Play Nice Random Chat Thread IV

[Scallop Industry Thug]

.......and just like that it opens up for you and the entire premise is dismissed.

You're a lazy, lazy thinker. What a waste it will be if you're still resorting to this in your 40's onwards.

The role of universities and their current form is a valid topic, but discussions of race wars and gulags is emotional nonsense.

Why don’t you discuss how universities are essentially doing tafe training? Or making up shortfalls in govt funding by accepting grants or sponsors? How does that effect research? Or the casualisation of academic staff? They’re too busy keeping their job to create a Marxist revolution.

These personalities want to make you angry. Fact check them first and go from there.

 

[giantroo]

 

[ferball]

What happens as these people move in to positions of influence?

The whole thing comes crashing down.

Your attitude on this is like the people on this website who think the world is ending because we lost a game of footy on the weekend. Who look at our performance this season and think we'll never play finals again.

 

[Flawed Genius]

There are no planes in the sky at the moment.

It must have already happened.

****

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Anyway, on a different topic, this is a very interesting article:

www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/sorry-for-misleading-you-but-i-cried-wolf-on-the-global-dangers-of-climate-change/news-story/0079baab2757686b0bffc014de064676

I think you can get past the paywall by copying and pasting the link.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Your attitude on this is like the people on this website who think the world is ending because we lost a game of footy on the weekend. Who look at our performance this season and think we'll never play finals again.

In fairness though, we’re finishing 9th forever.

 

[Snake_Baker]

You need to be aware that your experience is not representative of the overall university system.

Not yet, and its certainly already over representative of the overall university system.

I assume you didn't do statistics, otherwise you'd understand the folly of stating a conclusion based on a sample where n = 1.

Of course I did statistics. I didn't do an arts degree. I did two focused mathematics modules and further statistical analysis throughout the studies.

It's the quality of the work that suffers once candidates leap frog due to non academic factors.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Snake_Baker]

Anyway, on a different topic, this is a very interesting article:

NoCookies | The Australian

www.theaustralian.com.au

I think you can get past the paywall by copying and pasting the link.

It's about time they started coming forward.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

The whole system has fallen apart because of one more option to get special consideration?

In the 80s people applied for special consideration because of the October '87 financial crisis' effect on their parent's finances. Not cos they lost their homes etc, cos they lost money.

All the things happening in the world and people whinge about this... It's not even first world problems. It haute bourgeios busybody problems.

Yep. I’m sure this is doing the rounds on social media. It will get 10,000 people angry before 1 of them looks into it.

 

[DesertRoo]

I see we’ve picked up on the mafia tax percentage of gdp rather then a needs model..

 

[ferball]

It's not well organized to get that far, but these idiots could very well initiate a backlash that is equally as ugly, and realistically more readily prepared to choose real violence.

They are using their positions of authority to influence/pressure young minds to step in sync with their own political views.

Re the bold ... This is just how the world works. Everyone does that. John Howard did it and we ended up with drunk bogans pissing on at the dawn service at Gallipoli.

Re the rest

You mean like they did with #BLM?

That only needed yet another spontaneous outbreak of violence by an oppressed community (look at the Minneapolis arrest rate graph up thread if you want proof,) for about the third or forth time since US police went fully ballistic about a decade ago to gain any momentum.

Or do you mean people are gonna be so annoyed by trivial university bullshit that they will start a violent fascistic backlash?

 

[ferball]

They aren't gonna be that much use without nukes, or some form of Hendra in them.

 

[DesertRoo]

They aren't gonna be that much use without nukes, or some form of Hendra in them.

There’s nukes already here, well they’re classified as on US soil but they’re here.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

It's about time they started coming forward.

It's good to get a well-researched perspective from someone who has lived it and has had his view changed by direct participation in the area.

 

[Val Keating]

‘Like a virus’: Confusion over new Australian Made logo

The much-loved kangaroo logo representing Australia is being sidelined in favour of an abstract image of a yellow wattle.

www.news.com.au

I wonder how much money they wasted on this rubbish

 

[DesertRoo]

I wonder how much money they wasted on this rubbish

Would’ve been better off spent investing in blockchain tech, to assure the origin of the product.

 

[Val Keating]

Would’ve been better off spent investing in blockchain tech, to assure the origin of the product.

So many more things to spend money on or even just pay attention to

 

[The Warlord]

I wonder how much money they wasted on this rubbish

Was just bullshit made up by Miranda Devine.

It isn't changing.

 

[see see]

Special Consideration has been part of the university landscape for decades. There are formal processes for assessing each application and it is rare to change a grade - more commonly, students will be allowed to take further / supplementary assessment.

Nothing to see here, folks.

It's by no means a perfect system. I unsuccessfully applied to get my maths results upgraded based on my personal circumstance of being sh*t at maths. Can't believe those know it all academic types knocked it back.

 

[Val Keating]

Was just bullshit made up by Miranda Devine.

It isn't changing.

WTF Really? What’s the point of that? Jesus Christ media is shithouse.

 

[Tectonic]

WTF Really? What’s the point of that? Jesus Christ media is shithouse.

Australian Made (@AustralianMade) on Twitter

 

[The Warlord]

WTF Really? What’s the point of that? Jesus Christ media is shithouse.

To rile people up so they'll click and share.

 

[Engimal v3]

I can never figure out why this mark is overlooked so much. Probably my favourite of the last 20 years.

 

[Val Keating]

To rile people up so they'll click and share.

They wonder why people don’t believe the media