Seriously, peeps. No one REALLY cares about your stupid rush story.

[Tippiechick]

C'mon.

If you aren't currently about to pledge, pledged more than a year ago, OR you left GC hanging in suspense for YEARS wondering where you went, THEN STOP MAKING THESE INANE DAMN RETRO RUSH STORIES.

Seriously. We don't care.

Signed,

Those of us who really matter.

Edited to add: Yes, I realize GC has some really sad people who care about this shit. They are the "Kitchen" GChatters we try to lock up in the kitchen so no thinks the majority are like them. They are closely related the the "basement" AI people. Stay far from them.

[knight_shadow]

LOL

[moe.ron]

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Tippiechick

Signed,

Those of us who really matter.

YES!

Double that if your "rush story" smacks of pink sequin tights and having 1285 sororities at an uber-competitive campus, and can't keep your story straight.

[Xidelt]

Rush stories are my least favourite threads.

[AnchorAlumna]

I disagree.

Sometimes they're fun to read. I don't read all of them.

Don't read 'em if you don't like 'em.

[jwright25]

HAHA! I have been going back and forth on this. I agree with TC 110% - they are stupid and pointless. Especially because there is a 99.99% chance that all these going on now are fake and written by the same person (eaglesbaby). There are just waaaay too many similarities in these stories. Plus as I mentioned before, anyone who is "a regular poster who made a sockpuppet to create suspense" KNOWS better than to do a story right now.

I have held my tongue (fingers) thus far, because I'm waiting for the stories to finish out and then for an established GC'er to verify the membership of the author. And refusing to PM your information to a GC'er is equivalent to admitting you made the shit up.

[DrPhil]

Thank you.

I rarely read the threads, but even seeing the thread titles pop up annoys me.

[MaggieXi]

I read some and reply to some - merely for entertainment purposes. But if you are going to try and "lock up" the people who read and respond to them, you should also do the same for all the people who post "whats your favorite color" and "I'm getting married so yay for me" threads.

[ComradesTrue]

Agree. Agree. Agree.

The only exception is for posters that really are great writers and/or there is a point for posting other than the ego of the writer. Two threads come to mind:

curlygirly
20something

Speaking of 20something... please allow me the podium for a moment so that I can get this off my chest:

One thing that annoys me soooo much is the overuse of "brutally honest" in these inane stories. If people would actually go back and read her excellent story then they would realize that most of the "brutal honesty" had to do with her own mistakes, growing as an 18 year old young woman, and other introspection that had to do with *her* and NOT the houses. Yes, she did include some possible dirty rushing, etc, but that thread was not created so that she could bash houses. Ugh at the immature posters who think that using the term "brutally honest" means that it is license to say negative things about the actives and the houses.

/steps off of podium

If posting your story has a point, then do it. If it is entertaining enough to make us laugh, then do it. If you just need attention and to feel important, then move along. We don't care. Each of us already has our own recruitment story so it is not like you are unique.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by MaggieXi

"I'm getting married so yay for me" threads.

uh oh

I'm swerving into non-NPHC lane when I say that the "what OTHER sorority would you join if/based on...." threads are always pretty silly to me. *ducking for cover*

[SydneyK]

I'm not generally a retro rush thread myself, but I must admit I'm really into Barbie's thread. She's so awesome.

[AOII_LB93]

Here's my retro thread: I rushed and joined AOII. Yay me.

[lovespink88]

I have mixed feelings about them. I used to be absolutely addicted to these before I joined and when I first started posting. But slowly, I've become less and less interested. They just all seem the same now (and maybe they are, because of eaglesbaby, ha!) It's definitely lost it's appeal for me.

I still like ones that are live. To me those are the best ones. I just think it's great to read about someone who is SO excited about her new sisters that she wants to tell her story to everyone who will listen. I also enjoy hearing about what recruitment is like at different schools, and I like REAL retro threads (like ones from the mid 90's or earlier) cause I also think it's fun to hear about what rush used to be like. But those kinds of things seem to be rare these days.

And the sugar coating it killing it too. I know I'm being a hypocrite right now because my story was mostly rainbows and butterflies, but I did it because I lurked GC for a while before I posted, and I thought that I would get flamed if I said "everyone says that ABC is the fat sorority, DEF are the skanks, and GHI are the rich snobs". Since I was a newbie, I didn't want to step on anyone's toes. Maybe that's why some people do it too, but that's just a guess.

So yeah, I'm losing interest too, but I'm sure you'll find me posting here as they at least provide a quick and easy entertainment break from work.

[kddani]

If it's someone who is a contributing member of GC on an ongoing basis, that's one thing.

But what is ridiculous is the people who claim to have been lurking, or people who claimed be posting under a different username for some unknown and/or stupid people.