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So my parents are getting me Panic tickets for my birthday. Only I've never been to a proper concert before and I can't decide if I should get standing or seated tickets. Cos on the one hand I want a good view, but on the other hand I don't really dance and my feet will undoubtedly not thank me for it.

I asked Megahal, but he just said "I would rather stay to watch them devour each other whole lay waste give
birth a new world, but it does not diminish its severity. Case in point:
the love of an eagle for the suck of it's life on tomorrow, sticky and
warm, yet not yellow like the sun, but the neck stretches so high they do
it, when they want it, what they get from it. Not really seeing what the
main purpose is, but doing it nonetheless. It's serious business, they
say, but they won't tell you; they only laugh seated in couches of mold."

What the hell is that supposed to mean? Fucking stoner. Lay off the crack so I can use you as a magic 8 ball, you stupid AI!

Does anyone know if the seated or standing tickets are closer to the stage, anyway? I don't mean the mosh pit... they have three categories, the "panic pit" (ha), reserved seating and something called "rear standing" which sounds sort of like it might be behind the seats...? I'm so confused :P

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Guys, guys! Guess who just got back a distinction on an assignment I wrote in a couple of hours on the morning it was due? Under the word count, lacking two of the three in-text references we were asked for, somewhat less than objective, and wrapped in the finest quality formal academic BS language: Distinction and a fairly nice illegible teacher comment.

Who the hell told me universities fail people?

Okay, I'm thinking this is a subject-specific fluke because my teacher is... shall we say, not the most interesting person in the universe. I would go so far as to use the word "bland." I wouldn't be surprised if she's been there for ever and ever and by now just marks based on whether something "feels" like it's worth a distinction. Because a Journalism kid who'd already gotten an assignment back reckons there have been a couple of fails in his class. And I don't see how those people could possibly have put in less effort than I did.

No, I need more data! I'll have to wait till my last two assignments are marked. Then I'll have three minimum-effort info points, which ought to be enough for an instinctive benchmark. And yes, I do intend to try a bit harder on the next batch, if only to avoid the stress of last-minute frenzies.