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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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So I've got 2000 words to discuss violence and the wider social, psychological and moral issues raised by it. So far I've got 2061 and I've not written a conclusion/introduction yet.
I don't want to crop out all my badly-researched Foucault/Marxist criticism. Tell me some good uni essay anecdotes.
Ed: Violence in 'Great Expectations' and 'North and South', mid-Victorian literature basically.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:28, 163 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
So I've got 2000 words to discuss violence and the wider social, psychological and moral issues raised by it. So far I've got 2061 and I've not written a conclusion/introduction yet.
I don't want to crop out all my badly-researched Foucault/Marxist criticism. Tell me some good uni essay anecdotes.
Ed: Violence in 'Great Expectations' and 'North and South', mid-Victorian literature basically.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:28, 163 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
I am a master of the Uni essay.
Perfectly researched, quotes picked, planned and drafted in 10 hours flat.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:31, Reply)
Perfectly researched, quotes picked, planned and drafted in 10 hours flat.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:31, Reply)
I can't stand how I'm being limited by word count
My friends at other unis get an average 3000 word count, not 2000. At least they've got the space to develop an argument.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:38, Reply)
My friends at other unis get an average 3000 word count, not 2000. At least they've got the space to develop an argument.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:38, Reply)
so write 3000 and condense it down
+/- 10% is usually allowed too so you have 2200
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:51, Reply)
+/- 10% is usually allowed too so you have 2200
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:51, Reply)
It used to be only last year
that if you were only 1 word over, you'd get hit for 5 or 10% of your mark. They've changed it now, but I'm still a bit 'oh em gee need to be under the word count!1'.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:56, Reply)
that if you were only 1 word over, you'd get hit for 5 or 10% of your mark. They've changed it now, but I'm still a bit 'oh em gee need to be under the word count!1'.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:56, Reply)
I never went to Uni.
I was too busy getting involved with viloence and the wider social, psychological and moral issues raised by it.
Fancy a scrap?
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:31, Reply)
I was too busy getting involved with viloence and the wider social, psychological and moral issues raised by it.
Fancy a scrap?
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:31, Reply)
You're just reacting to the bourgousie.
God I can't even spell it, let alone react against it.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:35, Reply)
God I can't even spell it, let alone react against it.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:35, Reply)
That's YOUR issue, biznatch.
My pasta brings all the... Italians to the yard?
SHUT UP.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:56, Reply)
My pasta brings all the... Italians to the yard?
SHUT UP.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:56, Reply)
I've considered all the other types of pasta I can think of
And have concluded that that is about as good as it can get.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:09, Reply)
And have concluded that that is about as good as it can get.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:09, Reply)
Yeah I struggled as well.
Had to actually listen to 'Milkshake' to think of a shit pun.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:15, Reply)
Had to actually listen to 'Milkshake' to think of a shit pun.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:15, Reply)
User name is far, far too close to someone who caused a lot of shit on here.
Who are you, and what have you got?
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:32, Reply)
Who are you, and what have you got?
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:32, Reply)
Er, what?
A lot of shit on offtopic? I got pretty much blasted on /talk a few years back for being a whingy twat, if that's what you mean.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:34, Reply)
A lot of shit on offtopic? I got pretty much blasted on /talk a few years back for being a whingy twat, if that's what you mean.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:34, Reply)
No no no.
I used to be BatDyke until I shortened it.
As I say, /talk regular until they and I decided I wasn't. To be fair I was a twat, like I say.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:36, Reply)
I used to be BatDyke until I shortened it.
As I say, /talk regular until they and I decided I wasn't. To be fair I was a twat, like I say.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:36, Reply)
I was a teenager and trying ever so hard to be cool.
I should think I wouldn't have liked me either, I was all 'LOOK I'M DIFFERENT!'. Also many of the /talk in-jokes went over my head so I wasn't finding it that enjoyable. Which I guess is sour grapes.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:49, Reply)
I should think I wouldn't have liked me either, I was all 'LOOK I'M DIFFERENT!'. Also many of the /talk in-jokes went over my head so I wasn't finding it that enjoyable. Which I guess is sour grapes.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:49, Reply)
Is this another me?
You know, 'Check me out, I'm on b3ta and that makes me COOL' types?
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:52, Reply)
You know, 'Check me out, I'm on b3ta and that makes me COOL' types?
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:52, Reply)
I work with one of those.
'Oh Cameron is just trying his best, benefits claimants are just scroungers'. He doesn't appreciate my sarcasm.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:59, Reply)
'Oh Cameron is just trying his best, benefits claimants are just scroungers'. He doesn't appreciate my sarcasm.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:59, Reply)
I like the photoshopped Tory election poster
picture of Cameron with caption: "I love the NHS so much I want to smash it into pieces and give them to my rich friends."
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:21, Reply)
picture of Cameron with caption: "I love the NHS so much I want to smash it into pieces and give them to my rich friends."
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:21, Reply)
Haha way of the mark there, I reckon ;)
None of the telltale signs, or anything!
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:47, Reply)
None of the telltale signs, or anything!
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:47, Reply)
Ew, BSM did that shit?
That's nasty.
AND you confused me for them?!
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:50, Reply)
That's nasty.
AND you confused me for them?!
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:50, Reply)
Nah, I was all bullshit conjecture.
The way things tend to get on t'interwebz.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:18, Reply)
The way things tend to get on t'interwebz.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:18, Reply)
That was always my opening line when recruiting new staff
Welcome to O/T.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:41, Reply)
Welcome to O/T.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:41, Reply)
I recommend that you delete every fourth word
And then delete your account and kill yourself.
Hope this helps x
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:38, Reply)
And then delete your account and kill yourself.
Hope this helps x
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:38, Reply)
Stock answer is stock Tangles.
I think you should add some spice to it, 'cos it's evening time.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:42, Reply)
I think you should add some spice to it, 'cos it's evening time.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:42, Reply)
Rumbled
And I would have got away with it, if it wasn't for stupid sexy underage sisters.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:47, Reply)
And I would have got away with it, if it wasn't for stupid sexy underage sisters.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:47, Reply)
I think they've already left
Edit: No, my mistake. They stuck around.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:48, Reply)
Edit: No, my mistake. They stuck around.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:48, Reply)
Thing is though, with a genuine gayer on OT, would we have to call a halt to the quendisms?
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:50, Reply)
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:50, Reply)
I think I used to think I was.
Some of the issue was I was being all 'I'm so offensive with my b3ta name! Aren't I cool with my GIRLFRIEND?!', but no, I guess now I'm just happy being me.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:54, Reply)
Some of the issue was I was being all 'I'm so offensive with my b3ta name! Aren't I cool with my GIRLFRIEND?!', but no, I guess now I'm just happy being me.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:54, Reply)
Are you Badger?
I think time cured my teenage attention-seeking ways, if that helps. She says. Posting about it on the internet.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:00, Reply)
I think time cured my teenage attention-seeking ways, if that helps. She says. Posting about it on the internet.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:00, Reply)
They really are the Jabba the Hutt and Salacious Crumb of the internet.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:05, Reply)
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:05, Reply)
I had to
starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Salacious_B._Crumb that, but lololol.
Aw.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:11, Reply)
starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Salacious_B._Crumb that, but lololol.
Aw.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:11, Reply)
No problem with you being slightly mental.
But on the 'Gazza' scale, are you nearer a 10 than a 1?
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:01, Reply)
But on the 'Gazza' scale, are you nearer a 10 than a 1?
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:01, Reply)
I'm no more mental than the rest of b3ta, I shouldn't think.
I was just young, inexperienced and a bit up myself. What's the Gazza scale? I don't follow football.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:03, Reply)
I was just young, inexperienced and a bit up myself. What's the Gazza scale? I don't follow football.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:03, Reply)
Ah, the 'nuts to the certifiable' point.
Nah, I can't be bothered with the commitment of being *that* mentalist. Bad enough I still feel tarred with the same brush the 17 year old 'omg im so cool lol' me was tarred with.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:06, Reply)
Nah, I can't be bothered with the commitment of being *that* mentalist. Bad enough I still feel tarred with the same brush the 17 year old 'omg im so cool lol' me was tarred with.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:06, Reply)
Clearly you do, you know who Gazza is.
I'll bet 'cause you don't really 'follow' football, you like Man United the best, because they win things.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:05, Reply)
I'll bet 'cause you don't really 'follow' football, you like Man United the best, because they win things.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:05, Reply)
I guess if I was going to follow a team
it would be either them or Chelsea, as my Mum was a Man U fan and my Dad a Chelsea supporter.
I'd still rather play Minecraft or something though.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:07, Reply)
it would be either them or Chelsea, as my Mum was a Man U fan and my Dad a Chelsea supporter.
I'd still rather play Minecraft or something though.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:07, Reply)
I guess.
It's like if you were in a Lego world, but you mine stuff (diamond, coal, gold) to craft stuff (weapons, minecarts, torches). It's kind of fun, in that it's quite sandbox-ish. Not sure if it's still free-to-play as a browser game but there's videos online.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:13, Reply)
It's like if you were in a Lego world, but you mine stuff (diamond, coal, gold) to craft stuff (weapons, minecarts, torches). It's kind of fun, in that it's quite sandbox-ish. Not sure if it's still free-to-play as a browser game but there's videos online.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:13, Reply)
I'm here.
I got distracted by trying to crop my useless attempt at an essay I think.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:51, Reply)
I got distracted by trying to crop my useless attempt at an essay I think.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:51, Reply)
I'm not a 'start thread and leave' type.
I wouldn't do that to you, not my pretties. Oh no.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:53, Reply)
I wouldn't do that to you, not my pretties. Oh no.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:53, Reply)
Bats
TD approves of you. Don't attempt to post during the day or you'll be demolished by dullards who don't know what it is to work for a living.
I commend Bats to the house.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:59, Reply)
TD approves of you. Don't attempt to post during the day or you'll be demolished by dullards who don't know what it is to work for a living.
I commend Bats to the house.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 22:59, Reply)
Daytime is fun.
All Bats has to do, is add to their sig, 'as proposed by TD' and they'll be fine.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:02, Reply)
All Bats has to do, is add to their sig, 'as proposed by TD' and they'll be fine.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:02, Reply)
TD is a terrible pederast during daylight hours.
At nighttime he is an inveterate quender.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:06, Reply)
At nighttime he is an inveterate quender.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:06, Reply)
That boy is.
This boy is well whipped up because he's going to see Killing Joke in Sheffield on Friday.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:19, Reply)
This boy is well whipped up because he's going to see Killing Joke in Sheffield on Friday.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:19, Reply)
That's quite exciting.
I'm desperate for another gig - the last one was probably 2009 that I went to, and that was J-pop rubbish.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:28, Reply)
I'm desperate for another gig - the last one was probably 2009 that I went to, and that was J-pop rubbish.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:28, Reply)
There should be something
about 'transgender' 'LAMP' and 'grandparents' in my post history. Establish away.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:21, Reply)
about 'transgender' 'LAMP' and 'grandparents' in my post history. Establish away.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:21, Reply)
Show her your minge.
If she tries to eat it, send up the warning flare.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:21, Reply)
If she tries to eat it, send up the warning flare.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:21, Reply)
Claims not to be Batshitmentalist
Hasn't been given the traditional FOB
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:22, Reply)
Hasn't been given the traditional FOB
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:22, Reply)
Close - Bert
Although it appears that I am back on the list for that one.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:24, Reply)
Although it appears that I am back on the list for that one.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:24, Reply)
How very dare you!
I've never shown anyone my minge. Ever. Not once.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:33, Reply)
I've never shown anyone my minge. Ever. Not once.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:33, Reply)
Maybe I DO.
*Twilight Zone theme*
On that note I'm off to bed.
Night all.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:37, Reply)
*Twilight Zone theme*
On that note I'm off to bed.
Night all.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:37, Reply)
I'm sure I was only saying yesterday
That we haven't had a good bertdown for a while.
I'll have to get Roota on the case.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:24, Reply)
That we haven't had a good bertdown for a while.
I'll have to get Roota on the case.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:24, Reply)
As far as I know.
I'll be seeing DJ at the weekend, so I'll catch up on all the gossip.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:37, Reply)
I'll be seeing DJ at the weekend, so I'll catch up on all the gossip.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:37, Reply)
It's not Batshit.
Far too sharp. And you might ask Roota who did a lot of the legwork for her.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:43, Reply)
Far too sharp. And you might ask Roota who did a lot of the legwork for her.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:43, Reply)
I wish.
She'd kung fu me into oblivion. I'm mostly forgotten in that I was never a major meme/player/user.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:21, Reply)
She'd kung fu me into oblivion. I'm mostly forgotten in that I was never a major meme/player/user.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:21, Reply)
Not bad,i suppose.
I actually haven't left the house in two days.
What's been so cunty today?
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:13, Reply)
I actually haven't left the house in two days.
What's been so cunty today?
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:13, Reply)
No.
I've had a couple of days off this year, and I'd been planning on taking a week off, but there is too much going on, so I've been asked to shelve it.
I'm not even that important, but you've got to play the game.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:18, Reply)
I've had a couple of days off this year, and I'd been planning on taking a week off, but there is too much going on, so I've been asked to shelve it.
I'm not even that important, but you've got to play the game.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:18, Reply)
But I'm too busy to be here during the day.
And the evening is just full of fluff and nonsense.
I've not been on the popular page for weeks.
*sobs*
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:21, Reply)
And the evening is just full of fluff and nonsense.
I've not been on the popular page for weeks.
*sobs*
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:21, Reply)
I don't even look at the popular page.
Do people actually care about that shit?
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:22, Reply)
Do people actually care about that shit?
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:22, Reply)
No idea.
To be fair, I've not looked at it.
When are you heading to Briz?
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:24, Reply)
To be fair, I've not looked at it.
When are you heading to Briz?
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:24, Reply)
Make sure you do.
And let me know when you're heading up so I can try and find you some time!
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:27, Reply)
And let me know when you're heading up so I can try and find you some time!
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:27, Reply)
If you can give me 24/48 hours notice, I can make plans to leave work at a resonable time.
So schedule your meetings in the late(ish) afternoon.
I'll even buy you dinner and walk you to the station, such is my status as a perfect gent.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:33, Reply)
So schedule your meetings in the late(ish) afternoon.
I'll even buy you dinner and walk you to the station, such is my status as a perfect gent.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:33, Reply)
Unless it's raining, in which case, I'll get a cab to the station.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:33, Reply)
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:33, Reply)
I always took it to mean
'If you care, you care because you're on it'. Kinda like those magazines about the pop stars. They complain about being in People/OK!/Reveal so they can get more inches in each magazine.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:25, Reply)
'If you care, you care because you're on it'. Kinda like those magazines about the pop stars. They complain about being in People/OK!/Reveal so they can get more inches in each magazine.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:25, Reply)
Fuck all you weeping septic cunts.
I'm going to bed but I'm liking the cut of this new one's jib.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:27, Reply)
I'm going to bed but I'm liking the cut of this new one's jib.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:27, Reply)
I'm sticking up for you.
Everyone else is burning you in the big effigy.
If I want to stay up a bit later I can. I'm nearly 44, you know.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:40, Reply)
Everyone else is burning you in the big effigy.
If I want to stay up a bit later I can. I'm nearly 44, you know.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:40, Reply)
The usual
Mothership left me hear and fucked off, hope it comes back soon, humans are dull.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:51, Reply)
Mothership left me hear and fucked off, hope it comes back soon, humans are dull.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:51, Reply)
and with the image of bobby in hotpants...
I'm off to bed, night all.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:50, Reply)
I'm off to bed, night all.
( , Wed 7 Mar 2012, 23:50, Reply)
I'm really rather drunk
Barolo is excellent. I commend it to the house.
Hello Bats, and goodnight. Time for bed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG_gvv8PFGY
( , Thu 8 Mar 2012, 0:05, Reply)
Barolo is excellent. I commend it to the house.
Hello Bats, and goodnight. Time for bed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG_gvv8PFGY
( , Thu 8 Mar 2012, 0:05, Reply)
As a fine upstanding citizen of Glasgow I shall share my wisdow with you.
Violence is always the answer. Stich the cunt, stich them hard so they don't get back up again.
( , Thu 8 Mar 2012, 0:16, Reply)
Violence is always the answer. Stich the cunt, stich them hard so they don't get back up again.
( , Thu 8 Mar 2012, 0:16, Reply)
HELL YES MUMPSO!
Man I LOVED living in Glasgow almost as much as my hometown.
( , Thu 8 Mar 2012, 0:20, Reply)
Man I LOVED living in Glasgow almost as much as my hometown.
( , Thu 8 Mar 2012, 0:20, Reply)
Meh, take out about 150 words chosen at random.
Or just take out ALL the words and instead scrawl "VILENSE IS GUD!" on a piece of A4 and submit that.
( , Thu 8 Mar 2012, 0:19, Reply)
Or just take out ALL the words and instead scrawl "VILENSE IS GUD!" on a piece of A4 and submit that.
( , Thu 8 Mar 2012, 0:19, Reply)
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