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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

badmintonflyinginsect

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  • Jan 26, 2023
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    While I think the sense of community is cute and wholesome I would really appreciate being able to see information on the forum.

    The jokes and support messages are very nice and that’s why I think there should be a dedicated space for that kind of discussion

    If people’s posts get deleted for “derailing the forum” when they discuss eg the fairness of contextual offers, they should also be deleted when people make 20 posts on fake law firms. For consistency’s sake.
    I'm going to second this. The argument for allowing applicants to "relieve stress" in the same forum is a bit overused when you look at how many posts are actually just GIFs and jokes more recently, to the point where it became genuinely difficult to find the information I had been looking for.

    Especially the jokes about @rulebritannia despite Jaysen's warnings and him redirecting users to contact him privately. A very specific group of people continued piling onto the topic even after I and other users said it had been discussed enough. This appears to be a very specific group of users and it needs to be stopped in consideration for others.
     
    While I think the sense of community is cute and wholesome I would really appreciate being able to see information on the forum.

    The jokes and support messages are very nice and that’s why I think there should be a dedicated space for that kind of discussion

    If people’s posts get deleted for “derailing the forum” when they discuss eg the fairness of contextual offers, they should also be deleted when people make 20 posts on fake law firms. For consistency’s sake.
    10000% agree

    But let me just blend in as I don’t want to be hit with 10+ gifs of passiveness or people implying I hate those with disabilities again😭
     
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    Donna Paulsen

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    10000% agree

    But let me just blend in as I don’t want to be hit with 10+ gifs of passiveness or people implying I hate those with disabilities again😭
    Totally get your point but you were joining in with the rulebritannia nonsense so I think it’s a bit hypocritical from you…
     

    TheSaulGoodman

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    Totally get your point but you were joining in with the rulebritannia nonsense so I think it’s a bit hypocritical from you…
    I made 3 posts and I @ Jaysen so he himself could see the evidence. I left it at that. Be so fr rn and go attack someone else. There are many instigators on here who consistently use gifs to shame people. If your opinion is different or against the 5 running this thread you’re a joke and laughing stock for a good 3 pages of the thread.

    You can all like this message of someone calling me out but can’t like the message of the people calling you out. Hilarious.
     
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    Hopeful applicant

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    tu quoque fallacy x! regardless, point stands! and i hope some people/admins/jaysen consider this for the rest of us.
    If we are being pedantic, not a tu quoque fallacy - Donna acknowledged that the point is correct, while separately (appriopriately or not) pointing out hypocrisy :)
     

    badmintonflyinginsect

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    Well it only became a problem when it was people jumping on you and not someone else… 🤔
    on me? are you sure you have the right user?

    i also wanna add this convo is probably doing the same thing we're trying to avoid - derailing the convos that are supposed to actually take place in this forum. all arguments have already been made and i don't think anything constructive can be added.
     

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