The Battle Bar, Our Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

Started by Borbarad3,287 pages
Borbarad Advocatus Diaboli
Originally posted by Lucius
Why the hell are you writing a paper that long during your what? First year? First time I had a paper over eight pages was in a 300 level class.

What the...?
I had to write seminar papers with 12-15 pages for every seminar I went through in university, starting in the first semester.

That advice they give you about starting early, developing drafts, and giving yourself some breathing room is good shit. Would've saved me a lot of GPA-based grief this semester.

Seriously?
I've never bothered with any of that. Usually started to work on papers 2-3 days before deadline, going through research in the morning, proceed to construct an argumentation later the same day and then start typing. I've always scored between 95 and 100 % with that method. Only exception was a 25 page work on the Battle at Thermopylae, which took an entire week to complete - mainly because I had to read parts of different translations of the "Histories" (Herodotus) for that.

Dr McBeefington Restricted

Maybe this is just undergrad I'm talking about but it's incredibly easy to get all A's bsing on any research paper. Even senior level economics papers were pretty easy to finagle.

DARTH POWER Senior Member
Originally posted by Dr McBeefington
Thor was freakin awesome. Captain America sucked.

👆

Dr McBeefington Restricted

So, tonight at midnight we finally get the 6 minute Dark Knight Rises trailer at Mission Impossible 4!

Lucius Unknown
Originally posted by Dr McBeefington
So, tonight at midnight we finally get the 6 minute Dark Knight Rises trailer at Mission Impossible 4!

I've been salivating over this movie for months. Going to see it in a IMAX when they finally open up pre purchase on tickets.

Dr McBeefington Restricted

Ghost Protocol or TDKR?

Lucius Unknown
Originally posted by Dr McBeefington
Ghost Protocol or TDKR?

TDKR of course. I don't give a shit about Ghost Protocol.

Dr McBeefington Restricted

Yea, probably the most anticipated movie of all time.

Zampanó The Blind Critic

They made another Mission Impossible?

[post merge]

Originally posted by Dr McBeefington
Maybe this is just undergrad I'm talking about but it's incredibly easy to get all A's bsing on any research paper. Even senior level economics papers were pretty easy to finagle.

Define "BSing." A lot of the kids here think it means half-assing a paper, where I always took it to mean something more along the lines of pure improvisation.

I don't like the idea that "BS" has been reduced to just mediocrity. There was a time where I was proud of my skill with BS.[/post merge]

Zampanó The Blind Critic

edit double post

Dr McBeefington Restricted

Originally posted by Zampanó
They made another Mission Impossible?
Yes, which is stupid considering Ethan Hunt retired from the IMF as of the ending to the 3rd one and got married. Apparently Tom Cruise needs money.

Define "BSing." A lot of the kids here think it means half-assing a paper, where I always took it to mean something more along the lines of pure improvisation.

The latter.

I don't like the idea that "BS" has been reduced to just mediocrity. There was a time where I was proud of my skill with BS.[/post merge] [/B]
Define mediocrity? If bsing gets me an A on my paper, then either the paper was great or my professor was a moron.

Zampanó The Blind Critic

Originally posted by Dr McBeefington

Define mediocrity? If bsing gets me an A on my paper, then either the paper was great or my professor was a moron.

A quote overheard from finals week:
"I woke up at six thirty to finish that paper. I had to use 25 citations so I just bs'd the same one like 10 times."

The issue isn't with the practice but the fact that people are *dumb*

Lucius Unknown

Most of my papers were BS. Block quotes and bullshit.

Dr McBeefington Restricted

Originally posted by Zampanó
A quote overheard from finals week:
"I woke up at six thirty to finish that paper. I had to use 25 citations so I just bs'd the same one like 10 times."

The issue isn't with the practice but the fact that people are *dumb*

Yea, I guess bsing is the wrong connotation to use if you write something quickly, yet proficiently. Finagle?

Eminence Boss

B
I've never bothered with any of that.

That's great, but it doesn't mitigate the value of the advice, particularly for someone who struggles cranking out more than two pages.

Dr McBeefington Restricted

Then I suggest you snort some of that white devil and get crankin.

REXXXX Networking

I'm done with my studies for the semester. It's officially winter break. Maybe you guys will see me around more often. At least in here.

Maybe I'll be able to implement my mini-RP-esque competition finally, if anyone is at all still interested.

RE: Blaxican #gottem

Extrapolate!

Zampanó The Blind Critic

Guys, there exists somewhere on the internet a news story about someone somewhere making music out of atmospheric measurements, or the flux of the aurora borealis! Does anyone know about this?

Dr McBeefington Restricted

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/7357978/high-school-athletes-suspended-tebowing

So in the current generation, students get suspended for random, inoffensive poses. What were you saying about this generation Janus?