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glad to hear theyre doing that now. i had a huge argument with one of the admins about it a couple of years ago which basically culminated in her threatening to ban me. good thing logic won out in the end. changing my name in a way that would spite her would be tempting if i cared enough and if...

how do you change your name? ive been parading under an 11 year old's idea of a good moniker for over 7 years.

the reasoning behind not lettings kids vote is that kids are viewed as less intellectually capable and less aware of sociopolitical issues than adults. not saying thats a good reason but it is the reason.

lol. adults vote for stupid reasons all the time.

if you go to other subreddits beyond r/aww and r/funny youd find that reddit has a fair amount of intellectual discourse. tumblr on the other hand doesnt. this doesnt mean that tumblr users are stupid, merely that the site doesnt lend itself well to intelligent discussion.

you dont have a better than perfect gpa. you have a gpa above a 4. a lot of colleges ask for your unweighted gpa, and even if they dont they compare it with other people in your class/school instead of scrutinizing it in a vacuum. not that i think gpa is an accurate measure of intellect, work...

i was making the point that 1) you havent specified the sort of children and adults youre talking about and what 'more/less capable' or 'same level' means and 2) given that you havent specified anything any discussion becomes meaningless because you can pick arbitrary swathes of children and...

i was 11 years old, tried a bunch of names, didnt work so got frustrated, then tried random names based off 'pokemon' till one worked. and the rest is history.

most adults are intellectually and physically superior to two year olds. a 12 year old child going to school in america will on average be better at math than a 50 year old poverty-ridden somalian. a scrawny freshman at harvard will usually have better informed and intelligent sociopolitical...

software engineer. the low barrier for entry combined with the lucrativeness is borderline ridiculous. ive had internships in college that pay twice what full-timers make in a lot of other industries.

the criminal justice system is absurd. the very notion of 'punishing' people for crimes is morally reprehensible, socially harmful and reeks of bad economics. placing criminals in a harsh environment in squalid conditions and isolating them from society for years without taking an active effort...

on the contrary people would obviously work to become a doctor because it is a more interesting and intellectually stimulating profession and would garner more RESPECT than people who work in super markets. the idea that communism would spawn a society of blue collars working menial jobs is a...

and you seem quite KINGLY

where does communism ever imply that every person must be regarded the same? money isnt the only indicator of societal status; it matters most in today's society because the status quo is decidedly capitalist. if wealth disparity ceases to exist then 'respect' is the only metric to go on. in...

pray tell, why exactly do you think it 'enslaves the citizens to a life of no motivation'?