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@Alec
Yeah that's why for me it's pretty hard to tell
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@Alec
Feel as though most of the problems in the education system today can simply be solved without dumping billions.
A prime example of this would be cutting out pointless standardized tests which are horrible for many reasons. The most catastrophic and arguably the most dangerous reason is,
They take up 1 3rd of the entire curriculum
Today teenagers are overwhelmed with school work, after school programs, and social lives and removing standardized tests would reduce the school workload significantly if removed.
Take an average school day starting at 8:15 and ending at 3:00 in a state such as California.
Under standardized tests, this is a 6 hr and 45 minute school day. Not even including after school activities or HW.
However, if we removed standardized tests students would only have a 4 hr and 15 minute school day on average with significantly less HW overall.
Thereby reducing stress and opening up more free time for students to pursue their interests or to sleep properly.
However, regardless it's even scarier when you realize the standardized test companies such as Pearson essentially have a monopoly on standardized testing.
Meaning that essentially, a few corporations are deciding a decent chunk of the Americas education system.
Not to mention this also means they can jack up the prices if they so choose to which they've already done.
Overall if America is to have any hope of fixing our broken education system, the first order of business ought to be to abolish standardized tests.
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Damn this forum is just a slaughter
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Haven't seen a lot of talk on the internet of whether or not Kira in death note was justified in his plan for ending crime. And am just hoping to see opinions from both sides on the matter.
Cheers ;-)
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@DynamicSquid
Yeah I literally came back just yesterday
It's nice to see some fresh faces on the site
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As it stands currently I'm on the fence on the whole impeachment issue and just want to hear arguments from both sides.
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@TheRealNihilist
Oh I had enough room but I had to sacrifice having personal details or links on my profile description
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@TheRealNihilist
Yeah I mean in a way it's DARTs fault however in retrospect I should've took more moderation
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@DynamicSquid
Well, my time period would be any art made within the last 20 or so years. At least by my definition.
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Moving my manifesto on here to save space on my profile page
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Pink Freuds Voting Manifesto:
Preface:
I'd like to start off by thanking anyone reading this as I put some time into outlining my motives and how I critique arguments on this site. My goal when it comes to voting is to vote in a nonbias and logical manner. Free from any vote retaliations or insufficient votes. If you do happen to deem my vote as insufficient, I urge you to report it and let the mods handle it rather than CVB it.
If you want to see the fate of vigilante " justice " on this site and a dishonest voter, take a look at this users fate.
Now that I've outlined my goal when it comes to voting, I'll now give a summary of how I make my decisions.
Arguments:
I decide whether or not an argument is better not through how good the argument is itself but if it's better than the opponent's argument. When voting for arguments to me it's not a matter of how good your argument is, it only matters to me when one argument is better than another.
In the case of a tie when it comes to arguments, I only award a tie when neither argument is better nor worse than another. An example is in the case of a Full Forfeit on both sides as neither has an advantage over another.
Sources:
Here I examine the validity of the sources themselves and how they impact/strengthen the argument.
An example of what I'd deem as a bad source would be something along the lines of this,
" I think cheeseburgers are gross, here is a statistic showing most cheeseburgers have ketchup "
This is what as known as a disconnect between proof and conclusion fallacy. The proof itself could be relevant, however, the debater failed to connect ketchup and gross together.
An example of a better use of a source would be,
" I think cheeseburgers are gross since they have ketchup. Here is a statistic/study done on how unhealthy and disgusting ketchup is and here is another statistic on most cheeseburgers having ketchup "
This sentence doesn't have a disconnection issue and is, therefore, a good use of a source.
Another way I weight sources is through the validity, is it done by a trustworthy source, was the study conducted correctly, and how recent is the study done.
Spelling and Grammar:
Self-explanatory, I don't normally vote for spelling and grammar unless the debater's organization is sloppy or if they made frequent spelling mistakes which made their argument hard to read.
I don't care how good your argument is, if I can't read it, how good it's is almost irrelevant.
Conduct:
My favorite, I award conduct points when one of the few things occur.
One of the debaters is insulting the other debater
One of the debaters has plagiarized their work
One of the debaters Forfeited the majority of the rounds.
I hope this manifesto has outlined my clear intentions when it comes to voting as well as an explanation of how I vote.
Cheers ;-)
- Pink Freud 12/27/19
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@Vader
Are you still doing this? If so I'm quite interested to see what you'd pick for me.
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@DynamicSquid
Makes sense, what time period are you referring to then?
Because " modern " could mean anything in the 2000s or anything made in the last 50 years.
It really just depends on what time period you're referring to.
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@ebuc
I feel like for democrats the real question in deciding a candidate is figuring out your main goal.
As currently there are two main goals of the democrats I see,
1. Beat Trump
2. Enact progressive policies
I've kinda come to the conclusion that most candidates at least in my view fall into one category or another.
Biden, for example, has great odds at beating Trump however has little to offer in terms of the policy. At least in my view.
Bernie, however, is almost the exact opposite, he doesn't have a good chance at beating Trump due to his socialistic policies. However, at least in my view, he has a lot more to offer than Biden has.
Overall if you're a democrat before you consider a candidate you'd like to support I'd advise you to first figure out what your goal for the 2020 election is.
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@DynamicSquid
Are you just referring to paintings or art as a whole?
Because I'd argue as a whole modern art has brought us a lot of brilliant videogames, movies, tv shows, and music.
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@Vader
Yeah I overall agree.
I wish the ending wasn't so rushed and we actually got to see what happened to Finn, Rose, Po, and Chewbacca.
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@Barney
Thanks, also congrats on becoming a mod!
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@Vader
yeah from what I've seen alot of people just post on it for trolling purposes.
Although I haven't checked it out for awhile.
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Figured I'd just keep it short and straightforward because I doubt anyone really cares too much
Why I quit:
I requested my acc get banned a few months ago for many reasons however the main one was that the website kinda changed me.
Long story short in a weird way I became obsessed with this website and became very paranoid about losing a debate.
Not only this but this website kinda made me become very cynical of the world and very detached from it.
However, I recognize that this isn't anyone's fault except my own for allowing DART to consume and transform me.
Why I return
I'm primarily returning because in the last few months I really missed this community deeply in the past few months.
And logging back in being met with some messages of people saying their goodbyes really reminded me of that.
However I'd like to make one thing clear, I have zero interest in online debating.
In a lot of ways, I've kinda become bored and disinterested in online debating. Add on to that school, scouts, and my social life, I really don't have a lot fo time to be debating anymore even if I had an interest.
I'll primarily be using this website as a means of having discussions and voting on debates.
Life Update:
For anyone interested in how my life's been going, it's been going perfectly as of now.
After I broke up with my abusive ex in august my life has just been amazing in a lot of ways. I've found that ever since then I've been a lot less depressed and frustrated. Rather lately I've been very happy and content with my current situation. In fact, I've actually struck up a new romantic relationship recently and I'm going on a date with him today!
I even made a lot of new friends and overall have had a lot more time to actually have meaningful relationships and do the things I want to do.
In the end, I'm just happy I made it out of that debacle alive and well.
Anyways I'm just really happy to be back in this community and I guess I'll see you all around!
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@Castin
I mean it was personally too fake for me to like it and was too overshadowed by bullshit.
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That's a superlative critique. Even the most wild of Marx's books on philosophy had some good points.
Notice how I never stated her philosophy should be thrown out entirely.
When I stated that it's a waste of time I meant it's a waste of time to read the entire book when her philosophy isn't a decent one, to begin with, and shouldn't be taken seriously.
The only real value I can attribute to her work is that while there are one or two decent points she brings up, the philosophy as a whole is garbage and should only be read for forms of academia to understand why her philosophy is bad in the first place.
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@bmdrocks21
I personally read Atlas Shrugged, watched the movie adaptation, and watched interviews of Ayn Rand on top of reading what others have said about her philosophy.
To be quite frank, her philosophy is very weak, basic, and is a rather unrealistic way of viewing the world.
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@Paul
Atlas shrugged is a waste of time and isn't a good read and Ayn Rands philosophy is honestly a joke and is delusional.
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@Imabench
I mean I understand that IlikePie is clearly misrepresenting your overall points and it's frustrating however there is no need to be this rude and hostile.
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@Dr.Franklin
Most asine statement I've ever heard in my life, not even joking.life expentacy going down is good
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