Letters for GDI's

[WCUgirl]

I think of a GDI as someone who acts as I described in my earlier post. I have GDI friends and I have independent friends. My independent friends never say anything negative about me being Greek, they sometimes come and support us at philanthropy events, and they ask me how things are going with the sorority. Occassionally they'll wish me luck with rush or an event I'm running off to. My GDI friends insult my being Greek every chance they get. They don't make an effort to learn more information about what being Greek means, and they are so unsupportive of events that, as an example, I had one friend who ripped down all our fliers for a blood drive one year.

[greencat]

God Damn Independent

We also call them "Randoms"

But if you're a frat groupie, and you're giving yourself a nickname (GDI-LOVE!) just to fit in with the other frat groupies that are in sororities and you talk about how dumb sororities are all the time... puh-LEASE.

[XOMichelle]

Originally posted by AXiD670
as an example, I had one friend who ripped down all our fliers for a blood drive one year.

Not much of a friend, eh?

[WCUgirl]

Originally posted by XOMichelle
Not much of a friend, eh?

No...but I'm a forgiving person. Usually.

[greencat]

Yeah, that sounds more like someone with anger management issues.

Can we say vandalism?!

[deuika]

In My OpiNIon

GDI= Gosh Darn Independent

It DOESNT mean you hate Greeks, DOESNT mean that you will never be Greek. You are just currently Independent. Simple Really.
Again, ALL people are GDI's at one point, if you were born with letters, seek counseling.

I am CGDIACGDLI

[sairose]

I really hate the term GDI. It is so degrading, whether Greeks are calling Independants that, or when they are calling themselves that. Makes it sound like a bad thing to be independent.

[deuika]

Originally posted by sairose
I really hate the term GDI. It is so degrading, whether Greeks are calling Independants that, or when they are calling themselves that. Makes it sound like a bad thing to be independent.

How?
I'm a Gosh Darn Independent....How is that degrading?
Not jumping on you or anything, I've heard a few people online say that.
I'm perfectly fine with my independent status, where I'm from it's not a big deal, definitely not degrading. No one cares either way really.

[CarolinaCutie]

Originally posted by deuika
How?
I'm a Gosh Darn Independent....How is that degrading?
Not jumping on you or anything, I've heard a few people online say that.
I'm perfectly fine with my independent status, where I'm from it's not a big deal, definitely not degrading. No one cares either way really.

Well for starters, most people don't say Gosh Darn...

Secondly, your definition of GDI may be your OWN, but it's not the commonly used version. A GDI is typically someone who is not only NOT Greek, but anti-Greek... and loudly anti-Greek, someone who is extremely proud of not being in a sorority or fraternity because they have negative feelings about Greek organizations. Your definition of GDI is really... well, "not in a GLO".

I agree that it's offensive when used to describe everyone who is not Greek. There are people who are not affiliated... and there are GDIs.

[deuika]

Originally posted by CarolinaCutie
Well for starters, most people don't say Gosh Darn...

Secondly, your definition of GDI may be your OWN, but it's not the commonly used version. A GDI is typically someone who is not only NOT Greek, but anti-Greek... and loudly anti-Greek, someone who is extremely proud of not being in a sorority or fraternity because they have negative feelings about Greek organizations. Your definition of GDI is really... well, "not in a GLO".

I agree that it's offensive when used to describe everyone who is not Greek. There are people who are not affiliated... and there are GDIs.

Ohhh Ok
So It's that *cough* bullchIT *cough* superiority thing again.
Greeks think GDI's hate Greeks....tehetehe....WOW There Are No Words.

But Thanks For The Clarification

[CarolinaCutie]

Originally posted by deuika
Ohhh Ok
So It's that *cough* bullchIT *cough* superiority thing again.
Greeks think GDI's hate Greeks....tehetehe....WOW There Are No Words.

But Thanks For The Clarification

UM actually, I think it's the other way around. When I think of a GDI, I think of someone who thinks that THEY are superior because they are not Greek. It's not that Greeks think that GDIs hate Greeks... GDIs DO hate Greeks. However, every smart Greek knows that the majority of people who are not affiliated with a GLO do not hate Greeks.

[PhiPsiRuss]

Originally posted by CarolinaCutie
UM actually, I think it's the other way around. When I think of a GDI, I think of someone who thinks that THEY are superior because they are not Greek. It's not that Greeks think that GDIs hate Greeks... GDIs DO hate Greeks. However, every smart Greek knows that the majority of people who are not affiliated with a GLO do not hate Greeks.

I agree with everything that CarolinaCutie wrote in the above post.

[deuika]

Originally posted by CarolinaCutie
GDIs DO hate Greeks

Please say your version of GDI hate Greeks...Gracias

[CarolinaCutie]

Originally posted by deuika
Please say your version of GDI hate Greeks...Gracias

LOL so you think you can make up your own definition of a commonly used slang term and then tell everyone else that yours is the right one? Like I said, you shouldn't be calling yourself a GDI... if you want to call yourself independent, non-affiliated, not Greek, whatev. All of those words fit your definition of your own Greek situation. But any of the various definitions of GDIgiven elsewhere in this thread (and probably tons of other threads on this site) don't fit YOURS. So you would be wrong.

Edited to add: I am discussing the definition of GDI that most people find offensive, as in sairose's comment. It is entirely possible that people elsewhere use GDI as a non-derogatory term... but I still don't understand that. To me the use of G-D does not imply anything positive.

[deuika]

Originally posted by CarolinaCutie
LOL so you think you can make up your own definition of a commonly used slang term and then tell everyone else that yours is the right one? Like I said, you shouldn't be calling yourself a GDI... if you want to call yourself independent, non-affiliated, not Greek, whatev. All of those words fit your definition of your own Greek situation. But any of the various definitions of GDIgiven elsewhere in this thread (and probably tons of other threads on this site) don't fit YOURS. So you would be wrong.

Oh Ok...Thanks

But all the people of the world don't come to this site, so it's hardly a universal definition.
I'm still a GDI and thanks for your opinion of my definition.
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