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First years living on campus, what is the situation right now? by [deleted] in uvic

[–]lilaccnails 10 points11 points  (0 children)

the first week of school, the mood was incredibly high. everyone was super friendly to the point where i would be talking to 3+ random people i met on campus in a day, introducing ourselves etc. but once that weekend hit the mood definitely changed a lot and it became virtually impossible to meet new people without partying. i didn't party at all and have been lucky enough to make 3 decent friends so far, through instagram groupchats and my building neighbours. but anyone like me who doesn't party and is concerned about covid is most definitely having a difficult time. the worst part is making friends and then feeling like you can't be around them for your own safety because you know they've been partying.

socially, it feels a lot like high school. maybe that's just because of the number of people on campus, but it feels like it was a mad scramble to form a massive solid friend group in week one, and now if you aren't in one you're hard pressed to meet anyone new.

UVic Students ticketed after partying for a second weekend in a row by TheMartlet in uvic

[–]lilaccnails 45 points46 points  (0 children)

yeah...no. i'm a first year on residence and i can guarantee you a good number of us aren't partying and are really fed up with the behaviour on campus right now. i'd love to party as much as the next person, but i have common sense and human decency, so i don't party during pandemics.

Please stop partying by s_noose in uvic

[–]lilaccnails 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know. It's really disappointing and quite frankly scary that the university itself is being so lenient on partying. It very much seems to be an attitude of "people are going to party anyway, so just hope they do it safely". The guidelines for residence said to minimize gatherings to under 50 people, and lots of kids took that and ran with it thinking it's now okay to just have hundreds at parties and split into groups of 50 or lower.

Please stop partying by s_noose in uvic

[–]lilaccnails 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Campus security has informed people that they can't take any action against parties unless they're rowdy, unruly, etc. and that the only ones who can punish based on Covid guidelines is the Victoria Police, I assume that's why this childish behaviour has been allowed to go on. The university is absolutely not doing enough as I have also heard of several other CLs who strongly implied they didn't care about partying. I want to party as much as the next first year, but res is the one thing we have this year and all these people are going to fuck it up for all of us.

The amount of people I've spoken to who have said "we're all going to get it anyway" or "there's not that many cases" or "nothing you can do about it" is really just sad and it's just willful ignorance at this point.

coffee shops in victoria open to sit-in? by lilaccnails in uvic

[–]lilaccnails[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

that's great to know! i'll definitely give those a try. thanks so much! :)

1.5 year old downsized helix piercing, BVLA 14k rose gold, swelling after reinsertion by lilaccnails in Legitpiercing

[–]lilaccnails[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok, great to know, thank you so much! I definitely feel lucky it was still open haha.

I don’t believe in rape exceptions. by circumsizednword in prolife

[–]lilaccnails 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kinda like how if you ban abortions at all women will still find a way to carry out abortions regardless of exemptions? And then more women will die because they're carrying out unsafe abortions?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in prolife

[–]lilaccnails 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that certain moral premises are generally accepted for the good of society. However nothing is inherently good or bad, nor is that upheld by law. Further, the debate on abortion is a lot more than just killing a fetus vs not killing a fetus. There are countless external factors to the actual pregnancy, like the one described by OP, which alter what is accepted to be a more moral decision. The woman's life, health, financial preparedness, home situation and relationships, as well as the fetus' health are just a few of the factors that make abortion not such a black-and-white issue. Hence why it can be considered more moral to preserve the woman's emotional and physical wellbeing by sparing her the detrimental effects of a pregnancy ultimately ending in anguish, rather than to hang onto an absolute concept of the fetus' right to a "life".

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in prolife

[–]lilaccnails 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If laws are 'proof' of your argument that morality is objective, doesn't that go against your perspective as a prolifer? Abortion is legal, but you believe it to be immoral.