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  • TH. as Vie, would use the remote

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    You are Vie, a mid-level architect in your mid-30s, married with two children. You struggle to balance a demanding career with family life but dream of achieving success and financial security for your loved ones. One evening, overwhelmed, you encounter a mysterious man who offers you a remote control that can manipulate time and reality. With it, you can skip unpleasant moments or fast-forward through challenges, making your path to success smoother and less stressful. However, every use of the remote causes you to lose the personal growth, and emotional connections tied to the skipped moments.

    CIDA Novice Cup 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-01-11

  • This House Regrets the glorification of the "Villain-Arc"

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    For the purpose of this debate, a villain arc is a timeframe where a person bounces back from an unpleasant experience (i.e. a breakup) and proceeds to take out those emotions onto day-to-day activities.

    AIS Debating Championship 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-01-03

  • This House Opposes the prominence of the trauma plot in media and art

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    The term "trauma plot" refers to narratives centered on personal traumatic experiences such as violence or abuse, emphasising individual suffering. Examples include novels such as A Little Life, It Ends With Us, Perks of Being a Wallfower, TV series such as Euphoria and BoJack Horseman, and songs such as Billie Eilish’s "Bury A Friend".

    Panama World Universities Debating Championships 2025 · Octo Finals · 2024-12-27

  • This House supports 'L' becoming widely available

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    'L' is a pill that allows individuals to ignite or reignite feelings of love for a target individual in themselves. Feelings can fade over time, but it can be used repeatedly. For the medication to be effective, the user must consciously desire its success and actively envision the target individual.

    Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open · ESL Semifinals · 2024-12-21

  • This house regrets the ‘new year, new me’ narrative

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    "New year, new me" is a narrative that refers to the idea of starting the new year with a renewed and improved sense of self. It's a common sentiment that encourages people to make resolutions and set goals for the year ahead, promoting lifestyle changes.

    SSE Riga IV 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-12-14

  • This house prefers a world where people could choose to block and unblock others.

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    For the purposes of this debate, "blocking" refers to a technological feature that prevents you from seeing or hearing a specific person, effectively removing their presence from your perception. Conversely, "unblocking" restores the ability to see and hear that person, re-establishing their presence in your experience.

    2024 SUN YAT-SEN DEBATE CHALLENGE · Novice Grand Final · 2024-12-14

  • This house opposes the social norm that effort is a form of talent

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    In recent years, there has been a growing social norm that the ability to make an effort itself is a talent. This implies that those who can make an effort have this talent, while those who lack the talent to make an effort from the beginning will find it difficult or impossible to do so. Additionally, these claims are sometimes accompanied by some scientific evidence.

    Momiji Cup 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-12-14

  • This house regrets the trend towards accelerated independence

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    Examples of accelerated independence include not finding a partner to focus on self-improvement, needing to 'love yourself before you love other people,' only making friends out of necessity.

    Queens's Holiday Open 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-12-14

  • This house regrets the trend towards accelerated independence

    Infoslide

    Examples of accelerated independence include not finding a partner to focus on self-improvement, needing to 'love yourself before you love other people,' only making friends out of necessity.

    Queens's Holiday Open 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-12-14

  • This house supports hyper positivity culture.

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    Hyper positivity culture is the concept that heavily emphasizes on optimism and positive mindset as the best ways to live life. It sees potential negativity as something that should not be outwardly portrayed.

    2024 SUN YAT-SEN DEBATE CHALLENGE · Open Quarterfinal · 2024-12-14

  • As the chef, after achieving three Michelin Stars, you would leave the job at the restaurant.

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    Michelin Guide stars have been awarded since 1900 to highlight exceptional restaurants worth visiting. Restaurants of interest are evaluated annually, and if they are exceptional, they can receive between one and three stars in the guide. A Michelin star is a prestigious achievement in the culinary world, and earning three is extremely difficult. Currently, there is no restaurant in Poland with three stars, and worldwide there are only 147 three-star restaurants. Previously awarded stars can be lost during the annual evaluation of the restaurant.

    Poznań Pro-Am 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-12-07

  • This house, as Yeri, would run away with Bee and become an Invalid.

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    Yeri lives in an alternate universe where the US is a totalitarian government that teaches that love is a disease called Amor deliria Nervosa, commonly referred to as "the deliria." A surgical cure for deliria has been developed and is mandatory for citizens of at least 18 years old. The Cure is a brain surgery that results in the said patient being incapable of love or strong emotions. You know multiple people who’ve been “cured” of deliria and are married— living successful lives within society. You plan on getting the procedure as well, in fear that you will end up like your mother who passed away because of deliria. However, only months before your scheduled procedure, you fall in love with an Invalid named Bee (a person who has not taken the Cure and lives on the outskirts of the city in a hidden community). Bee pretends to be cured to live undetected in the city and to partake in the resistance against the government. Bee offers you the means of escape from the procedure that will destroy your ability to love.

    2nd Visayas Novice Debate Cup · Opens Grand Final · 2024-12-01