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  • This house would accept the offer

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    "Love Island" is a popular TV dating show where singles, or "islanders," live in a tropical villa and must form romantic connections to stay in the competition. They initially couple up based on attraction, with the option to switch partners during "re-coupling." Islanders compete in challenges to test their compatibility, and new arrivals often disrupt existing relationships. Eliminations occur through public voting by viewers or if someone is left single after re-coupling. The winning couple takes home a £100,000 prize. Participants stay in the villa for up to 8 weeks, with all expenses covered. You are a young, single adult living in Manchester. The producers of Love Island have uniquely offered you to participate in the upcoming season.

    Manchester Novices 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-11-02

  • This house opposes children's media centred around dark themes* (e.g. illness, death, depression) *such as Bridge to Terabithia, Coraline, Coco

    LSE IV 2024 · Novice Finals · 2024-11-02

  • This house prefers a world where all individuals have access to their own life statistics.

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    Life statistics’ is a technology that constantly tracks statistics about an individual's observable behavior and actions throughout their life. It requires no manual input or involvement from the individual and is consistently live, updating, and is aware of all actions an individual engages (e.g. time spent doing specific activities, number of instances an action has been done, and other trends in behavior).

    Dulwich Schools 2024 · Gold Final · 2024-10-26

  • This house would take the pill

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    You are offered a pill. If you take it, then, for the rest of your life, you will feel immensely guilty whenever you do something that is morally wrong. Once you have taken the pill, there is no way of reversing its effects. No one else has been offered the pill.

    Warwick Schools 2024 · Gold Final · 2024-10-26

  • This house supports the rising trend of intellectualizing emotions

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    Intellectualization is a defense mechanism which uses rational reasoning when things don't work out (not getting a job, break ups, not having as many friends, etc.) and attempts to create logical justifications for the way things are, as opposed to emotional responses.

    21st BDC-JDC Pre-Worlds 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-10-24

  • This house prefers a world where everyone is born with 'Device X'.

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    Device X is an implant that will be in your brain hippocampus. This device will give you the power to completely delete memories that you don't want to retain at anytime only by your own choice. Once deleted that memory cannot be restored again. This device cannot be removed at any point of time in your life.

    Seri Iskandar Debate Open 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-10-21

  • This house supports the widespread sale and use of the memory machine

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    A technology has been created which allows people to self select and delete certain memories. The technology has limits, it is not able to delete traumatic memories and also does not replace the memory with another, it simply deletes them.

    Durham Schools 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-10-20

  • This house supports Depressive Realism as a coping mechanism

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    Depressive Realism is the hypothesis that depressed individuals make more realistic inferences than non-depressed individuals, and consider non- depressed individuals' appraisals are positively biased.

    JPDU Autumn Tournament 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-10-19

  • This house would pursue a career as a professional sports player

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    You are the child of a professional sports star who is considered the greatest of all time in their sport. You have shown aptitude and skill in the same sport, to the degree that you could sustain your own professional career.

    Hart House Inter-Varsity 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-10-18

  • This house supports the widespread and accessible availability of iForgor

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    iForgor is a technology that allows you to forget any person. If you forget them, memories or experiences associated with them do not disappear, but the role of that person in that memory disappears. For instance, if Andre and Emily are best friends and Andre uses iForgor, Andre will forget that they ever knew Emily, and if they meet will not recognise Emily. Andre will still remember anything they did together, likely with some confusion. The memory cannot be brought back, nor can you be convinced that the other person was in your memory - it would feel like a mere fiction. It is used unilaterally, and it must be with the user’s consent. In this world, everyone refers to it as iForgor, and the finalists should do the same.

    Hart House Inter-Varsity 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-10-18

  • This house supports the normalization of parasocial relationships

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    A parasocial relationship occurs when an individual forms a strong emotional relationship with an online figure or celebrity that simulates a real-life relationship (such as a romantic or friendship relationship), despite limited real-world interaction with them. Examples of parasocial behavior include thinking of a Twitch streamer you watch regularly as a friend, and Taylor Swift fans signing a petition to get her to dump Matt Healy."

    LUMS Asians 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-10-12

  • This house regrets the increasing prevalence of nihilism among young people.

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    For the purposes of this debate, Nihilism refers to an increasing sense of meaninglessness, pessimism and skepticism about life in the modern day.

    Strait Debate Open 2024 · 总决赛 · 2024-10-12

  • This House supports Dr Gregory House being suspended from practicing medicine

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    _House_ (TV Series) Dr Gregory House is the world's leading diagnostic physician. He currently suffers from an opioid addiction and is known for his erratic behaviour and unconventional methods. (_In-Universe_ rules apply)

    UQ Fictional IV 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-10-12

  • This House believes that having Disgust as the central driver, as opposed to Joy, is in the interests of a young woman

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    _Inside Out_(Film) Emotions are personified as characters-Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, and Fear. Emotions function as an administrative and corporate team within one's mind, managing their reactions and responses to various situations. The Emotions operate from Headquarters (in the brain), where one Emotion takes on a leadership or central driver role. Each Emotion has a distinct function and is, to varying degrees, included in the corporate governance of the mind. (_Hybrid World _rules apply)

    UQ Fictional IV 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-10-12

  • This house supports making the Belief Machine widely available for use by the public

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    Scientists have created the Belief Machine in a lab. This machine allows individual users to change their own beliefs at will, and can be used to convince the user of things they do not currently believe but wish to. For example, the machine could be used by an atheist to convince themself that an afterlife exists to reduce their fear of death.

    Sofia Open 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-10-11

  • This house believes that the Feminist Movement should glorify the 'emotionality' of men

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    For the purposes of this debate 'emotionality' refers to attributes such as being able to share personal emotions with people, being emotionally cognizant of other people around you, being emotionally vulnerable, etc.

    Debutant 9.0 Freshers APD 2024 · Octofinals · 2024-10-09