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  • This house supports a hedonistic approach to life

    Infoslide

    A hedonistic approach to life means that people should prioritize experiences, choices, and actions that maximize simple and short term sensual pleasure.

    Prague Open 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-11-01

  • This house, as the feminist movement, W actively ostracise women who hold views traditionally deemed as anti-women (e.g. being against pro-choice policies, saying that women should dress modestly, believing a woman's duty is as a wife or mother)

    DTU Pre-Worlds 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-11-01

  • This house regrets celebrity culture

    Infoslide

    Celebrity culture occurs when certain individuals (e.g. actors, musicians) become the subject of mass fascination by the public (e.g. have dedicated fan bases, have lots of media attention).

    DTU Pre-Worlds 2025 · Novice Pre-Finals · 2025-11-01

  • This house prefers a narrative that love is passive over a narrative that love is active.

    Infoslide

    A passive conception of love is the belief that love is something that happens to you rather than something you actively do, emphasizing becoming lovable over practicing love. An active conception of love is the belief that love must be pursued, treating it as something that requires effort to find.

    University of Western Ontario Fall High School Tournament 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-11-01

  • “This House prefers a predominantly polytheistic world.”

    Infoslide

    Polytheism refers to a belief system that involves the worship of multiple deities instead of just one.

    Armorial 2025 · Rodada 4 · 2025-11-01

  • This house prefers a world with the widespread culture of indebtedness.

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, the "culture of indebtedness" is an ethical norm that states “what you owe must be repaid”. The application of the norm can range from interpersonal relationships to the collective identity of the community.

    Hit-U Intervarsity 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-11-01

  • This house prefers a world where one's own failures are a frequent subject of conversation

    Infoslide

    I, that have been laughable to the maids of the hotels; And I, who have shamed myself financially, borrowing and not paying back; I, that when the time of the punch has come, have dodged Out of the possibility of the punch; And I, that have suffered the anguish of the small little ridiculous things, Have verified not to have a fellow in it all in this world. All the people that I know and that speak to me Never have had a ridiculous act, never have suffered a slight, Never have been elsewise than a prince, all of them princes, in life. \- Fernando Pessoa, Poema em Linha Reta

    South Atlantic Debate Championship 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-11-01

  • In highly competitive societies (e.g. India, China), This house prefers instilling children with traits of personality [A], as opposed to traits of personality [B]

    Infoslide

    Personality [A] is characterised by a focus on the individual being self- reliant and resilient. The norm is to be direct, blunt, and not averse to confrontation. Personality [B] is characterised by a focus on the individual focusing on the preservation of relationships. The norm is to be pleasant, appeasing of others, and averse to confrontation.

    DTU Pre-Worlds 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-11-01

  • This house supports the granularization of consumption

    Infoslide

    The "granularization of consumption" describes the ever-finer segmentation of products and services to match smaller customer groups and individual tastes, usually at the expense of unit cost. Examples include direct to consumer products, consumer product ranges expanding in breadth and reducing stock, or media and celebrity superstars being less ubiquitous than in the past

    King's College London Intervarsity 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-11-01