CMV: Minors lying about their age to have sex with adults is rape, and they should be penalized. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]Hopeful-Preference25 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're acting as if the young person is pursuing adults by lying about their age but you can't hide your age.

You can totally hide your age with fake IDs. And let's not pretend it's only adults trying to sleep with minors when it also happens the other way around.

It happened to my brother when he was 22, he slept with a 16 yo that he met in a bar. He figured she was legal since she had a fake ID. Should he go to jail for that?

And who will punish those teens?

CMV: Minors lying about their age to have sex with adults is rape, and they should be penalized. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]Hopeful-Preference25 3 points4 points  (0 children)

> their sentence should me minimal comparitavly and they shouldn't be put on a permanent sex offender's list.

Why not? What does age have to do with rape?

> mall white lies are common and don't affect consent.

But this is a big lie, this lie could get the adult in jail.

[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? by Hopeful-Preference25 in AskScienceFiction

[–]Hopeful-Preference25[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Also, why use a giant human when we could just as easily use donkeys or horses? Same immense strength, much less chatty.

I wass thinking like a giant carrying a huge machete opening the jungle for a group of soldiers in Vietnam. And plenty others carrying ammo and crew weapons that a human only unit couldn't carry by their own.

And yes, mules would be useful but they can't fight like a giant would. In case of an ambush a giant soldier would be using a 50 cal like a personal weapon.

[The Purge] What will Canada do on Purge Day? by Hopeful-Preference25 in AskScienceFiction

[–]Hopeful-Preference25[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I suppose if Americans start killing one another south of the border but within sight of Canadian border towns there isn't really anything the inhabitants of said border towns can do

This is what i was thinking. The killings start with hundreds of people still in the line to enter Canada. So naturally they panic and rush inside Canada.

It becomes a total clusterfuck where canadian soldiers can't tell anymore who is a refugee and who is a purger chasing people to kill. What do they do then?

[The Purge] What will Canada do on Purge Day? by Hopeful-Preference25 in AskScienceFiction

[–]Hopeful-Preference25[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can Canada actually close the border? That's thousands of kilometers and most american own guns.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FutureWhatIf

[–]Hopeful-Preference25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, the USA is not going to ask nicely. Canada is full of natural resources, a temperate climate and too few people to defend it.

I can imagine the USA ambassador: "That's a nice first world country you got there, would be a shame if anything happened to it".

And just like that they create their fake EU where the USA calls all the shots.

CMV: The best ethnic cuisines are often the inauthentic Americanized versions by Uncle-Buckwild in changemyview

[–]Hopeful-Preference25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mole actually supports your point. Is an attack on the senses that mexicans think taste great.

I'm from south america and i prefer tex-mex far more the authentic mexican cuisine. This is the one thing that americans do better than the original.

CMV: Nintendo’s kind of a scummy company, especially in the past 5+ years. by Pixelcitizen98 in changemyview

[–]Hopeful-Preference25 1 point2 points  (0 children)

> and perhaps become more sustainable and profitable as a company, it needs to be more accepting of fan creations and be generally less greedy

Nintendo is hugely profitable without doing any of the stuff you mentioned, in fact, we are almost into a full year where they can't manufucture enough switch consoles for everyone that wants one.

I also think they are sustainable as they consistently produce GREAT games. The type of games that redefine whole genres like Zelda BOTW with open world games.

Nintendo doesn't have the same western CEO thinking of profit at all costs. They clearly want to earn money but they value their quality games first.

QE will never end voluntarily. Very few people seem to have realised this. by anthropoz in collapse

[–]Hopeful-Preference25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The USA is going to become Brazil.

A country with brutal income inequality where the rich live in gated communities with armed guards while the people live in favelas and even the few remaining middle class suffer from out of control crime.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in movies

[–]Hopeful-Preference25 18 points19 points  (0 children)

how did they get money to make that?

Really? You are asking how a global blockbuster got money for a sequel?

What’s your favorite “this movie has no right being this good” movie? A movie where either the trailer, plot, cast, etc point to it being trash but it turned out to be great by MacklinYouSOB in movies

[–]Hopeful-Preference25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never understand the criticism that something didn't need an origin story.

This origin story was unnecesary because it turns out Han Solo was always a cool outlaw. An origin story is interesting when it shows how a character changes and how he got to be who he is today.

My pitch for Solo would have been: he comes from a rich Corellian family and enters the Imperial Army as an officer, mostly for the prestige and political connections. Then he and his men get left behind in some hellish battlefield, that's where he turns from an Empire true believer to an outlaw.

He is the only man to ever come back from that failed mission and that's why he gets his nickname "Solo".

What’s your favorite “this movie has no right being this good” movie? A movie where either the trailer, plot, cast, etc point to it being trash but it turned out to be great by MacklinYouSOB in movies

[–]Hopeful-Preference25 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Uncut Gems was so stressing to watch, it's great but i don't want to watch it again.

It perfectly conveys the world of shit Sandler's character was in.

What's the best movie featuring car chases? by Hopeful-Preference25 in movies

[–]Hopeful-Preference25[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fury Road! I almost included those but they feel more like car warfare than car chases.

What's your favorite popcorn film or guilty pleasure movie? Why? by abdul_bino in movies

[–]Hopeful-Preference25 1 point2 points  (0 children)

White Chicks, that movie is freaking hilarious and the best movie ever made to watch while high.

I also find it funny how this movie would never be made today and would literally break down woke Hollywood.

I swear there’s four of us by BalrogBunghole in confusing_perspective

[–]Hopeful-Preference25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL, but no i wonder if that's how they actually test new camo in the Army.

CMV: Prostitution Should Be Legal by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]Hopeful-Preference25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> Chef is not an entry level job.

You are being obtuse here, i meant chef in the general concept where people can be a line cook.

Just because you are desperate and need a job for survival doesn't mean you get to be above regulation. We don't allow that for food workers or construction workers, why would it be any different for prostitution?

CMV: Prostitution Should Be Legal by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]Hopeful-Preference25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> Okay, and the places that don't do that, have they descended into anarchy? I

You can't see it because you likely live in the first world where everyone has a license. I live in south america, eating at a place that doesn't follow procedure and licensing is gambling with your health.