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9dashline

Captain
Registered Member
Can anyone living in western countries with significant Chinese populations explain why some young people are doing food delivery gigs in Teslas, Audis, Range Rovers, and other such cars? Like are they that bored?

Gig work is actually negative pay. Its worse than slavery because the individual gig worker is in essence reverse mortgaging his asset the car in order to pay himself and liquidating the value of his car (through wear and tear depreciation) and its only by and through this masquerade that he appears to make a viable income. In reality by and large the gig working force is negative EROEI and negative pay, a self canabalization where they are burning through their asset to pay themselves...
 

NiuBiDaRen

Brigadier
Registered Member
Someone told me this school called ACS is the most Westernized in Singapore. They speak all English, not being able to speak Chinese is a badge of honor for them. I saw two of these students on the subway. Speaking with faux California accent. So cringey, I wanted to tear my ears out.

Imitating California accent when you can't do it has got to be the worst sounding shit ever.
 

SteelBird

Colonel
In a democracy, people are presumed innocent before proven guilty. If one is presumed guilty before he can prove himself innocent, that is not a democracy.

My nephew is studying in Newcastle, UK. He recently have a problem, his classmate (maybe roommate) copied his assignment. The school found out and accused him of 'allowing other to copy his assignment' and failed him. He appeal to the school. They asked him to prove that he didn't allow his classmate to copy his assignment but at the same time they couldn't prove my nephew allowed his classmate to do so. The boy is really upset. Anyone here lives in UK has any suggestion?
 

liamban

Junior Member
Registered Member
In a democracy, people are presumed innocent before proven guilty. If one is presumed guilty before he can prove himself innocent, that is not a democracy.

My nephew is studying in Newcastle, UK. He recently have a problem, his classmate (maybe roommate) copied his assignment. The school found out and accused him of 'allowing other to copy his assignment' and failed him. He appeal to the school. They asked him to prove that he didn't allow his classmate to copy his assignment but at the same time they couldn't prove my nephew allowed his classmate to do so. The boy is really upset. Anyone here lives in UK has any suggestion?

He has an academic advisor (usually one of his lecturers) who should be taking his side on this. If not each university have it's own student services and student union. Exhaust all the options within the organisation first.

Always use the words "amicably" or "without prejudice" to end your correspondence even though you have no intention of doing so.

Even if your nephew manages to be cleared of allowing others to copy, Newcastle university will never admit they have made a mistake. This is for their legal cover.

If it cannot be resolved internally, this is your next option.

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This would take some time so he can look around other universities to transfer to, especially if he is paying full fees, this is the best way of saying fk off without saying anything.
 
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