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#1
Taylor Swift is overrated
Final score:
40points
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
Her "Fight" with Katy Perry was a stunt to boost album sales they were both probably laughing all the way to the bank.
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#2
Everyone should be taught the difference between biological sex and gender.
Final score:
32points
Anička 2 years ago
Maybe also how biological sex is also a construct. Is it genes? Is it physical anatomy? Is it certain levels of key hormones? The easiest example i have is androgen insensitivity: genotypically male, phenotypically female, but there are so many more cases where a human body medically doesn't fit into either of the neat little boxes we've created.
Anička 2 years ago
But how do you decide? Genes? Hormones? What you can see? And who are you to be making this determination - their doctor? Or just some busybody who thinks you know better? Also, while intersex itself might be pretty rare, i think they're discovering it's not as rare as we thought. We just haven't been looking or had the reason or means to look for it... And finally, is it just so rare that we just going to pretend it doesn't exist, that people with those conditions don't exist because we'd rather everyone fit into one of two boxes?
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People calling things out as cultural appropriation are racist. If you're saying that only certain races can eat a certain food, wear certain cloths, have certain hairstyles what you are advocating for is racial segregation. That was done before and most people can agree it was a bad idea.
Final score:
29points
Cthulhu Kitty 2 years ago
No one is saying not to eat another cultures food. It's about someone taking something hundred or thousands of years old, putting a spin on it and then saying they "improved" it for whatever dominant culture or made it "less weird" or "palatable" for main stream. Also without referencing or giving credit to the original culture. That white woman calling herself the Congee queen is appropriation. Anyone just lovin some rice porridge is appreciation and more the merrier.
Firetruck you 2 years ago
The black woman straightening her hair and coloring it blonde, is then also appropriation
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Mattie 2 years ago
I found an example somewhere that said wearing a culture's everyday attire is not appropriation, but wearing something only someone who would have to do something or fight to earn the right to wear (like the feather head dress for Native Americans) would wear is appropiation and disrespectful
Susie Elle 2 years ago
Meanwhile Japan has literal copies of cultural landmarks from France and The Netherlands and no-one bats an eye (not that I want people to, because I think it's kinda cool they have a replicate Dom tower)
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
The explanation has to do with power gap. Look. If a kid takes your lollipop and you are an adult, you'll think it's ok and move on. If however you're an adult and you take a kid's lollipop people will think you're an a*****e. Same applies to sombreros. White people been taking stuff for 400 years. Thanks, yours sincerely, Africa.
Tacet (Submission author) 2 years ago (edited)
No it really doesn't. How about you go to one of the countries you are "defending", wear their dress and ask tham if you are being racist. What Europe did in Africa is cultural theft. They literally stole things. It is not the same as "cultural appropriation". Me eating couscous is in noway the same as the British looting the Benin bronzes. Your analogy is for cultural theft. Cultural appropriation would be both you and the kid have a lollipop and then some random Karen yells at you because lollipops are for children.
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#4
EVERY HUMAN NEEEEEEEDS THERAPY!!!
Final score:
26points
Craftsman 64 2 years ago
American Standard with a heated Toto bidet seat. When you dump, dump in comfort.
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BeepBeepBoopBoop 2 years ago
I completely agree! I've had troubles with therapy that I've posted about before. I think I can truly benefit from it once I'm ready! My psychiatrist has already helped me <3
UltimateSwiftie (Submission author) 2 years ago
Are you referring to yourself when you say whiny b!tches cause that's what it seems like? Also, my dog takes offense to being compared to you. Go rethink your comment!
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Spam needs to be outlawed.
Final score:
23points
BRUSSEL SPROUT PANDA 2 years ago
No. It's so good. I HAVE SHIRT WITH SPAM ON IT RHAT IBE POSTED ABOUT BEFORE
Bisexual Axolotls (Submission author) 2 years ago
I do not mean the canned meat, I've never tried it before so I can't have an opinion.
Erik Naumann 2 years ago
I totally thought you meant the canned meat at first glance. Er, you didn't, did you? I love musubi, that would make me sad.
Auntriarch 2 years ago
Spamming troll, is that where you slice it thin and make little strudels out of it
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Christof Irran 2 years ago
The EU has pretty much done that - outlawed spam. A business can't contact you via email without your consent. The problem is that it can't be enforced if the spammer sits somewhere in Nairobi or Nicaragua.
Elizabeth VanDyke 2 years ago
Spam is the nastiest poop ever! We had to eat a lot of that as kids because it was cheap. It makes me want to vomit every time I see it advertised on TV.
#6
Repeating something louder doesn't mean you're right.
Final score:
23points
Craftsman 64 2 years ago
Nor does it make people who don't speak your language understand you.
just a girl who loves books 2 years ago
and it doesn't make Deaf/ hard of hearing people hear you
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 2 years ago
U just don't give up man. Who hurt u?
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Religion should not be a valid reason to cut in childrens healthy genitals regardless of their sex. They should be allowed to pick if they want this for themselves when they turn 18 and can confirm that they want this non reversible procedure done.
Final score:
21points
the shrimp whisperer 2 years ago (edited)
yes. my dad's parents werent even religious and they were trying to avoid a VERY RARE medical issue that he DID NOT GET so i still dont know why
That_jalapeno_floofball 2 years ago
Really? All circumcision is is cutting a bit of useless skin of of the genitals. It doesn't even affect anything.
LillieMean 2 years ago
I hate to be the person who brings this up, but girls are "circumcised" in the name of religion. It is violent mutilation. For boys, it is only necessary for medical reasons.
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Shrek is one of the best movies of all time
Final score:
20points
Emmie Corwin 2 years ago
amen. its inconcievable! ;) only true fans will get that joke
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#9
The Olympics exist to show off people with talent. If they hired normal people it would be funny
Final score:
19points
LA Murphy 2 years ago
I would watch the hell out of that kind of Olympics for the ordinary.
Load More Replies... Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
"Hey where are you from?" Belize. Guess what you are skiing the downhill for your county. Wait WHat?"
Christof Irran 2 years ago
"The Olympics exist to show off people with talent..." - I wish it were only that. The Olympics have evolved into a pseudo-religious cult fest, giving the host nation the opportunity and permission visits the most obscene lies onto the rest of the world.
#10
Autotune is the worst thing that has ever happened to music. Talentless people make mediocre "fast food" music. Shaky cam is a crime against movies and series. You get the feeling that the actors don't have to be so talented and the sets are on a small budget when the picture sways as if the cameraman/women has bad delirium.
Final score:
19points
LillieMean (Submission author) 2 years ago
What is real music? Acoustic and with a real singer's voice? I'm just curious.
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Christof Irran 2 years ago
I was tempted to say (write?) that the open market will separate the good from the bad. But then I thought "Should I really advertise how naïve I am?" Just like in the production of steel the scum will float to the top of the music market, and that's what's going to get gobbled up by the public.
LillieMean (Submission author) 2 years ago
You have to remember that there is so much money involved in the music industry that it almost determines what people hear. Fortunately, trends come and go. It's still a shame that many talented artists may never get the appreciation they deserve because of music monoliths. It's better to be a little naive because it's not as bad for your health as cynicism. If you hear certain styles of music constantly, you usually get used to them and they become part of your normal life. I quite frankly admit that maybe 60% of my music taste could be called normal mainstream(?) music. I spend the remaining 40% passionately.
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If I was the mayor of my little town, I'd have secret town ordinances made up every so often - random, silly ones - that nobody knows, and if you violate that ordinance you get a prize rather than a punishment. You know, like using the secret word on a game show. I have so many ideas for those right now.
Final score:
18points
Diego,Laura 2 years ago
Yeah! Like for putting out your sick or elderly neighbors trash. Picking up others peoples litter. Positive inforcement.
#12
It sure seems to me that the u.s politicians that are all about the 2nd amendment are actively working on making this country more dangerous. The daranged man in California used a mac-10. A freaky mac -10. You dont use that to hunt. What the hell are we doing here? Im all for hunting but this is completely insane. No arguement is valid to support keeping the weapons out there.
Final score:
18points
Bisexual Axolotls 2 years ago
A fairly good argument could be made that the 2nd amendment applies to militia members only, and therefore, as the modern equivalent of a militia, only the National Guard/military reservists should be allowed to own weapons. But, regular citizens shouldn't.
Theoretical Empiricist 2 years ago
Interpreting any part of the Constitution should be made in light of the preamble. How does the second amendment "establish justice, secure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty"? The constitutionality of ANY law or regulation needs to be evaluated on that basis.
GEPowers 2 years ago
The MOST dangerous firearm at close range is a 12 Ga. Shotgun. It has Revolutionary War ballistics so thank goodness the man used mac-10 instead of a 12 Ga.. As to an Argument - in 1998 John Lott made a pretty good argument based on statistics, rather than emotional rhetoric, that within a region more guns = less crime. Lott was hired by an anti gun group to produce a study showing how detrimental firearms were, when the preliminary data showed the opposite his funding was withdrawn - it was so irritating he finished the study and wrote a book.
Tamra 2 years ago
His statistics apparently don't stand up in comparison to the rest of the world, then. The US has more guns per capita than any other developed nation, and far, far more mass shootings and deaths by gun violence. Other first world nations do not have this problem. Because they don't have a gun culture and they have governments that would actually take action to protect the people they're meant to serve.
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gender is an identity, sex is how your body works. There's a difference.
Final score:
17points
Ashen Brooks (They/Them) (Submission author) 2 years ago
sex: the male, female, OR INTERSEX division of a species, especially as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions. (site: dictionary)
#14
You can't fight racism with racism nor sexism with sexism.
Final score:
17points
#15
If someone believes in a religion, people need to be respectful of it. If someone is using their religion as a means to hurt others, chances are the message of the religion has been twisted and the person's actions are inpired by themselves. So criticize the actions of the person. Not the religion. If religious people need to be respectful of people who choose not to believe, it must work the other way too. To those who say, "religion has caused so much conflict", I say I agree. But religion itself did nothing. It is a dangerous interpretation of it that likely led to conflict. And besides, even if religions never existed, people would have just found some other reason to fight and kill. So many times across this site I find such a deep hatred for religion, people just being nasty for almost no reason. My heart aches for all the people who have been pained in a way that they want to stay away from religion. Too many people use religon for personal gain rather than to uphold most of the common values of serving and helping others. This is what drives people away. But there are still those of us who are trying to uphold those values. Those of us who are trying to uphold the values of honesty, humility, and integrity. The value of helping one another. The value of "there is no compulsion in religion". Values that have been muddled for so long that people forget they exist. And it really is disheartening and discouraging when you see all your efforts to mend the broken image of religion do down the drain when the other person just isn't ready to understand, and take any chance to take a jab at religion more than is due.
Final score:
16points
BeepBeepBoopBoop 2 years ago
100%!!!! Religion can be amazing, if you use it the right way. My best friend is very religious and is very open minded because of it
Anička 2 years ago
Please clarify: what is religion without the people who claim to follow it? If enough people who follow a religion say 'x means this' is that not then a tenet of that religion? Who decides what is heresy?
Anička 2 years ago (edited)
As for the knee-jerk reactions of the non-religious folk: perhaps it's similar to how only a small proportion of men harras women, but each one can harras many women, so many more women are harassed than there are harassing men. They have an outsize influence. If one's interactions with a certain group have all been negative, it is hard to react positively to quality members of that group, because experience has already taught you that quality members of that group are rare at best. The bad actors make it harder for everyone to happily coexist...and it's a bummer all around, because it causes people to misunderstand each other and misinterpret others' actions, which causes more still hurt and bad feelings
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Tamra 2 years ago (edited)
This is much like the argument that I hear from gun owners in the US: "guns don't kill people... people kill people". Which is a BS argument. A mass shooter cannot be a mass shooter without his weapon. It's hard to discern the person from their weapon when they both, together, become the symbol for the harm or oppression they inflict. I can only speak about Christianity, as I have never been wronged by anyone in any other religion, but I have never had a Christian treat me with anything other than judgment, righteous indignation, and even sexual assault. So you can say "not all christians", but that does nothing to mitigate or change the current, massive, well-earned backlash against Christianity. Do I believe there are good christians in the world? Yes. But, I've lost hope of ever meeting one in my lifetime.
Jefferina 2 years ago
I've never heard that comparison before. It's quite an interesting perspective. But unlike guns, religion inherently is not crafted specifically as a murder weapon, which I think is where the incongruity stems. It's a set of values that people try to live their lives by, without harming other people. People misquoting/decontextualizing scriptures, having inherently violent views, and losing track of/twisting the main purpose of religion leads to some of what we see today. People inflict harm and oppression themselves, religion or not.
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If you proclaim yourself Alpha anything, you aren't.
Final score:
16points
Mattie 2 years ago
the alpha wolf is the wolf that takes care of the pups and the old members of the pack, not the one that patronizes others for not being up to his delusional standards
Load More Replies... Christof Irran 2 years ago
If you are an Alpha, go tell you mommy - it's her job to pamper your ego.
#17
The separation of Church and State needs to be more enforced in the USA.
Final score:
16points
Cthulhu Kitty 2 years ago
When I watch the news I seriously get confused and wonder if the majority of republican politicians got a different history/government lesson. I clearly learned there is supposed to be a separation of church and state, but there they are saying but the Bible says this....and I just go ???????
Mattie 2 years ago
they say "I don't believe in that separation of church and state c**p, the church should decide what the government does, we are a nation under God, etc." as if there weren't atheists and people of other religions (than Christianity) in America when the Declaration of Independence was signed or when the constitution was written
Load More Replies... Ashen Mccann (They/Them) 2 years ago
i saw something where someone maybe a laywer in a court was having the entire court do a prayer before the trial started. almost half of the people there weren't religious and it was so ridiculous to watch. like if you believe something, sure, but dont force others to follow when they dont believe it. maybe pray right before you enter but not during.
Neuridivergent 2 years ago
Half the founding fathers were agnostic or atheist. But i was happy to see a group of christians and Jewish fighting abortion bans based on conception being beginning of life. The Jewish argument is that such legislation violates their constitutional rights because their definition of life is first breath.
#18
Sexuality should not be demonized and neither the church nor the government has the right to impinge on our right to love who we desire so long as they are of age.
Final score:
15points
the shrimp whisperer 2 years ago (edited)
YES although thankfully i think most people agree with you
Ashen Mccann (They/Them) 2 years ago
when i was little, i was said to be "possessed by satan" because i was in love with my best friend, a female.
#19
Our (United States) government is extremely corrupt, because they are all bought by special interests, particularly after the Citizens United decision.
Final score:
15points
Elizabeth VanDyke 2 years ago
Yes, and voters seem to like the worst of politicians and elect them again and again.
Christof Irran 2 years ago (edited)
I don't know whether it's the government that's corrupt; I think it's the individuals IN the government. Once you have been in an elected position in the U.S. government there is no better job after that - no accountability, best health insurance, oodles of spare time, etc. and none of this will still be there in life after politics. So, these critters hang on to these dream jobs, no matter what moral code needs to be violated, no matter who the highest bidder for ones legislative vote.
Neuridivergent 2 years ago
My rant is that elected officials at all levels should be required to follow the same ethical standards as Washington State employees. See Washington State administrative code (wac) sorry i can't remember the numbers. But our politicians aren't held to any standards. It used to be that tge national committees wouldn't run a presidential candidate that they didn't think was "unimpeachable" but now they don't even bother with that.
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Mental abuse is STILL ABUSE!!! Gods my parents need to learn this
Final score:
15points
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
I am glad this is becoming more known. Australia has introduced the term 'coercive control' to their laws to start to combat it.
#21
As a female, I think some others have taken feminism WAYY too far. Like women always telling men “Count your days” “We don’t need you” “All men _____” Just stop. The people who do that are worse than how they say women are treated. I’m all for EQUALITY, but not female supremacy. Or male supremacy. Or anyone else supremacy unless it is a very lovable animal that is a good boy/girl. For the earth to keep populating, we need both men and women. We both have it hard.
Final score:
14points
Neuridivergent 2 years ago
That is not feminism. Even members of groups that have historically been victims of bigotry can be bigots themselves
Mattie 2 years ago
"women always telling men “Count your days” “We don’t need you” and “All men _____”" are not feminists, they're misandrists. Smashing the patriarchy doesn't mean it will be replaced by female supremacy, we don't want to take over the power, we want equal power, opportunity, respect and dignity.
Unnamed Hooman (Submission author) 2 years ago
Yes that is true. Although some people still say they are feminists
Load More Replies... Jefferina 2 years ago
genuine q, are we more for equality or equity? (pls dont downvote im just rying to understand the difference and why the term equality is used more often than equity in this context)
BookDragon 2 years ago
I think it depends on context. Equity in the fact that people with a uterus (though there are definitely women without) need menstrual products and many need bras and the like, so that would fall under equity, but I'm general, equality for everyone, I believe.
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If you genuinely care about others, it will show. Be nice towards others.
Final score:
13points
#23
Ok quick hot take: IF THE OPINION IS SHARED BY 99% OF THE POPULATION IT IS NOT A HOT TAKE IT IS A FACT
Final score:
12points
Sunny 2 years ago
I disagree, that's what the lemmings think when they all run of a cliff together:)
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
The problem is that lemmings don't :) The last paragraph about Disney is interesting, "Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?"- https://www.britannica.com/story/do-lemmings-really-commit-mass-suicide
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valyn 2 years ago
no. 99% of the population having the same opinion does not make that opinion a fact. Opinion relies on perspective and is subjective. Fact is based on research and is an objective reality. Just because opinions are repeated ad nauseum does not make them facts.
Demon Child (Submission author) 2 years ago
I obviously wasn't being serious it's an exaggeration. My point is people will come up with some stuff and call it a hot take, like "hey nobody has said this before but women aren't treated that well :((" or sum bs like that
Load More Replies... Christof Irran 2 years ago (edited)
There was a time when 6 billion people believed that matter and energy are two different things, and only ONE man believed they are equivalent; and it was that one guy who was proven correct, publicly, over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 6 billion people believed an hour (second) was always one hour (second) long, and that same guy proved them wrong; proved that the length of an hour (or second) depended on your relative speed. I can list many more examples where EVERYONE believed one thing, and then they were proven wrong by just one person.
sturmwesen 2 years ago
It's not necessarily neither.( or is it either? native speakers help me out)
#24
America is not the worst country in the world, but is certainly NOT the best!
Final score:
10points
#25
Ok, so my best frineds little sister was talking about how her cat got her hindlegs ran over and her father had "No choice" but to shoot her. Yea, I know people see it other ways and all, but for real, if a HUMANS legs got ran over, would you shoot them? Probably not, right? But if it's an ANIMAL it's injuries means it's not allowed to live? Like, help it and give it a chance to live, don't just deam it as just an "animal" and kill it because it's hurt. But, yea. That's my hot take for today :P
Final score:
7points
sturmwesen 2 years ago
I don't know if I would put an animal through operations, pain and therapy which I can not explain to them. There are situations in which "we can" does not mean " we should". I am not saying don't try to help the animal but try taking their perspective. There is pain, fear, lonelyness at the vet, ... for a potential life in pain.
Demon Child 2 years ago
I disagree. My dog broke her shoulder just walking down a step the wrong away. She was really old and our only options were to put her in a cast, amputate the leg, or just keep her drugged forever. The first two would have forced her to put all her weight on her other leg, which would be bad. We didn't want her life to be living in a bed and being picked up to go poo and eat, essentially helpless. So we put her down. I believe we made the right choice, she lived a long and amazing life and I could not watch her go through pain and suffering in the end.
Sonia Ward 2 years ago
Quite right. You have to be a brave pet owner to make the best choices for your pet.
Load More Replies... BeepBeepBoopBoop 2 years ago
going off what the two other people said, I think you should take an animal to a vet before deciding what to do 100%. If it's saveable without major therapy and stuff, save the animal. If it's not, and it's more likely to live it's life in pain, I think we should put the animal down. Humans are sometimes selfish. We want to pet to be here for us, so sometimes we don't think about the animals quality of life.
Anička 2 years ago
I don't know that it's right to put people through some of things we put them through, either. The right to die movement has a point...
Auntriarch 2 years ago
It does indeed. I just hope the law changes before it's my time
Load More Replies... Neuridivergent 2 years ago
In the op's case, dad either couldn't afford or didn't want to pay the vet bill. But as animal caretakers we do need to keep in mind that they don't understand pain and their quality of life. A lazy lap cat can get by with a disability that would be horrible for the mental health of an avid hunter. We need to make sure our decisions to extend animal life is really for their benefit and not ours.
#26
bts has no musical talent
Final score:
7points
HistoryLover 2 years ago (edited)
Little Mix does, and they are very under-appreciated here in the U. S. Every one loves boy bands though, even though they are mostly just famous because they are hot and know how to use autotune. Not all of them have zero musical talent, but I’ve heard better singers that get lost in the pool of all the fake talent.
Anais Adame 2 years ago
You know who does? Astro and The Rose. The only two kpop groups I honestly enjoy listening to, although The Rose is more rock than "kpop". I highly recommend checking both out!
snakelovingmetalhead (Submission author) 2 years ago
anything rock I can handle. but kpop and boybands together? thats just wrong.
Load More Replies... snakelovingmetalhead (Submission author) 2 years ago
your friend needs help
Load More Replies... #27
I'm sorry, and i am from the US, but seriously ya'll. THE US IS KINDA F****D UP. I mean, we made up an entirely different measuring system just to be different from England. Talk about strained family relationships. AND we come up with a new currency just to mess with the world. imagine immigrating here and having NO CLUE as to what the f**k is happening. Not cool, Washington.
Final score:
7points
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
The imperial system came from England, and what country, until the Euro, hasn't used its own money?
Boudewijn van der Mik 2 years ago
The american gallon differs from the imperial gallon.
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#28
Just because its legal doesnt mean its not Murder.
Final score:
6points
Neuridivergent 2 years ago
A direct translation of "life" from the ancient hebrew the Bible was written in to English is "first breath". It was Catholic priests who decided that the soul entered the soul at conception. These same men were against contraception for decades and told women who came to them for counseling because their husbands hit them "not to make him angry". This group has zero credibility in my view.
#29
People need to be allowed to say what they want even if it's offensive. HOWEVER, that doesn't mean you get to be protected from social opprobrium. Now, this specific post is about "hot takes". Apparently people here don't know what these are. Most of the posts are standard views shared on BP. The only hot take here is the one about shooting feral cats. The rest are pretty standard, or troll posts. People the post was about you giving your hot take. It was not about getting points for approval. What's the point of getting people to give their hot takes and then they get taken down by downvotes??
Final score:
5points
Sonia Ward 2 years ago
I don't know if " hot take " is an American phrase or I just generally don't have a clue. What does it mean?
AmmoniteCat 2 years ago
As far as I know, I think it means "a controversial opinion."
Load More Replies... #30
Toilet paper belongs only over the roll not under
Final score:
5points
Pineapple 2 years ago
people who think it goes under should be put in a giant roll of toilet paper for a day
Load More Replies... Christof Irran 2 years ago
Yup, this is a Hot Take done right, being that a 'Hot Take' is "...a piece of commentary, typically produced quickly in response to a recent event, whose primary purpose is to attract attention." Not even you can tell people what to do inside their own home, no matter how strongly you feel about that thing.
Neuridivergent 2 years ago
If you have a cat or a toddler, it is under. If you still pur it over you are not allowed to get mad at what the cat or toddler does.
#31
Smoking shouldn't just be banned in public places, we should dismantle the tobacco industry in its entirety.
Final score:
5points
Christof Irran 2 years ago
I agree with you, but at the same time I hope it never happens because I am addicted to their product.
#32
Gender is a social construct. It is all made up, like the word orange.
Final score:
4points
Jefferina 2 years ago
wait but if gender is made up what about people who describe themselves as one gender or the other?? (genuinely confused) i think i am missing something, could someone please kindly explain, thanks so much :))
BookDragon 2 years ago
Okay, so the way I see it: Gender is something society made up. Biological sex is your genetic makeup, but gender has no set proof it exists. Two spirit people, trans people, non binary people have been around for thousands of years, so why do we look at what's in someone's pants and immediately assume "that's a girl, that's a boy". Gender is silly. (Please feel free to correct me! I'm still a minor so I probably got some of that incorrect!)
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Seriously, my only hot take lately has been taking the pizza out of the oven.
Final score:
4points
Shyla Bouche (Submission author) 2 years ago
I've never had pineapple on pizza. Right now, I've been into bacon cheeseburger pizza, but I add onions.
LibrarianJanet 2 years ago
I'll help! Do you put pineapple on your pizza? (I do, and it's delicious!)
#34
Abortion should be legal.
Final score:
4points
#35
chick fila is gross
Final score:
4points
#37
This is for all parents It doesnt matter if you don't hit your kids or say I love you, mental abuse still hurts just as much as physical. also if you've only hit your kid once or twice, that sh*t will affect them forever. no amount of I love you's will fix that.
Final score:
4points
#38
The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few, or of the one
Final score:
3points
Jax Bugz 2 years ago
-giggle- not true, love. everyone deserves love and attention no matter what
Firetruck you 2 years ago (edited)
You don’t make a law or policy to coddle one person, to the detriment of 100 others. Letting a man go into the women’s locker room because of his“feelings”. What about the wishes of the 100 women in there changing? You don’t let Bezos hoard billions of dollars, while he’s paying thousands of people $15 an hour. That’s the point of the saying
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Why are there drug adverts on TV? "Ask your doctor about Damnitol!" Me: "Hey doc! I need Damnitol! TV told me so!" Doc: "No, it's an antidepressant, what you really need it opto-rectal surgury to get rid of your s****y outlook on life!" Me: "Ouch!" Commercial fail.
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#40
If you accept her at her worst, you will never see her best.
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Neuridivergent 2 years ago
I am not sure about this. Everyone has a worst day of their life. I think the question is how often does "the worst" happens.
BeepBeepBoopBoop 2 years ago (edited)
and if you don't accept them at their best, you can fuckk off
#41
the big bang theory is still overrated
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#42
The media reports unfairly and with major bias on the Palestine-Israel "conflict". (Conflict in quotation marks because the term has a connotation of two parties, equal in strength and power, when in fact it's just an illegal occupation.) Is this a hot take? I don't know. It shouldn't be.
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Jefferina (Submission author) 2 years ago
Exactly. All media has an ulterior motive regarding which stories are made big and which aren’t. For instance - Iran and it’s hijab. Do the West care about women rights? Probably not, because they’re not similarly denouncing France’s hijab policies, in which Muslim women cannot cover themselves on the beach, in government buildings, in schools, or in offices. They simply don’t like Iran’s policies. There’s always something deeper going on. And, of course, as you said - money is always involved.
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Christopher Nolan movies suck
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#44
If you cant drink it straight, you probably shouldnt be drinking it.
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Craftsman 64 2 years ago
The difference between top shelf and mixers. You don't make Irish Coffee with 16 year old single malt Bushmills. You drink that. You mix the cheap c**p.
#45
It's interesting that people always expect others to do what they themselves would do.
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Booker 2 years ago
With the exception of those who always expect others to do what they have never done.
Neuridivergent 2 years ago
I think those who expect people to do things they won't is more interesting.
#46
Every time humans see a monster they just call it an animal.
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#47
Don't be scared if you've ever encountered a self-professed" alpha male" ....... they're a lot lower down in the pecking order than 'likeable' guys....... you know it,,,,, they know it........ and we all know it, and they back off to f**k when called out on it.
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#48
Broccoli tastes like human children
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Gavin Summers (Submission author) 2 years ago
my friend got my computer, i dearly apologise
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Saul goodman x Lobster Patrick Stewart x Ford Pines is the best ship ever/j.
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Demon Child 2 years ago
because I made the post to hear genuine opinions, not these unfunny spam things
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So my hot take is this. I sometimes wonder if noocracy is not better/preferable to democracy. The trick would be to figure out how to make it not turn into dictatorship. Feel free to discuss but if you downvote without explaining why, you're a coward.
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GEPowers 2 years ago
Not just Dictatorship, Anarchy, and probably several other evils I can't think of. People have had about 50,000 years to try a lot of different kinds of governments. Of the ones that have survived democracy is still the best option. Something that sounds good but doesn't work (some of our current laws) is not a good idea.
censorshipsucks (Submission author) 2 years ago
For sure. I guess it's a question of whether it has ever been given a PROPER attempt.
Load More Replies... censorshipsucks (Submission author) 2 years ago
Hmm now I think about this, we had an exact case of this in South Africa during covid. We declared a state of disaster and control of the country was handed to a National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC). The NCCC was super efficient. They passed legislation and changed it really quickly, because it didn't go through parliament. Obviously, the opposition party objected to some of the new laws / emergency measures because they really like moral grandstanding. For example the minister chose to ban cigarette sales during covid, on the argument that sharing a smoke spreads saliva. Fair enough. But that really annoyed people and they actively protested it. But here's where it was a pseudo-noocracy: They had a bunch of scientists on the NCCC who ADVISED them on WHAT measures to take. So, pretty close to what I was thinking of. AND, our death rate per capita was about 20-30% lower than USA. So it defintiely helped that we had a stronger response.
#51
Here's a controversial one: Women don't get @bortions because they don't want the baby. They get them because it's easier to hide. It's easier than dealing with the stares and comments from others when you tell them you're putting it up for adoption.
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Anais Adame 2 years ago
I would argue and say that every woman is different and their decisions are their own but the real reasons why women get abortions are: the pregnancy is medically unsafe for the woman, the fetus is non viable, mother and father or just mother is unable to provide whether that be financially or emotionally, OR SHE JUST DOESN'T WANT TO BE A MOTHER. Adoption is not always the better alternative. Especially when the foster care system is so horrendous and many kids are still waiting to be adopted.
Demon Child 2 years ago
...or they just don't want to put it in a system that actively fights against it, to go through life wondering why it was not wanted and possibly not understanding its culture, heritage, or even family history? among other reasons of course
BookDragon 2 years ago
...or they were raped, and can't support that child/are too young to support a child?
LillieMean 2 years ago
Maybe woman doesn't want to go through pregnancy or the woman already has several children and then how do you tell them that they won't get a new brother/sister but it will be given away. Everyone's situation is so individual.
Elizabeth VanDyke 2 years ago
Or they know that they don't have the ability to raise a child alone and daddy is nowhere in sight.
Neuridivergent 2 years ago
Most women getting abortions already have children. Can you imagine telling your kids you are giving their sibling up for adoption? Or, their partner is abusive and would use the child to manipulate her into keeping it. Forcing a rape victim to call it rape in order to get the abortion can put her in danger from the rapist. Or it wasn't rape but her parents are abusive. And if someone doesn't want the baby they may not't take care of it, even if adopting is the plan. If someone doesn't want to be a mother, they will be a good mother if forced. If a woman has mental health issues she will not make a good mother. If someone is experiencing mental health issues while pregnant it has permanent effects on the fetuses neurobiology that causes behavioral issues for life. Any rational argument against abortion i have missed?
#52
you cant be racist to white people
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pp horrendous (Submission author) 2 years ago
like for example if a Black person is making fun of white culture( stuff you see on social media, you cant dance, you dont season your food, etc) , its not the same as a white person making fun of Black culture . one is a lot more offensive and theres a good reason too
Neuridivergent 2 years ago
Assuming we agree on the "less offensive" designation, it is still racism. "Asian kids are good at math" sounds like a compliment but it is a harmful stereotype because it is not true.
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Auntriarch 2 years ago
What is it? I read the whole bally thing and I still don't know
Load More Replies... LillieMean 2 years ago (edited)
My hot take is that people here are gatekeeping, what does hot take mean. I don't know either, or I thought it meant something like the little hill to die on. Not everyone understands sayings if it is not the person's native language.The internet told me the following: "a piece of commentary, typically produced quickly in response to a recent event, whose primary purpose is to attract attention."
Auntriarch 2 years ago
What is it? I read the whole bally thing and I still don't know
Load More Replies... LillieMean 2 years ago (edited)
My hot take is that people here are gatekeeping, what does hot take mean. I don't know either, or I thought it meant something like the little hill to die on. Not everyone understands sayings if it is not the person's native language.The internet told me the following: "a piece of commentary, typically produced quickly in response to a recent event, whose primary purpose is to attract attention."
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