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CMV: I would go through the teleporter.
**Edit: Damn, nobody seems to quite be on my side lol. I promise I'm not trying to be dense... I was sure somebody would either see this the way I do, or provide a counter argument that seemed compelling to me. After 100 comments, does it seem like we're just spinning our wh... | In this use of the teleporter, what you're essentially agreeing to is that you *die* so that someone on the other end with your capabilities, memories, and the like can be there instantaneously. That's an understandably weighty decision to make... and the incentives for stepping through it amount to "fuel efficiency" a... | Let's say that the teleporter malfunctions. It copies you and builds you on the other side, but it doesn't deconstruct the original you.
Which one is you?
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Both, as far as I can see. CMV?
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Well they are clearly not both you since each one will not be experiencing what the other is, meaning they're conscio... | 8ymwrm | CMV: I would go through the teleporter. | **Edit: Damn, nobody seems to quite be on my side lol. I promise I'm not trying to be dense... I was sure somebody would either see this the way I do, or provide a counter argument that seemed compelling to me. After 100 comments, does it seem like we're just spinning our wheels? I'm still down to converse, but I'... | Leusid | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Reddit has a huge double standard when censoring hate speech.
So to be clear, I'm not debating whether censoring hate speech is right or wrong, but I've been very concerned at the way Reddit has done it in the wake of the BLM protests.
On this website you are allowed to throw insults and threats at whole categor... | It's punching up versus punching down.
People find it unacceptable to make fun of people over things that cause them hardship or is a reason that they are discriminated against.
In the English speaking world, being white doesn't cause any hardships and isn't the basis of significant discrimination.
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Does this ... | I don't get the problem with the female dating one. I just went a looked through a few posts and didn't see anything hateful of problematic. I didn't do a deep dive into it but based on what I saw it seems pretty harmless. Maybe its not getting censored because its not hateful.
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Try going on that sub arguing split... | kndqnz | CMV: Reddit has a huge double standard when censoring hate speech. | So to be clear, I'm not debating whether censoring hate speech is right or wrong, but I've been very concerned at the way Reddit has done it in the wake of the BLM protests.
On this website you are allowed to throw insults and threats at whole categories, provided they are white people or men.
Now I cannot find any m... | Authwarth | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Reddit has a huge double standard when censoring hate speech.
So to be clear, I'm not debating whether censoring hate speech is right or wrong, but I've been very concerned at the way Reddit has done it in the wake of the BLM protests.
On this website you are allowed to throw insults and threats at whole categor... | Clarification: I'm cruising the Top all time of r/femaledatingstrategy and I'm finding that it's a lot of commentary on specific behaviors and situations involving men that make women uncomfortable mixed with posts like [this one ](https://reddit.com/r/FemaleDatingStrategy/comments/jg1504/you_deserve_someone_who_takes_... | It's punching up versus punching down.
People find it unacceptable to make fun of people over things that cause them hardship or is a reason that they are discriminated against.
In the English speaking world, being white doesn't cause any hardships and isn't the basis of significant discrimination.
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Why should... | kndqnz | CMV: Reddit has a huge double standard when censoring hate speech. | So to be clear, I'm not debating whether censoring hate speech is right or wrong, but I've been very concerned at the way Reddit has done it in the wake of the BLM protests.
On this website you are allowed to throw insults and threats at whole categories, provided they are white people or men.
Now I cannot find any m... | Authwarth | 9 | 9 | [
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CMV: The 40 hour work week is an outdated concept and needs to be lowered to 30.
I am an hourly worker in the US, so this mainly applies to the laws here, but it can apply anywhere that has similar wage laws. The basic idea behind the 40 hour work week was great when it was adopted, and it has given us a solid foundat... | [deleted]
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I do want to hear more from the perspective of business owners. I'd like to hear some specifics as to what it would do to your bottom line. I'm not totally locked into this as a position, it just seems to be a logical place to go in the future. If it's a matter of doing things gradually instead of all a... | What about people who want to work long hours? Should they be punished if caught?
Also, why this particular scheme for limiting hours, based on a week? Why not instead limit the number of hours in a year, so that accountants could work 14 hour days in tax season, and then take off the entire summer?
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> What abou... | bbm8a1 | CMV: The 40 hour work week is an outdated concept and needs to be lowered to 30. | I am an hourly worker in the US, so this mainly applies to the laws here, but it can apply anywhere that has similar wage laws. The basic idea behind the 40 hour work week was great when it was adopted, and it has given us a solid foundation to build off of in regards to overtime pay. However, people seem to forget tha... | NewUser579169 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I believe that the use of the word faggot is just fine.
Saying "Hey faggot" or "You're a faggot" is completely. Think of it this way if I were to say fuck you that statement has nothing to do with sex just like if I were to say you're a faggot it has nothing to do with me saying your gay or that it makes being ga... | So much of what is 'ok' in society is determined by the majority. Now, my boss is gay, and uses the word 'fag' and 'faggot' all the time. But I think the general consensus is that it isn't ok, and as societal norms are determined by society, that's probably what we have to go with, I think.
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I understand that but... | I'm a gay guy who has been called a faggot while being faced with rather graphic threats of murder. I think that throwing the word around casually is very insensitive and hearing the word tends to have a sobering effect on me, if not downright making me remember some of the most unpleasant moments of my life.
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So,... | 658hzj | CMV: I believe that the use of the word faggot is just fine. | Saying "Hey faggot" or "You're a faggot" is completely. Think of it this way if I were to say fuck you that statement has nothing to do with sex just like if I were to say you're a faggot it has nothing to do with me saying your gay or that it makes being gay a bad thing. Faggot is pretty much a slang word. There are t... | jm0917house1 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I believe that the use of the word faggot is just fine.
Saying "Hey faggot" or "You're a faggot" is completely. Think of it this way if I were to say fuck you that statement has nothing to do with sex just like if I were to say you're a faggot it has nothing to do with me saying your gay or that it makes being ga... | The word 'faggot' has been and continues to be a slur used to harm and demean gay people. Using 'gay' and 'faggot' as synonyms for 'bad' perpetuates a culture of homophobia by consciously and subconsciously telling gay people that their identity is something negative.
Why would any kid feel comfortable coming out w... | I'm a gay guy who has been called a faggot while being faced with rather graphic threats of murder. I think that throwing the word around casually is very insensitive and hearing the word tends to have a sobering effect on me, if not downright making me remember some of the most unpleasant moments of my life.
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So,... | 658hzj | CMV: I believe that the use of the word faggot is just fine. | Saying "Hey faggot" or "You're a faggot" is completely. Think of it this way if I were to say fuck you that statement has nothing to do with sex just like if I were to say you're a faggot it has nothing to do with me saying your gay or that it makes being gay a bad thing. Faggot is pretty much a slang word. There are t... | jm0917house1 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The Mandela Effect is just another form of mass hysteria
I keep seeing the Mandela Effect more and more sensationalized on many platforms, but no one talks about how it's literally mass hysteria
Basically, the Mandela Effect is when a large amount of people remember something being one way, but there's actually ... | You're not defining mass hysteria properly though.
>mass hysteria refers to apparently contagious dissociative phenomena that take place in large groups of people or institutions under conditions of anxiety.
So what about the Mandela Effect is triggered by anxiety?
Let's take the Monopoly Man as an example. I onl... | There was a monocle on the monopoly man in some versions of the game.
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Never found any other version than the monopoly man without the monocle. Can you link where you've found this information?
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Sure, [here you go.](https://www.reddit.com/r/MandelaEffect/comments/lfp010/monopoly_monocle_actually_exists/?utm_s... | wescwh | CMV: The Mandela Effect is just another form of mass hysteria | I keep seeing the Mandela Effect more and more sensationalized on many platforms, but no one talks about how it's literally mass hysteria
Basically, the Mandela Effect is when a large amount of people remember something being one way, but there's actually a detail they don't remember or they added a detail that was ne... | SicariusREAL | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: If a company is important enough to warrant a bailout, then it's important enough to be nationalized.
With the all the recent talk of Bailouts for airline companies, cruiselines, and other major entities, I find myself returning to thoughts I had during the 2008 financial crisis. I dont like that public funds ar... | Bailouts are loans not just handing them out money
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Yes but as we've seen, especially with this most recent round of Bailouts, theres little collateral for those loans. Theres little to no expectation of changes in company management practices, or investigation of why a bailout was required, or anything of the sor... | >bail out such luxury industries like passenger flights
Airlines are not luxury services.
>I get that if my view were the norm, then there'd be a lot of ruined lives and unemployed people, but that's the nature of the free market: if you get screwed because of volatile business practices you allowed to fester in yo... | fy6be7 | CMV: If a company is important enough to warrant a bailout, then it's important enough to be nationalized. | With the all the recent talk of Bailouts for airline companies, cruiselines, and other major entities, I find myself returning to thoughts I had during the 2008 financial crisis. I dont like that public funds are being used to save private industry. The nature of the free market is supposed to be that when the economy... | antijoke_13 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: If a company is important enough to warrant a bailout, then it's important enough to be nationalized.
With the all the recent talk of Bailouts for airline companies, cruiselines, and other major entities, I find myself returning to thoughts I had during the 2008 financial crisis. I dont like that public funds ar... | Bailouts are loans not just handing them out money
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Yes but as we've seen, especially with this most recent round of Bailouts, theres little collateral for those loans. Theres little to no expectation of changes in company management practices, or investigation of why a bailout was required, or anything of the sor... | >bail out such luxury industries like passenger flights
Airlines are not luxury services.
>I get that if my view were the norm, then there'd be a lot of ruined lives and unemployed people, but that's the nature of the free market: if you get screwed because of volatile business practices you allowed to fester in yo... | fy6be7 | CMV: If a company is important enough to warrant a bailout, then it's important enough to be nationalized. | With the all the recent talk of Bailouts for airline companies, cruiselines, and other major entities, I find myself returning to thoughts I had during the 2008 financial crisis. I dont like that public funds are being used to save private industry. The nature of the free market is supposed to be that when the economy... | antijoke_13 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Scalping isn't immoral
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- I'm only talking about products that aren't essential (you know, food, medicine etc.). So specifically I mean things like PS5s and so on.
- I'm talking about mass market products, not cases such as when person 1 learns that person 2 is interested in an uniqu... | If you’re making money without producing value to anyone, that should be a gigantic warning sign that it’s just grifting.
Work from the sweat of the brow has obvious value. Investing provides capital to those building. Renting goods provides value at lower cost/risk. Re-selling can add value if you’re providing conv... | Scalping is a form of predatory capitalism which, imo, is immoral. It sounds to me like there is a nagging voice in your head telling you your actions haven’t been that awesome. Listen to that voice and move toward a better, kinder place.
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I haven't done it in a while because I can't afford it and it's probably to... | knaecg | CMV: Scalping isn't immoral | First off, two disclaimers:
- I'm only talking about products that aren't essential (you know, food, medicine etc.). So specifically I mean things like PS5s and so on.
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CMV: After a Certain Point You did not Earn that Wealth
So as a general rule if you want to find out how wealthy someone is and how much money they make the three things you want to know are how educated someone is, how intelligent they are and how hard they work. In general most western nations which provide free edu... | If you plant a tree, you can eat the first fruit from it. Then as the tree grows, you get more and more fruit.
You don’t have to keep planting trees to earn more fruit. No one else planted that tree, it is yours. Eat from it as long as it provides.
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This is an analogy but alright. If your marginal return on the a... | Money buys you opportunities. One of those opportunities is access to easier money making. Money (let's say passive investment) may not be directly earned, but you earned your right to indirectly earn that money but gaining the needed assets in the first place.
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Why did you earn that right? Why because I coded s... | fmiyft | CMV: After a Certain Point You did not Earn that Wealth | So as a general rule if you want to find out how wealthy someone is and how much money they make the three things you want to know are how educated someone is, how intelligent they are and how hard they work. In general most western nations which provide free education seem to follow this trend.
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CMV: After a Certain Point You did not Earn that Wealth
So as a general rule if you want to find out how wealthy someone is and how much money they make the three things you want to know are how educated someone is, how intelligent they are and how hard they work. In general most western nations which provide free edu... | > There have also been studies done which show that if you already have a lot of money
How did they get the money in the first place? If I save up a million dollars and live off the interest, didnt I earn that?
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You don’t earn interest. In most circumstances increases in wealth come as a consequence of getting lu... | Fine. Let's go with that. What point exactly marks the end of "you are entitled to this" and the start of "everything from here on isn't yours?"
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This is an admitted good point, the line is hard to draw. What id personally say is that once your wealth is better predicted by random chance than your inherent traits ... | fmiyft | CMV: After a Certain Point You did not Earn that Wealth | So as a general rule if you want to find out how wealthy someone is and how much money they make the three things you want to know are how educated someone is, how intelligent they are and how hard they work. In general most western nations which provide free education seem to follow this trend.
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CMV: Men are disproportionately affected by dress codes
I used to work at a medium-sized finance company. We had a strict dress code. Men were expected to wear dress pants and shirts, if not a bit, everyday. We also happened to live in a climate where it gets very hot and humid in the summer. Needless to say, I was st... | [deleted]
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I think one thing with this is they the climate control is set colder because the men are all wearing suits, which it is hard to stay cool in. If there were more relaxed dress codes companies could probably save some small amount on cooling expenses while letting everyone dress comfortably. | You find if you slacken the dress code for men even a little bit they will turn up in flip-flops and a g string. If for our own good.
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What makes you say that? | mjgdwg | CMV: Men are disproportionately affected by dress codes | I used to work at a medium-sized finance company. We had a strict dress code. Men were expected to wear dress pants and shirts, if not a bit, everyday. We also happened to live in a climate where it gets very hot and humid in the summer. Needless to say, I was sticky and uncomfortable all summer when I worked there. Wo... | Maximum-Hedgehog-823 | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: As long as you cannot change the event you are betting on, I see absolutely nothing wrong with gambling.
First, let me get you caught up in gambling laws in the U.S(I'm gonna be talking about U.S in my examples, but the question itself is about the moral aspect, not the law.)
In the United States of America, gam... | > The first reason why I don't see anything wrong with gambling, is because there are no victims in said scenario. Nobody is forcing you to gamble, you decide this on your own. The only victim is the person who lose money, however they themselves are the perpetrator. Gambling is 100% on your back,not on anyone else's, ... | > The only victim is the person who lose money, however they themselves are the perpetrator.
Not really true. Think about the families that are dependent on the gambler. Remember, they're suffering as well.
> Now there are some qualms against gambling. The main one, is that it leads to compulsive gambling.
Gamblin... | 65fbz9 | CMV: As long as you cannot change the event you are betting on, I see absolutely nothing wrong with gambling. | First, let me get you caught up in gambling laws in the U.S(I'm gonna be talking about U.S in my examples, but the question itself is about the moral aspect, not the law.)
In the United States of America, gambling is legally restricted. Only in Nevada and Lousiana is gambling 100% allowed outside of casinos. Even rece... | Onlyusemifeet | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I don't think repealing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act would be all that bad of an idea.
Essentially what the title says. There's been a ton of talk about this lately because of Trump's incessant whining, but I actually don't really see a problem with this and it seems to me to be one of the few wa... | The social media companies would just stop operation or pivot to another venture. the potential risk of liability would totally outweigh potential advertising and data mining profit. Whether you think that is a good thing or a bad thing is another question.
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I think that would probably ultimately be a good thing, ... | They wouldn't just ban all political discussion, they would only allow posts that they've reviewed manually to be posted. If you can be held liable for what people post on your site, you're going to **guarantee** you want it on your site before it can be posted.
This would effectively be the death of all user generat... | kn773h | CMV: I don't think repealing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act would be all that bad of an idea. | Essentially what the title says. There's been a ton of talk about this lately because of Trump's incessant whining, but I actually don't really see a problem with this and it seems to me to be one of the few ways that we could actually partially address the current disinformation crisis. My logic is as follows:
1. Sec... | Applicability | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: the internet was a mistake
It's a haven for piracy. Companies make you use it. In my experience books have way better information than the internet for most things. The government and businesses can use it to spy on you. i.e. location data. It created social media. It is run by monopolistic companies like Co... | News - Newspapers and Television are pretty inefficient methods to spreading the news. Yes, you probably shouldn't use Facebook to get your news - but sites such as NYTimes.com and CNN.com are so much superior to the newspaper and television network as to be laughable.
Encyclopedias - do you even have specific memori... | >In my experience books have way better information than the internet for most things.
Even if this is true, the benefit the internet has is the accessibility. I can get information right now. I don't have to go to the library and hope I find the book I'm looking for.
>I think that a literal e-mail system where your ... | 8yfs5u | CMV: the internet was a mistake | It's a haven for piracy. Companies make you use it. In my experience books have way better information than the internet for most things. The government and businesses can use it to spy on you. i.e. location data. It created social media. It is run by monopolistic companies like Comcast. I think that a literal e-... | --arch | 2 | 2 | [
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Encyclopedias - do you even have specific memori... | [removed]
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CMV: Trans men are largely ignored in conversations about trans rights because it's inconvenient
I'll preface this with I'm a trans guy.
I'm mostly going to be talking about anti-trans laws here. There are some that are blanket in terms of healthcare, but a lot of the bills around bathrooms, and women's spaces are... | trans rights are human wrongs
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This doesn't really address my OP.
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Here's an issue for you to address, OP. Why do you even feel the need to engage a person who made a quick, incoherent quip? | Trans rights aren't tied to any side, they are for all who need them.
The discussions you are talking about are more down to perceived risk, which in turn are usually based in fear not reality.
Neither trans men nor trans women pose the threat offered by a Catholic priest.
Nuance can't really play a role when the a... | 13c9w7o | CMV: Trans men are largely ignored in conversations about trans rights because it's inconvenient | I'll preface this with I'm a trans guy.
I'm mostly going to be talking about anti-trans laws here. There are some that are blanket in terms of healthcare, but a lot of the bills around bathrooms, and women's spaces are focused around this idea that women are having their spaces encroached on by trans women who in t... | mortusowo | 3 | 3 | [
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I'll preface this with I'm a trans guy.
I'm mostly going to be talking about anti-trans laws here. There are some that are blanket in terms of healthcare, but a lot of the bills around bathrooms, and women's spaces are... | It’s pretty simple. Males commit most sexual crimes and have the bodies to carry them out. That is why transwomen in bathrooms and locker rooms are such a concern. Similarly, males are larger and stronger than females, so transwomen in women’s competitive sports are a concern. The risk of a trans man being forced into ... | Trans rights aren't tied to any side, they are for all who need them.
The discussions you are talking about are more down to perceived risk, which in turn are usually based in fear not reality.
Neither trans men nor trans women pose the threat offered by a Catholic priest.
Nuance can't really play a role when the a... | 13c9w7o | CMV: Trans men are largely ignored in conversations about trans rights because it's inconvenient | I'll preface this with I'm a trans guy.
I'm mostly going to be talking about anti-trans laws here. There are some that are blanket in terms of healthcare, but a lot of the bills around bathrooms, and women's spaces are focused around this idea that women are having their spaces encroached on by trans women who in t... | mortusowo | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Kylie Jenner becoming a billionaire is NOT self made.
I'd like to add that although I don't believe her rise to being a billionaire is self made, it is respectable to a degree that she's kept herself busy. She's worked her ass off and kept herself busier than most people could say they are.
However, starting a b... | [deleted]
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Thanks for the reply, I think your comment concisely says what a lot of other comments are saying so I'm responding to you.
With regards to "self made" not being binary, I totally get that and I don't think anyone could really dispute that. However, I feel like a lot of counter opinions on this subredd... | I am going to be overly simplistic.
Was she given 1 billion dollars when she was born?
No, she made enough money to get to that point.
So to some degree it is absolutely "self made". Is it sufficiently self made to impress everyone, maybe not.
Edit: I do not mean to be condescending just trying to be literal.
---... | 8ykvla | CMV: Kylie Jenner becoming a billionaire is NOT self made. | I'd like to add that although I don't believe her rise to being a billionaire is self made, it is respectable to a degree that she's kept herself busy. She's worked her ass off and kept herself busier than most people could say they are.
However, starting a business needs investment. The millions of dollars her family... | mahnumberis17 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Pantents slow down technological progress. Open Sourcing is the future, and should be a replacement.
I made this post a bit long because I wanted my explenation to be as clear as I could make it.
So sorry for any grammar mistakes.
TL;DR: Pantents suck and should be replaced by open source. But legaly pantens ov... | Patents are supposed to protect innovation. If you have a rad cool new idea, and work on developing it, you should be able to reap the rewards. And society benefits from that system.
If every billion dollar company could mass-produce every unique invention or idea someone had, then people wouldn't put time or effort i... | Open source can work, and be better for, some things, where the barriers to entry are in production capability, marketing, reputation, complementary proprietary tech, etc.
However, if I'm a small company or a private person, and I have a really good idea that I know any large tech company could instantly copy and do b... | a2dz7n | CMV: Pantents slow down technological progress. Open Sourcing is the future, and should be a replacement. | I made this post a bit long because I wanted my explenation to be as clear as I could make it.
So sorry for any grammar mistakes.
TL;DR: Pantents suck and should be replaced by open source. But legaly pantens overrule open source even if the pantent stole from the open source, because money.
Oh and for those who do... | Inconsequential88 | 3 | 3 | [
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cmv: Solar/Wind is better than nuclear
I have 5 reasons for believing this.
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1: They are more resilient (to imperfection) as systems.
Potential unforeseen problems will not have as large an effect on as large a number of people as it would with nuclear.
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2: They are easier to decentralize (makes t... | The real proposition here is that nuclear is not as good as solar and wind power \*plus\* battery storage.
The problem is that there is today no feasible solution that can create the needed battery storage at the massive scale needed. So you are comparing something that is not possible today and saying it is better th... | [deleted]
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>Nuclear plants only take 15 years because of politics. We could have them up in 5-10 years if the regulations were adjusted.
People that say this are the same people that say that Nuclear is safe "if properly managed". You can have no regulation and quick,.or you can have regulation and safe, but you ... | mj49zk | cmv: Solar/Wind is better than nuclear | I have 5 reasons for believing this.
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1: They are more resilient (to imperfection) as systems.
Potential unforeseen problems will not have as large an effect on as large a number of people as it would with nuclear.
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This mea... | NovaSwarm | 4 | 4 | [
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CMV Internet Priacy is always unacceptable with a few strict exceptions
I often hear people on threads about piracy go 'Its the corporation's greed not ours' and try to claim piracy isn't theft. It just sounds to me like they're trying to convince themselves that something obviously wrong is right, to a comical extent... | What do you think about pirating movies or series because there's no legal way of obtaining them in the country you are in? This not because they are banned but because they simply aren't being sold in your country anywhere
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That's me and I suppose its still stealing (as you can use VPN on most sites) but its oka... | >I often hear people on threads about piracy go 'Its the corporation's greed not ours' and try to claim piracy isn't theft. It just sounds to me like they're trying to convince themselves that something obviously wrong is right, to a comical extent.
Agreed. It's rationalizing.
>Theft from the rich however justified i... | bam0an | CMV Internet Priacy is always unacceptable with a few strict exceptions | I often hear people on threads about piracy go 'Its the corporation's greed not ours' and try to claim piracy isn't theft. It just sounds to me like they're trying to convince themselves that something obviously wrong is right, to a comical extent. Theft from the rich however justified it may seem is still theft and if... | pazival_man | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Disliking people of the Jewish faith isn't anti-Semitic.
**I said "anti-semitic". I used the wrong word**
**I was trying to say that attacking Judaism(religion) is not racist.**
My use of the word anti-semitic was ill-informed. I attempted to look up the etymology of the word to find an ideal and unoffensive ... | >You aren't racist if you think Muslims are bad.
Can you clarify what you mean by "bad" here? Like, are you saying that someone who holds muslim beliefs is a thoroughly evil person? Do you disagree with that person as a whole?
Or do you intend to say something softer like "I think someone who holds muslim beliefs has... | >However, my view is that racism is evil because people cannot change their race
"Theoretically someone can change this" is not a defense to racism or other bigotry. Discrimination against African American hairstyles or skin tone is as bad as discrimination against African American heritage. Yes, African Americans c... | c8aguc | CMV: Disliking people of the Jewish faith isn't anti-Semitic. | **I said "anti-semitic". I used the wrong word**
**I was trying to say that attacking Judaism(religion) is not racist.**
My use of the word anti-semitic was ill-informed. I attempted to look up the etymology of the word to find an ideal and unoffensive term for racism toward people of a Jewish ethnicity(such as tha... | PuckSR | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: The Handmaid's Tale is masochistic misery porn
**Edit: The show.**
The society depicted within, while surely composed of elements that are historically relevant, seems narratively silly. The oppressed characters are allowed far too much freedom and capacity for discretion in this supposedly heavily locked down... | >Also, many of the people who perpetrate the atrocities of the society seem to sometimes be sometimes portrayed as humans acutely aware of the horror, and other times as basically reprehensible, soulless monsters.
Hypocrisy is a standard villainous characteristic. Something can be horrific when it happens in a certai... | The show is an exaggerated look at how societies throughout history work to regulate female sexuality and reproduction. It's the ultimate reversal of women's lib.
There is nothing going on in the show that hasn't been common practice at some point or another, and the fact that it's happening to post-feminist Western w... | 8y6ejp | CMV: The Handmaid's Tale is masochistic misery porn | **Edit: The show.**
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CMV: The Handmaid's Tale is masochistic misery porn
**Edit: The show.**
The society depicted within, while surely composed of elements that are historically relevant, seems narratively silly. The oppressed characters are allowed far too much freedom and capacity for discretion in this supposedly heavily locked down... | Just for clarity, are you talking about the tv show, the book or both?
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Good point, I mean the currently airing show. Haven't read the book, it's probably better. I'll edit in a clarification.
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My frustrations with the show have a lot to do with what you said here:
>The oppressed characters are allowed far... | >Also, many of the people who perpetrate the atrocities of the society seem to sometimes be sometimes portrayed as humans acutely aware of the horror, and other times as basically reprehensible, soulless monsters.
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cmv: All games should have CLIENT SIDE chat censorship, and muting. NOT moderation.
Some people care too much about if some one else is cussing, others don't care at all.
Moderators have their own personal views, and no one else in the world follows perfectly.
Say if Person1 thinks something Person2 said was rude or... | It's not all that simple. Many taboo words are slurs and harassment. By muting the slurs and harassment, the victims are excluded and so driven out of the forum/game. This may be the intent of the harassers. It's a way of silencing the victims.
Moderators should step in to protect the victims by speaking with Person 2... | No, actually preventing chats or forums or whatever from turning into a sea of idiots slinging slurs pretending they're taking a stand against censorship benefits literally no one.
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Have you ever played competitive games?
also i'm not talking about forums, that's very different. Games attract edgy teens, forums a... | 13ae0ux | cmv: All games should have CLIENT SIDE chat censorship, and muting. NOT moderation. | Some people care too much about if some one else is cussing, others don't care at all.
Moderators have their own personal views, and no one else in the world follows perfectly.
Say if Person1 thinks something Person2 said was rude or offensive, but no one else on the server thinks that way, that that is >Exclusively ... | [deleted] | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: No one over the age of 80 should be allowed to serve in goverment.
Mandatory retesting for people over 70 to maintain their drivers license is always met with a ton of support on Reddit. In my state of Pennsylvania all judges are required to retire at age 75. Why do people on reddit want senators and supreme cour... | Retesting for a driver's license is a logical thing because testing for a driver's license is a logical thing. We don't have any competency exams for senators and justices, in spite of the fact that most things that would render a old person incompetent could also render a younger person incompetent, even if it were at... | well for elected officials the competency exams are called elections, and they happen every 2-6 years, depending on the office.
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Also, you put out two different ideas here that contradict each other.
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Should they not be allowed to serve in government, or should they be required to take an exam (wh... | 9vbnj4 | CMV: No one over the age of 80 should be allowed to serve in goverment. | Mandatory retesting for people over 70 to maintain their drivers license is always met with a ton of support on Reddit. In my state of Pennsylvania all judges are required to retire at age 75. Why do people on reddit want senators and supreme court justices to hang around forever? Shouldn't there be some sort of compet... | flintlock519 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Sex is nowhere near as important in a relationship as people claim it is, and people who leave their partners over it have fucked-up priorities.
People always act like sex is such a must in a relationship, especially on Reddit where whenever someone complains about not having it with their partner, commenters com... | Pick one
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Well, the whole thing is that I'm not sure about the sexual "needs" part. Why is is a need? Food, water, and shelter are *needs.* If ... | >I would be completely fine with never having it again if my partner didn't want to.
This cannot be compatible with:
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I am not saying you're asexual. I am saying that you definitely are different than most of us regular mammals. Mammals are horny as fu... | 1cd268i | CMV: Sex is nowhere near as important in a relationship as people claim it is, and people who leave their partners over it have fucked-up priorities. | People always act like sex is such a must in a relationship, especially on Reddit where whenever someone complains about not having it with their partner, commenters come out in huge numbers to say that not only should they leave, but they are also justified in doing so.
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CMV: Even if minimum wage laws resulted in a reduction in jobs, I would still want minimum wage laws.
I will say upfront that the research suggests that, in general, jobs are NOT affected by minimum wage increases.
https://www.businessforafairminimumwage.org/news/00135/research-shows-minimum-wage-increases-do-not-cau... | >There is no ideological reason why a person shouldn't be able to live above the poverty line if they did exactly what society expects of them, which is to be fully employed.
I don't think this is entirely true. If someone who is turning 40 and has no complete higher degrees, no past work experience, and no marketable... | Become a small business owner and live your values and you may start to see the difficulties these decisions get tied up in. You have not walked a step in their shoes yet want them to run their business as you would have them without knowing any of their constraints or you would have them go out of business. The money ... | c89mty | CMV: Even if minimum wage laws resulted in a reduction in jobs, I would still want minimum wage laws. | I will say upfront that the research suggests that, in general, jobs are NOT affected by minimum wage increases.
https://www.businessforafairminimumwage.org/news/00135/research-shows-minimum-wage-increases-do-not-cause-job-loss
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CMV: I should take up smoking cigarettes again because I can't concentrate and feel like shit
Hi everyone I am a 22 year old male and have smoked for 8 years starting when I was 14 years old. I have quit smoking for a week now but am feeling pretty terrible.
A couple of weeks ago I made a career switch from IT sysad... | Most people can take more than a week, this is pretty weak to be honest.
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You're still suffering from [NWS](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323012#what-is-nicotine-withdrawal). It can take several weeks for some people to get through it.
>I am contemplating if the health risks of smoking cigarettes are worth it c... | fxyxky | CMV: I should take up smoking cigarettes again because I can't concentrate and feel like shit | Hi everyone I am a 22 year old male and have smoked for 8 years starting when I was 14 years old. I have quit smoking for a week now but am feeling pretty terrible.
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CMV: If/When China invades Taiwan it will be the end of consumer electronics and set us back technologically for years
China has had its eyes on Taiwan for a while now and is likely to invade or at the least blockade it sometime within the next few decades. If/When this happens, the TSMC semiconductor factories which ... | Nah if China invaded Taiwan the US would dump so much money into saving the semiconductor industry it would be like a new space race and you would see innovation that the private sector would never fund on its own that's essentially how the semiconductor industry got started in the first place anyhow.
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Would they ... | The risk of this is already something many companies and countries are aware of, and many are looking to source parts from other manufacturers, or to become self reliant by other means.
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But that process is going to take years.
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Would you agree that if that is finished before China invades Taiwan, the invasio... | 13b5lap | CMV: If/When China invades Taiwan it will be the end of consumer electronics and set us back technologically for years | China has had its eyes on Taiwan for a while now and is likely to invade or at the least blockade it sometime within the next few decades. If/When this happens, the TSMC semiconductor factories which produce roughly 55% of the world ‘s semiconductors and 90% of the most advanced ones, will be destroyed whether it be th... | TheCosmicSquid8 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Narrative has far more of an effect on your salary/opportunities than credentials/education/etc
I used to think that the best way to get a raise or better career/personal opportunities was through accumulating more experience/credentials/education etc.
Now, I believe that the narrative you tell about your experi... | > In this example, polishing the watch or doing some minor repairs may have increased the value for the pawn shop a few bucks, but a far larger increase in value comes from going to the right person with the right narrative.
That's not narrative. A narrative story would be if you tried to sell the watch and they offer... | "finding the people that value something more, and telling them the right story to capture the highest value possible."
This requires you to have the opportunity to tell your "narrative" in the first place though, if you don't have the experience, credentials, or education to open the door initially you can't succeed.... | wdldnd | CMV: Narrative has far more of an effect on your salary/opportunities than credentials/education/etc | I used to think that the best way to get a raise or better career/personal opportunities was through accumulating more experience/credentials/education etc.
Now, I believe that the narrative you tell about your experience/credentials, and to whom you tell it, has far more of an effect.
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CMV: 5G is not Dangerous
I've seen so many people making conspiracy theories and claiming 5G is dangerous, and I really don't believe it. Ok, I understand it's high frequency (Gigabit speeds) radio waves, but so is WiFi, and how many homes and businesses nowadays have either 1, 5, or even 10 gigabit internet packages ... | Pretty much every aerospace company is seriously concerned that 5G will interfere with planes and the like if widely adopted.
[https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/aviation-community-worries-about-possible-effects-5g-c-band](https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/aviation-community-worries-about-possible-effects-... | [removed]
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Confirmed: 1 delta awarded to /u/KnightHawk37 ([5∆](/r/changemyview/wiki/user/KnightHawk37)).
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CMV: I don’t feel very much sympathy for poor people choosing to live in the most expensive areas
I have a hard time empathizing with those people who complain about being poor or struggling while living in areas such as Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Miami, etc. I honestly don’t
understand why they would make ... | So you wish for there to be no employees at any stores or restaurants in cities? Because those employees are these poor people you are talking about and they have to live within a reasonable distance of where they work which means living in the city.
People are not trying to live in the rich people's areas having top ... | "For example, I see so many people complaining about being too poor to afford a house in Los Angeles and having to live on the streets"
It's hard to move. You have to save up enough money to be able to relocate, plus you've got to be able to float yourself for several weeks once you get to the new location. And ther... | bba23h | CMV: I don’t feel very much sympathy for poor people choosing to live in the most expensive areas | I have a hard time empathizing with those people who complain about being poor or struggling while living in areas such as Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Miami, etc. I honestly don’t
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CMV: I Don't Support the WGA Strike, But Am Open to Changing My Position
The WGA being on strike again. To me it feels like the last time the went on strike in 2007/08 or when MLB went on strike in 1994. To me it all feels like a case first world problems. Hollywood screenwriters (and MLB players) make more money than... | Given that the striking writers are not making millions, nor mentioning that in their demands, do you have a reason for being opposed outside your clear dislike for them as an organisation?
>I do believe in strikes for good reasons
That's not for you to decide. If a worker is, or feels their labour has more value tha... | >Hollywood screenwriters (and MLB players) make more money than the average joe does and will.
And both make more than a child slave in a mine. What kind of argument is that? Then noone should strike.
The question isn't whether they make more than average, the question is whether they make enough in relation to how ... | 13b0t8o | CMV: I Don't Support the WGA Strike, But Am Open to Changing My Position | The WGA being on strike again. To me it feels like the last time the went on strike in 2007/08 or when MLB went on strike in 1994. To me it all feels like a case first world problems. Hollywood screenwriters (and MLB players) make more money than the average joe does and will.
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The WGA being on strike again. To me it feels like the last time the went on strike in 2007/08 or when MLB went on strike in 1994. To me it all feels like a case first world problems. Hollywood screenwriters (and MLB players) make more money than... | The world of entertainment has changed dramatically since the last time the WGA went on strike, and Entertainment companies are doing everything they can to try and squeeze every last penny out of writers without paying them what they deserve. Writers used to be paid fairly continuously through residuals or sales of p... | Given that the striking writers are not making millions, nor mentioning that in their demands, do you have a reason for being opposed outside your clear dislike for them as an organisation?
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CMV: Voting ballots should contain no mention of a candidate's party affiliation.
If you want to vote down ballot republican or democrat, you can do so, but you have to know the names of each republican or democrat running.
The idea is to encourage less partisan voting and hopefully less incompetent people getting v... | >Hopefully this would lead to a more educated electorate, smarter decisions in the voting booth,
This would actually lead to *less* educated voting. Sure, some people would learn the names of *every single person running*, but most wouldn't (in my area there were over 3 dozen positions up for election). So most peop... | I don't feel it would make much of a difference. It would confuse people more trying to remember if it was John or Jack on the ballot who was the Democrat running for whatever local judge position. They'd either not remember such a position and not vote or spend time whipping their phone out and trying to google the na... | 9vcegv | CMV: Voting ballots should contain no mention of a candidate's party affiliation. | If you want to vote down ballot republican or democrat, you can do so, but you have to know the names of each republican or democrat running.
The idea is to encourage less partisan voting and hopefully less incompetent people getting voted in due to their running in the right party. If people are encouraged to resear... | MyUsernameIsJudge | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The first Amendment needs to change with the times
The First is always that Amendment that people/companies glom onto even when saying things that are both demonstrably false and downright harmful.
It is the idea that the 1st is an absolute when in truth there are many things that you cannot say currently (thin... | Not an American but that’s like saying the right to vote was written for paper and not electronic machines. As soon as you stop certain words it’s a slippery slope people will start banning speech that doesn’t benefit them
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I suppose that is why I have the caveat in there of demonstrably false.
If media is puttin... | Do you even understand why you're allowed to post this post? Because of the freedom of speech that is protected by the first amendment.
Once you start modifying and restricting rights because they offend someone, you risk having your own rights modified or restricted, even those inherent human rights.
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That's not... | mj8nsc | CMV: The first Amendment needs to change with the times | The First is always that Amendment that people/companies glom onto even when saying things that are both demonstrably false and downright harmful.
It is the idea that the 1st is an absolute when in truth there are many things that you cannot say currently (things like FIRE!, or I am going to kill XX), that are not pr... | MyNameIsAjax | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The President of the United States should be elected through the popular vote.
Yes, I understand the importance of the electoral college and I do understand that having our representatives elected by popular vote would create a majority rules system that would ignore the minority. I’m not advocating for Congress ... | >If the president could be elected through the popular vote it would also open things up more for a third party if they managed to convince the majority of the people about their platform.
If one of your goals is to open the field up for third parties, the popular vote won't help you do that.
You need to change the v... | > Right now our system is designed to cater to the interests of a few areas that aren’t densely populated with disregard to the needs and interests of the majority. This creates a system that holds the views of the minority with more regard.
Minorities rights is literally one of the most important aspects of a democr... | fxuch8 | CMV: The President of the United States should be elected through the popular vote. | Yes, I understand the importance of the electoral college and I do understand that having our representatives elected by popular vote would create a majority rules system that would ignore the minority. I’m not advocating for Congress to change.
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CMV: It is unfair for urban and rural areas to have the same minimum wage - minimum wage should be linked to property values
A minimum wage high enough to allow someone to make ends meet in LA would crush rural business owners- a better system is as follows
Take the average rent for a one bedroom apartment within 15mi... | Why rent and not some other cost of living measure?
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The system I am suggesting would already be very complicated to actually put into practice, basing it solely on rent seems like a way to simplify things. Once people have accepted the idea of linking COL and minimum wage and there is a basic structure to do so... | Why not set minimum wage to an amount that'd allow you to pay the average rent for a one bedroom apartment? It'd force people to move out of expensive cities like LA and to less expensive places.
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If people on low wages move out of LA, whose going to take the jobs in LA which pay low wages?
Who cleans the toilet... | bbe19r | CMV: It is unfair for urban and rural areas to have the same minimum wage - minimum wage should be linked to property values | A minimum wage high enough to allow someone to make ends meet in LA would crush rural business owners- a better system is as follows
Take the average rent for a one bedroom apartment within 15miles or 40 minutes travel time, whichever is lower, and divide by 60 (if working full time this would be 37.5 percent of income... | Garushulion | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: If the punishment for rape were lower, conviction rates would be higher
Low conviction rates for sexual assault are a big problem ([In the US as low as 0.7%](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/10/06/less-than-percent-rapes-lead-felony-convictions-least-percent-victims-face-emotional-physical-consequence... | Do you really think the length of the potential sentence is a highly relevant factor in conviction rates? From a jury point of view, I'd expect it to be "beyond reasonable doubt" followed by the consequences socially and economically of having a criminal conviction for rape, with sentence length being a relatively mi... | As a counterpoint, consider the following data.
https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-all-news/justice-belgium/56904/in-one-hundred-rape-cases-only-one-accused-went-to-prison/
In Belgium, of 100 cases (it's a tiny country) studied
- 50 cases did not identify a perpetrator
- 4 perpetrators made it to a c... | kn2a0j | CMV: If the punishment for rape were lower, conviction rates would be higher | Low conviction rates for sexual assault are a big problem ([In the US as low as 0.7%](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/10/06/less-than-percent-rapes-lead-felony-convictions-least-percent-victims-face-emotional-physical-consequences/)). They deter victims from reporting rapists, and they give rapists a sense... | phileconomicus | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Something Must Be Different with the African Brain's Ability to Develop Versus Other Brains
**Something Must Be Different with the African Brain's Ability to Develop Versus Other Brains**
My father worked in a factory with about 500 employees, it was one of about 100 across the nation (all under the umbrella of ... | >For some reason, the blacks didn't participate in this company culture.
What makes you so quick to assume that this is due to neurological differences rather than many other possible social causes?
Do you have any evidence that supports the claim that African people's brains are genetically different from those of o... | How can you determine it is genetic and not cultural? Your explanation seems to be more cultural when you say
>and to encourage the other blacks to keep pace with that slower way of doing things as to not make the others look bad
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I can't and you may very we... | a2g56j | CMV: Something Must Be Different with the African Brain's Ability to Develop Versus Other Brains | **Something Must Be Different with the African Brain's Ability to Develop Versus Other Brains**
My father worked in a factory with about 500 employees, it was one of about 100 across the nation (all under the umbrella of Fortune 500 Company)
I worked there for 4 years while in college and as a result knew most of the... | Facts_Machine_1971 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: you have no moral obligation to disclose the fact that a meal is vegan to people eating it
For the context of this thread, I read https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/baydpv/wibta_if_i_throw_my_nonvegan_sister_a_vegan_baby/ and I was shocked to see that I disagreed with every single upvoted answer.
Fi... | I misunderstood the CMV at first, so I deleted my old answer - but here are my revised thoughts:
If you were to make a dish that would under normal circumstances be *not* vegan, I think it's appropriate for you to espouse so.
Like if you were to serve me a burger, and I was expecting a bloody beef patty, and you give... | I only skimmed the op in that thread, but I think you're kind of over simplifying.
I agree that you have no obligation to tell someone a dish is vegan, but if you're throwing a party for someone, you should make an effort to serve food they like
Also it would be dishonest to serve the faux pulled pork as pulled po... | bbd3bo | CMV: you have no moral obligation to disclose the fact that a meal is vegan to people eating it | For the context of this thread, I read https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/baydpv/wibta_if_i_throw_my_nonvegan_sister_a_vegan_baby/ and I was shocked to see that I disagreed with every single upvoted answer.
First off, I'm not vegan, or even vegetarian. I eat meat regularly, and I really don't have a vegan... | Serialk | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: you have no moral obligation to disclose the fact that a meal is vegan to people eating it
For the context of this thread, I read https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/baydpv/wibta_if_i_throw_my_nonvegan_sister_a_vegan_baby/ and I was shocked to see that I disagreed with every single upvoted answer.
Fi... | I think you have a moral obligation to disclose what people are eating regardless of what it is, especially if you know it's not something they are expecting. This stands for whether the meal is vegan or not.
Why? Allergies. There are people who are allergic to soy and a lot of vegan patties and 'meat' products are ma... | [deleted]
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I don't think you read the thread properly. This is about not disclosing the fact that a *vegan meal* is vegan.
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I realized that upon re-reading your CMV, and made a new reply operating under the correct assumption. I apologize for that. | bbd3bo | CMV: you have no moral obligation to disclose the fact that a meal is vegan to people eating it | For the context of this thread, I read https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/baydpv/wibta_if_i_throw_my_nonvegan_sister_a_vegan_baby/ and I was shocked to see that I disagreed with every single upvoted answer.
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CMV: you have no moral obligation to disclose the fact that a meal is vegan to people eating it
For the context of this thread, I read https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/baydpv/wibta_if_i_throw_my_nonvegan_sister_a_vegan_baby/ and I was shocked to see that I disagreed with every single upvoted answer.
Fi... | I misunderstood the CMV at first, so I deleted my old answer - but here are my revised thoughts:
If you were to make a dish that would under normal circumstances be *not* vegan, I think it's appropriate for you to espouse so.
Like if you were to serve me a burger, and I was expecting a bloody beef patty, and you give... | I think the negative reaction had a lot more to do with the fact that it was a party for someone else (especially someone who the OP knew was having cravings for a certain type of food due to pregnancy).
If you want to throw a party (birthday, anniversary, whatever) for yourself and only provide vegan food, I think yo... | bbd3bo | CMV: you have no moral obligation to disclose the fact that a meal is vegan to people eating it | For the context of this thread, I read https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/baydpv/wibta_if_i_throw_my_nonvegan_sister_a_vegan_baby/ and I was shocked to see that I disagreed with every single upvoted answer.
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CMV: most moderators on Reddit are power tripping so hard, making most forums echo chambers instead of healthy discord.
I have had quite a few discussions with mods of several Reddit groups and I seem to have found that almost unanimously mods are power hungry unforgiving people and most of the time are just stroking ... | Most moderators?
Most moderators are running tiny subs that you've never heard of. I'm sure a perfectly decent fraction of them are "power tripping", but have no actual power.
The moderators of giant subs, like this... don't have a lot of *time* to be "power-tripping"... we're just trying to grind through the queue... | As a moderator (had it been posted where I moderate), I'd remove [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/12yhpvh/my_gf_30f_did_something_questionable_to_me_30m/jhpali9/) of yours and give you a 1 day ban (the shortest ban duration possible). For those that don't want to find it in the user ... | 13awzd3 | CMV: most moderators on Reddit are power tripping so hard, making most forums echo chambers instead of healthy discord. | I have had quite a few discussions with mods of several Reddit groups and I seem to have found that almost unanimously mods are power hungry unforgiving people and most of the time are just stroking there own ego
What this does in turn is it creates a cult like following where it’s not about following rules anymore bu... | Saladin19 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: most moderators on Reddit are power tripping so hard, making most forums echo chambers instead of healthy discord.
I have had quite a few discussions with mods of several Reddit groups and I seem to have found that almost unanimously mods are power hungry unforgiving people and most of the time are just stroking ... | >I have had quite a few discussions with mods of several Reddit groups
If you are getting into repeated discussions with the mods, it normally comes down to your own behavior. Most people even those with differing opinions, can participate in Reddit groups without speaking with mods ever.
> I seem to have found tha... | Most moderators?
Most moderators are running tiny subs that you've never heard of. I'm sure a perfectly decent fraction of them are "power tripping", but have no actual power.
The moderators of giant subs, like this... don't have a lot of *time* to be "power-tripping"... we're just trying to grind through the queue... | 13awzd3 | CMV: most moderators on Reddit are power tripping so hard, making most forums echo chambers instead of healthy discord. | I have had quite a few discussions with mods of several Reddit groups and I seem to have found that almost unanimously mods are power hungry unforgiving people and most of the time are just stroking there own ego
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CMV: If there's no ethical consumption under capitalism, there's nothing wrong with being an arms dealer
No matter what we do we're contributing to harm in one way or another. What's the difference between working at a company that sells clothes made by child labour and making arms deals with organizations to sell wea... | There would be farmers whether or not we lived in a capitalist society. If a set of farming activities were ethical in a non-capitalist society, then those same activities would in themselves be ethical in a capitalist society, even if the down-range result is still unethical due to the influence of capitalism.
Arms ... | >No matter what we do we're contributing to harm in one way or another.
Not all harm is equal. Not texting your friend that you're gonna be late isn't as harmful as murdering his parents.
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One indirectly results in harm to children and the other indirectly results in the harm of lots of ... | Caddypilla | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Smoking cigarettes around non-consenting adults and children is assault.
Why do we consider pushing someone, hitting someone, or grabbing someone and injecting them with heroin without consent to be assault, but we don’t consider smoking cigarettes around those not consenting to be assault? What’s the difference?... | [This page](https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Assault) shows that Assault, specifically, is not what's happening with smoking. There's no intent to cause harm when you light up a cigarette, even though harm may result. It's the same as tripping and stumbling into someone. You might push them over and injur... | It’s just a matter of degree and intentionality. It may be harmful to breath someone’s second hand smoke, but the harm caused by one whiff is relatively minor, and the intention of the smoker isn’t to specifically harm people around them. It would be different if say, a roommate smoked inside despite repeatedly asking ... | c806qt | CMV: Smoking cigarettes around non-consenting adults and children is assault. | Why do we consider pushing someone, hitting someone, or grabbing someone and injecting them with heroin without consent to be assault, but we don’t consider smoking cigarettes around those not consenting to be assault? What’s the difference?
It has been long established that secondhand smoke can cause cancer (see [thi... | imannnnnn | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: NFTs are just a new form of investment derivative, similar to CDOs or any other financial derivative vehicle.
We had a huge financial crisis because of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) being sold, and resold, and re-bundled and sold again and again. Anyone who saw The Big Short movie probably understands th... | I dont think mention of derivatives or CDOs are a good comparison. CDOs were linked to something tangilble - cash flow payments and mortgages and credit. Apart from miss selling and miss pricing etc; etc; etc; and that people repackaged them miss sold and miss priced etc; etc; etc;. (endless analysis already covered ).... | As much of a mess as CDOs were, they were still at least based on some real, tangible underlying thing (mortgage payments). They were extremely convoluted and everyone priced them wrong, but they did have some fundamental value to them.
NFTs have no fundamental value. They're more like art or baseball cards - their va... | mj66hd | CMV: NFTs are just a new form of investment derivative, similar to CDOs or any other financial derivative vehicle. | We had a huge financial crisis because of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) being sold, and resold, and re-bundled and sold again and again. Anyone who saw The Big Short movie probably understands this concept. NFTs appear to operate in a similar way, except the underlying "asset" is not tied to something tangible... | chazberlin | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Male genital mutilation should be globally illegal because removing the foreskin is synonymous to removing the hood of the clitoris.
Anatomically, the tip of a man's penis is basically just a large clit. So that skin (whether it's the foreskin or the clitoral hood) essentially protects the same organ. It is a bar... | I think trying to argue that male sex organs are synonymous to female sex organs weakens your argument and will be the first place an opponent will attack you. There are many ways that clitoral hoods and foreskins differ, and whether these differences are relevant or not their mere existence makes your foundational arg... | I agree that male circumcision is awful and should probably be illegal, but do you have evidence by which to claim that it's synonymous with female circumcision? Because all general knowledge says female circumcision is, by and large, more destructive.
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I want to start a campaign to make male genital muti... | psychoIogic | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: A sub that you are banned from should not appear on your /r/all
I was recently banned from a sub. This is a sub that is constantly on /r/all. While I occasionally liked some of the things posted there, I mostly derived joy from pointing out incorrect things they would post.
I get why they banned me (even though,... | You can still view a sub that you are banned from. Many (most) redditors are consumers of content, not producers. So, just because you are banned from r/aww doesn't mean you don't still want to see cute pictures of animals.
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But you don't get banned for lurking a sub.
If you git banned it's because you posted ... | Just block r/the_donald like the rest of us did. There are dozens of app options for mobile users.
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I get why they banned me (even though, I disagree with the reason they gave) I get why a sub doesn't like pe... | One_Winged_Rook | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Trolling is more common from right wingers than it is from the left
On a purely intuitive level, I feel like "Troll behavior" (bad faith/ disingenuous arguments meant to generate outrage) is more common from people with right-wing perspectives than for those on the left. I wouldn't go so far as saying that ALL tr... | At least on Reddit, I think overt trolling is more prevalent on the left than on the right. For the right, you have T_D, and that's about it. But there are like half a dozen subreddits devoted to trolling trump and his supporters (at least partially). Off the top of my head, there's /r/the_mueller, trumpcritisizestrump... | Based on recent claims about illegal immigrations that I have seen, I would have to disagree with this. The left and liberal media love to post photos to generate outrage against the right and Trump even though they know the photo doesn’t show the truth. They do this with videos also, selectively cutting and editing to... | 8t2kan | CMV: Trolling is more common from right wingers than it is from the left | On a purely intuitive level, I feel like "Troll behavior" (bad faith/ disingenuous arguments meant to generate outrage) is more common from people with right-wing perspectives than for those on the left. I wouldn't go so far as saying that ALL trolls are people with right-wing perspective's but it feels like MOST of th... | beengrim32 | 9 | 9 | [
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cmv: Change my mind, A matriarchy isn't any better than a pathriarchy
Hello,
I recently saw a book in my girlfriends bathroom entitled "She doesn't owe you anything pretty" ( I'm not sure about the title but something in that general direction) I read a few pages and it turned out to be a summary of radical feminism ... | Which book is it? Is it this one:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Don%27t_Owe_You_Pretty
Because nothing in the synopsis suggests what you took away from it.
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Honestly, OP's takeaway is from a book they didn't even engage with proper. I understand it's just the initial statement, but then their whole view ... | It doesn't seem to be advocating for a matriarchy.
The title seems to be a rejection on the idea that a woman is only valuable for her looks.
From the wiki the book seems to talk about self image and body acceptance, consent when it comes to sexual activity and so forth.
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Yeah could well be I only read the fir... | z0t3gn | cmv: Change my mind, A matriarchy isn't any better than a pathriarchy | Hello,
I recently saw a book in my girlfriends bathroom entitled "She doesn't owe you anything pretty" ( I'm not sure about the title but something in that general direction) I read a few pages and it turned out to be a summary of radical feminism for young girls. Now I fully agree with the concept of such a book up t... | SleakStick | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: The Wilhelm scream ruins any movie it is used in.
So, I was watching Hackshaw Ridge the other night, at the recommendation of my sister. She told me it was not only a compelling story, but a true one at that, so I thought it was worth a go. Lo and behold, in the middle of an intense and emotional action scene: Th... | I agree it's a tired cliche, but does it *ruin* the movie?
Did it *ruin* Return of the King or Empire Strikes Back (as a couple examples)? Because there's at least one instance of the Wilhelm Scream in each of them.
I certainly think it's overused and pretty ridiculous, and hardly clever as some kind of inside joke a... | If it was used for comedic effect in a comedy or parody would it still ruin the movie?
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I think a comedy/parody movie which had as many Wilhelm Screams as humanly possible crammed into it would actually be hilarious.
Stubbed toe? Wilhelm scream.
Biting into a delicious chocolate bar? Wilhelm scream.
Sex... | kn2sgb | CMV: The Wilhelm scream ruins any movie it is used in. | So, I was watching Hackshaw Ridge the other night, at the recommendation of my sister. She told me it was not only a compelling story, but a true one at that, so I thought it was worth a go. Lo and behold, in the middle of an intense and emotional action scene: The Wilhelm Scream. Fourth-wall breaker. Boner killer.
I ... | cantspellrestaraunt | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Allowing newborns with life crippling disability to live is immoral and inconsiderate of their future.
So, when i was born it was known almost immediately that I would be plagued with medical issues my entire life. I don't wish to get into detail but I still consider myself a lucky case, able to function passibly... | Your premise is that the only life worth living is one of productivity. What about love and relationship? What about service to others. There are ways of living a good life that aren't just being "productive"
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OPs claim is not an abortion, but killing an infant after it is born. I don't think most people would support this proposition.
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Nothing wrong with killing an infant that will suffer unnecessarily for the rest of his life. People across all cultures throughout history did it. Its something done out... | 9vbbm3 | CMV: Allowing newborns with life crippling disability to live is immoral and inconsiderate of their future. | So, when i was born it was known almost immediately that I would be plagued with medical issues my entire life. I don't wish to get into detail but I still consider myself a lucky case, able to function passibly on both a mental and physical level. While it is has been extremely difficult for me to work through the iss... | HeavyMain | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Elon Musk is not a Nazi
My view is simple. Elon Musk is not and never has been a Nazi, or has ever shown signs of sharing Nazi ideology.
His recent hand gesture (made twice), the one where he passionately places his hand over his heart and flings it forward to the crowd, were of spontaneous nature and not a ref... | Demonstrating that he is a full-blown nazi is a pretty high bar, but you also assert that he has never shown any signs of sharing nazi ideology, which means you are probably unaware of his recent support for the AFD party in Germany, a far-right party with a history of anti-Semitism and nazi sympathies.
Germany Puzzle... | Nice try FBI.
I ain't falling for that.
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Change my view, I’m open to it.
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He thanks trump for saving the nations future, and then thanks us all.
I'm sorry but you don't talk about the fate of the nation. And then throw that. | 1i6kryc | CMV: Elon Musk is not a Nazi | My view is simple. Elon Musk is not and never has been a Nazi, or has ever shown signs of sharing Nazi ideology.
His recent hand gesture (made twice), the one where he passionately places his hand over his heart and flings it forward to the crowd, were of spontaneous nature and not a reference to the Nazi salute. I b... | DreamCentipede | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Insecurities about the looks of female genitals is an internal, self-imposed issue.
I watched a Buzzfeed video recently titled "Why I Hate My Vagina", and that inspired this CMV because I honestly thought it was pretty ridiculous. Here's hoping some of you guys can change my mind, but anyway, here are my thoughts... | There has been many cases and statistics that show that environment factors, especially when young, influence your ability to perceive yourself and the world around you. This can lower your self-esteem. For example: when I was a kid I always got made fun of for my hair, so now I always think my hair looks terrible.
Th... | I know for a fact that incels call promiscuous women 'roasties' because of the mistaken belief that having lots of sex stretches out the labia, so there's at least one way that a woman can be influenced by outside factors into not liking the looks of her vagina.
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That doesnt address the children however. Unless yo... | fxmlkw | CMV: Insecurities about the looks of female genitals is an internal, self-imposed issue. | I watched a Buzzfeed video recently titled "Why I Hate My Vagina", and that inspired this CMV because I honestly thought it was pretty ridiculous. Here's hoping some of you guys can change my mind, but anyway, here are my thoughts:
I specifically said that these insecurities are self-imposed and internal because the v... | UncomfortablePrawn | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a spoon is superior than a knife.
1. **It's easier to scoop the peanut butter and jelly out of the jar.** This is becomes more important as the jar becomes more empty over as its used. A spoon is superior because you can scoop the product out without tipping the jar ... | Spoons are terrible spreading instruments, why not just use a spreader for both of them?
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I disagree. A spoon is superior. It gives me control in all directions.
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Unless you are a very poor judge of how much pb you use, the knife is superior simply because it doesn't NEED to be maneuverable. Who cares how e... | How do you get the peanut butter out of the little bowl of the spoon?
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Thanks for addressing this. Forgive me for potentially not describing it properly but here's what I do:
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2. Lift corner of bread
3. Turn spoon upside down and transfer to bread corner (which fits perfectly inside of the of the spo... | 9va6mq | CMV: Making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a spoon is superior than a knife. | 1. **It's easier to scoop the peanut butter and jelly out of the jar.** This is becomes more important as the jar becomes more empty over as its used. A spoon is superior because you can scoop the product out without tipping the jar over and plopping it onto the bread like so many people do.
2. **It's just as easy if ... | TrialAndAaron | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Semi-colons should be used before quoted material when joining independent clauses
Here is an example of a comma incorrectly used to join independent clauses:
>There was also an inscription over him, "This is the King of the Jews."
This should be punctuated thus:
>There was also an inscription over him; "This ... | > a rationale for why a semi-colon should not be used in the
demonstrated situation
Language and grammar in english is descriptive, not prescriptive. There's no overall convention about anything. How people use it is what is correct.
If you can convince enough people to use it this way, it'll be right. If people do... | One- if the rules say it, and your paper needs to be formatted that way, there is no debate.
More importantly- I’m the example you cited, the second clause is not ‘independent’ in the way you are implying. The quote is introduced by the first clause. It’s added on- so a colon or comma makes sense to me.
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I'm self... | z0lgpi | CMV: Semi-colons should be used before quoted material when joining independent clauses | Here is an example of a comma incorrectly used to join independent clauses:
>There was also an inscription over him, "This is the King of the Jews."
This should be punctuated thus:
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*Chicago Manual of Style* and other style guides say that only... | tidalbeing | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Billionaires should be forced to sell stocks and taxed until their worth is under 1 billion (based on the average cost of their stocks the past year).
When people suggest "there should be no billionaires," it's often shot down with "they don't have a billion dollars laying around... It's all stocks."
But I'm no... | The reason people bring up the money being in stocks as an issue is not because you can’t sell them (because you can) but because it would have a massive negative effect on the company, and everyone else invested in it. It sounds like you aren’t exactly familiar with how stocks work, I would encourage you to learn that... | You do realize billionaires can afford to move, dont you? Any program like this would require holding the rich at gun point to implement...
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At first I agreed with you, but I'm less convinced as I think of solutions.
I would say that countries have leverage with their workforce and resources that make shifts har... | kmz3xy | CMV: Billionaires should be forced to sell stocks and taxed until their worth is under 1 billion (based on the average cost of their stocks the past year). | When people suggest "there should be no billionaires," it's often shot down with "they don't have a billion dollars laying around... It's all stocks."
But I'm not convinced that distinction matters. Billionaires could just sell their stocks until they were under 1 billion net worth.
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When people suggest "there should be no billionaires," it's often shot down with "they don't have a billion dollars laying around... It's all stocks."
But I'm no... | You do realize billionaires can afford to move, dont you? Any program like this would require holding the rich at gun point to implement...
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But I'm not convinced that distinction matters. Billionaires could just sell their stocks until they were under 1 billion net worth.
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CMV:(most) twitch girls showing cleavage are exploiting lonely, underage boys or young men with no social skills
~~Is this a super sexist viewpoint guys?~~
It sorta is guys, I don't hate camgirls even if they can be a bit dishonest/deceptive to get more money from lonely underage dudes, like that is shitty but ultima... | Is it really exploitation if people are willing to pay for it? If you think that because you give a pretty girl money she'll be emotionally invested in you, that's on you for having a shitty understanding of women.
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I suppose strippers and centerfolds also exploit young men by showing off their bodies and getting paid for it? Is any dude paying for the privilege of looking at or interacting with a hot woman under any delusion that this woman is paying attention to him for reasons other th... | a2bspj | CMV:(most) twitch girls showing cleavage are exploiting lonely, underage boys or young men with no social skills | ~~Is this a super sexist viewpoint guys?~~
It sorta is guys, I don't hate camgirls even if they can be a bit dishonest/deceptive to get more money from lonely underage dudes, like that is shitty but ultimately not their responsibilty unless it rises to the level of false advertising. Most cam girls are super explicit ... | CherryBlossomStorm | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The current scientific methodological thinking is not usable to convince and clarify thoughts and ideas
Hey, so a bit of context to the question (might be slightly inapt): There's been rising trends regarding belief in theories like flat earth, anti vaccines and conspiracy theories which attribute situations that... | > But with the way the scientific methodology is, it's hard to bridge the gap between the lay person and the technocrat( or expert or scholar- whatever floats your boat)
This has nothing to do with scientific methodology. The scientific method is just using a set of steps to help run experiments (or 'figure things ou... | Well I cant really change your view because mine is kind of a third way...
Which is that when people refer to the "modern scientific method", they aren't referring to the scientific method at all, they are referring to academia. Academia is about as far away from science as you can get, in fact academia is what exist... | bb4m7m | CMV: The current scientific methodological thinking is not usable to convince and clarify thoughts and ideas | Hey, so a bit of context to the question (might be slightly inapt): There's been rising trends regarding belief in theories like flat earth, anti vaccines and conspiracy theories which attribute situations that involve a lot of external factors- enough for them to not be attributed to a single person or an organisation... | compNoob7 | 7 | 6 | [
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CMV: water is not wet when water is the substance covering or saturating the other
first we have to define wet excluding water
wet is ontologically parasitic meaning it relies on an other to exist for example shiny is also ontologically parasitic, you wouldn't say a car is shiny if there where no car no would you say... | [deleted]
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no if you touch mud your hand will not become wet
mud is generally accepted as a solid
mud that is liquid is water with dirt suspended in it
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it will become dirty and moist but if it is true mud the combination of the two properties I regard as dirty in this case
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can you define cumul... | 13a3ahi | CMV: water is not wet when water is the substance covering or saturating the other | first we have to define wet excluding water
wet is ontologically parasitic meaning it relies on an other to exist for example shiny is also ontologically parasitic, you wouldn't say a car is shiny if there where no car no would you say the shiny is shiny.
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CMV: School Uniforms ought to be enforced
1. Most jobs have fixed clothing requirements which are formal and often represent the kind of clothes you wear to school. If you ever look at bankers, teachers, and many officials they were, almost, the same type of clothes. The Uniform prepares them for this, it instills in ... | As a parent, I’m not sure I’d be up to washing two sets of clothes every day; one for school and one for casual after school. This increases my water/electric bill, and more importantly takes up more time out of my already busy day.
Also, our society is very much gravitating towards casual, non-uniform clothing - espe... | Do you have sources for 3 and 4?
For number 4, is that the cost for 1 uniform or for enough for the entire year? I doubt any student is going to wear the same set of uniform clothing every day.
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What do you mean? | 8t3kl0 | CMV: School Uniforms ought to be enforced | 1. Most jobs have fixed clothing requirements which are formal and often represent the kind of clothes you wear to school. If you ever look at bankers, teachers, and many officials they were, almost, the same type of clothes. The Uniform prepares them for this, it instills in them the thought that although they have fr... | 9spaceking | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Pepsi should have been made to give that guy his fighter jet.
In case you don’t know the story here’s the Wikipedia link to it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_v._Pepsico,_Inc.
If you don’t want to read all that here’s the short version of it: In the 90s Pepsi ran a marketing campaign where you would get “... | It quite obviously wasn't a serious offer, and therefore not a valid offer, and therefore not one they can be held to.
Requiring them to honour it would set problematic precedent; it would make it hard to joke about things because someone could just take anything you said as a binding offer or contract even if it shou... | Sup. New lawyer here, remember this case from first year of law school. If I recall correctly (and it's been a few years) part of the issue was that it was a fighter jet, not a regular private airplane. If they had just offered a regular plane, then it might make sense that he'd get it. But they were offering a weapon ... | z0gibv | CMV: Pepsi should have been made to give that guy his fighter jet. | In case you don’t know the story here’s the Wikipedia link to it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_v._Pepsico,_Inc.
If you don’t want to read all that here’s the short version of it: In the 90s Pepsi ran a marketing campaign where you would get “Pepsi Points” by buying Pepsi products and you could exchange those ... | irantuu | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: When in fantasy games, elements of real people culture are given to monsters, it resembles racism.
Literally every fantasy game suffers from this. There is a race of kind people, they live in a kind European world. This is almost always English Middle Ages. And rest of the world is inhabited by monsters and inhum... | I think you've softened this too much by saying this 'resembles racism' instead of just saying it is racist.
Of course it resembles racism. Anything where you give a non-human race characteristics from a human culture will resemble racism even if it isn't racist.
I won't argue with you that this is often racist, but ... | Are orcs supposed to resemble Mongols in general, or the Mongol horde under Genghis Khan specifically that swept across massive amounts of the world, killing and raping?
Are Dwarves meant to resemble Scandinavians, or are they meant to represent the vikings specifically?
Are fantasy humans made to represent Europ... | miodi2 | CMV: When in fantasy games, elements of real people culture are given to monsters, it resembles racism. | Literally every fantasy game suffers from this. There is a race of kind people, they live in a kind European world. This is almost always English Middle Ages. And rest of the world is inhabited by monsters and inhuman peoples, and they all have different elements of real human culture.
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CMV: In Black Panther Wakanda may be technologically advanved but its politics are barbaric.
Yes, Wakanda is technologically advanced. No denying that. But the political structure is so archaic it seems completely unrealistic to consider it enviable. In fact the failures of Wakandan politics are the source of each of ... | Is *anybody* lauding the hereditary monarchy of Wakanda as a good thing? The entire fucking arc of Black Panther is learning that the traditional rules of the ancestors are wrong and should be changed. The movie itself agrees with you.
This seems to be a common argument coming from people who want to treat liberals a... | >there is absolutely no guarantee that a great leader will produce great children.
Based just on genetics, no. But in Wakanda, you are trained from a very young age for the position you’ll one day have. T’Challa has been preparing for this position since he was about eight years old or so, and has been wearing the Bl... | a25mfj | CMV: In Black Panther Wakanda may be technologically advanved but its politics are barbaric. | Yes, Wakanda is technologically advanced. No denying that. But the political structure is so archaic it seems completely unrealistic to consider it enviable. In fact the failures of Wakandan politics are the source of each of T'Challas problems.
It is a monarchy, where the only viable candidates are of nobel birth and... | BooleanAlgebra | 4 | 4 | [
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CMV: Teleportation is objectively the best superpower
You can fly by just teleporting into the sky for a while. Though you'd have to set up a momentum nullifying device. Maybe an EXTREMELY large waterslide which you can afford because:
You are rich. you can teleport into bank vaults.
You can teleport immediately in... | [deleted]
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That doesn't count. Obviously **all** superpowers are better than any single superpower
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How do you quantify what a single superpower is? Is The Force multiple powers since you telekinesis and mind control? Is teleportation with momentum manipulation two powers? (You say you need nullification, but... | What about time manipulation? That effectively gives you teleportation *and* other abilities. Pause time, move to desired location, start time, and it's like *poof*. To everyone else you teleported. On top of that you can rewind or fast forward time. Infinite tries to get things right. Engage in other shenanigans while... | 8y9gkt | CMV: Teleportation is objectively the best superpower | You can fly by just teleporting into the sky for a while. Though you'd have to set up a momentum nullifying device. Maybe an EXTREMELY large waterslide which you can afford because:
You are rich. you can teleport into bank vaults.
You can teleport immediately into any politicians office to slap them in the face
You... | willothewhispers | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Sexual assault should be split into two words.
I think the word sexual assault is too loaded, and should be split up into two words. As things are now, an ass tap and holding someone down while humping them, kissing their neck, jerking them off, and whispering in their ear are both sexual assault, even though one... | There is no such thing as low key sexual assault. There is sexual assault with rape being the term for more violent sexual assault. We don't need a term for low key sexual assault.
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Assault is its own crime.
>As things are now, an ass tap and holding someone down while humping them, kissing their neck, jerking them off, and whispering in their ear are both sexual assault, even though one is way worst than the other
If you mean these as all separate, no, those are not all sexu... | z0b7zt | CMV: Sexual assault should be split into two words. | I think the word sexual assault is too loaded, and should be split up into two words. As things are now, an ass tap and holding someone down while humping them, kissing their neck, jerking them off, and whispering in their ear are both sexual assault, even though one is way worst than the other ( not to say they aren’t... | WaterboysWaterboy | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Captain Marvel cannot defeat Thanos as she isn't more powerful than Hulk/Thor in the MCU
Captain Marvel is a kickass female character with super powers that are obviously going to bring some oomph to the Marvel MCU. Yet, she isn't any more powerful than the Hulk, who is nearly unstoppable. Plus, Thanos has God-li... | Marvel has already shown in the cinematic MCU they are not beholden to what has been demonstrated in the comics. Using the comics as a basis for any logic when it comes to the cinematic MCU cannot be used as a starting premise.
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Only if he discovers he is tricked while he still has the gauntlet.
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True, but as seen in Infinity War, ... | bayiml | CMV: Captain Marvel cannot defeat Thanos as she isn't more powerful than Hulk/Thor in the MCU | Captain Marvel is a kickass female character with super powers that are obviously going to bring some oomph to the Marvel MCU. Yet, she isn't any more powerful than the Hulk, who is nearly unstoppable. Plus, Thanos has God-like powers at this point
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CMV: Expecting people to conform to your personal moral code is fallacious and narcissistic
A lot of rhetoric passes through my various news feeds wherein:
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* Others do not hold this view, and do not live their lives the same way
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My point has nothing to do with morality. I'm not con... | From my experience it's just frustration that makes someone say things like that. I'm vegetarian and I often experience that when I'm discussing it with people I know. To be honest I have never met a person in favor of factory farming who really thought about it and where the meat they eat is from. I'm also against kil... | 8t2nzb | CMV: Expecting people to conform to your personal moral code is fallacious and narcissistic | A lot of rhetoric passes through my various news feeds wherein:
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Basically, things like... | DragonsBloodQ | 6 | 6 | [
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CMV: Expecting people to conform to your personal moral code is fallacious and narcissistic
A lot of rhetoric passes through my various news feeds wherein:
* Poster/Author has some strong view, and lives their life a certain way because of it
* Others do not hold this view, and do not live their lives the same way
* ... | Denouncing someone for failing to live up to your moral code has other names. Things like "making a moral assesment."
Are you actually arguing it's narcissistic to morally assess anyone, ever? Am I misunderstanding?
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* Poster/Author has some strong view, and lives their life a certain way because of it
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CMV: Blue no Matter who does not Apply to Rapists
I just can't get past this. I am a Bernie supporter, and knew that after Super Tuesday he was done. I always thought I would have no problem getting behind Biden even though he has all the charisma of a wet noodle, but I cannot get past these accusations from Tara Re... | [deleted]
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I mean, I'm not supporting Donald Trump, I'm just not willing to support Biden, unless someone can provide me with a compelling enough reason to disregard my principles...which is frankly going to take more than, "but they're both gross slime balls." I think that's the same point I was making, and I do... | Listen to the speech today by Bernie He says to keep going, get as many delegates as possible, use that to influence the party platform, then work to elect Biden as President in order to have Bernie write laws and Biden rubber stamp them.
That's Bernie's plan. It has always been his plan B, if he didn't get the nomi... | fxj0jc | CMV: Blue no Matter who does not Apply to Rapists | I just can't get past this. I am a Bernie supporter, and knew that after Super Tuesday he was done. I always thought I would have no problem getting behind Biden even though he has all the charisma of a wet noodle, but I cannot get past these accusations from Tara Reade. How on Earth can we ignore this woman's accus... | TorturedRobot | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Older cars without ABS/ESC/safety equipment must be banned, and all current safety mandates on new vehicles should be expanded to old vehicles.
Obviously not overnight, but at some point they must be banned with an effectively short yet long enough grace period.
Lots of countries started making systems like ESC ... | > As I said this isn't going to happen overnight, but in the meantime you should seriously consider the option of moving.
If I can't afford a car with antilock brakes, you think I'm going to be able to pick up and move closer to work?
Between that comment and the one about long commutes being bad, I'm not sure you u... | ABS is good for average drivers, but is a [hindrance to good drivers](https://flowracers.com/blog/abs-track-car-good-for-racing/) who can get a better stopping outcome with more control. Control that ABS takes away from you.
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Could be the case for a really small minority when they are alert and up. I don't see th... | mio40e | CMV: Older cars without ABS/ESC/safety equipment must be banned, and all current safety mandates on new vehicles should be expanded to old vehicles. | Obviously not overnight, but at some point they must be banned with an effectively short yet long enough grace period.
Lots of countries started making systems like ESC and ABS mandatory in the last few years. That isn't enough, I believe they must cover emergency braking and at least rudimentary object and lane recog... | egeym | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Women have no physical advantages over men
I will try to makes it short to justify why I think that.
First: Men, as far as i know, simply have more muscle power and endurance in every single way possible and in every muscle possible, basically men have more strenght no matter the exercise (not including birth ob... | Men are not smarter on the whole.
Bell curve distribution of IQ by gender show that males may have greater representation at the top end, they are equally represented at the bottom end.
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The smartest person is a man, the dumbest person is a man.
Ok, but what about the smartest woman and the dumbest woman?
I'm ... | >First: Men, as far as i know, simply have more muscle power and endurance in every single way possible and in every muscle possible, basically men have more strenght no matter the exercise (not including birth obviously). This means men are faster and stronger.
The general and particular are different. In general, m... | wd6eci | CMV: Women have no physical advantages over men | I will try to makes it short to justify why I think that.
First: Men, as far as i know, simply have more muscle power and endurance in every single way possible and in every muscle possible, basically men have more strenght no matter the exercise (not including birth obviously). This means men are faster and stronger.... | WeebSlayer27 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Women have no physical advantages over men
I will try to makes it short to justify why I think that.
First: Men, as far as i know, simply have more muscle power and endurance in every single way possible and in every muscle possible, basically men have more strenght no matter the exercise (not including birth ob... | >First: Men, as far as i know, simply have more muscle power and endurance in every single way possible and in every muscle possible, basically men have more strenght no matter the exercise (not including birth obviously). This means men are faster and stronger.
The general and particular are different. In general, m... | Against your first: Men do have more muscle mass but [do you know that women are able to recover from fatigue much faster than men so in the long run can exert more energy?](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28636840/)
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Against your second: this is simply unsupported, please give your evidences --- I will give ... | wd6eci | CMV: Women have no physical advantages over men | I will try to makes it short to justify why I think that.
First: Men, as far as i know, simply have more muscle power and endurance in every single way possible and in every muscle possible, basically men have more strenght no matter the exercise (not including birth obviously). This means men are faster and stronger.... | WeebSlayer27 | 9 | 7 | [
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CMV: Social Security Office Should Issue “Real” Voter IDs
The social security is the only centralized agency with nearly every man woman and child’s information. You should be issued a Voters ID by the office upon turning 18. This should be an option through the mail or in person. It could require the same documents y... | But why bother? Voter fraud simply isn't a problem.
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It helps remove and demolish the claim of "voter fraud" at the very least.
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Would it? The evidence already demolishes it.
You can't beat conspiracy theories with logic/evidence, they just move on to another step (fake IDs or whatever) to justify it. | Have the negative consequences of Voter IDs on minority populations been explained to you?
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**Δ** this is still a very valid point.
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CMV: Social Security Office Should Issue “Real” Voter IDs
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I just think the way we vote needs to be updated. Barely half of the eligible population votes at any given election. This can be due to crowded polling locations, closures of local polling stations or work obligations etc.
Most solutions have flaws but someth... | Have the negative consequences of Voter IDs on minority populations been explained to you?
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Yes. But every citizen and permanent resident already has a social security card. This can be replaced by mail for free.
The initial picture update could be done by verifying credit history like you do on other application... | fx0m37 | CMV: Social Security Office Should Issue “Real” Voter IDs | The social security is the only centralized agency with nearly every man woman and child’s information. You should be issued a Voters ID by the office upon turning 18. This should be an option through the mail or in person. It could require the same documents you need to get your birth certificate or drivers license. I... | dudewheresmycobb | 3 | 2 | [
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It helps remove and demolish the claim of "voter fraud" at the very least. | >In my opinion this pleases both sides of the aisle. The left can’t say voters are being suppressed by IF and the right can’t say foreign nationals or dead people are influencing an election.
Look. Here’s the thing. It would please the right of the reason the right was pushing for voter ID was because the right believ... | fx0m37 | CMV: Social Security Office Should Issue “Real” Voter IDs | The social security is the only centralized agency with nearly every man woman and child’s information. You should be issued a Voters ID by the office upon turning 18. This should be an option through the mail or in person. It could require the same documents you need to get your birth certificate or drivers license. I... | dudewheresmycobb | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: Kylie Jenner is eligible to break Mark Zuckerberg's record of being the youngest Self-made Billionaire.
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*However*, to my mind, being 'self-made' means that you didn't benefit from a family re... | The criticism is not that she is a young wealthy person, the criticism is that she is not "self made". Everything she has came directly from the fame and wealth she inherited from her family, including her frequent appearances on reality TV.
She was made by the marketing machine that is the Jenner-Kardashian family; s... | 8y6mx5 | CMV: Kylie Jenner is eligible to break Mark Zuckerberg's record of being the youngest Self-made Billionaire. | So I found out about this whole thing swiping through Instagram and saw Forbes' posting on how Kylie Jenner is on route to be the world's youngest billionaire. The money game is always interesting to me so I decided to look into it and found a lot of people bashing her accomplishment. I don't think that anyone is exemp... | UpChucke36 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The Border Wall is essential not because it will be an impenetrable barrier against illegal immigration but because any other "more pragmatic" solution can be undermined in the future subject to political whims.
I acknowledge that increased funding to ICE for personnel, drone fleets, and a \*virtual wall\* infras... | *Should* we be making it as hard as possible to implement future changes in policy? Who does that benefit?
You offer no reasons as to why a solution that is difficult to dismantle is better. Actually, you just copy paste your first paragraph. Can you help me understand your reasoning?
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Because if you enter legally you have at least been vetted and searched. Much of the actually damaging illegal immigration (criminals an... | 8t0nn7 | CMV: The Border Wall is essential not because it will be an impenetrable barrier against illegal immigration but because any other "more pragmatic" solution can be undermined in the future subject to political whims. | I acknowledge that increased funding to ICE for personnel, drone fleets, and a \*virtual wall\* infrastructure of various kinds of electronic sensors will do a better job of policing the border in the short term. However funding can always be adjusted and policies can be changed (catch and release can be reinstated wi... | days_of_being_mild | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: FIFA World Cup Qatar is gonna be great, billions will watch and liberal democracy media are gonna hate
For all the made up controversy the pretentious western media is desperately trying to stir up, it will all be futile. With the minor exception of some sort unforeseen terrorist attack, my claim is that the 2022... | I feel like it's not the 'pretentious western media' is trying to stir up controversy here...
People have been complaining about Qatar's world cup since they've won it. I don't think this will go away so soon.
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When don't people complain? Same exact thing about Russia. Same thing about Olympics in Brazil (althoug... | This has led to huge publicity about human rights in Qatar. This isn't good publicity for them.
There are a lot of people who are unfamiliar with human rights in other countries. If they would originally want to go to vacation in Qatar, they will now think twice or avoid going.
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In what world do you think this is the case for most people?
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CMV: If gender is divorced from biological sex, then it reduces down to personality
Many people make the argument that gender is a social construct, and while it can mirror biological sex to an extent, this is just a coincidence: gender is a social construct and is in reality completely divorced from biological sex.
... | No Gender Identity is a biological instinct filtered through societal ideas in the same way that humans have a natural instinct to learn language but the specific language they learn depends on their cultural environment. In nature primates have an instinct to form same sex trait social groups (and though it's impossib... | [deleted]
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CMV: If gender is divorced from biological sex, then it reduces down to personality
Many people make the argument that gender is a social construct, and while it can mirror biological sex to an extent, this is just a coincidence: gender is a social construct and is in reality completely divorced from biological sex.
... | Most research agrees that personality is immutable, at least part a certain age. If gender can be fluid, it is not part of the personality.
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CMV: Songs like "This is America" do more harm to race relations than good.
I believe that songs like This is America give a false impression of the progress made (or lack thereof) since Civil War reconstruction. To be clear, I am not saying the video is downright untruthful or fantasy. I would argue that the metaphor... | With all due respect, (sounds loaded I know), but it seems like you're arguing with yourself.
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This is a reality for a large number of young, black m... | > But the lyrics of the song, alongside the imagery in the video, suggest that blacks are relegated to being money-hungry thugs or rappers because society forces this on them
This is not the interpretation I got from the video, nor is it the interpretation that I have seen anybody else take from the video. Could you e... | 8jnbvg | CMV: Songs like "This is America" do more harm to race relations than good. | I believe that songs like This is America give a false impression of the progress made (or lack thereof) since Civil War reconstruction. To be clear, I am not saying the video is downright untruthful or fantasy. I would argue that the metaphors and imagery used in the video are incendiary and hyperbolic to the point th... | AbominaSean | 9 | 5 | [
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CMV: Any robot that says it's conscious and can feel, must be taken at their word
Many, if not most, scientists and philosophers believe that consciousness is a byproduct of brain processes, and many believe consciousness is essentially an ["illusion"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliminative_materialism#Illusionism)... | When you can program a robot to say that, it kind of kills the argument. Is my computer alive because I have it screen-read the words "I am am conscious and can feel"? It said it, so we must take it at it's word, no? That brings up some rather troubling things. If I throw my computer in the trash, it would be akin to a... | So if I go make a quick script that prints "I'm conscious" to the terminal, I must assume every device that runs it is wholly conscious?
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If a human has evolved to say "I'm conscious," then I must assume that they are?
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CMV: Sports gambling has gotten out of hand and needs much more regulation, especially in advertising.
It has become so ubiquitous in society. I can’t watch or attend a sports event without advertising being shoved down my throat. The whole industry is predatory and takes advantage of the vulnerable. It’s to easy to ... | Your post is well-reasoned and your suggestions are specific, so to challenge your view I'm forced to go back to the overall premise; is *any* sort of gambling moral / acceptable to be legal? If not, why and why the focus on sports betting? If so, what makes any given sort of moral gambling different than sports bettin... | \>Please tell me where I am wrong.
The part where you're wanting the government to decide what people are allowed to do with their own money
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So you don’t think ther... | 1gfvers | CMV: Sports gambling has gotten out of hand and needs much more regulation, especially in advertising. | It has become so ubiquitous in society. I can’t watch or attend a sports event without advertising being shoved down my throat. The whole industry is predatory and takes advantage of the vulnerable. It’s to easy to gamble and become addicted to it.
There has been a lot of recent research on this issue, including a... | longtime2080 | 4 | 4 | [
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CMV: I want to buy a sailboat.
I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then in finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. ~Isaac ... | A good ocean going vessel is going to cost as much as a nice house, and the upkeep of it will cost as much as buying a nice car. You have to pay rent wherever you dock, and there's the expense of sailing lessons.
On top of that it'll take you weeks to travel as far as a plane can take you in one day, and it's thousan... | Have you ever gone sailing? My husband had romanticized sailing in the same way you seem to be and was convinced he wanted to buy a sailboat. For his birthday last year I decided to get him sailing lessons and fortunately I hadn't paid for them as I wanted him to pick his dates because it turns out he didn't want to pu... | atpsmm | CMV: I want to buy a sailboat. | I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then in finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. ~Isaac Newton
As soon as I am done wor... | KungFuDabu | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: I don't think Shakespeare wrote all his plays
I wouldn't go so far as to say he was a fake person or an alias, but I don't believe in an era where given credit was spotty and historical records relating to pop culture or entertainment of the time was based on he said she said I don't think Shakespeare wrote all o... | If we know that he collaborated with other playwrights for some things, wouldn't that actually support the notion he wrote his plays himself? If he didn't, why would he not publish the collaboration, as he had already done on other occasions? It would seem strange for him to acknowledge the collaboration in some cases,... | The main reason why he probably did, is because his writing style is unique. Iambic pentameter with ababc rhyming(I think). There aren't any other writings from that time period with the same structure
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>Iambic pentameter with ababc rhyming
Yep, did not understand anything
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Every line in the plays is exactly... | 136z8uz | CMV: I don't think Shakespeare wrote all his plays | I wouldn't go so far as to say he was a fake person or an alias, but I don't believe in an era where given credit was spotty and historical records relating to pop culture or entertainment of the time was based on he said she said I don't think Shakespeare wrote all or even most of his plays by himself. I believe most ... | want2arguewithyou | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Lack of specific accommodation isn't the same as oppression
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EDIT: Adding a quick definition of oppression as requested below. Wikipedia's definition seems fine to me:
**Oppression** is [malicious](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malice_(law)) or [unjust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injustice) tre... | What is your definition of "oppressive"? I would define it as something like "a systematic preference for policies that advantage one group over another" (where "group" here is some un-chosen status like race or sex or the like). And by that definition:
* Using a language the majority speaks but a minority does not ce... | So what's oppression then?
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Oppression has to be active and targeted, in my view.
If I stand in your way so you can't cross an existing bridge, that's oppressive.
If I build a bridge and deny you specifically access for arbitrary reasons, that is probably also oppressive.
If I build a 1 meter wide bridge that 9... | xnxjho | CMV: Lack of specific accommodation isn't the same as oppression | \------------
EDIT: Adding a quick definition of oppression as requested below. Wikipedia's definition seems fine to me:
**Oppression** is [malicious](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malice_(law)) or [unjust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injustice) treatment or exercise of [power](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_... | PakalaMoli | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: In today’s world, ignorance is a choice
We live in a world that is globally and constantly connected. And, yes, we also seem to be living in a world where “facts” are debated and there’s plenty of misinformation out there. But the reality is that with some critical thinking and research, one could easily find the... | It’s not a choice; it’s a default setting. People aren't lazy; they are mentally exhausted. Asking someone working two jobs to dedicate their last two brain cells to fact-checking a viral TikTok is wild. Access means nothing if you have zero bandwidth.
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It’s not their choice to consume misinformation - I’ll give y... | A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure. This is the general problem with trying to be informed, at least about current events. Trying to figure out what's actually going on through all the biased news on every side is exhausting and time consuming.
As for actual objective facts... | 1o29tts | CMV: In today’s world, ignorance is a choice | We live in a world that is globally and constantly connected. And, yes, we also seem to be living in a world where “facts” are debated and there’s plenty of misinformation out there. But the reality is that with some critical thinking and research, one could easily find the truth about almost any topic or situation. Mo... | Possible_Bee_4140 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The world would be better off if the Communist Revolution in Russia had failed.
1- Without the Soviet Union to help, the Communists would have lost the Chinese Civil War. If the Nationalists won, the soon-to-be most powerful country in the world would likely be a democracy instead of an influential brutal dictato... | The trouble with counter-factual history is that history itself is pretty unpredictable, and any time something seems dominant and assured, a new coalition comes along and tears up everything. History is surprising. So there's no guarantee that without the 1917 revolution, history would have proceeded in some other eas... | Honestly, Russia is incapable of being democratic. They've tried, but nothing short of occupation can do it. They're used to being controlled
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> Russia is incapable of being democratic.
Nobody is capable of that.
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Nobody is capable of occupying Russia? The mongols did a good job
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2- Without the Cold War, many proxy wars ... | garaile64 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Young women should be encouraged to have a family first, before focusing on their career.
In short, if women are going to have a family, they should have it earlier in their life, rather than waiting till later. In most of the western world today we're doing it in reverse.
I think this is the case for a number o... | Having a kid later in life (40-50) is much better regarding money. Money is the big key factor here. My parents were 28 when they had me, and they told me that they should have waited long because they got many raises at their job that could have made living conditions more stable. My father was a late college graduate... | You keep coming back to idea that something is good because it creates "stability" what are the merits of stability in your mind?
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The point of a family is children, and having a stable marriage provides the best environment for children. It produces the best outcomes, which is best for every one. Single parenthoo... | 6m0sfj | CMV: Young women should be encouraged to have a family first, before focusing on their career. | In short, if women are going to have a family, they should have it earlier in their life, rather than waiting till later. In most of the western world today we're doing it in reverse.
I think this is the case for a number of reasons.
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CMV: The United States' system of governance is structurally and institutionally flawed, and produces worse outcomes than modern alternatives
First and foremost: I've pondered on this for a long while, **and I don't mean this as an attack to any individual or specific group, simply the system itself. I'm more than ope... | The fact that you included point number 3 means you don't have even a vague understanding of American government or the intent of the founders...
What you describe is a feature, not a bug.
It's intent is to minimize legislation and force compromise.
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You seem to misunderstand my intent here. I'm not saying, "th... | The primary argument is that other forms of democracy have yet to produce the kind of wealth and continued innovation compared to the US, which must bear some reflection on its governance.
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Thays not due to governance, beyond the New Deal implemented by FDR government generally has been a hindrance not a help to t... | 1ps8ois | CMV: The United States' system of governance is structurally and institutionally flawed, and produces worse outcomes than modern alternatives | First and foremost: I've pondered on this for a long while, **and I don't mean this as an attack to any individual or specific group, simply the system itself. I'm more than open to being proven wrong.**
***Operational definitions for clarity:***
\- Governance system: the formal institutional structures by which a c... | Deep_Pressure2334 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Violence is a far more effective political tool than Voting
In the USA academic studies have repeatedly shown that popular opinion has literally NO discernable impact on public policy whatsoever. Politicians routinely lie about how they'll vote on policy while campaigning. Kristen Sinema campaigned on pro-worker ... | Voting is a peaceful revolution.
Violence may be "effective" but voting makes it less reliable as a system of change. A system of violence would be authoritarian, not a democracy.
Having said that, your examples are from many decades ago. Is your view about a past use of violence? If so you can look around and see th... | I don't necessarily agree that it's more effective, after all we know the saying "The pen is mightier than the sword".
But, even if it were more effective, the problem isn't that violence can create change more rapidly than words, it's that violence is unpredictable and has an extremely high cost. You will provoke, i... | 137hymp | CMV: Violence is a far more effective political tool than Voting | In the USA academic studies have repeatedly shown that popular opinion has literally NO discernable impact on public policy whatsoever. Politicians routinely lie about how they'll vote on policy while campaigning. Kristen Sinema campaigned on pro-worker policies but then voted against everything she promised, effective... | graym4nendlessincite | 3 | 3 | [
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