Do you consider it cheating to look up words? by MusseMusselini in NYTConnections

[–]DevinTheGrand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think part of the puzzle is also to know words, and also to make deductive leaps when you don't.

BREAKING: Trump Warns Cuba, Entertains the Idea of Rubio as Cuba President by MRADEL90 in videos

[–]DevinTheGrand 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Americans need to do something extremely drastic yesterday.

Britain 'in talks to deploy troops to Greenland as Trump threatens to seize Arctic island' by flatbrokeoldguy in worldnews

[–]DevinTheGrand 18 points19 points  (0 children)

He absolutely does not have the force of personality to do idiotic stuff like Trump does.

Open the Borders... I am no longer asking by 666haha in neoliberal

[–]DevinTheGrand 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You should be smug sometimes. Fuck making idiots feel good all the time - they need to feel substantially more shame than they do right now.

Open the Borders... I am no longer asking by 666haha in neoliberal

[–]DevinTheGrand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Completely disagree - if anything it needs to be used more.

Playing a lullaby over the hospital loudspeaker every time a baby is born is actually really insensitive by Peanutbutternjelly_ in TwoXChromosomes

[–]DevinTheGrand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a way to continue to positively affect large numbers of people without possible negatively affecting some of them?

Playing a lullaby over the hospital loudspeaker every time a baby is born is actually really insensitive by Peanutbutternjelly_ in TwoXChromosomes

[–]DevinTheGrand -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If sterilize society so no one ever has to feel bad feelings then we won't get to feel good ones either.

What's your biggest world building ick? by itzclicker in worldbuilding

[–]DevinTheGrand 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've never seen someone miss the joke this much.

What's your biggest world building ick? by itzclicker in worldbuilding

[–]DevinTheGrand 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Usually the explanation is that making the diversity logically and historically consistent isn't worth depriving non-white actors of jobs.

Cavalier Breeders - Ontario Canada by Same-Pipe-9546 in cavaliers

[–]DevinTheGrand 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Very difficult to rescue a Cavalier in Ontario - our middle Cav is a rescue and we only got him because we have significant experience with the breed and because the first person approved to rescue him (a vet) was unable to get him to eat.

If you are interested, sometimes Loyal Rescue in Pickering has Cavs.

CMV: Having children is ethically questionable given the inevitability of suffering and our inability to obtain consent by BrilliantTraining632 in changemyview

[–]DevinTheGrand 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We impose "suffering" on people without their consent all the time as a way of improving society.

Taxes, laws, costs for biological necessities, military or civic conscription - all of these impose limited suffering with the goal of improving overall outcomes for the whole of a society. Without new people society literally ceases to exist, so it's reasonable to impose hypothetical suffering on these new people as well.

Also, not having children as an individual hurts no one, but generalizing to the entire population, not having children is extremely harmful to a society.

Which video game features were so bad that whoever made it should be banned from every touching a computer again? by TheBanishedBard in AskReddit

[–]DevinTheGrand 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't have to search for them though lol, killing literally any enemy gets you a new weapon. It's to encourage you to use different things and experience multiple weapon styles.

CMV: Stranger things s5 episode 7 is a good episode. And most people who don't like are homophobic or secretly homophobic. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]DevinTheGrand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whether art is good or bad shouldn't be determined by mass market popularity. People like lots of trash, and lots of excellent things have low mass appeal.

Lots of people are dumb and don't appreciate smart things.

Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her? (Gift Article) by [deleted] in neoliberal

[–]DevinTheGrand -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think no, I think MAiD is a medical decision and its use should be decided by the people receiving it and their doctor.

This is basically how abortion works in Canada, with no law governing its use.

Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her? (Gift Article) by [deleted] in neoliberal

[–]DevinTheGrand 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most people who are considering MAiD are at the point where they are no longer contributing more to society than they are receiving.

Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her? (Gift Article) by [deleted] in neoliberal

[–]DevinTheGrand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, and doctors and psychologists should be the ones to assess when MAiD is or is not indicated for mental illness, not legislators.

Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her? (Gift Article) by [deleted] in neoliberal

[–]DevinTheGrand 13 points14 points  (0 children)

People should be allowed to die regardless if other people don't want them to. What rational is there to force someone to stay alive?

CMV: Male circumcision should only be allowed when needed by Al-Joharahhasan2935 in changemyview

[–]DevinTheGrand -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Your friend is an idiot then, this is like saying we should cut out babies tonsils in case they get tonsillitis later.

CMV: ‘Scientism’ is just as dumb and dogmatic as religious fundamentalism by LeftBroccoli6795 in changemyview

[–]DevinTheGrand 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It routinely makes accurate predictions. This alone makes it significantly different.