GreekChat.com Forums  

Go Back   GreekChat.com Forums > General Chat Topics > Chit Chat
Register FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Chit Chat The Chit Chat forum is for discussions that do not fit into the forum topics listed below.

» GC Stats
Members: 329,902
Threads: 115,689
Posts: 2,207,161
Welcome to our newest member, Deepak43
» Online Users: 1,803
1 members and 1,802 guests
No Members online
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 11-05-2008, 06:27 PM
WVU alpha phi WVU alpha phi is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,134
Send a message via Yahoo to WVU alpha phi
Quote:
Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam View Post
Or, WVU fans when WVU wins in football. Those flaming couches don't just light themselves.
.
No, they certainly don't!
__________________
Carolina in my mind
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 11-05-2008, 07:56 PM
AGDee AGDee is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Michigan
Posts: 15,843
There have been studies showing that in males, testosterone surges greatly when the sports team they are rooting for wins. It is suspected that this surge creates increased aggression and leads to those riots after sport championship wins. I'm not sure elections cause that same surge.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 11-05-2008, 07:59 PM
agzg agzg is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: but I am le tired...
Posts: 7,283
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGDee View Post
There have been studies showing that in males, testosterone surges greatly when the sports team they are rooting for wins. It is suspected that this surge creates increased aggression and leads to those riots after sport championship wins. I'm not sure elections cause that same surge.
I would guess it would depend on how emotionally invested the electorate gets in a political candidate. Some people watch politics like sports.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 11-05-2008, 11:18 PM
LightBulb LightBulb is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Long-distance information, give me Memphis, Tennessee!
Posts: 1,521
Quote:
Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam View Post
I would guess it would depend on how emotionally invested the electorate gets in a political candidate. Some people watch politics like sports.

From Urban Dictionary:
Obama Baby
A child conceived after Obama was proclaimed President by way of celebratory sex, or any baby born under Barack Obama's term(s).
I was born July 2009. I'm an Obama baby!
__________________
Αλφα Σιγμα Ταυ, ψο!Φι Αλφα ΘεταΟρδερ οφ Ομεγαηερε ισ α σεχρετ μεσσαγε ιυστ φορ ψου!
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 11-06-2008, 02:09 PM
the rocketeer the rocketeer is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 41
it could have been a joke...I was getting so tired of being called a dirty Commie by a certain group at school that I wore a USSR flag T-shirt to school one day.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 11-07-2008, 09:20 AM
ThetaPrincess24 ThetaPrincess24 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 5,724
Quote:
Originally Posted by the rocketeer View Post
it could have been a joke...I was getting so tired of being called a dirty Commie by a certain group at school that I wore a USSR flag T-shirt to school one day.

That's about as funny a joke as those nutjobs hanging a model of Sarah Palin by the neck.
__________________
Kappa Alpha Theta-Life Loyal Member
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 11-07-2008, 10:12 AM
RU OX Alum RU OX Alum is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Greater New York
Posts: 4,537
Quote:
Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24 View Post
That's about as funny a joke as those nutjobs hanging a model of Sarah Palin by the neck.
or as funny as a curious george doll
__________________
Love Conquers All
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 11-07-2008, 03:16 PM
the rocketeer the rocketeer is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 41
Quote:
Originally Posted by RU OX Alum View Post
or as funny as a curious george doll
wearing a USSR shirt != hanging Sarah Palin in effigy.

IMHO.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 11-10-2008, 10:43 AM
RU OX Alum RU OX Alum is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Greater New York
Posts: 4,537
Quote:
Originally Posted by the rocketeer View Post
wearing a USSR shirt != hanging Sarah Palin in effigy.

IMHO.
yeah, no, I agree both are pretty bad. Just saying that it came from both major parties. And probably minor ones as well.
__________________
Love Conquers All
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 11-07-2008, 03:49 PM
christiangirl christiangirl is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: in the midst of a 90s playlist
Posts: 9,819
Quote:
Originally Posted by RU OX Alum View Post
or as funny as a curious george doll
I was in a "political campaign" store (one of those spoof stores where all the merchandise mocks the candidates) and there was a blue shirt with a monkey running for president on it. It was on the Dem side, so they weren't talking about Georgie.
__________________
"We have letters. You have dreams." ~Senusret I

"My dreams have become letters." ~christiangirl
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 11-10-2008, 01:56 PM
honeychile's Avatar
honeychile honeychile is offline
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Counting my blessings!
Posts: 31,505
Quote:
Originally Posted by christiangirl View Post
I was in a "political campaign" store (one of those spoof stores where all the merchandise mocks the candidates) and there was a blue shirt with a monkey running for president on it. It was on the Dem side, so they weren't talking about Georgie.
I was in two of those stores this summer, and what I saw in both of them sickened me - for either party.
__________________
~ *~"ADPi"~*~
Proud to be a Macon Magnolia
"He who is not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 11-06-2008, 05:33 PM
AOEforme AOEforme is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: With Germs and a Lack of Sleep
Posts: 1,007
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGDee View Post
There have been studies showing that in males, testosterone surges greatly when the sports team they are rooting for wins. It is suspected that this surge creates increased aggression and leads to those riots after sport championship wins. I'm not sure elections cause that same surge.

In college kids at least, I think they do.

(P.S. The first minute is really boring: skip through it.)
__________________
My Heart will always be with Alpha Omega E.

LET'S GO BIG RED!
Let me teach you how to Bucky!

Last edited by AOEforme; 11-06-2008 at 05:34 PM. Reason: don't watch the first minute
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
2008 Presidential Election: Who are you voting for? Kevin News & Politics 128 10-29-2008 06:36 PM
Election 2008 BetteDavisEyes News & Politics 77 09-23-2008 11:17 PM
Election 2008 and the State of America by the numbers DaemonSeid News & Politics 8 04-15-2008 11:03 PM
Serious Concerns Blue Storm Phi Beta Sigma 0 02-19-2002 01:41 PM
Concerns. . . mgdzkm433 Alumni Involvement 5 10-10-2000 04:12 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:00 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.