Hey Pandas, What Commonly Ridiculed Opinion Do You Think Is Not So Absurd?

Sadly some folks think if you are a particular race you are automatically a racist scum. Or, the flip side, that if you are a certain race you CANNOT be a racist. Ridiculous assumption since we are all human and all equally capable of being a racist d!c&

Very true. Unfortunately, there are people out there being utterly mean towards every type of humans.

Racism can only exist within the confines of ignorance. We are all hard-wired to fear or fight those who are or appear to be different from us and our immediate tribe. And it takes a bit of educating by the tribe, or the self, that though other people may appear or sound differently from us they are essentially the same as us.

so the argument is that if you are ipso-facto a victim due to your sociological status, then discriminating against other groups on demographic grounds is deemed to be 'restorative justice', whereas if you are ipso-facto an oppressor of groups due to having a privileged background, you are ipso-facto a racist unless you undermine your own privileges, or give them away, etc. I am not saying I necessarily endorse this view, I am just explaining it, as an African. Let's give an example. Say you are being called a "thiefist", because you steal stuff. Now suppose your parents have been thiefists, and their parents, and their great-grandparents. Suppose furthermore that your house is full of stuff they stole. You however, do not believe you are a thiefist, nor do you want to be one, because you think it is wrong. UNLESS you give back the stolen stuff, you (a) are in fact a thiefist by proxy and (b) you have benefited from it. Now, suppose a person from another ethnicity breaks into your house. Suppose the burglar comes from a family whose stuff has regularly been stolen by thiefists. And his parents' stuff. And his grandparents' stuff. He's never been able to own stuff because in the past, thiefists always came and took it. By burgling you now, is he now also a thiefist, or is it restorative justice? Just to think about.

I've mustard up some new puns and you'll never ketchup to me.......

sometimes!

Also, we don't know how to recycle solar panels for the most part. In 30 years, there will be a huge pile of dead solar panels we, at current technology, don't know what to do with. Also, the magnets and other exotic metals are transported by cargo ship all over the world, which is one of the dirtiest forms of transport when it comes to CO2 pollution. I'm sorry someone down voted you, because you are 100% correct.

This logic is flawed. Transferring electricity over a grid is much more efficient and cleaner than transferring liquid fuels. Just remember, that one gallon of gas you pour in is about 6.3 lbs comes out as roughly 20 pounds of CO2 as the carbon from the gas bonds with oxygen from the air. Most power plants here in NV use natural gas with about 20% renewables, and 70% natural gas. https://energy.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/energynvgov/content/Media/2020%20Status%20of%20Energy%20Report.pdf So given that they can transmit power to your doorstep using already existing power lines rather than truck in fuel is cleaner. That the power coming from the grid to an electric car is partially from renewables is cleaner than ICE cars. Fossil fueled power plants mostly burn NG, although even coal ones and are more efficient and cleaner than number of the engines of ICE cars producing the same energy. (Weight and cost of efficiency measures & emissions controls mater less on a plant than a car.)

This is a point usually made by climate deniers. The shift to new technologies always starts before the tech is actually ready and perfected. If we wanted to wait until it was perfected first then companies would have no reason to invest in developing it. Early adopters push new tech for the rest of us. By the time the majority buy it the bugs will be ironed out and most of the electricity will be cleaner and cleaner still. Moving to electric allows for renewable and clean car fuel, staying with fossil fuels actively prevents it..

This shows us that we need to ALSO improve power plants and batteries. Not that we should just give up! Electric cars are a PART of the solution, no one ever said it was I entirely of it, nor does new technology start off perfect, it takes investment and time.

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Efficiency must be considered in regards to converting fossil fuels to electricity and the efficiency of a gas engine. A modern 4-stroke engine may be 40-50% efficient (energy content of petrol to energy at the wheels). Power plants are very specialized and engineered to very high efficiency, a coal plant may exceed 80% efficiency. An electric motor may be upwards of 90% efficiency. Though there is still fossil fuel involved, less of it's energy content is wasted. I'm not saying there are not valid issues that must be addressed, but simply saying the car is "coal-powered" is practically a non-sequitor.

I agree. I don’t like pineapple in general bc I’m a picky eater but you guys get a ridiculous and unfair amount of hate.

I love ham and pineapple..

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I think with most breeds it's the dog owners who are to blame for a dog's (bad) behaviour. Many ppl get a certain breed because it's pretty or give some sort of street credit but don't always look into what the specific dog needs in order to thrive and be a well-behaved dog.

When I think of pitties my first thought is always of Gracie. She was a neighbor’s Staffordshire that loved every living thing. Dogs, cats, babies, even rats. My neighbor had two adorable rats that would climb all over Gracie, and she just smiled and wagged her tail the whole time. I miss that perfect little angel!

I never realized they weighed that much :0

Generally speaking, Pit Bull Terriers are wonderful, friendly, happy dogs. But when one turns, it can cause a lot more damage than a Chihuahua because of its size and strength. That's why they get the reputation for 'being mean'. I would never own one, simply because I don't need 50lbs of sharp-toothed muscle from my dog. I just need a friendly companion. Each to their own.

IF they get out of control they could kill someone too easily. Not their fault, we bred them for fighting and their physical build is the result of that..

Pre-pandemic, before I worked from home, I was sitting on the commuter train one day, trying to sleep, but these two women behind me were talking, loudly, about this one woman's chickens, the eggs they laid, etc. Then the other woman said "Maybe I should do that, two." But the first woman replied "No! Don't do it! You'll drown in eggs! And you can't sell them." (Well, not without jumping through countless, impossible hoops put up by the Agriculture Department.)

Nope. I worked in a place that kept chickens. They crow ALL DAY LONG not just once in the morning. I don't want that racket next door to me..

I get it, but if someone asks me to stop I usually do out of respect.

True, but stores playing Christmas songs and Christmas decorating before Halloween and Thanksgiving is… well, it’s not great.

Thank you!!

Thinking that there is such a thing as anything free from any government

Christians don't get that a large number of us atheists are former Christians. Yes, we've heard about Jesus. No, you can't put toothpaste back in the tube, so you're not going to convince us that he's real all over again. Yes, as former Christians, we already know your rhetoric, and it doesn't work. Leave us alone and take your nutty religious beliefs with you.

One thing I love about living in Portland, Oregon is that nobody bats an eyelash if they find out you’re agnostic or atheist. The most pushback I ever get is from people who are vaguely “spiritual” about whether I believe ghosts or auras are real. Nope!

I’m officially a atheist but I can’t tell anyone in my family because they wouldn’t support me

I think this is more a problem in fundamentalist countries. Here there's no issue surrounding a lack of religious beliefs..

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Uhhhhhh, not sure what world you live in, but where I come from Atheism is MUCH more popular, and Christianity is the ridiculed "opinion". Where I come from, the Bible and anything related to God have been taken out of schools in the country that was founded on Christian principles. Where I come from, kids are bullied every day at school for being Christian. Where I come from, brave Christians are persecuted, tortured, and killed for trying to share the love of God with others. Where I come from, there are shootings in schools, many of which are directed towards Christian CHILDREN! Now tell me again that atheism is a ridiculed opinion.

UCC 1-207. I am not responsible for any contract I didn't enter knowingly, intentionally, and voluntarily. I may have possibly benefited from others' actions in the past. That does NOT make me responsible for them.

I understand what you are trying to say, even though I see it from a different point of view. First of all, I really can't get the black/white when talking about people, there are no complete white people (except albino's) and no black people (except for a few tribes in Africa, where the skinttone is so dark it almost looks like black). We are all people with a lighter or darker skin, underneath were all the same and that is how I treat everyone, I never judges by skincolor but on how one acts. On the subject of slavery.... and I know it's a touchy subject, those people who were stolen from other countries, were firstly put into slavery by their own people... then, when they saw a market to be expanded, they sold people to become slaves elsewhere. Even today there is still slavery, all over this world. Looking back to point fingers to what once was, is useless, just do better today.

True. But a couple citizens can’t do much

Well just don't drink any and move on with your life? 🤷‍♀️

Your point is?

I drink a breakfast blend bc I hate bold coffee for the bitter taste. Ill drink them if that's what's on offer and I need caffeine, but I will not drink Starbucks bc it's absolutely disgusting to me with its bold/bitter/burnt taste. I don't hate on Starbucks fans, I just don't understand them lol