BeIR/webis-touche2020 huggingface dataset:
Yo Mama Contest

Yo mama so ugly they replaced Jack o Lanterns with her face. Yo mama so nasty the government uses her as a biological weapon. Yo mama so ugly she scared the crap out of the toilet. Yo mama so stupid she forgot to abort her disgraceful son. Yo mama so ugly that she made the children blind in the first place. Yo mama so old she opened her legs and dodo birds fell out - they were preserved. Yo mama so fat when she uses the Pacific Ocean as a waterbed. Yo mama so fat that she couldn't fit in the empty elevator. Yo mama so fat she ate an entire McDonalds resturant for a Happy Meal.
Yo Mama Contest

Yo mama is so ugly that people go as her for Halloween. Yo mama is so ugly that the government moved Halloween to her birthday! Yo mama is so ugly that she scares the roaches away. Yo mama is so ugly that... well... look at you! Yo mama is so ugly that she makes blind children cry. Yo mama so old she farted dust. Yo mama is so fat that she sat on a dollar and squeezed a booger out George Washington's nose. Yo mama is fat when she stepped in the elevator it when down. Yo mama is so fat that she left the house in high heels and came back wearing flip flops. Yo mama is so fat that when she sat on Wal-Mart, she lowered the prices.
A Duel Should Settle The Ukraine War

Thank you, friend. I appreciate it, and I'm glad I could change your mind. By the way . . . We've got snow falling, I think! Actually, we had a white halloween this year. *sigh* I used to live in California. That says it all. But snow isn't all bad. Do you have snow on the ground? Again, happy Thanksgiving, and Go Packers! and thanks, friend for friendliness and amiability and all that.
A Duel Should Settle The Ukraine War

First of all, you are bringing up very valid points and I am most honored to debate this with you, my friend :). Thank you for being willing to discuss/debate a very interesting topic that has been in the news recently. Second off, you are correct in your arguments, and therefore, I admit concession. You have won, and I forfeit, acknowledging that you are correct in your arguments. I changed my views as a result of this debate, and admit defeat. Thanks again for the debate, my friend.
A Duel Should Settle The Ukraine War

Okay, Kylar. I'm sorry, but I think you're gonna lose. You really think Russion Roulette is a logical way to settle a war? Russian Roulette is based solely on chance. It would be more logical to simply toss a coin, as at least that wouldn't kill anyone. And who thinks that tossing a coin is a good way to end a war? As I pointed out earlier, if a war is worth fighting then it should not be decided by chance. If you think war SHOULD be decided by chance, you are basically saying that war serves no purpose and should just stop. But war actually does serve a purpose. It serves the purpose of preserving liberty, establishing independence, expanding nations (whether or not that's a good purpose may be debated), and protecting interests. I'm sure there are others. Wars have consequences. If Hitler had won, where would Europe be today? The lives of millions hang in the balance often. It is disrespectful to all those who have died for their nation to claim that we should just toss a coin and arbitrarily end a war involving independence, liberty, and national interests. Would you say the same if Texas had seceded and the US was fighting it to bring it back into the Union? Just toss a coin (or kill a president at the same time) and let's just end the war? It doesn't matter who wins? Thanks for the debate again. I will enjoy it even more if I can convince you that your dangerous viewpoint is wrong. But thanks for being friends again, I appreciate your friendliness. (And I just threw in some bad grammar; did you notice?) Thanks.
A Duel Should Settle The Ukraine War

First of all, my friend, thank you for being willing to debate me on this, and Happy Thanksgiving to you :)! I will be brief, just as I was in Round II. I concurr that Mr. Porshenka probably would not know sword fighting that well, heck I have been in II sword fights with my second cousins and lost miserably lol, so I don't expect that Mr. Porshenka would sword fight well either with the LPR leader. However, Russian Roulette may be a good way to settle this war. I do not exactly approve of it, but it might be logical. But, if that does not work, a loaded pistol duel would work. The two of them would meet and shake hands, and turn around. They would take 10 paces back, and spin around and fire, the first to fall wins. I look forward to seeing your arguments, and again, I am your friend to the end :), this is a great debate, and I thank you for doing it with me my friend :). This debate is friendly, yet serious :). And I shall keep it friendly, and I hope you continue to enjoy this, as I am.
A Duel Should Settle The Ukraine War

I will also be brief, friend. I don't think the LPR leader is chivalrous for wishing to settle a national war that will impact the lives of millions in a private duel. Would you think this dueling business chivalrous if the two leaders decided to settle the war by tossing a coin? Dueling is a little like that. It, unlike treaties, is utterly unrelated to national interests, and, unlike battles, it is utterly unrelated to national strength. Similar to tossing a coin, it involves a large degree of chance. The main factors are the strength, skill, and courage of the antagonist presidents, which doesn't make sense to decide the fate of nations. I don't see the point in it, unless, as a friend of mine said, the war was over purely personal affairs. Kylar, you say that he is chivalrous in offering to settle the war "like gentlemen." I guess that according to the Elizabethan idea of a gentleman you would be right. But I think that trying to get together with a very important president in order to try to slash him apart with a saber or dagger or whatever is not very friendly behavior. I agree that a gentleman would try to settle a war with a minimum loss of life. However, I think it is plain that when the war is over something important then the gentleman leader should try to win or should make a treaty with his enemy instead of settling the duel in a potentially arbitrary way. The Ukraine president, Petro Porenshka, is 48 and has gray hair already. I doubt he's a master at sword fighting. I do not know why on earth the LPR leader has offered him any choice of weapons and time and place. It may be chivalrous, but it is not smart. For example: I remember reading (though I don't know where, it may have been fiction or non-fiction--probably the former) of someone with absolutely no skill who got challenged to a duel. He chose to fight with battle-axes, blindfolded. What if Petro Porenshka chooses to play Russian Roulette? Each leader has a revolver with one loaded chamber and five unloaded chambers. They spin the cylinder and then start shooting at point-blank range. First person to kill the other wins. Would you call this chivalrous? However, a swordfight between two gentlemen who have never practiced fencing before is almost as bad, deserving a place in a reality TV show rather than a place in international geopolitical history. Thanks for keeping this friendly. I wish a good thanksgiving to all reading this.
A Duel Should Settle The Ukraine War

Well well very good arguments my friend :). Thank you for accepting my debate and I think we will have a good time with this. In rebuttal I say this, and my argument will be brief because I do not have a lot of time due to school stuff, I am sorry. I believe that the LPR leader is being remarkably chivalrous for his actions. He is offering to settle this as gentlemen. He is giving the Ukraine president the chance to choose the time and place and weapon, which is very chivalrous for someone that has been locked in a bitter war since May 1st with him. Therefore, this is my rebuttal for round 2. I can't wait to hear your arguments my friend.
A Duel Should Settle The Ukraine War

Hey everyone, I have a very good debate topic that I think everyone will enjoy and follow very closely in the days ahead. The Luhansk People's Republic leader-aka a separatist leader in eastern Ukraine in the ongoing war has proposed a solution to the conflict. He suggests that the Ukraine president duel him for the overall result of the conflict. The Ukraine president gets to choose the time, place, and weapon. The LPR leader is even willing to have it filmed on live TV to make sure it is a fair fight. He also says that up to 10 people may be witnesses for each side. Sources: RussianToday Kiev Post CNN I personally am on the pro side, and see this as a very reasonable way to settle this conflict. Rules: No foul language Respect my views And have fun with this one! Good luck to whoever accepts, this should be an entertaining debate. I can't wait to get started :).
cannabis

I understand your point "one has a right to pick a leaf of a plant and it or smoke it in this world", but when we are referring to this specific plant, it's different. Most people who do weed abuse it, would you agree? They use excuses like "Oh, it's just a plant it's not going to hurt me in any way, it's not affecting my physical health." and while that may be true to an extent, weed takes over your brain, making daily tasks a hassle. It can affect your learning ability, sometimes in the long run, it can affect your driving, and even physical activity. Weed has become somewhat of a bandwagon appeal. People think it's "cool" and that if you don't do it you're uncool. Yes, I understand that there are people who don't think that way and they only do it every once in a while for personal purposes, but I know plenty of people who are addicted to it. Which leads me to my next points. IT IS ADDICTIVE. If you are a long-term marijuana user, it can get very addictive. People have difficulty controlling their drug use and cannot stop even though it interferes with many aspects of their lives. Within a few minutes after inhaling marijuana smoke, an individual's heart rate speeds up. Within an hour of smoking marijuana you are four times more likely to suffer a heart attack. Your heart rate speeds up about 20-50 beats per minute, Consequences of Marijuana Abuse: Acute (present during intoxication): Impairs short-term memory Impairs attention, judgment, and other cognitive functions Impairs coordination and balance Increases heart rate Psychotic episodes Persistent (lasting longer than intoxication, but may not be permanent): Impairs memory and learning skills Sleep impairment Long-term (cumulative effects of chronic abuse): Can lead to addiction Increases risk of chronic cough, bronchitis Increases risk of schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals May increase risk of anxiety, depression, and amotivational syndrome
cannabis

I would like to ask you to open up this debate as I believe in the notion of 'innocent until proven guilty'. One has a right to pick a leaf of a plant and eat it or smoke it in this world, at least in this so called free society. So for me to pick that leaf and eat or smoke it, is no one else's business. This is true is it not? Any action is free unless it is written in law. So I don't know why one would have to explain why they should be allowed to eat/smoke this leaf, as it is obvious to any sane person why they are allowed. I don't ask why people why they should be allowed to walk their dogs, drink tea or empty their bins do I? Because its intuitive that one has freedom in this society. I belive that it is your duty to argue why you belive it is right to throw people in jail, squander peoples futures, take children from loving parents, force people out of their jobs and cause them distress, more than its my duty to explain why one doesn't deserve this for smoking/eating a plant. Indeed I need to know why one would actually think it should be illegal in order to argue as I don't know where to start because there is indeed nothing to defend to a logical person ! Thank you
Poetry Battle

We stand alone on the stage. There is no audience, We are alone. We were just rehearsing our act For the show in June, A comedy skit. But suddenly you stop, And look into my eyes. You take my hand and stand me up. Then you hit play on my iPod. And the classical music starts And fills the room with its sweet sound. Suddenly I'm not in an empty auditorium, I'm standing in a ballroom, Cinderella at the ball. And we dance It's not a waltz, a tango or a ballet. It's all our own. And as you push me out for a spin Then take me back in I look into your eyes. And I all I can see Is pure love. The love that only exists in fairy tales. And as our dance comes to a close You pull me to you And embrace me in a long and passionate kiss But you pull away And my fairy tale Comes crashing down
Poetry Battle

Pro/Con is arbitrary. The structure of the debate will be as follows:In the second round, I will state a poetic form, followed by a poem, written by me, in that form. My opponent will also write a poem in said form, and then finish their portion of the second round by stating the form to be used in the next round. We will continue in this manner until the debate is over. In the end, both I and my opponent will have written four different poems. Rules- Poems ought to be of a reasonable length, and in adherence to the form selected. (No Rime of the Ancient Mariner-length poems, please). - It is expected that liberties will be taken with grammar, syntax, etc. Voters should only vote for pro/con in that category if either I or my opponent makes serious, obviously unintentional errors. - I feel I should not have to mention it, but please do not plagiarise. That aside, I look forward to reading my opponent's poetry. This is one debate where I will not mind losing, if it means I will get to read some excellent poetry.
Poetry Battle

Unique Sometimes i feel alone Not alone like without love Cause i have PLENTY of that. I mean alone on the big issues. All my friends are in the circle society sets. But I'm alone Marching alone in the gay pride parade whole everyone else protests against gay marriage Reading a REAL book alone in the library while everyone else reads ebooks or not at all. Doing my own dance on the dance floor while everyone else dances to LMFAO Caring about the homeless while everyone else cares only about money. Caring about my education while everyone else cares about their makeup Caring about my future alone while everyone else of lives in a bubble. I know its cool to be different and unique. But sometimes, It's lonely when you're unique
Poetry Battle

You again forgot to post the form for this next round. No matter, I will have this round be free choice, so you will not be a disadvantage. I am choosing to write another free verse poem.Forgotten Soldiers of the Garage melting, drippinglugubrious little plopson a CONCRETE floorforest green::plastic fantastic::bubbling up from the sculpted Pit cursed by hot n' colddistorted limbsE X T E N Dhardening nicelyin steely frost I am that casualtyof sunken eyesburied deep deep deeperin cathode ray tubes“This is the last of Earth!I am content!”
Poetry Battle

Battlefield at Dusk The battle is over But there are no winners Bodies are strewn left an right Pools of blood a everywhere Guns are still smoking The smell of gunpowder and death sits in the air There are only a few of us left. Some from each side I refuse to fight anymore i put my gun down. Almost instantly i am shot down My body falls and i know i'm going to a better place Or am i going to hell for destroying his creation?
Poetry Battle

I assume you mean poetry that creates a strong mental image? (Like the work of T.S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, or Ezra Pound).Spiderweb at DawnA string of translucent pearlshung on gossamer threadgleams lazily in the softness of the morning lightwhile a multi-legged sirenplays her pinprick song on throbbing threadsShe nonchalantly waits for her sailor in the skyDrawn in by the brillianceof sparkling, irradiant glistening as if the hand of God itselfhad suspended diamondsbetween two adjacent trees
(other)Animals aren't smart.

The fact of the matter is, all of what people perceive as intelligence is instinct and survival. "My dog knows how to walk back how to walk back home! It's so smart!" No, the reason it does that, the reason it acts "cute" or "smart" is because it wants to eat. A life where simple head turns, or wagging of tails gets you a meal is one the brain prefers over hunting for it, and possibly starving. Generations of domestication can lead to more behaviors like this. "Wolves stay in a pack, that means they are smart!" Again, the reason "lone wolves" are rare, is just so simple. A matter of survival. Everything they do as a "family" is simply not intelligence, but more of improving the odds of their species. Who would win in the chaotic, animal world? A singular entity, or a group? Who would win in general? Single entity? or group? "Dolphins can make sound and bounce balls!" Why do they learn to do this? Hmmm, it couldn't possibly be that we are FEEDING THEM TO DO IT!?!?! (which is very entertaining to watch, by the way. It shows how superior our homo sapiens is, and how lucky we are that evolution nods in our favor.) Intelligence falls into three categories: technology, emotion, and philosophy, not survivability. Some other species have technology (example. Spiders weaving a web is NOT technology, but instinct. their techniques changing over time, IS), few have provable emotion, rather than implied, and NONE other than homo-sapiens (And our early ancestors, the hominids, which I will consider "Human" as they were the first to have true intellect) have Philosophy. The fact that non-human animals, and most of them, dont have any of the three categories, PROVES that they do not posess (Intellect) but rather (Survival Behaviors/Instincts) that have evolved and changed over the years, depending on their environment, and conditions.
Epic Rap Battles of History: The Joker VS. Batman

You dare insult my british servant, you, who can't even use detergent? You may be the crown prince of crime, but you're gonna do a lot of hard time.What do you mean the last time you looked? Why should I trust any statement from the mouth of a crook?Why do you looked so shocked, so tense? Didn't you know you are a common criminal, no more no less?That's right, I'm a member of the justice league, tell me, when have you ever not been picked last for a team?Oh yeah, never, because you're a criminal no one will remember. My name will go down as history, as a man who solved a great many mysteries, while you will be written as a screwed up man, with nothing to show but a few card, and a van. I don't want to be a prince, I don't need any fame, because I'm not that selfish, and a don't need everyone to know my name, because I'm not a attention hog, and I'm not a celeberty. Hey, I just had an epiphane, the reason you hide behind a mask of insanity, is to hide a rather small trait of masculinity, I mean, seriously, with all that make up, you look like a botched up sex-changed tranny. Now that this rap is completely finished, with my raps being like popeye with spinach, I think we need to come to a concession, that perhaps your Joker face hides sexual tension, which is why you are always giving in to other urges, to dismiss the fact that you are a virgin, that will never get laid, and while my raps get better, yours continue to fade.
Epic Rap Battles of History: The Joker VS. Batman

Author's Note: Terribly sorry to confuse you. What I meant when I said next round in round 3 was your next rebuttal, and that is why two-face spoke in round 4. Also at the beginning I said you would have an assistant in round 3, I did mean just you. Mine was in round 4. Anyways, it was good to hear from Alfred, so here's the joker! Hahaha Batman, thinking you're so cool, but you're just a fool. With many a hap and your little old british chap. I've got so much more than crumpets and tea, you see, tee hee hee! I'm still the clown prince of crime. You aren't the prince of anything, last time I looked. So sit back and watch, 'cause you're gonna get hooked. You're a member of the justice league, but you're getting so old that I'm getting some fatigue. Alfred, you say Two-Face's face is bad, but just look at yours, old lad. It's god wrinkles, and it's giving me the tinkles.Get ready for round 5, batman, but being good is something to which you could never strive. s://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com...; alt="" width="333" height="209" />
Epic Rap Battles of History: The Joker VS. Batman

Authors note: No, actually, I didn't miss my chance. You said "the next round", not "the next half of the current round".At any rate, let's go back to normal for the remaining rounds.Hello, it's me, the british servant of the bat, coming to deliver you a destructive rap.Oh look who we have here, a hideous beast, what happened to you, did the vultures have a feast?Look at you, Two-Face, you're just a disgrace. I'm here to put the Joker's lap dog in his place.In case you didn't notice, the lap dog is you, the one who looks worse than the waste in the loo!I can't help but notice the peculiar relationship the joker has with master.It seems almost fragile, similar to plaster.I don't necessarily think they are enemies. They are more like the clown fish and the anenome.Although the Joker treats him like an annoying older brother, neither one can live, without the other.Anyway, back to the so called "man", who can't even keep his life-story in a can.Like anyone wants to hear about your alignment, perhaps your personality is like your face, in desperate need of refinement.It's nice to see you've picked the side of the Joker, who turned traitor on you like a Wall Street broker.It seems you are not good at picing friends. Perhaps it is time to make amends? Oh wait, I forgot, master told me to give it to you straight, we've got bigger fish to fry, we've got villians to deface, nobody has time for a traitor with a double-face.
Epic Rap Battles of History: The Joker VS. Batman

AUTHORS NOTE: Haha. Too bad for you. You missed your chance to rap as Robin or Alfred. But I didn't miss my chance, so please give a warm welcome my good buddy: TWO-FACE!!!!! P.S. This is the only round Two-Face will be in. The joker will be next round. Yo, yeah, I am two-faced. And my rhymes are much more than just "fast-paced". I'm the line between evil and good; defeating me is something that you never could. I'm so slick, my rhymes will make you sick. I'm the master of disaster, and the cause of your death. I'll be spittin' out rhymes tell my very last breath. My alignment is Neutral, meaning I fight for both sides. Such as Joker and you, but now I'm choosing of the evil of the two. Seems like you were talkin' to joker in your last response, because you missed your chance to play differently in this nonce. Therefore, you better give up for your strengths are few, and bow down to the clown prince of crime and the man of two!
Epic Rap Battles of History: The Joker VS. Batman

It seems most of your rap was complaining about one thing, so much that you ceased to rap and started to sing, addicted to me like a baby with a teething ring.Oh, it seems you are whining to me, about you overreacting and getting insanity.But it would do you good to know, that you will reap the seeds you've sown.Since you're a villain gone mad with power, I've made it my job to make you cower.You say the crime rate is my fault, but nobody asked you to begin you assault, so I suggest you take that with a grain of salt.It seems you are a maladjusted individual, with the grudges you hold becoming residual, so much that it permanently screws up your brain, so badly it puts James Holmes to shame.So with that I end this rap, after I've clearly drawn your demise a map, so try to beat me, I doubt you can, for what you seem to forget, is that I'M THE BATMAN.