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CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | God not existing is hardly a new revelation in human thought. You don't need God. All the tools you need are here on earth. People are part of the universe and people care about you, you just have to find them.
You are under great stress and my family has gone through a lot too. My dad died of cancer and left my mom w... | I don't understand why you have to give one up. If you concede that constraints are what give our choices weight, or conversely, that limitless beings do not have to choose at all, then an omnipotent Christian God would give us choice, free will, and the suffering that comes with constraints. I mean, imagine what takin... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3mgihq | e3m6ys1 | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Humans will most likely never go extinct
The idea that humanity is doomed to extinction seems to be conventional wisdom at this point, and many believe our end is already right around the corner. However, that seems incredibly unlikely to ever happen. Let's go through some of the potential ways in which we might ... | >we have no idea what humankind will be capable of in billions of years
This alone rebuts your title. We don't know what is possible with regards to those problems (though there a lot of things we can be pretty certain won't work). And it's not just an inspirational "humans are capable of unimaginable things" - regard... | Its not conventional wisdom at all. I studied biology for my undergrad under some of the most respected scientists in north america and not one ever expressed the belief that humans are going extinct. Even my sustainability and enviro sci profs didnt say that. Stop watching mainstream news, its brain cancer (neuroblast... | e2n503 | CMV: Humans will most likely never go extinct | The idea that humanity is doomed to extinction seems to be conventional wisdom at this point, and many believe our end is already right around the corner. However, that seems incredibly unlikely to ever happen. Let's go through some of the potential ways in which we might join the dinosaurs:
Asteroid impacts seem to b... | 1,574,890,077 | D3v1ous | f8wkhuu | f8whfht | 7 | 3 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | I think a short and sweet answer might be nice throughout all your suffering.
I heard this on the TV show Young Sheldon
A scientist once said, “If we don’t know if god exists or not, what is the harm in being optimistic. If there is a god, great. If there isn’t, you aren’t in any worse of a position for at ... | Problems and pain aren’t evidence there is no God. How much problems and pain might God have prevented and we don’t know it?
I have adult children. I don’t solve all their problems for them. If I did, I wouldn’t be doing them any *real* favors. If I’m wise enough to know that, surely God is far more wise and knows w... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3mrssp | e3lwfwp | 2 | 1 |
CMV: America is woefully unprepared for a major disaster
Examples include an invasion by a foreign country, civil war, nuclear attack, running out of fossil fuels, EMP blast, severe worldwide drought, asteroid strike or a massive volcanic eruption like the entirety of Yellowstone national park erupting.
Surviving the... | > If all things electric shutdown because of an EMP blast including semi trucks, there goes 99% of the food supply for major cities.
The actual long-term impacts of an EMP are, at best, somewhat unclear. It seems likely that many vehicles would survive an EMP given they’re mostly covered in metal and not connected to ... | The Amish are like 300k people mostly in or around 3 states.
A nuclear attack could wipe most of them out. I'm not sure in what sense they are "prepared" unless being relatively oblivious to the outside world is "prepared".
Granted, probably nobody would bother nuking the Amish. However, the Amish also would be comp... | mvnetg | CMV: America is woefully unprepared for a major disaster | Examples include an invasion by a foreign country, civil war, nuclear attack, running out of fossil fuels, EMP blast, severe worldwide drought, asteroid strike or a massive volcanic eruption like the entirety of Yellowstone national park erupting.
Surviving the event itself will be easier than surviving the days, week... | 1,619,033,425 | overhardeggs | gvdeixr | gvczifp | 1 | 0 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | Not sure if this will reach you. I'm in a similar position in life, physically disabled, unable to work, poor, short life span. I dont have a family to care for though, thank god.
I do not believe in god, but I am studying a religion because I never had any faith growing up and I was curious.
In the bahai faith I... | Something doesn't come from nothing, a series of events leads to SOMETHING. Talk to a scientist about their lack of knowledge or the inability to explain something and they'll tell you that it's ok, that is the natural progression of science, it's OK TO NOT UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING and we don't need to concoct wild fantas... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3mhnpy | e3ma9qm | 2 | -1 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | First of all, your family is absolutely adorable! I know I’m late to commenting here, but I really want to mention a few things. I don’t know if I’ll change your mind, but there are a few things that need to be clarified.
First of all, “God’s plan” never once included your wife’s cancer, or any of the suffering that ... | So this is a Judaic view on suffering and God.
God Created man as a companion; before you question why, understand that God isn't in the realm of reason, law, or logic... unless He wants to be.
The Man was comfortably ignorant. They didn't know pain, suffering, or any 'negative' forces.
God said DON'T eat, but they... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3mpu05 | e3mce8j | 2 | 1 |
CMV: America is woefully unprepared for a major disaster
Examples include an invasion by a foreign country, civil war, nuclear attack, running out of fossil fuels, EMP blast, severe worldwide drought, asteroid strike or a massive volcanic eruption like the entirety of Yellowstone national park erupting.
Surviving the... | Ok, you got me there with the military invasion deal, but what about with civil war? !delta | The Amish are like 300k people mostly in or around 3 states.
A nuclear attack could wipe most of them out. I'm not sure in what sense they are "prepared" unless being relatively oblivious to the outside world is "prepared".
Granted, probably nobody would bother nuking the Amish. However, the Amish also would be comp... | mvnetg | CMV: America is woefully unprepared for a major disaster | Examples include an invasion by a foreign country, civil war, nuclear attack, running out of fossil fuels, EMP blast, severe worldwide drought, asteroid strike or a massive volcanic eruption like the entirety of Yellowstone national park erupting.
Surviving the event itself will be easier than surviving the days, week... | 1,619,033,425 | overhardeggs | gvd09fu | gvczifp | 1 | 0 |
CMV: America is woefully unprepared for a major disaster
Examples include an invasion by a foreign country, civil war, nuclear attack, running out of fossil fuels, EMP blast, severe worldwide drought, asteroid strike or a massive volcanic eruption like the entirety of Yellowstone national park erupting.
Surviving the... | Bruh...how many Amish people do you know?
I live in Amish country. They are much more connected to the normal world than you seem to understand. | Hey, okay, I agree with a lot of what you said but I think you underestimate the power of one trillion dollars of defense spending. I'm not one of those guys, but we can probably take anyone in combat at any time. The rest of anything else, though. Yeah-we screwed. | mvnetg | CMV: America is woefully unprepared for a major disaster | Examples include an invasion by a foreign country, civil war, nuclear attack, running out of fossil fuels, EMP blast, severe worldwide drought, asteroid strike or a massive volcanic eruption like the entirety of Yellowstone national park erupting.
Surviving the event itself will be easier than surviving the days, week... | 1,619,033,425 | overhardeggs | gvd03xe | gvczw1q | 13 | 3 |
CMV: Humans will most likely never go extinct
The idea that humanity is doomed to extinction seems to be conventional wisdom at this point, and many believe our end is already right around the corner. However, that seems incredibly unlikely to ever happen. Let's go through some of the potential ways in which we might ... | > The same goes for the theorized heat death of the universe in trillions of years.
There is literally zero reason to believe that human kind will be capable to doing anything against heat death. Regardless of self-sufficient colonies on other planets. | Human extinction is unpredictable but inevitable. Extend your timeline far enough into the future and you'll find that the part of the universe human beings are capable of inhabiting will necessarily become inhospitable to life. We can't change the fundamental laws of physics. | e2n503 | CMV: Humans will most likely never go extinct | The idea that humanity is doomed to extinction seems to be conventional wisdom at this point, and many believe our end is already right around the corner. However, that seems incredibly unlikely to ever happen. Let's go through some of the potential ways in which we might join the dinosaurs:
Asteroid impacts seem to b... | 1,574,890,077 | D3v1ous | f8wko4s | f8wgv91 | 20 | 10 |
CMV: Your political views are not a reason to cut ties from family, friends, etc.
‘Tis the season for everyone to say “I have a racist uncle,” “drunk divorced aunt,” etc. I am not saying that your racist uncle or hypocritical aunt have acceptable and/or PC views. Please, let’s not debate the acceptability of these vie... | you seem to find it easy to change the subject when people bring up topics you dislike in terms of politics-- presumably because most politicised things don't affect you on a personal level. for a lot of people their political views are informed by policies specifically targeting them.
for instance, if you're straight... | I agree that family bonds are more important than political opinions.
But for some households, politics are personal. In history many family rivalries have been created in terms of cultural seperation or "family feuds" regarding certain individuals or people.
For example in the 1960's especially in the southern state... | a8jvtg | CMV: Your political views are not a reason to cut ties from family, friends, etc. | ‘Tis the season for everyone to say “I have a racist uncle,” “drunk divorced aunt,” etc. I am not saying that your racist uncle or hypocritical aunt have acceptable and/or PC views. Please, let’s not debate the acceptability of these views.
What I want to discuss is the fact that these people, hopefully, mattered to y... | 1,545,474,942 | tnel77 | ecbmx0s | ecb9xps | 9 | 1 |
CMV: You shouldn't have to pay taxes unless you have a direct say where your specific contribution is going.
I always thought it was stupid that you have to pay taxes, and especially such absurd amounts, without having any actual say in where it goes. Yeah, sure, you can vote, but again, that isn't really direct. I th... | >(If you really think about it, if anyone other than the government told you that, you'd probably tell them to F off.)
Yeah, that's probably true -- because that anyone isn't paying for my roads, my emergency services, my law enforcement, the list goes on. You're implying that the government takes your money and spend... | You live in this society; it costs money to maintain, you have to pay taxes.
If you gave people a choice what they had to pay for, nobody would pay for anything. Who wants to pay for roads? Who wants to pay for schools? Who wants to pay for a new tire for a convoy truck? In reality the federal government has a lot of... | a8ngo9 | CMV: You shouldn't have to pay taxes unless you have a direct say where your specific contribution is going. | I always thought it was stupid that you have to pay taxes, and especially such absurd amounts, without having any actual say in where it goes. Yeah, sure, you can vote, but again, that isn't really direct. I think if someone works for their money and Uncle Sam is just going to drop in and say: "I'll take some of that o... | 1,545,505,623 | MyUsernameIsFree | ecc4w5f | ecc4t0q | 8 | 3 |
CMV: Corporate Diversity Initiatives Generally Do More Harm Than Good
For this post, I will consider "corporate diversity initiatives" to be corporate policies intending to increase the number of "diverse" candidates that they hire or promote. This might include inviting diverse candidates to exclusive networking even... | > However, to my knowledge, there aren't any concerted efforts to encourage more young men to pursue careers in elementary education.
[NYTimes](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/sunday-review/why-dont-more-men-go-into-teaching.html) on the research into why men do not go into teaching and how we can fix it. [The Atla... | You say that there may be a possibility that diverse workers were hired more based on their diverse background and less on their qualifications. You can also safely assume that some non-diverse hires are there because of their privileged background and not their qualifications. Those that assume that a diverse hire i... | e2mctn | CMV: Corporate Diversity Initiatives Generally Do More Harm Than Good | For this post, I will consider "corporate diversity initiatives" to be corporate policies intending to increase the number of "diverse" candidates that they hire or promote. This might include inviting diverse candidates to exclusive networking events, resume reviews, leadership workshops, etc., subjecting non-diverse ... | 1,574,887,021 | thinker111111 | f8wf1m3 | f8wd44b | 22 | 16 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | There's no convincing someone there is or isn't some sort of God so to speak, without them wanting, in some small part, to believe there is. There's just no way to logic it out because there's no way to know for certain. So I'll try to convince you to at least have a little faith in something *better.*
Faith gives man... | Instead of convincing you to believe in God, I would rather let you believe that no such higher being exists. You may ask why? Because I wouldn't dare try Muhammad Ali to stop dancing and fight like Marciano or Tyson. And that too in the ring.
You are presently going through a very vwry tough face in your life. I los... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3m6ziw | e3lw6xy | 5 | 4 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | Sorry about your pain and struggles. I hope it gets better soon.
I’m somewhere between an atheist and a pantheist. I sometimes believe in God but not the religious notion of God. Pantheism’s ideal is of a God who is a totality of everything. Like someone commented earlier, we are like microscopic cells that make a pa... | >Please change my view, I'm in a very dark place right now.
I don't think I have to tell you this, but you're in hell. Now I'm not somebody who believes in God, at least not the traditional view of God. I'd still consider myself an atheist, but the Bible as a religious Doctrine is a philosophical one. It's essentially... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3m418q | e3lycdy | 7 | 3 |
CMV: I believe that the way you are raised can have long-lasting negative repercussions, that may not be reversible.
I have created this post specifically for myself and will provide personal context (as it does influence my view.) I will also provide a generalized version for discussion.
###Personal Context
>I was r... | > Children are meant to be instilled with good habits early on in their life. They are eager to learn, often by example, and easily impressionable.
While it's true that children that come from households with good parents statistically have better study/hygiene habits than children who do not, you have to realize it's... | while i can understand your reasoning i can disagree
As the common phrase, old habits die hard, suggest it can be extremly diffuclt and tiresome to break habits but speaking from personal experience the habits instilled in you at a young age are reverse able its important to set reasonable goals and work your way up t... | 6qlmnn | CMV: I believe that the way you are raised can have long-lasting negative repercussions, that may not be reversible. | I have created this post specifically for myself and will provide personal context (as it does influence my view.) I will also provide a generalized version for discussion.
###Personal Context
>I was raised with the freedom to never have to do homework. I now have no study habits as a young adult, and cannot focus on ... | 1,501,468,536 | ThePathLaid | dkya3pr | dky9wp0 | 18 | 2 |
CMV: There is literally no point in maintaining closed borders other than trying to feel special/nationalist
1. Immigrants don't take jobs, they compete with workers in that market for jobs, and if they can do it better/cheaper/more efficiently than everybody within your home country, why is that an issue? They simply... | > Culture. What even is this argument? How does the existence of differently coloured people within certain arbitrary borders stop the rest of us from making art of any form?
I do not understand the connection you draw between cultures and skin color.
What **I** understand by culture is that some culture think that ... | > There are a finite number of jobs and when someone takes one of them there are less jobs. If there are 100 available jobs and there are 200 people looking for jobs with 100 of them being legal citizens (immigrants included) and 100 being illegal immigrants (regardless of skin color) and say 35 of the illegals get the... | 6xi3ey | CMV: There is literally no point in maintaining closed borders other than trying to feel special/nationalist | 1. Immigrants don't take jobs, they compete with workers in that market for jobs, and if they can do it better/cheaper/more efficiently than everybody within your home country, why is that an issue? They simply do it better than you. An argument against this is essentially saying "I can't do work as effectively as this... | 1,504,306,114 | adamd22 | dmgpv9u | dmg5kjh | 3 | -1 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | Perception is reality. The material world is a story you tell yourself within your own consciousness. The material world likely is indifferent to you, but that's not how the universe manifests itself in reality. It manifests itself as direct experience within your own psychology. You can never experience an amoral worl... | Problems and pain aren’t evidence there is no God. How much problems and pain might God have prevented and we don’t know it?
I have adult children. I don’t solve all their problems for them. If I did, I wouldn’t be doing them any *real* favors. If I’m wise enough to know that, surely God is far more wise and knows w... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3mq9o0 | e3lwfwp | 2 | 1 |
CMV: America is woefully unprepared for a major disaster
Examples include an invasion by a foreign country, civil war, nuclear attack, running out of fossil fuels, EMP blast, severe worldwide drought, asteroid strike or a massive volcanic eruption like the entirety of Yellowstone national park erupting.
Surviving the... | Hey, okay, I agree with a lot of what you said but I think you underestimate the power of one trillion dollars of defense spending. I'm not one of those guys, but we can probably take anyone in combat at any time. The rest of anything else, though. Yeah-we screwed. | The Amish are like 300k people mostly in or around 3 states.
A nuclear attack could wipe most of them out. I'm not sure in what sense they are "prepared" unless being relatively oblivious to the outside world is "prepared".
Granted, probably nobody would bother nuking the Amish. However, the Amish also would be comp... | mvnetg | CMV: America is woefully unprepared for a major disaster | Examples include an invasion by a foreign country, civil war, nuclear attack, running out of fossil fuels, EMP blast, severe worldwide drought, asteroid strike or a massive volcanic eruption like the entirety of Yellowstone national park erupting.
Surviving the event itself will be easier than surviving the days, week... | 1,619,033,425 | overhardeggs | gvczw1q | gvczifp | 3 | 0 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | I'm not really advocating this for everybody but if it's ever been on your mind to explore something "other" or spirtual in nature I suggest looking into psychedelics.
But for now ask yourself this. Why does anything exist at all? It takes energy, effort, plan, form. It's so much easier for there no be absolutely not... | First off, the existence of God will not change yours or anyone's life in a major way. We will never really know how God works (if it exists in any way). For example, who's to say God didn't cause the Big Bang and is just being hands-off and letting life happen? "Fixing" the suffering of 7 billion people doesn't really... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3mwgdl | e3mldpv | 2 | 1 |
CMV: America is woefully unprepared for a major disaster
Examples include an invasion by a foreign country, civil war, nuclear attack, running out of fossil fuels, EMP blast, severe worldwide drought, asteroid strike or a massive volcanic eruption like the entirety of Yellowstone national park erupting.
Surviving the... | In the sense that no country on the planet is prepared for disasters on a scale you're suggesting, then yes the USA isn't prepared, but then it would be a pointless statement. However, with its massive military and food production, it would probably do better than most. | EMP blasts aren't exactly high on the list of likely major disasters. Focusing on a few technology related disasters that the Amish are relatively less affected by due to being luddites doesn't show how America is unprepared whether in relative terms or not. | mvnetg | CMV: America is woefully unprepared for a major disaster | Examples include an invasion by a foreign country, civil war, nuclear attack, running out of fossil fuels, EMP blast, severe worldwide drought, asteroid strike or a massive volcanic eruption like the entirety of Yellowstone national park erupting.
Surviving the event itself will be easier than surviving the days, week... | 1,619,033,425 | overhardeggs | gvd1i71 | gvd0b27 | 11 | 2 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | We're all agnostic. There may be a God or there may not be. No one knows, or as Dawkin's stated once that its more likely we're in a highly complex computer simulation, just a comparison to how likely the sky-crane god may be. Don't listen to all that God talk, it may provide some comfort, but the best religion can ... | Let me try to give you another perspective.
First, the concept of God that you are fighting against, is a shadow of the reality, not the reality, religion is like the explanation of where do babies come from, to children, since they can't comprehend the complex reality, we talk to then using simplifications and symbol... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3n2b15 | e3lspr7 | 2 | 0 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | Human beings are part of this universe. You could even say we are (at least one) part of the universe that has become self aware. Human beings may be many things (irrational, selfish) , but we are not indifferent. I can't speak for whether this is a god, nor can I speak for the rest of the universe, but I believe hu... | Sorry, u/obey_prezzzz – your comment has been removed for breaking Rule 5:
> **Comments must contribute meaningfully to the conversation**.
Comments that are only links, jokes or "written upvotes" will be removed. Humor and affirmations of agreement can be contained within more substantial comments. [See the wiki pa... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3lut65 | e3lthga | 24 | 1 |
CMV: US Senators and Representatives should receive a salary which at minimum places them in the top 1% of earners nationally.
Actually, I would advocate for a salary much higher. Currently, congresspeople earn about $174k, with roughly $65k retirement pension. Top 1% national earner threshold is $389k.
I propose to... |
Most of the brilliant types of people you are seeking to replace our current standard for congress members won’t be swayed by extra money. The simple reality is that many don’t want to have their personal lives and histories dragged through the mud while under a microscope. Most brilliant, innovative and ambitious ind... | I don't care if they can outright buy a $1,000,000 house in the richest part of the country. 174k is more than enough to survive and thrive. Generally these people are already wealthy anyways.
The corruption isn't because they aren't wealthy enough. The reason they are so corrupt is that they have to seek campaign do... | 94mnt9 | CMV: US Senators and Representatives should receive a salary which at minimum places them in the top 1% of earners nationally. | Actually, I would advocate for a salary much higher. Currently, congresspeople earn about $174k, with roughly $65k retirement pension. Top 1% national earner threshold is $389k.
I propose to pay members of Congress a multimillion dollar salary, paired with a restrictive set of future earnings regulations (e.g. former... | 1,533,418,587 | cricketsymphony | e3mgtzz | e3m97kd | 3 | 1 |
CMV: US Senators and Representatives should receive a salary which at minimum places them in the top 1% of earners nationally.
Actually, I would advocate for a salary much higher. Currently, congresspeople earn about $174k, with roughly $65k retirement pension. Top 1% national earner threshold is $389k.
I propose to... | > We shouldn’t require benevolent financial sacrifice from what should be the most talented group of Americans.
True! But the mechanism isn't to pay elected representatives a disgusting amount of money. The mechanism ought to be to prevent anyone from earning that much.
> Tech workers in Silicon Valley regularly appr... | I don't care if they can outright buy a $1,000,000 house in the richest part of the country. 174k is more than enough to survive and thrive. Generally these people are already wealthy anyways.
The corruption isn't because they aren't wealthy enough. The reason they are so corrupt is that they have to seek campaign do... | 94mnt9 | CMV: US Senators and Representatives should receive a salary which at minimum places them in the top 1% of earners nationally. | Actually, I would advocate for a salary much higher. Currently, congresspeople earn about $174k, with roughly $65k retirement pension. Top 1% national earner threshold is $389k.
I propose to pay members of Congress a multimillion dollar salary, paired with a restrictive set of future earnings regulations (e.g. former... | 1,533,418,587 | cricketsymphony | e3mb2kw | e3m97kd | 3 | 1 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | This is the best post I’ve seen on reddit, and perfectly sums up my view of the universe. | Well since Trump is widely hated and mocked around the world (and for obviously good reason), I wouldn't be surprised. | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3na3gk | e3luje3 | 2 | 0 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | Hello there. You sound like one of my closest friends, also a Christian (and like you doesn't buy into prosperity.) He doesn't know I am atheist, I keep it from him because he would be very concerned and possibly hurt by the truth. Likewise, I don't want to hurt you. I value your perspective and I think your insigh... | Evolution isn’t about purpose, it’s more about the effect of accidents on successful reproduction. It’s reasonable to suggest that the collection of accidents that led to the existence of sadness created a situation that helped signal to the larger community that support was needed, thereby helping sad people recover a... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3lrkbi | e3lp1a9 | 72 | 59 |
CMV: America is woefully unprepared for a major disaster
Examples include an invasion by a foreign country, civil war, nuclear attack, running out of fossil fuels, EMP blast, severe worldwide drought, asteroid strike or a massive volcanic eruption like the entirety of Yellowstone national park erupting.
Surviving the... | America is a big place. Short of a massive meteor or nuclear Armageddon, it is unlikely that any major disaster is going to impact more than a few thousand square miles. The people in areas unaffected by the disaster will simply assist those people in the areas that are affected by the disaster.
Yeah, could we see ap... | The Amish are like 300k people mostly in or around 3 states.
A nuclear attack could wipe most of them out. I'm not sure in what sense they are "prepared" unless being relatively oblivious to the outside world is "prepared".
Granted, probably nobody would bother nuking the Amish. However, the Amish also would be comp... | mvnetg | CMV: America is woefully unprepared for a major disaster | Examples include an invasion by a foreign country, civil war, nuclear attack, running out of fossil fuels, EMP blast, severe worldwide drought, asteroid strike or a massive volcanic eruption like the entirety of Yellowstone national park erupting.
Surviving the event itself will be easier than surviving the days, week... | 1,619,033,425 | overhardeggs | gvczp9o | gvczifp | 9 | 0 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | All I can share is my personal experience. I was raised in church and family was religious. What I have come to learn is RELIGION is nothing!! It is a label of what kind of deity you may worship or a sect of common beliefs. Even the Christian faith means MANY things. Any faith that mentions anything about Jesus is... |
I apologize for my English, my vaugness, and my inability to give you a perfect answer. Above the links is where I try to be as reasonable as possible, below the links I'm just streaming what I understand and believe. Take whatever half you wish. Take none of it if that's what you decide. I care about you. I don't thi... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3ntey5 | e3lzgn4 | 3 | 0 |
CMV: Lolicon is a form of pedophilia and shouldn’t be treated like it’s normal.
I’m not saying we should persecute those who view it or enjoy it - but acting as if it’s a normal thing that should be encouraged in otherwise healthy individuals isn’t something I agree with. I could make this longer but my gist is this:
... | i like lolicon and shotacon, but not for the reasons you think
i like it because i like seeing the power fantasy of a younger person getting boned roughly by an older person, **i like to pretend i'm the younger person**, that's my fetish, i like the thought of getting boned by people older and out of my age range, tha... | You also cannot breed with a drawn cartoon yet people find that attractive. There's a lot more to attraction then you seem to care to admit.
Also, humans are predators so I'm not sure what you're getting at? Pedophiles are human? Yes, we knew that. Being attracted to children is human and has been for thousands of yea... | e2im6u | CMV: Lolicon is a form of pedophilia and shouldn’t be treated like it’s normal. | I’m not saying we should persecute those who view it or enjoy it - but acting as if it’s a normal thing that should be encouraged in otherwise healthy individuals isn’t something I agree with. I could make this longer but my gist is this:
It doesn’t matter if the lore says it’s 1,000 years old. It doesn’t matter if th... | 1,574,872,856 | ThisAngryGirl | f8wl0cl | f8w2yi7 | 86 | 8 |
CMV: Lolicon is a form of pedophilia and shouldn’t be treated like it’s normal.
I’m not saying we should persecute those who view it or enjoy it - but acting as if it’s a normal thing that should be encouraged in otherwise healthy individuals isn’t something I agree with. I could make this longer but my gist is this:
... | I like some loli characters in anime like I do a lot of characters in anime. I don't like children in real life, never had any sort of perverse thoughts of children in that way ever. I won't argue that it's normal, but it's not pedophilic.
Like the previous person said, yes there are some pedophiles that use lolis as ... | Lolicon is a whole other thing in comparison to your good old child porn, you simply must take into account the fact that the children dont exist, fake anime children are hugely different to the actual real children in childporn, due to the fact that Lolicon Hentai causes no harm to the 0 people in it and also does not... | e2im6u | CMV: Lolicon is a form of pedophilia and shouldn’t be treated like it’s normal. | I’m not saying we should persecute those who view it or enjoy it - but acting as if it’s a normal thing that should be encouraged in otherwise healthy individuals isn’t something I agree with. I could make this longer but my gist is this:
It doesn’t matter if the lore says it’s 1,000 years old. It doesn’t matter if th... | 1,574,872,856 | ThisAngryGirl | f8wpqwr | f8wjkd0 | 58 | 1 |
CMV: The Prophet Muhammad, claimed under Islam as the Most Moral of All Men, was a child rapist.
The hadiths make it clear that he took his wife Aisha for marriage when she was 6. Many Muhammad apologists try to say she was actually much older and the Hadiths in question can't be trusted since they aren't "the word of... | There is a single origin for the Hadith claiming Aisha was six or nine, originating from Ibn Hisham, a friend of the prophet. in his later years, ibn hisham was said to be going senile, and his writings from this time were ignored by his students, and his student’s students until all Hadith were compiled a century la... | So first, a quibble:
> E, that we consider taking a prepubescent bride to be immoral by our current standards.
Do we? Are we just tossing arranged marriages on the funeral pyre? It has fallen out of fashion in the West, but if an Indian family arranges for two children to be betrothed do we have an objection to that?... | mvqyoq | CMV: The Prophet Muhammad, claimed under Islam as the Most Moral of All Men, was a child rapist. | The hadiths make it clear that he took his wife Aisha for marriage when she was 6. Many Muhammad apologists try to say she was actually much older and the Hadiths in question can't be trusted since they aren't "the word of Allah".. even though many are first hand accounts of the girl herself. By following the logic tha... | 1,619,043,608 | Drewsef916 | gvfwqm8 | gvfnsta | 1 | -2 |
CMV: The Prophet Muhammad, claimed under Islam as the Most Moral of All Men, was a child rapist.
The hadiths make it clear that he took his wife Aisha for marriage when she was 6. Many Muhammad apologists try to say she was actually much older and the Hadiths in question can't be trusted since they aren't "the word of... | This piece of misinformation has led to the wrong view that The Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) married a minor. . It must be noted that establishing the authenticity of hadiths, the narrators’ circumstances and the conditions at that time have to be correlated with historical facts. There is only one hadith by Hisham... | Your interpretation of what is a “child” would be the issue here.
In modern times we have specific distinctions based on maturity of mind, maturity of body, but also arbitrary distinctions based on number of years.
Childhood for a female of that time would have ended with puberty at which time a female would be consi... | mvqyoq | CMV: The Prophet Muhammad, claimed under Islam as the Most Moral of All Men, was a child rapist. | The hadiths make it clear that he took his wife Aisha for marriage when she was 6. Many Muhammad apologists try to say she was actually much older and the Hadiths in question can't be trusted since they aren't "the word of Allah".. even though many are first hand accounts of the girl herself. By following the logic tha... | 1,619,043,608 | Drewsef916 | gve30bf | gvdvzl2 | 96 | 43 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | **Δ** Wow it's clear you're a bit ahead of my in Philosophy. I am slowly getting there, it's a relatively recent pursuit of mine. I will explore your recommendations further. | Hi. I totally agree with you. I’ve always thought this also. It’s nice to finally meet someone with a similar mind.
I would like to know more about your view. | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3mm3di | e3m00te | 12 | 3 |
CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | OP u/joshingkatie: My nonsmoker mother-in-law also developed lung cancer not caught until Stage IV. Please have your home checked for radon. It is a common culprit. If you would like to PM me an email address, I’ll PayPal you the cost of testing (which you can use for whatever you want, of course!). | I think it's absolutely ridiculous for you to use such an analogy as our view of single-celled organisms. Single-celled organisms don't have personalities or feelings. If an omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient God exists, and knows of our existence, he would obviously be smart enough to know that we have very complicat... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | 1,533,399,300 | joshingkatie | e3mj9yg | e3m2juu | 2 | 1 |
CMV: The Prophet Muhammad, claimed under Islam as the Most Moral of All Men, was a child rapist.
The hadiths make it clear that he took his wife Aisha for marriage when she was 6. Many Muhammad apologists try to say she was actually much older and the Hadiths in question can't be trusted since they aren't "the word of... | You are going about this all wrong.
The founding myths of all religions are as unsubstantiated as LOTR. The founding myth is used by philosophers and power brokers of that era and subsequent ones to carve out a system of morality and ideology for all.
The actual belief system is merely a way to ind... | I know where you're coming from, but is a man great only of they are morally unquestionable and pure to the core, morally incorruptible through the ages? Or is it when they create something that people relate to?
It's a combination of both and I believe just looking at one angle of the child marriage from modern perspe... | mvqyoq | CMV: The Prophet Muhammad, claimed under Islam as the Most Moral of All Men, was a child rapist. | The hadiths make it clear that he took his wife Aisha for marriage when she was 6. Many Muhammad apologists try to say she was actually much older and the Hadiths in question can't be trusted since they aren't "the word of Allah".. even though many are first hand accounts of the girl herself. By following the logic tha... | 1,619,043,608 | Drewsef916 | gvgd7m2 | gvfexht | 1 | 0 |
CMV: Gay Pride Hurts LGBT People More Than It Helps Them
As a gay teen, I believe that pride and other such events hurt LGBT people more than it helps them.
What I mean by this is that the whole point of pride is to make a big deal about being gay or whatever you call yourself, to shout it loud and be proud. Except t... | "Harm" May be too strong of a word to use here, but that's not my point.
My point is that modern pride events try to elevate gay people and put them on a different level to everyone else by treating us like we're special and need special treatment, when really we just want to get on with out lives. | In most developed countries it was acceptable | 6qiwi4 | CMV: Gay Pride Hurts LGBT People More Than It Helps Them | As a gay teen, I believe that pride and other such events hurt LGBT people more than it helps them.
What I mean by this is that the whole point of pride is to make a big deal about being gay or whatever you call yourself, to shout it loud and be proud. Except that's not what I, or most of my other gay friends actually... | 1,501,438,763 | Just_an_Elf | dkxnxb9 | dkxn8a2 | 1 | -1 |
CMV: There is more reason to believe that God does not exist than to believe that he does.
1- Which god?
In this specific post I’d like to discuss the god of Christianity; Yahweh. My view, plain and simple, is that there is more evidence against the concept of God than for him.
2- What about the _____ argument?
The... | So the evidence part is what your wrong on, there may not be evidence against him but just bc there isn't any evidence against your mom being replace by an alien it doesn't mean she is and alien | You didn’t outline any reasons. There is the entirety of human history. For theism. There is the millions of combined personal experiences, as anecdotal as it is, it is still more than the counter argument. There is nothing of substance that is a beginning to end explanation for existence from a observable data driven ... | 94nboa | CMV: There is more reason to believe that God does not exist than to believe that he does. | 1- Which god?
In this specific post I’d like to discuss the god of Christianity; Yahweh. My view, plain and simple, is that there is more evidence against the concept of God than for him.
2- What about the _____ argument?
These are all very common arguments I often see on places like r/debateanatheist. If you believ... | 1,533,424,309 | Ned4sped | e3m9y4i | e3m9vu1 | 3 | -2 |
CMV: Airplane seats on short flights should not be able to recline at all.
No one likes it when someone on your flight reclines Infront of you. It limits the already limited space for your legs and it's generally a pain in the ass. However on longer flights (>5 hr) I see how It might be nice to do it.
My problem is ... | So if I understand correctly, your argument is that for short flights the happiness of the person behind the seat should be weighed greater than the person in the seat, but for longer flights the person in the seat takes precedence? That is to say, having a reclined position is more worthwhile for a longer amount of ti... | The retooling necessary would be very expensive. Instead the attendants can announce the policy of no reclining. The problem is that more people will be pissed off at the loss of a freedom than people will be happy with the extra legroom. | 86z27p | CMV: Airplane seats on short flights should not be able to recline at all. | No one likes it when someone on your flight reclines Infront of you. It limits the already limited space for your legs and it's generally a pain in the ass. However on longer flights (>5 hr) I see how It might be nice to do it.
My problem is with people who recline on shorter flights and I bet that other people do to... | 1,521,958,541 | tk2a | dw8y7pj | dw8y30m | 9 | 3 |
CMV: Climate Change is just another one of Earth's climate cycles (think Ice Age) and is only a short-term problem.
First of all, I should mention that I am not 100% climate change skeptic. In fact, the reason that I am posting this is because I know many people who believe that climate change is not the result of hum... | First off, this post is at risk of deletion if you are trying to argue devil's advocate or don't really believe your argument.
Anyway, the solar radiation argument is a denialist favorite, and it's dealt with here: https://www.skepticalscience.com/solar-activity-sunspots-global-warming.htm
Basically, we CAN measure s... | Take a look at [this](https://xkcd.com/1732/). From what we know, the quickest recorded sustained climate change over the past 22,000 years has historically been on the order of 1 degree Celsius per 1000 years. Meanwhile, the climate has increased about 1 degree in the last 50 years. For the "natural climate cycle" arg... | 6xrkgw | CMV: Climate Change is just another one of Earth's climate cycles (think Ice Age) and is only a short-term problem. | First of all, I should mention that I am not 100% climate change skeptic. In fact, the reason that I am posting this is because I know many people who believe that climate change is not the result of human actions (I live in Houston) and there are some points which seem pretty valid to me. And with Hurricane Harvey unl... | 1,504,417,970 | monkeymalek | dmhzkv4 | dmhz55w | 99 | 29 |
CMV: Terms such as "Homophobia" and "Transphobia" should be renamed or done away with.
The Latin root "phobia" refers to a fear or panic in response to stimuli. However, terms such as "Transphobia" are not used in context of people being genuinely afraid of transgenders, but rather used as an insult simply to call peo... | First off, *-phobia* is Greek, not Latin.
> However, terms such as "Transphobia" are not used in context of people being genuinely afraid of transgenders, but rather used as an insult simply to call people who do not agree with the prospect of changing your gender.
The hysteria around their responses to trans people ... | Someone else mentioned hydrophobia and halophilia, so I won't go on those.
>The Latin root "phobia" refers to a fear or panic in response to stimuli.
>Most people you will encounter and have discussions with are not afraid of transgenders or homosexuals.
Well, would you argue that they have some sort of visceral re... | 94nwf4 | CMV: Terms such as "Homophobia" and "Transphobia" should be renamed or done away with. | The Latin root "phobia" refers to a fear or panic in response to stimuli. However, terms such as "Transphobia" are not used in context of people being genuinely afraid of transgenders, but rather used as an insult simply to call people who do not agree with the prospect of changing your gender. This post isn't about wh... | 1,533,429,540 | TheRougishSmithy | e3mgdgy | e3mfuhc | 7 | 4 |
CMV: The idea that people only think audio from another language sounds better because you can't understand it and if you did it would be obvious it's poorly done is bullshit.
[This is a song by yu-yu in English.](https://streamable.com/ov6zr) This is a song by yu-yu, the same singer, [in Japanese.](https://streamable... | It would be ridiculous to jump to that assumption by default, but there are examples where it's true. For example, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon did well with western audiences but was poorly received in China because the mostly Cantonese speaking cast was stumbling through the dialogue in Mandarin. | This can be some an example of cognitive bias, where the first information you get is the one that rings most true with you. In this case the first version you hear of the song is the one you most likely will like the most. This doesn't always apply of course, but if the quality of the songs are simiu enough, the first... | a8lmpu | CMV: The idea that people only think audio from another language sounds better because you can't understand it and if you did it would be obvious it's poorly done is bullshit. | [This is a song by yu-yu in English.](https://streamable.com/ov6zr) This is a song by yu-yu, the same singer, [in Japanese.](https://streamable.com/khy2v) I prefer the English song out of these two individual tracks.
[This is a song by Lyn Inaizumi in Japanese.](https://streamable.com/gezuh) This is a song by Lyn Inai... | 1,545,492,473 | [deleted] | ecbqcn6 | ecbozue | 3 | 1 |
CMV: With the rise of automation and AI, there will eventually come a time where a universal basic income is necessary.
Throughout human history, advances in technology have allowed workers to be more productive. For instance, the steel plow allowed a farmer to farm much more land and the factory allowed a chain of wo... | AI takes over peoples' jobs because robots are cheaper. Cheaper production of equally good goods means a cheaper end cost. The cost of living will decrease as AI takes more of our jobs. The solution may be to decrease the length of the traditional workweek over time so that most people have jobs. | Without massive, overreaching government control, everything will still have a cost. You can't make a product for negative money, therefore there is no incentive for companies or individuals to provide that product for free.
If everyone is getting some money(eg, welfare payments) to afford these things, then that's pr... | 6qkn55 | CMV: With the rise of automation and AI, there will eventually come a time where a universal basic income is necessary. | Throughout human history, advances in technology have allowed workers to be more productive. For instance, the steel plow allowed a farmer to farm much more land and the factory allowed a chain of workers to produce much more than they ever could on their own. In relatively recent history, many of these advances have c... | 1,501,456,652 | TechnostarBTD5 | dky07sn | dkxzpeb | 196 | 1 |
CMV: It is impossible to move to a single payer in the US, unless we are OK with a recession in the short-term and availability of healthcare being diminished
With ACA staying as the law of the land and many advocating to move to a single payer system, I started to think how would we exactly implement this. More impor... | >Another point to note- while we will have decreased economic activity in the insurance sector we will have increased economic activity in the healthcare sector. This means more jobs for doctors, nurses, aides and other related services. The ACA basically funded a remodel of my SO's hospital (a nurse practitioner) by i... | Regarding job elimination, wouldn't this just be the elimination of unnecessary jobs? If *more* people are getting *cheaper* healthcare with the involvement of *fewer people*, wouldn't this make the economy healthier? The healthcare industry would be less bloated and more efficient, and in the long run other sectors of... | 6qkcwe | CMV: It is impossible to move to a single payer in the US, unless we are OK with a recession in the short-term and availability of healthcare being diminished | With ACA staying as the law of the land and many advocating to move to a single payer system, I started to think how would we exactly implement this. More importantly, what would be the implications of moving from the current system to a Single Payer. It seems that the headache of removing health insurance companies fr... | 1,501,453,543 | johnniewelker | dkxyyc7 | dkxyb4r | 2 | 1 |
CMV: the Dark Knight trilogy is much better than the marvel movies.
TDK trilogy was mind blowing. For starters, the cast is exceptional. Batman and all of the villains are portrayed as being more realistic, which makes it much more realistic in a thrilling/horror sense.
All marvel movies today feel like a cash gener... | >All marvel movies today feel like a cash generated flick. There’s not much depth, especially in the newer ones such as black panther, etc.
I'm going to contest you on this point. *Black Panther* deals with a lot of themes, including African heritage in today's world, traditionalism, colonialism vs. isolationism, and ... | Would you claim it’s better than all marvel movies, or just marvel in general? If it’s the former, then I’ll argue that the original Iron man is the best big-budget superhero movie. If it’s the latter, then I have to agree with you (there are some marvel movies that I just can’t defend) | 94nue5 | CMV: the Dark Knight trilogy is much better than the marvel movies. | TDK trilogy was mind blowing. For starters, the cast is exceptional. Batman and all of the villains are portrayed as being more realistic, which makes it much more realistic in a thrilling/horror sense.
All marvel movies today feel like a cash generated flick. There’s not much depth, especially in the newer ones such... | 1,533,428,997 | stabler22 | e3mfvz7 | e3me98l | 6 | 2 |
CMV: It should not be considered offensive to associate black people with fried chicken or watermelon.
While fried chicken's history in the US has ties to slavery, it is in fact a very popular dish, enjoyed by people of every race and class, and no longer has the connotation of cheap, poor people food or food made fro... | It’s just better to make as few assumptions based on race as possible, even if they are neutral, or positive, or even statistically significant. People like you more if you treat them as individuals, not as representatives of a group. Positive racial assumptions are often offensive because your attributing the positive... | Even if it is offensive, people are allowed to get offended over anything they want all day long. What needs to stop is being told that if something offends you, it must be stopped or boycotted or the offender vilified. Some things offends some people, so what? People should just grow up and not be hyper sensitive. At ... | 9fc1w4 | CMV: It should not be considered offensive to associate black people with fried chicken or watermelon. | While fried chicken's history in the US has ties to slavery, it is in fact a very popular dish, enjoyed by people of every race and class, and no longer has the connotation of cheap, poor people food or food made from discarded scraps of meat if it ever was. It is a positive association then, if unhealthy, but so is e... | 1,536,788,698 | TimeAll | e5vdaih | e5vd3md | 5 | 1 |
CMV: Swearing in front of children should not be condoned, instead it should be used as a way to demonstrate a negative emotion (depending on context).
This has been on my mind from time to time. I normally don’t have spend much time around kids, so when I do I might say a few unkind words if it fits the conversation ... | To modify your view here:
>However the kids are eventually going to learn those words so I don’t see the issue in throwing them around now and then.
The challenge is, kids repeat a lot of what they hear in places like school and with their friends, where they can get in trouble for swearing.
If I may suggest upping ... | Lazy swearing shouldn’t be done around kids. Normalising violence (even spoken) shouldn’t be done around kids. Teaching them there’s a time and place for all ways of expressing yourself SHOULD be done around kids. If you want to model deadbeat disrespectful adult go hard, but I wouldn’t want to be that person in fr... | mv9qez | CMV: Swearing in front of children should not be condoned, instead it should be used as a way to demonstrate a negative emotion (depending on context). | This has been on my mind from time to time. I normally don’t have spend much time around kids, so when I do I might say a few unkind words if it fits the conversation with friends/family. There are some individuals (a few of my friends) that outright say this is so wrong to so say in front of children. However the kids... | 1,618,986,317 | GG90s | gvapmhp | gvapj14 | 3 | 2 |
CMV: Airplane seats on short flights should not be able to recline at all.
No one likes it when someone on your flight reclines Infront of you. It limits the already limited space for your legs and it's generally a pain in the ass. However on longer flights (>5 hr) I see how It might be nice to do it.
My problem is ... | Airlines exist that don't recline - they are discount ones. Most folks despise them.
Most people want a seat to recline. The second we take off that seat is going back, and I expect the person in front of me to do the same. It's not a "pain in the ass" by any means. | The retooling necessary would be very expensive. Instead the attendants can announce the policy of no reclining. The problem is that more people will be pissed off at the loss of a freedom than people will be happy with the extra legroom. | 86z27p | CMV: Airplane seats on short flights should not be able to recline at all. | No one likes it when someone on your flight reclines Infront of you. It limits the already limited space for your legs and it's generally a pain in the ass. However on longer flights (>5 hr) I see how It might be nice to do it.
My problem is with people who recline on shorter flights and I bet that other people do to... | 1,521,958,541 | tk2a | dw8y9bv | dw8y30m | 4 | 3 |
CMV: China is #Winning
It appears as if China is outcompeting the United States.
China is sitting on reserves and reserves of American wealth and they have a positive trade deficit.
I really haven't heard a good refutation of how their system or scheme or strategy is faulty.
Only ad hominem attacks. "They kill g... | Neither were the Native Americans. that's why I said the logic was faulty. And the irl arguments were weak. | And you realize that there are several other countries we could buy them from. To name a few:
Vietnam
Taiwan
South Korea
Japan
India | 86yhzl | CMV: China is #Winning | It appears as if China is outcompeting the United States.
China is sitting on reserves and reserves of American wealth and they have a positive trade deficit.
I really haven't heard a good refutation of how their system or scheme or strategy is faulty.
Only ad hominem attacks. "They kill girl babies" and "they re... | 1,521,950,938 | rowdyrider25 | dw8ugb8 | dw8uer8 | 3 | 2 |
CMV John Bolton is NOT a Patriot!
CMV: I believe that if John Bolton (and the others that have refused to appear) truly held the ideals of honesty and integrity and doing what is best for the country then they would appear and tell the truth to the Congressional committee.
A Patriot would put telling the truth for the... | What is the definition of a ***patriot*** in your mind?
John Bolton and many of the people Trump has surrounded himself with are neorealists. To them, they *are* working towards the best interests of the nation. Trump getting into power has been the biggest boon for that camp since he is pretty much giving them carte ... | What if you suspected the entire thing of being a political act and the "prosecution" of chomping at the bit to get material for an upcoming electoral campaign, and were trying to find out if talking to Congress right now would be damaging to a country in disunity, and would show fractures in the ranks of the leadershi... | e12hso | CMV John Bolton is NOT a Patriot! | CMV: I believe that if John Bolton (and the others that have refused to appear) truly held the ideals of honesty and integrity and doing what is best for the country then they would appear and tell the truth to the Congressional committee.
A Patriot would put telling the truth for the best interest of the country above... | 1,574,620,787 | estgad | f8lh2z3 | f8lg7z4 | 10 | 4 |
CMV: Internet fact-checkers are bad for political discussion.
The main reason I dislike Politifact and other Internet “fact-checkers” is not because I disagree with their conclusions or think that they’re liberal (although their selection bias is obvious by now and they do take a number of quotes out of context). It’s... | First, the concept of fact checking:
I totally agree with you that larger world views and moral philosophy should be a part of political discussion. Fact checking can be handy when ensuring that these views are actually justified.
If I were to say “We should have an anti-immigration policy because immigrants are 10x... | Words only mean things if we understand what they mean. If you say somthing like "This is a government takeover of healthcare", you know darn well how people will interpret your words. So if you *also* know that that is not accurate, then you are lying.
The problem is that if you're lying--or exaggerating for effect-... | 94o0cx | CMV: Internet fact-checkers are bad for political discussion. | The main reason I dislike Politifact and other Internet “fact-checkers” is not because I disagree with their conclusions or think that they’re liberal (although their selection bias is obvious by now and they do take a number of quotes out of context). It’s because I think they’ve reframed politics into a matter of fac... | 1,533,430,568 | [deleted] | e3mg77f | e3mfp9k | 9 | 2 |
CMV: An apprenticeship system is far superior to Colleges.
An apprenticeship system means starting at the bottom and working your way to the top using the skills you acquire along the way.
Example: To become a colo/rectal surgeon you would start a career path as a nursing assistant. After YOU feel you have learned wh... | Consider something like radio astronomy. Until you know Calculus, Linear algebra, Newtonian mechanics, relativity, quantum mechanics, and cosmology, as well as a bunch of computer science - you are basically worthless.
There is essentially a three year bridge of nothing but book learning, to transition you from noobi... | 1. Being a nurse and a doctor are completely different skill sets. It’s an illogical progression.
2.However, since you used the doctor example, this is what they do. You start out of med school and become an intern, resident, senior resident, fellow, chief.
3. I can see this working for many things— and yes higher ... | b413e1 | CMV: An apprenticeship system is far superior to Colleges. | An apprenticeship system means starting at the bottom and working your way to the top using the skills you acquire along the way.
Example: To become a colo/rectal surgeon you would start a career path as a nursing assistant. After YOU feel you have learned what you need and have aquired the skills YOU feel you need to... | 1,553,232,175 | snopuppy | ej3leyq | ej3lccv | 6 | 3 |
CMV: People shouldn't criticize YouTube for both implementing lots of ads and pushing YouTube Premium.
It's crazy to me that people get upset that YouTube's advertising structure has really ramped up lately, but then when YouTube offers a way to bypass all of it, people get upset. I could get beind upset at one or the... | Your premise is wrong. YouTube doesn’t decide how many ads will be on a video. Content creators choose if they want a video monetized or not and what type of ads to display: banner, unskippable video, skippable video. If the video is longer than ~10 minutes, YouTubers can then choose to place 2 or more ads on their vid... | I agree in general, ads and Premium is what fundamentally supports the business and allows it to be free for anyone who wants to use it. If people don’t like it they don’t have to use it.
But at the same time, it’s valid for people to be annoyed by annoying ads. There’s a psychological aspect to it as well, similar t... | mvilf4 | CMV: People shouldn't criticize YouTube for both implementing lots of ads and pushing YouTube Premium. | It's crazy to me that people get upset that YouTube's advertising structure has really ramped up lately, but then when YouTube offers a way to bypass all of it, people get upset. I could get beind upset at one or the other, but being upset at both the problem and solution seems dumb.
Additionally, from what I understa... | 1,619,020,191 | Red__Burrito | gvc5vtp | gvc5j1f | 7 | 5 |
CMV: Insurance isn't worth it.
Ok so I don't really see the point in insurance. It seems a bit like a ripoff to me. Here's why:
**Insurance takes your money, which you may never get back**. So when you get insurance for something, you pay a company per month/year/whatever to "insure" something, which means that if th... | Insurance is useful when the potential damages go far beyond what you can afford to pay. For instance, my father had ample health insurance and was in a car accident in his 50s. He broke all of his ribs, punctured a lung, and sustained a brain injury. Hospital bills would have been in the millions had he not been insur... | Insurance is here because a saving account may never get big enough. And making it legal is for your protection. Say you were to get hit and were hospitalized and needed a new car. Virtually no common person will have enough to pay for everything you need. This would leave you out of luck because you can’t get blood fr... | b45b0n | CMV: Insurance isn't worth it. | Ok so I don't really see the point in insurance. It seems a bit like a ripoff to me. Here's why:
**Insurance takes your money, which you may never get back**. So when you get insurance for something, you pay a company per month/year/whatever to "insure" something, which means that if there is a crisis or the insured o... | 1,553,262,645 | HanOnlyWan | ej490oq | ej48n0u | 1,417 | 43 |
CMV: It is quite easy to work with people who are egoistic.
It is a general view that being egoistic is *bad*. Google defines ego as "a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance." I personally believe that it is usually easier to work with people who have high levels of ego, as compared to people who aren't ego... | When you say people confuse superiority complex with egotism, I think you’re confusing egotism with egoism. Or maybe it’s just an autocorrect error or typo. But in any case, the people who argue with you are likely confusing egoism with egotism, not with a superiority complex. Egotism is always pejorative, whereas egoi... | >people with more ego, who feel they are worthy and important, usually try to solve all their problems themselves to declare their self-worth and are thus reliable in a team effort
People with more ego tend to think they know more than they do. I've had egotistical coworkers who would assert things that were incorrect... | 9fc5lc | CMV: It is quite easy to work with people who are egoistic. | It is a general view that being egoistic is *bad*. Google defines ego as "a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance." I personally believe that it is usually easier to work with people who have high levels of ego, as compared to people who aren't egoistic. Most people confuse superiority complex with egotism. ... | 1,536,789,432 | deathconqueror | e5ve27y | e5vcspw | 8 | 6 |
CMV: Asperger’s isn’t a thing
Please change my view. This argument is full of holes.
Here is my bad argument.
~~I don’t believe in Asperger’s. I know I’m setting myself up for downvotes or harassment, but in my opinion, people are just people. Others could have some of the same symptoms, but have a different... | It's quite sad that some people see this as an attack on psychological academia. Or their oh-so-holy social justice psyches. IMO, it should be viewed as a prompt for meaningful conversation in the spirit of /r/changemyview. Here's my take (with a load of background info).
The American Psychology Association (APA) publ... | When my son was diagnosed the specialist said that the one thing that made the difference was his IQ. At the age of 5 he had a 120 IQ. She said an IQ under 90 (if I am remembering correctly) would have put him in the category of high functioning Autism. Due to it being higher, he was diagnosed with Aspergers. | a8bobs | CMV: Asperger’s isn’t a thing | Please change my view. This argument is full of holes.
Here is my bad argument.
~~I don’t believe in Asperger’s. I know I’m setting myself up for downvotes or harassment, but in my opinion, people are just people. Others could have some of the same symptoms, but have a different label. Where does the “spectru... | 1,545,410,036 | OkCustard | ecb4ujd | ec9rq22 | 1 | 0 |
CMV: the Dark Knight trilogy is much better than the marvel movies.
TDK trilogy was mind blowing. For starters, the cast is exceptional. Batman and all of the villains are portrayed as being more realistic, which makes it much more realistic in a thrilling/horror sense.
All marvel movies today feel like a cash gener... | The Dark Knight by itself? Couldn't agree more. The entire trilogy? Well, you might have issues with that view.
For full disclosure, here's how I rank the Dark Knight (DK) trilogy:
* Batman Begins - Great origin story, though kind of silly/muddled at times
* The Dark Knight - One of my all-time favorite movies, borde... | >All marvel movies today feel like a cash generated flick. There’s not much depth, especially in the newer ones such as black panther, etc.
I'm going to contest you on this point. *Black Panther* deals with a lot of themes, including African heritage in today's world, traditionalism, colonialism vs. isolationism, and ... | 94nue5 | CMV: the Dark Knight trilogy is much better than the marvel movies. | TDK trilogy was mind blowing. For starters, the cast is exceptional. Batman and all of the villains are portrayed as being more realistic, which makes it much more realistic in a thrilling/horror sense.
All marvel movies today feel like a cash generated flick. There’s not much depth, especially in the newer ones such... | 1,533,428,997 | stabler22 | e3mizfe | e3mfvz7 | 8 | 6 |
CMV: Terms such as "Homophobia" and "Transphobia" should be renamed or done away with.
The Latin root "phobia" refers to a fear or panic in response to stimuli. However, terms such as "Transphobia" are not used in context of people being genuinely afraid of transgenders, but rather used as an insult simply to call peo... | > an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something
> an extreme or irrational fear or dislike of a specified thing or group
A phobia is an anxiety disorder or an extreme adversion to something. But the suffix can be used to describe different things. ln chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydropho... | Do you also think that the word 'hydrophobia' should be changed? | 94nwf4 | CMV: Terms such as "Homophobia" and "Transphobia" should be renamed or done away with. | The Latin root "phobia" refers to a fear or panic in response to stimuli. However, terms such as "Transphobia" are not used in context of people being genuinely afraid of transgenders, but rather used as an insult simply to call people who do not agree with the prospect of changing your gender. This post isn't about wh... | 1,533,429,540 | TheRougishSmithy | e3mf7ki | e3melev | 14 | 6 |
CMV: Insurance isn't worth it.
Ok so I don't really see the point in insurance. It seems a bit like a ripoff to me. Here's why:
**Insurance takes your money, which you may never get back**. So when you get insurance for something, you pay a company per month/year/whatever to "insure" something, which means that if th... | Often insurance is required to protect others form your actions. This is both Car insurance and liability insurance companies are often required to carry. The primary purpose is so that when someone hits you or you plumber messes up and floods your house, there is someone who can afford to reimburse you. People have hi... | >So you don't see a return on your investment.
Insurance isn't about ROI - it is about protecting yourself from an unlikely, but major, life event. The idea is that there is a low probability event (house burning down, major car accident, theft of an expensive item) that while unlikely, would be _devastating_ financi... | b45b0n | CMV: Insurance isn't worth it. | Ok so I don't really see the point in insurance. It seems a bit like a ripoff to me. Here's why:
**Insurance takes your money, which you may never get back**. So when you get insurance for something, you pay a company per month/year/whatever to "insure" something, which means that if there is a crisis or the insured o... | 1,553,262,645 | HanOnlyWan | ej499ey | ej493rh | 55 | 38 |
CMV: Asperger’s isn’t a thing
Please change my view. This argument is full of holes.
Here is my bad argument.
~~I don’t believe in Asperger’s. I know I’m setting myself up for downvotes or harassment, but in my opinion, people are just people. Others could have some of the same symptoms, but have a different... | Asperger's syndrome is a label that exists because the symptoms affect people to the extent that it negatively impacts their life.
I have Asperger's and so I will demonstrate (hopefully) the impact it has had in my life.
Isolation is something that goes beyond introversion, I would (and still do) spend all of my fre... | The DSM-V does not include Asperger's syndrome as a possible diagnosis. People who would previously have been considered to have Asperger's syndrome are now diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The Psychiatric and Psychological communities actually don't use the term "Asperger's" officially... | a8bobs | CMV: Asperger’s isn’t a thing | Please change my view. This argument is full of holes.
Here is my bad argument.
~~I don’t believe in Asperger’s. I know I’m setting myself up for downvotes or harassment, but in my opinion, people are just people. Others could have some of the same symptoms, but have a different label. Where does the “spectru... | 1,545,410,036 | OkCustard | ec9lz6u | ec9l8v9 | 16 | 8 |
CMV: Between a Melee class and a Ranged class, the Mage is realistically the best class.
Good day! I hope to stir up some good discussion with this view of mine. My view is this:
**Of the three main types of RPG classes: (Ranged, Melee, and Mage), Mage is realistically the best and most over-powered class.**
I have ... | Your question requires some clarification. it sounds like you are assuming a few things:
First, you appear to be looking past the pure mechanical abilities built into RPGs and instead focusing on your (subjective) interpretation as to what the world would realistically be. This is a hard point to argue, as we cannot r... | I'd say mages would usually win. Not because of their powers, but because they scale with int/wisdom. That is something we can not replicate in-game because the player doesn't become smarter or dumber accordingly to his stats.
If a mage were truly 5 times smarter than anyone else, they could prepare for literally ever... | 870i2j | CMV: Between a Melee class and a Ranged class, the Mage is realistically the best class. | Good day! I hope to stir up some good discussion with this view of mine. My view is this:
**Of the three main types of RPG classes: (Ranged, Melee, and Mage), Mage is realistically the best and most over-powered class.**
I have been playing RPGs for as long as I can remember, and I've DM'ed a few DnD campaigns in the... | 1,521,982,479 | onesix16 | dw9hsnl | dw9dowr | 4 | 3 |
CMV: Between a Melee class and a Ranged class, the Mage is realistically the best class.
Good day! I hope to stir up some good discussion with this view of mine. My view is this:
**Of the three main types of RPG classes: (Ranged, Melee, and Mage), Mage is realistically the best and most over-powered class.**
I have ... | so your argument is essentially that magic is better than not having any magic. Do you consider a rogue that mainly focuses on archery with a little bit of teleportation magic to be a "mage?" Do you consider a warrior with a little bit of healing magic to be a mage?
Do you ever find Silencing to be a thing in your DnD... | In what context are you framing this argument? Because it sounds like you're pulling from a bunch of different kinds of games and fantasy universes, and many of these points are very context specific. "Ranged, Melee, and mage" are not really universal 3 character archetypes across all games/fantasy worlds.
If you're t... | 870i2j | CMV: Between a Melee class and a Ranged class, the Mage is realistically the best class. | Good day! I hope to stir up some good discussion with this view of mine. My view is this:
**Of the three main types of RPG classes: (Ranged, Melee, and Mage), Mage is realistically the best and most over-powered class.**
I have been playing RPGs for as long as I can remember, and I've DM'ed a few DnD campaigns in the... | 1,521,982,479 | onesix16 | dw99q1n | dw99oan | 10 | 1 |
CMV: It should not be considered offensive to associate black people with fried chicken or watermelon.
While fried chicken's history in the US has ties to slavery, it is in fact a very popular dish, enjoyed by people of every race and class, and no longer has the connotation of cheap, poor people food or food made fro... | There's zero evidence black people like watermelon anymore than white people. It hasn't been extensively studied, but the only study we have showed that black people purchased accounted for less watermelon sales per capita than the national average.
What there is, however, is [mountains of racist depictions of black p... | Absolutely I would agree that "people often denote their own race and ascribe positive aspects of it in order to associate themselves with perceived benefits". At the same time this leads to a sense of being better than others not in that race, and not just a sense of exclusion by those left out. In so many ways peop... | 9fc1w4 | CMV: It should not be considered offensive to associate black people with fried chicken or watermelon. | While fried chicken's history in the US has ties to slavery, it is in fact a very popular dish, enjoyed by people of every race and class, and no longer has the connotation of cheap, poor people food or food made from discarded scraps of meat if it ever was. It is a positive association then, if unhealthy, but so is e... | 1,536,788,698 | TimeAll | e5vlg21 | e5vj6u4 | 3 | 2 |
CMV: the Dark Knight trilogy is much better than the marvel movies.
TDK trilogy was mind blowing. For starters, the cast is exceptional. Batman and all of the villains are portrayed as being more realistic, which makes it much more realistic in a thrilling/horror sense.
All marvel movies today feel like a cash gener... | It’s not exactly fair to compare three movies with a fairly unitary vision produced by one of the truly auteur filmmakers of his generation to ~20 movies by different filmmakers in different genres trying to accomplish different things. That said, what the MCU has pulled off is frankly more impressive than the Nolan... | Would you claim it’s better than all marvel movies, or just marvel in general? If it’s the former, then I’ll argue that the original Iron man is the best big-budget superhero movie. If it’s the latter, then I have to agree with you (there are some marvel movies that I just can’t defend) | 94nue5 | CMV: the Dark Knight trilogy is much better than the marvel movies. | TDK trilogy was mind blowing. For starters, the cast is exceptional. Batman and all of the villains are portrayed as being more realistic, which makes it much more realistic in a thrilling/horror sense.
All marvel movies today feel like a cash generated flick. There’s not much depth, especially in the newer ones such... | 1,533,428,997 | stabler22 | e3mfuc1 | e3me98l | 10 | 2 |
CMV: We shouldn't censor hate speech.
There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't... | I might have to give you a !delta here. I still think that they will spread their message regardless, but there isn’t a very logical reason why they’d fear deplatforming. | Once a private company gets to a certain size I don't see a practical difference. Major social media sites are practically the new public square and most principled reasoning's against censorship carry over. | muvrf4 | CMV: We shouldn't censor hate speech. | There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't legal. It should stay that way.
I'm t... | 1,618,940,153 | Butterboi_Oooska | gv8ne08 | gv89mkj | 5 | -2 |
CMV: Terms such as "Homophobia" and "Transphobia" should be renamed or done away with.
The Latin root "phobia" refers to a fear or panic in response to stimuli. However, terms such as "Transphobia" are not used in context of people being genuinely afraid of transgenders, but rather used as an insult simply to call peo... | Words don’t always use the direct definition of their Latin/Greek roots. For example, halophilic bacteria don’t really “love” salt, they just have adapted to an environment with high salinity.
If your response is “then we should do away with those words too,” I would say that you’re right to not like the misuse of ro... | Do you also think that the word 'hydrophobia' should be changed? | 94nwf4 | CMV: Terms such as "Homophobia" and "Transphobia" should be renamed or done away with. | The Latin root "phobia" refers to a fear or panic in response to stimuli. However, terms such as "Transphobia" are not used in context of people being genuinely afraid of transgenders, but rather used as an insult simply to call people who do not agree with the prospect of changing your gender. This post isn't about wh... | 1,533,429,540 | TheRougishSmithy | e3mf5e8 | e3melev | 32 | 6 |
CMV: Asperger’s isn’t a thing
Please change my view. This argument is full of holes.
Here is my bad argument.
~~I don’t believe in Asperger’s. I know I’m setting myself up for downvotes or harassment, but in my opinion, people are just people. Others could have some of the same symptoms, but have a different... | Honestly, your argument seems to be to rip apart a diagnose in pieces, and then either dismiss or find another explanation for all of that.
Problem is, with that nonsense logic you can dismiss pretty much anything.
For example :
>depression
...
>hose who suffer from depression experience persistent feelings of sadn... | >The reason I think it shpuld is a vague memory of reading an article that noted differences in MRIs between Asperger patients and autistics
I mean, yes, there are differences between people who used to be diagnosed with Asperger's and the old diagnosis for ASD, but there is significant evidence that they are actually... | a8bobs | CMV: Asperger’s isn’t a thing | Please change my view. This argument is full of holes.
Here is my bad argument.
~~I don’t believe in Asperger’s. I know I’m setting myself up for downvotes or harassment, but in my opinion, people are just people. Others could have some of the same symptoms, but have a different label. Where does the “spectru... | 1,545,410,036 | OkCustard | ec9ozys | ec9o2nj | 24 | 4 |
CMV: Glitter is terrible and has no redeeming qualities
Glitter makes me want to die. It never stays where it's supposed to, it looks pretty tacky outside of 1st Grade arts and crafts, it resists lint rollers and vacuums, and given the opportunity it would probably resist duct tape (so don't give it to 1st Graders any... | > the only sensible thing to do with it is submerge it entirely in glue for safe transportation
Why not just start with a product that fixes that? Such as [glitter glue](https://www.amazon.com/Elmers-Liquid-Glitter-Washable-Assorted/dp/B008M56YZU). I don't have any of the issues you're describing with glitter glue. ... | It's shiny though. People like shiny things, especially kids.
I was wrapping Christmas gifts with other people yesterday and we had a lot of different wrapping paper to choose from. I used the shiny wrapping paper that glimmered. Everyone was asking me when I'd be done with it because they also wanted to use it rather... | a8dgsd | CMV: Glitter is terrible and has no redeeming qualities | Glitter makes me want to die. It never stays where it's supposed to, it looks pretty tacky outside of 1st Grade arts and crafts, it resists lint rollers and vacuums, and given the opportunity it would probably resist duct tape (so don't give it to 1st Graders anyway).
If you send me a greeting card with glitter on it,... | 1,545,420,480 | xXavailablenameXx | ec9vpv2 | ec9ukdd | 30 | 13 |
CMV: Black American Nationalism is far more ethical and justified than White American Nationalism is.
Ethnic Nationalist movements in the past have been about protecting an ethnic minority from further oppression by giving them their own country. Examples include the independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire, an... | I wouldn't use Israel as a successful example. Ironically, they are doing to their neighbors what their historical oppressors did to them. They've encroached into Palestinian territory, taken over foreign settlements, built walls and turned their neighbors' land into tightly regulated slums. And when the local pales... | Obviously there is no question that black nationalism doesn't carry the same connotations as white nationalism. It would be ridiculous to compare the two.
The problem is that even reactive ethnic nationalism, motivated by genuine grievances, has been used to justify violence and further dispossession. Look at the exam... | e2hdvx | CMV: Black American Nationalism is far more ethical and justified than White American Nationalism is. | Ethnic Nationalist movements in the past have been about protecting an ethnic minority from further oppression by giving them their own country. Examples include the independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire, and the creation of the state of Israel. There have been ethnic nationalist movements involving a racial ... | 1,574,867,802 | PlaneSoftware4 | f8w5nv6 | f8vwnl0 | 5 | 1 |
CMV: "Free" healthcare would result in the care being too expensive, or the care quality being reduced
This view occurred to me the other day when a friend was telling me about their experience at the dentist. They are self-employed, and very healthy. So this person has chosen to have health insurance that doesn't cov... | I'm going to point you to \[[this study](https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/pdf/10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1414)\] which is a study that showed that there are 50 hospitals in this country that charge 10 times the medicare allowable rate while the national average is 3.4 times the medicare allowable rate. 49 out of the 50 were... | But the only reason they do things like that is because they want to get as much money from insurance companies as possible. It's like when I cut my finger trying to wittle wood, they just absolutely "needed an x-ray in case there was wood in the cut." If the government took over with universal healthcare, they'd 1) be... | e2les2 | CMV: "Free" healthcare would result in the care being too expensive, or the care quality being reduced | This view occurred to me the other day when a friend was telling me about their experience at the dentist. They are self-employed, and very healthy. So this person has chosen to have health insurance that doesn't cover much, but doesn't cost much.
At the dentist, she didn't want to get x-rays because they have never r... | 1,574,883,395 | ZeusThunder369 | f8w9qve | f8w6zac | 23 | 1 |
CMV: We shouldn't censor hate speech.
There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't... | “I’m talking about bigotry and genuinely damaging political views...” this shines light on one of the issues here. Speech isn’t pure idea or symbol, there’s also an element of action to it. If these view are tangibly damaging and harmful to others, there’s an active, rights-infringing element to speech which prevents t... | The crucial part that you are missing is that they are not children being placed in the custody of a separate authority to work towards a specific purpose, I.e. learning.
They are free citizens engaging in their government protected rights. hate speech is free speech plain and simple. It is a trusism at this point b... | muvrf4 | CMV: We shouldn't censor hate speech. | There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't legal. It should stay that way.
I'm t... | 1,618,940,153 | Butterboi_Oooska | gv99yb4 | gv8durb | 7 | -1 |
CMV: We shouldn't censor hate speech.
There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't... | Hate speech *is* incitement of violence. Flying a Nazi flag is *directly equivalent* to calling for the murder of Jewish people. KKK calls for the murder of black people.
Your specific examples are direct calls to action for the murder of people. | People aren't rational or principled. Having this speech out in the open spreads it, and if it connects with people on an emotional level there is no rationing them out of it. The "sunlight is the best disinfectant" reasoning doesn't and has never worked in this regard. | muvrf4 | CMV: We shouldn't censor hate speech. | There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't legal. It should stay that way.
I'm t... | 1,618,940,153 | Butterboi_Oooska | gva2i6q | gv9emso | 1 | 0 |
CMV: Article 13 passing in the EU isn't a bad thing.
Yes, it may affect the ability of people to post stuff online, such as memes, that they do not have the rights to use. However, coming from the standpoint of a photographer and graphic designer, I can't say that I would want a photo I took to get constantly shared o... | The biggest problem with it is that there are no fair use exemptions in the law. none at all. It does not matter if your work is trans-formative, it does not matter if you are doing a news report, | In my understanding, 'fair use' means whatever rich corporations want it to mean. | 9fcmgj | CMV: Article 13 passing in the EU isn't a bad thing. | Yes, it may affect the ability of people to post stuff online, such as memes, that they do not have the rights to use. However, coming from the standpoint of a photographer and graphic designer, I can't say that I would want a photo I took to get constantly shared on the internet without any credit coming to me. Everyo... | 1,536,792,969 | ekill13 | e5vn1wt | e5vjr7u | 7 | 5 |
CMV: I should secretly record (audio, video, or both) all of my sexual encounters to provide evidence in the off chance I'm falsely accused of rape
In today's society (I can only speak for the US since that's where I live) men have little to no defense to a rape accusation if they truly are innocent. Rape is the only ... | >If you're trying to prove that you didn't have sex with someone without their consent, revealing that you have taped or recorded sex with them without their consent seems like a terrible idea.
If there is reason to believe the tape would not help my defense, why would I reveal it? That just sounds like a bad idea fro... | how would it be blackmail? | 6xq9an | CMV: I should secretly record (audio, video, or both) all of my sexual encounters to provide evidence in the off chance I'm falsely accused of rape | In today's society (I can only speak for the US since that's where I live) men have little to no defense to a rape accusation if they truly are innocent. Rape is the only crime I can think of where if it does go to court, the man is usually presumed to be guilty until proven innocent even though the legal system should... | 1,504,400,813 | thowaay | dmhqgpv | dmhpt3c | 0 | -1 |
CMV: Gay Pride Hurts LGBT People More Than It Helps Them
As a gay teen, I believe that pride and other such events hurt LGBT people more than it helps them.
What I mean by this is that the whole point of pride is to make a big deal about being gay or whatever you call yourself, to shout it loud and be proud. Except t... | I think you're conflating what you want with what lgbt people want. If you don't want to stick out then you don't need to attend. For others, the very affirming and unapologetic nature if pride lets them express sexuality in a way that would otherwise be shamed. | > make a big deal about being gay or whatever you call yourself, to shout it loud and be proud
Do similar parades for other groups hurt their overall groups as well or is this limited to LBGT?
For example does the NYC St. Patrick's Day parade hurt the larger Irish community? | 6qiwi4 | CMV: Gay Pride Hurts LGBT People More Than It Helps Them | As a gay teen, I believe that pride and other such events hurt LGBT people more than it helps them.
What I mean by this is that the whole point of pride is to make a big deal about being gay or whatever you call yourself, to shout it loud and be proud. Except that's not what I, or most of my other gay friends actually... | 1,501,438,763 | Just_an_Elf | dkxm5hl | dkxlof3 | 10 | 6 |
CMV: We shouldn't censor hate speech.
There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't... | Censorship plays two advantages:
1. If I’m a minority, I have a life, I don’t wanna hear racist shiz, it would just ruin my day and be annoying, I don’t wanna have to deal with that
2. It stops the virus from spreading, the people will still talk about their bad views amongst their peers who already share the view, b... | There's a line between allowing the government to punish these people and giving them a respectful platform.
If some Nazi comes along and says "I would like to discuss my views!" then the appropriate response is "Fuck off, you piece of shit!" No one should listen to them or show them any respect whatsoever. They shoul... | muvrf4 | CMV: We shouldn't censor hate speech. | There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't legal. It should stay that way.
I'm t... | 1,618,940,153 | Butterboi_Oooska | gv8ty2l | gv8euba | 1 | 0 |
CMV: Between a Melee class and a Ranged class, the Mage is realistically the best class.
Good day! I hope to stir up some good discussion with this view of mine. My view is this:
**Of the three main types of RPG classes: (Ranged, Melee, and Mage), Mage is realistically the best and most over-powered class.**
I have ... | >Of the three main types of RPG classes: (Ranged, Melee, and Mage), Mage is realistically the best and most over-powered class.
Depends on what your playing. In Dnd for example (5th edition) the warrior takes the cake, as he has the best parameters, resistances, and flexibility to take on almost anyone. Then again, th... | > Moreover, a large fraction of the power of warriors and rangers rely on enchantments which come from mages.
This does not make mages more powerful. It just makes warriors and rangers have the same power as mages.
> Also, mages are the most survivable class.
Lack of food, water and air are pretty rare ways to die... | 870i2j | CMV: Between a Melee class and a Ranged class, the Mage is realistically the best class. | Good day! I hope to stir up some good discussion with this view of mine. My view is this:
**Of the three main types of RPG classes: (Ranged, Melee, and Mage), Mage is realistically the best and most over-powered class.**
I have been playing RPGs for as long as I can remember, and I've DM'ed a few DnD campaigns in the... | 1,521,982,479 | onesix16 | dw99kfj | dw98zr5 | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Popular religions such as Christianity and Islam, all stem from Cults
I am under the belief that all major religions (Christianity, Hinduism, Islam) all stem from a what we today would consider a cult, and therefore I often find it hypocritical when people who are religious criticize cults for simply being *ev... | I looked at a few other definitions of cult and while I don't disagree with the definition you gave, I don't think the term "unusual" is accurate. Some definitions used words like unusual or strange, but more that I found used the words like extreme, sinister, unorthodox and spurious. I think this accurately represents... | Historical figures tend to be put on a pedestal, the bad things they do being erased from their legend while the good things are taking epic proportions.
It's even more visible with religions that try to get credibility despite being based on illogical magical premises. As such, they think you can't compare a 21th cen... | e2ewf2 | CMV: Popular religions such as Christianity and Islam, all stem from Cults |
I am under the belief that all major religions (Christianity, Hinduism, Islam) all stem from a what we today would consider a cult, and therefore I often find it hypocritical when people who are religious criticize cults for simply being *evil*, *immoral* or *undesirable* and at the same time don’t necessarily think... | 1,574,854,741 | TheRavaen | f8vstb1 | f8v5bs6 | 3 | 2 |
CMV: We shouldn't censor hate speech.
There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't... | >Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't legal.
So... prepare to have your world rocked:
Expressed racism *is* slander. It is making untrue statements about a bunch of people, which harms their reputation, based on stereotypes.
The fact that it is slander against lot of people rather than... | Actually, I have a question - part of the Nazi strategy to gain and control power was by banning the speech of opposing parties, and preventing them from ever effectively speaking out - similar to what you argue.
Since you want to ban all Nazi-related speech, then shouldn’t I have every right to ban/censor YOU for ha... | muvrf4 | CMV: We shouldn't censor hate speech. | There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't legal. It should stay that way.
I'm t... | 1,618,940,153 | Butterboi_Oooska | gv9wj2i | gv98pnc | 2 | 0 |
CMV: Whether people are born male or female, they should be free to dress and act absolutely however they want. Changing your pronoun to be "in line" with these actions, however, is ultimately harmful to society.
The implication that dressing or acting differently than is typical for your "gender" requires a different... | what does that mean I am not one of them? am i not human? do I not have a brain like them? why am i so different? because of a higher pitched voice and boobs? i'm really asking. | Kind of agreeing with OP. If your desired/mentally natural body is what you think makes you not a man are you willing to go the step to surgically change that? If not aren't you simply doing what OP describes and just conforming to gender stereotypes to compensate for being born the wrong sex?
I'll call you whatever ... | a851eu | CMV: Whether people are born male or female, they should be free to dress and act absolutely however they want. Changing your pronoun to be "in line" with these actions, however, is ultimately harmful to society. | The implication that dressing or acting differently than is typical for your "gender" requires a different pronoun is simply adding more stereotypes to the labels "male" and "female." As a queer woman, I have spent much of my life feeling like I didn't necessarily dress or act the same as the other girls around me. I h... | 1,545,356,269 | mybadwolf | ec841vm | ec81692 | 2 | -5 |
CMV: Detroit, MI is a dying city and will eventually be surpassed by Grand Rapids, MI as the largest city in Michigan.
1) The population in Detroit has been steadily falling every year since 1950 when it hit an all-time high of 1,850,000 residents; it now has 673,104 residents according to the 2017 US Census.
2) Larg... | While it is true that the population of Detroit has declined in recent years, the population of the greater Metro Detroit area has been relatively stable since the 1970's, and it has even grown in the past 20 years [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Metro_Detroit) The current numbers are 673,000 for... | Downtown Detroit has seen some decent development. And is on the upswing.
And Detroit proper isn't a fair way to look at Detroit. The Detroit metropolitan area has a population of 4.3 million.
The city might be decaying but the suburbs are among the richest in the country. Oakland County has over a million people and... | b3t23h | CMV: Detroit, MI is a dying city and will eventually be surpassed by Grand Rapids, MI as the largest city in Michigan. | 1) The population in Detroit has been steadily falling every year since 1950 when it hit an all-time high of 1,850,000 residents; it now has 673,104 residents according to the 2017 US Census.
2) Large sections of Detroit have undergone severe urban decay, which is extremely expensive to fix-- something a cash-strappe... | 1,553,187,923 | BeastOfOne | ej23p7e | ej1zt8a | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Trucks and commercial trailers should be restricted to the rightmost lane only
Many states already have laws in place restricting trucks to specific lanes. It's a good start, but I believe that these regulations:
- Should be adopted nationwide
- Should extend to trucks hauling commercial trailers, such as those... | There's a cheap and free online highway traffic sim [here](http://www.traffic-simulation.de/)
I suggest you play around with it.
When you restrict larger vehicles to the right lane, you're doing three things:
1. Reducing the ability for vehicles to get on/off the highway
2. Effectively reducing the highway to one la... | It often happens that a car or truck must travel at the minimum speed of 45 MPH in the right hand lane. Without the option to pass these very slow moving vehicles an extremely long line of slow and large trucks would happen. This would make it difficult and dangerous for others to accelerate to 70 MPH in the short tr... | 9fbdy3 | CMV: Trucks and commercial trailers should be restricted to the rightmost lane only | Many states already have laws in place restricting trucks to specific lanes. It's a good start, but I believe that these regulations:
- Should be adopted nationwide
- Should extend to trucks hauling commercial trailers, such as those typically used by lawn-care companies or contractors. Trailers-for-rent (UHaul) shou... | 1,536,784,040 | JeNePasParleFrancais | e5v7c8k | e5v7c6n | 7 | 1 |
CMV: Between a Melee class and a Ranged class, the Mage is realistically the best class.
Good day! I hope to stir up some good discussion with this view of mine. My view is this:
**Of the three main types of RPG classes: (Ranged, Melee, and Mage), Mage is realistically the best and most over-powered class.**
I have ... | I feel like the biggest reason mages are "op" in the D&D / Pathfinder context is because no adventure publisher and almost no GM is a sufficiently large asshole to FUCK UP your mage.
I primarily play PF, so that's where a lot of my examples will come from. They don't cast Silence on a Dimensional Devish Monk that can ... | In what context are you framing this argument? Because it sounds like you're pulling from a bunch of different kinds of games and fantasy universes, and many of these points are very context specific. "Ranged, Melee, and mage" are not really universal 3 character archetypes across all games/fantasy worlds.
If you're t... | 870i2j | CMV: Between a Melee class and a Ranged class, the Mage is realistically the best class. | Good day! I hope to stir up some good discussion with this view of mine. My view is this:
**Of the three main types of RPG classes: (Ranged, Melee, and Mage), Mage is realistically the best and most over-powered class.**
I have been playing RPGs for as long as I can remember, and I've DM'ed a few DnD campaigns in the... | 1,521,982,479 | onesix16 | dw9hi3o | dw99oan | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Suicide is an act of courage, not cowardice
At it's very core, it's the symbolism of human will being stronger than evolutionary instinct of survival. It's a mark of high independence, freedom and a strength of character which refuses to compromise on its ideals.
People give up on life to protect something more... | >it's the symbolism of human will being stronger than evolutionary instinct of survival
The terrifying fact that so many people commit suicide every year, more in the US than die from car crashes, shows that it is not an evolutionary instinct in humans. Clearly, if humans kill themselves so often, they must have a ton... | [r/suicidewatch](https://www.reddit.com/r/SuicideWatch/)
I feel like you can't emphasize this enough. It's selfish to leave your friends and family to cope with your death and deal with the fallout. Your logic is also very similar to the logic of suicide bombers or people like the Columbine killers. It's not courageou... | b3zeu9 | CMV: Suicide is an act of courage, not cowardice | At it's very core, it's the symbolism of human will being stronger than evolutionary instinct of survival. It's a mark of high independence, freedom and a strength of character which refuses to compromise on its ideals.
People give up on life to protect something more valuable to them - their idea of a good, meaningf... | 1,553,221,084 | DarkSoulMasterFrodo | ej394em | ej392hq | 8 | 6 |
CMV: reading fiction novels is a bad way to learn how the world works
I've always had this priblem with fiction books, that are not based on a true story. They seem to usually describe how humans think and behave in great detail, giving you a strong emotion and teaching you something about life. However, how can you n... | So I think that there's a difference between 'reading fiction to enrich your understanding of the world' and 'basing your worldview exclusively on fiction'.
Let's look at a couple scenarios:
1. Fiction as autobiography, or semiautobiography. Many works are based on lived experience that may be worth talking about bu... | Using fiction as a snapshot of people is something I think you can do, but you necessarily have to understand that this snapshot is a snapshot of what the author's trying to tell you. Any ideas conveyed here are produced in the context of the author's mindset and conveyed in the context of the story.
And that's kind ... | 94ms4z | CMV: reading fiction novels is a bad way to learn how the world works | I've always had this priblem with fiction books, that are not based on a true story. They seem to usually describe how humans think and behave in great detail, giving you a strong emotion and teaching you something about life. However, how can you not be sceptical of it?
Take the much beloved Dostoyevskyand his "Crime ... | 1,533,419,599 | kerakter | e3m9yan | e3m9xhc | 3 | 2 |
CMV: Detroit, MI is a dying city and will eventually be surpassed by Grand Rapids, MI as the largest city in Michigan.
1) The population in Detroit has been steadily falling every year since 1950 when it hit an all-time high of 1,850,000 residents; it now has 673,104 residents according to the 2017 US Census.
2) Larg... | I think you underestimate the amount of momentum a city the size of the Detroit has. It has a major airport, trains,highways, and a port already making it easy to get to. It has every major sports franchises and giant stadiums for concerts to drive tourism. It has fortune 500 companies. It borders Canada so there is p... | Sorry, u/iAmBear85 – your comment has been removed for breaking Rule 1:
> **Direct responses to a CMV post must challenge at least one aspect of OP’s stated view (however minor), or ask a clarifying question**. Arguments in favor of the view OP is willing to change must be restricted to replies to other comments. [See... | b3t23h | CMV: Detroit, MI is a dying city and will eventually be surpassed by Grand Rapids, MI as the largest city in Michigan. | 1) The population in Detroit has been steadily falling every year since 1950 when it hit an all-time high of 1,850,000 residents; it now has 673,104 residents according to the 2017 US Census.
2) Large sections of Detroit have undergone severe urban decay, which is extremely expensive to fix-- something a cash-strappe... | 1,553,187,923 | BeastOfOne | ej24my0 | ej24db5 | 2 | 1 |
CMV: Men and Women are not equal and they shouldn't be.
This might be a fairly unpopular opinion and I might seem to be like a critter from stone age but I believe that the two are not equal. I believe that men and women are different and couldn't be compared to each other. Comparing them would be like comparing apple... | I think you are arguing against something that doesn't actually exist.
Literally no one thinks that men and women are _equivalent_. Equivalency would be "apples to apples". The question on hand about men and women is whether they are both "good fruit", worthy of equal representation in the salad.
While I believe th... | I am confident I can change your view as you stated it here.
I think that the correct perception is that men and women are equal in one way, but are never equal in another way. In terms of your soul, personality, value of thought, etc... you should definitely consider yourself equal--male or female. If you don't, that... | 86xvor | CMV: Men and Women are not equal and they shouldn't be. | This might be a fairly unpopular opinion and I might seem to be like a critter from stone age but I believe that the two are not equal. I believe that men and women are different and couldn't be compared to each other. Comparing them would be like comparing apples and oranges.
Saying that they are equal would be like ... | 1,521,943,828 | The_Almighty_Bob | dw8nyx5 | dw8nu3c | 17 | 4 |
CMV: Facebook did nothing wrong.
First of all, regarding the consent issue, Facebook's data policy states that, if you share data with a friend, then that friend can re-share that data with third party apps, and according to Facebook's Platform Policy, apps can "Only use friend data (including friends list) in the per... | >When Facebook found out in 2016, they performed their due diligence in protecting their data.
They violated a consent decree they made with the FTC in 2011 to report unauthorized sharing of data with users. This agreement was reached after the FTC found Facebook to be in violation of privacy laws. In exchange for sig... | Well I don’t. I’m not ok that everything about me because I’m friends with some is being downloaded so they can manipulate people.
FB saw this. Did nothing. Because they don’t give a shit a about your privacy. All they care about is 💰
As they say: If the product is free, your the product. | 86rgys | CMV: Facebook did nothing wrong. | First of all, regarding the consent issue, Facebook's data policy states that, if you share data with a friend, then that friend can re-share that data with third party apps, and according to Facebook's Platform Policy, apps can "Only use friend data (including friends list) in the person’s experience in your app."
T... | 1,521,874,289 | zacker150 | dw7rfxr | dw7cip4 | 4 | 2 |
CMV: We should start saying "majority privilege" instead of "white privilege" because it'd be a much more effective term
For the purposes of this discussion, I'm just going to assume that we all agree that privilege exists in the first place - I'm not too interested in debating that.
Basically, I think it's important... | Apartheid.
The privileged group isn't always in the majority.
Also, the majority of people in the US are women, I still have male privilege at my CS job. | I think that arguing to make the term less divisive is challenging. The idea of white privilege is going to make people uncomfortable no matter how it is explained or referred to. I'm worried that making the message "less divisive" would, in practice, water down the concept until it is effectively meaningless.
Anothe... | 6xqkr9 | CMV: We should start saying "majority privilege" instead of "white privilege" because it'd be a much more effective term | For the purposes of this discussion, I'm just going to assume that we all agree that privilege exists in the first place - I'm not too interested in debating that.
Basically, I think it's important for white people in the USA to understand the concept of privilege and racism - but I'm not sure that "white privilege" i... | 1,504,404,493 | supermanbluegoldfish | dmhrznn | dmhriro | 455 | 6 |
CMV: Maple Syrup is a topping and not a condiment
A friend of mine and I have had this debate for years, so I thought I would bring this to Reddit, to see if they can change my view. I argue that maple syrup is a topping and not a condiment. I feel like it is a topping because it is used sparingly on only a few differ... | > The definitions don't help much:
> Topping: a layer of food poured or spread over a base of a different type of food to add flavor.
> Condiment: a substance such as salt or ketchup that is used to add flavor to food.
How do they not help? Maple syrup is absolutely a condiment and also absolutely a Topping by those... | I can see it as both. I think the word “topping” is usually seen as a sweet item (strawberries, crumbled Oreos, M&M’s, whipped cream) with the exception of nuts. Saying this, as sweet as syrup is, I guess it can be seen as a topping. I think I’d classify it as a condiment, personally, but I guess it could honestly be b... | a8b717 | CMV: Maple Syrup is a topping and not a condiment | A friend of mine and I have had this debate for years, so I thought I would bring this to Reddit, to see if they can change my view. I argue that maple syrup is a topping and not a condiment. I feel like it is a topping because it is used sparingly on only a few different food products and is normally found on top of t... | 1,545,407,103 | capta1n_sarcasm | ec9epia | ec9edin | 12 | 2 |
CMV: Whether people are born male or female, they should be free to dress and act absolutely however they want. Changing your pronoun to be "in line" with these actions, however, is ultimately harmful to society.
The implication that dressing or acting differently than is typical for your "gender" requires a different... | I'm a trans man who tried very hard to be a queer woman for a long time, so I can say from experience: if you are living as a queer woman and it feels like you really exist, like people can really see you, that's what makes you a woman, not your clothes or pronouns or any other window-dressing.
That is to say, if you ... | There's two things you're conflating here: gender *performance* and gender *identity*.
Gender performance is basically acting like a particular gender. Wearing a dress and makeup might be part of a woman's gender performance. Growing a mustache and beard might be part of a man's gender performance.
Gender identity is... | a851eu | CMV: Whether people are born male or female, they should be free to dress and act absolutely however they want. Changing your pronoun to be "in line" with these actions, however, is ultimately harmful to society. | The implication that dressing or acting differently than is typical for your "gender" requires a different pronoun is simply adding more stereotypes to the labels "male" and "female." As a queer woman, I have spent much of my life feeling like I didn't necessarily dress or act the same as the other girls around me. I h... | 1,545,356,269 | mybadwolf | ec8vixr | ec80sly | 34 | 22 |
CMV: All medicine should be available for purchase without a prescription.
Using a doctors advice is an option, not something I am required to do. I follow my doctor because I didnt go to medical school and I trust his/her experience and knowledge base. BUT if I want a certain medicine then I should be free to misuse,... | Overuse of antibiotics is a major cause of strains that are resistant to antibiotics.
Allowing people to buy these over the counter will greatly exacerbate this already serious problem. | The difference here is the misuse of food is truly personal. It's affecting the 630lb man's life, and in most circumstances, no one else's.
If you acquire and misuse drugs you don't understand, and everyone else was also free to do so, the affects are not likely to be personal. People would have a high chance of har... | 6xrh5h | CMV: All medicine should be available for purchase without a prescription. | Using a doctors advice is an option, not something I am required to do. I follow my doctor because I didnt go to medical school and I trust his/her experience and knowledge base. BUT if I want a certain medicine then I should be free to misuse, abuse, self diagnose to my hearts content. The governments job is not to ba... | 1,504,416,579 | badabinglove | dmhyar8 | dmhy9xh | 48 | 5 |
CMV: Maple Syrup is a topping and not a condiment
A friend of mine and I have had this debate for years, so I thought I would bring this to Reddit, to see if they can change my view. I argue that maple syrup is a topping and not a condiment. I feel like it is a topping because it is used sparingly on only a few differ... | Like most people are saying ITT it is very much both. However, if it must be categorized in one and not the other I would say it is a condiment. While it is often used as a topping, it belongs in the greater category of condiments because of its diverse uses.
Sprinkles are toppings because you don't really use them... | Here's my disclaimer: I don't like pancakes or waffles, especially for breakfast. Sweet stuff makes me feel like hell all day. That being said, there's still a few things to note:
I can purchase maple bacon, or maple sausages for breakfast. I can make oatmeal or granola, or Greek yogurt. In any of these foods, the map... | a8b717 | CMV: Maple Syrup is a topping and not a condiment | A friend of mine and I have had this debate for years, so I thought I would bring this to Reddit, to see if they can change my view. I argue that maple syrup is a topping and not a condiment. I feel like it is a topping because it is used sparingly on only a few different food products and is normally found on top of t... | 1,545,407,103 | capta1n_sarcasm | ec9fdus | ec9et7w | 1 | 0 |
CMV: Reproduction is not mainly a social construct.
Hello my redditors, so I've been having various intellectual discussions and recently, I thought critically and read some articles on this matter. So I found out that over the past several years, fertility scientists have been working on a new fertility treatment tha... | > While some have stated that many parts of human reproduction are biologically constructed, there are those that downplay the biological aspects of reproduction to make it seem that reproduction is mainly a social construct.
I bet the trouble people in this thread will have. Is to exactly imagine what you mean, sinc... | You're misrepresenting the position, slightly. For example one of the authors you reference argues that "although there are evident biological components to reproduction, there are many characteristics that are created by society." She clearly acknowledges the biological roles of the sexes and how we are equipped to p... | 6qg2ec | CMV: Reproduction is not mainly a social construct. | Hello my redditors, so I've been having various intellectual discussions and recently, I thought critically and read some articles on this matter. So I found out that over the past several years, fertility scientists have been working on a new fertility treatment that has the potential to allow more infertile people to... | 1,501,397,511 | Questyman | dkxbdgl | dkx6uc3 | 3 | 1 |
CMV: Students enrolled in public schools should receive the same education, regardless of their religious beliefs.
I am an elementary school music teacher. I serve a school of about 700 students and I teach every single one of them. This will be my 2nd year teaching elementary age students who are required to have m... | I think what the previous poster is trying to say, is that public school is available by law for all, and it is a state run institution. The 1st amendment days the government cannot restrict a person's exercise of religion, and schools are government institutions. A student being forced to participate in something at a... | You cannot deny the rights of a student to practice their religion. If their religious doctrine calls for them to not participate in some things it is morally wrong for you to force them to do so. This is doubly true if you are a part of the public school system as that means you are a part of the government and that m... | 6xpx85 | CMV: Students enrolled in public schools should receive the same education, regardless of their religious beliefs. | I am an elementary school music teacher. I serve a school of about 700 students and I teach every single one of them. This will be my 2nd year teaching elementary age students who are required to have music, art, physical education, computer, and library classes once a week as part of their education.
I was approa... | 1,504,396,969 | Flytly | dmhmrzy | dmhm29p | 12 | 5 |
CMV: In TCG's, the solution to free cards that produce raw card advantage is to introduce "completely useless cards" as a deckbuilding requirement
**EDIT: Thanks for replying, everyone! I've given plenty of deltas to acknowledge how weak my view is. Hopefully I've gotten to everyone already! I apologize if I missed y... | I'm also more familiar with MTG than Yugioh, but I've played both enough to know this cannot work. The main reason is for these duds to be fully "invisible" they simply cannot exist at all.
Some examples:
* Muka Muka (Yugioh) benefits from cards in your hand. If you cannot discard duds due to max had size, this gives ... | Well in your example divination already had a coat with it so it wasn’t really free. That mana was the cost. Since it’s magic it’s a cost that is probably balanced. Magic has gotten pretty good at balancing things like that. Your change on that one just changes the cost and probably in a way that makes it useless.
Pot... | 9fa2fg | CMV: In TCG's, the solution to free cards that produce raw card advantage is to introduce "completely useless cards" as a deckbuilding requirement | **EDIT: Thanks for replying, everyone! I've given plenty of deltas to acknowledge how weak my view is. Hopefully I've gotten to everyone already! I apologize if I missed your comment.**
This is a rather weak view of mine. I only really began thinking about it after watching a video yesterday on Pot of Greed.
The sco... | 1,536,775,125 | Criminal_of_Thought | e5ux1ow | e5uwadu | 7 | 2 |
CMV: The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution defines a citizen, then states that all citizens have equal rights under the law. This means that all "age" laws are unconstitutional.
Here's the actual text of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:
> All persons born or naturalized in the United State... | > The only argument I have heard against this idea is related to “due process” and the government’s compelling state interest to not have 3 year olds driving around the city streets. I’m fine with that,
Wait how does this not undermine your whole point. You spend several paragraphs taking a very strong view that age ... | If you were able to legally defend this, all that would happen is that the constitution would be changed. Nobody would ever accept not having any restrictions on what kids can do | e2ghau | CMV: The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution defines a citizen, then states that all citizens have equal rights under the law. This means that all "age" laws are unconstitutional. | Here's the actual text of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:
> All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or i... | 1,574,863,676 | TonyWrocks | f8vagjn | f8va726 | 1 | 0 |
CMV: It should not be considered offensive to associate black people with fried chicken or watermelon.
While fried chicken's history in the US has ties to slavery, it is in fact a very popular dish, enjoyed by people of every race and class, and no longer has the connotation of cheap, poor people food or food made fro... | An inherent problem is the use of the word "race" in the first place to distinguish peoples of the world. It automatically connotes seperateness and differences that give rise to the opportunity to broadly insult or praise.
Basically what I'm saying here is that using the word "race" is itself inherently racist. A... | > stereotyping people based on race is, generally speaking, offensive, because it’s racist.>
You’re basically saying “it’s bad because it’s bad.”
I disagree with you because we all generalize about a ton of things. You generalize that when the light turns green that it’ll be safe to go. It’s generally safe, but you... | 9fc1w4 | CMV: It should not be considered offensive to associate black people with fried chicken or watermelon. | While fried chicken's history in the US has ties to slavery, it is in fact a very popular dish, enjoyed by people of every race and class, and no longer has the connotation of cheap, poor people food or food made from discarded scraps of meat if it ever was. It is a positive association then, if unhealthy, but so is e... | 1,536,788,698 | TimeAll | e5vfjxs | e5vekkl | 1 | 0 |
CMV: The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution defines a citizen, then states that all citizens have equal rights under the law. This means that all "age" laws are unconstitutional.
Here's the actual text of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:
> All persons born or naturalized in the United State... | >Perhaps a better approach would be to have people demonstrate, at any age, their ability to drive a car or handle alcohol - then license them for legality.
Would you do this for *every* instance of age laws then? Working, pornography, signing contracts, making medical decisions... there's tons of things we could prob... | The 14th amendment applies to rights laid out in the constitution to all citizens.
There is no right to alcohol, tobacco or anything. If there was an Amendment that stated “all persons shall be able to buy alcohol” then yes - 14th amendment would apply. However, it doesn’t. | e2ghau | CMV: The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution defines a citizen, then states that all citizens have equal rights under the law. This means that all "age" laws are unconstitutional. | Here's the actual text of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:
> All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or i... | 1,574,863,676 | TonyWrocks | f8va6zt | f8va2wh | 22 | 2 |
CMV: Gay Pride Hurts LGBT People More Than It Helps Them
As a gay teen, I believe that pride and other such events hurt LGBT people more than it helps them.
What I mean by this is that the whole point of pride is to make a big deal about being gay or whatever you call yourself, to shout it loud and be proud. Except t... | If you happen to live in the small corner of the world, where surviving every new day as a gay teen, *doesn't* feel like a special accomplishment for you, a unique experience that sets you apart from straight people, then good for you. Congratulations.
But your experience is not universal. First of all, not everyone a... | I think you're conflating what you want with what lgbt people want. If you don't want to stick out then you don't need to attend. For others, the very affirming and unapologetic nature if pride lets them express sexuality in a way that would otherwise be shamed. | 6qiwi4 | CMV: Gay Pride Hurts LGBT People More Than It Helps Them | As a gay teen, I believe that pride and other such events hurt LGBT people more than it helps them.
What I mean by this is that the whole point of pride is to make a big deal about being gay or whatever you call yourself, to shout it loud and be proud. Except that's not what I, or most of my other gay friends actually... | 1,501,438,763 | Just_an_Elf | dkxmeyq | dkxm5hl | 36 | 10 |
CMV: Deportation of illegals isn't really a punishment in the way people breaking the law are punished for doing so
Let me use an analogy to explain this. There are 3 situations a person breaking the law finds themselves in, that occur linearly in time.
A: The situation of the person before they break the law
B: The... | One important issue you are missing is that when an illegal immigrant is deported they are then barred from entering the US for an extended period of time, putting them in a worse position than before. | They way our legal system works is that you are not a criminal until you are convicted of a crime. If the government chooses not to press charges, then they are not criminals and it isn’t relevant. | 94llwm | CMV: Deportation of illegals isn't really a punishment in the way people breaking the law are punished for doing so | Let me use an analogy to explain this. There are 3 situations a person breaking the law finds themselves in, that occur linearly in time.
A: The situation of the person before they break the law
B: The situation of the person after they break the law but before they are caught.
C: The situation of the person after t... | 1,533,409,872 | ElephantFool | e3m17uq | e3lwwzm | 3 | 0 |
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