Is GC a Thing of the Past?

Munchkin03 · #1 03-29-2011, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

I mean once we found out who Prunetacos was (and it was only a year or so between his posts and when his identity was uncovered). A few regulars left shortly after that. It freaked people out too much.

Are you sure? I thought it was about 2 years--not a super long time, as in he was gushing about KKG at the same time he was sending anthrax, but long enough that he wasn't a memorable character like Earp or Hoosier.

If anything, Hoosier creeped me out more than prunetacos.

PeppyGPhiB · #2 03-29-2011, 06:09 PM

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I mean once we found out who Prunetacos was (and it was only a year or so between his posts and when his identity was uncovered). A few regulars left shortly after that. It freaked people out too much.

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Are you sure? I thought it was about 2 years--not a super long time, as in he was gushing about KKG at the same time he was sending anthrax, but long enough that he wasn't a memorable character like Earp or Hoosier.

If anything, Hoosier creeped me out more than prunetacos.

It freaked people out that the Anthrax Killer had been conversing with the regs on GC, especially given his history of online stalking, apparently. I think it was too much scary reality for a few people, a reminder that you never know who could be lurking behind a screenname. His topics of conversation were more annoying than scary, but it was creepy to have interacted with him at all. Throw in the whole "FBI is watching us and could be investigating all of us omgwtfbbq" and I know it was enough to turn away some people. I know this because I exchanged PMs with a few people during that time, and they left the site shortly thereafter.

ETA: I don't remember Hoosier. Annoying, or creepy?

PiKA2001 · #3 03-29-2011, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

It freaked people out that the Anthrax Killer had been conversing with the regs on GC, especially given his history of online stalking, apparently. I think it was too much scary reality for a few people, a reminder that you never know who could be lurking behind a screenname. His topics of conversation were more annoying than scary, but it was creepy to have interacted with him at all. Throw in the whole "FBI is watching us and could be investigating all of us omgwtfbbq" and I know it was enough to turn away some people. I know this because I exchanged PMs with a few people during that time, and they left the site shortly thereafter.

ETA: I don't remember Hoosier. Annoying, or creepy?

Creepy. He made it a point to only really post links to hazing allegations/stories on GC (sound familiar?) and it pissed a lot of the members off. A lot of people back then felt that we as greeks shouldn't air our dirty laundry so candidly or zealously. He also created some socks, most notibly Zippy Zamboni who would post homoerotic hazing stories

ETA- Hoosier ended up leaving after he was outed as being the one who posted all of the homoerotic hazing stories AND after a profile of his was seen on a M4M sex site.

Now tell me more about the Anthrax poster bc I don't remember that at all. It must have happened during one of my GC breaks.

PeppyGPhiB · #4 03-29-2011, 07:24 PM

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Now tell me more about the Anthrax poster bc I don't remember that at all. It must have happened during one of my GC breaks.

Prunetacos=Anthrax Killer. Do a search and you'll see the obsession. He also used to troll various sorority Wikipedia pages and edit them.

AlphaFrog · #5 03-30-2011, 08:59 AM

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Prunetacos=Anthrax Killer. Do a search and you'll see the obsession. He also used to troll various sorority Wikipedia pages and edit them.

I remember a fairly recent story about the possibility of the guy they thought was the Anthrax killer actually not being the right person. I wonder what even came of that?

ETA: Yay for a Pope appearance. Nominations for Thread of the Year have now closed, as this one shall not be topped.

Benzgirl · #6 03-30-2011, 11:12 AM

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ETA: Yay for a Pope appearance. Nominations for Thread of the Year have now closed, as this one shall not be topped.

Oh come on. I have lots of leftover popcorn to finish.

AlphaFrog · #7 03-30-2011, 11:28 AM

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Oh come on. I have lots of leftover popcorn to finish.

There'll be other entertaining threads. Some better than others, and ones that may give this one a brief run for its money, but come on: tried and true subject, serious responses, GC Regulars Rivalries, gifs, TE Beetlejuice attempts, return of classic Socks, posts about PM support, ACTUAL PM support, calling of the Trainwreck, race war, Monty Python, raisinburrito, two spawned signatures and a new nickname for DrPhil. Does it really get better? SRSLY?*

*(I threw in one of my old classics for you, MC)

33girl · #8 03-29-2011, 07:35 PM

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ETA- Hoosier ended up leaving after he was outed as being the one who posted all of the homoerotic hazing stories AND after a profile of his was seen on a M4M sex site.

Whoa!!! I didn't know that part. I now understand what some people were delicately not saying at the time though.

Munchkin03 · #9 03-30-2011, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Creepy. He made it a point to only really post links to hazing allegations/stories on GC (sound familiar?) and it pissed a lot of the members off. A lot of people back then felt that we as greeks shouldn't air our dirty laundry so candidly or zealously. He also created some socks, most notibly Zippy Zamboni who would post homoerotic hazing stories

ETA- Hoosier ended up leaving after he was outed as being the one who posted all of the homoerotic hazing stories AND after a profile of his was seen on a M4M sex site.

Now tell me more about the Anthrax poster bc I don't remember that at all. It must have happened during one of my GC breaks.

I'll clarify this Hoosier stuff:

No one really knows if Hoosier was Greek. He'd post not only about Greek hazing, but sports hazing as well. He'd also post articles from far-right perspective, criticizing Hillary Clinton and other female politicians. Someone Googled his e-mail address (since he'd regularly cross-post these articles on hazing listservs) and found a virtual treasure trove of hazing porn, including several with a character called "Zippy Zamboni." After "Zippy" came to life as a GC poster, Hoosier realized he had been exposed and quickly disappeared.

Occasionally, he'd come back under other screen names but was quickly exposed.

preciousjeni · #10 03-29-2011, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Really?

Didn't a good number of years pass between his stuff and the time we actually realized who it was? I don't think he drove any more people from GC than say, Tom Earp did.

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Are you sure? I thought it was about 2 years--not a super long time, as in he was gushing about KKG at the same time he was sending anthrax, but long enough that he wasn't a memorable character like Earp or Hoosier.

Be careful. Say his name one more time and he might appear...