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CMV: having a binary gender is a myth
There are so many genders out there that most people have never heard of, and every nonbinary person including myself initially thought we were binary until we learned that there was a different label that fit us. The idea that the majority of the population just happens to fall w... | I disagree, but mostly in a semantic way, as I would actually go one further and say that gender itself is a myth. A myth is defined as "a traditional story...explaining a natural or social phenomenon". Gender as we conceive of it today is, in its essence, a social construct, that we have used throughout the relatively... | 1. There is no scientific evidence to prove there’s a shot ton of genders or even that non-binary exists.
2. There is evidence to show that binary trans people have brains that are much more similar to the opposite sex than that of their own. That is proof that gender is a social construct.
3. If having a binary ge... | fao6bg | CMV: having a binary gender is a myth | There are so many genders out there that most people have never heard of, and every nonbinary person including myself initially thought we were binary until we learned that there was a different label that fit us. The idea that the majority of the population just happens to fall within the colonialist ruling on gender ... | e22keysmash | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: having a binary gender is a myth
There are so many genders out there that most people have never heard of, and every nonbinary person including myself initially thought we were binary until we learned that there was a different label that fit us. The idea that the majority of the population just happens to fall w... | > The idea that the majority of the population just happens to fall within the colonialist ruling on gender and sex is outlandish to me.
The vast majority feel like they are "male" or "female", within the typical definitions in their cultural context. Sure, "male" in one culture may be different from "male" in another... | 1. There is no scientific evidence to prove there’s a shot ton of genders or even that non-binary exists.
2. There is evidence to show that binary trans people have brains that are much more similar to the opposite sex than that of their own. That is proof that gender is a social construct.
3. If having a binary ge... | fao6bg | CMV: having a binary gender is a myth | There are so many genders out there that most people have never heard of, and every nonbinary person including myself initially thought we were binary until we learned that there was a different label that fit us. The idea that the majority of the population just happens to fall within the colonialist ruling on gender ... | e22keysmash | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Americans overestimate the strength of their military for real world scenarios, especially in the possibility of them invading Canada
Americans often think they could crush Canada in a day and call it quits, that they could conquer the world easily, because of their large army and having half the world military e... | Canada has a military of under 100k vs the US active duty of around 1.2 million.
Canada has a defense budget of around $41 million to the USA defense budget of close to $900 billion.
Canada has under 100 fighter jets to the USA around 2000.
Canada has under 200 helicopters to the USA around 5000.
Canada has under 1... | Is this satire? He United States would skull fuck Canada in a fight. Go out and touch fucking grass once in awhile chap.
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Yeah then the guerrilla warfare starts
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It helps to have privately owned guns if you're planning an insurgency. Otherwise you end up like the Hongkong protestors shooting fireworks and ar... | 1jih1ii | CMV: Americans overestimate the strength of their military for real world scenarios, especially in the possibility of them invading Canada | Americans often think they could crush Canada in a day and call it quits, that they could conquer the world easily, because of their large army and having half the world military expenditure for themselves, but reality is, wars aren't just won through numbers of soldiers and equipment: strategy, politics and circumstan... | kevlap017 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: If it is “not your job to educate me, then it is not my job to control your emotions
Ive been hearing this from the political sphere and now from close friends.
Usually in reference to the newest word that is considered “offensive” or a “slur”. Which changes constantly.
Its called the [euphemism treadmill](http... | I’m not sure who you are exactly referring to (white people or minorities) but in my experience it comes from minorities who have had to educate people their whole lives on issues that concern race and racism and not wanting to put an additional burden on them to explain race just because they are forced to understand ... | [removed]
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> **Comments must contribute meaningfully to the conversation**.
Comments that are only links, jokes or "written upvotes" will be removed. Humor and affirmations of agreement can be contained within more substantial com... | i4svyk | CMV: If it is “not your job to educate me, then it is not my job to control your emotions | Ive been hearing this from the political sphere and now from close friends.
Usually in reference to the newest word that is considered “offensive” or a “slur”. Which changes constantly.
Its called the [euphemism treadmill](http://englishcowpath.blogspot.com/2011/06/euphemism-treadmill-replacing-r-word.html) and used ... | Rook_the_Janitor | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: Regardless of one’s reasonings for it, catfishing is absolutely horrible and should not be taken lightly.
A while ago, I watched a movie called “Sierra Burgess Is a Loser”, in which the main character Sierra receives a text message from a guy who mistakes her for Veronica, a mean girl who goes to her school. Sier... | Why was your friend traumatized by this event? I remember 15 years ago, they told me not to trust anyone on the Internet, because everyone would just lie anyway. How the world has changed.
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I don’t want to go too much into details, but the woman did something extremely horrific to him that still haunts him 10 year... | Okay i will make a super extreme here BUT the police got a team to pretend being minors to catfish pedoes.
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I would say this doesn’t count as a counter example, since OP clearly didn’t mean catfishing for the purpose of law enforcement. This feels like someone saying they don’t believe in kidnapping, and then brin... | ilpegj | CMV: Regardless of one’s reasonings for it, catfishing is absolutely horrible and should not be taken lightly. | A while ago, I watched a movie called “Sierra Burgess Is a Loser”, in which the main character Sierra receives a text message from a guy who mistakes her for Veronica, a mean girl who goes to her school. Sierra believes she’s fat and unattractive, while Veronica is beautiful and skinny (for context, the guy at first ap... | MissSavior | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV:I believe that individuals should be forced to pay some of their costs of their treatment.
EDIT: Hey there guys, thank you so much for participating in this discussion. I've got a shift tomorrow, so I need to sleep, but, while you haven't completely changed my view, you have made me restrict my poorly thought out ... | What about someone who drives to work, knowing that driving is one of the riskiest forms of transport?
What about someone who gets colon cancer after 50 years of eating meat?
What about someone who weightlifts to improve their health, but has bad form and pulls their back?
What about someone who has an office job, a... | This isn't necessarily a challenge, but at least a point of clarification. What do you think should happen to individuals who have health problems that are in some way "their fault" and who cannot afford to pay for 1/4 of their health treatment?
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The law could be more lax and take a smaller percentage of their wa... | 6pizf2 | CMV:I believe that individuals should be forced to pay some of their costs of their treatment. | EDIT: Hey there guys, thank you so much for participating in this discussion. I've got a shift tomorrow, so I need to sleep, but, while you haven't completely changed my view, you have made me restrict my poorly thought out idea so that it becomes slightly more useful and less stupidly moralistic. Thanks guys!
EDIT 2:... | McBlyatCykaNuggets | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The Zayd Atkinson incident indicates an American police racial double standard
The incident where a young man PoC was harrassed by a police officer who wanted to confirm that he lived at his own home demonstrates a fundimental racial bias in this police officer's conduct. They did not accept verbal testimony from... | It strikes me as an ideological belief and confirmation bias. Without actual proof of racism, how can the answer be racism? How many thousands of similar police interactions are never shared because they do not confirm our societal obsession with racism against black folk? How many similar interactions have occurred wi... | No, it does not. You can't base the ideals of an entire police force based on the actions of one person. Some officers will be racist, and the way that the officer acted in this case is racist or at least stereotypical, but that officer is only one of many.
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Would you accept that this at least makes the evidence o... | buqj82 | CMV: The Zayd Atkinson incident indicates an American police racial double standard | The incident where a young man PoC was harrassed by a police officer who wanted to confirm that he lived at his own home demonstrates a fundimental racial bias in this police officer's conduct. They did not accept verbal testimony from the man picking up litter that he lived at the property, and would not accept his wo... | VertigoOne | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: political correctness is, by and large, good
There is much criticism leveled at so called "social justice warriors" (SJWs) for their policing of political language to be more sensitive, inclusive and multicultural. On my view, these attempts to change the way language is used to be more sensitive to minorities, t... | Inclusivity is not inherently a good thing. The larger a group is the more issues it tends to inherent as a byproduct of those who make up the group. As a basic example, Homosexuals identify with Trans people as a part of the LGBT+ movement. All this means for Homosexuals, is that they have to put a stopper in the furt... | I worry that political correctness is a way for elites to keep discriminatory power structures in play while pretending to change things for the better by getting people to argue over semantics. It's a shell game. So much political capital gets expended over what words mean and what labels we should use. Mostly, politi... | 6piabi | CMV: political correctness is, by and large, good | There is much criticism leveled at so called "social justice warriors" (SJWs) for their policing of political language to be more sensitive, inclusive and multicultural. On my view, these attempts to change the way language is used to be more sensitive to minorities, the underprivileged and the powerless are, broadly u... | uncannywally | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The cops who shot Breonna Taylor would never be found guilty of murder and therefore should not be charged.
To preface just want to say that what happened to Breonna is a travesty, it requires deep reflection and significant changes to our criminal justice system. I believe her boyfriend who opened fire on the p... | From what I have read of the reports, Officer Hankison [fired blindly into the room through the patio door](https://www.fox19.com/2020/06/23/hankison-officially-fired-lmpd/). This is backed up by the LMPD's own statement in a [public termination letter](https://www.wdrb.com/news/lmpd-fires-brett-hankison-detective-inv... | >My Opinion: There are so many failures in this chain of events by different parties but at the end of the day I can't imagine a jury would convict any of these police officers with any sort of crime. They were sent to that residence to do a job, none of them went there with the intent to kill Breonna or with the knowl... | im0a3r | CMV: The cops who shot Breonna Taylor would never be found guilty of murder and therefore should not be charged. | To preface just want to say that what happened to Breonna is a travesty, it requires deep reflection and significant changes to our criminal justice system. I believe her boyfriend who opened fire on the police didn't know it was the police and acted completely within his rights.
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CMV: The cops who shot Breonna Taylor would never be found guilty of murder and therefore should not be charged.
To preface just want to say that what happened to Breonna is a travesty, it requires deep reflection and significant changes to our criminal justice system. I believe her boyfriend who opened fire on the p... | From what I have read of the reports, Officer Hankison [fired blindly into the room through the patio door](https://www.fox19.com/2020/06/23/hankison-officially-fired-lmpd/). This is backed up by the LMPD's own statement in a [public termination letter](https://www.wdrb.com/news/lmpd-fires-brett-hankison-detective-inv... | >My Opinion: There are so many failures in this chain of events by different parties but at the end of the day I can't imagine a jury would convict any of these police officers with any sort of crime. They were sent to that residence to do a job, none of them went there with the intent to kill Breonna or with the knowl... | im0a3r | CMV: The cops who shot Breonna Taylor would never be found guilty of murder and therefore should not be charged. | To preface just want to say that what happened to Breonna is a travesty, it requires deep reflection and significant changes to our criminal justice system. I believe her boyfriend who opened fire on the police didn't know it was the police and acted completely within his rights.
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CMV: Free press mass media is a worse source of accurate information than state run media
First, let me clarify that I don't really have the perspective of someone who lives in a society with state run media. So my opinion may be a bit askewed. But...
From my experience, state run media contains news and information ... | Your problem with the free press is that “party line bias dilutes the news to the point where it is propaganda.” But you also say it’s OK that state media is propaganda, because a direct lie is better than a slanted truth. So is propaganda bad or good?
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Propaganda is harmful to the truth no matter where it comes f... | Even if it was, it still wouldn't be worth it.
> Yes, the information may be propaganda or even outright lies. But a direct lie is better than a slanted truth.
No. At least when I have slanted truths, I can piece together what is really happening by drawing from multiple sources, and hearing about an even from multip... | i4roua | CMV: Free press mass media is a worse source of accurate information than state run media | First, let me clarify that I don't really have the perspective of someone who lives in a society with state run media. So my opinion may be a bit askewed. But...
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CMV: “Fetal Heartbeat” (six week) limit on abortions is not a unreasonable limit on abortions.
With so many people up in arms with Georgia’s Fetal heartbeat bill I’ve found myself questioning why that’s the case. Although I can see why 6 weeks could be considered a conservative stance I cannot see it being unreasonabl... | It often takes longer than six weeks to know you are pregnant. They are counting on this, and therefore making it illegal for women to get abortions before they know they are pregnant. This is an obvious violation of a woman's autonomy.
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How would it take longer to realize your pregnant? At six weeks there is a fe... | 6 weeks, on average, is about the time that most women first discover that they are pregnant. Thus, most women who might be considering abortion will be too late, or very close to too late. If you further consider obstacles such as cost, which you did, there really is no runway if you don’t know you’re pregnant, and mo... | buscsm | CMV: “Fetal Heartbeat” (six week) limit on abortions is not a unreasonable limit on abortions. | With so many people up in arms with Georgia’s Fetal heartbeat bill I’ve found myself questioning why that’s the case. Although I can see why 6 weeks could be considered a conservative stance I cannot see it being unreasonable. The time it takes to have a abortion shouldn’t take more than 6 weeks to do. In cases of rape... | ButaneOnTheBrain | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: “Fetal Heartbeat” (six week) limit on abortions is not a unreasonable limit on abortions.
With so many people up in arms with Georgia’s Fetal heartbeat bill I’ve found myself questioning why that’s the case. Although I can see why 6 weeks could be considered a conservative stance I cannot see it being unreasonabl... | It often takes longer than six weeks to know you are pregnant. They are counting on this, and therefore making it illegal for women to get abortions before they know they are pregnant. This is an obvious violation of a woman's autonomy.
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CMV: “Fetal Heartbeat” (six week) limit on abortions is not a unreasonable limit on abortions.
With so many people up in arms with Georgia’s Fetal heartbeat bill I’ve found myself questioning why that’s the case. Although I can see why 6 weeks could be considered a conservative stance I cannot see it being unreasonabl... | 6 weeks, on average, is about the time that most women first discover that they are pregnant. Thus, most women who might be considering abortion will be too late, or very close to too late. If you further consider obstacles such as cost, which you did, there really is no runway if you don’t know you’re pregnant, and mo... | It often takes longer than six weeks to know you are pregnant. They are counting on this, and therefore making it illegal for women to get abortions before they know they are pregnant. This is an obvious violation of a woman's autonomy.
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How would it take longer to realize your pregnant? At six weeks there is a fe... | buscsm | CMV: “Fetal Heartbeat” (six week) limit on abortions is not a unreasonable limit on abortions. | With so many people up in arms with Georgia’s Fetal heartbeat bill I’ve found myself questioning why that’s the case. Although I can see why 6 weeks could be considered a conservative stance I cannot see it being unreasonable. The time it takes to have a abortion shouldn’t take more than 6 weeks to do. In cases of rape... | ButaneOnTheBrain | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: 99% of adults would choose suicide if it were painless and instant. People who say they would rather be alive than be dead are simply lying to themselves
My view is that most people do not genuinely like, enjoy or value being alive. What keeps them alive is survival instinct and the difficulty of killing oneself.... | Throughout your entire post, I have not seen a single argument as to why the majority (99% of the population, even) of people would prefer being dead rather than alive. Do you believe that everyone sees life as meaningless and without value? Why do you think that being dead is "preferable" to being alive?
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no, I don't know | pzrn9k | CMV: 99% of adults would choose suicide if it were painless and instant. People who say they would rather be alive than be dead are simply lying to themselves | My view is that most people do not genuinely like, enjoy or value being alive. What keeps them alive is survival instinct and the difficulty of killing oneself.
Let’s take the following scenario:
One day, all adults (with exceptions being those who are unable to comprehend the concept of death due to severe intellec... | twinfiresigns14 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: the forced replacing of moderators of r/The_Donald and the new rules introduced by reddit.inc that can lead to suspension for so much as upvoting a ‘Quarantined’ post is Reddit’s worst example of censorship to date and it’s a bad sign for a site once praised for its freedom.
I know that some of you will read this... | I once disagreed with something someone said on t_d and received a perma-ban within 2 minutes. Why should freedom of speech only go one way?
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Can you show me proof?
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Here's where a mod pinged me to ask a question. I answered it politely, and in response I was banned. The others then cheered on the mod for bei... | They constantly harassed Reddit’s administration. That’s not censorship.
Also, yes, if I said and did the same things as on The Donald, I’d have no problem being reprimanded.
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What specific examples of this do you have?
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Sure. Here’s going back all the way to 2016: https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters... | fakr89 | CMV: the forced replacing of moderators of r/The_Donald and the new rules introduced by reddit.inc that can lead to suspension for so much as upvoting a ‘Quarantined’ post is Reddit’s worst example of censorship to date and it’s a bad sign for a site once praised for its freedom. | I know that some of you will read this and think ‘oh he’s on r/The_Donald so he’s a facist or a racist’ or a whatever you think I am, but that’s unimportant. No matter what you may believe about the subreddit; it is clear that this is just an attempt from reddit.inc to shut down a major subreddit due the fact that it d... | fireyaweh87 | 3 | 3 | [
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I know that some of you will read this... | I once disagreed with something someone said on t_d and received a perma-ban within 2 minutes. Why should freedom of speech only go one way?
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Can you show me proof?
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There's a whole subreddit dedicated to this r/BannedFromThe_Donald
There are plenty of troll/antagonizing posts that get bans, but plenty of th... | The worst case was actually the instance of Spez stealth editing posts on The_Donald using his admin privileges, making it appear to the user who posted the content as if it were unedited, but including explicitly racist/fascist content written by Spez himself to everyone else.
That's much more malicious and manipulat... | fakr89 | CMV: the forced replacing of moderators of r/The_Donald and the new rules introduced by reddit.inc that can lead to suspension for so much as upvoting a ‘Quarantined’ post is Reddit’s worst example of censorship to date and it’s a bad sign for a site once praised for its freedom. | I know that some of you will read this and think ‘oh he’s on r/The_Donald so he’s a facist or a racist’ or a whatever you think I am, but that’s unimportant. No matter what you may believe about the subreddit; it is clear that this is just an attempt from reddit.inc to shut down a major subreddit due the fact that it d... | fireyaweh87 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Homeless people put little to no effort in trying to get out of the situation they are in.
Let me start by saying I understand that life is far from fair, and that some people don't get a fair shake.
With that being said, I've always personally believed that when people really want something, they will find a w... | Some people have a disability that may not allow them to work and they might not be entitled to benefits, but it do be like that
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But at the same time, there are laws against discriminating against people for a position based off of disabilities.
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That's not quite correct. As an employer, I can refuse to hir... | >I am completely open to any thoughts and opinions that can change my view.
I'm no expert, my understanding is that a decent % of the homeless population suffers from [severe mental illness](https://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/Mental_Illness.pdf). This stuff like schizophrenia that can really make it difficul... | 9qjtbh | CMV: Homeless people put little to no effort in trying to get out of the situation they are in. | Let me start by saying I understand that life is far from fair, and that some people don't get a fair shake.
With that being said, I've always personally believed that when people really want something, they will find a way to get it. For example, if you want water, you go to the sink or a water fountain. If you want... | MySonAteMyHomework | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: if your programs don't run in the first try, you don't know how to code (in that lenguage, at least)
If you're a professional you'll use well documented libraries, read that full documentation (or what you'll need of it), do a good error handling and create test for what you've coded.
I admit that there could be... | It seems like you’re saying someone who isn’t a perfect typist doesn’t know how to code? Those seem like very different skills to this engineer.
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That's why IDEs exists, they show you your typing errors
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Syntax is the easy part. IDEs only have local ast analysis. They can't show you more than the most trivial... | I'm no expert, but mistakes do happen, even if you do consider yourself an expert.
Like some people might think they have a language under their belt, but still write ***lenguage*** and not correct it before posting.
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I'm not an expert in English, I've learned it thanks to Internet (videos, forums, memes...), so ... | busfw7 | CMV: if your programs don't run in the first try, you don't know how to code (in that lenguage, at least) | If you're a professional you'll use well documented libraries, read that full documentation (or what you'll need of it), do a good error handling and create test for what you've coded.
I admit that there could be errors and unpredicted situations in HUGE projects like Linux or Chromium, but in an ordinary case your pr... | Miguecraft | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: if your programs don't run in the first try, you don't know how to code (in that lenguage, at least)
If you're a professional you'll use well documented libraries, read that full documentation (or what you'll need of it), do a good error handling and create test for what you've coded.
I admit that there could be... | you misspelled "language". A simple error such as this could cause your program to not run, even if you knew this language. Good thing there is debugging.
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IDEs aren’t going to correct not spelling typos. Documentation says address re... | Wow..: you must have some very low effort easy programming tasks. Advanced coders with very challenging jobs do not agree. If you’re not pushing to do something that’s not been done and needs testing, then your job isn’t hard enough.
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I mean, that why I made the exception of Linux and Chromium, those projects are ... | busfw7 | CMV: if your programs don't run in the first try, you don't know how to code (in that lenguage, at least) | If you're a professional you'll use well documented libraries, read that full documentation (or what you'll need of it), do a good error handling and create test for what you've coded.
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If you're a professional you'll use well documented libraries, read that full documentation (or what you'll need of it), do a good error handling and create test for what you've coded.
I admit that there could be... | I'm no expert, but mistakes do happen, even if you do consider yourself an expert.
Like some people might think they have a language under their belt, but still write ***lenguage*** and not correct it before posting.
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I'm not an expert in English, I've learned it thanks to Internet (videos, forums, memes...), so ... | It seems like you’re saying someone who isn’t a perfect typist doesn’t know how to code? Those seem like very different skills to this engineer.
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Syntax is the easy part. IDEs only have local ast analysis. They can't show you more than the most trivial... | busfw7 | CMV: if your programs don't run in the first try, you don't know how to code (in that lenguage, at least) | If you're a professional you'll use well documented libraries, read that full documentation (or what you'll need of it), do a good error handling and create test for what you've coded.
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CMV: Extremism is the logical conclusion of any social movement.
The title basically sums up my view, but I'd like to go into more detail. To start with, movements--like veganism, feminism, religion, cancer research, the KKK, civil rights, and many more--are organizations that supply two "products" to the public: outr... | I want to specifically change your view that the organizations can't dissolve.
WONPR did exactly that in 1933 after prohibition was repealed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Sabin.
They had a reason to exist, they achieved it, and dissolved. There are no extremist anti-prohibition advocates going around for... | > But what happens when a movement "wins"?
It works to maintain the status quo regarding its issues.
The ACLU has "won" on many of the issues it works on. Its function is primarily to defend their uncontroversially correct side of those issues in court cases.
Do you feel the ACLU has become extremist?
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No, I fe... | 9qi7ju | CMV: Extremism is the logical conclusion of any social movement. | The title basically sums up my view, but I'd like to go into more detail. To start with, movements--like veganism, feminism, religion, cancer research, the KKK, civil rights, and many more--are organizations that supply two "products" to the public: outrage and change. Organizations that don't supply enough outrage, li... | Singdancetypethings | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV:The US Two Party System is >80% Caused By Just 2 Factors. Plurality Voting And National Elections
I often see the claim that money, or elites, or the media, or rules about ballot access, or debate access or the two parties themselves are the reason we have a two party system in this country. I disagree. These thin... | Can you define "national election" for the sake of your argument. From what I understand, most countries that have successful multiparty systems are just as much national elections (if not more so) as the US. However, our differences there might stem from a different concept of what makes a national election.
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A... | I agree with what you are saying. But you are missing another massive piece of the puzzle:
Viability of reform.
Regardless of whether or not your claim and proposed solution is viable is meaningless if it isn't actionable. Let's say you are right. (I believe you are. But that's beside the point. ) How would we go ab... | 9p2yjz | CMV:The US Two Party System is >80% Caused By Just 2 Factors. Plurality Voting And National Elections | I often see the claim that money, or elites, or the media, or rules about ballot access, or debate access or the two parties themselves are the reason we have a two party system in this country. I disagree. These things may benefit from the system, and thus work to sustain it (though less than most give them credit for... | LiberalArtsAndCrafts | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Reddit should have an “unseen” option when filtering posts.
I’m not sure if anyone even will want to change my view or if everyone thinks it’s actually a good idea, but I think Reddit should have an option to filter posts by what the user hasn’t yet seen.
This would be great because there are usually tons of pos... | Reddit has this option and you don't even need to be a premium user. It's in your account settings and it hides posts that you have voted on. All you have to do is vote.
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Do you know where to find it on mobile or what specifically it’s called so I can find it in FAQs?
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It’s not on the app. You have to go to y... | Do you want this to work cross devices? E.g. you read something at work, do you want it to be marked as read on your home computer as well? Additionally do you think reddit currently contains too few, just enough or too many?
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I would say yes, if it’s on the same Reddit account it would hopefully work across dev... | pzfkoc | CMV: Reddit should have an “unseen” option when filtering posts. | I’m not sure if anyone even will want to change my view or if everyone thinks it’s actually a good idea, but I think Reddit should have an option to filter posts by what the user hasn’t yet seen.
This would be great because there are usually tons of posts that have been unread but you would have to scroll so far down ... | Routine_Log8315 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: There is not a plausible argument against veganism (diet-wise).
Let me preface by saying I am not trying to "convert" people. I have recently been reading up on plant-based diets and veganism and I came to the conclusion that there is not a single plausible argument against, which made me consider switching to th... | So I should not eat the deer I hunt why? None of your reasons are against it and it beneficial to the environment since they are invasive and killing native plantlife due to over population that the hunting program is in place to stop. Or what of all the invasive fish eating the other native fishes food and taking over... | How does the legal slaughter of animals contribute to animal abuse? What you described is illegal to do.
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Cows are artificially inseminated, their calf is taken and then they are milked, for example. This depends on the definition of "abuse". There are many recordings of farms that certainly do classify as abuse ... | buqm10 | CMV: There is not a plausible argument against veganism (diet-wise). | Let me preface by saying I am not trying to "convert" people. I have recently been reading up on plant-based diets and veganism and I came to the conclusion that there is not a single plausible argument against, which made me consider switching to the diet. This argument is diet-based, despite the fact that veganism re... | damsterick | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Veterans should have free Healthcare for life.
Honestly, I thought they did already. I didn't realize that the VA only covers "service related" conditions. I watched Jon Stewart's new show last night on Apple TV that was about burn pits and how soldiers develop cancer that they are nearly certain came from exposu... | Vets who retire with 20 years in service do get free healthcare for life at VA hospitals, or excellent coverage through Tricare for themselves and their spouse for about $500 a year to see civilian doctors. My husband and I choose to use Tricare because we don’t live anywhere near a VA hospital. We pay a couple bucks f... | Why just vets? Why not everyone?
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It's not fair to tax everyone for everyone's bad health choices.
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Why not? We tax everyone for everyone's bad political choices. Why should I pay 50% of my taxes to support a bloated military that should have it's budget cut at least in half? It's not fair, but I pay up becau... | pzbav6 | CMV: Veterans should have free Healthcare for life. | Honestly, I thought they did already. I didn't realize that the VA only covers "service related" conditions. I watched Jon Stewart's new show last night on Apple TV that was about burn pits and how soldiers develop cancer that they are nearly certain came from exposure to burn pits. However, since they don't develop ca... | etchasketch4u | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: Suicide is a valid option for people who have no chance of recovering from true emotional or physical pain.
Edit: I am NOT arguing if there is any way to know if you can recover, my post assumes that one KNOWS that they will not be able to get better.
I'm not going to take a religious view for this, as that's a ... | There's a saying: "Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem."
How can you be sure you will *never* be above a 4 on the happiness scale again? People who have recovered from depression will certainly attest that it *felt* that way at the time, but that they were wrong. If they'd killed themselves, they ne... | How do you judge that they're under a four on that scale? If a five on the scale is death, and they've never experienced death, how are they to know that they're below it? For that matter, how are they to know they'll *never* be above a four?
If one of the benchmark numbers of your rating system is something that no o... | 6pbsp9 | CMV: Suicide is a valid option for people who have no chance of recovering from true emotional or physical pain. | Edit: I am NOT arguing if there is any way to know if you can recover, my post assumes that one KNOWS that they will not be able to get better.
I'm not going to take a religious view for this, as that's a whole other can of worms.
However, some people are in an irredeemable place.
Let me start the formation of my arg... | Brodoof | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV:Privately practicing defense attorneys and legal defense researchers should be banned
As far as I know, most countries in the western world operate on the system that;
1) You are within your rights to hire a lawyer or team of lawyers to defend you in court.
2) If you cannot afford a lawyer, or wish not to spend mo... | So, I'm a criminal defence lawyer. You seem to have this notion that we are magical beings capable of solving anything, and that if the problem hasn't gone away, the solution is sending more lawyers after it.
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For example, a tax lawyer might spend most of his time outside the courtroom, but if a client has a tax issue, they'd be there to assist.
Would you forbid lawyers who represent their cli... | 6o5eb6 | CMV:Privately practicing defense attorneys and legal defense researchers should be banned | As far as I know, most countries in the western world operate on the system that;
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2) If you cannot afford a lawyer, or wish not to spend money on one, one will be appointed to you by the state.
Effectively meaning: The more money... | thomas6785 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Humans are the worst monsters.
Animals act on instinct. They cannot be evil. Animals are better than humans on account of not knowing any better when they do things we consider horrible. Animals do what they do for the sake of survival, not out of any real malevolence.
I am a misanthrope. I have little faith in... | >Animals act on instinct. They cannot be evil. Animals are better than humans on account of not knowing any better when they do things we consider horrible. Animals do what they do for the sake of survival, not out of any real malevolence.
Not sure if you want to go into this, but what about the idea that humans don't... | >Humans are selfish apes and little more.
Apes?
>Animals act on instinct. They cannot be evil.
So are Apes not animals?
Dolphins also rape, and kill for fun.
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CMV: Nobody should be faking orgasms during sex
I'm a guy. I dont always orgasm during sex. Contrary to popular belief, that does happen with men sometimes. Maybe its because I'm too tired, stressed, distracted, or sore/spent from previous lovemaking sessions, in which case I'd just aim to make my partner happy, be sa... | I won't lie this a tough one to dig into since I agree with your premise and support. Nobody should fake orgasms during sex, but the reality is people do it to avoid the drama of bruised egos and low self-esteem. Not every person is confident or brave enough to deal with this sensitive topic. Not everybody is equipped ... | Do you feel the same if there is no lying involved?
We sometime have phone sex and I'm turned on by my gf faking orgasms. I also do the same. You make a scenario in your head and sounds help imagination.
For normal sex, I "fake-moan", because I know it turns her on, it is also bad? Even if she is not aware of it?
-... | he2ds5 | CMV: Nobody should be faking orgasms during sex | I'm a guy. I dont always orgasm during sex. Contrary to popular belief, that does happen with men sometimes. Maybe its because I'm too tired, stressed, distracted, or sore/spent from previous lovemaking sessions, in which case I'd just aim to make my partner happy, be satisfied with that, enjoy the sex otherwise, and t... | [deleted] | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: If people stepped out of their comfort zones anxiety wouldn't be so common
DISCLAIMER: Im not trying to argue that anxiety is not a disease or that it is easy to treat.
Basically anxiety has become something that almost everyone is dealing with to some degree, and I do believe that it is a natural/biological oc... | This is roughly equivalent of saying that if people just got out, did things, and be happy than depression would be so common.
Correct, going outside your comfort level hasn't killed anyone. That's entirely irrelevant to whether or not people suffering from anxiety will feel like it is going to kill them. It's a menta... | It won’t kill you, but it can make your life miserable and it’s not going to help the anxiety most of the time. A lot of times, the anxiety is just going to be worse in the moment. The more often you’re forced into those situations that give you anxiety, the higher your anxiety levels are going to typically be. It’s mo... | faep73 | CMV: If people stepped out of their comfort zones anxiety wouldn't be so common | DISCLAIMER: Im not trying to argue that anxiety is not a disease or that it is easy to treat.
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CMV: You're wrong when you say you identify as X if you've never lived in country X
With mobility being easier than ever, lots of people find themselves growing up in multicultural families. A child born and raised in Canada can have parents from Italy and New Zealand. That child will have a unique experience growing ... | People aren't saying they identify as an Irish citizen. They identify as ethnically Irish. You don't have to have lived in Ireland to be ethnically Irish.
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Y... | Your thought process is very black and white, and I would like to give you a different perspective to change your view. Let's look at the POV of someone who may answer the question "Where are you from?' in the way you describe as irritating. I'll try to explain.....
As you said, many people are now a mixture of ethni... | 9qer7q | CMV: You're wrong when you say you identify as X if you've never lived in country X | With mobility being easier than ever, lots of people find themselves growing up in multicultural families. A child born and raised in Canada can have parents from Italy and New Zealand. That child will have a unique experience growing up in a blend of cultures from all of these places.
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CMV: If you're for reparations, you should be for inheritance.
Or, more significantly, if you're against inheritance, you should be against reparations.
Reparations represent a cross-generational wealth transfer from the presumed beneficiaries (but not actors) of a past injustice to those presumed to represent those... | It's very strange to consider reparations a wealth transfer from one group to another because they would be paid for by the state, and the sum could be made up from the state budget however the government saw fit to. I seriously doubt it would be paid for with a special "white guilt tax". Do you consider it a wealth tr... | Suppose the reparations are to repair the damage done to current African Americans by the legacy of slavery not to make up for their ancestors' suffering?
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CMV: If you're for reparations, you should be for inheritance.
Or, more significantly, if you're against inheritance, you should be against reparations.
Reparations represent a cross-generational wealth transfer from the presumed beneficiaries (but not actors) of a past injustice to those presumed to represent those... | A general feature of our capitalist society is that you need money to make money. When you have a group of people, like black people, who have inarguably been oppressed by the state, they start out in an economically disadvantaged position that's hard to break out of.
It's not just slavery although that's certainly a... | Suppose the reparations are to repair the damage done to current African Americans by the legacy of slavery not to make up for their ancestors' suffering?
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CMV: Furries and the like freak me out
I found a post like this on this subreddit and thought it might be a good idea to make my own. That post kind of just concluded that they don't like the fursuits specifically, like how people are afraid of clowns. I mean, all variations of people in giant suits freak me out, whet... | I know this probably isn't the advice you're looking for but this isn't a view we can change here on CMV. This is something within yourself that you have to work past. I once had an irrational fear of mirrors. It wasn't anything that convinced me, but rather just the ability to slowly emotionally move past it.
I don't... | Sorry everyone, I don't think I was particularly clear about this. I don't mean that fursuits are an issue, they're the same as any of that kind of costume. I mean everything relating to this. All the art and animation, anthropomorphic or not, all the terminology, and at this point, my memories of all those disney movi... | 68r86l | CMV: Furries and the like freak me out | I found a post like this on this subreddit and thought it might be a good idea to make my own. That post kind of just concluded that they don't like the fursuits specifically, like how people are afraid of clowns. I mean, all variations of people in giant suits freak me out, whether it's at disneyland, conventions, or ... | glaciaifox | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Democrats don’t believe in democracy. They believe in the illusion of democracy, and yet, want a one party state.
That isn’t to say Republicans don’t either. But at least that are pretty open about it.
Democrats are all about “voting rights” and “protecting democracy” these days, but really, do they actually wan... | Are you arguing against the idea that a political party should want to win?
Also, if you want to protect democracy, you’re better off voting for the democrats because it’s pretty evident by now that Republicans are trying to dismantle it. Democrats suck, don’t get me wrong, but that’s the consequence of our two party... | Is it possible that they do want people to be free to vote *and* also want to be free to voice their displeasure? Why does other people's freedom to vote require their sacrifice of freedom of speech? Do you think that if someone begrudges a choice someone else made then they're opposed to the concept of choice???
For ... | pyxls2 | CMV: Democrats don’t believe in democracy. They believe in the illusion of democracy, and yet, want a one party state. | That isn’t to say Republicans don’t either. But at least that are pretty open about it.
Democrats are all about “voting rights” and “protecting democracy” these days, but really, do they actually want you to be able to make a choice on who to vote for? After all, the alternative is the Republicans. And if you vote for... | [deleted] | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: trans culture is rape culture
Now I feel a disclaimer is in order before people feel on the idefensive side and just calling this idiotic before thinking about it. This is not about discussing trans people per se, but rather some of the ideas of trans culture. And in fact i think a good portion of the problem is ... | > In the alphabet community they believe that trans people should be called what they identify as not what they are biologically born as.
The gender they identify as is the gender they were born as. They are biologically that gender in the sense that their brain (which is part of, and the most important part of their ... | I feel your view lacks nor considers that most trans people would tell a potential partner they transitioned. Are you assuming that proponents of trans rights would advise a trans man or women not to tell a potential SO they transitioned?
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CMV: A "good driver" must consistently use their turn signal
I'm not saying that using turn signals is the only metric that makes a "good driver", and of course there's a whole lot of room for subjectivity in deciding a "good driver", but it is a deal breaker to even be considered a "good driver" if you routinely chan... | Motorsport has lots of very good, very skilled drivers. None of them use their blinkers; their cars don't even have them.
I think you need to refine your view a bit more, to only apply to drivers who operate on populated public roads.
Beyond that, this seems blatantly wrong:
> it's my view that turn signal usage is... | >if you routinely change lanes and make turns without using the turn signal while there are other cars within line of sight.
This is the part I disagree with. A good driver uses their turn signal even if there are no vehicles in their line of sight, because what a person driving *sees* does not always reflect what is ... | cgi1zm | CMV: A "good driver" must consistently use their turn signal | I'm not saying that using turn signals is the only metric that makes a "good driver", and of course there's a whole lot of room for subjectivity in deciding a "good driver", but it is a deal breaker to even be considered a "good driver" if you routinely change lanes and make turns without using the turn signal while th... | SeanFromQueens | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Hip Hop Music Is All About Violence, Illegal Activity And Misogyny. It discusses sinful things in the lyrics and has too much swearing, making it, in my opinion horrible music.
So, I really want to get into hip hop music, but all the hip hop music I have found goes against my values. I value peace, spirituality, ... | I think you're allowed to like or dislike anything for any reason.
But here's a question, if you wanted to make art relevent to people who tend to live in places were poverty and crime were more prevelent, and you wanted to communicate how that experience felt, how would you do it?
Let's say for example the police re... | I mean, there are Christian hip hop artists, and there are rappers that don’t make that sort of music.
But also you kind of just seem like a prude
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CMV: I don't identify as cis.
First of all, this post is going to grant the premise that biological sex is separate from gender identity, and that individuals have the right to choose what gender identity they have and how they identify. I know there are many people who wouldn't agree with that premise, but I would no... | Well, I don't know how you expect your view to be changed. On one hand, you already accept the fact that this term is good to describe you, but you don't identify to it. That's like a lot of other qualifications , positive or not . If you are "obese", maybe you would not like to identify with the term, same for "rich",... | The words "transgender" and "cisgender" are not identities. They are descriptive adjectives. Michael Jordan is tall whether he likes it or not, and you are cisgender whether you like it or not.
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> First of all, this post is going to grant the premise that biological sex is separate from gender identity, and that ... | 9qdnuz | CMV: I don't identify as cis. | First of all, this post is going to grant the premise that biological sex is separate from gender identity, and that individuals have the right to choose what gender identity they have and how they identify. I know there are many people who wouldn't agree with that premise, but I would not like to debate that here. Tha... | tomgabriele | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I don't identify as cis.
First of all, this post is going to grant the premise that biological sex is separate from gender identity, and that individuals have the right to choose what gender identity they have and how they identify. I know there are many people who wouldn't agree with that premise, but I would no... | Do you feel like the cis term is something that people expect you to identify as regardless of the context? I've never seen the term used in any circumstance other than to contrast with transgender in the context of a discussion. There are thousands of facets we could use to distinguish a typical characteristic of so... | What are you hoping your view will change to?
You already say that you **are** cisgender, you just don’t prefer to be identified as such.
So it’s not clear what you want your view to become. We can’t convince you that you want to identify as cis when you already know that’s what you are. That’s your personal choice.
... | 9qdnuz | CMV: I don't identify as cis. | First of all, this post is going to grant the premise that biological sex is separate from gender identity, and that individuals have the right to choose what gender identity they have and how they identify. I know there are many people who wouldn't agree with that premise, but I would not like to debate that here. Tha... | tomgabriele | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I think that a public healthcare system/M4All in the United States would do way more harm than good with our current population numbers.
First of all, I have little to no defense against this country's current healthcare system. I believe that we overcharge for so many medications and things that are essential to... | *What I'm saying is that with our population of over 350 million, we should attempt to bring more competition to the marketplace of healthcare products and prescription drugs before we just entrust the government to implement something that will work for most of us, because that is just wishful thinking to me.*
That i... | > would never work the way it is supposed to with a population of over 350 million.
Why not?
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They never say why a large population causes a public healthcare system to not work. | i4grue | CMV: I think that a public healthcare system/M4All in the United States would do way more harm than good with our current population numbers. | First of all, I have little to no defense against this country's current healthcare system. I believe that we overcharge for so many medications and things that are essential to live like inhalers and surgery, and it has likely lead to hundreds of thousands if not millions of deaths because of that.
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CMV: I think that a public healthcare system/M4All in the United States would do way more harm than good with our current population numbers.
First of all, I have little to no defense against this country's current healthcare system. I believe that we overcharge for so many medications and things that are essential to... | > would never work the way it is supposed to with a population of over 350 million.
Why not?
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They never say why a large population causes a public healthcare system to not work.
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I don't think a government with large population can sustain a public healthcare system without needing to reso... | *What I'm saying is that with our population of over 350 million, we should attempt to bring more competition to the marketplace of healthcare products and prescription drugs before we just entrust the government to implement something that will work for most of us, because that is just wishful thinking to me.*
That i... | i4grue | CMV: I think that a public healthcare system/M4All in the United States would do way more harm than good with our current population numbers. | First of all, I have little to no defense against this country's current healthcare system. I believe that we overcharge for so many medications and things that are essential to live like inhalers and surgery, and it has likely lead to hundreds of thousands if not millions of deaths because of that.
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CMV: The current movement towards police accountability ultimately has very, very little to do with race, and the backlash against "targeted racism" is disingenuous
To me, it is objective fact that there is not enough accountability for police, and the slew of wrongful-use-of-force examples in the recent weeks really ... | The racial disparity of stops and arrests cannot be explained by police spending more time monitoring high-crime, low-income areas where black Americans are more likely to live because police target black Americans disproportionately even controlling for relevant factors such as local demographics, crime rate, income, ... | Black Americans are at least 3 times as likely to be killed by police despite being less than 20% of the population; how can race not be a core issue there?
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Out of 903 reported killings by police in the year 2017, 223 were of Black Americans. That's just under 25%. If they represent 20% of the population, Blacks ... | hdy3og | CMV: The current movement towards police accountability ultimately has very, very little to do with race, and the backlash against "targeted racism" is disingenuous | To me, it is objective fact that there is not enough accountability for police, and the slew of wrongful-use-of-force examples in the recent weeks really punctuate that revelation. What I cannot understand, however, is that this somehow has to do with race.
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CMV: The current movement towards police accountability ultimately has very, very little to do with race, and the backlash against "targeted racism" is disingenuous
To me, it is objective fact that there is not enough accountability for police, and the slew of wrongful-use-of-force examples in the recent weeks really ... | The racial disparity of stops and arrests cannot be explained by police spending more time monitoring high-crime, low-income areas where black Americans are more likely to live because police target black Americans disproportionately even controlling for relevant factors such as local demographics, crime rate, income, ... | Black Americans are at least 3 times as likely to be killed by police despite being less than 20% of the population; how can race not be a core issue there?
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Out of 903 reported killings by police in the year 2017, 223 were of Black Americans. That's just under 25%. If they represent 20% of the population, Blacks ... | hdy3og | CMV: The current movement towards police accountability ultimately has very, very little to do with race, and the backlash against "targeted racism" is disingenuous | To me, it is objective fact that there is not enough accountability for police, and the slew of wrongful-use-of-force examples in the recent weeks really punctuate that revelation. What I cannot understand, however, is that this somehow has to do with race.
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CMV: It is a greater priority for a male college student to lose his virginity than to avoid debt.
I think that it is a greater priority for a male college student to lose his virginity than to avoid debt because the former is more time dependent than the latter and its value is dependent on the former. Assuming that ... | Losing your virginity is just the first time you do something you will do thousands of times in your life. It's just not that important and you will likely forget about it not long after it happens.
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You will but you need to develop good habits early in life, especially when they are difficult to learn.
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You ... | Your claim rests on the assumption that being a virgin NOW has some impact on your future virginity, as though if you haven't gotten laid by 30 that it'll never happen or something. You need to bring evidence to support that assertion.
Because needless to say, there is PLENTY of evidence to support the idea that your... | 6oai9t | CMV: It is a greater priority for a male college student to lose his virginity than to avoid debt. | I think that it is a greater priority for a male college student to lose his virginity than to avoid debt because the former is more time dependent than the latter and its value is dependent on the former. Assuming that you have willpower it is quite easy to gain a high net worth and even starting around 27 could still... | ThetaVega | 11 | 11 | [
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CMV: It is a greater priority for a male college student to lose his virginity than to avoid debt.
I think that it is a greater priority for a male college student to lose his virginity than to avoid debt because the former is more time dependent than the latter and its value is dependent on the former. Assuming that ... | Losing your virginity is just the first time you do something you will do thousands of times in your life. It's just not that important and you will likely forget about it not long after it happens.
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You ... | What about gay men? They won't need to worry about spending time and money in order to impress girls. The claim that losing one's virginity yields a greater quality of life than developing a good career is inaccurate, especially because virginity can be relinquished at any time. What's keeping a guy from hiring a prost... | 6oai9t | CMV: It is a greater priority for a male college student to lose his virginity than to avoid debt. | I think that it is a greater priority for a male college student to lose his virginity than to avoid debt because the former is more time dependent than the latter and its value is dependent on the former. Assuming that you have willpower it is quite easy to gain a high net worth and even starting around 27 could still... | ThetaVega | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Straight, cisgender people are secretly proud/glad for being straight, cisgender
I'm not saying that the others don't feel proud or happy.
My point is, there is a " thank God. I'm stright and cis". attitude.
This is because :
1. Even though LGBTQ+ movements are getting popular, there is no acceptance in som... | [deleted]
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Yes. So do you say my post is right? Since the majority of people are straight and cis..life is easier for them. And they are happy that they belong to the majority
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Why did you choose the word “proud” in particular?
The body does not match the title and “pride” and “thankfulness” are two very dif... | Actually as a straight white male I feel I am in the most marginalised group on the planet.
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As a fellow straight white male, I can't even begin to tell you how wrong you are.
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See, straight white males are not even entitled to their own opinion. Having an opinion is just that, doesn’t mean its right, doesn’t... | sekaav | CMV: Straight, cisgender people are secretly proud/glad for being straight, cisgender | I'm not saying that the others don't feel proud or happy.
My point is, there is a " thank God. I'm stright and cis". attitude.
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CMV: Straight, cisgender people are secretly proud/glad for being straight, cisgender
I'm not saying that the others don't feel proud or happy.
My point is, there is a " thank God. I'm stright and cis". attitude.
This is because :
1. Even though LGBTQ+ movements are getting popular, there is no acceptance in som... | [deleted]
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Yes. So do you say my post is right? Since the majority of people are straight and cis..life is easier for them. And they are happy that they belong to the majority
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I would guess a large and I mean vast majority of cis straight people never even give their sexuality or gender enough thought to eve... | I'm not proud to be straight, the same way I'm not proud of having brown hair. It's just something i was born with, i had little say in the matter and ultimately it's not a big part of the person i am.
Personally i think being proud of something about yourself you had no control over is kind of stupid.
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Yes that... | sekaav | CMV: Straight, cisgender people are secretly proud/glad for being straight, cisgender | I'm not saying that the others don't feel proud or happy.
My point is, there is a " thank God. I'm stright and cis". attitude.
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CMV: Feminism is based on a false premise.
The biggest lie we’ve ever been sold is that women are, or ever were, oppressed. Throughout history, men have been forced into war and hard labor, treated as disposable and are seen as inherently violent and dangerous. In wars it is considered savage to kill women and childr... | Man, that pivot from the first paragraph to the second gave me whiplash. From "women were never oppressed" to "women belong at home". You are providing an example of a thing while arguing that it does not exist.
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Is being a housewife oppression? It is better than having to go to work and slave away, in my opinio... | This seems like something you feel very strongly about. How would someone go about changing your view on this?
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Well, first, I need to know why I, as a man, will benefit from feminism. I’m not going to lie, my entire ideology is based on the fact that I want a traditional wife. So, how will feminism help me? It se... | pytttc | CMV: Feminism is based on a false premise. |
The biggest lie we’ve ever been sold is that women are, or ever were, oppressed. Throughout history, men have been forced into war and hard labor, treated as disposable and are seen as inherently violent and dangerous. In wars it is considered savage to kill women and children, but not men, and we say that women were ... | [deleted] | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: Mass Murder is a Revolutionary Act & Ultimate example of Courage & Willpower
Society is a hierarchy based on violence. The elite classes use up the most desirable resources and delegate the undesirable tasks to underlings in a great hierarchy. The foundation of the elite's power is the subservient military class ... | Are you actually willing to have your mind changed on this issue?
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sure. can someone argue the legitimacy of state violence by the property owning class as compared to individual violence?
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Define legitimacy. | They really depends.
Some mass murderers are just in it for quick cash.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah_Mee_massacre
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is criminal murder for money fundamentally different than what soldiers agree to do?
I'd argue that criminal murder for money is an example of outcast groups doing exactly what the state doe... | 9qdhx9 | CMV: Mass Murder is a Revolutionary Act & Ultimate example of Courage & Willpower | Society is a hierarchy based on violence. The elite classes use up the most desirable resources and delegate the undesirable tasks to underlings in a great hierarchy. The foundation of the elite's power is the subservient military class which has been granted by the elites legitimized use of murder and horrific violenc... | NevergreenMonster | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I don't think the left has any principals
Okay so in politics both sides lie, a lot, to further their own ends, bad faith arguments and blatant hypocrisy is pretty much the norm but you'd assume that it would be serving some principle or ideal if it wasn't just about personal profit (which it often is) and frankl... | Where does the left ever restrict freedom of speech?
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That's simply not true. The left is the one who wants to ban guns and restrict speech. The left takes power away from... | 14egg2f | CMV: I don't think the left has any principals | Okay so in politics both sides lie, a lot, to further their own ends, bad faith arguments and blatant hypocrisy is pretty much the norm but you'd assume that it would be serving some principle or ideal if it wasn't just about personal profit (which it often is) and frankly even personally profiting can a principle in i... | EvilOneLovesMyGirl | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Some peoples or cultures are, somehow, just superior to me in ability
This topic has been on my mind now for a while as a young North American. I'm an Aerospace Engineer working in a Rocketry program, and of ancestral South Asian (Pakistani) descent. I've been wondering what it is about me or my culture that prev... | Why do you assume it's race and not socioeconomic status?
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I don't know if its race or culture or what
It can't be socioeconomic status because, like I said in my post, I cant say I'm of a lower socioeconomic status than the people I saw in Sweden. Im decently educated, I know there are some pretty rich, educat... | I think there are physical traits that ties to the biological difference due racial difference. Like those with higher melatonin can survive in hotter climate and lower melatonin is better in cooler to colder climate.
However, I do not know if those biological difference are difference created by the many generations... | 1p0wpa4 | CMV: Some peoples or cultures are, somehow, just superior to me in ability | This topic has been on my mind now for a while as a young North American. I'm an Aerospace Engineer working in a Rocketry program, and of ancestral South Asian (Pakistani) descent. I've been wondering what it is about me or my culture that prevents me from being as successful and accomplished in my field as others my a... | HassanT1357 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Gender reassignment surgery will be looked at as brutal/gruesome in the near future
As I understand it, people with gender dysphoria have an incongruence between one’s sex assigned at birth and one’s gender identity. In other words, the brain feels one way and the body doesn’t match. Therefore, the current treatm... | That depends if society technologically regresses a la Canticle for Lebowitz or progresses in the next century. I think quite the opposite will occur eventually.
Body modification of all sorts is uncommon now but will be incredibly common in the future. Implants will be common and cyborgs will be real (although we wo... | It's approved by all medical science. Point to a specific objection that makes you think we need to walk back what doctors agree is health care.
>These surgeries are risky and do not actually result in function similar to that which the brain would like or want to have.
The regret rate for these surgeries is less tha... | 14ec0vv | CMV: Gender reassignment surgery will be looked at as brutal/gruesome in the near future | As I understand it, people with gender dysphoria have an incongruence between one’s sex assigned at birth and one’s gender identity. In other words, the brain feels one way and the body doesn’t match. Therefore, the current treatments that we have modify the body to fit the mind. These surgeries are risky and do not ac... | bhuddistchipmonk | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Artificial cranial elongation should not be outlawed.
This is a form of body alteration in which the skull of a human is deformed intentionally, done by distorting the normal growth of a child's skull by applying force.
The alteration is carried out on an infant, when the skull is most pliable, with the head b... | O...k. You don't explain your actual view.
WHY
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My default position is that laws shouldn’t be enacted around topics where no serious tangible harm can be demonstrated. The harm principle.
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The problem is that there is no very well-founded scientific data because the practice is relatively rare.
[There is s... | Most modern cultures have come to consensus that body modification should not be performed on children until they are old enough to provide informed consent – this is why you don't see infants with earrings, why clitoral circumcision is widely reviled, and even why there is a growing movement to eliminate male circumci... | 1e4t554 | CMV: Artificial cranial elongation should not be outlawed. | This is a form of body alteration in which the skull of a human is deformed intentionally, done by distorting the normal growth of a child's skull by applying force.
The alteration is carried out on an infant, when the skull is most pliable, with the head binding beginning approximately a month after birth and contin... | RiddleMeThis101 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Sydney Sweeney is just as wrong as the men buying her product.
IMO:
Nothing is empowering about what she’s doing. In no way, shape, or form is selling bath water helping women. She's pandering to men and normalizing grotesque behaviors.
The bath water campaign has a very similar, if not worse, damaging effect ... | It's just a gimmick. You're over thinking it. Nobody is wrong.
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how do i award a delta
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Are you serious? There’s been some genuinely good points made by others such as u/destro23 and you want to award a delta to the lowest effort comment in this thread, a revelation that takes 5 seconds of self-reflection to ... | What if I don’t think either are wrong?
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Why not? How could this be beneficial in any way??
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Person A makes a product person B wants. Person A gets paid Person B gets something they want.
I’m not really a big fan of the morality police. If two consenting adults engaged in a mutual financial transaction which... | 1l1ry13 | CMV: Sydney Sweeney is just as wrong as the men buying her product. | IMO:
Nothing is empowering about what she’s doing. In no way, shape, or form is selling bath water helping women. She's pandering to men and normalizing grotesque behaviors.
The bath water campaign has a very similar, if not worse, damaging effect than porn. It reinforces in men’s minds that women are objects to be ... | Due_Preference637 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Most of Reddit in 2020 would have said Trump would "never" besiege the Capitol.
Bill Maher in 2020 was repeatedly predicting that Trump would never willingly leave the White House. Most mainstream media laughed at this idea, and Trump ended up besieging the Capitol on January 6th with a violent mob, and clear pla... | Well first, Trump didn't siege the capitol, his fanatics did. But assuming that's what you mean about inciting the insurrection I still think you've got the wrong group.
"Most of Reddit" has been calling Trump an authoritarian or more seriously some variation of fascist since 2016. I think it was pretty clear he was ... | And Trump never besieged the capitol.
He offered to send tens of thousands of armed national guardsmen to the capitol. Pelosi said no.
And there were a couple thousand unarmed protesters who walked in.
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My post is on the likelihood of chaos events. I'm not splitting hairs about debating you on MAGA propaganda ... | 1e4r5jf | CMV: Most of Reddit in 2020 would have said Trump would "never" besiege the Capitol. | Bill Maher in 2020 was repeatedly predicting that Trump would never willingly leave the White House. Most mainstream media laughed at this idea, and Trump ended up besieging the Capitol on January 6th with a violent mob, and clear plan to utilize 'alternate electors' in some sham ceremony to stay in office. The plan fa... | weed_cutter | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Artists hate AI art simply because it is endangering their livelihood
The hype about AI art has been going down lately so i think it is a good time to have a more comprehensive look at things. My view is that artists really don't have any argument against AI art other than it is taking away their jobs, which in i... | >AI art is stealing: This is a more nuanced subject but imo i see how AI art is stealing from anyone. It looks at images, it sees a pattern, it recreates the pattern based on the prompts of the user. It does not simply stitch images together. Now imagine if a real person does this, lets say a man looks at all of Van Go... | I'm a hobbyist artist (but a really enthusiast one!) so AI doesn't endanger my livelihood and yet I still don't like AI art.
Why? because it's simply not interesting and artists using it simply don't evoke me any awe or interest at all. It's a tool replacing thousands of hours of training to be able to create mostly r... | 14dzmc9 | CMV: Artists hate AI art simply because it is endangering their livelihood | The hype about AI art has been going down lately so i think it is a good time to have a more comprehensive look at things. My view is that artists really don't have any argument against AI art other than it is taking away their jobs, which in itself is already a shaky argument. I will attempt to argue against them.
1... | JoyIkl | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: A large part of the Democratic party is approaching a cult of personality.
Donald Trump is a clear threat to democracy (recent events don’t change that). Defeating him at the ballot box is crucially important not just for the US domestically, but for the wider world.
It has become painfully obvious that Biden ... | You haven’t really pointed out any features supporting the claim of a cult of personality.
It seems to me what you’ve discussed is that democrats are united in opposing Trump and divided on how best to do that.
The fact that one group believes in the incumbent advantage and the other believes a new name would serve u... | hahah "Biden loyalists" is where this all breaks down. Like -- who?
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The ones attacking other democrats saying he should step down for the good of the party.
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And you think that's a large part of the party? | 1e4out0 | CMV: A large part of the Democratic party is approaching a cult of personality. | Donald Trump is a clear threat to democracy (recent events don’t change that). Defeating him at the ballot box is crucially important not just for the US domestically, but for the wider world.
It has become painfully obvious that Biden is utterly incapable of doing that. Yes, his administration has been one of the mo... | Catrachote | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Leon the Professional is the author's attempt to legitimize his sexual relationship with a minor
Preface: Lolita and it's subsequent adaptations to screen and stage are about an unreliable narrator who tells a story about his love of an underage girl (starting at age 12). The book is written in a manner that is ... | Your argument can be taken nothing more than an assumption. Because there is no connection between your thesis and pragraphs.
You can definitely argue that there are elements in the movie which align with author's life. Because like every story, this one is also based on -however loosely- author's experiences. The... | Leon very clearly does not have romantic interest in the girl. SHE has something that amounts to a school girl crush mixed with severe trauma and PTSD, but any time she makes any reference to her feelings for him, he gets extremely uncomfortable, as is appropriate. and the very end when he tells her he loves her be... | 190y1mz | CMV: Leon the Professional is the author's attempt to legitimize his sexual relationship with a minor | Preface: Lolita and it's subsequent adaptations to screen and stage are about an unreliable narrator who tells a story about his love of an underage girl (starting at age 12). The book is written in a manner that is considered sympathetic to the older guy. Many, if not most, critics, have stated that this was done as... | X-calibreX | 4 | 4 | [
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CMV: Most "icks" are just male objectification inevitably going wrong
First things first: I am deeply aware of the fact that women around the world have been, and continue to be the primary victims of sexual objectification. In addition, I am also quite certain due to personal experiences as well as sociological resea... | The issue is that you are basing your conclusions on “viral icks” on social media. Social media often attracts people who are more outspoken and/or have less commonly shared opinions to POST, hence why ridiculous people go viral and so on. If you did a large survey on a random group of young women over a wide area, you... | I have a Q, I hope that’s okay. Is an ‘ick’ a synonym for a ‘turn off’? Or is there a difference?
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CMV: Decentralized anarchy would be better compared to career politicians entrenched in power in a elected goverment.
Okay, we know that most societies have a centralized elected government. The problem with such a government is that sooner or later, they tend to entrench themselves and become de-facto dictators or fa... | How would you prevent neighboring districts from adopting policies that harm one another?
For example if one district controlled a water supply and decided they’d keep it all for themselves rather than allow others access?
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Their choice. Tell the other districts to make their own water supply.
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How do they ... | This isn't a plausible solution.
Decentralized anarchy is the primordial soup of government systems. Every government in existence today was born of decentralized anarchy.
Simply put: centralized governments outcompete and absorb decentralized governments.
Within a decentralized anarchic system, it would only take ... | 14e47si | CMV: Decentralized anarchy would be better compared to career politicians entrenched in power in a elected goverment. | Okay, we know that most societies have a centralized elected government. The problem with such a government is that sooner or later, they tend to entrench themselves and become de-facto dictators or fall into infighting amongst political parties.
I think we should decentralize our political systems with not one govern... | Cheemingwan1234 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Reese’s Pieces taste nothing like Reese’s Cups and should be rebranded to Goodbar Jrs.
Reese’s Cups are one of the most iconic American candies. It was only a matter of time before Hershey’s introduced a spin-off candy called Reese’s Pieces, mini M&M shaped candies with a chocolate shell and peanut butter flavo... | They’re called Reese’s because these all used to be separate companies. Reese’s was a company that made peanut butter-based candies.
You right abt the taste tho
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Regardless of the ingredients, chocolate or not, Reese’s Pieces taste exactly like Mr. Goodbar. I think taste is a good reason to associate two candies with one another.
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Reese’s Cups are one of the most iconic American candies. It was only a matter of time before Hershey’s introduced a spin-off candy called Reese’s Pieces, mini M&M shaped candies with a chocolate shell and peanut butter flavor cream inside.
The only problem is that the cream tastes quite different than the peanut bu... | gishgob | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Wasps often get an unfair amount of hate (especially on Reddit) compared to bees but I believe wasps should actually be admired and appreciated as much as bees.
I often see a very strong and forceful reaction from the Reddit community when there is a video, gif or image of wasps (and hornets) or their hives. The ... | > Wasps won't generally attack for no reason unless they feel threatened (such as their hives being bothered). Their reaction is no different than bees or any other creatures whose habitats are disrupted - it's a natural response to 'fight back'
This is not my experience. I have been stung by wasps more than once for ... | Wasps are certainly more aggressive than bees, sure not all species, but I’ve been stung by wasps, never stung by a bee, and I’ve been in close proximity to bees way more often than I’ve been for wasps. Just last week I was near a swarm and had a bunch of bees flying around me, just checking me out, didn’t get stung. I... | 14d2wjk | CMV: Wasps often get an unfair amount of hate (especially on Reddit) compared to bees but I believe wasps should actually be admired and appreciated as much as bees. | I often see a very strong and forceful reaction from the Reddit community when there is a video, gif or image of wasps (and hornets) or their hives. The comments are usually "Kill it with fire!" "Burn them all." "Fuck wasps!" "Wasps are assholes!" etc etc. It's almost like the Reddit hive mind starts to buzz. Lol.
I w... | deadfermata | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: I think murder/vigilantism is not inherently wrong.
People always talk about how dangerous it is when someone takes the law into their own hands. And yeah, that risk is real. But can we also talk about how dangerous it is when no one does and the system just keeps failing?
So, the idea of vigilante justice(the ... | That might seem all well and good until you are on the other side of it.
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Like I said, If I'm in the wrong place at the wrong time, I'm also liable to be on the other side of the justice system for unjust reasons.
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Yes, but if you end up on the wrong side of the justice system you have rights to legal repres... | Do vigilantes get it wrong? Can they be corrupted?
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They might, and they can, but even [one act of vigilantism ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Mangione) is (supposed to be) frowned upon
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Luigi Mangione didn’t murder an evil criminal like a serial killer or serial rapist.
His ‘vigilantism’ was pointl... | 1l1lfdq | CMV: I think murder/vigilantism is not inherently wrong. |
People always talk about how dangerous it is when someone takes the law into their own hands. And yeah, that risk is real. But can we also talk about how dangerous it is when no one does and the system just keeps failing?
So, the idea of vigilante justice(the fatal kind), someone outside the law stepping in to punish... | Mammoth_Emu5504 | 5 | 5 | [
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cmv: The Democrat Party is too far left to be considered serious
I really wish I could vote for a Democrat. But the last 3 elections have told me that I can't. And Dems just seem to be moving more and more to the left all the time.
Marginalized issues seem to take precedence over issues that are much further... | What is your media diet?
I will be frank. I used to be a Republican. I believed the Democrats were too far left.
But then Republicans went further right. I listened to Democrats, as opposed to what Republicans told me about Democrats.
And I realized the Republicans were finding extreme examples of random people a... | Man if Gavin Newsome is too far to the left for you then I believe you might actually be a fascist
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Like this just means OP is a Rebublican lol | 1p0lxxs | cmv: The Democrat Party is too far left to be considered serious | I really wish I could vote for a Democrat. But the last 3 elections have told me that I can't. And Dems just seem to be moving more and more to the left all the time.
Marginalized issues seem to take precedence over issues that are much further reaching. Looking like they support small groups that represent l... | BuffRogers9122 | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: Raising wages for low-skill jobs to be on par with blue collar laborers hurts society
I often see well meaning sentiments from skilled blue-collar workers that, should wages rise to make a cashier's pay on par with the pay for a grueling trade (through a minimum wage increase or otherwise) this would be a victory... | People deserve a living wage. Period. Instead of getting mad at cashiers or food workers for wanting a living wage, why don’t you get mad at your employer for not paying YOU more for your skills?
Price rises and inflation happen *without* the minium wage raising. That’s no excuse.
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Minimum wage increase advocates aren't claiming everyone should have equal pay, they're assuming that other wages above m... | tutjo1 | CMV: Raising wages for low-skill jobs to be on par with blue collar laborers hurts society | I often see well meaning sentiments from skilled blue-collar workers that, should wages rise to make a cashier's pay on par with the pay for a grueling trade (through a minimum wage increase or otherwise) this would be a victory for workers everywhere and there should be no ill will or grievance at all between the two ... | Scil | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: We will overcome racism
Incredible strides have been made in the past hundred years to overcome racism and society is on the path towards an end to it. Maybe not this century, maybe not next, but eventually racism will end. Sure, we're seeing a resurgence of racist sentiment in contemporary times, but its nothing... | There are zero statistics or studies that support this idea. It's always been around and probably always will be.
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Nope
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I don't think you realize how pervasive racism is everywhere else. | 1p0m066 | CMV: We will overcome racism | Incredible strides have been made in the past hundred years to overcome racism and society is on the path towards an end to it. Maybe not this century, maybe not next, but eventually racism will end. Sure, we're seeing a resurgence of racist sentiment in contemporary times, but its nothing, absolutely nothing compared ... | jman12234 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Politics should only be talked about by politicians.
A good example is in the medical field If you had a bone fracture you'll talk and take advice from orthopedic doctor and not normal out street person And if you have a abdominal pain you'd ask a internal medicine doctor And if you had a neurological problem you... | >So shouldn't politics be for politicians?
Politicians are not studied specialists or experts. In fact, just about anyone can declare themselves a politician and collect people around themselves, forming a political party. The only "expertise" that is required by politicians (and even then, only to a degree) is beuroc... | So why are you talking about politics?
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Iam speaking in form of a question and not forcing my talk in a statement. | nm4z1v | CMV: Politics should only be talked about by politicians. | A good example is in the medical field If you had a bone fracture you'll talk and take advice from orthopedic doctor and not normal out street person And if you have a abdominal pain you'd ask a internal medicine doctor And if you had a neurological problem you'd go for a neuro doctor or neurosurgeon. And examples of t... | Warcraft00 | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: Executives of healthcare insurance companies are no more guilty for the deaths of patients than any other decision maker within the healthcare sector
This CMV **does not** relate to the events in New York. I have no interest in discussing vigilantism. This post is in response to comments I've seen across reddit b... | Regarding your suggestion that hospitals should be willing to provide care at a lower cost even when a patient’s insurance denies their claim, according to Becker’s Hospital Review, 40% of U.S. hospitals are operating at a financial loss in 2024. In 2019, it was 60%.
The hospital where I work is one of them. We’ve be... | We don't need to have a comparison of evil. They can both cause consumer deaths.
But the doctors and pharmaceuticals at least provide a service. The insurer's entire purpose is to collect money in order to invest and return it. If billing price is high, they're supposed to challenge the price lower. If the money never... | 1hf92ag | CMV: Executives of healthcare insurance companies are no more guilty for the deaths of patients than any other decision maker within the healthcare sector | This CMV **does not** relate to the events in New York. I have no interest in discussing vigilantism. This post is in response to comments I've seen across reddit blaming executives of healthcare insurance companies for the deaths of patients. I am seeking to understand this position more thoroughly - specifically what... | MrGraeme | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Bisexual women who knowingly date lesbophobic/homophobic men do not belong at Pride
1. If you, as a bi or queer person, willingly date someone who is homophobic, the both of you need to stay away from pride. I’ve had it with people bringing their boyfriends along to queer spaces where they clearly don’t belong, b... | Can you describe what you think the purpose of Pride is? This makes it easier to change your view.
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I think Pride is first and foremost a protest for queer rights and homophobia, and a celebration after.
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Well in that case wouldn't anything that inflates the number of people present make the protest more effe... | I don't understand why both the bi person an the homophobe in question can't attend? Seems fair enough that the bi person should be able to come, they just shouldn't bring their partner because they may cause distress to other LGBT folks.
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CMV: Systemic Racism is Anti-Poor Discrimination
I will start this post by saying that I am absolutely open to having my view changed but I'm a little conflicted about the notion that the U.S. is a racist country.
Anyway, someone sent [this article](https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/america-africans-caribbeans-system... | >Why would they choose to expose themselves to racism and hatred?
As a french rapper said "Ici, on est mieux que là-bas, on le sait, Parce que décoloniser pour vous c'est déstabiliser"
"Here, we are better than there, we know it, because decolonizing for you mean destabilizing"
I know the US was far from a big playe... | >If the U.S. were really so racist, immigration policy would severely limit the entry of people of color (as he points out), or they just wouldn't want to come.
There can be systemic racism in the US without every single institution in the US being racist. If a single police force has racist practices then that force ... | nm3edl | CMV: Systemic Racism is Anti-Poor Discrimination | I will start this post by saying that I am absolutely open to having my view changed but I'm a little conflicted about the notion that the U.S. is a racist country.
Anyway, someone sent [this article](https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/america-africans-caribbeans-systemically-racist-usa-deroy-murdock) to me today and i... | bluepillarmy | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Walt Disney was the greatest American to have ever lived.
I understand that the greatest American to have ever lived is up for debate, but I believe the title of the greatest American goes to Walt Disney and I will explain why. Most Americans today grew up with some sort of Disney's influence. Many Americans have... | This post would make a lot more sense if you told me you've never heard of Abraham Lincoln.
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Abraham Lincoln had a big influence as president, but presidents don't really do much to influence the culture of society. For example, Lincoln had no influence on how music of his time was created.
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Lincoln literally... | This just happened.
Turns out telling little kids vague message that dreams come true (if you're a monarch) doesn't translate into a media empire that treats people with kindness and integrity.
[Disneyland Reaches California Record $233 Million Wage Theft Settlement With Workers](https://www.yahoo.com/news/disneyla... | 1hf29qq | CMV: Walt Disney was the greatest American to have ever lived. | I understand that the greatest American to have ever lived is up for debate, but I believe the title of the greatest American goes to Walt Disney and I will explain why. Most Americans today grew up with some sort of Disney's influence. Many Americans have visited his theme parks in Florida and California and watched s... | Commercial-Pound533 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Shamima Begum should be brought back to the UK to face trial
The supreme court of the UK recently ruled that Shamima Begum should not be brought back to the UK to stand trial.
Begum left the UK in February 2015, aged 15, to travel to Syria and support ISIS. Her british citizenship was revoked by the UK governmen... | "incapable of dealing with extremists from within"
That's just it, it's not from within. She left the country, didn't she? She gave up her citizenship and statehood to pursue terrorism. If she were to try to return to the UK, she'd definitely be imprisoned, but what do you prefer the UK do? Invade Syria and extract he... | What is the point of a trial? The penalty for treason is still death and she will spend the rest of her life appealing that decision?
She is still proudly supportive of ISIS and she would become a symbol of success for more people who support terrorist groups.
What would her trial achieve? It wouldn't give her just... | lt18ed | CMV: Shamima Begum should be brought back to the UK to face trial | The supreme court of the UK recently ruled that Shamima Begum should not be brought back to the UK to stand trial.
Begum left the UK in February 2015, aged 15, to travel to Syria and support ISIS. Her british citizenship was revoked by the UK government and she was barred from returning to the UK.
I think that failin... | Deceitful_Sloth | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Religion Should Not Be Viewed As A Sensitive/Personal Topic
Hey there. So I am autistic and in therapy I am learning about what are considered by neurotypical society to be personal/emotionally sensitive topics, but despite the help I received so far, I still do not understand. Maybe you can help me with the curr... | Religion is a personal topic for three main reasons:
The first is religious bigotry - remember how America used to discriminate against Voodooists, Catholics, and Muslims? Well, no one wants to be discriminated against, so people prefer keeping their religions private.
The second is personal history. People have a ... | Full disclosure: I'm an atheist. But there's a lot about religion I appreciate.
We want to believe that the people around us share our values, and religion is a useful proxy for values.
>If what you believe is important and special to you, and essential to your life, why wouldn't you want to debate it?
Because ther... | tuov2p | CMV: Religion Should Not Be Viewed As A Sensitive/Personal Topic | Hey there. So I am autistic and in therapy I am learning about what are considered by neurotypical society to be personal/emotionally sensitive topics, but despite the help I received so far, I still do not understand. Maybe you can help me with the current question we are studying and help me see the other perspective... | AbiLovesTheology | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Religion Should Not Be Viewed As A Sensitive/Personal Topic
Hey there. So I am autistic and in therapy I am learning about what are considered by neurotypical society to be personal/emotionally sensitive topics, but despite the help I received so far, I still do not understand. Maybe you can help me with the curr... | >Why on Earth is religion considered an emotionally sensitive/personal topic?
Because some religous beliefs are really fucked up and the people that hold them don't want to deal with the implications.
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Implications of what?
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I'm gay. I can point to the verses in the Bible that call me an "abomination." The ... | Full disclosure: I'm an atheist. But there's a lot about religion I appreciate.
We want to believe that the people around us share our values, and religion is a useful proxy for values.
>If what you believe is important and special to you, and essential to your life, why wouldn't you want to debate it?
Because ther... | tuov2p | CMV: Religion Should Not Be Viewed As A Sensitive/Personal Topic | Hey there. So I am autistic and in therapy I am learning about what are considered by neurotypical society to be personal/emotionally sensitive topics, but despite the help I received so far, I still do not understand. Maybe you can help me with the current question we are studying and help me see the other perspective... | AbiLovesTheology | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Religion Should Not Be Viewed As A Sensitive/Personal Topic
Hey there. So I am autistic and in therapy I am learning about what are considered by neurotypical society to be personal/emotionally sensitive topics, but despite the help I received so far, I still do not understand. Maybe you can help me with the curr... | I don't see how academic = non personal. Plenty of academic subjects are emotional in nature and not appropriate to bring up with a stranger. Emotions are not guided by reason, so it doesn't make a ton of sense to try to police people's emotional reaction to things
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The first is religious bigotry - remember how America used to discriminate against Voodooists, Catholics, and Muslims? Well, no one wants to be discriminated against, so people prefer keeping their religions private.
The second is personal history. People have a ... | tuov2p | CMV: Religion Should Not Be Viewed As A Sensitive/Personal Topic | Hey there. So I am autistic and in therapy I am learning about what are considered by neurotypical society to be personal/emotionally sensitive topics, but despite the help I received so far, I still do not understand. Maybe you can help me with the current question we are studying and help me see the other perspective... | AbiLovesTheology | 3 | 3 | [
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Hey there. So I am autistic and in therapy I am learning about what are considered by neurotypical society to be personal/emotionally sensitive topics, but despite the help I received so far, I still do not understand. Maybe you can help me with the curr... | Full disclosure: I'm an atheist. But there's a lot about religion I appreciate.
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>If what you believe is important and special to you, and essential to your life, why wouldn't you want to debate it?
Because ther... | Religion is a personal topic for three main reasons:
The first is religious bigotry - remember how America used to discriminate against Voodooists, Catholics, and Muslims? Well, no one wants to be discriminated against, so people prefer keeping their religions private.
The second is personal history. People have a ... | tuov2p | CMV: Religion Should Not Be Viewed As A Sensitive/Personal Topic | Hey there. So I am autistic and in therapy I am learning about what are considered by neurotypical society to be personal/emotionally sensitive topics, but despite the help I received so far, I still do not understand. Maybe you can help me with the current question we are studying and help me see the other perspective... | AbiLovesTheology | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: dogs are old-fashioned AI girlfriends
I like dogs they're very cute and fun to play with but the thought of getting one myself give me the ick. They're the neediest thing in existence, a trait bred into them to make them easier to own and in return they're excited about everything and will give you unconditional ... | Can you clearly articulate what view you want to have argued here?
There are many ways in which dogs are different from ai girlfriends. The dog is a living being with its own wants and needs, the relationship is reciprocal in many ways.
If your view is that owning a dog is a substitute for human companionship, I wou... | Dogs are more like small children replacements than AI girlfriends, OP. And most people aren’t romantically interested in their dogs.
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I would hope they aren't attracted to their dogs but you're not sticking it in your phone either.
And yes people consider animals to be like children but that doesn't make it less... | 1hewqpw | CMV: dogs are old-fashioned AI girlfriends | I like dogs they're very cute and fun to play with but the thought of getting one myself give me the ick. They're the neediest thing in existence, a trait bred into them to make them easier to own and in return they're excited about everything and will give you unconditional love forever. People love this about them, g... | snowleave | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Outlawry is a good form of punishment and should be implemented in modern justice systems.
For those who do not know what I mean by *outlawry*: in many ancient and medieval societies, a form of punishment would make you an outlaw, thus making it legal to take away your property and murder you, as you wouldn't hav... | Outlawry just seems like punishment with extra steps.
- If we feel the outlaw should have his property taken away, why not just have the state seize it?
- If we feel the outlaw should be incarcerated, why not just have the state incarcerate them?
- If we feel the outlaw can be murdered with impunity, why not just ha... | Not sure that I understand why this would be a punishment levee’d in the court. The government could just execute someone and seize their property rather than having the public do it, which would be more direct and less problematic.
And if this isn’t a punishment in court but rather is a governmental decree, this is i... | lt4t20 | CMV: Outlawry is a good form of punishment and should be implemented in modern justice systems. | For those who do not know what I mean by *outlawry*: in many ancient and medieval societies, a form of punishment would make you an outlaw, thus making it legal to take away your property and murder you, as you wouldn't have any legal protection.
Now where does this come from: some criminals are beyond every attemp... | Authwarth | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The vegans are (mostly) right (especially about pork)
If you believe causing pain and sufering is wrong, obviously causing pain and suffering is wrong, especially to animals that have a deeper capacity to feel.
People have gut intuitions towards consumption of dogs because we understand them as sentient beings t... | An argument for *veganism*--as opposed to "not eating pork"--assumes that *all* animals are capable of meaningful pain and suffering, and that the acquisition of a given animal product *always* causes it.
I actually don't eat pork, because I consider pigs to probably be aware enough to be relevant. But I think it's u... | Morals are subjective. Animals are below human in the circle/ chain of life. Vegans just approach it so aggressively people instantly get turned off by them.
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I mean I agree that animals are of lower moral weight than humans but does that mean we can just do whatever to them to you? Does this mean it's permissable... | nlrgua | CMV: The vegans are (mostly) right (especially about pork) | If you believe causing pain and sufering is wrong, obviously causing pain and suffering is wrong, especially to animals that have a deeper capacity to feel.
People have gut intuitions towards consumption of dogs because we understand them as sentient beings that can feel and think and pigs are even smarter. Vegans ar... | CrimsonQueso | 9 | 9 | [
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CMV: “An Inconvenient Truth” ultimately did more harm than good for climate change because of its ties to Al Gore
The US is notorious for having more climate change denial than most of the rest of the world, and almost all of this denial stems from the Republican Party.
When Al Gore came out with An Inconvenient Tru... | The Republican party has been the party of big business for a long time. Longer than any of us have been alive.
The fossil fuel industry is big business. They've worked hard to push climate denial, for financial gain.
Republican denial of the greenhouse effect started before An Inconvenient Truth. Look up what they s... | A. Corporate capture of government (though campaign contributions) and media (though sponsorships) alike incentivizes coverage skewed toward downplaying both climate change and humanity's role in it. Lawsuits have established that fossil fuel companies were outwardly downplaying humanity's role in climate change at the... | 1hensgx | CMV: “An Inconvenient Truth” ultimately did more harm than good for climate change because of its ties to Al Gore | The US is notorious for having more climate change denial than most of the rest of the world, and almost all of this denial stems from the Republican Party.
When Al Gore came out with An Inconvenient Truth in 2006, it unquestionably became a global sensation. This documentary (and Al Gore) became the face of climate ... | heyiambob | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Online communities tend to be echo chambers where pre-existing perspectives are regurgitated while new opinions are shunned
Of course, this is highly dependent on the particular group/community in question, but I've seen a general trend in online forums where people tend to repeat the same ideas ad nauseam withou... | Can you give a specific personal example? This is too broad and abstract to many any real argument against
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I have several, I was even planning on writing them in the post itself.
1) In the PC gaming forums if you ask for system spec recommendations, you always get back "16 gigs of RAM is more than enough". No o... | Not this one.
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Did this work?
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Wny not? | nlu1ih | CMV: Online communities tend to be echo chambers where pre-existing perspectives are regurgitated while new opinions are shunned | Of course, this is highly dependent on the particular group/community in question, but I've seen a general trend in online forums where people tend to repeat the same ideas ad nauseam without thinking critically about it in the first place.
This regurgitation of popular opinions by the group members almost seems like ... | Animesh_Mishra | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Biological males should not be allowed to participate in Women sports.
Okay no matter how you look at it, Biological males have an inherent muscular advantage over biological females. ([Source 1](https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jappl.2000.89.1.81)) ([Source 2 ](https://www.researchgate.net/public... | Have you looked into the spectrum of hormones? If this is the case, we need to start to testing every sport player for hormones because there are females with higher testosterone than some males
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Not to sound crude, The one's with notable male features and maybe *genitalia*. Like the one's who grew up as males and... | [removed]
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Any links please if you don't mind
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Use the search function
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Not convincing enough
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If you found those 10 long threads about this topic in the past few months and none convinced you, why do think this one will? What is different now? | nlti5c | CMV: Biological males should not be allowed to participate in Women sports. | Okay no matter how you look at it, Biological males have an inherent muscular advantage over biological females. ([Source 1](https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jappl.2000.89.1.81)) ([Source 2 ](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/19552903_Sex_difference_in_muscular_strength_in_equally-trained_men_and... | sleekpimp_ | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Biological males should not be allowed to participate in Women sports.
Okay no matter how you look at it, Biological males have an inherent muscular advantage over biological females. ([Source 1](https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jappl.2000.89.1.81)) ([Source 2 ](https://www.researchgate.net/public... | Have you looked into the spectrum of hormones? If this is the case, we need to start to testing every sport player for hormones because there are females with higher testosterone than some males
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> I believe there is no information that would change your view outside of god **themself** coming down from heaven and telling you that you were wrong.
Lol sorry I cou... | nlti5c | CMV: Biological males should not be allowed to participate in Women sports. | Okay no matter how you look at it, Biological males have an inherent muscular advantage over biological females. ([Source 1](https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jappl.2000.89.1.81)) ([Source 2 ](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/19552903_Sex_difference_in_muscular_strength_in_equally-trained_men_and... | sleekpimp_ | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: Murder cannot be condemned
Here me out. I know those sounds absurd, and am very willing to change me view with a convincing argument.
I was taught in school about the theory of evolution. The theory of evolution states that all beings had a commen ancetor. This means that we are technically distant cousins to ev... | We aren't cousins of animals in the same way that we are another human. If my cat kills a sparrow, how likely do you think that people will care enough to hold a trial?
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But we still come from common ancestors
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A rock and a stone house may come from “common ancestors” but one is more valuable than the other... | Generally, a matter of circumstance, context, sentience/sapience, etc.
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Can you elaborate, I'm not very well-educated
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So basically, when you make a moral judgement, you have to take into account the context of the situation, all involved parties, the effects, the consequences, etc. An important one being whe... | 1l0vorw | CMV: Murder cannot be condemned | Here me out. I know those sounds absurd, and am very willing to change me view with a convincing argument.
I was taught in school about the theory of evolution. The theory of evolution states that all beings had a commen ancetor. This means that we are technically distant cousins to every single organisms in this plan... | Natural-Programmer63 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Dividend Investing is irrelevant
**Overview**
My view is that by and large, a company’s dividends are an irrelevant factor when investing in them. I don’t have a particular view on dividends, and am generally indifferent to them. In fact, in certain circumstances it can be a slight negative in investing.
**Sim... | One thing you're making a mistake of is, in every single hypothetical you propose, the stock value always drastically increases.
You want the highest potential ROI? Don't invest in stocks.
Take all your money, liquidate every asset you have, go to a casino. Hop onto the roulette table and put it all on "00".
You can... | > Company B stock is now worth 11 dollars, and the holder has 1 dollar in cash through the dividend pay out.
This is what I saw in my finance textbook as well. Each yr a share price increases at the increment of the dividend earn and drops by the dividend amount once paid out. Yet I don't see this in real life. Share... | 1e4ct4f | CMV: Dividend Investing is irrelevant | **Overview**
My view is that by and large, a company’s dividends are an irrelevant factor when investing in them. I don’t have a particular view on dividends, and am generally indifferent to them. In fact, in certain circumstances it can be a slight negative in investing.
**Simple Example**
I will lay out my view w... | mmaguy123 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: As an Asian American, voting for the Democratic Party is the only viable option for me, as they are the lesser of two evils
As someone deeply engaged in the upcoming election, I remain aligned with the Democratic Party as an Asian American, especially considering I reside in California. This state is the wealthie... | Your post talks a lot about Republicans, but you don't say why you believe the Democratic Party is evil. Can you elaborate on and explain that part of your view?
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Much my view stems from the U.S. bipartisan political system. No political system is perfect, and in San Francisco, you can observe many members of the ... | As a white male American voting Republican is the only viable option for me as they are the lesser of two evils.
I’m just gonna flip this around and insert another race into this.
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How would that change my view?
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I would say the democrats seem to look at everyone by their color/race. They seem to instantly ... | 190573g | CMV: As an Asian American, voting for the Democratic Party is the only viable option for me, as they are the lesser of two evils | As someone deeply engaged in the upcoming election, I remain aligned with the Democratic Party as an Asian American, especially considering I reside in California. This state is the wealthiest in the nation and holds a remarkable economic standing, with a GDP that, if considered independently, would rank among the top ... | ChronowalkerZ | 11 | 11 | [
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CMV: Man has never been on the moon.
Based on what I have researched, eg. all videos of the moon landing, people who made analysis of the photos, the specifics of the Hasselblad camera and what environments it can operate in, I do not believe people have been on the moon. I do believe that machines such as satellites ... | The clearest evidence is that they left a device that reflects laser beams on it. You also need to remember that for this fraud to happen, at the very least, many other countries would need to be in on it. This includes Russia ane China. We both agree probes have been to the moon.
Then there is the moon rock... These... | Why would the Soviets have confirmed the moon landing if it never happened? The Soviets would’ve had every reason to deny it happened.
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>There's no reason the Soviets didn't lie to t... | 1helur2 | CMV: Man has never been on the moon. | Based on what I have researched, eg. all videos of the moon landing, people who made analysis of the photos, the specifics of the Hasselblad camera and what environments it can operate in, I do not believe people have been on the moon. I do believe that machines such as satellites have been on the moon, though.
The wa... | Minimum-Guest4937 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Climate veganism is flawed and therefore shouldn't be used as an argument for veganism.
**Disclaimer:**
I changed my view. I still hold the believe that veganism is **not the only reasonable conclusion from P1.** But it can and should be used to convince people of veganism, because it is easier to convert to et... | > (and by extension shouldn't be used as an argument to promote veganism).
I agree with the first point - I can see an environmental argument leading to significantly reducing consumption of animal products, or substituting to more environmentally-friendly ones, but not necessarily total abstention. Just as we have th... | The argument is generally that if you have to make food, which animal eats, to consume the animal or products you are better off eating that food/using that energy for on your own food to reduce your footprint.
So plant based milk uses around 1/3 of the carbon as cow based milk.
I'm not sure how you get around the fa... | nlrjp7 | CMV: Climate veganism is flawed and therefore shouldn't be used as an argument for veganism. | **Disclaimer:**
I changed my view. I still hold the believe that veganism is **not the only reasonable conclusion from P1.** But it can and should be used to convince people of veganism, because it is easier to convert to ethical veganism from a climate veganism POV then form a normal diet.
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CMV: Climate veganism is flawed and therefore shouldn't be used as an argument for veganism.
**Disclaimer:**
I changed my view. I still hold the believe that veganism is **not the only reasonable conclusion from P1.** But it can and should be used to convince people of veganism, because it is easier to convert to et... | The argument is generally that if you have to make food, which animal eats, to consume the animal or products you are better off eating that food/using that energy for on your own food to reduce your footprint.
So plant based milk uses around 1/3 of the carbon as cow based milk.
I'm not sure how you get around the fa... | A vegan world could reduce ghg emissions by 35%-50%, and it causes less deforestation (including a similar thing in the ocean), less water consumption, less land use, and less waste runoff.
The World Bank also estimates that 91% of the land deforested in the Amazon since 1970 has been cleared for grazing.
Maybe ... | nlrjp7 | CMV: Climate veganism is flawed and therefore shouldn't be used as an argument for veganism. | **Disclaimer:**
I changed my view. I still hold the believe that veganism is **not the only reasonable conclusion from P1.** But it can and should be used to convince people of veganism, because it is easier to convert to ethical veganism from a climate veganism POV then form a normal diet.
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Cmv: Most Republicans/conservatives are either soulless, un empathetic creatures or have a mental deficiency.
It's pretty simple really. Why would anyone be against things like universal healthcare, free education, etc. These things should be basic human rights. The only people that are against these things seem to be... | The third option is just that they are devastatingly uneducated.
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Ignorance =/= unintelligent. Would you say that u/Adequate_Images has changed your view, then? | I'm a conservative Republican and I'm not against universal healthcare or free education.
I didn't vote for Trump because I thought he would save America. I voted for Trump because the party elites and corporate oligarchs don't listen to me and I want to give them a black eye for it. I know Trump supports elites and o... | 1hefvqq | Cmv: Most Republicans/conservatives are either soulless, un empathetic creatures or have a mental deficiency. | It's pretty simple really. Why would anyone be against things like universal healthcare, free education, etc. These things should be basic human rights. The only people that are against these things seem to be rich f*cks that don't give two sh*ts about anyone else.
There's that and then people who generally think Trum... | Specific-Emu-8067 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: We need to move to a post-political party/career politician era.
I think that with the shortfalls of career politicians (they tend to get themselves entrenched and only look out for themselves) and political parties (they tend to infight), I think it's time to move in a era where these are things of the past.
Un... | This will collapse your economy and hurt the livelihood of every citizen.
An unstable and changing government will drive investors away.
You wouldn't want to risk your money and build a plant in a country where every week, there's a chance some idiot would take command and change the playing grounds.
Your system obl... | >What if you pick someone unqualified? He or she learns on the job or dies trying.
How can they learn on the job if they're only there for a few weeks?
>What if there is gridlock? All laws proposed will be passed, no debate needed whatsoever and the individual on the street chooses which law to follow
There is no la... | 14ci9fj | CMV: We need to move to a post-political party/career politician era. | I think that with the shortfalls of career politicians (they tend to get themselves entrenched and only look out for themselves) and political parties (they tend to infight), I think it's time to move in a era where these are things of the past.
Unrestricted lottocracy might be an idea to replace the vacuum that will ... | Cheemingwan1234 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I have the perfect argument in favor of legal abortion.
This argument grew out of the Violinist argument that many people still disagree with because the issue of "nothing you did made the Violinist need a transplant" so let me take it one step further as I present my own Car Crash Argument for why abortion shoul... | ​
Thank you for your long drawn out and thoughtful response.
I understand that we obviously can't just extrapolate from one case to another all the time.
In the interest of trying to narrow the field a little, do you think that it would be fair to say that we've basically now arrived back at one of the classi... | >I was directly responsible for the accident. I engaged in KNOWING behavior that caused the accident. Assuming I’m a match, can the court find that I must be forced to donate a kidney to the person that I injured?
I think "should" is probably more accurate to your setup than "can." But no.
​
>If the ... | nl2xuz | CMV: I have the perfect argument in favor of legal abortion. | This argument grew out of the Violinist argument that many people still disagree with because the issue of "nothing you did made the Violinist need a transplant" so let me take it one step further as I present my own Car Crash Argument for why abortion should be legal even if we give a fetus all the same rights we give... | iwfan53 | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: I have the perfect argument in favor of legal abortion.
This argument grew out of the Violinist argument that many people still disagree with because the issue of "nothing you did made the Violinist need a transplant" so let me take it one step further as I present my own Car Crash Argument for why abortion shoul... | This isn’t as good an argument as you think.
I can easily say that you **should** be required to donate the kidney because of your behavior. You would counter, no doubt, saying that that isn’t what the law says, to which I would reply that the law needs to be changed.
That is the crux of the debate - not what the l... | [removed]
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Define murder?
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So if someone was to hook you up to draw your blood and put it into me, in order to keep me alive and you removed that lifetime, by your comments you would be murdering me.
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With your loose definitions, if someone was hooked up to you as a lifeli... | nl2xuz | CMV: I have the perfect argument in favor of legal abortion. | This argument grew out of the Violinist argument that many people still disagree with because the issue of "nothing you did made the Violinist need a transplant" so let me take it one step further as I present my own Car Crash Argument for why abortion should be legal even if we give a fetus all the same rights we give... | iwfan53 | 9 | 9 | [
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CMV: I have the perfect argument in favor of legal abortion.
This argument grew out of the Violinist argument that many people still disagree with because the issue of "nothing you did made the Violinist need a transplant" so let me take it one step further as I present my own Car Crash Argument for why abortion shoul... | Embracing your analogy mother's wouldn't be required to carry the child to term but would be charged with man slaughter for having an abortion.
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But the manslaughter is the initial accident, not the refusal to donate a kidney to the victim of the accident.
The initial accident is equivalent to conception, an a... | >I was directly responsible for the accident. I engaged in KNOWING behavior that caused the accident. Assuming I’m a match, can the court find that I must be forced to donate a kidney to the person that I injured?
I think "should" is probably more accurate to your setup than "can." But no.
​
>If the ... | nl2xuz | CMV: I have the perfect argument in favor of legal abortion. | This argument grew out of the Violinist argument that many people still disagree with because the issue of "nothing you did made the Violinist need a transplant" so let me take it one step further as I present my own Car Crash Argument for why abortion should be legal even if we give a fetus all the same rights we give... | iwfan53 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: It's pointless discussing things on Reddit if you're not American
Apart from specific dedicated subs, its like all this website cares about is America. Have an opinion that an American wouldn't like, prepare for the downvotes, you commie scum! "Hello fellow American, wait you're not American? Everyone on this web... | Didn't you just have a post here regarding freedom of speech wherein you handed out many deltas? I didn't really look much at that but you seemed to have a civil discussion with other people from America regarding this.
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I only handed them out because I had too, thems the rules.
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But the point is, you had a p... | Being Canadian is pretty easy.
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I laughed a bit too hard on this one. Shame on me..and you. | lvjbu2 | CMV: It's pointless discussing things on Reddit if you're not American | Apart from specific dedicated subs, its like all this website cares about is America. Have an opinion that an American wouldn't like, prepare for the downvotes, you commie scum! "Hello fellow American, wait you're not American? Everyone on this website is American! How does it feel being without freedom?" Want to talk ... | Amateur_Intellectual | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Most anime characters are drawn to appear Caucasian
Firstly, I'd like to point out that I am a fully East Asian woman, so please do not make jabs at my ethnicity and how it might affect my perception of anime characters. I understand there are a lot of animes that reasonably make East Asian-looking characters, an... | The term is mukokuseki, or stateless. They arent drawn to appear caucasian they are drawn to lack 'ethnic' features at all. Most anime artstyles are heavily stylized.
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If that were the case, we'd see more anime characters of different skin tones, and more ambiguous eye shapes like they're drawn in American cartoo... | >but I think exceptional animes like Dragon Ball do a good job of making the characters look Asian with natural hair/eye colors, while still having facial features that set them apart from each other
Most of these characters aren't actually Asian, though. Goku isn't Asian. Vegeta isn't Asian. Piccolo isn't Asian. Trun... | 14c6c8n | CMV: Most anime characters are drawn to appear Caucasian | Firstly, I'd like to point out that I am a fully East Asian woman, so please do not make jabs at my ethnicity and how it might affect my perception of anime characters. I understand there are a lot of animes that reasonably make East Asian-looking characters, and I'll list a few to be fair, but I think there are even m... | dcdsks | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Most anime characters are drawn to appear Caucasian
Firstly, I'd like to point out that I am a fully East Asian woman, so please do not make jabs at my ethnicity and how it might affect my perception of anime characters. I understand there are a lot of animes that reasonably make East Asian-looking characters, an... | So Japanese people who live in Japan and interact with mostly other Japanese people are creating Japanese media...and most of them are making all of their characters not Japanese?
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They're making characters that suit the general Asian beauty standard, which is unrealistic for most Asian people. For most of East As... | >but I think exceptional animes like Dragon Ball do a good job of making the characters look Asian with natural hair/eye colors, while still having facial features that set them apart from each other
Most of these characters aren't actually Asian, though. Goku isn't Asian. Vegeta isn't Asian. Piccolo isn't Asian. Trun... | 14c6c8n | CMV: Most anime characters are drawn to appear Caucasian | Firstly, I'd like to point out that I am a fully East Asian woman, so please do not make jabs at my ethnicity and how it might affect my perception of anime characters. I understand there are a lot of animes that reasonably make East Asian-looking characters, and I'll list a few to be fair, but I think there are even m... | dcdsks | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Most anime characters are drawn to appear Caucasian
Firstly, I'd like to point out that I am a fully East Asian woman, so please do not make jabs at my ethnicity and how it might affect my perception of anime characters. I understand there are a lot of animes that reasonably make East Asian-looking characters, an... | The term is mukokuseki, or stateless. They arent drawn to appear caucasian they are drawn to lack 'ethnic' features at all. Most anime artstyles are heavily stylized.
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If that were the case, we'd see more anime characters of different skin tones, and more ambiguous eye shapes like they're drawn in American cartoo... | >I'm so bewildered because how can someone look at Light Yagami and tell me that isn't a WHITE MAN!
I'm more interested in why it upsets you that some Japanese artists choose to tell and/or illustrate stories that take place outside of Japan and/or simply don't pretend as if Japan has zero foreigners. Light and Misa b... | 14c6c8n | CMV: Most anime characters are drawn to appear Caucasian | Firstly, I'd like to point out that I am a fully East Asian woman, so please do not make jabs at my ethnicity and how it might affect my perception of anime characters. I understand there are a lot of animes that reasonably make East Asian-looking characters, and I'll list a few to be fair, but I think there are even m... | dcdsks | 3 | 3 | [
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