Is GC a Thing of the Past?

[BluPhire]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

3. You all have gotten snarkiererererer with your old age. People can't create threads or type anything without you all climbing up their asses. How dare thee, I judge thee.

As a former lurker turned poster. I would agree with this. Though I have thick skin and really could care less about being right on the internet so I still keep posting on topics that interest me.

[KSUViolet06]

I do think that ks is right though. We used to be the "kids" of GC and now we're working, getting married, having kids, starting grad/med/etc. school or advancing in our careers and we don't have time like we used to. I know that during the week, my time is pretty limited. The only reason I'm on at 2pm on a Monday is because of Spring Break at work (in a school.)

Also, the future PNMs are just now starting to get their college acceptances, so they/their heli-parents haven't quite gotten around to us yet. Don't worry, they're coming. Once May or so hits, I feel like the crazy starts to come out of the woodwork with 50 million questions. Then August hits and then it's just FULL ON CRAZY til November.

I'm a little sad because come August, I'll be back in school and crazy season will just be kicking off. Who will I rely on to QFP the fun while I'm in class til 10 every night?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Have people finally started reading the FAQs and (besides trolls) stopped creating threads for basic info?

Each succeeding class of kids going to college is more computer savvy, so yes, I'd hope this.

[Benzgirl]

Guilty *raises hand*. I refrained from posting while traveling on business because I didn't want GC all over my company "box". I recently purchased a Net Pad, so I'll be able to access it when I'm on the road.

AF, some of us never grow up.

[DrPhil]

Also:

I think GC is just like other message boards where a lot of the people who typed to each other also knew each other in real life or from other networking sites. That reduces the smartass potential and misunderstandings/misinterpretations. 99% of the people who I know in real life don't post here anymore.

This thread is starting to read like a cyberbullying commercial. LOL.

[AlphaFrog]

If the e-cops come get me for cyberbullying, I need someone assigned to retrieve my username from the iJail and someone else assigned to bring in my defense team. MysticCat, team leader.

[AnchorAlumna]

Agree on the snarkiness.

But....it's spring break time, plus a lot of the HS seniors aren't that worried yet about rush/recruitment.

It's always slow this time of year.

[agzg]

Really? People really think the snarkiness is new or somehow worse than it used to be?

This is boggling my mind.

Glad to see AlphaFrog started the first "What's happened to our beloved GreekChat" thread of 2011 - we have about 2 more to go - my guess is we'll have at least one in August.

[Shellfish]

Maybe the long-term relationship among Greekchat posters has mellowed into a comfortable silence.

[agzg]

There have always (OK, since April 2004) been "meanies" and there have always been people who don't post because of meanies.

[DrPhil]

In other words, this is another example of "back in the olden days when I was a pledge, we never did that...and we walked hundreds of miles barefoot in the freezing rain for our letters. My, how things have changed."

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by sigmadiva

Second: I feel that some regular posters have made it near impossible to come here and enjoy a casual chat in any forum. I mean, there are regular posters here who will take what someone says and split hairs on just one word, phrase, or meaning. In the early years of GC you did not have to worry about beaing soooooo politically correct. Now you do.

Some posters? Like who?!

Originally Posted by agzg

Really? People really think the snarkiness is new or somehow worse than it used to be?

This is boggling my mind.

Glad to see AlphaFrog started the first "What's happened to our beloved GreekChat" thread of 2011 - we have about 2 more to go - my guess is we'll have at least one in August.

This. And uh, don't we all know a place you can go if you want some place with no snark, rainbows and a puppy with every AI? Crap I was snarky even there.

Originally Posted by DrPhil

In other words, this is another example of "back in the olden days when I was a pledge, we never did that...and we walked hundreds of miles barefoot in the freezing rain for our letters. My, how things have changed."

The Four Yorkshiremen agree.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

And uh, don't we all know a place you can go if you want some place with no snark, rainbows and a puppy with every AI?

Cheers?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Cheers?

And you're always glad you came.

[agzg]

Meanwhile, you're really slacking in the music party department today. Don't you start a music party then not see it through.