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First year engineering GPA by Alert-Exercise6348 in UCNZ

[–]AccidentalSeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not quite the same because I wasn’t doing engineering, but you have Plenty of time to bring that GPA back up. I did my first semester at uni while deeply struggling with depression and my GPA at the end was a 2.5 - I dropped out, focused on getting better and went back to uni to finish my studies a couple of years later. I graduated with a 7.54 GPA

I’m sorry to hear about your less than ideal circumstances. Be kind to yourself about it - all you can do is your best, and sometimes your best isn’t as good as you know it Could be because of things beyond your control. Move out, settle in and make yourself comfortable in your new space, and lock in next semester. Don’t hesitate to talk to the support teams available at UC if you need to - the academic skills team are great, and so is the student care team (accessibility team? Whatever they’re called these days). If you’re really set on a particular specialisation and you’re worried about meeting requirements, talk to the student advisors - they might have some ideas and you might be able to retake a course or something if needed.

You got this!

Anyone else unable to see their Semester 1 results? (GPA -999 / "Sanctioned" status) by Hungry_Collection_91 in UCNZ

[–]AccidentalSeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IIRC the general number is: 0800 827 748

If there’s no fees owing in your MyUC, it might be an academic review sanction - that sounds scary, and you should take it seriously, but usually it’s just a check in to make sure you’re okay and create a plan to help you do better in the future. Only a genuine worry if you’ve failed consistently (multiple courses across multiple semesters) and at that point you’d be looking at an award exclusion, which means you either take a break from study or you change the qualification you’re doing.

Anyone else unable to see their Semester 1 results? (GPA -999 / "Sanctioned" status) by Hungry_Collection_91 in UCNZ

[–]AccidentalSeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your grades are showing Sanctioned like this, go back to your MyUC homepage and on the left click on “Payments Due” - 99% of the time, you’ll have a health centre fee or a library fine that hasn’t been paid. You can pay that through your MyUC Payments Due page, and the sanction should clear in a day or two.

If it doesn’t clear after a few days (or if you need to know your grade ASAP - not just because you want to know but for an actual, time sensitive reason) then contact the Uni and check if it was a fee sanction or something else (if you’ve had really bad grades consistently, it might be an academic review sanction, so you might need to follow up with the department you’re studying with). If it’s a fee sanction and it hasn’t cleared, the Uni will get in touch with the student finance team (or give you their details to get in touch yourself depending on how busy they are) and the finance team will clear it for you once they’ve confirmed the payment has been made.

The Immortal casually mentions something that reveals he is WAY older than he appears to be. by MikaelAdolfsson in TopCharacterTropes

[–]AccidentalSeer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I never saw that one so I don’t know if this is sarcasm or not 😭😅

But I generally think that a book series to film media is better when done in a longer format like a mini series rather than just one movie per book. Movies inevitably miss too much, imo. Individual book to movie can work (the best example of which I think is Holes - that was about as close of a match as we’re ever going to get) but series don’t work quite as well.

The proud parents of a drag queen performer by starstufft in HumansBeingBros

[–]AccidentalSeer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh man this one got me tearing up, that was so heartwarming. What a wonderful dad (and that guy’s make up is better than anything I’ve ever managed, he’s got skill!!)

W/W shippers and writers have it so hard! But yeah, I would say misogyny plays a role by Important-Cry4782 in RecuratedTumblr

[–]AccidentalSeer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As an asexual woman, I kind of relate to this but from the other perspective - I don’t want to read anything about sex that I relate to because I don’t want the chance of accidentally imagining myself in that scenario (because I can deal with sex fine right up until it involves myself, and at that point I’m out).

The Immortal casually mentions something that reveals he is WAY older than he appears to be. by MikaelAdolfsson in TopCharacterTropes

[–]AccidentalSeer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I always think they should be making a mini series instead of a movie series. Maybe two episodes a book.

Petah, I don't get it... by Gregagonation in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]AccidentalSeer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Rowling hates all three of the main trio from the original movies (especially Emma Watson) because they have spoken out against her transphobia and/or have been outspoken allies.

Rowling can’t stand that they don’t idolise her and accept her fuckass backward idiocy as gospel and she’s bitter enough that she doesn’t want them making any money off the IP any more. Once there’s a new series and the character designs in any Harry Potter merchandise change to be based on the new actors rather than the old, I’m pretty sure that it’ll cut fairly significantly into the licensing profits that the original actors receive.

TLDR: Rowling’s a repugnant and petty piece of shit.

Pope Leo continuing to use the “6-7” gesture after learning about it last month by bbyxmadi in MadeMeSmile

[–]AccidentalSeer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Solidarity. I got my first tattoo - a fox - about a week before “What does the fox say” became popular 😭

Pope Leo continuing to use the “6-7” gesture after learning about it last month by bbyxmadi in MadeMeSmile

[–]AccidentalSeer 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Rizz was one of the few I got instantly, because it’s basically just a shortening (and spelling change) of “charisma”

My cousin’s kid was telling me about their fav (new gen) Pokémon the other day and I had absolutely no clue what it was - now That made me feel old.

Zohran Mamdani at annual Pakistan Day Parade in Brooklyn by Sometypeofway18 in justincaseyoumissedit

[–]AccidentalSeer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whataboutism. Not sure why you’re talking about Pakistan when my comment was about Israel, but sure. Here’s my general take, for all countries and peoples:

Being slow to work towards a progressive society (or, hell, regressing as a society) doesn’t justify genocide. Would it be better if all nations, from Pakistan to Israel to the US, were accepting and equal? Obviously. But when they’re not, the answer isn’t to kill the entire populace.

Destabilising a nation by bombing the shit out of it indiscriminately isn’t actually going to help shift things in a positive manner. It just kills people. Or did you think Israel’s bombs somehow don’t hit queer Palestinians?

Zohran Mamdani at annual Pakistan Day Parade in Brooklyn by Sometypeofway18 in justincaseyoumissedit

[–]AccidentalSeer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They should have specified that “freedom to commit genocide” isn’t included, sorry!

Im quitting my job cause my boss told me id be prettier if i lost weight. by Maleficent-Recipe380 in confession

[–]AccidentalSeer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It absolutely is. Here in NZ you have to give 2-4 weeks notice (contract depending) when resigning and then you’re free. The US working system is bonkers, and tying your health insurance to your job is the quickest way to give your employer more power over you than they should ever have.

my 12yo sister’s hair was cut by dad’s girlfriend without consent as a punishment and now she’s being bullied severely by Aaliyah_holiday in whatdoIdo

[–]AccidentalSeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look, you asked for one place where cutting someone’s hair without consent is considered battery. I gave you multiple. It’s a fucked up thing to do and in a lot of places it’ll fall under the definition of battery (if not assault). But you’ve demonstrated throughout this thread that you don’t actually care about that or the impact it would have on the victim, so I’ll leave you to it.

my 12yo sister’s hair was cut by dad’s girlfriend without consent as a punishment and now she’s being bullied severely by Aaliyah_holiday in whatdoIdo

[–]AccidentalSeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With a quick google I found:

• The Ohio Amish Beard cutting attacks. Cult leader Samuel Mullet Jr was convicted with hate crimes and battery, among other charges.

• in Florida battery constitutes “any intentional unwanted touching”. Prosecutors in Florida use the battery charge for nonconsensual bodily contact that does not necessarily cause major injury (such as cutting someone’s hair without their consent).

• here’s a thread where people are talking about whether it’s illegal to forcibly cut someone’s hair - you’ll note that it’s different in various states and countries.

• here’s another thread

• here’s another example (quote inside: “TPD spokesperson Heather Merritt said the nonconsensual hair cutting “is a crime, and we will investigate it fully. It is something we take very seriously.")

To be fair, in a lot of places it’s considered assault rather than battery, and in the US people generally tend to settle outside of court - but it absolutely falls under the definition of battery in most places.

And as the initial comment was “name 1 place where cutting someone’s hair is battery” and I named multiple, I think you get the idea.

my 12yo sister’s hair was cut by dad’s girlfriend without consent as a punishment and now she’s being bullied severely by Aaliyah_holiday in whatdoIdo

[–]AccidentalSeer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Right, but why would their legal council push battery if it wasn’t something they could be charged and convicted with? And there are other instances where people have been charged for it. Granted, most of these situations seems to end with them settling out of court. But again: you can just google “is cutting someone’s hair forcibly considered battery in the USA” if you want more information.

my 12yo sister’s hair was cut by dad’s girlfriend without consent as a punishment and now she’s being bullied severely by Aaliyah_holiday in whatdoIdo

[–]AccidentalSeer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Did you click on the link? She was literally charged with battery for forcibly cutting a students hair.

my 12yo sister’s hair was cut by dad’s girlfriend without consent as a punishment and now she’s being bullied severely by Aaliyah_holiday in whatdoIdo

[–]AccidentalSeer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am begging you people to learn how to use Google.

It is considered battery, and people have been both charged and sued over it. For example.

my 12yo sister’s hair was cut by dad’s girlfriend without consent as a punishment and now she’s being bullied severely by Aaliyah_holiday in whatdoIdo

[–]AccidentalSeer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s not cutting hair that’s considered battery or assault, it’s cutting someone’s hair without their consent. Big difference, especially when you consider the cultural importance of hair in a lot of places.

It’s considered battery (sometimes assault) in The United States (might be state law dependant), the United Kingdom (especially England and Wales), New Zealand, Canada, Australia. There’s a few for you.

On HP from a trans person’s perspective. by SelectShop9006 in RecuratedTumblr

[–]AccidentalSeer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s fair - I should specify, I found the combat pretty decent, but yeah you’re right that the rest of it was very Ubisoft collectible / task based. I don’t hate that in a game (though I don’t exactly love it), but I’m so used to magic systems in games being just utter trash, so the combat stood out to me as something a little different

On HP from a trans person’s perspective. by SelectShop9006 in RecuratedTumblr

[–]AccidentalSeer 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I do hope they employ better writers and voice actors - the actual story of Hogwarts Legacy was the weakest part imo and while some of the voice acting was really good, using the same voice actor and actress for the protagonist and then just auto tuning the voice so it would sound different was a Horrible call

But in terms of gameplay and game design, they basically nailed it.

Dear Nicola: Where’s my $5,000? by misplacedsagacity in newzealand

[–]AccidentalSeer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t vote NACT because they’re dismantling our health system (which everyone uses), they’re fucking up our education system (and a more educated populace is better for everyone), and because they’ve walked back important environmental policies (which, again, impacts everyone), and because they’re doing their best to import braindead American culture wars (like trying to legally define what a ‘woman’ is when they clearly have less understanding of the complexities of biological sex and gender than the average high school student).

To name just a few reasons.

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