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  • This house, as a drag queen in a foreign franchise not judged by Rupaul, when given the invitation, will accept for the 'Rupaul's Drag Race: Global All Stars'

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    RuPaul’s Drag Race: Global All Stars is a reality competition featuring drag queens from worldwide Drag Race franchises, often called the “Olympics of Drag.” Each week includes a runway and challenges like comedy, design, or dance. Queens invest heavily in outfits, often spending thousands. While franchises like Drag Race Canada (judged by Brooke Lynn Hytes) or Drag Race Philippines (judged by Mama Pao) thrive locally, RuPaul-judged franchises, including GAS, draw larger audiences. The first GAS season faced criticism for favoring English-speaking queens over ESL contestants, though some foreign queens valued the exposure despite early eliminations. You’re a drag queen from a foreign franchise invited to GAS. With a medium budget from your community, some sewing skills, and only your flight covered, you’ll need to plan strategically.

    Queens's Holiday Open 2024 · Quarterfinals · 2024-12-14

  • This house, as the feminist movement in China, would publicly oppose the shaming of Mai Lin.

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    Mai Lin is a housewife with two children. She is married to a singer, who provides for the family and is deemed as a reasonably good husband. The two of them recently appeared on a reality TV show mending couples' relationship, where Mai is widely criticized by the audience as dishonest, self-centered, and manipulative. Her actions have caused unpleasant experiences to other people on the show, including the two women who helped and comforted her, but got treated badly by her.

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

  • This house believes that all big tech companies should be provided unconditional immunity from civil prosecutions owing to concerns around regulating free speech globally (eg: Russia imposing a 20 decillion fee on Google for removing videos from YouTube made by Kremlin backed channels, Parler [a social media platform popular among conservative users] suing Amazon for deplatforming it post the Jan 6 capital riots in the USA, etc.)

    Eristic British Parliamentary Debate 2024 · Quarterfinals · 2024-12-02

  • This house believes that all big tech companies should be provided unconditional immunity from civil prosecutions owing to concerns around regulating free speech globally (eg: Russia imposing a 20 decillion fee on Google for removing videos from YouTube made by Kremlin backed channels, Parler [a social media platform popular among conservative users] suing Amazon for deplatforming it post the Jan 6 capital riots in the USA, etc.)

    Eristic British Parliamentary Debate 2024 · Novice Semi-Finals · 2024-12-02

  • This house regrets guilt-based advocacy in social movements

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    Guilt-based advocacy is when advocates use morality to shame people into contributing to the movement. Specifically, they make people feel bad for not having done a specific action, or for having done a specific action.

    Singapore Polytechnic Debate Open 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-12-01

  • This house, as the PAP, W distance themselves from the legacy of Lee Kuan Yew

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    The People’s Action Party (PAP), the dominant political party in Singapore, has traditionally heavily associated themselves with the legacy of Lee Kuan Yew. This includes the celebration of Lee in state media, and leveraging on Lee's legacy as a form of legitimacy for the party currently.

    Singapore Polytechnic Debate Open 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-12-01

  • This house, as a new idol, W lean heavily into shipping

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    Shipping refers to the desire by fans to see two or more artists get together in a romantic and/or sexual relationship. Shipping has recently grown in popularity and currently forms a large part of fan culture. Leaning into shipping refers to performing acts that could reasonably be interpreted as romantic (i.e. heavy physical affection or suggestive remarks, going on dating shows such as We Got Married).

    Singapore Polytechnic Debate Open 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-12-01

  • This house believes that the “The Woman Who Has It All” trope in fictional screen media does more harm than good.

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    The “The Woman Who Has It All” trope typically depicts a female-presenting character as successful in a high-flying corporate career, with an active sex life, numerous love interests, great dedication to family and children, along with one or more of the following: an active engagement in the political sphere, sporting success, a large social group, or being in a leadership role of a women’s hobby group.

    Southampton Pro-Am 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-11-30

  • This house regrets the decrease in difficulty levels in AAA games

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    "The ""AAA"" gaming industry descirbes mid-sized and major developers and publishers with comparatively large production and marketing budgets. In recent times, the gaming community have started to accuse those AAA companies of making their games not challenging enough to experienced players, and catering more to casual players instead. This manifests in, for example, only allowing one particular way of passing a mission, or incluing an excessive amount of tips and hints for the player."

    Southampton Pro-Am 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-30

  • This house regrets the memeification of mental health.

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    Internet memes, often called memes, are cultural elements spread online, like ideas, behaviors, or styles, mainly through social media. They're known for being easily parodied and reused in various contexts. Memefication refers to expressing specific ideals, emotions, or behaviors using the style or format of a meme.

    UCL Winter Schools Cup 2023 · Round 4 · 2024-11-25