I'm a student, I write my own papers from start to finish. If I'm writing about a popular topic it stands to reason that some of my content may resemble someone else's. Let's say one sentence out of 50 matches a sentence in another paper. Is this enough to be counted as plagiarism? I would say no. on the other hand one in 5 strikes me as likely being plagiarized.
Where between the 2 points is the line between plagiarism and coincidence?
Generally male geeks are intimidated by females. No, it doesn't make sense. Even if they are rude and talk down to you, it's because they are scared by what is different. I do have some suggestions.
-Talk about this one time when your party ran the Temple of Elemental evil with no Fighter.
-Proclaim that since you got your 3rd horde alt to level 60 you just really are bored with the server you are on.
-Build an insane computer that is housed in one of those old Master cheif displays. Bonus points if you can modify the guns to "shoot" in time with keystrokes on your keyboard.
I know this sounds utterly insane. But part of the work environment is bonding with your coworkers so that you truly become part of the team. Executives use golf, HR uses cake and Ice cream socials, Warehosue workers use bear and bitching about executives. Geeks use Geek activities.
Be yourself and be honest.
Good luck.
That was my first thought.
However, going to a "Gaming" website and ending up with a keylogger installed on your system isn't exactly honest or clear.
I think enforcement is going to be impossible so the end result is nothing has changed.
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I'm a student, I write my own papers from start to finish. If I'm writing about a popular topic it stands to reason that some of my content may resemble someone else's. Let's say one sentence out of 50 matches a sentence in another paper. Is this enough to be counted as plagiarism? I would say no. on the other hand one in 5 strikes me as likely being plagiarized. Where between the 2 points is the line between plagiarism and coincidence?
Generally male geeks are intimidated by females. No, it doesn't make sense. Even if they are rude and talk down to you, it's because they are scared by what is different. I do have some suggestions. -Talk about this one time when your party ran the Temple of Elemental evil with no Fighter. -Proclaim that since you got your 3rd horde alt to level 60 you just really are bored with the server you are on. -Build an insane computer that is housed in one of those old Master cheif displays. Bonus points if you can modify the guns to "shoot" in time with keystrokes on your keyboard. I know this sounds utterly insane. But part of the work environment is bonding with your coworkers so that you truly become part of the team. Executives use golf, HR uses cake and Ice cream socials, Warehosue workers use bear and bitching about executives. Geeks use Geek activities. Be yourself and be honest. Good luck.
That was my first thought. However, going to a "Gaming" website and ending up with a keylogger installed on your system isn't exactly honest or clear. I think enforcement is going to be impossible so the end result is nothing has changed.