Topic: 'Smart phones make us stupid, agree or disagree?'
Girl: Smart phones make us stupid, because we always cheat using the phone.
Boy: There is no proof that smart phones make us stupid though.
Girl: You are using the smart phone and you have already failed the exams. Duh! You have lost the 2 sided debate!
A loosely connected group of deep thinkers who come together to discuss all sorts of topics, including philosophy.
These communities exist now on social media platforms, such as youtube, whereas in the past they would have come together for social events or debates in front of a live audience.
Johnny joined a Great Debate Community to learn critical and deep thinking in order to expand his debating skills.
A frequently celebrated every Saturday specifically for debate kids. Serves as a legitimate excuse to get out of previous arrangements to spend time with the debate kids.
Andrew: Let's go to the movies on Saturday.
Leslie: No I'm busy, Saturday's are for debate kids after all!
A shit show that took place on September 29, 2020 between two absolute morons. The 2020 debate looked like two toddlers arguing over something small and they kept interrupting each other.
The title given to any number of hellish weeks spent at a university over summer practicing debate. At camp, students learn the fundamentals of debate as well as strategy, theory, and how to run strange post-modern arguments that only fellow debaters and experienced judges will understand. Students will also learn the art of staying awake for 4 days at a time, that espresso is its own food group, and how to acquire drugs in a foreign city. Days of camp are typically 7am-3am and some weeks there will be as many hours of sleep as there are arms on a Ugandan refugee. Students are likely to return home with a permanent carpet texture to their face (acquired by sleeping in the isles of law libraries), excessive kritiks and Kantian quotes, an appreciation for adderall and a deep relationship with their laptop.
"Where have you been all summer?"-Boy 1
"Oh sorry, I have been at Stanford for debate camp the past three weeks. I'm sure we can arrange a library or coffee meeting if you would like to look over my flows from practice rounds"-Boy 2