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Why is this in the political section?
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I can name one, say, I specifically WANT to catch COVID-19. Is-ought statements aren’t related to each other.
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@Reece101
No matter what, the rock would make people uncomfortable, both symbolically and physically(blocking space)
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@zedvictor4
Yes, it was better when Jefferson was still around being a democratic republican.
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@Wylted
@zedvictor4
well, for some reason, people think this rock is mocking black people.
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No…this Boulder carried specific racial connotations in the past. Saying all stones are racist is a fallacy by composition.
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I think that this speech is more about how people discriminate through time than that time is racist. Time isn’t racist, the people who manipulate time could be racist however.
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Religious and militaristic people also get away with murder for a large portion of our history.
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That is one Democrat. If one person is republican in the US will you say that there is proof everyone in the US is republican?
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We do not know if he really is a cannibal or not. How about we stop jumping to conclusions faster than the triple jump world champion?
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How exactly do I know that anything outside of my consciousness exists?
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Abortion is bad because in many cases, it makes the mother sad.
Many people abort due to that they can't afford to raise the child. If we focus more on contraception, healthcare, etc, we would make the child grow to be successful and not aborted.
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@MonkeyKing
What I am worried about is a long term effect, like keeping with the weed example. I can see where it could be considered a win to die doing something that makes you happy, but if I do it now, regret it later, and it comes to bite me in the butt, is it really making me happy? With something like weed it is easier to quit and call it a day.
Then don't do it, since the idea of starting weed for you is not a happy one.
Going into financial debt is a bit tougher on the consequence side though. And I do not mean that poor is equal to miserable, that was my inadequate phrasing. I've spent most my life poor and been plenty happy. I do, however, want to achieve certain financial goals. Not only for myself and hopefully a future family, but to be able to assist others as well. Monks can be happy and poor, but for a lot of the world they have to pay for their food and it makes me happy to be the one able to provide that. If you are correct that death, sickness, or poverty is the issue, poverty is a great possibility. Death and sickness I think made our peace. Death cannot be stopped, same with sickness. We can delay the best we can but they aren't going anywhere. I can, however, battle poverty. Are you suggesting then that that is a bad idea? And possibly the root of my indecision?
No, I am just saying that seeking money as life goal is not 100% correct. You aren't doing exactly anything wrong.
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@MonkeyKing
The main goal in life is to be happy, not to live long or be rich. Although, for many different people, being old or rich makes them happy for some reason.
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@zedvictor4
But the trouble is we have a tendency to overthink.
A person who shames himself for overthinking becomes unsuccessful. A person who pride himself for overthinking becomes a philosopher.
If you find yourself overthinking as a habit, don't be ashamed: For you could branch out to be one of the greatest philosophers of history if you keep thinking in an unlimited way.
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@MonkeyKing
I like the general attitude of this, but it doesn't seem to take in to account the long term. For example, smoking weed might make me happy for now and the foreseeable future but 30 years from now it'll probably kill me. Or choosing a to be a food service worker might work for now, but 30 years down the road it'll make me poor and miserable. Or am I missing the point there?
You are missing the point. The fear of death, sickness or poverty is one reason of why you aren't as happy as you could be.
- Does smoking weed make you happy? If you do and it always make you happy, it makes you die happy, which means you will be happy for the rest of your life. That is a win.
- Does working at fast foods make you happy? If yes, you will contribute your life to something that makes you happy or you will quit to find something else that makes you happy. You can make a win out of this.
- Is being poor really miserable? All the monks in the world says no. The capitalist doctrine of that richness=good is what kills people.
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Utilitarianism. If something doesn’t make you happy or won’t make you happy for the foreseeable future, don’t do it.
For choices that seem the complete same, just do either as the happiness level will be the same.
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@Wylted
Good luck dying. Would you be okay with it if you are the one dying on the bed, struggling to breathe?
I know that I don’t want to and billions of other people don’t want to.
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@Wylted
Unless you find joy in pulling a lever, there is no different outcome of pulling it for 3 days. Not to mention that anyone riding the trolley would probably be dead after a few rounds.
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@Bones
Wow, you are so much of a wimp that you can't even bring yourself to roast the person on top of you!
(This is written as non-serious and as a joke. Don't report this post unless it is extremely offensive to any of you.)
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All the posts here should be non-serious and lighthearted as a roast. Any real hostility displayed by anybody on this thread, like on any other thread, shall be reported.
The users themselves can distinguish between a lighthearted roast and genuine hostility. The latter should not be on this thread, or any other thread.
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Would you keep pulling the lever in a situation like this? Why or why not?
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Programmable black boxes. We can decode many forms of our brain signals. The only thing preventing the human mind being programmed and accepted is the fact that it is widely considered as unethical, probably.
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Also, chromosomes don't matter. If your position is that XX chromosomes should only compete against XX chromosomes and XY with XY, that's an entirely separate conversation that I'd still love to have if needed. A woman can be a woman regardless of chromosomes and can simultaneously have a similar physical ability to other females regardless of chromosomes.
Wait really? Then what determines if one is "male" or "female" biologically?
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@SkepticalOne
Another thing to consider, some biological females are capable of physically outperforming biological males.
I know. However, that doesn't mean it is fair. We should not allow androids into human sport events even if the robots don't have a substantial advantage/disadvantage. If anything, it should be in a challenge game where the main goal is to beat the bots instead of being fair human athletes.
The Olympics, or other series like it, is meant for people with XX chromosomes against other people with XX chromosomes and people with XY chromosomes against people with XY chromosomes. The sports are not classified in classes in which most of the women is placed in a lower class than most men. No, that is not how it is classified.
Lastly, depending on the sport, physicality isn't necessarily a deciding factor...think sailing, chess, etc.
Chess is unisex. However, there is a massive gap between female and male chess players(I think the top 10 chess players now are all male), due to for many decades, women can't even play chess. I think that is probably the patriarchy's fault.
As for sailing, I simply don't know a lot about the sport, so I can't be sure what exactly it needs.
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Before any of you say anything, I am not trying to be transphobic regardless if you consider it or not. I just don't understand.
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If we allow biological males into sports meant for females, let's not say if it is fair or not on its own: It is basically the same as letting a cisgender male to compete with women on a physical level. That is not fair regardless of if it is advantageous or not. We are trying to compare apples to apples, and not apples to oranges. Sports is about the body and how capable it is, and who is in the mind is not important at all(other than maybe they motivate themselves to work out). Putting a female mind in a male body who can be a 100M champion and they will run like men. Sports is all about the biological body.
I support transgender athletes into competitions as the gender they identify with, but only if, they are also biologically the sex they consider to match their gender. Putting a biological male in a female race is biologically the same as letting men into female events.
Change my mind if you will. I am just trying to make an argument.
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@Bones
I can try to be gay if I want to.
All I need is to redefine gay myself in order to consider myself gay.
Words are words. They are random squiggles on a screen or paper, etc. They can mean something else if we want to.
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@Bones
P2. Being forced to do something is not illustrative of free will.
When you are forced to do something, you are free to not trust the person to force you but you chose to trust them and do what they say.
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@MisterChris
If I provide another example on an existing point made in the previous round on the final round, would that be violating the rules?
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@fauxlaw
Jim Crow laws existed and is being recognized throughout history since then.
Jim Crow laws practice systemic racism.
Thus, systemic racism, as an idea, exists.
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I would rather want the government to control my life than some conspiracy group who yells "Government wants to control your life!" every single day.
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@fauxlaw
...myself more shocked than ever. On the table there was a completely clean set of dishes, as white as the most expensive set of silverware sold in the most luxurious store. My wife wasn't back, she simply goes out at this time of the day every week. In case if you are wondering, no, the grocery store wasn't open due to this being a saturday night.
I checked the sink with no idea of what I will, or won't find. Suddenly, the old set of dishes, the ones that I forgot to deal with before I left my home, was sitting there.
Suddenly, I heard a loud noise coming from outside the kitchen. The clean-as-new dishes flew past my head and immediately dropped itself against the sink. Great, I thought, now both sets of dishes are broken, and I have to deal with at least one meal with not a single tinfoil plate while the nearby shop closes for another few hours.
Then, I heard a few knocks on the door, a very familiar rhythm, even. We all know that is my wife coming back home.
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@fauxlaw
Just wear a mask and move on with life. There is nothing bad with wearing a mask, isn't it?
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At least he tried and it worked. We can't use his faults to undermine his achievements.
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@Wylted
dude if you want a debate with me pm me. I will discuss what to debate and how
I did, now what?
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@DebateArt.com
We should probably have a limit of how fast you can change your username, I mean Youtube probably has a 90-day rule.
Chances are that there are probably people who will abuse this function and change their names left and right like a maniac and left the rest of the site in absolute confusion for giggles.
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@Wylted
Are you sure that any of those new candidates for a username is not mocking any other user on the website?
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@oromagi
Wylted doesn't trust ANY governmental reports, ever, for some reason.
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@Aryanman
I shall kill you because you aren't following the bible to the slightest
That is an outdated view
I shall burn you because you believe the sun is still and the earth is moving
That is an outdated view
I am just to exploit the poor while I am rich because this is society
That is also an outdated view
We should keep using fossil fuels
That is an outdated view
Black people are naturally slaves and they don't deserve as much rights as white people
That is also an outdated view
Maybe... Maybe this outdated view is not particular harmful, but saying there is nothing wrong with holding an outdated view is simply incorrect.
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@Wylted
You’d better state all of your anti-vax arguments in this thread. Stop creating more threads about the same thing.
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@Wylted
Does it matter whatsoever? From a video where Biden can be interpreted to have tendencies of touching children you concluded that Biden is a pedophile. Biden COULD BE a pedophile, but the term "is" just isn't the right word to use in this scenario.
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@Wylted
Do you realize that nothing could be proven to exist except for the self? How exactly do we know if Joe Biden even exists, let alone being a pedophile?
More than that, judging by the comments made by Oromagi and Double_R, how do we know if Biden is even doing anything wrong to her, assuming the issue is an existent one?
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@Wylted
Judging by our filmmaking skills, how do we know those evidence aren't fake?
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