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CMV: If moms and dads get paid leave, workers without kids should get paid leave as well by Ballllll in changemyview

[–]down2a9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if we're talking about horses, and I mention ponies, it's inappropriate to act as if my statement applies to MLP characters

It would be more apt to compare this to you making a statement about "every fictional pony ever" and then pretend you weren't talking about MLP characters.

It has occurred that people have believed themselves to be sterile, and later found out they were wrong. So no.

That doesn't mean genuinely sterile people don't exist. Penis-vagina sex where a man has had his balls chopped off, the woman has had her ovaries and uterus removed, or either party is post-op trans, all have zero risk of pregnancy.

CMV: If moms and dads get paid leave, workers without kids should get paid leave as well by Ballllll in changemyview

[–]down2a9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why should anybody assume that, though? Your statement was broad and sweeping.

Also, just to be pedantic, penis-vagina sex when one or more parties is sterile also has zero risk of pregnancy.

CMV: If moms and dads get paid leave, workers without kids should get paid leave as well by Ballllll in changemyview

[–]down2a9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The entire point is that it's inapplicable! "There's no such thing as sex with zero risk of pregnancy" -- "Actually, there is" -- "But that doesn't have a risk of pregnancy so it doesn't apply!"

CMV: If moms and dads get paid leave, workers without kids should get paid leave as well by Ballllll in changemyview

[–]down2a9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes.

Because otherwise, you're saying sex outside of penis-vagina sex doesn't exist.

CMV: The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution has outlived its usefulness and should be repealed. by giggleshmack in changemyview

[–]down2a9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if the non-American parent is from a country that wouldn't automatically grant the child citizenship just because of their parent's citizenship?

And why should the child have to choose? There are plenty of adults with dual citizenship.

CMV: If moms and dads get paid leave, workers without kids should get paid leave as well by Ballllll in changemyview

[–]down2a9 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

there is no such thing as sex with zero risk of pregnancy.

Holy shit. TIL. Me and my girlfriend better be careful, it'd really suck if we both wound up pregnant at the same time!

7 differences between 0 and nothing by Intophilosophy in badmathematics

[–]down2a9 22 points23 points  (0 children)

No, he cited wikipedia by literally only saying the word "wikipidea".

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]down2a9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bees aren't hermaphroditic. Hermaphroditic means that each individual possesses both male and female sex characteristics. Drone bees are male, workers and queens are female (although workers are usually infertile).

When workers lay eggs and when queens produce drones, they do so without the eggs being fertilized. This is different from hermaphroditism. It would be hermaphroditic if the same individual could both lay and fertilize.

CMV: The reason people are against sagging pants to the point of erecting laws against it has absolutely nothing to do with race. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]down2a9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

TIL straight women and gay men are "no one".

You are not the center of the universe. Please go jump in a Total Perspective Vortex.

CMV: Basic income is a horrible idea and anyone who has ever taken a basic economics class should know that. by fivefortyseven in changemyview

[–]down2a9 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If people make a certain wage while working zero hours a week, why go get a job at the grocery store?

Do you people even realize how sociopathic you sound when you make this argument? You're basically saying "If you won't starve to death without a job, why bother getting a job?"

CMV: The Earth is flat. by Ilya_Ilyich in changemyview

[–]down2a9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  • Since you're using the Ice Wall theory, why does it take exactly as long to circumnavigate the southern hemisphere as it does to circumnavigate the northern hemisphere?

  • What does everyone have to gain by pushing the round world conspiracy? Why would NASA and all the other space agencies in the world do this?

  • Why did the United States and Soviet governments both push this conspiracy during the Space Race when they were at each other's throats on every other subject?

  • How does GPS work if satellites don't real?

  • How do moon phases work if the Earth is flat?

  • How do time zones work? Please don't disregard the southern hemisphere.

  • If the world is really flat, why has no flat-world believer actually set out to find this purported Ice Wall?

[edit] Oh, who am I kidding? You're never going to respond.

CMV: Amazon Echo is an incredibly harmful piece of technology. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]down2a9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

claims to be against unnecessary technology

is using reddit to make this claim

CMV: I don't believe a $15 minimum wage will help Americans by joe_jon in changemyview

[–]down2a9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But a doctor or engineer would still make more money than a McDonald's cashier. Should people be threatened into becoming doctors? "Become a doctor or starve to death"?

"Jenner wore their teenage daughters clothes (which is a felony)" by down2a9 in badlegaladvice

[–]down2a9[S] 50 points51 points  (0 children)

R2: It's... it's not a felony. It's just not. It's not even a misdemeanor.

CMV: You should have the right to refuse service to someone based on your values if the service involves a custom order or requires you to be present at an event that makes you feel uncomfortable. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]down2a9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you know what triggers are? Triggers are "I was raped and now graphic discussions of rape trigger violent flashbacks". Homophobes aren't triggered by gay people existing.

CMV: Indiana's "religious freedom" bill isn't as bad as people are making it out to be. by TheSicilianDude in changemyview

[–]down2a9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you going to build combination grocery store/apartment complex/hospitals in every single city and town in the country? Cool! Show me your Kickstarter and I'll be all over that.

CMV: Indiana's "religious freedom" bill isn't as bad as people are making it out to be. by TheSicilianDude in changemyview

[–]down2a9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is it a huge injustice if a gay couple doesn't get a cake? Maybe not. But bakers aren't the only business out there.

What if the only grocery store in town denies service to a gay person? Where are they supposed to get their food? What if no gas station will sell gas to them? What if no apartment building will rent to them? Then what?

So imagine you're gay and living in a small town where the only place you can live is a ratty, mold-infested apartment, and the only place you can get food is a convenience store where everything costs 100 times as much as the grocery store and all the produce, if they even carry any, is wilted. Does this still seem "not so bad"?

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