» GC Stats |
Members: 326,162
Threads: 115,591
Posts: 2,200,683
|
Welcome to our newest member, GreekHappy |
|
|
|
04-18-2013, 05:15 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 506
|
|
I personally found it kind of funny and understand the sentiment. I bet it was pretty cathartic to write (and the author has a certain way with words, though not so much tact/decorum), but she should have rewritten it or not sent it at all [assuming it's even real, which I could see going either way. If it's fake that's a weird thing to decide to do].
|
04-18-2013, 05:21 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: but I am le tired...
Posts: 7,261
|
|
I think it's hilarious and pretty close to the rant I remember hearing during Greek Week. Not that it's acceptable (it's not), it's just hilarious.
Last edited by agzg; 04-18-2013 at 05:24 PM.
|
04-18-2013, 05:41 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 944
|
|
TFM now has a picture posted of the alleged writer.
__________________
*~*The Brotherhood of Man and the Alleviation of the World's Pain*~*
|
04-18-2013, 06:13 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: N 37.811092 W -107.664643
Posts: 5,307
|
|
This sort of thing absolutely sets me off. The Internet is incredibly destructive and dangerous at times. And this is one of them. Personally I think it is the work of someone with an axe to grind against a person. There's nothing preventing me (or any of you guys) from writing something and passing it off as someone else's.
This situation could be foisted on ANY GLO, and I am not casting stones anywhere or pointing any fingers. There but for the grace of God...
__________________
"One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision." Bertrand Russell, The Triumph of Stupidity
|
04-18-2013, 06:46 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Big D
Posts: 3,012
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by AzTheta
This situation could be foisted on ANY GLO, and I am not casting stones anywhere or pointing any fingers. There but for the grace of God...
|
AMEN!! You know that we ALL thought "Oh, please, not mine..." when we starting reading this. I certainly did. Could have been any one of our organizations, if it is real... and that is a BIG if.
|
04-18-2013, 06:55 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posts: 856
|
|
If you look at their home page, someone definitely hacked it, too.
__________________
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences."
|
04-18-2013, 07:00 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 76
|
|
That was one of the funniest things I've ever read. It was seriously like a bad parody. Awful.
__________________
ΣΔΤ♥
Sig Delt almuna ♔
|
04-18-2013, 07:10 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: The Emerald City
Posts: 3,413
|
|
Unfortunately, it appears to be real. This chick is pathetic, as her Twitter account (now deleted) proved for quite a long time: http://imgur.com/a/bAJhA
Yeah, Jezebel/Gawker folks have done quite a bit of digging and found a lot of offensive stuff.
__________________
Gamma Phi Beta
Love. Labor. Learning. Loyalty.
|
04-18-2013, 07:13 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 76
|
|
Yup, it's definitely real and I know the girl's name and identity now. She sounds awful.
The email was one of the funniest things I've read in a while though.
__________________
ΣΔΤ♥
Sig Delt almuna ♔
|
04-18-2013, 07:16 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: May 2006
Location: in grown up land
Posts: 1,165
|
|
i am sooooo glad email wasn't the prevalent form of communication back in the stone age when i was an Active.
__________________
Ratchet begins at home.
|
04-18-2013, 07:28 PM
|
|
Super Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Counting my blessings!
Posts: 30,891
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Still BLUTANG
i am sooooo glad email wasn't the prevalent form of communication back in the stone age when i was an Active.
|
I was frantically looking to click on the like option!
__________________
~ *~"ADPi"~*~
♥Proud to be a Macon Magnolia ♥
"He who is not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan
|
04-18-2013, 08:05 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: North of Chicago, west of the lake
Posts: 1,016
|
|
I saw the story on Jezebel's FB page, clicked on links to get the Gawker story, then came right to GreekChat to see if it were true.
(GreekChat: the Snopes.com of the Greek world! )
__________________
AGDAlum
When first to the rose we pledged our faith, we pledged it with jollity.
Mem'ry has now hallowed the love we sacredly pledge to thee.
|
04-18-2013, 08:59 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: I can't seem to keep track!
Posts: 5,803
|
|
Reminds me the infamous blood drive email a few years back.
__________________
Click here for some helpful information about sorority recruitment and recommendations.
|
04-18-2013, 10:12 PM
|
Super Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Posts: 18,653
|
|
Remember, her email was targeted at her sisters. That may be the sort of language they use to motivate one another. This was never intended to be disseminated. Again, I'd be more disgusted with whoever leaked it than the author. No one has any idea about the context of this thing or the sort of culture it originated in. Please don't act like college kids are all about high tea and crumpets and expect them to act accordingly at all times, especially when they are communicating in-house.
This is, of course, a lesson about digital communication lost on a lot of our active members who often don't realize both the permanence of anything they write online (God help me if I ever run for office with all of my posts in the politics forum) and the speed at which it can be disseminated.
__________________
SN -SINCE 1869-
"EXCELLING WITH HONOR"
S N E T T
Mu Tau 5, Central Oklahoma
|
04-18-2013, 10:16 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 37
|
|
I thought it was funny while still being really offensive! And I appreciated the avoidance of "text-speak" and the use of proper grammar. I can sympathize with her frustration for sure. It's just too bad it got leaked.
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
|