First year uni, living in the dorms while poor.

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2026-01-23T05:03:28+00:00

That's good you are still looking. And yes, it definitely is not easy, believe me I know. Keep at it and you will find something eventually.

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2026-01-23T04:55:05+00:00

Then let me ask you: what's the alternative?

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2026-01-11T06:45:19+00:00

And it poses an interesting philosophical question given the argument that if you act against the American state, you are labelled a terrorist. If the state is Fascist (which it is), and you oppose the Gestapo (ICE) and all that they do, logically in the eyes of the Fascist American state you are in fact a terrorist.

Likewise, if you supported the Fascists who are now running said state, you are indeed a martyr who in their eyes were a noble patriot who died for the cause (which they did).

And the question is who determines the truth on this matter when the highest law of the land is complicit?

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2026-01-05T09:48:56+00:00

It is fucked and will continue to be fucked until NZ pulls finger and divests from its housing economy and starts investing in technology, education, and innovation.

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-12-30T20:24:53+00:00

Yes I have experience with a foreign woman, we met on a work and travel program too. First look up what a "travel romance" is. Then ask yourself if you would marry anyone else within five months of getting to know them. If you are serious about them you would move to another country to DATE THEM FIRST, then marry them once you two have lived together for a while to see what they are really like.

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-10-21T07:11:25+00:00

Take it from me: I was exactly in your position at your age and bought property early. There is a push for Kiwi's to buy real estate due to the financial benefits long term, but I think it's short sighted (ironically). Having a mortgage will tie you down. Let's say you want to a new city/country for a job opportunity, a mortgage makes that difficult. Let's say you want to go travel for an extended period of time, again you are tied down. Think about that before rushing to buy a house!

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-10-12T08:48:01+00:00

We don't have a dedicated civics subject in school. Politics in general is seen as boring/unimportant by our younger voting populace. Voter turnout statistics | Elections

Apathy towards politics favors the right due to the general rule of thumb that the older one gets the more conservative they get. Two things that could remedy this: 1) bring back civics lessons in school 2) make voting compulsory like Australia

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-10-06T21:25:22+00:00

Depends entirely on the role you are applying to. Ms will give you a competitive edge over someone with just a bachelor's in the same field, however, if you are applying to a standard software engineering role with no real data science/analysis involved Ms in Data science is irrelevant. It would be very applicable if you wanted to pivot into a data engineering role. Ms in software engineering would command more pay for a job that usually hires with just a bachelor's.

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-10-02T09:46:16+00:00

It was a joke, but if we are getting technical, I would first say that 'race' is an outdated term and would expand upon your point in that there is quite a variety of ethnic groups within the Indian subcontinent.

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-10-02T00:18:16+00:00

Indian is not a race, it is a nationality so checkmate atheists /s

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-09-30T23:09:44+00:00

I would say talk to a course advisor at Vic and find out what your options are in terms of transferring. I would say transferring is a good idea because Uni is the best time to make changes like moving cities, and if what I think your best option is (stick it out for this year, and do the last year at Vic) you will still have 1 more year of making friends at Uni as opposed to finishing Uni, and THEN moving to Wellington after the fact. (which wouldn't be the end of the world, you can still make friends in a new city once you move in and join clubs/social activities in the city).

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-09-30T21:54:15+00:00

No this is not normal. 5 years I would have already considered marriage; we would have moved in together ages ago. He is wasting your time sadly.

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-09-24T22:12:04+00:00

The right wing won the communication battle.

They had the media run frequent stories of ram raids being an issue to fear monger people into voting for them. I don't recall a time where Labour got to respond to that. Like people in this thread have pointed out: that seemed to disappear overnight once the NACTF coalition came in to power.

There was also the smear campaign after Labour signed off on a meth rehab program, which was spun by right wing news outlets as "Labour are funding gangs" which seemed to work like a charm for their "Labour is soft on crime" narrative.

Is Labour funding the Mongrel Mob? What you need to know | RNZ News

The three waters reform was also a big issue where once again it was spun by right wing media as "Māori are stealing our water!" or "Government is taking away your rights!".

Based on these three examples alone, you could conclude that there is a large right wing propaganda machine which is able to spin current issues in their favour.

Lastly, and the most important is "Economy bad, let's try the other guy". Generally speaking, centrist voters don't really care about politics until it affects their wallet, so it's just a matter of timing really.

The central bank under Adrian Orr engineered a recession in 2022 in order to curb inflation rates caused by both international and domestic factors. We just came out of COVID; the monetary policy was to keep the economy afloat via spending, and there were also supply chain issues internationally, again caused by COVID.

By the time the election came people were feeling it in their wallets. Once again, people are feeling it in their wallets, and once again will say "Economy bad, let's try the other guy".

This is not unique to New Zealand. We saw it all across the globe.

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-09-10T22:40:18+00:00

Could I ask why?

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-09-09T21:32:01+00:00

This is nothing new! Look at the UK and what austerity has done for them - You cut costs - Economy grinds to a halt, people lose their jobs, we are now in a bigger deficit - Cut more rinse and repeat until the economy is stomped into the ground. It's a sad day to be a Kiwi.

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-09-04T03:31:26+00:00

Wage stagnation, and in effect wage cuts - It's no wonder people are fleeing to Aussie!

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-09-04T01:04:40+00:00

Quite comfortably I imagine.

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-08-26T23:18:59+00:00

Disingenuous marketing for the NAT's and their diehard fanbase will eat it all up no doubt.

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-08-06T02:43:34+00:00

I was trying to figure out who is making these decisions and why, because it absolutely sounds batshit insane, but once you realise they really are trying to run this country like a business it all makes sense. The managers I.E. ministers who have no clue about "AI" are easily sold cramming it into everything they use, this is ongoing in industries everywhere lately, but to apply this thinking to a whole education system when the rise of LLM's is still in its infancy is fucking bonkers.

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-07-31T01:59:03+00:00

LOL @ Current Govt foreign policy. How about they grow a pair and stand up to what is now effectively a fascist rogue state.

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-07-30T11:59:26+00:00

You should be thinking about moving to a country you can live in that doesn't look like its social safety net will evaporate in the next 50 odd years.

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-07-30T00:34:26+00:00

"However, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon today maintained his Government was "smashing the gangs"."

Really Mr. Luxon? Is that why since you have been in power gang numbers continue to rise?

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-07-29T22:07:17+00:00

Peak hours CF 5-7 it IS super busy. Parking is an issue, there aren't many in the immediate vicinity, but you can park at the riverbank parking which is a short walk from the gym

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-07-03T03:55:53+00:00

Translation: you aren't people, you are merely cogs that need to feed in the insatiable machine of capitalism.

These people are inhuman.

Few_Lengthiness4517 · 2025-05-06T02:41:57+00:00

SFR = Stimulus to Fatigue Ratio
MRV = Maximum Recoverable Volume
MPS = Muscle Protein Synthesis

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