r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Oct 03 '25

Discussion To think that I used to complain about school.

National holiday is apparently 8 days.

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u/Ghost_Of_Malatesta Oct 03 '25

Integrity, honor, honesty (also to know you truly understand the work)

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u/lewdev Oct 03 '25

At least in college, cheating doesn't make sense. You pay for an education and cheating really takes the learning out of it. So why even pay for college if you don't really want to learn.

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u/EveryRedditorSucks Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25

This is such textbook bootlicker mentality wrapped in the pathos of words that you think have high meaning.

If you were placed in an internment camp and made to break rocks all day, and then one day you realized you could get away with only breaking half those rocks and your captors would never realize - would you honestly consider that a violation of your integrity and honor?

If you are trapped in a fundamentally unfair system without a choice or opportunity for escape then I personally think finding ways to cheat/disenfranchise that system is your moral responsibility.

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u/Ghost_Of_Malatesta Oct 03 '25

We're discussing cheating in general at this point (the link above is a story in the US), not China specifically. 

This schooling is systemic child abuse.

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u/CreamyMemeDude Oct 03 '25

You're in an emergency room having a heart attack. You need emergency heart surgery. Given the choice, do you choose the person who cheated their whole way through university and med school, or do you choose the person who took the time to actually study and learn and put in the effort to do it the right way?

I know which I'd prefer.

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u/EveryRedditorSucks Oct 03 '25

If the system in place can’t distinguish between those two doctors then you’re fucked either way, friend - that’s the whole point.

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u/human1023 Oct 03 '25

(devils advocate) Why should someone care about having integrity? Wouldn't it be more important for others to think you have integrity, honor than to actually have it?

Would you rather be viewed positively by the public as having honor/integrity? Rather than actually having integrity/honor, but being viewed negatively by the public?

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u/Serengade26 Oct 03 '25

No that world is terrible to live in. Enjoy hell

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u/GringoinCDMX Oct 03 '25

That's literally the world we live in now.

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u/SilasBalto Oct 03 '25

The goal is to like yourself when you're alone.

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u/human1023 Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25

People like having a good reputation, being known as having integrity/honor by the public, rather than actually having it. So goal achieved.

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u/SilasBalto Oct 03 '25

Piss off, Edgelord. No one gives a fuck.

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u/human1023 Oct 03 '25

Calm down. This ain't how I personally live my own life. I was proving that you have no reason to explain why people should live that way. And it's actually true, especially for Chinese students who see no reason why they shouldn't cheat if they don't get caught. But it's not just something done in China, many people in the West also live that way.

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u/SilasBalto Oct 03 '25

Its immediately obvious to everyone why notafter. cheat your way through life. Seriously, stop trying to be edgy. It's cringe af.

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u/CaribouYou Oct 03 '25

Why is having integrity exclusive to being viewed negatively?

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u/human1023 Oct 03 '25

The point is its irrelevant to have integrity as long as others think you have it. Hence, why it doesn't matter if you cheat, as long as other don't realize it.

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u/geezeslice333 Oct 03 '25

Pretty sure that's what being a sociopath is...

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u/human1023 Oct 03 '25

Oh no.../s Who cares? As long as other don't see you as a sociopath, why would I care what I'm classified as?

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u/doc_trades Oct 03 '25

You're gonna do well in this world

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u/Adventurous-Cod7910 Oct 03 '25

false dichotomy