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  • This house as his best friend, would revoke the contract

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    You have a childhood best friend. You deeply admire his sense of justice and perseverance. Inspired by the show One Punch Man, he passionately wanted to become a hero, fight bad guys and help people. In this universe, to unlock a random super power (a decent non-overpowered one like elasticity or invisibility) he will have to workout ALOT everyday consecutively for 20 years. The volume of training required scales as he gets stronger to maintain intensity. Realizing that his ideals might fade, he committed by declaring to God that if he misses training on any of the days, he will have to start over. He will also immediately become irreversibly bald and impotent. God appeared and sanctioned the contract, but bestowed you, his best friend, to be the only person who can revoke the contract. Your friend made you promise to protect his dream, then dedicated his life to training. After 5 years, he appears at your door, revealing that his experience thus far had fundamentally made him lose his passion for justice, and that he is only still training out of the fear of being rendered bald and impotent. He pleads you to free him.

    Humour IV 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-08-09

  • This house, as a teenager in a developed country, would practice radical self-discipline

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    Radical self-discipline is the philosophy that one should abandon the comforts of the modern world to become disciplined. This involves a strict exercise regime, waking up early every day, cold showers, absence from social media, a diet devoid of comfort food, a renunciation of self-care culture.

    National High School Debate League of China British Parliamentary Open 2024 · U18 Finals · 2024-08-06

  • This house, as a teenager in a developed country, would practice radical self-discipline

    Infoslide

    Radical self-discipline is the philosophy that one should abandon the comforts of the modern world to become disciplined. This involves a strict exercise regime, waking up early every day, cold showers, absence from social media, a diet devoid of comfort food, a renunciation of self-care culture.

    National High School Debate League of China British Parliamentary Open 2024 · U16 Finals · 2024-08-06

  • This house regrets the increasing commercialization of 'self care'.

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    Self care' emphasizes the need for individuals to care for the own emotional and mental well-being. Typical examples include engaging in practices like yoga, meditation, and mindfulness. Commercialization refers to the fact that something has been turned into a commercial profit-making industry.

    Hart House Women and Gender Minorities Debating Tournament 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-08-03

  • This House prefers a world in which a Plumbob indicating the mental and physical health of each person exists

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    In “the Sims", the "Plumbob" is a glowing crystal that is suspended above each Sim's head and is a fairly accurate reflection of the Sim's current health. If the Sim is in very good health, the Plumbob will be a bright, deep green. As the Sim's health deteriorates, the green will become paler until it becomes neutral white, yellow, orange, red, and even deeper shades of red when in worse conditions. For the purpose of this debate, Plumbobs do not simply reflect one's momentary mood.

    Denning Debating Championship 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-08-02

  • This house supports Relationship Minimalism

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    Relationship Minimalism refers to the practice of regularly purging friendships and/or relationships. This act seeks to declutter an individuals social life based on what the perceived value of the relationship with/without explanation.

    Denning Debating Championship 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-08-02

  • This house, as Ray, W choose to relive their life

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    Ray is an average individual from a suburban neighborhood in Northeast Asia. He attended public school, worked a stable office job, married, raised two kids, and eventually divorced. As he aged, his children moved away. Ray spent his retirement alone, watching TV and running errands. In his final years, he lived in a small apartment with occasional visits from his grandchildren. Ray passed away quietly, alone in his home, leaving behind a life of ordinary experiences and solitude. There is a chance that allows individuals to relive their entire lives from birth to death with specific conditions. Individuals cannot change any of their decisions or outcomes, and they will live as their same ordinary selves without any extraordinary abilities. However, they will be fully aware of what will happen next, remembering their original life’s events. This process lets people re-experience all the joys, sorrows, successes, and failures exactly as they originally occurred.

    Chungang University Debate Society Open 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-07-16

  • This house regrets the increasing commercialization of 'self care'

    Infoslide

    'Self care' emphasizes the need for individuals to care for the own emotional and mental well-being. Typical examples include engaging in practices like yoga, meditation, and mindfulness. Commercialization refers to the fact that something has been turned into a commercial profit-making industry.

    Guangdong Debate Challenge 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-07-13

  • This house prefers a world that adopts the "reserved" lifestyle model instead of "openness".

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    The "reserved" lifestyle model refers to a way of living in which people are more protective of themselves, do not express their emotions much, and tend not to share personal details about themselves. The "open" lifestyle model refers to a way of living in which people freely express their emotions, tend to share personal information with acquaintances and friends (even if they are not close), and are more emotionally vulnerable.

    PreCMUDE PUCP 2024 · Ronda 3 · 2024-07-07