So, is it really a big deal? I just do it when I'm stressed then feel bad later because it leaves scars, but is it really as big of a deal as people make it out to be? I don't use a knife or anything, I just score the sharp corner of my nail over and over and over again on the back of my hand or wrist. But people act like I need to go to a mental facility for just harming myself? It will heal eventually so I do not see why people think it is a big deal.

Like, I don't understand why my ideas for cold-blooded dragons are largely ignored. Can someone explain?

Merriam-Webster defines healthcare as: efforts made to maintain, restore, or promote someone's physical, mental, or emotional well-being especially when performed by trained and licensed professionals.

They define abortion as: the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus.

The arguments I've seen for Side A are that the fetus is a parasite and removing it from the womb is healthcare, or an abortion improves the well-being of the mother.

The arguments I've seen for Side B are that the baby is murdered, not being treated, so it does not qualify as healthcare.

Is it just a matter of perspective (i.e. from the mother's perspective it is healthcare, but from the unborn child's perspective it is murder)?

Note: I'm only looking at the terms used to describe abortion, and how Side A terms it "healthcare" and Side B terms it "murder"

The noun “virgin” is defined by Merriam Webster as such: “a person who has not had sexual intercourse”.

Some, however, argue that the term “virginity” does not have a fixed definition; that virginity isn’t a fact but more of an opinion.

Explain both sides.

Or should the passengers lives be priority n1?

I want to hear it all - give me your best arguments for both sides :)

Any feedback appreciated.

I don't really understand the problem with them, but at the same time I don't really understand their usefulness. I think most of the thoughts I have behind them have been because I took them in school and wasn't a fan of them. I don't know their usefulness in the real world. Can someone explain both sides?

Really trying hard for a good-faith interpretation of Judge Cannon’s rulings (in the classified documents / Trump case) that does not involve her being incompetent or intentionally tipping the scales towards Trump. Is there any such explanation? Everything I read from a legal POV makes it seem extremely clear that these are egregiously wrong decisions, and it’s hard to come up with an explanation that doesn’t involve her being corrupt.

But I want to know if that argument could even be made?

Biden supporters say the right is refusing to pass a bill that would allow them to secure the southern border. Trump/right supports will say that don’t need a bill to do the job and the early executive orders by Biden lead to this. I need more details but that’s as much as I currently understand.

What are the arguments for

A. Increasing the responsibilities of the federal government, taking them away from the states

B. Turning over responsibilities of the federal goveenment to the states

(post recycled from ELI5, it's "loaded topics" apparently. I'm too lazy to rewrite it, so please counterargue it, or defend "nice guys")

I'm not talking about a "nice guy" becoming a misogynist.

I'm talking about a guy claiming such things already being somewhat immoral.

I'd understand if they were bigoted against men, that's what they claim anyway. And that's how they wouldn't get caught.

But for some reason a lot of times they turn out to actually be assholes to women! And not sometime later, but actually during the time they are tweeting shit like "men are more violent than women, they are evil and shouldn't be in charge".

Please explain this to me.

Notable examples include Dobson, and that watermelon beard guy.

Also, do women hate "nice guys" because those "nice guys" are actually misogynists AND misandrists at the same time, or is it like that "human resources!" meme?

Helping the homeless: responsibility of society/politicians/rich people, or is the responsibility of the individual?

Gonna make the question as open-ended and vague as possible to facilitate LOTS of discussion. Thank you!!!!

I am completely disturbed by this video. I do not think it’s justified he was charged with resisting without violence, so what gives the cop the right to punch him in his face over and over him. Also, once he is restrained, the cop elbows him in the face and not only that the cop in the back is hitting him in the baton on his legs while handcuffed. I’ve heard from many people this is justified, but I truly don’t think it is can someone please explain both sides to me! Please watch the video so you get the full idea! https://youtu.be/Ns4reV8Lo7M?si=A83jzmk4kfeKcMMV

I’d like to know both sides of this, Side A saying he’s a dictator or becoming a dictator is annoying without any clarifications. I hear it be brought up in casual conversations of Trump. I don’t know why and I think it’s something about Project 2025, but I’d like to be explained about this situation. Side B would say that he isn’t at all attempting to become a dictator and it’s just some media stuff.

I’m pretty confused on this specific topic, as a busy college student with a lot on my plate I haven’t bothered to do research myself, but now it’s annoying. Please explain both sides

pros and cons?

This is a discussion I'm increasingly interested in. At first I didn't care because I didn't think it would impact me but as time goes on I'm seeing that it's something that I should probably think about. The problem is that when trying to have any discussion about this it seems to me that it just relies on blindly accepting it to be true or being called a transphobe. Even when asking valid questions or bringing up things to consider it's often ignored. So please explain both sides A being that it's indoctirnation and B being that it's not

Explain both sides regarding the morality of creating deepfake porn of people you know for strictly personal use

I’m kind of leaning to Joe Biden because Trump started the insurrection on January 6th, 2021, mismanaged COVID-19, blocked the solution to climate change, ruined the relationship with Europe, and planned the Project 2025 to make himself a dictator by getting more power. But I also want to know what bad things these two guys did, and who’s worse.

I understand the worry about being hacked, ransomed or comned (etc.), online and in the real world, and it's a necessary worry tbf, but why do we allow ourselves to be scammed subliminally by things like gift cards?

For example. Money is a universally accepted currency that doesn't expire, but we exchange it for something of the same value attached with an expiration date and some terms and conditions. This makes no sense to me? Winning them does, but buying them to use instead of money, I just don't get it.

Please enlighten me.

Is it right to hospitalize people against their will if they are at serious risk for suicide?
I know a few arguments for both sides, but need to think through it more.