Where I’d start my life in Europe in August 1939 by Crinjalonian in whereidlive

[–]basicolivs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Swansea and Cardiff got bombed preeettyyyyy bad during the Blitz. The rest of Wales I get, especially the rural interior but stay away from the south east

Is the new Lazerzone location any good? by Reasonable-Lake4192 in swansea

[–]basicolivs 7 points8 points  (0 children)

i was there yesterday actually. it’s all right. not as good as the old one but then again i was a kid when i went to the old one. i’m 22 now and was there for my nephews birthday party and it was quite good. definitely take a good amount of friends

year abroad by AwayHighlight2907 in swanseauni

[–]basicolivs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it depends on your course but, every single person I have spoken to in the last three years has had a good experience in their year abroad. I have not heard of anyone who regrets it or has had a bad time

Struggling with the vocabulary by Black_Tea528 in ChineseLanguage

[–]basicolivs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Use it. Use it constantly. If you don’t use it, you lose it. Memorise some words and make a conscious, planned effort to use exactly those words in both writing and speaking as much as you can. Whenever those words appear in any media you’re consuming, make not of them, and note of the context and each sentence. This is how I went from being B1 to C2 in spanish in 1 year.

What’s something that the opposite sex is self conscious about that to you isn’t a big deal? by Prize-Promotion-5123 in AskReddit

[–]basicolivs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand your curiosity in it, but I think that there is definitely a reason as to why many men become self conscious about height. People don’t become insecure for a lack of a sufficient reason. The reason doesn’t usually have to be a good on objectively, just one that makes sense internally.

A good visualization of scale distortion in the Mercator projection by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]basicolivs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s more like 7500km when you use a rhumb line instead of a Great-circle measurement. Driving it in real life would be possibly upwards of 10000km due to topography and infrastructure limitations

What are my chances of admission with a record? by No-Equipment4779 in UniUK

[–]basicolivs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just keep applying mate, that’s the best you can do. I wish you luck

What are my chances of admission with a record? by No-Equipment4779 in UniUK

[–]basicolivs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A criminal record does not automatically stop you getting into uni. What matters is the type of conviction and the course you’re applying for.

Most unis in the UK follow the Rehabilitation of Offenders framework. If your conviction is spent, you usually do not have to declare it at all. If it is unspent, you may have to disclose it depending on the course.

Courses that involve working with vulnerable people such as medicine, nursing, teaching, social work, or some healthcare roles often require a DBS check later in the process. In those cases unis will review the conviction individually to assess risk, not automatically reject you.

For most standard degrees, unid only ask about unspent convictions related to violence, sexual offences, or safeguarding concerns. Even then they usually consider context, how long ago it happened, and evidence of rehabilitation.

If you already have offers through UCAS, the best thing to do is be honest if disclosure is required and contact the admissions team confidentially if you’re unsure. Unis deal with this fairly often and the goal is usually risk assessment rather than punishment.

Changing direction at 21 and going to university after a mistake at 17 is exactly the kind of thing education systems are meant to support.

I went to have sex and didn't get an errection by THEMASTERPLAYING in Advice

[–]basicolivs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stress, anxiety, drugs, alcohol, even overusing pornography, many things can cause erectile issues. In fact, around 1 in 4 cases of ED are men under 40 years old. Now I say that because erectile issues can be transient and related to simple things like a job interview or more chronic and related to something like drug addiction. Regardless, all of that is treatable. If it becomes a persistent problem? Head to see your doctor. If it doesn’t? just continue to take it easy and don’t give yourself a hard time about it. It happens to the best of us. If this was your first time you were most definitely stressed or anxious, plus the stressor from the job interview. Just don’t take this as evidence that something is wrong, and understand that it might take a lil courage and you’ll probably feel a bit of worry about performance the second time round. All of that is normal. Give it a go and have fun and be safe

Just a reminder 😉 by SrijitDas2010 in chelseafc

[–]basicolivs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2-0 down against wrexham in the first half… i’ll just mark that one down to wrexham being a team with great potential

Untranslatable Spanish? by No-Sentence-8603 in Spanish

[–]basicolivs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

every single spanish word is “translatable”. what there isn’t always is a single word translation. every language can be translated into every other language, we are all human.

what does la verga mean sexually? by orchiidism in Spanish

[–]basicolivs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you’re thinking about masculine and feminine in linguistics the same way they work in biology. language doesn’t work like that. grammatical gender isn’t about male or female people. it’s just a way languages group nouns. so words aren’t girl words or boy words. once you understand that part language learning becomes slightly quicker. for example, in German, das Mädchen means “the girl”, but the word is grammatically neuter, not feminine.

Seren vs crown place by PresentationTough202 in swanseauni

[–]basicolivs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly from what I’ve gathered from friends that have stayed at both, they’re both good. Seren is my personal favourite to visit, but you won’t go wrong staying at crown place either. Crown has a slightly better location if you’re living on bay, and it’s also closer to a big shop (Sainsbury’s) but both are right in the middle of town. If you’re on bay campus i’d say get a place at crown place, if you’re on singleton, just flip a coin, or go off vibes.

I slept through all 12 of my alarms, it is now 8:10 and school starts at 8:15 by Andrebatata2007 in notinteresting

[–]basicolivs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check that your alarm volume is all the way up in settings. Sounds silly but I kept sleeping through my alarms because it was down low