#instead of actually cheating

[hypershocked]

hi i hate to bring up the riptide thing but im more of a casual battlebots enjoyer and im not very caught up, it looks like they broke the rules in some way? but i dont see anyone explaining how. i mean, im not suprised, i never really liked those guys, but would you mind explaining what they did specifically? im not at all worried about spoliers or anything, i just want to know whats happening yknow? tysmm<3

I can try to explain the best I know how to, but there's always going to be some information missing as I was not there to witness any of this first hand.

It is not confirmed that they were actually cheating or maliciously changing their robot to be more competitive. What they did do, is do something to their robot, that made them look very suspicious. What they claim is that they were just adding a decoration to their robot, which many teams do as a fun thing when they exit in the tunnel. What is not clear is whether they informed production of this. Most teams will tell you that they have to clear any modifications made to their bots with staff, even something as small as a decoration. Of course, Riptide claims that they went through all the right channels, but other teams have claimed that they were doing this without telling production.

And then there's the scales issue. I hate to take Riptide's side here, but many teams have vouched for the fact that one of the scales is funky and gives different readings depending on where the bot is on the scale, etc. So a 1-2 pound difference in reweighing isn't uncommon. I would assume that Riptide just got unlucky here with a different reading, and they didn't have any weird modifications on at the time, especially considering that the later scale-in weighed less than their initial one.

The big problem with all of this is not necessarily what they did to their robot, especially if it's true and it was just a silly decor thing. The issue is their whole attitude surrounding this issue. They were super defensive both at the time, and recently on socials about being asked to be reweighed/tested. It made their team look much more suspicious because most people would be maybe mildly annoyed, but reweigh with no issues because they care about the safety of the sport.

[werewolf-transgenderism]

keep seeing undergrads on social media saying “oh if a prof has a strict no-AI academic integrity policy that’s a red flag for me because that means they don’t know how to design assignments” like sorry girl but that just sounds like you’ve got a case of sour grapes about not being allowed to cheat with the plagiarism machine that doesn’t know how to evaluate sources and kills the environment! I have a strict no-AI policy because if you use AI to write your essays for a writing course it’s literally plagiarism because you didn’t write it and you’re not learning any of the things the course teaches if you just plug a prompt into the plagiarism generator that kills the environment, hope this helps!

[handwrittenhello]

Winner!!!!!

Congratulations to Harry du Bois for winning 2nd place in Tumblr's Poorest Little Meow Meow Contest!!

as the saying goes, second place is first loser! HDB, you'll always be the poorest little meow meow in our hearts. congrats!

oh and i guess also congrats to that other contestant or whatever

[lunar-years]

It's interesting that when Keeley is telling Ted about the implications of that photo of him and her leaking to The Sun, she says "Jamie is going to go mental" but it's not followed up with "he's going to think i cheated on him" or "he's going to break up with me" or "it's going to ruin our relationship" it's instead followed up by, "there's going to be photographers all over us!" And later when she's talking to Rebecca it's, "My god, Jamie would've been so pissed off with reporters poking around in our love life." There's something to be said for like, she never once expresses doubt that Jamie won't hear her out on the truth or believe what she tells him. The major focus of her concern is just keeping their business out of the press. Their relationship in season one is far from perfect but there's a lot of implicit trust between them.

[dazeddoodles]

Since you hate the way the fandom does, how would you describe Willow?

I'll try to keep it as short as possible as to not cheat (It's supposed to be a description not a character analysis)

But Willow seems to not value in herself due to years of bullying, which is why early on she doesn't see her potential.

And why she puts others needs above her own, because she doesn't see herself as important. As we see in FTF when she keeps avoiding how she's feeling instead focusing on others.

Part of the reason she breaks down at the end of the episode is her bottling up her emotions but also because she thinks that she failed everyone/put them all in danger.

One of the last things she was about to say about herself is that she's still Half a Witch Willow. Until Hunter snaps her out of it and comforts her. The opposite of what she was trying to do for him earlier in the ep.

The problem is alot of fans also only value her if she's being a friend (or girlfriend to Hunter) to the other characters they care about more. So that's what they chalk up her entire character as.

See what I mentioned earlier about how people hate on her for "only being Hunter's girlfriend" when that's outright a lie. She didn't even know him for half the show, and their relationship in the show was pretty lowkey. It's just that people only remember her when she's interacting with the more popular characters.

In reality she's tough but goofy and a friend to others sometimes to her own detriment. And she actually has feelings outside of worrying about others.

People tend to forget how many time we see her rightfully get angry over how she's being treated. She not a "perfect uwu victim". Instead paying more attention to "Omg but how do the people who hurt her feel? 🥺"

Something should also be said about how people see a female character be nice to people the same age range as her and immediately think "mom" but idk

In conclusion:

[rollercoasterwords]

like sorry but if ur actually seeing an increase in students using chatgpt 2 write essays 4 ur class why is ur first thought "oh they're being lazy" & not "have i structured this class in a way that makes this student feel the need to rely on chatgpt?" especially bc the majority of college students are overwhelmed taking multiple classes working part-time jobs caring for family dealing with health issues etc etc like there are soooo many reasons a student might decide to use chatgpt that are not just "laziness"!! consider:

the student didn't have time to complete the assignment without chatgpt -> have you created an environment where students can ask for extensions without judgment? do you only give out extensions for "emergencies" or "valid reasons" (<- subjective measure)? if so, why? what purpose do these strict deadlines serve? [think about how this overlaps with students who may have "had time" but were overwhelmed for other reasons; what kind of environment have you created for these students, and does it best serve their learning?]

the student didn't feel they had the ability to write an essay of good enough quality to receive a good grade without chatgpt -> how are you grading students' work? what grading scales have you utilized that made this person feel as though they're incapable of succeeding? do those grading scales prevent them from succeeding? if so, why? what educational resources did they or did they not have access to before entering your class? how might that change considerations about how you grade? [think about how this overlaps with students completing coursework that is not in their first language and whether your grading standards are truly equitable for these students]

the student didn't feel that they could understand the material and therefore couldn't complete the assignment -> again, have you created an environment where this student can come to you for help? how are you presenting and explaining material? what opportunities have you provided for students to seek out additional resources and support with understanding? is this assignment and its correlated grading scale designed to accommodate a variety of skill levels, or is it designed with "the best student" in mind?

the student actually just doesn't care about this class and doesn't want to do the work -> why don't they care about this class? what other classes or work are they prioritizing, and why? to what extent are you willing to accommodate students who simply will never view your class as a priority, but need to complete it to earn a degree--and how is that need tied structurally to a university that serves primarily as a class barrier? what role do you play in that university structure, and is it a role you want to play?

at the end of the day if your goal is 2 prioritize student learning that means being flexible & adapting your grading scales, assignment structures, class policies, etc. to accommodate students at their level of learning for their own purposes. like if the choice is between having a student get a zero on an assignment for "cheating" versus working with that student to create an alternative assignment which they can complete & which engages them with the course material on a level they can manage then to me it seems like a pretty clear choice between "no learning" and "some learning."

[fromtheseventhhell]

"It's powerful, it's visceral, it's dark, it's like a Shakespearean tragedy. There’s no Arya — a character everybody's going to love. They're all flawed. They're all human. They do good things. They do bad things. They're driven by lust for power, jealousy, old wounds — just like human beings. Just like I wrote them."

Seeing people debate which grey characters can still be considered "morally good" and somehow Arya never makes the list, so it's the perfect time to bring back this quote from George which shows exactly how he views her character 🫶🏾

[brazilian-whalien52]

Give me flawed characters, but please don't try to tone down or pretend that what they did is justified

[dragonkick-bootshine]

hypothetical hilson dynamic: not monogamous, not polyamorous, but a secret third thing (mutually, semi-consensually cheating on each other and then having crazy intense jealous possessive sex about it)

[dreamsy990]

on the first day of school one time one of my teachers was asking the class to share all their opinions as like a get to know each other thing and one was 'is cheating okay' and apparently my opinion on this. did not align with almost anyone else (that couldve just been because they didnt want to admit it in class) so i am asking the people. to be clear when i say grade school i mean from grades 1-12. This is NOT about anything past that.

[girlmisfit]

i'll never forgive d.scendants for robbing evie of her happy ending and instead of giving her a decent love interest saying well.... here's doug

[totallynotagentphilcoulson]

POV you’re in a 1980s tropical neonoir but the wisecracking baseball-loving private investigator you’ve hired is a time displaced butch Cro Magnon from the Magdalenian epoch* instead of an ex Navy Seal dude.

*don’t worry this isn’t a meanly self-deprecating joke about my body hair and current lack of socially-accepted femininity. This is a joke about my heavy brow ridge and noticeable occipital bun, and hobbyist-level ability to knap lithic tools

(They/She/He [but that last one is rly just for the worksona])

[bytebun]

hey don’t cry. 10 million blorbos from your shows, okay?

[muffinlance]

Prompt: Zuko just refused to believe Aang is the Avatar and joined the gaang to hunt the hundred-year-old man.

Friend, may I refer you to Cheating at Pai Sho

[sodrippy]

taubs wife is gorgeous rachel have an affair w me your husband sucks

[sukugo]

thinking about anakin-posting-thirst-traps-on-tumblr dream, i have more thoughts!

what if anakin one day decides to record himself as he fucks himself on a dildo and, being the dumb, reckless teen he is (who was absolutely taught holonet safety, but nonetheless ignores it), shares it online.

and while i love the scenario where obi-wan finds the video and immediately realizes it's anakin. and it fucks him up

there’s a second scenario im really into (kinda unlikely bc i feel obi-wan would be able to tell anakin apart from a strand of hair, really, BUT for the sake of the idea, let’s IGNORE THAT) where obi-wan browsing galactic pornhub, comes across a camboy. he’s a human jedi padawan. he doesn't show his face.

and while obi-wan usu just ignores the jedi category that stares so blaringly at him, and who considers himself above watching jedi padawan porn, of all things.

he can't stop looking at this one. he finds himself so unusually attracted to him.

bc he looks so much like anakin.

his physique is so similar to what he imagines anakin's to be under his thick, loose robes.

and while he doesn't show his face. there's sometimes a few blond hairs peeking from the back of his neck.

and. his padawan braid. the wretched, alluring thing has a shade so similar to anakin’s, falls at his heaving chest so titillatingly, bounces as the boy's hand moves to thrust the dildo in and out of his hole

and it's such a stupid video. doesn’t even have that many views. obi-wan doesn't even know how he came across it. the title is literally something like ‘vid 1’

and the boy is not even that experienced. his hands are clumsy, and they blunder and shake while he strokes his small dick, rubs the tip with the base of his palm.

he's awkward and gangly and the videos don't even have audio in them. which is pathetic really, obi-wan is getting off to the stupidest, shittiest amateur porn vids that don’t even have sound. no moans, no grunts or whimpers, which would at least make the videos somewhat alright.

still. obi-wan has never felt himself come as fast as he has to those vids. has never gotten so hot with anything like he has with that boy’s vids.

and he knows. he knows. he knows why.

so yes, they may not have any audio, but he does fill in the sounds. with the voice of his padawan. imagines them to be similar to when they spar and anakin growls at his saber. or the content moans when he eats his favorite treats. he fills them in. his mind does, unconsciously. and so perfectly.

and so, obi-wan becomes a regular watcher of the boy's. checks for new videos everyday. waits and hopes for more.

(he even notices the way he does get slightly better at pleasuring himself through each video he uploads. though he never loses the boyish impatience, the desperation, the awkwardness)

it becomes obi-wan's guilty pleasure. the only way for him to somewhat satiate the ill desire that burns inside him