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Originally Posted by MysticCat (Post 2084333)

:o Like I said,
And no, I don't hate you . . . I guess. Now, Dr. Phil on the other handShe is just mean to me. Mean, I say.

This is why I ignore DrPh'lounce whenever possible. She's "creepy"

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Originally Posted by shirley1929 (Post 2084329)

For this...

And this..

I refer you back to this...

I refer you back to this....

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

Boohoo to the noob who slithers off? Good gracious. LOL.

And I ask that a moderator please moderate MysticCat and ASTalumna06. They are being mean and it is hurtful.

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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 2084342)

And I ask that a moderator please moderate MysticCat and ASTalumna06. They are being mean and it is hurtful.

Well, maybe if you had decided to give the other chapters a chance, we wouldn't have to yell at you! Now go deal with your rejectment elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by ellebud (Post 2084332)

Again, only some people know the posts that you are talking about. More importantly, I think everyone who has posted agrees that what happened was jacked up.

But, that isn't what this thread is really about, is it? Is this thread about preaching to sock puppets and trolls that don't care what the majority of us think anyway? If so, that could've been covered in the Wary thread rather than creating a "be nice" thread.

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 2084186)

This thread is sooooo 2007....Actually, we get one of these EVERY year, it's just that this particular one I remember who started and could easily find.

What this thread is lacking, however, is the OP telling us how many PMs she got in support of her thread. That's a classic rule of these kind of threads that can't be ignored.

Although the OP of that thread did eventually crank the sequoia tree out of her ass.

I always have to chuckle when people say how "hard" this board is for newbies. They obviously don't post on TV Without Pity, or a host of other sites.

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Originally Posted by shirley1929 (Post 2084284)

So, you are saying she got what she deserved? I'm still really baffled at that.

No, she's saying that if a bunch of stressed out, sleep deprived, probably starving young women who are worrying about everything they do could say to each other at rush "hey, isn't that the PNM whose mom told on GC about how her daughter thought we were bitches?" and successfully pick the correct PNM out of 1000s of girls, then mom probably should have shut the fuck up with the identifying details.

^^^Or any wedding related boards (ex: The Knot.)

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Originally Posted by shirley1929 (Post 2084208)

You know what? You're right. I apologize and will delete that part. BUT, it is reminscent of McCarthyism (better analogy?) when people become crazy stalkers and start "taking care" of things.

No you should stop making analogies. You suck at them.

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I guess it's probably not fun for you when I can have a calm conversation and admit when I'm wrong.

Why in the world would you think that? Watching you be all passive aggressive like this is hilarious.

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I don't need to resort to profanity.

Neither do I, it's just enjoyable.
I'm not going to go around saying: "Hell's fire, Mother Night and May The Darkness Be Merciful!*" when I could just say, you're being a fucking tool.

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Many people don't do that here.

Oh, NOW you're using other people as a standard. So it's only when they agree with you that it matters/

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I'm sincerely not trying to bash...I'm trying to help. Sorry that it's not coming off that way.

Intent isn't magical, your words are what they are.

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Originally Posted by Senusret I (Post 2084211)

But you bitches have been in rare form this August. I'm with shirley, come what may.

You know we do what we do.

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Originally Posted by DGTess (Post 2084275)

I have never seen a rushee claim she dropped because she was dropped by the popular chapters.

Now, I haven't read every thread, so I could have missed one or three, but most often she claims she didn't feel a connection with the chapters she ranked low, and GC women to whom she comes for advice make the value judgements.

Okay, I get that you believe it's your right.

Bless your heart.

As I've told you before, remove the gun from your ass before posting. You tried to pull that crap in one thread and you'll note that it didn't work for you there, either.

lol at your attempt at condescension. Go make fun of Virginia Tech students for being nervous at seeing what they thought was a gun again, asshole.

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Originally Posted by shirley1929 (Post 2084284)

And maybe that's what the very crux of my point is. Given that it's the written word, tone is VERY subjective. I didn't mean to be condescending, and yet I came off that way to you. You (the collective you of course) can come off that way as well, so we should all just be a little more careful in wording I guess.

Shut the fuck up.

Careful enough for you?

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Agree. I thought it would be one post and done, but apparently a struck a nerve somewhere?

Liar. Passive aggressive and a liar. God damn seriously, the felons I work with are better at this shit than you are.

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I actually wasn't the one talking about this, I just mentioned that thread in general. I haven't said anything (to my memory) in that thread, I just referenced it. And yes, it does concern me (as I believe I mentioned in here) that the poster didn't listen, but do I think she then deserves what she got? NO.

So post in the damn thread where people will actually know WTF you're talking about rather than being a passive aggressive coward.

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Seriously...where did I yell? Did I call you by name? If it doesn't apply to you, then don't respond to it. Simple. For the tenth time, I'm just asking people to think about how they can be construed before they post.

This is not how a message board works.

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Originally Posted by shirley1929 (Post 2084300)

And sometimes you (the collective you, of course) aren't given the opportunity to apologize. The noob just slithers off because they're scared of your tone.

Their own business. We're not that internet scary.

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Originally Posted by aopirose (Post 2084301)

I am hurt that I wasn't included. :( I think that it is important for people to know that Orange Julius is still around. "Go Orange Julius!" :D

I have never had one.

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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 2084310)

LOL. Since when have usernames been able to create preachy threads with no responses? The OP should've replied in the Wary thread and been done with it. LOL.

STOP REPLYING TO THIS THREAD

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Originally Posted by shirley1929 (Post 2084311)

Guess so! It's a really pretty place... :)

So go play there instead, there's a reason the level of traffic is so very different between the two forums, and people keep coming back. Funny that.

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 2084316)

although come to that, they already have mad troll-detecting skills.

They're just so obvious.

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Originally Posted by shirley1929 (Post 2084329)

For this...

And this..

I refer you back to this...

And yet they're 18-20 year old ADULTS who can also build their own bridge and get over it. Or cry for mom when the playground isn't nice.

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Originally Posted by ellebud (Post 2084332)

Dr. Phil: I strongly suspect the posts that were referred to as McCarthy like by me were deleted before you read them. In Translation's thread someone said that they "had taken care of" Wary's daughter. They had reported her to the authorities at UT. Initially they said they had "insider" information (none written) about a girl who was going through recruitment. Who? What? No information provided, but the girl was identifiable, charged with "something" and left out to hang in the wind. I claim the first reference to Senator Joe. I own it.

I saw a few other posts, but missed others (where someone created a new account with the daughter's actual name) where people told the world what this girl was wearing on a day, and the obvious message was: Look out. We are watching you.

Did the mother make mistakes? Yes. Did she stop? No. Did adults, and I use the term loosely, go after someone's kid for shits/giggles/revenge? Yes. And to those adults I can truly say that your behavior is disgusting.

Most of the posters/members on this board have good information. The responders to this thread are among the best sources of information. And yes, there are people who ask the same questions ad infinitum. And just like when small children ask, "Why?" thirty times in a minute some of us get inpatient. (Oh heck, all parents get impatient with the whys.) But this was different and it was creepy and it was wrong. Whoever the creepers were they were THERE (how else would they know what the girl was wearing?) and they (or there was one.....I truly don't know) were out to bury this child. And yes, she is someone's child.

There have been times that someone has discussed something (not necessarily) Greek related and was responded to in a way that the OP didn't want to hear because they "knew" better. After a few tries of information by others which was ignored, the OP went on her merry way...no harm no foul. I know that most of the posters on this thread give great information, they have said the same things so many times they probably should just bring out the menu and said......go to column c.

But again, the person or person(s) who went after this girl because they didn't like what the mother had to say (this is an old fashioned concept and not in vogue anymore): Shame on you.

In a perfect world the creepers would come out a own what they did. She/he/they might even try to right things.

.......but then again I try to live in the world of unicorns, rainbows and ethics.

Again, why is this post not in the appropriate thread? Those of us who weren't in it don't know jack shit about it. Nothing is saying that people can't cross the line, simply that THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO TRY AND TALK ABOUT IT - Passive aggressive bullshit "BE NICE GUYZ" instead of "USERNAME IS A STALKING ASSHOLE, report them".

Fuck, have the gonads to say it to someone's metaphorical face.

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Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 2084392)

I always have to chuckle when people say how "hard" this board is for newbies. They obviously don't post on TV Without Pity, or a host of other sites.

Actually TVWOP's board policy against posters 'attacking' each other is rather strict. You can't really call someone out for their bullshit ideas there. Or at least not in the show thread I was in. No I don't have warnings there, why would you ask?

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Originally Posted by Jen (Post 2084396)

I feel that if you can't handle the atmosphere of GC, then there are other places online you can go. Why try and change the vibe of an entire community when you can just find one that has the vibe you want?

But then how would I earn my internet brownie points?!?!

* credit to Anne Bishop, oh my teen years of dark age-inappropriate fantasy

Something tells me that you aren't going to win Miss Congeniality.

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Originally Posted by ellebud (Post 2084443)

Something tells me that you aren't going to win Miss Congeniality.

Wouldn't want to be in the running.

I spend my work life trying to change people's thinking, when I see the same bullshit here, might as well just tell them to fuck off.

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Originally Posted by Drolefille (Post 2084430)

So go play there instead, there's a reason the level of traffic is so very different between the two forums, and people keep coming back. Funny that.

I have no idea what this means?

And just LOLZ at the rest of it. Glad I could create a place for you to entertain others...it sure has become entertaining to me to see some of you so worked up & that was not my intent.

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Originally Posted by shirley1929 (Post 2084453)

Passive. Aggressive.

Are you an adult?

Quite frankly at this point I suggest that people who will not verify letters with someone on GC should be considered a perp. I'm over this bull.

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Originally Posted by aopirose (Post 2084301)

I am hurt that I wasn't included. :( I think that it is important for people to know that Orange Julius is still around. "Go Orange Julius!" :D

Oh my...How could I forget aopirose? Shout out to my girl aopirose! She knows her stuff!!!

shirley, you asked whether or not the girl deserved whatever happened. I'm not saying she deserved it. I'm saying that instead of getting mad at whoever you think on GC went out of their way to ruin it for this girl--you should be pointing the finger at heli-mom who wants to divulge EVERY detail of her daughter's recruitment to the point that people could pick her out of a crowd or throughout recruitment/ rush. If anything, I blame the mother.

Also, if you are going to make blanket statements that "WE" scared her and others away or that "WE" were the ones to do this to her, have the decency to call people out and not make it seem like it is everyone of "US" who did it. I didn't do a thing. I'd appreciate it if you'd stop pointing fingers at us (which incorporates me until you decide to call out whoever it was).

Once again...it's called RESPONSIBILITY...People (Wary) needs to take RESPONSIBILITY that her actions may have caused an adverse effect for her daughter. It sucks but, it's reality.

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Originally Posted by shirley1929 (Post 2084453)

And just LOLZ at the rest of it. Glad I could create a place for you to entertain others...it sure has become entertaining....

You finally got the point.

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Originally Posted by Drolefille (Post 2084455)

Quite frankly at this point I suggest that people who will not verify letters with someone on GC should be considered a perp. I'm over this bull.

So, seeing as this is a message board, I could just tell you I'm an XYZ from WTF U. and suddenly that makes me legit? I'm not a perp, I just have chosen not to tell you my affiliation. It's a message board, anyone here could tell you they are a member of a GLO and you pretty much have to take it at face value. There's no cyber handshake to slip someone.

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Originally Posted by als463 (Post 2084456)

If anything, I blame the mother.

I get it, I said the Mom had a lapse in judgement as well (about 5 times here)

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Originally Posted by als463 (Post 2084456)

Also, if you are going to make blanket statements that "WE" scared her and others away or that "WE" were the ones to do this to her, have the decency to call people out and not make it seem like it is everyone of "US" who did it. I didn't do a thing. I'd appreciate it if you'd stop pointing fingers at us (which incorporates me until you decide to call out whoever it was).

And we've established several times that WE don't know who the person(s) is that did it to her, so how could I have better called them out? Please tell me, because I honestly don't know. There's a decent chance that the person who did it is a regular GC poster, so by starting a new thread I hoped to grab their attention.

I'm not pointing a finger at you if you're not involved. If you take everything you read on the internet personally that refers to "you", well then that's your own issue.

The horse is dead. Feel free to stop beating it at any time...

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Originally Posted by shirley1929 (Post 2084464)

The horse is dead. Feel free to stop beating it at any time...

Says the person who raised the horse.