention that dogs might not be self-aware, yet they have rights. They are also less intelligent than our best AIs in most fields. I believe human courts of law have always been human-centric and that... | 5wyblv | CMV: The terms "conscious" and "consciousness" are misleading when talking about rights and morality, such as with AIs. | I often hear the argument that if an AI becomes conscious, then we should consider it differently than a regular machine and maybe start giving it rights.
This is because, for many people, conscious creatures are precious. Consciousness is the basis of rights, because we want to reduce suffering and only conscious cre... | 1,488,398,444 | jonhwoods | dee69v6 | dee1fcy | 1 | 0 |
CMV:The cure for cancer exists, but it is kept hidden from the public.
Two reasons I think this.
1. The world is over-populated. As there are many hereditary cancers, there will be a continuous volume of deaths by cancer.
2. Cancer Research makes an average of 4.8 billion dollars a year. Hiding the discovery of the ... | >The world is over-populated. As there are many hereditary cancers, there will be a continuous volume of deaths by cancer.
Can you explain why you think this is a reason that a cure for cancer exists? Or how you are judging that the world is overpopulated?
>Cancer Research makes an average of 4.8 billion dollars a ye... | > Cancer Research makes an average of 4.8 billion dollars a year. Hiding the discovery of the cure will continue this grand profit.
That's not a lot of money. If all the sick people were being productive instead, they would contribute a lot more than 4.8 billion dollars per year. | 5wyoer | CMV:The cure for cancer exists, but it is kept hidden from the public. | Two reasons I think this.
1. The world is over-populated. As there are many hereditary cancers, there will be a continuous volume of deaths by cancer.
2. Cancer Research makes an average of 4.8 billion dollars a year. Hiding the discovery of the cure will continue this grand profit.
I wonder, with all the money, tim... | 1,488,401,828 | elephant_baby | dedvetu | deduopt | 9 | 3 |
CMV: The word "resistance" should only be used to describe armed insurgencies seeking total government overthrow. The USA's "Indivisible" movement is not a resistance.
First, let me introduce myself: I am a lifelong progressive (progressive, not liberal), a registered Democrat (consider myself center-left), and **I am... | It's about the use of The.
The LGBT movement was a civil rights movement. It wasn't The Civil Rights movement, that was a civil rights movement for black people in the 60s. But it was still a civil rights movement.
Indivisible is a resistance movement. It isn't The Resistance, that was a French movement during WII.... | > Go bomb a government office, shoot at cops, assassinate your Congressman, get hunted down, get arrested, and get executed in a military prison. THAT'S what a true resistance is.
You literally are saying execution at a military prison is a prerequisite for a resistance. I like to evade capture. | 5wzefz | CMV: The word "resistance" should only be used to describe armed insurgencies seeking total government overthrow. The USA's "Indivisible" movement is not a resistance. | First, let me introduce myself: I am a lifelong progressive (progressive, not liberal), a registered Democrat (consider myself center-left), and **I am the founder and leader of an Indivisible group** from Ohio's 4th Congressional District. **I am a part of the movement I am here to criticize.**
The reason why is beca... | 1,488,408,896 | AirRaidJade | deeas7f | dee3sfq | 3 | 2 |
CMV: The US spends too much on the military and that money would be better spent elsewhere.
The US currently spends $597 billion on the military. Not only is this more money than the next 7 countries combined, but President Trump is asking Congress to further increase this spending by $54 billion. While I understand t... | There was recently a very good [post](https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalDiscussion/comments/5wopim/does_the_united_states_actually_spend_too_much_on/debzcbx/) in another subreddit from an officer in the Navy about a lot of the misconceptions regarding our military budget that I strongly suggest you give a look at. It's... | > The F35 that we spent upwards of $1 TRILLION on are unnecessary since the threats we face (i.e. terrorism) dont have their own air force. F22s are still the most advanced fighter jets out there if we disregard the F35s.
Okay since I've actually worked in aerospace before I want to point a few things out that you se... | 5wzmvu | CMV: The US spends too much on the military and that money would be better spent elsewhere. | The US currently spends $597 billion on the military. Not only is this more money than the next 7 countries combined, but President Trump is asking Congress to further increase this spending by $54 billion. While I understand that the US has built itself up as the protector of the free world, this should be able to be ... | 1,488,411,287 | Saintsfan44 | dee7pyf | dee6dvm | 350 | 25 |
CMV: Kids should be able to talk back to authority during a dispute
Many people believe that talking back to authority is wrong. When I argue with my parents, they always tell me to shut up, it seems like my facts are too strong and you can't handle them, so shutting me up seems appropriate. Not at all, talking back i... | Kids aren't punished for asserting themselves, they're punished for being assholes about it.
Kids don't have the language to make logical arguments. Try as we might to fix this language, teens argue from emotion. | Then look at it this way: If you believe you have the free speech to argue however you want and are on the same level with them, so do they. If you can 'talk back' they can use the same right to tell you to 'shut up'. | 5x0352 | CMV: Kids should be able to talk back to authority during a dispute | Many people believe that talking back to authority is wrong. When I argue with my parents, they always tell me to shut up, it seems like my facts are too strong and you can't handle them, so shutting me up seems appropriate. Not at all, talking back is free speech, a right we all have and age should not influence wheth... | 1,488,416,113 | BryanDaBlaznAzn | deexbqb | deegwo6 | 5 | 2 |
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