|
» GC Stats |
Members: 329,768
Threads: 115,673
Posts: 2,205,400
|
| Welcome to our newest member, vogatik |
|
 |
|
12-14-2009, 08:02 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Michigan
Posts: 5,807
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by WVU alpha phi
.....They're pretty boring to watch and definitely trying too hard to be Italian. Who really says "salute" every time they toast or take shots? I'm Italian and know a lot of other Italians (including ones from Jersey) and I'd laugh at someone if they did that.
|
1. Most Italians (parents or grandparents straight off the boat) don't try too hard to be Italian. They just are. The family lifestyles they showed before they all took off are pretty right on. These people remind me of my Sicilian family in Staten Island and Brooklyn. The Italian and Sicilian culture is still fresh in them. (no offense if this is similar to you, but I can't stand when people are like I'M ITALIAN just because their last name is Italian. The culture is what makes us Italian, not our last names).
Quote:
Originally Posted by ree-Xi
Not from NJ but two Italian (dad's off the boat), and we say "salud" when we toast. Then again, half the conversation at family gatherings is in Italian anyway.
|
Thank you  (also a real Italian would know it's not "salute")
__________________
Proud to be a Macon Magnolia!
KLTC
|
12-14-2009, 08:03 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: nasty and inebriated
Posts: 5,772
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by ZTAngel
I watch it. Are there people who really act like this???? I'm guessing this group is just playing it up for the cameras - right?
|
Sadly, I have met people like that.
__________________
And he took a cup of coffee and gave thanks to God for it, saying, 'Each of you drink from it. This is my caffeine, which gives life.'
|
12-14-2009, 08:15 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: NYC for now
Posts: 36
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by ZTAngel
I watch it. Are there people who really act like this???? I'm guessing this group is just playing it up for the cameras - right?
|
I'm sure the cast is playing it up, but it's not unrealistic. And my friends from college wonder why my friends from high school and I never go out to bars when I'm in town. 
|
12-14-2009, 09:04 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Birmingham, AL
Posts: 739
|
|
"Snooki" (WTF?) looks like a bonsai hybrid of Elvira and Christina Aguilera.
|
12-14-2009, 10:21 PM
|
|
Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Posts: 9,324
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by LXA SE285
|
I watch it.
__________________
Garth J. Lampkin, Diversity and Inclusion Chair, Region 4
Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity
LetEmKnow!!RollTau!!
|
12-14-2009, 10:50 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,791
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by PM_Mama00
1. Most Italians (parents or grandparents straight off the boat) don't try too hard to be Italian. They just are. The family lifestyles they showed before they all took off are pretty right on. These people remind me of my Sicilian family in Staten Island and Brooklyn. The Italian and Sicilian culture is still fresh in them. (no offense if this is similar to you, but I can't stand when people are like I'M ITALIAN just because their last name is Italian. The culture is what makes us Italian, not our last names).
|
PM Mama, this post just touches my heart. Real Italians are display their pride with actions and not tanning, lol. You put it perfectly by saying "they just are" I don't know how to describe it any other way. And its definitly not the lifestyle portrayed on the tv show. Now I can't wait for a good old fashioned Italian Christmas Eve!!
__________________
"Delta Chi is not a weekend or once-a-year affair but a lifelong opportunity and privilege"
- Albert Sullard Barnes
|
12-14-2009, 11:03 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Occupied Territory CSA
Posts: 2,237
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by LXA SE285
Not surprised that a fratty would be watching to point and laugh, but ... wow. So you can actually make it through a whole episode full of gel, spray tan, and fist pumping?
|
It drives me absolutely bonkers.
But I think it's hilarious. And it's masochism at it's finest.
__________________
Overall, though, it's the bigness of the car that counts the most. Because when something bad happens in a really big car – accidentally speeding through the middle of a gang of unruly young people who have been taunting you in a drive-in restaurant, for instance – it happens very far away – way out at the end of your fenders. It's like a civil war in Africa; you know, it doesn't really concern you too much. - P.J. O'Rourke
|
12-14-2009, 11:57 PM
|
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 14,730
|
|
|
Entertainment Tonight talks about the punch heard around the world. MTV is showing a PSA about violence instead of the punch. Everyone's seen the punch by now, anyway.
|
12-15-2009, 12:04 AM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: nasty and inebriated
Posts: 5,772
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DrPhil
Entertainment Tonight talks about the punch heard around the world. MTV is showing a PSA about violence instead of the punch. Everyone's seen the punch by now, anyway.
|
Punch?
__________________
And he took a cup of coffee and gave thanks to God for it, saying, 'Each of you drink from it. This is my caffeine, which gives life.'
|
12-15-2009, 12:19 AM
|
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 14,730
|
|
|
|
12-15-2009, 01:15 AM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: CA
Posts: 1,116
|
|
|
Snookie's face reminds me of a Cabbage Patch Kid.
|
12-15-2009, 10:41 AM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,132
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by PM_Mama00
1. Most Italians (parents or grandparents straight off the boat) don't try too hard to be Italian. They just are. The family lifestyles they showed before they all took off are pretty right on. These people remind me of my Sicilian family in Staten Island and Brooklyn. The Italian and Sicilian culture is still fresh in them. (no offense if this is similar to you, but I can't stand when people are like I'M ITALIAN just because their last name is Italian. The culture is what makes us Italian, not our last names).
Thank you (also a real Italian would know it's not "salute") |
I agree that their family lifestyles look typically Italian. My family gatherings consist of a bunch of loud, rowdy, short Italians trying to talk over eachother. I was just saying that these people, by constantly talking about being Italian, referring to themselves as guidos and guidettes 24/7, are trying way too hard. I also don't like when people proudly say they're Italian just because of their last name, but do nothing to appreciate their heritage.
As for the "salute" comment, I don't ever use that word so my apolgies for googling it and coming off as a fake Italian.
__________________
Carolina in my mind
|
12-15-2009, 12:10 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Michigan
Posts: 15,823
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gusteau
PM Mama, this post just touches my heart. Real Italians are display their pride with actions and not tanning, lol. You put it perfectly by saying "they just are" I don't know how to describe it any other way. And its definitly not the lifestyle portrayed on the tv show. Now I can't wait for a good old fashioned Italian Christmas Eve!!
|
I miss those good old fashioned Italian Christmas Eves. Mmmmm, calamari.
|
12-15-2009, 12:42 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: only the best city in the world
Posts: 6,261
|
|
|
i've yet to see the show, but its totaly reminiscient of visiting my godsister in Staten Island on the weekend. SI Mall is FULL of these type of folk.
I still think its hilarious that Domino's pulled their ads. because Domino's screams authentic Italine cuisine. I'm sure Olive Garden is declining to comment too.
__________________
Do you know people? Have you interacted with them? Because this is pretty standard no-brainer stuff. -33girl
|
12-15-2009, 01:09 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Birmingham, AL
Posts: 739
|
|
|
I think the middle-aged one called "The Situation" is from Staten Island.
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
