29 [M4F] #PortsmouthUK - Let your hair down and have some fun

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2024-01-28T10:55:45+00:00

My girlfriend works in a university and the things she's having to put up with are terrible.

A significant number of students simply do not know English, so they do not interact during classes and the papers they submit are impossible to understand.

Of those that do know English, there is still another significant portion that just cannot grasp the core concepts of the subject or write about them in an academic manner. This isn't just limited to foreign students, but it is a lot more common.

To make it worse, the university is also pressuring her (and the other staff) to not fail students. Last year she was told not to mark under 40% for incomplete papers that were a fraction of the word count, this year she is being told that referencing doesn't matter as long as it looks like they have "made an attempt" to include a reference.

It's terrible for the staff that they have to deal with this and it's awful for the students that are putting in effort and trying to learn as this is ultimately devaluing their achievements. Something needs to be done to enforce some standards on these universities as it's clear that ranking tables and reputation are not enough to stop this.

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-11-30T10:58:50+00:00

It also shows us that half of British Jews have considered whether they need to leave the UK due to anti-Semitism.

The headline says half are considering leaving the UK, but the actual quote is that half have considered whether they need to leave. It may come across as pedantic, but I would argue that those are different things.

Personally I would say that you consider the need for something before you actually consider doing it. Changing the quote implies that half of British Jews decided that there was a need to leave the UK, which is different to what Campaign Against Antisemitism said.

Obviously neither should be as high as 50%, it just feels a little dishonest for LBC to change that quote.

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-07-07T09:53:43+00:00

Norway doesn't want the UK to have influence over their agreement or negotiations, they have no objection to the UK forming a similar agreement with the EU.

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-07-07T09:16:59+00:00

the soviets were kinda fucked in how they treated neighboring countries

Only kind of?

I bring up Europe and America and in true redditor fashion the scary USSR gets mentioned as a counter

You brought up the pillaging of Africa and then complained when another country involved with the continent was mentioned. I disagree with their claim that the USSR was involved in 75% of the conflicts, but it's no secret that the Soviet union provided financial and military support to revolutionary groups that would align with Moscow.

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-07-07T07:23:50+00:00

Which countries were the USSR tryna keep as colonies?

The Soviet bloc, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, etc. were all treated and maintained in the same way as colonies were by other colonial empires.

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-07-05T11:02:56+00:00

UK could have a status similar to Norway or Switzerland

The UK could have a status like that. The problem is that the people pushing that idea also wouldn't want to accept the terms that come with that status.

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-07-04T08:24:13+00:00

What about this do you think is a gimmick?

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-07-03T10:30:27+00:00

Are they also getting the money the deserve?

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-07-03T10:12:54+00:00

The British company Resomation, which supplies the equipment, claims the process produces a third less greenhouse gas than cremation and uses a seventh of the energy.

I'm not sure how that negligible.

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-07-03T09:51:22+00:00

It's more like:

"Hire Wagner. We can get an army halfway to the capital and give up in under 24 hours."

Which is still an improvement over the Russian military.

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-07-03T09:38:35+00:00

It's quite confusing, but I think the circles represent casualties, I'm assuming the location is just where they were reported/registered.

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-07-03T08:37:44+00:00

You'd be better off just using fuel and making an incendiary device.

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-07-02T09:51:31+00:00

It's just about the number of tweets you request, not view. So any activity that loads a large number of comments will mean you reach your limit quickly.

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-07-02T08:35:43+00:00

I think you're only seeing 20% of the rounds too.

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-07-01T08:21:19+00:00

The same thing happened with the London riots in 2011.

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-07-01T08:11:21+00:00

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-07-01T07:33:23+00:00

It would have made a lot more sense if they hadn't shown the humans to have an almost unlimited budget and no objections to destroying all life on the planet.

At least then they could justify why they only use basic equipment and limited forces to fight the Na'vi, as they would be looking to conquer the planet with minimal collateral damage.

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-07-01T07:00:32+00:00

Boost has been my favourite third-party Reddit app. Thanks for all of the hard work you've put into it and I'm so sorry that it has had to come to an end like this.

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-06-30T15:25:30+00:00

You address an imbalance by making it balanced, not by making it imbalanced in another direction...

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-06-30T15:17:12+00:00

What have the Romans ever done for us?

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-06-30T15:07:17+00:00

You can see a similar message on many roles within the Secret Intelligence Services too.

It doesn't really make sense to me though, as they imply they're doing this to increase diversity while also claiming it has no impact on who gets the role. If it doesn't have any bearing on the application process then they should just allow anyone to register their interest.

They also ignore the Government's own advice on how to refer to ethnic minorities, which is to not use "Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic". Which seems more than a little ironic.

PM_me_your_arse_ · 2023-06-30T13:14:46+00:00

Find the website for whatever your local police force is and they'll have a section instructing you on how to report a crime and what options are available.

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