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[Orange Wizard]

I imagine the speeds in Melbourne are still better than my crappy DSL connection though. Australia'a average would be offset by all the people living in the middle of bumfuck nowhere.

[Yoink]

Fine, I'll do that speedtest thing and get back to you.

In other Mildsads: apparently that pop singer named 'Prince' died and I want to respond with a semi-sarcastic "Who?" but I worry that too many of my acquaintances would be horribly offended. Alas.

[chaotic skies]

I honestly don't know who Prince was.

[Baffler]

I honestly don't know who Prince was.

Rihanna with a moustache.

[Putnam]

He was one of the most brilliant musicians who ever lived. He could play over 100 instruments, but despite being such a jack-of-all-trades was still one of the greatest guitarists alive.

Fine, I'll do that speedtest thing and get back to you.

In other Mildsads: apparently that pop singer named 'Prince' died and I want to respond with a semi-sarcastic "Who?" but I worry that too many of my acquaintances would be horribly offended. Alas.

Mostly because it's a dick thing to do semi-sarcastically, yeah. It's like the nerd "what are sports" oneupmanship which is annoying by itself but over a death.

[Orange Wizard]

He could play over 100 instruments

But could he play them well?

[Putnam]

yes

[hops]

According to this New Zealand's Internet speeds are much better than Australia's are.

That's mainly because New Zealand's internet is obscenely expensive.

[Orange Wizard]

yes

Oh

that's actually impressive

That's mainly because New Zealand's internet is obscenely expensive.

something something state monopoly something something

[itisnotlogical]

I'm pretty sure the only way I'll be able to find a stable, happy situation where I can actually advance in my personal issues is if a guardian angel takes myself and my few real friends, transplants them to a place far away from here yet exactly the same, and makes the day 30 hours long so I have enough time to sleep, work, study, pursue personal ambitions and not be a wealthy loser with no friends at the end of it all.

[Emma]

According to this New Zealand's Internet speeds are much better than Australia's are.

That's mainly because New Zealand's internet is obscenely expensive.

We pay $140 a month for 25GB that if we're lucky run at 500kB/s. It's mainly because I live in the middle of bumfuck nowhere but still.

[Shook]

buhhhhhhhhhhh

Stomach is upset, much more than what is usual for having eaten pizza and drunken Pepsi Max. Reflux is nothing new, but constant heartburn is. This'll be a fun night, especially since Captain Hypochondria wants me to think that it's something worse than the usual. >.>

[itisnotlogical]

I intentionally skipped class today. I don't feel bad about it... which in turn makes me feel bad. But I'm going to have to withdraw this class, I haven't intentionally skipped since the worst schooling days of my life.

[Shook]

Eh, as you say, if you're going to withdraw from it anyways, there's not much sense in attending the classes (i mean, unless you enjoy it or REALLY have to). I personally only felt bad about skipping classes (at uni, mind you) because i knew i had to have an explanation ready for mom, which is silly because the majority of the classes at (Danish) uni aren't actually mandatory. It's generally only lab class that's pretty much always mandatory, otherwise it's just "we're here if you need it (which you often do), just don't fuck up on the turn-in's or exams". Suffice to say, if you DO fuck up on those due to too much absence, it's probably your own fault. :v

also i now know the true nature of my upset bowels

it is gas

too much gas that can't get through the system easily

this is actually quite painful but at least i know what it is

[Baffler]

Eh, as you say, if you're going to withdraw from it anyways, there's not much sense in attending the classes (i mean, unless you enjoy it or REALLY have to). I personally only felt bad about skipping classes (at uni, mind you) because i knew i had to have an explanation ready for mom, which is silly because the majority of the classes at (Danish) uni aren't actually mandatory. It's generally only lab class that's pretty much always mandatory, otherwise it's just "we're here if you need it (which you often do), just don't fuck up on the turn-in's or exams". Suffice to say, if you DO fuck up on those due to too much absence, it's probably your own fault. :v

That's how it is in the larger classes (like 50+ people) here in the US, but a smaller section with 15-25 people in it, or one in the sciences, is probably going to have some points that you can only get by going to class. We get (to buy) these little radio response doohickeys that professors use to take attendance and ask questions through the lecture in larger classes, while the smaller ones will take note of who's here and who isn't by memory and sometimes do in-class works due at the end of the period.

It's interesting to see how small the differences are in such far away places.