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CMV: Not everyone should have kids.
This may be the coldest take of all time.
I'm not just talking about people with clear personal issues like addiction that would be detrimental to a child's development, there are countless reasons why having kids isn't going to be in your best interest and they mostly boil down t... | Sorry, is the view that people below a certain financial threshold or who have medical issues shouldn't have kids at all, or should have *fewer* kids than they might otherwise want to have?
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Sorry, I could have probably been more clear in that part.
The point I meant was that there are real barriers to being able... | Are you saying people in certain positions should think twice, or.someone else should enforce a no-kids for you rule?
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More from a social pressure stand point of "just because you can, doesn't mean you're in a good position to do so". Especially in hetero relationships, there's an expectation that kids are on the ... | 1mqkdtm | CMV: Not everyone should have kids. | This may be the coldest take of all time.
I'm not just talking about people with clear personal issues like addiction that would be detrimental to a child's development, there are countless reasons why having kids isn't going to be in your best interest and they mostly boil down to financial or medical reasons.
I kn... | Fletcher-wordy | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: the word "incel" is a baseless insult used by people to describe a certain political affiliation.
Incel means involuntary celibate which was coined by people to describe themselves and why they are not having sex and to point out that it is no fault of their own.
Incel is now thrown around to describe people on ... | You've got it backwards. The right wing isn't associated with incels because of people using "incel" as an insult. Rather, the word "incel" itself [was appropriated by](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel) right-wing people who self-identified as incels. Eventually, the term "incel" came to be understood to refer to th... | Can you show any examples. Personally I havent seen this happening (despite being part of some left wing communities and inceltears) so I’d be curious to see a couple of examples of it being thrown around baseless.
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Anytime someone tries to advocate for a male-friendly approach to a social or legal issue, the wor... | a8pqhh | CMV: the word "incel" is a baseless insult used by people to describe a certain political affiliation. | Incel means involuntary celibate which was coined by people to describe themselves and why they are not having sex and to point out that it is no fault of their own.
Incel is now thrown around to describe people on the right even when said people don't subscribe to said ideology, much like the word cuck is thrown arou... | themarksmann | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: People insisting on being referred to by genderqueer pronouns do not want equal treatment, they want special treatment.
While I can sympathize with mtf or ftm trans people, those who identify as genderqeer or non-binary, while also insisting on being referred to as ["they", "ze", "sie", "hir", "co", or "ey"](htt... | If I call you "she" when you're a man, you might correct me and point out that "he" is a more appropriate term regarding your gender. I can then use the pronoun you prefer, or I can continue to call you "she". Likewise, there are people who don't identify as a man or a woman, and therefore it doesn't make sense from th... | If I call you a "she" instead of a "he", and you say you want me to refer to you as a "he" do **you** think you are demanding special treatment?
If not, can you explain what the difference is between you and genderqueer people?
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Trans men want to be treated like other men. It would be equal treatment to treat ... | 9fgvlr | CMV: People insisting on being referred to by genderqueer pronouns do not want equal treatment, they want special treatment. | While I can sympathize with mtf or ftm trans people, those who identify as genderqeer or non-binary, while also insisting on being referred to as ["they", "ze", "sie", "hir", "co", or "ey"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genderqueer#Pronouns_and_titles) do not want equal treatment, they want special treatment. Equal tr... | JoeVacs | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The Prophet Muhammad, claimed under Islam as the Most Moral of All Men, was a child rapist.
The hadiths make it clear that he took his wife Aisha for marriage when she was 6. Many Muhammad apologists try to say she was actually much older and the Hadiths in question can't be trusted since they aren't "the word of... | The arabic word hadith can basically be translated as hearsay. Its "authenticty" depends essentially on the teller's talent and creativity, and on the willingness and interests of the hearer to believe it or not.
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So do you think its ok to pick and choose hadiths to accept? Or are you saying its better to discount... | [removed]
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"Don't mind me, just finding a good seat for the show"
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“Can you sit a bit lower, please. I can’t see over your head.” | mvqyoq | CMV: The Prophet Muhammad, claimed under Islam as the Most Moral of All Men, was a child rapist. | The hadiths make it clear that he took his wife Aisha for marriage when she was 6. Many Muhammad apologists try to say she was actually much older and the Hadiths in question can't be trusted since they aren't "the word of Allah".. even though many are first hand accounts of the girl herself. By following the logic tha... | Drewsef916 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I believe that the way you are raised can have long-lasting negative repercussions, that may not be reversible.
I have created this post specifically for myself and will provide personal context (as it does influence my view.) I will also provide a generalized version for discussion.
###Personal Context
>I was r... | How do you define "may not be reversible"?
Essentially what I mean is, are you a determinist? Do you think that any failure that occurs was inevitable from the outset, because that is how things were set up to go?
How do you determine whether any specific behavior by a specific individual is irreversible, and not tha... | Wait... you don't brush your teeth? Ever?
I think living life with the belief that you're never going to develop new habits is actively stopping you from creating them yourself. Stop blaming your upbringing, go out and buy a toothbrush and start brushing your teeth. Leave post-it notes for yourself as a reminder. Ince... | 6qlmnn | CMV: I believe that the way you are raised can have long-lasting negative repercussions, that may not be reversible. | I have created this post specifically for myself and will provide personal context (as it does influence my view.) I will also provide a generalized version for discussion.
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>I was raised with the freedom to never have to do homework. I now have no study habits as a young adult, and cannot focus on ... | ThePathLaid | 5 | 5 | [
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I have created this post specifically for myself and will provide personal context (as it does influence my view.) I will also provide a generalized version for discussion.
###Personal Context
>I was r... | > Children are meant to be instilled with good habits early on in their life. They are eager to learn, often by example, and easily impressionable.
While it's true that children that come from households with good parents statistically have better study/hygiene habits than children who do not, you have to realize it's... | How do you define "may not be reversible"?
Essentially what I mean is, are you a determinist? Do you think that any failure that occurs was inevitable from the outset, because that is how things were set up to go?
How do you determine whether any specific behavior by a specific individual is irreversible, and not tha... | 6qlmnn | CMV: I believe that the way you are raised can have long-lasting negative repercussions, that may not be reversible. | I have created this post specifically for myself and will provide personal context (as it does influence my view.) I will also provide a generalized version for discussion.
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>I was raised with the freedom to never have to do homework. I now have no study habits as a young adult, and cannot focus on ... | ThePathLaid | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV:North America should legalize prostitution to keep sex workers safe.
Legalizing prostitution will create a safer environment for sex workers and its consumers. With legalization there will be safety standards and regulations including annual health check ups which will lower the spread of STDs. It will also elimin... | This will be an easy one, because everything you just said is straight-up wrong, as we can tell from the data of western european prostitution laws.
[Study: Legalizing prostitution increases human trafficking](http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/06/17/study-legalizing-prostitution-increases-human-trafficking/)
[The law a... | Sex workers are quite often not going into the industry because they *want* to, they are forced into it through desperation from a drug addiction or some other need for money. Pimps will literally hunt down women who are at risk; runaways, people with anxiety etc. And get them hooked on drugs or alcohol. It will not pr... | 871ehj | CMV:North America should legalize prostitution to keep sex workers safe. | Legalizing prostitution will create a safer environment for sex workers and its consumers. With legalization there will be safety standards and regulations including annual health check ups which will lower the spread of STDs. It will also eliminate the criminal elements of prostitution such as physical abuse to sex wo... | miss-go | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Marriage and Long Term relationships are prostitution
I think that marriage and long term relationships are prostitution because they involve a man giving additional things to a woman in an attempt to get her to have sex with him. I do believe that there can be exceptions such as marriages that began as friends w... | What kind of argument or evidence could change your view?
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Evidence of the majority of married men being able to get casual sex if they want it.
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Wait... are you saying that the only reason a man marries a woman is for sex?
In this day and age, I can assure you that's not the reason. This isn't the 1930s.
M... | This post assumes 2 incredibly wrong things: sex is the foremost reason people get married, a woman only has her body to offer in a marriage.
Given that many couples practice premarital sex, sex would not be an incentive to get married. Secondly women have roles in a relationship outside of the bedroom. Depending on t... | 6xqfon | CMV: Marriage and Long Term relationships are prostitution | I think that marriage and long term relationships are prostitution because they involve a man giving additional things to a woman in an attempt to get her to have sex with him. I do believe that there can be exceptions such as marriages that began as friends with benefits arrangements and scenarios where men impregnate... | ouijblvndrwoek | 9 | 9 | [
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CMV: Marriage and Long Term relationships are prostitution
I think that marriage and long term relationships are prostitution because they involve a man giving additional things to a woman in an attempt to get her to have sex with him. I do believe that there can be exceptions such as marriages that began as friends w... | There are marriages where women are the breadwinners though... and marriages not between a man and a woman.
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Those are the exception and not the norm.
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They are [38%](https://www.google.com/amp/s/fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/how-many-women-earn-more-than-their-husbands/amp/) of all marriages (where women are ... | > I think that marriage and long term relationships are prostitution because they involve a man giving additional things to a woman in an attempt to get her to have sex with him.
What exactly are men giving their wives?
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Money (although not expressed as payment), housework, miscellaneous experiences not of a se... | 6xqfon | CMV: Marriage and Long Term relationships are prostitution | I think that marriage and long term relationships are prostitution because they involve a man giving additional things to a woman in an attempt to get her to have sex with him. I do believe that there can be exceptions such as marriages that began as friends with benefits arrangements and scenarios where men impregnate... | ouijblvndrwoek | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: White people are objectively easier to tell apart on average than Chinese people
I said this to a Chinese friend and was called racist. But I'm not even saying it's a good or bad thing, i'm just saying there is more variety of the way white people look.
But whites have multiple hair colors, multiple eye colors,... | [removed]
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This is a dumb answer because those phenotypes aren't how you tell people apart. Can you tell that Reese Witherspoon and Uma Thurman are different people despite the fact that they are both blonde blue eyed white women? | It seems rather unfair to compare people from 1 country to people from various countries. Wouldn't it make more sense to compare white people to south east asian people?
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No. The population of China is 1.3 billion | 86z70k | CMV: White people are objectively easier to tell apart on average than Chinese people | I said this to a Chinese friend and was called racist. But I'm not even saying it's a good or bad thing, i'm just saying there is more variety of the way white people look.
But whites have multiple hair colors, multiple eye colors, a bigger variety of skin tones.
White guys have way more variety of facial hair, and ... | McGonzaless | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: Sexual liberation and casual sex has harmed women
I grew up very Catholic so it was no surprise that when I initially went to college, I was very chaste. My sophomore year of college I was exposed to "hook up culture" and in the classroom, learned about women's sexual liberation in the 60's. I was sold on the wh... | I'm sorry you feel that way, but I feel like your experiences being very limited isn't a good representation of the culture as a whole. I also think you're making the mistake of thinking that some of these experiences didn't also happen to women before now. Some men still treated women as sex objects and are just as sh... | [deleted]
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CMV: Sexual liberation and casual sex has harmed women
I grew up very Catholic so it was no surprise that when I initially went to college, I was very chaste. My sophomore year of college I was exposed to "hook up culture" and in the classroom, learned about women's sexual liberation in the 60's. I was sold on the wh... | I'm not really sure what casual sex has to do with these men being assholes. It seems like these very same men would tell women they had feelings and wanted something serious and would still be assholes to them. I dont really see how the problem is casual sex. The problem is some people being assholes.
Secondly, (and ... | > We were sleeping with these men but they didn't even see us as human beings. Sex was just like eating a sandwich to them, they didn't care where it came from. We were just sex objects for men to get off on.
> I just can't see how sexual liberation has helped women. No matter how liberated we feel, when men have casu... | 6xq7f1 | CMV: Sexual liberation and casual sex has harmed women | I grew up very Catholic so it was no surprise that when I initially went to college, I was very chaste. My sophomore year of college I was exposed to "hook up culture" and in the classroom, learned about women's sexual liberation in the 60's. I was sold on the whole idea of women's sexual liberation and casual sex: if... | dukenotredame | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | Have you ever played a computer game like *The Sims* or *Cities: Skylines*? Perhaps *X-COM* or some other strategy game where you play as an eye in the sky or, kind of a god? I'm asking because that's the closest we can become like a god. Otherwise I could compare it to being a teacher or a parent, or any role where... | I can’t change your view on the existence of a god, mine is not very different.
I’m very sorry to hear your struggles. I can see in every sentence how heartbreaking this has been for you.
What I wanted to tell you is that indifference, as you mention, is of course there but it’s not black and white. There are level... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | joshingkatie | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | I don’t disagree with you.
However I will try change your view slightly in that I accept that a god probably does not exist as humans imagine it to exist.
There are alternatives: god is indifferent. God is limited in power (whatever that means). God is not all knowing. God is dead (whatever that means). Etc etc
So I... | [removed]
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Sorry, I am genuinely not sure. Is this a genuine attempt to help, or are you being snarky? Assuming the best for now.
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He is being a little shit don't listen to him | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | joshingkatie | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | "To live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering."
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I’m very sorry to hear your struggles. I can see in every sentence how heartbreaking this has been for you.
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Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | I don’t disagree with you.
However I will try change your view slightly in that I accept that a god probably does not exist as humans imagine it to exist.
There are alternatives: god is indifferent. God is limited in power (whatever that means). God is not all knowing. God is dead (whatever that means). Etc etc
So I... | "To live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering."
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Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | I don’t disagree with you.
However I will try change your view slightly in that I accept that a god probably does not exist as humans imagine it to exist.
There are alternatives: god is indifferent. God is limited in power (whatever that means). God is not all knowing. God is dead (whatever that means). Etc etc
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As far as all the “it’s God’s plan” stuff Christians always say. I think it’s a p... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | joshingkatie | 4 | 4 | [
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Sorry, I am genuinely not sure. Is this a genuine attempt to help, or are you being snarky? Assuming the best for now. | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | joshingkatie | 2 | 2 | [
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As far as all the “it’s God’s plan” stuff Christians always say. I think it’s a p... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | joshingkatie | 8 | 8 | [
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Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | As a non religious individual I often consider the fact that a "god" may very well exist, but considering the scope of both power and persuasion an individual of a god calibre would employ, it would be reasonable to assume that such an entity would view us as interesting and important as you would a single celled organ... | I’m a Christian, and my stance on this is that almost all negative things on this earth are products of free will. Whether it’s the pollution in the air causing cancer, earthquakes from fracking, or bad decisions we make with our diets.
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Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | I don’t disagree with you.
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There are alternatives: god is indifferent. God is limited in power (whatever that means). God is not all knowing. God is dead (whatever that means). Etc etc
So I... | As a non religious individual I often consider the fact that a "god" may very well exist, but considering the scope of both power and persuasion an individual of a god calibre would employ, it would be reasonable to assume that such an entity would view us as interesting and important as you would a single celled organ... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | joshingkatie | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | I’m a Christian, and my stance on this is that almost all negative things on this earth are products of free will. Whether it’s the pollution in the air causing cancer, earthquakes from fracking, or bad decisions we make with our diets.
As far as all the “it’s God’s plan” stuff Christians always say. I think it’s a p... | Have you ever played a computer game like *The Sims* or *Cities: Skylines*? Perhaps *X-COM* or some other strategy game where you play as an eye in the sky or, kind of a god? I'm asking because that's the closest we can become like a god. Otherwise I could compare it to being a teacher or a parent, or any role where... | 94k9lf | CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there | Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in our case it does. I am not asking for upvotes, merely that y... | joshingkatie | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The universe indifferent to suffering, god is not there
Please do not downvote me, even if you resent my views. I am trying to build up 300 Karma so I can ask for assistance on my family on /r/assistance. Even after a year, I am struggling to build even 200ish Karma up. People say Karma doesn't matter, but in... | >I would argue that an omnipotent being could make a world free of suffering, where free-will did not comprise a world where people's exercise of free will would anger him, provoking him into creating this painful existence.
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CMV: Gavin Newsom is lying about California re-districting
I’m seeing tons of posts heralding Gavin Newsom for his bravery in promising to re-district in California.
I completely understand tons of people hate Trump, want him undermined, and want to see California re-districted. That being said, it’s pretty obvious ... | He's lying because you dont think the governor understands what needs to be legally changed to roll out his agenda? You're not calling him a liar, you're calling him stupid.
He seems awfully on top of it.
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I think he knows it is logistically not possible, which is why I’m calling him a liar.
I’m sure he has ful... | Why do you think an amendment is logistically impossible?
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Correct me if I’m wrong but you need two thirds in the house and senate, then a vote by the people:
https://capitolweekly.net/constitutional-amendments-used-in-the-california-legislature/
I struggle to imagine California completing the amendment process,... | 1mq4dvl | CMV: Gavin Newsom is lying about California re-districting | I’m seeing tons of posts heralding Gavin Newsom for his bravery in promising to re-district in California.
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CMV: Your political views are not a reason to cut ties from family, friends, etc.
‘Tis the season for everyone to say “I have a racist uncle,” “drunk divorced aunt,” etc. I am not saying that your racist uncle or hypocritical aunt have acceptable and/or PC views. Please, let’s not debate the acceptability of these vie... | I have to disagree. Many times there are political differences that directly affect the family members. For instance, I'm gay. I hope to one day marry my significant other. My family has always been and many still are opposed to same sex marriage. They constantly vote for politicians who would take what few rights I ha... | "Polite, adult conversation" is only true up to a point.
For the most part, it's a matter of privilige. I'm a cis, straight, white, male and able bodied person. In a topic like racism, I CAN just tune out, because no matter how racist things become, I'm probably good, as long as I'm only concentrating on myself.
... | a8jvtg | CMV: Your political views are not a reason to cut ties from family, friends, etc. | ‘Tis the season for everyone to say “I have a racist uncle,” “drunk divorced aunt,” etc. I am not saying that your racist uncle or hypocritical aunt have acceptable and/or PC views. Please, let’s not debate the acceptability of these views.
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CMV: The argument that Randy Marsh uses against marijuana in South Park is actually more applicable to video games, and serves to illustrate why they are dangerous and damaging.
In S6E16 of South Park, Randy gives Stan the following speech about why he thinks marijuana is bad:
>Stan: I've been told a lot of things ab... | Video games can also improve hand-eye coordination, reaction times. They can help you develop problem-solving skills. They can help you learn to work with a team in order to achieve a goal. They can improve your health by being an outlet for stress. There are many real benefits to playing video games.
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I came to ... | I don't see why this wouldn't apply to tons of other things. A similar case could he made for listening to music, reading books, watching movies, and tons of other stuff.
But, ultimately having these downtime activities where you're *not* doing something is important. We shouldn't be doing stuff 24/7. We should be all... | 9fea2w | CMV: The argument that Randy Marsh uses against marijuana in South Park is actually more applicable to video games, and serves to illustrate why they are dangerous and damaging. | In S6E16 of South Park, Randy gives Stan the following speech about why he thinks marijuana is bad:
>Stan: I've been told a lot of things about pot, but I've come to find out a lot of those things aren't true! So I don't know what to believe!
>Randy: Well, Stan, the truth is marijuana probably isn't gonna make you ki... | MrEctomy | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: The Wall is a perfectly legit example of opera
first, let's start with the definition of opera: a drama set to music and made up of vocal pieces with orchestral accompaniment and orchestral overtures and interludes (Merriam-Webster).
The Wall is certainly a drama, it's the story of how a performer (Pink) came ... | The wall is a rock opera:
>A rock opera is a collection of rock music songs with lyrics that relate to a common story. Rock operas are typically released as concept albums and are not scripted for acting, which distinguishes them from operas, although several have been adapted as rock musicals.
Technically speaking, ... | "Orchestra" is more than just "a group of instruments, some of which are strings". It refers to a more specific ensemble, which does not really play a role in The Wall's instrumentation.
Also, an Opera is a stage show, not a film. And while there is a The Wall stage show, it does not have actors acting out the narrat... | mvnuit | CMV: The Wall is a perfectly legit example of opera | first, let's start with the definition of opera: a drama set to music and made up of vocal pieces with orchestral accompaniment and orchestral overtures and interludes (Merriam-Webster).
The Wall is certainly a drama, it's the story of how a performer (Pink) came to build an emotional wall (hence the name The Wall) ... | SaltySpursSupporter | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: America is woefully unprepared for a major disaster
Examples include an invasion by a foreign country, civil war, nuclear attack, running out of fossil fuels, EMP blast, severe worldwide drought, asteroid strike or a massive volcanic eruption like the entirety of Yellowstone national park erupting.
Surviving the... | Hey, okay, I agree with a lot of what you said but I think you underestimate the power of one trillion dollars of defense spending. I'm not one of those guys, but we can probably take anyone in combat at any time. The rest of anything else, though. Yeah-we screwed.
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Ok, you got me there with the military invasion ... | The Amish are like 300k people mostly in or around 3 states.
A nuclear attack could wipe most of them out. I'm not sure in what sense they are "prepared" unless being relatively oblivious to the outside world is "prepared".
Granted, probably nobody would bother nuking the Amish. However, the Amish also would be comp... | mvnetg | CMV: America is woefully unprepared for a major disaster | Examples include an invasion by a foreign country, civil war, nuclear attack, running out of fossil fuels, EMP blast, severe worldwide drought, asteroid strike or a massive volcanic eruption like the entirety of Yellowstone national park erupting.
Surviving the event itself will be easier than surviving the days, week... | overhardeggs | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Lolicon is a form of pedophilia and shouldn’t be treated like it’s normal.
I’m not saying we should persecute those who view it or enjoy it - but acting as if it’s a normal thing that should be encouraged in otherwise healthy individuals isn’t something I agree with. I could make this longer but my gist is this:
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This is something interesting. Why do you think a lot of lolicons don’t actually like kids? Do you know this isn’t just posturing?
I’m just interested in knowing more - what DOES interest you or other lolicons in the genre?
So I can better understand the differences.
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Interesting.... | where exactly is it treated like its normal?
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sîI guess it depends on where you frequent - it’s not something you’d say in public (although I can’t think of any fetishes/sexual things you would say in public), but largely, I’ve seen online where people discuss these things that Lolicon is distinct from pedophilia ... | e2im6u | CMV: Lolicon is a form of pedophilia and shouldn’t be treated like it’s normal. | I’m not saying we should persecute those who view it or enjoy it - but acting as if it’s a normal thing that should be encouraged in otherwise healthy individuals isn’t something I agree with. I could make this longer but my gist is this:
It doesn’t matter if the lore says it’s 1,000 years old. It doesn’t matter if th... | ThisAngryGirl | 6 | 6 | [
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CMV: Article 13 passing in the EU isn't a bad thing.
Yes, it may affect the ability of people to post stuff online, such as memes, that they do not have the rights to use. However, coming from the standpoint of a photographer and graphic designer, I can't say that I would want a photo I took to get constantly shared o... | Do you know how asinine YouTube's DMCA copyright claims are?
They're about to get even worse.
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Can you elaborate?
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YouTube already has issues of companies taking down... | The biggest problem with it is that there are no fair use exemptions in the law. none at all. It does not matter if your work is trans-formative, it does not matter if you are doing a news report,
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In article 13? Does it change current laws or just mandate that social media platforms monitor them?
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Not socia... | 9fcmgj | CMV: Article 13 passing in the EU isn't a bad thing. | Yes, it may affect the ability of people to post stuff online, such as memes, that they do not have the rights to use. However, coming from the standpoint of a photographer and graphic designer, I can't say that I would want a photo I took to get constantly shared on the internet without any credit coming to me. Everyo... | ekill13 | 5 | 5 | [
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Yes, it may affect the ability of people to post stuff online, such as memes, that they do not have the rights to use. However, coming from the standpoint of a photographer and graphic designer, I can't say that I would want a photo I took to get constantly shared o... | I don't really like your example. The photographer gets so much more reach if their photos are spread via memes. Let's say a niche photographer's typical album reaches 10000 people. One of their photos gets turned into a meme and reaches 1 million people. Only 0.01% of people who saw the meme liked the photo and actual... | Do you know how asinine YouTube's DMCA copyright claims are?
They're about to get even worse.
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Can you elaborate?
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YouTube already has issues of companies taking down... | 9fcmgj | CMV: Article 13 passing in the EU isn't a bad thing. | Yes, it may affect the ability of people to post stuff online, such as memes, that they do not have the rights to use. However, coming from the standpoint of a photographer and graphic designer, I can't say that I would want a photo I took to get constantly shared on the internet without any credit coming to me. Everyo... | ekill13 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: It is impossible to move to a single payer in the US, unless we are OK with a recession in the short-term and availability of healthcare being diminished
With ACA staying as the law of the land and many advocating to move to a single payer system, I started to think how would we exactly implement this. More impor... | Big mistake in your logic. No one pays the list price now. Every doctor I have ever seen has a price for a procedure/say $1000. But insurance only pays $699 and they accept it. So is the price $699 or $1000? Also under a single payer they would get paid without the mounds of paperwork unique to each insurer. I am... | Another point to note- while we will have decreased economic activity in the insurance sector we will have increased economic activity in the healthcare sector. This means more jobs for doctors, nurses, aides and other related services. The ACA basically funded a remodel of my SO's hospital (a nurse practitioner) by in... | 6qkcwe | CMV: It is impossible to move to a single payer in the US, unless we are OK with a recession in the short-term and availability of healthcare being diminished | With ACA staying as the law of the land and many advocating to move to a single payer system, I started to think how would we exactly implement this. More importantly, what would be the implications of moving from the current system to a Single Payer. It seems that the headache of removing health insurance companies fr... | johnniewelker | 3 | 3 | [
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With ACA staying as the law of the land and many advocating to move to a single payer system, I started to think how would we exactly implement this. More impor... | Another point to note- while we will have decreased economic activity in the insurance sector we will have increased economic activity in the healthcare sector. This means more jobs for doctors, nurses, aides and other related services. The ACA basically funded a remodel of my SO's hospital (a nurse practitioner) by in... | Big mistake in your logic. No one pays the list price now. Every doctor I have ever seen has a price for a procedure/say $1000. But insurance only pays $699 and they accept it. So is the price $699 or $1000? Also under a single payer they would get paid without the mounds of paperwork unique to each insurer. I am... | 6qkcwe | CMV: It is impossible to move to a single payer in the US, unless we are OK with a recession in the short-term and availability of healthcare being diminished | With ACA staying as the law of the land and many advocating to move to a single payer system, I started to think how would we exactly implement this. More importantly, what would be the implications of moving from the current system to a Single Payer. It seems that the headache of removing health insurance companies fr... | johnniewelker | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: We shouldn't censor hate speech.
There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't... | > I'm talking about bigotry and genuinely damaging political views, like Nazism and white supremacy
But these things are already not censored. Are you trying to say that the status quo is good?
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Yes, with an additional focus on publicly damning the views in a debate rather than just ignoring it.
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The problem... |
Okay so lets see this with another simple light, lets pretend life is a school with students teachers and managers. There is a headmaster which can be considerer powers, media power, guvermental power, but in essence people who have more or a choice in changing the school than students but students still choose how ... | muvrf4 | CMV: We shouldn't censor hate speech. | There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't legal. It should stay that way.
I'm t... | Butterboi_Oooska | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: We shouldn't censor hate speech.
There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't... | > I'm talking about bigotry and genuinely damaging political views, like Nazism and white supremacy
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Yes, with an additional focus on publicly damning the views in a debate rather than just ignoring it.
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So this is ... | Your examples tell me that censorship works.
>This happened in Germany in the interwar period. The SPD, the party in charge of Germany at the time, banned the Nazi party after they had tried to stage an uprising that we now know as the Beer Hall Putsch. We also know that the SPD's attempts to silence the Nazis ultimat... | muvrf4 | CMV: We shouldn't censor hate speech. | There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't legal. It should stay that way.
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There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't... | > I'm talking about bigotry and genuinely damaging political views, like Nazism and white supremacy
But these things are already not censored. Are you trying to say that the status quo is good?
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Yes, with an additional focus on publicly damning the views in a debate rather than just ignoring it.
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The problem... | Your examples tell me that censorship works.
>This happened in Germany in the interwar period. The SPD, the party in charge of Germany at the time, banned the Nazi party after they had tried to stage an uprising that we now know as the Beer Hall Putsch. We also know that the SPD's attempts to silence the Nazis ultimat... | muvrf4 | CMV: We shouldn't censor hate speech. | There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't legal. It should stay that way.
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Yes, with an additional focus on publicly damning the views in a debate rather than just ignoring it.
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> Yes, with... | First, a clarifying question: Which type of censorship are you referring to?
1. Government censorship: You get fined, thrown in jail, etc..) or
2. Private censorship (Twitter gives you a warning, bans you , or you get fired from your job, etc..)?
It sounds like you're referring to 1, but I don't think that's ... | muvrf4 | CMV: We shouldn't censor hate speech. | There are certain things that aren't protected under freedom of speech, those being things like incitement of violence, immediate threats, yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. I'm not talking about those things. Slander and stuff like that aren't ok, and to my knowledge, aren't legal. It should stay that way.
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CMV: China is #Winning
It appears as if China is outcompeting the United States.
China is sitting on reserves and reserves of American wealth and they have a positive trade deficit.
I really haven't heard a good refutation of how their system or scheme or strategy is faulty.
Only ad hominem attacks. "They kill g... | >"They kill girl babies
Those baby girls aren't 'winning' though.
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Neither were the Native Americans. that's why I said the logic was faulty. And the irl arguments were weak.
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So what do you mean by China exactly? The government? The wealthy Chinese? Chinese citizens? | > China is sitting on reserves and reserves of American wealth and they have a positive trade deficit.
And that means that our purchases our extremely important. They need our dollars. We don't need their cheap goods.
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Free markets like cheap goods. And capitalist society values us by how much we have, unfortuna... | 86yhzl | CMV: China is #Winning | It appears as if China is outcompeting the United States.
China is sitting on reserves and reserves of American wealth and they have a positive trade deficit.
I really haven't heard a good refutation of how their system or scheme or strategy is faulty.
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CMV: With the rise of automation and AI, there will eventually come a time where a universal basic income is necessary.
Throughout human history, advances in technology have allowed workers to be more productive. For instance, the steel plow allowed a farmer to farm much more land and the factory allowed a chain of wo... | >Aside from service jobs that require human-to-human interaction, human creativity, or moral judgment and Quinary-sector jobs (I sincerely hope humans would not let AIs replace CEOs or politicians), there would be few jobs left for humans to fill. With a growing population, it's likely that there won't be enough jobs f... | > If there are more goods and services to go around than humanity could ever need, then everyone should be able to buy them.
Isn't that the solution right there? If there is an abundance of something, you don't need to buy it (ie exchange for money) since it would be so common it would be free. (The effective cost o... | 6qkn55 | CMV: With the rise of automation and AI, there will eventually come a time where a universal basic income is necessary. | Throughout human history, advances in technology have allowed workers to be more productive. For instance, the steel plow allowed a farmer to farm much more land and the factory allowed a chain of workers to produce much more than they ever could on their own. In relatively recent history, many of these advances have c... | TechnostarBTD5 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: With the rise of automation and AI, there will eventually come a time where a universal basic income is necessary.
Throughout human history, advances in technology have allowed workers to be more productive. For instance, the steel plow allowed a farmer to farm much more land and the factory allowed a chain of wo... | AI takes over peoples' jobs because robots are cheaper. Cheaper production of equally good goods means a cheaper end cost. The cost of living will decrease as AI takes more of our jobs. The solution may be to decrease the length of the traditional workweek over time so that most people have jobs.
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> The cost of... | >Aside from service jobs that require human-to-human interaction, human creativity, or moral judgment and Quinary-sector jobs (I sincerely hope humans would not let AIs replace CEOs or politicians), there would be few jobs left for humans to fill. With a growing population, it's likely that there won't be enough jobs f... | 6qkn55 | CMV: With the rise of automation and AI, there will eventually come a time where a universal basic income is necessary. | Throughout human history, advances in technology have allowed workers to be more productive. For instance, the steel plow allowed a farmer to farm much more land and the factory allowed a chain of workers to produce much more than they ever could on their own. In relatively recent history, many of these advances have c... | TechnostarBTD5 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Insurance isn't worth it.
Ok so I don't really see the point in insurance. It seems a bit like a ripoff to me. Here's why:
**Insurance takes your money, which you may never get back**. So when you get insurance for something, you pay a company per month/year/whatever to "insure" something, which means that if th... | Insurance is here because a saving account may never get big enough. And making it legal is for your protection. Say you were to get hit and were hospitalized and needed a new car. Virtually no common person will have enough to pay for everything you need. This would leave you out of luck because you can’t get blood fr... | Insurance is useful when the potential damages go far beyond what you can afford to pay. For instance, my father had ample health insurance and was in a car accident in his 50s. He broke all of his ribs, punctured a lung, and sustained a brain injury. Hospital bills would have been in the millions had he not been insur... | b45b0n | CMV: Insurance isn't worth it. | Ok so I don't really see the point in insurance. It seems a bit like a ripoff to me. Here's why:
**Insurance takes your money, which you may never get back**. So when you get insurance for something, you pay a company per month/year/whatever to "insure" something, which means that if there is a crisis or the insured o... | HanOnlyWan | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I should secretly record (audio, video, or both) all of my sexual encounters to provide evidence in the off chance I'm falsely accused of rape
In today's society (I can only speak for the US since that's where I live) men have little to no defense to a rape accusation if they truly are innocent. Rape is the only ... | If you're trying to prove that you didn't have sex with someone without their consent, revealing that you have taped or recorded sex with them without their consent seems like a terrible idea.
Also, this:
>Also even though this evidence would be inadmissible in court, I could use it to potentially deter the girl or p... | > Rape is the only crime I can think of where if it does go to court, the man is usually presumed to be guilty until proven innocent even though the legal system should in theory work the opposite way.
Could you tell me how this works? Do you have real reason to believe that in real-world situations like this, it's c... | 6xq9an | CMV: I should secretly record (audio, video, or both) all of my sexual encounters to provide evidence in the off chance I'm falsely accused of rape | In today's society (I can only speak for the US since that's where I live) men have little to no defense to a rape accusation if they truly are innocent. Rape is the only crime I can think of where if it does go to court, the man is usually presumed to be guilty until proven innocent even though the legal system should... | thowaay | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Gay Pride Hurts LGBT People More Than It Helps Them
As a gay teen, I believe that pride and other such events hurt LGBT people more than it helps them.
What I mean by this is that the whole point of pride is to make a big deal about being gay or whatever you call yourself, to shout it loud and be proud. Except t... | What huge strides should have been made in LGBT rights that have been directly prevented by pride parades?
How many people harboring anti gay views would have made a complete 180 if not for pride parades?
How much legislation (pro or anti gay) has been directly caused by pride parades?
I would agree that pride event... | > make a big deal about being gay or whatever you call yourself, to shout it loud and be proud
Do similar parades for other groups hurt their overall groups as well or is this limited to LBGT?
For example does the NYC St. Patrick's Day parade hurt the larger Irish community?
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This same logic can apply to other g... | 6qiwi4 | CMV: Gay Pride Hurts LGBT People More Than It Helps Them | As a gay teen, I believe that pride and other such events hurt LGBT people more than it helps them.
What I mean by this is that the whole point of pride is to make a big deal about being gay or whatever you call yourself, to shout it loud and be proud. Except that's not what I, or most of my other gay friends actually... | Just_an_Elf | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: In most cases shoplifting is economically beneficial
So long as the shoplifter doesn't earn enough money to have savings and they don't give the money saved from doing so to something that does save money, their theft is overall beneficial to the economy. This is supported by the circular flow of income in which ... | If they are forced to spend money defending against theft then that money is not being spent to further the economy.
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By spending money in any way they are benefiting the economy, as long as that money isn't going into savings it will benefit the economy.
What makes you think that money spent on security is any ... | Your argument is, essentially, that a dollar saved by a person who is more likely to spend that dollar increases the *velocity of money*:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocity_of_money
This is good thinking, and an interesting argument.
However: consider the price effects of someone (even a single person) steal... | a8c53r | CMV: In most cases shoplifting is economically beneficial | So long as the shoplifter doesn't earn enough money to have savings and they don't give the money saved from doing so to something that does save money, their theft is overall beneficial to the economy. This is supported by the circular flow of income in which businesses provide wages in exchange for labour, at both en... | PM-ME-YOUR-HOBOS | 7 | 5 | [
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CMV: Trucks and commercial trailers should be restricted to the rightmost lane only
Many states already have laws in place restricting trucks to specific lanes. It's a good start, but I believe that these regulations:
- Should be adopted nationwide
- Should extend to trucks hauling commercial trailers, such as those... | incoming merging traffic would be put in a much more dangerous position of having to stop, speed up or getting crushed by oncoming trucks.
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If the trucks are going at a high speed, there should be enough space between them to allow for a car to merge. If it's rush hour traffic, you'll have to stop to merge no matt... | [deleted]
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I should have been more clear in my post - of course, every motorist's utmost responsibility is to avoid danger. Trucks and cars alike are frequently required by law to move over a lane if there is a hazard in the rightmost lane, which is obviously acceptable.
Nonetheless, Δ
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Confirmed: 1 delta aw... | 9fbdy3 | CMV: Trucks and commercial trailers should be restricted to the rightmost lane only | Many states already have laws in place restricting trucks to specific lanes. It's a good start, but I believe that these regulations:
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CMV: The death of Makiyah Bryant is a poor example of police brutality and systemic racism in the US.
The media is reporting the death of a black 16-year-old girl, Makiyah Bryant, by a white cop and associating it with the Chauvin verdict on the same day. The intent here is clear: to portray this as another incident o... | Do you think if she was white she would have been shot?
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I think she should have been shot even if she was white.
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Cool, but thats not what they asked. The question was "do you think she still would have been shot if she was white?"
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Any? Regardless of circumstance? How so? Are you suggesting that, even if a black person is in the act of committing a capital crime, a white cop cannot shoot them because they owe them a pass? A pass to murder someone? If you are somehow suggesting that lethal force is never necessary, that’s a whole d... | mvbr5s | CMV: The death of Makiyah Bryant is a poor example of police brutality and systemic racism in the US. | The media is reporting the death of a black 16-year-old girl, Makiyah Bryant, by a white cop and associating it with the Chauvin verdict on the same day. The intent here is clear: to portray this as another incident of police brutality and systemic racism.
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CMV: The death of Makiyah Bryant is a poor example of police brutality and systemic racism in the US.
The media is reporting the death of a black 16-year-old girl, Makiyah Bryant, by a white cop and associating it with the Chauvin verdict on the same day. The intent here is clear: to portray this as another incident o... | Do you think if she was white she would have been shot?
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Cool, but thats not what they asked. The question was "do you think she still would have been shot if she was white?"
Edit: learn the difference between "would have been" and "should have been" ... | The officer didn't act according to the use of force continuum.
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According to the law the police officer needs credible evidence that the perpetrator is a danger to either the officer or those around him. To use deadly force. The dsnger has to be either lethal or "grave bodily injury". Not sure how you can possibl... | mvbr5s | CMV: The death of Makiyah Bryant is a poor example of police brutality and systemic racism in the US. | The media is reporting the death of a black 16-year-old girl, Makiyah Bryant, by a white cop and associating it with the Chauvin verdict on the same day. The intent here is clear: to portray this as another incident of police brutality and systemic racism.
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CMV: Racism against white people is fundamentally different than racism against minorities and should be treated as such.
Racism against minorities carries a historical context and is often systematic. Racism against white people doesn't have these characteristics.
A good example of what I mean is that calling a whi... | but you understand that it's racism, right? I think you're trying to say that it's "not as bad as racism against blacks", but why is it in a different category? it's hatred based on skin tone. isn't that an evil ideology to believe in? how is it not? also, it's almost as if you're implying that black people are more se... | Institutions and systems don't have free will. A form or formality is not racist - the one who pushes it forward is.
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So are you saying institutionalized racism doesn't exist?
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Yes. Wasn't that clear? If a cop arrested you for drinking at the white only fountain then he is racist for up holding such a statute... | 94miz7 | CMV: Racism against white people is fundamentally different than racism against minorities and should be treated as such. | Racism against minorities carries a historical context and is often systematic. Racism against white people doesn't have these characteristics.
A good example of what I mean is that calling a white person "cracker" is nowhere near as bad as calling a black person the n word. The latter carries centuries of discrimina... | perfectbluu | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Whether people are born male or female, they should be free to dress and act absolutely however they want. Changing your pronoun to be "in line" with these actions, however, is ultimately harmful to society.
The implication that dressing or acting differently than is typical for your "gender" requires a different... | Your title says people should be allowed to do x, but that doing y is ultimately bad for society. But at no point do you say why it is bad for society in your post. The thing is, not everyone is you. You do not have to identify as a woman, you absolutely can be a queer, non binary person who dresses how they like, but ... | I didn’t transition because society expected it of me, I transitioned because I’m a woman. Regardless of what you call it I wanted a body that wasn’t the one I was born with, full stop.
NOT calling me woman is the harmful thing to do in this situation.
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CMV: Men and Women are not equal and they shouldn't be.
This might be a fairly unpopular opinion and I might seem to be like a critter from stone age but I believe that the two are not equal. I believe that men and women are different and couldn't be compared to each other. Comparing them would be like comparing apple... | I think you are arguing against something that doesn't actually exist.
Literally no one thinks that men and women are _equivalent_. Equivalency would be "apples to apples". The question on hand about men and women is whether they are both "good fruit", worthy of equal representation in the salad.
While I believe th... | The issue with your view is that, no matter how much you say that "men's work" and "women's work" are equivalent in value, society has decided that men's work is much more valuable than women's. A man can earn bread for himself, even if he doesn't have a wife. If a woman is supposed to be a nurturer of children, she ne... | 86xvor | CMV: Men and Women are not equal and they shouldn't be. | This might be a fairly unpopular opinion and I might seem to be like a critter from stone age but I believe that the two are not equal. I believe that men and women are different and couldn't be compared to each other. Comparing them would be like comparing apples and oranges.
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CMV: Monogamy Is Narcissistic
Setting this one up in a questionnaire format works for me:
1) Do you want someone who’s always gonna be there for you, and wants you for you? Yes.
2) Do you want your partner to do what they want to do, more than what you want them to do? Yes.
3) Are you perfect for your partn... | Does my partner need to be romantically involved with these other people to explore and grow from the opportunity? They can explore and grow just fine without being romantically involved right?
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Right, I agree. But when the partner realizes the reality that someone else is more beneficial in other non-romantic a... | * It's not narcissistic to care about yourself more than others. It's only narcissistic if it gets to an extreme point and becomes a problem. For instance, you have to feed yourself in order to survive. You deserve to eat even though others also need food.
* You should clarify if you're critizing monogamy or merely ex... | 9f9o88 | CMV: Monogamy Is Narcissistic |
Setting this one up in a questionnaire format works for me:
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2) Do you want your partner to do what they want to do, more than what you want them to do? Yes.
3) Are you perfect for your partner? No.
4) So other people are... | murphy_man09 | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: Maple Syrup is a topping and not a condiment
A friend of mine and I have had this debate for years, so I thought I would bring this to Reddit, to see if they can change my view. I argue that maple syrup is a topping and not a condiment. I feel like it is a topping because it is used sparingly on only a few differ... | I'd contend it can function as either a topping or a condiment depending on how you present and use it. Put it in a ramekin to dip sweet potato fries or chicken nuggets? Condiment. Pour it over pancakes? Topping. It's not an either-or proposition.
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But a choice has to be made because stores have to decide where t... | Here's my disclaimer: I don't like pancakes or waffles, especially for breakfast. Sweet stuff makes me feel like hell all day. That being said, there's still a few things to note:
I can purchase maple bacon, or maple sausages for breakfast. I can make oatmeal or granola, or Greek yogurt. In any of these foods, the map... | a8b717 | CMV: Maple Syrup is a topping and not a condiment | A friend of mine and I have had this debate for years, so I thought I would bring this to Reddit, to see if they can change my view. I argue that maple syrup is a topping and not a condiment. I feel like it is a topping because it is used sparingly on only a few different food products and is normally found on top of t... | capta1n_sarcasm | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV:War with North Korea is now unavoidable and will happen before 2020.
With John Bolton and Mike Pompeo as part of Trump's white house,It is safe to say that the reality is war with North Korea will happen.
The talks will break down and then,the bombs come out.
With the way things are,I see no other outcome(Unless... | There is no way to predict this because 90% of it is going to come down to kim's personality, and as we dont know him we dont know what hes planning or thinking
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He was trained in the west.
He is far more rational than we think. | if I government declares war on North Korea, I would hope and pray that every single service man and woman refuse to serve and becomes a conscientious objector even if it means they are all thrown in the brig.at some point somebody has to tell the government that they can't keep throwing young bodies as cannon fodder a... | 86wjmn | CMV:War with North Korea is now unavoidable and will happen before 2020. | With John Bolton and Mike Pompeo as part of Trump's white house,It is safe to say that the reality is war with North Korea will happen.
The talks will break down and then,the bombs come out.
With the way things are,I see no other outcome(Unless China does something drastic).
So CMV,let's do something a bit different... | Hayate_Immelmann_ | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: Trump's tweet is not obstruction of justice
I want to preface this by saying I am not a Trump supporter. What I do support, it truth. And the truth is, his tweet was not obstruction of justice.
Let's look at the tweet (with emphasis added):
>..This is a terrible situation and **Attorney General Jeff Sessions sh... | > Jeff Sessions recused himself of the investigation. Even if this was a direct order it couldn't legally, be carried out.
It doesn't matter if it could currently be legally be carried out. I could bribe a police officer to do something regarding an investigation and that would be obstruction regardless if the bribe ... | It could be that by saying Sessions name, Trump is masking his directives to people who can end the investigation.
You can't put it past the Trump administration, or any administration, to have codes and disguised language. You may say, "yeah, but that isn't coded at all". To which I'd agree, but the intent is to hav... | 94lub8 | CMV: Trump's tweet is not obstruction of justice | I want to preface this by saying I am not a Trump supporter. What I do support, it truth. And the truth is, his tweet was not obstruction of justice.
Let's look at the tweet (with emphasis added):
>..This is a terrible situation and **Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt** ***right now***... | nmgreddit | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: There is no need to worry about STDs as a heterosexual male
I do not believe that there is any reason to worry about STDs anymore as a heterosexual male to the point of avoiding unprotected vaginal sex with strangers. Pretty much all of them are only minor inconveniences. HIV is reliably treatable now so as long ... | Dude. Herpes.
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Why is it a problem?
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It's painful! Many women who have herpes have an outbreak every month with their period. It doesn't take much to provoke a herpes outbreak.
They are literally blisters that break and scab over. They are unsightly, itch, are painful, and leave scars. | I'll let the pain and money and time change your mind for you buddy.
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I couldn't get an STD if I tried so my mind will never be changed by experience.
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Then I'm genuinely very happy for you to be honest. | 6xq2c0 | CMV: There is no need to worry about STDs as a heterosexual male | I do not believe that there is any reason to worry about STDs anymore as a heterosexual male to the point of avoiding unprotected vaginal sex with strangers. Pretty much all of them are only minor inconveniences. HIV is reliably treatable now so as long as you treat it when you get it it won't be an issue. Most are tre... | ouijblvndrwoek | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: There is no need to worry about STDs as a heterosexual male
I do not believe that there is any reason to worry about STDs anymore as a heterosexual male to the point of avoiding unprotected vaginal sex with strangers. Pretty much all of them are only minor inconveniences. HIV is reliably treatable now so as long ... | Loool. I'm 21 M and a virgin and somewhat a germaphobe. I'd always wear protection unless it was my wife. No taunting just happy for you.
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Why would you be happy for me? You yourself are complaining all the time about being a virgin on reddit. So why would you wish that on anybody else?
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My reply failed. Wha... | I'll let the pain and money and time change your mind for you buddy.
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CMV: In TCG's, the solution to free cards that produce raw card advantage is to introduce "completely useless cards" as a deckbuilding requirement
**EDIT: Thanks for replying, everyone! I've given plenty of deltas to acknowledge how weak my view is. Hopefully I've gotten to everyone already! I apologize if I missed y... | I don't think this is a very elegant solution.
You need to create these dud cards and have them put into the ecosystem. So either you print them as part of the print run and include them in packs with the broken card, in which case you knew that the card was broken, so why did you bother printing it in the first place... | Oh, so that's what Pot of Greed does...
It's an interesting idea, but I still feel like just banning those few cards would be preferable to forcing "duds" into a person's deck.
Also, would this rule really negate the effects of overly powerful banned cards that give a player a huge advantage without giving them more ... | 9fa2fg | CMV: In TCG's, the solution to free cards that produce raw card advantage is to introduce "completely useless cards" as a deckbuilding requirement | **EDIT: Thanks for replying, everyone! I've given plenty of deltas to acknowledge how weak my view is. Hopefully I've gotten to everyone already! I apologize if I missed your comment.**
This is a rather weak view of mine. I only really began thinking about it after watching a video yesterday on Pot of Greed.
The sco... | Criminal_of_Thought | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: RUSSIA INVADING EUROPE BEFORE 2022! Peter Zeihan's "The Russian grab".
By 2022 Russia's army is expected have about half the recruiting base it had in the 2010s. This is due to demographic factors, basically the birthrate dropped to about half what it used to be after the fall of the Berlin Wall and it is not... | [removed]
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Besides, and let's be honest here, even as powerful as the Russian military is, I'm not sure that it could actually successfully conquer all of Europe. Don't get me wrong, it would get a long way, but I just don't think that it could finish the job.
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1 more thing. A Russian invasion of Europe i... | The Baltic states, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria are all part of both NATO and the EU. NATO has article 5 which means an attack on one is an attack on all. The EU has a mutual defense clause which means other nations have to help attacked nations. So basically, an invasion of any of these countries would cause ... | a899qo | CMV: RUSSIA INVADING EUROPE BEFORE 2022! Peter Zeihan's "The Russian grab". |
By 2022 Russia's army is expected have about half the recruiting base it had in the 2010s. This is due to demographic factors, basically the birthrate dropped to about half what it used to be after the fall of the Berlin Wall and it is not picking up anytime soon since Russia have some of the highest statistics on ... | ywecur | 4 | 4 | [
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CMV: The hands off protest will do nothing to stop or even slow Trump, and will largely accomplish nothing.
The large scale protests of the last 20 years seem to all be complete failures. Occupy wall street didn't fix the finance system. BLM didn't improve policing. The womens march didn't improve access to women's he... | \> Occupy wall street didn't fix the finance system
But it *did* play a huge role in coalescing a popular understanding that there is a "1%" and a "99%". The language of economic inequality was added to as a result of that movement.
\> BLM didn't improve policing.
But it *did* play a huge role in coalescing a popu... | It tells people who care that there are pther people who support the cause and that they can and should fight
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I think people already knew that other people care about this before the protest. I don't think this protest made people say "wow I didn't know people didn't like TRUMP".
Fighting is good but how you fig... | 1jt1a4b | CMV: The hands off protest will do nothing to stop or even slow Trump, and will largely accomplish nothing. | The large scale protests of the last 20 years seem to all be complete failures. Occupy wall street didn't fix the finance system. BLM didn't improve policing. The womens march didn't improve access to women's healthcare.
This new movement will do the same.
I think that in order to make a meaningful change your goals... | callmejeremy0 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: First Cousins Should Legally Be Allowed to Procreate
My argument is simple. The child of first cousins has only a minor increase in the inheritance of genetic disorders. Most sources put it at about 4.5% compared to the average background risk of 3% for unrelated couples ([Source 1](https://www.cousincouples.com/... | >The child of first cousins has only a minor increase in the inheritance of genetic disorders. Most sources put it at about 4.5% compared to the average background risk of 3% for unrelated couples ([Source 1](https://www.cousincouples.com/?page=overview)).
That source comes from a site called CousinCouples, which is f... | The issue is that cousin marriage is actually not just a single partner process. The practice of cousin marriage is so common as to produce whole family trees in which cousins keep marrying. And it's repeated cousin marriage that is the real kicker. It's a serious and deadly problem in places like Pakistan.
I think i... | 94ga1z | CMV: First Cousins Should Legally Be Allowed to Procreate | My argument is simple. The child of first cousins has only a minor increase in the inheritance of genetic disorders. Most sources put it at about 4.5% compared to the average background risk of 3% for unrelated couples ([Source 1](https://www.cousincouples.com/?page=overview)). Furthermore, if someone believes that mar... | archermitch | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV:Its okay to use "men" to describe a group of people with penises, in the context of there being multiple genders.
I was at a social gathering and the topic of Bukkake came up as someone didn't know what it meant. When i explained it i said "Its when a group of men..." and someone who identifies as gender fluid cor... | While the person who corrected you is technically right that there could have been people with penises who were not men, they also probably could have skipped speaking up with such a carping technicality.
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This isn't a view abo... | nothingsb9 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Nihilism is as unhealthy as religion
So, I've been having an existential crisis recently. I used to believe in god and an afterlife, but after many church visits and my fundamentalist religious teacher, I've turned away, and in some way felt more free than I had before.
I've had one major existential crisis befo... | I think your mixing existentialism and nihilism together in some ways. Nihilism is the belief that there is no meaning in the universe and everything we do is pointless.
Existentialism is the belief that the universe contains no meaning, but that it is ones interior world that really matters. We create meaning in the ... | Congrats of freeing yourself from fundamentalism.
But Nihilism is way, way worse than Religion - at least Religion through the lens of reason can be cherry picked for metaphors and analogies that approximate the nature of the human condition, and truths about life death and rebirth and forgiveness and redemption, trut... | 6qbosj | CMV: Nihilism is as unhealthy as religion | So, I've been having an existential crisis recently. I used to believe in god and an afterlife, but after many church visits and my fundamentalist religious teacher, I've turned away, and in some way felt more free than I had before.
I've had one major existential crisis before, and it was cured with time, I'm having ... | Stelum | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: A child with reasonable levels of pain and suffering should be allowed to choose eithanasia.
If a child, for example, experiences a condition, be it treatable or not, that causes unbearable pain, that child should be legally allowed to take their own life with medical supervision.
Euthanasia is a painless means ... | You have to define reasonable.
A child as young as 8 may prefer euthanasia to getting their tooth pulled. You say a child as young as 8 may make this decision even if their condition is treatable? That seems extreme.
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CMV: I believe banning guns is a bad legislative action.
In light of recent events our nation has been stirred up in a frenzy over gun control, and rightly so. It is a discussion we need to have as a country, however too many people believe the answer is to ban assault rifles and rifles like it. I'm here to say that w... | While I agree with some of what you said, such as a cosmetic feature like pistol grip is a foolish factor to define a gun for a ban.
I agree that research is needed that can help to identify people that should not be in possession of a gun.
I disagree with your conclusion about not focusing on gun bans.
Gun bans do wo... | Similar CMV submitted 16 days ago (and probably even more recently than that): https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/82vg5p/cmv_an_assault_weapons_ban_would_be_pointless_in/
It seems that the whole sub is about America, transsexuality and guns...
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CMV - I should not go to Iran because as a young female, I would be made to feel uncomfortable.
My partner wants to go to Iran for a week and is trying to convince me it's a good holiday destination for culture and history. I don't doubt this. However I'm under the impression that women in Iran are viewed as second cl... | I remember watching a youtube series a while back. It was a guy on a motorbike travelling across asia and the middle east. I think he went thought China, Pakistan, India, Iran... whole bunch of countries. He met a lot of assholes along the way, but in Iran everyone was welcoming and giving him gifts and fruit everywher... | [removed]
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Are you there with the military or as an employee?
And have you spent any time in Iran yourself?
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No I haven't, so my answer is pretty biased I'll admit.
Edit: I was there in Bahrain on deployment. | 6xmlny | CMV - I should not go to Iran because as a young female, I would be made to feel uncomfortable. | My partner wants to go to Iran for a week and is trying to convince me it's a good holiday destination for culture and history. I don't doubt this. However I'm under the impression that women in Iran are viewed as second class citizens which does not sit well with me.
First of all, I've never properly visited the mid... | Pinkfinch | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I shouldn’t sell my indie mobile game for $50K, even though I was just laid off and have student loan debt.
I was recently laid off, and I’m now considering whether or not to sell the mobile game I’ve been developing for a while now. A big company recently offered $50,000 to acquire the game, but they would signi... | You can sell it and start working with next one.
You have learnt a lot and can make second one much better and faster.
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Thank you! The thing is... I'm not sure that I can. This one has a backstory for me personally and I'm not sure what I would actually be selling away. I think this is the best one I could have c... | Sell that mfr ASAP! With 50k, take 6 months and work on your next one while job shopping.
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It will take 6 months to job hunt for me. The market is terrible right now in US. I'll also be kinda worried they could shelve the game as it might be a potential competitor.
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CMV:I'm unwilling to support separatist movements, specially Catalonia's.
The recent Catalonia mess inspired me to make this CMV. I don't live in Spain, so I don't know all the details. I know that the central Madrid government is hindering this and is very corrupt, but still.
- The "different culture" argument: alm... | Do you believe the United States is a fundamentally illegitimate government, then?
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I was talking about **current** separatist movements. Also, the United Kingdom eventually recognized the then new country. No way that Spain will recognize Catalonia, no way that Serbia will recognize Kosovo, no way that Turkey/Ira... | > The "different culture" argument: almost every independence movement use this argument
That's because it's the most basic argument to be made. Someone who follows a distinct culture shouldn't be subjugated by the culture of the majority. distinct cultures should also have the right to self determination.
>India is ... | 79bs6n | CMV:I'm unwilling to support separatist movements, specially Catalonia's. | The recent Catalonia mess inspired me to make this CMV. I don't live in Spain, so I don't know all the details. I know that the central Madrid government is hindering this and is very corrupt, but still.
- The "different culture" argument: almost every independence movement use this argument. India is a stable (?) mu... | garaile64 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Elon Musk is from the future and has gone back in time to save us from our AI overlords
Almost every invention or project that Elon has put time or money into is something that would be extremely useful in the event of a robot takeover. Elon has also said numerous times that he fears artificial intelligence and h... | 1. electric cars can't run on solar panels in that way. There is that much energy in su light.
2. Its not actually armored. It will stop low powered pistol rounds at best, 556 and your dead (and guess what the most common cartridge for the military is?)
3. Boring company is effectively dead.
4. Hyper loop doesn't actua... | On the off-chance this isn't satire, there's a few reasons it's nonsense.
Let's start with your "nuff said" examples, which we'll roll into one. Your argument is that he came from the future to develop these techs - is it just a coincidence that he developed technology we already had? Tesla just makes shit more effic... | e27xca | CMV: Elon Musk is from the future and has gone back in time to save us from our AI overlords | Almost every invention or project that Elon has put time or money into is something that would be extremely useful in the event of a robot takeover. Elon has also said numerous times that he fears artificial intelligence and has done several seminars on the problems it could bring about. So let's go through some of his... | Diylion | 3 | 3 | [
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Almost every invention or project that Elon has put time or money into is something that would be extremely useful in the event of a robot takeover. Elon has also said numerous times that he fears artificial intelligence and h... | 1. electric cars can't run on solar panels in that way. There is that much energy in su light.
2. Its not actually armored. It will stop low powered pistol rounds at best, 556 and your dead (and guess what the most common cartridge for the military is?)
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4. Hyper loop doesn't actua... | An AI takeover might not look like what you're imagining. AI are designed to optimize very well, and any AI that was advanced enough to pose a genuine threat would probably use more insidious and effective tactics than "build an army or robots".
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CMV: allowing trans people to compete in womens events will only marginalize women
I've been doing some reading about how transgender female people are competing in women sports events. In the majority of cases, they tend to do pretty well. Unsurprisingly. However, there's a big difference between barely winning and t... | Can I ask what your solution to this would be?
If we banned trans women from competing against cis women due to the advantages they may have gained while living prior to transition, who should they compete against? Should they compete in the men's category, where the process of their transitioning actively gives them ... | Trans women are women, though. You're approaching this from the viewpoint that they aren't.
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OP is arguing that their male biology is unfairly advantageous over their competitors' female biology, regardless of how you label the athlete. | b3r4u5 | CMV: allowing trans people to compete in womens events will only marginalize women | I've been doing some reading about how transgender female people are competing in women sports events. In the majority of cases, they tend to do pretty well. Unsurprisingly. However, there's a big difference between barely winning and totally dominating, which is what seems to be happening. I linked a story about 2 tra... | CafeConLecheLover | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: you can’t be racist towards white people
A quick disclaimer: I am white myself and I am open to new ideas and ways to think about this topic. So my view is that you can’t be racist toward white people as a whole, only prejudiced. My reasoning is that white isn’t really a race, more of a skin color. You can be rac... | I think this is purely a question of definitions. If “racism” means “discrimination or prejudice directed toward a racial group,” you can be racist against white people, because white people are a racial group. If “racism” means “discrimination or prejudice directed at a weaker group by a group that is systematically... | Why isn't the dictionary definition of racism relevant here?
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A dictionary is descriptive not prescriptive.
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I don't see why it *needs* to be prescriptive. It only needs to accurately capture what people typically mean by the word. Words get their meaning from common use. If the dictionary accurately describe... | a84xg9 | CMV: you can’t be racist towards white people | A quick disclaimer: I am white myself and I am open to new ideas and ways to think about this topic. So my view is that you can’t be racist toward white people as a whole, only prejudiced. My reasoning is that white isn’t really a race, more of a skin color. You can be racist towards specific groups, like how hitler wa... | imliljuul | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The average person is pretty bad at formal logic and this is having terrible consequences in society
Let me start by saying that I don't pretend to be a paragon of logic and reasoning. However I have a degree in CS and a minor in math and I earn my keep doing math (geometry mostly). That doesn't mean I know anyth... | Infinite monkeys will *not* reproduce all of Shakespeare’s works. That is mathematically and intuitively factual. Your myopic focus on logic negates how monkeys would engage with a typewriter.
1. Monkeys have a defined preference for hitting the same key or keys repeatedly. There is insufficient variation in their key... | I don’t think it’s necessarily an issue with logic directly, more so in that people tend to not care or want to think. Most of the people on internet just regurgitate shit they have heard else where. And when confronted with opposition, they don’t even want to listen or think. They want to live in their echo chamber. T... | e27faz | CMV: The average person is pretty bad at formal logic and this is having terrible consequences in society | Let me start by saying that I don't pretend to be a paragon of logic and reasoning. However I have a degree in CS and a minor in math and I earn my keep doing math (geometry mostly). That doesn't mean I know anything at all, it doesn't mean I am smart, it doesn't mean that I am an expert in any of the issues I talk abo... | camilo16 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The liberal left’s treatment of “TERF”s is NOT justified.
I’m going to start by saying I am not conservative - I’m further left than Bernie Sanders. But my quarrel with liberals does not lie in ideological differences; I feel their treatment of what they call “TERFs” is misogynistic at best and a vicious silencin... | >There is more of an out-roar against TERFs from the liberal left than almost anything else. Any “TERF” is sent death threats and other threats of violence from them, and at first, you may counter with, “But these people believe TERFs are specifically planning their actions to block trans rights!” To that, I say, why a... | [removed]
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I can understand why someone would feel that way if that’s how they saw all three sides. I hate to say it, but my post was more about the way liberals attack “TERF”s more than conservatives, but I appreciate your contribution!
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CMV:CMV: I feel like African Americans, should be credited as a new race. We Identify them with Africa , but most have never been to Africa, and Africa isn't a country, so that label is vague.
Recent studies show that most African Americans are 15-25 percent European. They are classified as African by America, altho l... | All of your examples are of ethnicities, not of race. African americas are also noted as a distinct ethnicity.
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I have to disagree. African American isnt unique or noteworthy. It simply means you are an American from Africa .
Which is false by alot of standards. Maybe 10+ generations ago they were from Africa... | What is a stake in this distinction? What kind of problems do you think this reclassification could solve? Also, how are you defining race?
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It would provide a cultural and racial distinction.
I feel that " African American " is extremely bare bones.
You dont see many whites calling themselves " European American... | 79a5d4 | CMV:CMV: I feel like African Americans, should be credited as a new race. We Identify them with Africa , but most have never been to Africa, and Africa isn't a country, so that label is vague. | Recent studies show that most African Americans are 15-25 percent European. They are classified as African by America, altho like Brazilians, Cape Verdeans, Peurto Ricans, and Latinos , they are a newly created race. Even Haitians are treated as a new race , despite being more African than African Americans.
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Recent studies show that most African Americans are 15-25 percent European. They are classified as African by America, altho l... | All of your examples are of ethnicities, not of race. African americas are also noted as a distinct ethnicity.
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It would provide a cultural and racial distinction.
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Recent studies show that most African Americans are 15-25 percent European. They are classified as African by America, altho l... | What is a stake in this distinction? What kind of problems do you think this reclassification could solve? Also, how are you defining race?
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It would provide a cultural and racial distinction.
I feel that " African American " is extremely bare bones.
You dont see many whites calling themselves " European American... | All of your examples are of ethnicities, not of race. African americas are also noted as a distinct ethnicity.
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I have to disagree. African American isnt unique or noteworthy. It simply means you are an American from Africa .
Which is false by alot of standards. Maybe 10+ generations ago they were from Africa... | 79a5d4 | CMV:CMV: I feel like African Americans, should be credited as a new race. We Identify them with Africa , but most have never been to Africa, and Africa isn't a country, so that label is vague. | Recent studies show that most African Americans are 15-25 percent European. They are classified as African by America, altho like Brazilians, Cape Verdeans, Peurto Ricans, and Latinos , they are a newly created race. Even Haitians are treated as a new race , despite being more African than African Americans.
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CMV: the Dallas shooting by the off-duty officer Amber Guyger can reasonably be believed to be an honest, very unlucky and very costly mistake.
This is the shooting of the black guy by a cop in his own house Reddit and Twitter are losing their shit over.
Here's the story as we know it now from the point of view of th... | So she's claiming the door was ajar when she got there and she thought it was her apartment. But the victims lawyer has told the newspapers that witnesses in the building heard her banging on the door and shouting "let me in!"
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is this her point of view or did the victim / a witness confirmed that? if not it can´t be proven imo.
> , the fact that the victim and the perpetrator didn't seem to know each other,
is irrelevant because psychopath don´t usually know their victims e... | 9f613u | CMV: the Dallas shooting by the off-duty officer Amber Guyger can reasonably be believed to be an honest, very unlucky and very costly mistake. | This is the shooting of the black guy by a cop in his own house Reddit and Twitter are losing their shit over.
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CMV: Euthanasia should be legal in all jurisdictions to be performed on humans.
Euthanasia is the practice of painlessly killing someone due to terminal illness or extreme pain. If this is allowed to be performed on animals, then why are humans any different?
Since this is a messy political and ethical question, I’ll... | What could possibly go wrong when you give people the right to kill others?
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The thing with euthanasia is that the patient or family must consent, or it will be considered murder
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Patients can consent in the moment, but people's outlook on life can change drastically in a matter of weeks to months. It's just ... | I would say that I'm not supportive of euthanasia when other people do it for you. If you are in pain. If you are going to suffer until you die, just do it yourself. Don't put that on someone else.
If the person is unresponsive, and no hope, then leave it up to the family.
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But then you get into the case of whe... | 86t1uf | CMV: Euthanasia should be legal in all jurisdictions to be performed on humans. | Euthanasia is the practice of painlessly killing someone due to terminal illness or extreme pain. If this is allowed to be performed on animals, then why are humans any different?
Since this is a messy political and ethical question, I’ll try to state my side of the problem only.
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When a person is suffering, either... | SirenitoDelFrio | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The Republican party hasn't swung to the right as much as the Democratic party has swung left. (USA politics)
In 1996, most Democrats (and Republicans) were pro border walls and against gay marriage. Nowadays Democrats have abandoned their previous positions in favor of more progressive ones, but I constantly hea... | Right and left are arbitrary terms. Tarriffs used to be a criticism of "left wing" politics because they hindered free trade. Now everyone in favor of free trade is labelled a "globalist."
I don't think right and left matters very much. The only thing that really matters to me at this point is that half the country h... | I think that what you’re getting at is true from a policy perspective but not a political one. I think the Republican Party has become more extreme: more insular, more us-vs-them, more media savvy, more hardline. To the point that they’re willing to overlook a lot of policy and character flaws in order to support their... | e22txu | CMV: The Republican party hasn't swung to the right as much as the Democratic party has swung left. (USA politics) | In 1996, most Democrats (and Republicans) were pro border walls and against gay marriage. Nowadays Democrats have abandoned their previous positions in favor of more progressive ones, but I constantly hear the talk about how far to the right Republicans have moved. I'm not seeing the alleged swing. Now Donald Trump is ... | Sgt_Spatula | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: there are possible utopias
Sorry for vague title but it's commonly accepted that utopias can never be a reality and they become dystopias. However I don't think that is entirely true. I can think of two types of utopias that actually seem to be perfect.
1. Removing negative emotion: If the parts of the brain res... | Both of these sound like dystopias. I would be horrified to live in either
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but you couldn't, in one you lack the ability to be horrified and the other you wouldn't even realize you were in one to begin with and that's the beauty of it.
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Hey, there's a book that pretty much describes your exact situation call... | Let's start here. Utopias aren't possible because that's what utopia means. They are a mix of eutopia and outopia, meaning 'good place' and 'no place' respectively.
But okay, moving on and semantics aside, the real reason a perfect society isn't possible is that perfection isn't possible. The two options you presente... | e237bh | CMV: there are possible utopias | Sorry for vague title but it's commonly accepted that utopias can never be a reality and they become dystopias. However I don't think that is entirely true. I can think of two types of utopias that actually seem to be perfect.
1. Removing negative emotion: If the parts of the brain responsible for receiving negative t... | romancandle4 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: The use of the word "trap" isn't used as a derogatory term for transfolk as often as people like to think, and I think the word means something in an entirely different context when most people use it in the mainstream.
Warning: I am a straight man with ingrained societal beliefs I am trying to work out of, so if... | I don't disagree with the distinction you set up, but I think you have the demographics backwards. In the US, the number of anime lovers who use 'trap' the way you're saying is pretty small, even if you're personally mostly exposed to people who love anime.
On the other hand, /r/traps is about trans women, and that... | > However, I was a bit disappointed by the lack of focus on the word itself and the context of how it is used
It's absolutely discussed in the video, what're you talking about? You just have a single context that wasn't discussed that I'd disagree is an actual context.
>Because I honestly believe "trap" in the sense ... | b3qss7 | CMV: The use of the word "trap" isn't used as a derogatory term for transfolk as often as people like to think, and I think the word means something in an entirely different context when most people use it in the mainstream. | Warning: I am a straight man with ingrained societal beliefs I am trying to work out of, so if I come off as a bit ignorant, sorry.
This was brought about by Contrapoints video on traps.
First off, I want to say that I enjoy her videos a LOT. I love her verbose dialogue, open-mindedness in all issues, unique outlooks... | CarnivorousL | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: We don’t have free will, alternate universes can’t exist, and fate could be real
No, this isn’t multiple CMVs in one because my reasoning is the same for each of these, convince me my reason for one of them is wrong and you’ve convinced me the others are too.
So what is the reason behind these three statements?... | Actually, it's physically impossible for all 3 to be true. Sorry to go deep so fast here but I'm a physicist. I'll try to keep it light.
When you say "alternate universes can't exist," I think of [many worlds interpretation](https://goo.gl/500J9Y) of Quantum mechanics.
The thing is, we know some stuff from physics.... | If we extend your argument to the very first event -- the beginning of the universe -- the universe would expand as a perfect, featureless sphere after the big bang. No stars, no planets, no life, no humans. It's random fluctuations that give rise to these things. Some people believe that our free will is a manifestati... | 799jda | CMV: We don’t have free will, alternate universes can’t exist, and fate could be real | No, this isn’t multiple CMVs in one because my reasoning is the same for each of these, convince me my reason for one of them is wrong and you’ve convinced me the others are too.
So what is the reason behind these three statements? I’ll explain, but it'll take a while.
**Free Will & The Big Idea**
Let’s say... | YourKingofTheWorld | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Keeping fish in glass tanks is selfish, and they really should be kept in ponds or natural environments
Context: I'm a big believe in rescuing animals if you can, but I am in no position to care for most animals right now; especially anyone who would need a constant amount of socialization. My local pet supply st... | > I want my view changed so I can move forward with rescuing some unloved fish. But if the whole concept of fish tanks are cruel, then I do not want to engage in harming them.
Without being rescued, what happens to the unloved fish? They die?
Maybe it makes more sense to compare the environment you would provide (a... | Firstly, you're applying the ideas of the stressors of Koi to all fish. That doesn't make sense. Koi are unique animals, as are all animal species.
Secondly, I fail to see what your ambition to "rescue" has to do with any of these fish. Have you encountered stranded goldfish that need to be saved from their circumst... | 6q4lbh | CMV: Keeping fish in glass tanks is selfish, and they really should be kept in ponds or natural environments | Context: I'm a big believe in rescuing animals if you can, but I am in no position to care for most animals right now; especially anyone who would need a constant amount of socialization. My local pet supply store often has large tanks available on discount, and this has got me looking into fish rescuing, specifically ... | broccolicat | 5 | 5 | [
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Context: I'm a big believe in rescuing animals if you can, but I am in no position to care for most animals right now; especially anyone who would need a constant amount of socialization. My local pet supply st... | > I want my view changed so I can move forward with rescuing some unloved fish. But if the whole concept of fish tanks are cruel, then I do not want to engage in harming them.
Without being rescued, what happens to the unloved fish? They die?
Maybe it makes more sense to compare the environment you would provide (a... | Nature includes a baseline level of stress. Most animals die of either predation or starvation. Existence under those circumstances is inherently stressful.
Even if a tank involved greater stress than a pond (I wouldn't automatically conclude that this is the case, herons fish in my family's pond), that isn't an impo... | 6q4lbh | CMV: Keeping fish in glass tanks is selfish, and they really should be kept in ponds or natural environments | Context: I'm a big believe in rescuing animals if you can, but I am in no position to care for most animals right now; especially anyone who would need a constant amount of socialization. My local pet supply store often has large tanks available on discount, and this has got me looking into fish rescuing, specifically ... | broccolicat | 3 | 3 | [
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Context: I'm a big believe in rescuing animals if you can, but I am in no position to care for most animals right now; especially anyone who would need a constant amount of socialization. My local pet supply st... | > I want my view changed so I can move forward with rescuing some unloved fish. But if the whole concept of fish tanks are cruel, then I do not want to engage in harming them.
Without being rescued, what happens to the unloved fish? They die?
Maybe it makes more sense to compare the environment you would provide (a... | Nature includes a baseline level of stress. Most animals die of either predation or starvation. Existence under those circumstances is inherently stressful.
Even if a tank involved greater stress than a pond (I wouldn't automatically conclude that this is the case, herons fish in my family's pond), that isn't an impo... | 6q4lbh | CMV: Keeping fish in glass tanks is selfish, and they really should be kept in ponds or natural environments | Context: I'm a big believe in rescuing animals if you can, but I am in no position to care for most animals right now; especially anyone who would need a constant amount of socialization. My local pet supply store often has large tanks available on discount, and this has got me looking into fish rescuing, specifically ... | broccolicat | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV. nfl is rigged
trust me this is not your typical CMV post; as i really want you to change my view, 'cuz i want to like the NFL more
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now let me explain my view, the first and the biggest reasons i believe the NFL is rigged is that the NFL being an entertainment company (so this makes it like the wwe). wi... | If this is true, then every game would be a close game, with lead changes and comeback wins. You wouldn't see a big blowout. You wouldn't see boring games with no big plays. You wouldn't see as many injuries. You wouldn't see dozens of minutes wasted every game due to the referees reviewing plays, or calling penaltie... | Let me clarify something.
Do you believe that individuals attempt to influence the results of the game for their own benefit at the expense of the team (throwing a game)? Or that the NFL is a giant conspiracy masquerading as a competition and the results of the games are predetermined (like WWE)?
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i believe that... | e21pko | CMV. nfl is rigged | trust me this is not your typical CMV post; as i really want you to change my view, 'cuz i want to like the NFL more
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CMV. nfl is rigged
trust me this is not your typical CMV post; as i really want you to change my view, 'cuz i want to like the NFL more
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now let me explain my view, the first and the biggest reasons i believe the NFL is rigged is that the NFL being an entertainment company (so this makes it like the wwe). wi... | Let me clarify something.
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i believe that... | Honestly, the risk reward for this would be way too low for the NFL to even think of this. The upside is making the sport a little more enjoyable. When it comes out, the downside would be a ton of lawsuits, people who stop watching the NFL altogether and possibly the end of the NFL and the start of a new football leagu... | e21pko | CMV. nfl is rigged | trust me this is not your typical CMV post; as i really want you to change my view, 'cuz i want to like the NFL more
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CMV: Pointing out “your” and “you’re” isn’t elitist.
From a discussion I’ve had recently about the future of language. Certain parts of grammar (mostly revolving around apostrophes) are becoming less and less common and I was lamenting it, who which a friend replied “when is it ever unclear? We can understand what peo... | >By correcting people, am I just prolonging the death of a defunct part of the language?
When and where are you correcting people?
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The casual “you’re” in every text message, game chat, message board and reddit thread I come across.
Usually followed by “Got u fam” because people seem to like that more.
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But... | Do other homographs confuse people? Like bow? bass? minute? row? wave? Why would a couple more homographs confuse people anymore?
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How else is ‘wave’ pronounced? I can only think of one 🤔
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They're both pronounced the same. But like wave your hand vs. a wave on the sea. Homographs share spelling (homo meaning... | d016e5 | CMV: Pointing out “your” and “you’re” isn’t elitist. | From a discussion I’ve had recently about the future of language. Certain parts of grammar (mostly revolving around apostrophes) are becoming less and less common and I was lamenting it, who which a friend replied “when is it ever unclear? We can understand what people mean when it’s said, we could understand it when i... | Tack22 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: If Miguel from Pixar’s Coco wants to guarantee he will never be forgotten, and guarantee he will never disappear from the afterlife, he should become a serial killer.
Pixar’s Coco is a beautiful and moving movie with excellent music and cultural awareness. But it has a not very secret horrific side to it: when no... | > Names such as Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Timothy McVeigh, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Gary Ridgway, are burned into our minds.
No, they aren't.
Hitler yes, but serial killers aren't that well-known. You need a lot more infamy than that to even compare to contemporary artists like Kanye West or Justin Bieber.
... | A lot of people who murder, get caught. You're saying that it'd be 'easy' for Coco to become a once-in-a-generation serial killer who will live on in infamy. I'd posit that it'd be easier for him to become a famous musician, than it would for him to become a famous serial killer.
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CMV: Women who sexualize themselves and use their sex appeal to advance their careers in fields where sex appeal isn't a fundamental part, are hurting the women's movement, and should be discouraged from doing so.
So in light of stuff like the #MeToo movement, many women are tired of being objectified, and being see s... | There's the collectivist way of looking at it, where you can see a woman like Miley Cyrus calling herself a feminist but also using her body and sexuality in ways that reinforce the stereotypical nymphet who men objectify, and some can see that as setting the movement back.
But there's also the individualist perspecti... | Anything that empowers a woman is generally embraced by whatever it is you consider to be the "women's movement". No feminist wants any woman to suppress her sexuality. They want women to freely embrace everything it means to be a woman.
If being hot got this golfer attention, how is that a bad thing? Is it because sh... | 8os9od | CMV: Women who sexualize themselves and use their sex appeal to advance their careers in fields where sex appeal isn't a fundamental part, are hurting the women's movement, and should be discouraged from doing so. | So in light of stuff like the #MeToo movement, many women are tired of being objectified, and being see solely as sex objects. Rightfully so, they want to be judged on their other merits, and not be seen just as a sex object for men's gaze. However, when attractive women purposely sexualize and objectify themselves t... | Justgoahead123 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Israel and Hamas are both irreconcilably bad actors and neither deserves an ounce of my support
One is a rogue nuclear state (funny when we do/don’t care about Nuclear Non-Proliferation) with an apartheid regime and a paranoid, homicidal maniac in charge. The other is an Islamist group that launches attacks on un... | I actually would be relatively fine with everyone pulling support entirely and just letting them figure it out on their own, but give asylum to anyone who wants to leave.
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Yeah, no objection here. I have no problem whatsoever with American Jews or Arabs, so long as they aren’t pressuring me to support any monstrou... | Israel needs all the support it can get.
It's the Western tip of the spear, the thorn in the sides of panIslamists and panArabists.. Israel is our hope
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eww. more like the latest example of violent colonialism.
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If you live in the West, you're a beneficiary of that.. you just want to pretend you aren't. | 1la3bsm | CMV: Israel and Hamas are both irreconcilably bad actors and neither deserves an ounce of my support | One is a rogue nuclear state (funny when we do/don’t care about Nuclear Non-Proliferation) with an apartheid regime and a paranoid, homicidal maniac in charge. The other is an Islamist group that launches attacks on unarmed civilians and uses its own children as human shields. Both kowtow to religious extremists, and I... | unenlightenedgoblin | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Depression, anxiety and other mental health issues especially among Gen Z and Millennials, has began to be treated lightly and too often thrown around & glorified/romanticized.
Purely from my observations especially on social media, so many people within the Millennial-Gen Z age range have been treating topics of... | If it leads to more people being willing to admit it and get help, does it matter? Shouldn’t the stigma around mental illness evaporating be looked on as a good thing?
Also, if you’re avoiding your problems and refusing to fix them, you obviously have some mental issues that you need to work out.
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That is very t... | I mean, I’ve been institutionalized for mental illness in a psychiatric hospital before. We joked about our illnesses all the time. Some aspects of mental illness are inherently funny - like, for example, not being able to have shoelaces to prevent self harm. Like, who would hurt themselves with a shoelace?
When peop... | l1egov | CMV: Depression, anxiety and other mental health issues especially among Gen Z and Millennials, has began to be treated lightly and too often thrown around & glorified/romanticized. | Purely from my observations especially on social media, so many people within the Millennial-Gen Z age range have been treating topics of mental illnesses like depression & anxiety too lightly.
I have no intention to say them saying they have depression/anxiety/other mental illnesses is not valid, especially those tha... | felicityaerie | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: If Brexit doesn't happen we have made an absolute joke of democracy
I've been thinking this for a while. And for those interested in the referendum I voted remain, and still feel that way however I find the fact that we voted for Brexit and now every politician and MP is doing everything they can to railroad Brex... | Asserting that the referendum really is the "voice of the people" is the real mockery of democracy. Democracy depends of the affected people making decisions about known quantities and coming to clear majority consensus. None of these things were true about the brexit referendum. Even if we give the leave campaign abso... | No one voted for a no-deal Brexit. People voted based on the lie that the UK could get a good deal to leave the EU without any significant consequences. The actual choices of a bad deal, no deal, or remaining was never presented to voters. If you want to listen to the voice of the people, give them the actual option... | czz5vm | CMV: If Brexit doesn't happen we have made an absolute joke of democracy | I've been thinking this for a while. And for those interested in the referendum I voted remain, and still feel that way however I find the fact that we voted for Brexit and now every politician and MP is doing everything they can to railroad Brexit and sabotage the plan.
If we all came together, to perform in the int... | SuperPowerDragon | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: The Dodo is much more amazing than other extinct animals, an amazing symbol, and we should totally focus our effort on the Dodo instead of mammoth or other animals
Dear CMV,
The [Dodo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo)^(wikipedia for the uninitiated) was an amazing bird. I'd like to point out why we^(1) should... | But mammoths could eventually be trained to help us tame the arctic. Wouldn’t it be awesome to ride a mammoth pulled sled? The Dodo can’t do that.
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> Wouldn’t it be awesome to ride a mammoth pulled sled? The Dodo can’t do that.
I want to agree with you, but:
*imagine a sled pulled by 20 dodos*!
what do you say... | Have you considered that peace is not everyone ideal ? Dodos went to extinction because they were not able to adapt to any new environment, so they will never bring any challenge to humanity.
If your goal is to provide a competitive environment for mankind so that we do not rot in decadence, luxury and pleasure, you ... | 8oqbdy | CMV: The Dodo is much more amazing than other extinct animals, an amazing symbol, and we should totally focus our effort on the Dodo instead of mammoth or other animals | Dear CMV,
The [Dodo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo)^(wikipedia for the uninitiated) was an amazing bird. I'd like to point out why we^(1) should have a firm "Dodo first!" policy, and why we should primarily focus our de\-extinction efforts on the [bird go great magnificence](https://www.reddit.com/r/Dodos/) and n... | Audiomoderator | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: People get into fitness not for health but for personal appearance and sexual appeal.
I'm going to say this goes specifically to men, from what I've seen in personal experiences and heard from friends experience. First, let's separate fitness from sports. Everyone agrees that doing sports is good for your health... | > In other words, fitness it's more of an aestethic activity than truly healthy.
Heeeeell no.
Aesthetics are entirely subjective, so while it might be a desired benefit for some people there are plenty of fitness centre regulars that are actively trying to avoid undesired aesthetic effects (for example women that do... | Plenty of people do fitness to get better at the sport they do.
​
Also, subreddits like r/GripTraining exist, in which a bunch of people who aren't all in shape/ do general fitness go hard on griptraining. I don't think people swoon over someone who can pinch really hard, and I would consider this fitness. Id... | l1b5h2 | CMV: People get into fitness not for health but for personal appearance and sexual appeal. | I'm going to say this goes specifically to men, from what I've seen in personal experiences and heard from friends experience. First, let's separate fitness from sports. Everyone agrees that doing sports is good for your health and can increase your life expectancy. Wether it's soccer, swimming or a martial art you ar... | arnodorian96 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: People get into fitness not for health but for personal appearance and sexual appeal.
I'm going to say this goes specifically to men, from what I've seen in personal experiences and heard from friends experience. First, let's separate fitness from sports. Everyone agrees that doing sports is good for your health... | So everyone has the same motives? "People" in general? This is absolutist thinking and it's pretty easy to counter. I will expand on it, however. If you want me to.
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Go on. I mean, just scroll through reddit (leaving social media asides) and you'll see how many men, specially, are doing it just for the sake of app... | Why just men? Have you never browsed instagram lol?
Jokes aside, one example of a fitness activity that increases your health without increasing your sex appeal is cardio. Treadmills are the most heavily-used equipment in any gym, even "cool" gyms. Cardio massively increases your heart's health without making you any ... | l1b5h2 | CMV: People get into fitness not for health but for personal appearance and sexual appeal. | I'm going to say this goes specifically to men, from what I've seen in personal experiences and heard from friends experience. First, let's separate fitness from sports. Everyone agrees that doing sports is good for your health and can increase your life expectancy. Wether it's soccer, swimming or a martial art you ar... | arnodorian96 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: People get into fitness not for health but for personal appearance and sexual appeal.
I'm going to say this goes specifically to men, from what I've seen in personal experiences and heard from friends experience. First, let's separate fitness from sports. Everyone agrees that doing sports is good for your health... | This is a destructive attitude that a lot of unfit/unhealthy people have. By telling yourself that fitness is just about vanity, you allow yourself to feel morally superior in your inactivity and unhealthy lifestyle. “I may not be able to run a mile, but at least I’m not a self-absorbed prick.”
In truth, the vast majo... | What about the fact that being very fit is many times not seen as sexy by most people?
Specially in women, strong arms, marked abs and wide shoulders are not commonly seen as sexy in the western female beauty canon, so why do women that build muscles to that point do it if they are "uglier" (at least uglier than if t... | l1b5h2 | CMV: People get into fitness not for health but for personal appearance and sexual appeal. | I'm going to say this goes specifically to men, from what I've seen in personal experiences and heard from friends experience. First, let's separate fitness from sports. Everyone agrees that doing sports is good for your health and can increase your life expectancy. Wether it's soccer, swimming or a martial art you ar... | arnodorian96 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: People get into fitness not for health but for personal appearance and sexual appeal.
I'm going to say this goes specifically to men, from what I've seen in personal experiences and heard from friends experience. First, let's separate fitness from sports. Everyone agrees that doing sports is good for your health... | Why just men? Have you never browsed instagram lol?
Jokes aside, one example of a fitness activity that increases your health without increasing your sex appeal is cardio. Treadmills are the most heavily-used equipment in any gym, even "cool" gyms. Cardio massively increases your heart's health without making you any ... | So everyone has the same motives? "People" in general? This is absolutist thinking and it's pretty easy to counter. I will expand on it, however. If you want me to.
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Go on. I mean, just scroll through reddit (leaving social media asides) and you'll see how many men, specially, are doing it just for the sake of app... | l1b5h2 | CMV: People get into fitness not for health but for personal appearance and sexual appeal. | I'm going to say this goes specifically to men, from what I've seen in personal experiences and heard from friends experience. First, let's separate fitness from sports. Everyone agrees that doing sports is good for your health and can increase your life expectancy. Wether it's soccer, swimming or a martial art you ar... | arnodorian96 | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: People get into fitness not for health but for personal appearance and sexual appeal.
I'm going to say this goes specifically to men, from what I've seen in personal experiences and heard from friends experience. First, let's separate fitness from sports. Everyone agrees that doing sports is good for your health... | What about the fact that being very fit is many times not seen as sexy by most people?
Specially in women, strong arms, marked abs and wide shoulders are not commonly seen as sexy in the western female beauty canon, so why do women that build muscles to that point do it if they are "uglier" (at least uglier than if t... | So everyone has the same motives? "People" in general? This is absolutist thinking and it's pretty easy to counter. I will expand on it, however. If you want me to.
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Go on. I mean, just scroll through reddit (leaving social media asides) and you'll see how many men, specially, are doing it just for the sake of app... | l1b5h2 | CMV: People get into fitness not for health but for personal appearance and sexual appeal. | I'm going to say this goes specifically to men, from what I've seen in personal experiences and heard from friends experience. First, let's separate fitness from sports. Everyone agrees that doing sports is good for your health and can increase your life expectancy. Wether it's soccer, swimming or a martial art you ar... | arnodorian96 | 3 | 3 | [
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