Random Information You Learned on or because of GreekChat

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by carnation

As for me, the non-Greek stuff I've learned here has either been latebreaking news or shockingly off color stuff about my husband always asks,"Did you learn that on Greek Chat?"

I totally understand this. As I was commenting on a thread today, I thought to myself, "why in the world am I commenting about people masturbating in public?" I mean, it was about a news story and it is interesting from a sociological perspective to wonder why we usually hear about men doing stuff and not women, but really, it's kind of inappropriate never-the-less, and yet, EVERYTHING gets talked about on GC.

ETA: Ew, just looked up "pegging" on urbandictionary.com. Thanks a lot, Dionysus. At least, thank goodness, there were no illustrations.

[texas*princess]

I learned about territorial waters

[BetteDavisEyes]

Pegging (though I could have lived without learning what that was all about)

[KSig RC]

I learned most people are 30% as smart as they think they are, but are 90% more opinionated.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

I learned most people are 30% as smart as they think they are, but are 90% more opinionated.

Ding ding! I think we have a winner.

[Senusret I]

I learned that everyone's a little bit racist.

(c) 2003 Avenue Q

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I learned that everyone's a little bit racist.

(c) 2003 Avenue Q

I love it.



I learned that there really are crazy people out there just bursting at the seams to live out their college dream of being in an NPC sorority. (Ok, still Greek-related, but not a normal "GLO Fact".)

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

I learned most people are 30% as smart as they think they are, but are 90% more opinionated.

What issues were you talking about that revealed this data?
It seems like it would be unlikely to reveal itself in the recruitment threads, but maybe I'm wrong.

[AUDeltaGam]

...that the University of West Alabama exists.

And I lived in Alabama for 4 years!

[CutiePie2000]

I learned that a "pineapple" is a symbol of hospitality / welcoming at someone's house in The South.

I think I also got a better idea of what Southerners consider iced tea.

I had never heard of "Cold Stone Creamery" until I saw it discussed on GC (hey, we don't have it here in Maple Leaf Land). We *DO* however, have "Marble Slab" Creamery.