Having been a regular poster before February 2008.

You on the other hand were a lurker for over a month before finally joining and posting your opinions about MTV and rap. Who knows how much time you spent lurking before deciding to bless us with your 7 or so posts. I guess people make time for the things that entertain them.

Pretty good: I wanted to read more about the history after this novel I just finished.

To the second: I remain vigilant against that syndrome.

It annoys me when people do that to me so I try to catch myself when I do that to others. Even if it difficult to resist sometimes. :)

You know what? Things aren't what they used to be - of course they're not. In some ways they are better - computers, internet, cell phones, cable television (including MTV - which I loved, who didn't love the first Flock of Seagulls video!), video games, cd's and dvd's, ease of travel, etc. In some ways they are worse, but it has always been that way, and always will be.

My kids lament about things being tougher now than when I was their age, and that is probably true, there is definitely more pressure now, and I certainly didn't have to learn 1/2 of the things they do - they are ALOT smarter than me, even with their "smart" mouths;)

BTW, I rarely have found people on Greek Chat to be rude, they can be confrontational and forthright, which can be somewhat offputting, but I have grown a thicker skin, and enjoy the reparte'.

Welcome HDL66 :)

so no DITY? lol

Memories... like the corners of my mind...

Hey, maybe like many of us on GC, oldu just had a bad day/week and his PBK thread just kind of sent him over the edge? I know when I had my newbie-GC-freak-out I was overreacting out of some other real-life factors.

Oldu: give GC another chance and if someone is rude, just ignore it. That's one of the great things about GC... people will say things you disagree with and you will say things that others will disagree with. But once you find out you disagree, it doesn't mean either has to change the others mind. There are many posters on GC that I know will probably disagree with or vice versa, and sooner or later you start to see that the same people disagree over the same things pretty often. However, you'll also find a lot of people that you tend to agree with most of the time, too. As someone who came to a head with the same yearning for civility that you are, I urge you to give GC another chance. Everyone has their own view of what crosses the line of politeness or civility or whatever and if someone else crosses what you think the line is, just let it go.

One thing to keep in mind when it feels like the GC-smack-down is coming on you full force: next time you post, most people will give you another chance. That's one of the things I've liked here is that if you had a bad day one time and acted like an ass/biotch/idiot, once you are on here for a little bit and people get to see what you're about, people are pretty forgiving of small stuff and willing to give second chances.

Generally speaking, as someone who is interested in looking at statistics, I do appreciate having you as a fellow GC member and enjoy reading your threads, even when I might disagree over how useful a particular cross-referencing or number might mean. It is still interesting, for instance, to see how many campuses KAT and KKG share and hypothesize as to why that is (similar founding time-periods, similar geographical spread, etc.) I hope you don't leave, but if someone disagrees that one of your posts is useful the way it is, then I'd hope that you'd be able to say "whatever, I find it interesting, so there" and go on with your projects. If you're more interested in NPCs, go ahead and focus on those and don't let people make you feel like you OWE it to them to do research for others, as well. If they think that the statistics are useful, there is no reason they can't add on to your research... and no reason why you have to be the only person coming up with statistical cross-references. If someone doesn't think PBK is a good way to figure out which are the most academic schools (I'm one of them, but hey, I'm not offended by the thread or anything), invite them to figure out another way.

In short: if you'd like to see another newbie making a fool of herself, read the linked thread from above and laugh at my sincere attempts to caution the veterans from jumping down newbie-throats. I still think that when you see that someone has only been active a month and has less than 20 posts or something, it would do the community good to be a little kinder in giving criticism or making corrections unless or until that person has made it clear they are a silly troll or complete idiot, but there are worse things in the world of internet forums to get upset about and the alternatives (when people are afraid of posting anything that could be construed as disagreement) are much worse.

Welcome to the club of GCers who freaked out as newbies and started a thread that got out of control. Stick around and you'll see that there are more of us than you might think. It isn't a big deal, really, although I remember thinking at the time that it was such a freaking traumatic and embarrassing thing.

Boy, I go to work and I miss all of this

LOL!

You are awesome!

Bless your heart.

man, this dude must be a noob to messageboards, cuz this is tame, compared to all the boards i post on. and yo, why pplz always taking the internet serious???


http://jeroenr.typepad.com/photos/un.../internets.jpg

^^^ hahahaha LOVE IT


how many more days til he's out of office?

319 days 11 hours 55 minutes and 4 seconds left
until President Bush and his administration
are out of office

http://endofbush.xerratus.com/
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...own_single.jpg

Omigosh...all that HAIR....

I love it! Makes me feel 21 all over again.

Wonder where Mr Sageofages is.... it's fantasy time!

^^^Totally had that cassette.

Is someone forcing oldu to stay here and put up with "rude" GC?

I think not.

Hooray for no dictatorship!
 

People post on GreekChat what they cannot otherwise post on other supposed "friendly and flame free" Greek-related message boards. They can't do it over there...so they do it over here.

See...it IS all the MTV...

I love it when people reinforce the flounce posts. NO, STAY! WE DON'T WANT YOU TO GO!!!! WE'D RATHER FEED THE FLOUNCE THAN LOOSE YOU!


In any case, I'm just sad because I didn't have anything to do with the "OMG N00b to Regulars: Play Nice!" thread creation this time.:(

I'm still trying to figure out what was posted in the PBK thread that was rude.

It was me. I confess. I asked for a working definition of "elite" and then I hijacked it by asking about a comparison of schools with a varsity equestrian team.

Shame on you, aopirose.

Shame on you -- and I will see you in the next thread!

I can't see or hear anything about that song without my mind going instantly to Arrested Development... :cool:

i'm pretty sure you meant this:
http://cavenger.files.wordpress.com/...evelopment.jpg

and not this:
http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/imag...16485lkaoe.jpg

carry on.

^^^ I was confused for a split second, too, especially with the race war thread. LOL

^^^ umm where? i's luv a gudt race thread!

Where is the race war thread?

I remember when the group was going to sue the show over the name.

"A game of horse shoes...a game of HORSE SHOES!!!!"

LOL

I think he's talking about the "GC Race War" thread he created. It didn't turn into a race war. :(

This is to funny or sad?:rolleyes:

Will of course be interesting what other Fellow Greeks will post! :D

"there's always money in the Banana Stand"
George Bluth, Sr.

I miss so much of the plot when I let someone grab the remote. I'll have to catch the re-run. Will it be on BravoTV? Watch what happens!

Ah, what is amazing is the "NOT ME" me syndrom!:)

Tom Earp - King of Irony
 

and I'll bet he can't even figure out why . . .

4 words you'll never hear coming from my mouth:

"I'm not a bitch."

. . .cause you know the capital of Vermont?:)

FYI, I was a non-Greek when I first joined, and it didn't deter me away from Greek Life. In fact it did the opposite, i'm glad everyone on GC has an opinion, I don't want sunshine blown up my ass all the time.

Well, oldu....that's life so......suck that shyt up and keep it moving. If what is posted on GC bothers you, then it just may be time to toughen up your skin because really.....this is minor. Speaking for myself, everything I type, write, or post has no problem being said to the individual for whom it is intended---and I wish a "mofo" would try to even think about raising a hand to hit me---it is not that deep. And, as a fellow GCer has mentioned already, if a website is all it takes to establish and/or change your opinions regarding greek life, then maybe greek life is not for you.

Everyone will not agree with you all of the time and it shouldn't bother if they say they don't. That is not to say that some conversations on GC do not get a bit out of hand but again...that's life so suck that shyt up and keep it moving. This whining about "rude" people is not the business. Goodness....I told you all my siggy is the truth.

Tennessee, Tennessee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jINnl...eature=related