GreekChat.com Forums

GreekChat.com Forums (https://greekchat.com/gcforums/index.php)
-   Chit Chat (https://greekchat.com/gcforums/forumdisplay.php?f=185)
-   -   Is GC a Thing of the Past? (https://greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=119095)

agzg 03-29-2011 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drolefille (Post 2042085)
And about 50% of the time it's by a sock puppet who should know better.

The other 50% is by a regular poster who should know better.

ASTalumna06 03-29-2011 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 2042064)
I wish they were jokingly alleged PMs this time. LOL.



[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=black]And after asking if this username is joking and what this username is talking about....







[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]



This thread is awesome afterall. ;)

The quotes keep messing up but you all get the point.

You're STILL here?

I thought you flounced a long time ago...


































:D

psusue 03-29-2011 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 2042074)
Yes, I, Dr. Phil McGraw have withstood the challenge and shoved the GC bullies back onto their respective couches. Alls good in the hood, beyotches.

To add to the nonsense of this thread; because of your username, I thought you were a man for the first 1.5 years I lurked/posted here. I thought this was an appropriate time to bring this up. I mean, when else? :D

AlphaFrog 03-29-2011 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by agzg (Post 2042088)
We'll have at least 2 more this year, I guarantee it. At least one in August. Usually earnest, about how we run off PNMs and crush their dreams or some shit.

I'm glad the first was started by a meanie.

(I mean that meanie comment seriously - God what a bitch.)

Well eff you...and your live-in, too.

(I still think of nanny or maid every time you say that. Every time.)

agzg 03-29-2011 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 2042094)
Well eff you...and your live-in, too.

(I still think of nanny or maid every time you say that. Every time.)

He is my nanny. Someone's gotta make sure I eat regularly and/or pee on the potty.

MysticCat 03-29-2011 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06 (Post 2042092)
You're STILL here?

I thought you flounced a long time ago...

I think I'm going to start calling her DrPh'lounce.

PiKA2001 03-29-2011 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by agzg (Post 2042097)
He is my nanny. Someone's gotta make sure I eat regularly and/or pee on the potty.

This post reminded me of
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.co.../am-adult.html

agzg 03-29-2011 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PiKA2001 (Post 2042100)

He does not clean all the things.

Pope 03-29-2011 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 2042084)
Yes, I'm going to hell, but I'll hit the A/C on my way down for the rest of you heathens.

Skip the A/C and get a convertible. The scenery is great, for sure!

Benzgirl 03-29-2011 04:32 PM

Who needs to attack Libya? I think we have World War III a-happening here. Much more about world politics that are relevant.

knight_shadow 03-29-2011 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by agzg (Post 2042097)
He is my nanny. Someone's gotta make sure I eat regularly and/or pee on the potty.

iChuckled

PeppyGPhiB 03-29-2011 04:53 PM

Another cause of retreat from GC: Prunetacos.

Munchkin03 03-29-2011 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB (Post 2042109)
Another cause of retreat from GC: Prunetacos.

Really?

Didn't a good number of years pass between his stuff and the time we actually realized who it was? I don't think he drove any more people from GC than say, Tom Earp did.

PeppyGPhiB 03-29-2011 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Munchkin03 (Post 2042112)
Really?

Didn't a good number of years pass between his stuff and the time we actually realized who it was? I don't think he drove any more people from GC than say, Tom Earp did.

I mean once we found out who Prunetacos was (and it was only a year or so between his posts and when his identity was uncovered). A few regulars left shortly after that. It freaked people out too much.

PiKA2001 03-29-2011 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB (Post 2042109)
Another cause of retreat from GC: Prunetacos.

:confused:

Munchkin03 03-29-2011 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB (Post 2042115)
I mean once we found out who Prunetacos was (and it was only a year or so between his posts and when his identity was uncovered). A few regulars left shortly after that. It freaked people out too much.

Are you sure? I thought it was about 2 years--not a super long time, as in he was gushing about KKG at the same time he was sending anthrax, but long enough that he wasn't a memorable character like Earp or Hoosier.

If anything, Hoosier creeped me out more than prunetacos.

ASTalumna06 03-29-2011 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MysticCat (Post 2042098)
I think I'm going to start calling her DrPh'lounce.

Best idea. Ever.

DrPhil 03-29-2011 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06 (Post 2042092)
You're STILL here?

I thought you flounced a long time ago...


































:D

Don't smile at me. That's soooo condescending. You may not want me here but the other posters obviously love my presence. Take dat, take dat!

*breakdancing*

I like DrPh'lounce :D

PeppyGPhiB 03-29-2011 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB (Post 2042115)
I mean once we found out who Prunetacos was (and it was only a year or so between his posts and when his identity was uncovered). A few regulars left shortly after that. It freaked people out too much.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Munchkin03 (Post 2042122)
Are you sure? I thought it was about 2 years--not a super long time, as in he was gushing about KKG at the same time he was sending anthrax, but long enough that he wasn't a memorable character like Earp or Hoosier.

If anything, Hoosier creeped me out more than prunetacos.

It freaked people out that the Anthrax Killer had been conversing with the regs on GC, especially given his history of online stalking, apparently. I think it was too much scary reality for a few people, a reminder that you never know who could be lurking behind a screenname. His topics of conversation were more annoying than scary, but it was creepy to have interacted with him at all. Throw in the whole "FBI is watching us and could be investigating all of us omgwtfbbq" and I know it was enough to turn away some people. I know this because I exchanged PMs with a few people during that time, and they left the site shortly thereafter.

ETA: I don't remember Hoosier. Annoying, or creepy?

PiKA2001 03-29-2011 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB (Post 2042129)
It freaked people out that the Anthrax Killer had been conversing with the regs on GC, especially given his history of online stalking, apparently. I think it was too much scary reality for a few people, a reminder that you never know who could be lurking behind a screenname. His topics of conversation were more annoying than scary, but it was creepy to have interacted with him at all. Throw in the whole "FBI is watching us and could be investigating all of us omgwtfbbq" and I know it was enough to turn away some people. I know this because I exchanged PMs with a few people during that time, and they left the site shortly thereafter.

ETA: I don't remember Hoosier. Annoying, or creepy?

Creepy. He made it a point to only really post links to hazing allegations/stories on GC (sound familiar?) and it pissed a lot of the members off. A lot of people back then felt that we as greeks shouldn't air our dirty laundry so candidly or zealously. He also created some socks, most notibly Zippy Zamboni who would post homoerotic hazing stories :rolleyes:

ETA- Hoosier ended up leaving after he was outed as being the one who posted all of the homoerotic hazing stories AND after a profile of his was seen on a M4M sex site.


Now tell me more about the Anthrax poster bc I don't remember that at all. It must have happened during one of my GC breaks.

PeppyGPhiB 03-29-2011 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PiKA2001 (Post 2042132)
Now tell me more about the Anthrax poster bc I don't remember that at all. It must have happened during one of my GC breaks.

Prunetacos=Anthrax Killer. Do a search and you'll see the obsession. He also used to troll various sorority Wikipedia pages and edit them.

preciousjeni 03-29-2011 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Munchkin03 (Post 2042112)
Really?

Didn't a good number of years pass between his stuff and the time we actually realized who it was? I don't think he drove any more people from GC than say, Tom Earp did.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Munchkin03 (Post 2042122)
Are you sure? I thought it was about 2 years--not a super long time, as in he was gushing about KKG at the same time he was sending anthrax, but long enough that he wasn't a memorable character like Earp or Hoosier.

Be careful. Say his name one more time and he might appear...

33girl 03-29-2011 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PiKA2001 (Post 2042132)
ETA- Hoosier ended up leaving after he was outed as being the one who posted all of the homoerotic hazing stories AND after a profile of his was seen on a M4M sex site.

Whoa!!! I didn't know that part. I now understand what some people were delicately not saying at the time though.

PiKA2001 03-30-2011 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 2041685)
Have those of us who have "grown up" on GC now gotten too busy with family/work/real life to visit as often?

I think most people just lurk nowadays. I don't know if you ever happen to look at the "Look who visited in the last 24 hour" stats but there are usually a good number of us old timers on there. I personally refrain from posting on a lot of todays Fraternity issues because of the fact that I rushed over a DECADE ago and I don't feel like I can give any sort of relevant advice to a new rushee or current active.

Damn I feel old.

christiangirl 03-30-2011 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06 (Post 2042040)
My sole reasoning for going back was to increase the time I could spend on GC during the day. True story.

I've actually thought about that and, as sad as I am about my decreased income, I'm excited for more GC during the day starting this fall semester!
Quote:

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 2042060)
QFPossible Witchage. We'll have to weigh her and find out.

I was seriously going to ask you if you really knew she was a witch and, if there were doubts, do you have a duck handy. But you seem to have things under control here.
Quote:

Originally Posted by MysticCat (Post 2042098)
I think I'm going to start calling her DrPh'lounce.

I laughed so hard, I now have the hiccups. :o
Quote:

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB (Post 2042109)
Prunetacos.

All my laughs are gone and all I gots left are hiccups. :(

I thought we were calling him raisinburrito to ease the shock value! Or did that not catch on?

ASTalumna06 03-30-2011 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 2042127)
Don't smile at me. That's soooo condescending. You may not want me here but the other posters obviously love my presence. Take dat, take dat!

*breakdancing*

Troll.

AlphaFrog 03-30-2011 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB (Post 2042158)
Prunetacos=Anthrax Killer. Do a search and you'll see the obsession. He also used to troll various sorority Wikipedia pages and edit them.

I remember a fairly recent story about the possibility of the guy they thought was the Anthrax killer actually not being the right person. I wonder what even came of that?

ETA: Yay for a Pope appearance. Nominations for Thread of the Year have now closed, as this one shall not be topped.

Benzgirl 03-30-2011 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 2042313)
ETA: Yay for a Pope appearance. Nominations for Thread of the Year have now closed, as this one shall not be topped.


Oh come on. I have lots of leftover popcorn to finish.

AlphaFrog 03-30-2011 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benzgirl (Post 2042338)
Oh come on. I have lots of leftover popcorn to finish.

There'll be other entertaining threads. Some better than others, and ones that may give this one a brief run for its money, but come on: tried and true subject, serious responses, GC Regulars Rivalries, gifs, TE Beetlejuice attempts, return of classic Socks, posts about PM support, ACTUAL PM support, calling of the Trainwreck, race war, Monty Python, raisinburrito, two spawned signatures and a new nickname for DrPhil. Does it really get better? SRSLY?*



*(I threw in one of my old classics for you, MC)

AnchorAlumna 03-30-2011 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 2042343)
Does it really get better?

Only if Sheetcake posts a picture.;)

Munchkin03 03-30-2011 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PiKA2001 (Post 2042132)
Creepy. He made it a point to only really post links to hazing allegations/stories on GC (sound familiar?) and it pissed a lot of the members off. A lot of people back then felt that we as greeks shouldn't air our dirty laundry so candidly or zealously. He also created some socks, most notibly Zippy Zamboni who would post homoerotic hazing stories :rolleyes:

ETA- Hoosier ended up leaving after he was outed as being the one who posted all of the homoerotic hazing stories AND after a profile of his was seen on a M4M sex site.


Now tell me more about the Anthrax poster bc I don't remember that at all. It must have happened during one of my GC breaks.

I'll clarify this Hoosier stuff:

No one really knows if Hoosier was Greek. He'd post not only about Greek hazing, but sports hazing as well. He'd also post articles from far-right perspective, criticizing Hillary Clinton and other female politicians. Someone Googled his e-mail address (since he'd regularly cross-post these articles on hazing listservs) and found a virtual treasure trove of hazing porn, including several with a character called "Zippy Zamboni." After "Zippy" came to life as a GC poster, Hoosier realized he had been exposed and quickly disappeared.

Occasionally, he'd come back under other screen names but was quickly exposed.

KAPital PHINUst 03-30-2011 01:17 PM

Someone asked a question to this effect a little over a year ago regarding the Delta forum here at GC. My response I gave there pretty much applies to GC as a whole and thus IMHO bears repeating:

Quote:

I have noticed several reasons for this:

- Established posters retiring GC to pursue other interests or life areas (marriage, family/children, careers, etc.). This also ties in with the fact that most of the established posters are much older now then when they first joined GC (7-10 years).

- Low turnover rate of GC posters (newbies replacing established posters who retired from GC). I have also noticed that newbies are more likely to lurk rather than post, my theory is that this is at least partially because the more saavy one may not want to risk being labeled as a troll/perp because they are new and doesn't want to risk asking a questionor making a comment that may be flagged as inappropriate.

- Message boards as a whole are being seen as antiquated compared to such social media as blogs, Facebook, and Twitter. With the new decade at hand, the younger would-be GCers are more likely going to think that message boards are "so Noughties" (read: "[20]00s").

- Frankly, the temperament of too many posters still here at GC has gotten to be so sensitive and "snarky", for most newbies to post something and have to weigh heir words very carefully to avoid being flamed, simply not worthwhile.

- For established posters, most of the meaningful topics that we all have had something to say about, already said.

(side note): Personally, I would like GC to have a feature that automatically locks or deletes threads that have been without a post after a certain period of time (6 months to a year would be reasonable). I have seen too many newbies get flamed for not doing a search on a previously discussed topic, then if they revive an old thread that has been discussed, get flamed for reviving an old topic. A feature that deletes old threads automatically will mitigate this double standard.

I don't know if this forum (or any other GLO specific forum) will get the same momentum it did in it's glory years (2001 - 2005), but I'm sure it will get its share of "random spurts" from GC alumni stopping by to visit, and those "GC Poster Returns threads" will make this forum's glory years all worthwhile.



Link:

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...8&postcount=12

AOII Angel 03-30-2011 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst (Post 2042375)
Someone asked a question to this effect a little over a year ago regarding the Delta forum here at GC. My response I gave there pretty much applies to GC as a whole and thus IMHO bears repeating:

(side note): Personally, I would like GC to have a feature that automatically locks or deletes threads that have been without a post after a certain period of time (6 months to a year would be reasonable). I have seen too many newbies get flamed for not doing a search on a previously discussed topic, then if they revive an old thread that has been discussed, get flamed for reviving an old topic. A feature that deletes old threads automatically will mitigate this double standard.

I don't know if this forum (or any other GLO specific forum) will get the same momentum it did in it's glory years (2001 - 2005), but I'm sure it will get its share of "random spurts" from GC alumni stopping by to visit, and those "GC Poster Returns threads" will make this forum's glory years all worthwhile.


Link: [/COLOR]
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...8&postcount=12

You haven't figured out that we want the newbies to read and NOT post?:D

AlphaFrog 03-30-2011 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst (Post 2042375)
Someone asked a question to this effect a little over a year ago regarding the Delta forum here at GC. My response I gave there pretty much applies to GC as a whole and thus IMHO bears repeating:



Link: [/COLOR]
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...8&postcount=12

And just like that the awesomeness that was this thread goes burning down in a pile of wasted ashes. So long to what might have been. We can only hope that the Spirit of the Phoenix is with thee, and thou canst rise amongst the smoldering nothingness into a new creation. Amen.

33girl 03-30-2011 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 2042385)
And just like that the awesomeness that was this thread goes burning down in a pile of wasted ashes. So long to what might have been. We can only hope that the Spirit of the Phoenix is with thee, and thou canst rise amongst the smoldering nothingness into a new creation. Amen.

I don't think a Phoenix will get near his posts. I think the best he can hope for is an eagle with its ass on fire.

Benzgirl 03-30-2011 02:22 PM

AlphaFrog, love the new sig.

KAPital PHINUst 03-30-2011 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 2042385)
And just like that the awesomeness that was this thread goes burning down in a pile of wasted ashes. So long to what might have been. We can only hope that the Spirit of the Phoenix is with thee, and thou canst rise amongst the smoldering nothingness into a new creation. Amen.

'Ts a damn shame your ignorant ass didn't go down in flames with the thread, because such has been long overdue for you. *smh*

And that goes double for 33girl.

agzg 03-30-2011 03:20 PM

*woosh*

Drolefille 03-30-2011 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst (Post 2042403)
'Ts a damn shame your ignorant ass didn't go down in flames with the thread, because such has been long overdue for you. *smh*

And that goes double for 33girl.

We'll miss you, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

Or do. Whatever.

Oh, btw, world hasn't ended yet, kthxbye.

AlphaFrog 03-30-2011 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst (Post 2042403)
[COLOR=DarkRed]'Ts a damn shame your ignorant ass didn't go down in flames with the thread, because such has been long overdue for you. *smh*[/COLOR

And that goes double for 33girl.

Damn, Sis. We been told.:(


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:05 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.