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01-23-2006, 04:42 PM
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Croakies serve a very reasonable purpose. Yeah, they're very useful for us who fish, but they're useful all the time really. It makes you much less likely to lose or damage your sunglasses, which is nice when they're a couple hundred dollar investment. I understand they might not be fashionable where you are, but more than likely most guys there would get ignored by girls at a bar here for how they dress. Its not really just a southern thing either. Go anywhere where "preppy" people are, and you'll see them. For example, I saw them everywhere in DC this summer.
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Thank for your help in getting my point across, sweets. And you're right, I think you'll find Croakies anywhere where the dress is more preppy and traditional, and anywhere that's near the water.
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01-23-2006, 06:19 PM
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I love my pair of croakies. They're perfect for my ray-bans.
You do realize that every northerner/cali post on here is promoting the stereotype that many southerners have of those areas. Less classy, more rude (i see more rudeness on this board than fratty.net), more prone to "go clubbing" or whatever that GDI shit is.
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01-23-2006, 06:21 PM
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Less classy, more rude (i see more rudeness on this board than fratty.net)
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It's nice to know you don't consider constant use of racial slurs rude.
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01-23-2006, 06:39 PM
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Racial slurs aside, I guarantee the majority of people on this board still have problems with the southern greek life presented somewhat on fratty.net.
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01-23-2006, 07:24 PM
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Racial slurs aside, I guarantee the majority of people on this board still have problems with the southern greek life presented somewhat on fratty.net.
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Yeah, I'm from the South and post on fratty.net once in a while, but I still get a great kick out of how seriously some of those guys take it. I always thought the whole Southern greek life attitude was sort of, you know, 'I don't give a crap,' and some of them seem to care way too much about what they're wearing and how they're presenting themselves. It makes me wonder if some of the confidence that seemed to exude from these guys on campus was a front, that they're really all extremely insecure. But others, I know, are just taking it to an extreme to satirize it all.
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01-23-2006, 08:49 PM
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Well to me southern greek life isn't about not giving a crap, but just not caring about trends, and what people unimportant to you may criticize. Hence sticking with the classics when it comes to clothing, and acting in the way we were raised, which usually includes keeping your character above reproach and conservative values.
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01-23-2006, 09:03 PM
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Racial slurs aside, I guarantee the majority of people on this board still have problems with the southern greek life presented somewhat on fratty.net.
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There's a difference between having a problem with something, and thinking it's stupid. I don't have a problem with guys wearing croakies, I just think it's kind of stupid.
Do I have a problem with you not bidding a black/Asian/homosexual person because you don't like them? No. Do I have a problem with you not bidding them even if you do like them simply because they're black/Asian/homosexual? Yes.
As far as "keeping your character above reproach and conservative values," I must have missed the fratty posts that celebrate those. They must be hidden between the threads entitled "N _ _ _ _ _ Joke of the Day" and "Birth Control and C _ _ - In Or Out?"
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01-23-2006, 09:32 PM
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As far as "keeping your character above reproach and conservative values," I must have missed the fratty posts that celebrate those. They must be hidden between the threads entitled "N _ _ _ _ _ Joke of the Day" and "Birth Control and C _ _ - In Or Out?"
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Ho-lee shit. If that's what southern Greek life vindicates, I'm sure as hell glad I'm on the west coast
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01-23-2006, 11:36 PM
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As for what I normally wear, either a fraternity party shirt or a polo, khaki shorts or pants depending on the whether, a belt, and usually reefs or my birkenstock moc sandals.
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Thats what I usually wear in the summer, khakis with a polo or oxford w/brown leather belt . I also have a bad flip-flop fetish( I have about 6 pairs of sandals) but where I'm from only lesbians/hippies wear birks.
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01-24-2006, 12:59 AM
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I too am glad you are on the west coast. Also, in regards to who we give bids to, I disagree somewhat. I don't really come across many minorities at my school that would really fit in in my fraternity. Most black students at my school are generally part of popular black culture, and that doesn't work for us. However, I'm pretty sure our preppy white southern culture doesn't really work for most of them either. I'm not sure what would happen if we were approached by a minority who would be a good fit, because it hasn't happened since I've been here. Actually, I don't believe any minority has attempted to rush my fraternity during my tenure. That aside, I would have a problem with bidding a gay person. I'm sure there will be reactions such as "not all gay guys are attracted to all other guys" and I'm positive that is true. That being said, it would make the large majority of my fraternity uncomfortable, and would go against the ideals of my fraternity, and the faith of most of the brotherhood. Unfortunately, like I said, many on this board would probably consider me a racist and a homophobe, despite the legitimacy and logic of my reasoning.
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01-24-2006, 01:10 AM
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I too am glad you are on the west coast. Also, in regards to who we give bids to, I disagree somewhat. I don't really come across many minorities at my school that would really fit in in my fraternity. Most black students at my school are generally part of popular black culture, and that doesn't work for us. However, I'm pretty sure our preppy white southern culture doesn't really work for most of them either. I'm not sure what would happen if we were approached by a minority who would be a good fit, because it hasn't happened since I've been here. Actually, I don't believe any minority has attempted to rush my fraternity during my tenure. That aside, I would have a problem with bidding a gay person. I'm sure there will be reactions such as "not all gay guys are attracted to all other guys" and I'm positive that is true. That being said, it would make the large majority of my fraternity uncomfortable, and would go against the ideals of my fraternity, and the faith of most of the brotherhood. Unfortunately, like I said, many on this board would probably consider me a racist and a homophobe, despite the legitimacy and logic of my reasoning.
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sup dude? how you doin?
eta: quoted, juuuuuuust so you don't go around editing it
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01-24-2006, 01:17 AM
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sup dude? how you doin?
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That's kinda brokeback.
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01-24-2006, 01:22 AM
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That's kinda brokeback.
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Yep
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01-24-2006, 01:25 AM
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Southern fraternity men are definitely wonderful and I would never have been able to marry someone outside of that mold
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So your husband doesn't know how to dress either?
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01-24-2006, 01:36 AM
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