Everyone's brain works differently. Here's the journey a thought goes through in a frat guy's brain. Start at "Am I Talking To Someone With Boobs" and work counter-clockwise.
THE "AM I TALKING TO SOMEONE WITH BOOBS" STAGE:
This is the first stage any frat guy's thought goes through. If the answer is no, the thought continues on its full course through the brain. If the answer is yes, then he defaults to a series of scripted phrases that are used solely for the purpose of having sex with the boobed person he is talking to. Some common phrases are:
"I can't believe you wrote a ten-page paper. That's crazy!"
"I got a case of Zima at my parent's summer house."
"You're from [insert name of city/state]. I grew up near there!"
"I eat meat, but I am also a "Vag"-atarian."
"What made you want to major in [insert name of major]."
THE OLD SCHOOL QUOTE GENERATOR:
The process continues as the thought arrives here, where it's checked to see whether or not it can be scrapped, and replaced with a quote from the film "Old School." When confronted with everyday statements such as, "Do we need some more milk," "I'm having dinner with my parents tomorrow," or "What's on TV," the frat guy can (and will) respond with some of these common quotes:
"You're my boy, Blue!"
"We're going streaking!"
"Once it hits your lips! It's so good!"
"Earmuffs!"
THE EMBELLISHMENT STAGE:
Since the frat guy is under constant pressure to one-up his "Bros," every thought must enter the Embellishment Stage. At this point, the thought is "enhanced" with the addition of sexual conquest numbers or amount of alcohol intake to make tthis thought more appealing to its audience. An example:
Original Thought:
During Christmas, I saw a woman I went to high school with.
After It Has Gone Through The Embellishment Lobe:
When I went back home, I saw this big-tittied chick that I boned right after our homecoming game when I ran over this 265 pound black dude to score the winning TD. I had, like, 30 brew-dawgs that night, too.
THE "WHO TO RIDICULE" STAGE:
If a frat guy is not currently "boning some slut," getting "totally demolished at keggers," or "partying my face off," then his self-esteem can get dangerously low. At this point, the frat guy feels the need to put down others, which, in his eyes, restores him to his rightful place as Alpha Dog. If a frat guy's ego is fragile when a thought enters this stage, he immediately aborts his current thought and scans the area for possible targets and begins a harsh barrage of insults. Some common examples:
"Hey, look at the nerd. What a stupid nerd."
"Fat girl alert. Three o'clock."
"Yo, why are those Argentinians always hanging out here?"
"Check out those fags, bro. Total fags."
THE "WORDS TO END SENTENCES WITH" STAGE:
No frat guy thought is complete without a one-word description of the person you're speaking with. It can be either be the opposite of that person, e.g. (when leaving after hanging out with a group of friends) "Later, fags." Or it can be an aggressive derrogatory remark meant to engage someone in a possible phsyical altercation (When leaving after hanging out with a group of enemies) "Later, fags.
I never wanted to join a frat because i was already the shit and new people in there already. why pay for my friends when i can just drink their free beer and f their chicks
You see, I think it is funny that you list these for reasons people hate frats. From what I have noticed, a lot of the kids that join frats do so because they ARE socially awkward, they are too scared to break out of their shell on their own and resort to paying money for their friends... or should I say their "brothers". haha If you want my respect don't be afraid to be your own person and break into the college seen a true individual, make new friends on your own, not in a house... network yourself, not through a frat.
i lived next door to a frat for a year in college, and these geniuses would get drunk every weekend and piss out their window. if that isn't classy enough - they'd actually be pissing onto their own cars! idiots!
these are our future leaders? the thought nauseates me.
oh, and before we start singing praises about how great frats are and how all these people in power were in fraternities, let's not forget George W. Bush. yes. that's right. in a frat, was the president, STILL a HUGE IDIOT.
Roxy - Well like I said. Not all fraternities are the same! There are bad ones and good ones. But don't hold all fraternities/ sororities accountable for some students actions. There are plenty of people outside the greek system that cause problems in college! It's not just the greek system. How much money did you donate to cancer? I bet you didn't raise over 2 million dollars. lol How many times have you held events for elementary school children. I bet none. That is just a small portion of the community services the greek system contributes to in the city I went to school.
Also - many influential women in this country are in the greek system. George W. Bush was in Skull and Bones. That is not a Fraternity. It's a secret society. Maybe you should learn some more about the greek system before you bash it because apparently you don't know much.
I have worked overseas in London and many students in the UK are jealous of the opportunities the greek system provides since they do not have one.
Maybe there was some confusion. George H. W. Bush was in a fraternity (DKE I believe), but George W. Bush was in the Skull and Bones.
Either way, fraternities have a lot to constructively offer college students. I'm sure there are some terrible ones and terrible people within good ones, but all of the fraternities where I live are a great asset to the community.
the bottom line is that college students as a whole love to party, get laid, have lots of friends, experience as much as they can, and then go on to be successful in life. I am the president of a fraternity and here are some simple facts: We do party, we do love girls, we are extremely explicit on the manner in which girls are treated i.e. as ladies and persons of high esteem, our cumulative house gpa is nearly .8 higher than the average gpa for men at the university and has been so for at least five consecutive semesters, our house was founded as an academic literary society, the academic standards of the house are in fact higher than those of the university and academics is one of our main concerns, in my state more successful persons have been generated in my house and greek row as a whole than any other organization and i'm talking governors mayors ceo's lawyers doctors professors deans religious leaders etc. It is absolutely astounding to me how so many young, intelligent people can stereotype an entire academic demagraphic based on "animal house" or the decadent and uncharacteristic fraternity that is their only experience of greek life. Are there some bad ones out there? yeah there are, but by and large the vast majority of fraternities are value based academic organizations that greatly benefit their schools and communities. For those of you who are nay-sayers out there i would encourage you to at the very least educate yourselves on the topic before taking such an aggressive, naive, and narrow-minded stance. My best wishes to all
its funny you say i'm gay cause i will bet my fucking soul i pull more pussy in one week then you have in your whole lives you naive, unintelligent fucking homos
you stated, "Rip on the greek system all you want but the fact is that most of the influential figures in sports, politics, and fortune 500 CEO's/leaders in this country have been in the greek system."
Could this be the reason we are currently in a financial crisis the could rival the great depression? Keep running companies into the ground loser and when you are frat buddies have dried up the working class for all they have, ill be waiting to pistol whip your teeth in, you arrogant Guido, ROFL!!!
HAHAHA yeah right greeks are soley responsible for the financial crisis. Everyone is just as guilty from the executives to the avg. americans in the working class like yourself buying houses they can't afford..or trying to make profit in the short term with a potential increase in housing values but housing market burst so everyone was shiz out of luck when they tried to sell the house for profit or they lost their job. Also the lenders are at fault for giving mortgages/credit cards to people who weren't financially sound. Just a very very basic introduction for you.
Your Future Boss is right. You all need to stop hating on fraternities.
Wrong. Average CEO earns over 400 times that of the average worker. The average worker didn't get that bailout money. Greek or not the common man got raped, we stopped buying their shit so they got the government to take it anyways
Dave you are an idiot. Know one above said anything about bailout.
The common man is just as responsible as the executives. It was greed all around. The common man got raped because he was out shopping on numerous credit cards and buying houses they couldn't afford.
Don't get mad just because you couldn't get into a fraternity/sorority when you were in college. You're probably one of those guys/girls who's insecure about themselves because they couldn't get a bid from a house, so all you do is make fun of Greeks to make yourself feel better than them. I think Greek life is a great decision. You get more out college than if you were to not go Greek.
While not all frat boys are bad.. the normal ones don't get labeled frat boys. There are way, way too many people in the greek system who behave exactly like this. There are far far too many people that go into the greek system because this is what they think it is.
There were precisely 2 students murdered at our school during my time there. Both were frat members killing other frat members. And everyone involved was completely wasted. And this is at a school with a relatively 'respectable' greek system.
And yes, some people are right - this varies a lot by school. What might be a reputable, decent greek system at one school can be a stereotypical booze and rapefest at another.
Just because you have an experience, doesn't mean everyone else will.
This was pretty funny, but I'd have to say this is NOT limited to frat guys. This could be extended to the following groups:
- High school jock
- Semi drunk guy at popular nightclub
- Drunk guy at office party
- White trust fund kid
- ANYONE who thinks a backwards baseball is an acceptable fashion statement
The frat guys I personally knew didn't fit this mold, and were more the ladder climbing, pre-Facebook, networking types in business or political science and had a lot of charity work under their belt, but then again, I wasn't going around looking to be friends with a bunch of rapey douchebags.
From what I know, this is more the behavior of frat boys at party schools.
am i talking ot someone with boobs? ->
drool and scare them away
goto the nearest bathroom to spank it
go find boobs online
star wars quote generator ->
"i am your father"
"use the force"
"but I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters"
embellishment ->
how many programming languages i know
explain something nobody gives a shit about
brag about my iq
talk about how much better i would design everything
show off trendy apple toys
who to riducule ->
frat boys
dumb people
athletes
republicans
chicks who wouldnt give me the time of day
words to end the sentence ->
"ftw"
"rofl"
"star wars"
"pwned"
To the anonymous fraternity member with the CS degree, I can one up you. I'm a girl, majoring in Information Technology (our CS program is a class short of a math minor which I'm not fond of), and in a sorority. :P
I'm an information security engineer with a CS degree and I was a fraternity guy. Both this comment and the original article made me laugh, but like most things in life there are exceptions. When I wasn't drinking beer in college, I was doing something completely geek related. I guess both the original article and your comment apply to me (although I never used the word "bro" or any derivative of the word)
i actually understood exactly what i was doing jackass. i was pointing out how the author of the article did the EXACT same thing, seeing as how he was "ridiculing" frat boys. it was a statement about the article itself, but i guess thats above and beyond you.
notice how people got a kick outa what i posted...
notice how nobody gave a shit what you posted...
i am an engineer who was also a frat boy. not only can i drink more beer than you, but i can quote star wars while im getting laid.
Hey, chill out guys. Most frat guys are total broskies. Lame ass broskies. Its a fact. I'm not in a frat, but some of my best friends from freshman year joined frats. They are no longer my friends. It wasn't my choice, but they became assholes and refuse to be with dudes other then those who jerk them off at the frat house. I'm drawing my conclusions from real life D-bags, NOT comedy movies. And people don't just create stereotypes for the hell of it. Its based off of something. And don't worry, letting some of your brothers get you dangerously drunk, eat eggs and gross shit till you puke and make you there bitch for a year is totally going to make you a successful person in the adult world.
Learn your facts R-Tard. Only 8% of college graduates were in Greek Life, yet most of all influential people in our country, like politicians, judges, and the wealthy were in a fraternity. Know your shit before you run your mouth dumbass.
Yeah dude, you totally suck. Just cause you were a shitty friend doesn't mean that you can blame the fraternity system for your failure to keep friends in college. eat shit asshole.
Your friends ditched you because they shared more experiences with their brothers than with you. And it's not all bad stuff like getting "dangerously drunk, eat eggs and gross shit till you puke." It's hanging out at parties, doing community service, and other stuff like that. They share those experiences which makes their friendship stronger. Everyone has their own place. Fraternities are not for everyone and there is nothing wrong with that. And yes it is a stereotype, not all fraternities haze. So do some research next time.
I second that! A "frat" is what you see in the movies, basically just a drinking club like you see in "Animal House" or "Old School" for the younger readers. In reality, fraternity men have to do a lot for the school. For one thing, most fraternities have to maintain a certain GPA, usually somewhere between a 2.4 and a 3.0. If it is any lower, the school will punish them or their national council will punish them, like take away funding. In addition to this, fraternities have to do community service, set up a philanthropy, and attend educational seminars. There are a lot of pros to joining a fraternity, but also a lot of cons. Some of the pros: partying (why most people initially join), networking (job for after college), experience (something to put on a resume). Some of the cons: now this is going to sound very "frat-guy-like", but one of the cons is that GDI's hate you. Dues money can add up and people will judge you based on their perspective of your house. You're no longer Jerry from Sigma Pi, you're just "that-pi-guy." Not all fraternity people are bad, some are, but not all.
As funny as this is, I'm in a fraternity and none of my brothers are like that. Yea we like to drink and party but thats about it. There are a few chapters here that do act like that, so I guess anyone's experience is a case by case thing.
I was in a fraternity during the 80's at a big FL school for 2 years. I ran into some financial problems and decided that going inactive at my frat was the best thing i could do to save money. I planned on becoming active, after I could afford it again. The day after i told the fraternity my decision, my fellow "brothers" walked by me on campus as if I didn't exist. Tell me its not about buying friends. The stereotype described does fit 90% of the people I knew. The good thing is my non frat friends welcomed me back with no problem. I just had to deal with the jokes about being a fraternity boy for a while.
I think that everyone of you needs to stop analyzing and bitching about a stupid picture and get out and live your fucking lives.
Thank you that is all
This article characterizes around 5%-10% of frat guys, no surprise, the author makes it seem like 100% are like that, just like writers say all video games create violence, all Arabs are terrorists ect ect. Fraternity guys are just like the rest of college society, it's just that we get far more attention.
You sir are a douchebag for getting so offended, this article is so true its not even funny, except the author left out the part of the frat guy's brain where he will rape a girl any chance he gets
go cry a river cause you get laid out of pity once per year by your fat half cousin leslie. Think how bad your life sucks when you jerk to night, asshole.
For goodness sakes people. It's a freakin' joke. I'm a nerd, and I'm in a fraternity. You can't laugh at others unless you can laugh at yourself, so go out and realize how you might fit some stereotypes too. Damn.
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March 2nd, 2009 at 11:38 pm
well put
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:01 am
I never wanted to join a frat because i was already the shit and new people in there already. why pay for my friends when i can just drink their free beer and f their chicks
March 3rd, 2009 at 08:02 pm
wow, you're so cool.
March 6th, 2009 at 08:44 am
You see, I think it is funny that you list these for reasons people hate frats. From what I have noticed, a lot of the kids that join frats do so because they ARE socially awkward, they are too scared to break out of their shell on their own and resort to paying money for their friends... or should I say their "brothers". haha If you want my respect don't be afraid to be your own person and break into the college seen a true individual, make new friends on your own, not in a house... network yourself, not through a frat.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:54 pm
i lived next door to a frat for a year in college, and these geniuses would get drunk every weekend and piss out their window. if that isn't classy enough - they'd actually be pissing onto their own cars! idiots!
these are our future leaders? the thought nauseates me.
oh, and before we start singing praises about how great frats are and how all these people in power were in fraternities, let's not forget George W. Bush. yes. that's right. in a frat, was the president, STILL a HUGE IDIOT.
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:43 am
Roxy - Well like I said. Not all fraternities are the same! There are bad ones and good ones. But don't hold all fraternities/ sororities accountable for some students actions. There are plenty of people outside the greek system that cause problems in college! It's not just the greek system. How much money did you donate to cancer? I bet you didn't raise over 2 million dollars. lol How many times have you held events for elementary school children. I bet none. That is just a small portion of the community services the greek system contributes to in the city I went to school.
Also - many influential women in this country are in the greek system. George W. Bush was in Skull and Bones. That is not a Fraternity. It's a secret society. Maybe you should learn some more about the greek system before you bash it because apparently you don't know much.
I have worked overseas in London and many students in the UK are jealous of the opportunities the greek system provides since they do not have one.
March 3rd, 2009 at 04:19 pm
Maybe there was some confusion. George H. W. Bush was in a fraternity (DKE I believe), but George W. Bush was in the Skull and Bones.
Either way, fraternities have a lot to constructively offer college students. I'm sure there are some terrible ones and terrible people within good ones, but all of the fraternities where I live are a great asset to the community.
March 3rd, 2009 at 07:45 am
The graphic is just a joke. No need to get your panties in a wad.
Stupidity knows no cultural boundaries, and the sooner you realize that, the better.
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:11 am
I dormed with someone who was in big frat on campus last semester, and his brain is identical to the one shown above.
March 3rd, 2009 at 01:32 am
the bottom line is that college students as a whole love to party, get laid, have lots of friends, experience as much as they can, and then go on to be successful in life. I am the president of a fraternity and here are some simple facts: We do party, we do love girls, we are extremely explicit on the manner in which girls are treated i.e. as ladies and persons of high esteem, our cumulative house gpa is nearly .8 higher than the average gpa for men at the university and has been so for at least five consecutive semesters, our house was founded as an academic literary society, the academic standards of the house are in fact higher than those of the university and academics is one of our main concerns, in my state more successful persons have been generated in my house and greek row as a whole than any other organization and i'm talking governors mayors ceo's lawyers doctors professors deans religious leaders etc. It is absolutely astounding to me how so many young, intelligent people can stereotype an entire academic demagraphic based on "animal house" or the decadent and uncharacteristic fraternity that is their only experience of greek life. Are there some bad ones out there? yeah there are, but by and large the vast majority of fraternities are value based academic organizations that greatly benefit their schools and communities. For those of you who are nay-sayers out there i would encourage you to at the very least educate yourselves on the topic before taking such an aggressive, naive, and narrow-minded stance. My best wishes to all
March 3rd, 2009 at 01:39 am
Your frat sounds pretty gay.
March 5th, 2009 at 03:18 am
its funny you say i'm gay cause i will bet my fucking soul i pull more pussy in one week then you have in your whole lives you naive, unintelligent fucking homos
March 5th, 2009 at 09:20 pm
is that with or without roofies?
March 3rd, 2009 at 07:21 am
I think my frat would beat up your frat.
March 3rd, 2009 at 06:00 pm
Supergay
March 3rd, 2009 at 02:46 am
@ Your Future Boss
you stated, "Rip on the greek system all you want but the fact is that most of the influential figures in sports, politics, and fortune 500 CEO's/leaders in this country have been in the greek system."
Could this be the reason we are currently in a financial crisis the could rival the great depression? Keep running companies into the ground loser and when you are frat buddies have dried up the working class for all they have, ill be waiting to pistol whip your teeth in, you arrogant Guido, ROFL!!!
March 3rd, 2009 at 04:23 am
HAHAHA yeah right greeks are soley responsible for the financial crisis. Everyone is just as guilty from the executives to the avg. americans in the working class like yourself buying houses they can't afford..or trying to make profit in the short term with a potential increase in housing values but housing market burst so everyone was shiz out of luck when they tried to sell the house for profit or they lost their job. Also the lenders are at fault for giving mortgages/credit cards to people who weren't financially sound. Just a very very basic introduction for you.
Your Future Boss is right. You all need to stop hating on fraternities.
March 3rd, 2009 at 04:26 pm
Wrong. Average CEO earns over 400 times that of the average worker. The average worker didn't get that bailout money. Greek or not the common man got raped, we stopped buying their shit so they got the government to take it anyways
March 4th, 2009 at 01:46 pm
Dave you are an idiot. Know one above said anything about bailout.
The common man is just as responsible as the executives. It was greed all around. The common man got raped because he was out shopping on numerous credit cards and buying houses they couldn't afford.
March 10th, 2009 at 07:38 am
Actually, no ATO is complete to blame for America's crisis.
March 3rd, 2009 at 07:55 pm
Don't get mad just because you couldn't get into a fraternity/sorority when you were in college. You're probably one of those guys/girls who's insecure about themselves because they couldn't get a bid from a house, so all you do is make fun of Greeks to make yourself feel better than them. I think Greek life is a great decision. You get more out college than if you were to not go Greek.
March 3rd, 2009 at 03:09 am
Give your vote to prove it wrong Motivational mind work for sex ?
March 3rd, 2009 at 06:02 am
While not all frat boys are bad.. the normal ones don't get labeled frat boys. There are way, way too many people in the greek system who behave exactly like this. There are far far too many people that go into the greek system because this is what they think it is.
There were precisely 2 students murdered at our school during my time there. Both were frat members killing other frat members. And everyone involved was completely wasted. And this is at a school with a relatively 'respectable' greek system.
And yes, some people are right - this varies a lot by school. What might be a reputable, decent greek system at one school can be a stereotypical booze and rapefest at another.
Just because you have an experience, doesn't mean everyone else will.
March 3rd, 2009 at 07:13 am
This was pretty funny, but I'd have to say this is NOT limited to frat guys. This could be extended to the following groups:
- High school jock
- Semi drunk guy at popular nightclub
- Drunk guy at office party
- White trust fund kid
- ANYONE who thinks a backwards baseball is an acceptable fashion statement
The frat guys I personally knew didn't fit this mold, and were more the ladder climbing, pre-Facebook, networking types in business or political science and had a lot of charity work under their belt, but then again, I wasn't going around looking to be friends with a bunch of rapey douchebags.
From what I know, this is more the behavior of frat boys at party schools.
March 4th, 2009 at 02:39 am
agree
March 3rd, 2009 at 07:41 am
this is how computer nerds mind works
am i talking ot someone with boobs? ->
drool and scare them away
goto the nearest bathroom to spank it
go find boobs online
star wars quote generator ->
"i am your father"
"use the force"
"but I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters"
embellishment ->
how many programming languages i know
explain something nobody gives a shit about
brag about my iq
talk about how much better i would design everything
show off trendy apple toys
who to riducule ->
frat boys
dumb people
athletes
republicans
chicks who wouldnt give me the time of day
words to end the sentence ->
"ftw"
"rofl"
"star wars"
"pwned"
-> jerking it to some hentai porn -> beginning
March 3rd, 2009 at 07:50 am
Actually, I'd say most computer nerds are Republicans/conservative and definitely don't like Apple... that's more of a rich liberal thing.
And really, Bill Gates' wife is pretty smoking.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:45 am
To the anonymous fraternity member with the CS degree, I can one up you. I'm a girl, majoring in Information Technology (our CS program is a class short of a math minor which I'm not fond of), and in a sorority. :P
March 3rd, 2009 at 09:57 am
I'm a computer scientist and I can say whole heartily that with few exceptions this is SO true, and I got quite the laugh from reading it.
But that doesn't change the fact that Bro-Man-Bros in frats are (with the same few exceptions) exactly as they're described in the article.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:22 am
I'm an information security engineer with a CS degree and I was a fraternity guy. Both this comment and the original article made me laugh, but like most things in life there are exceptions. When I wasn't drinking beer in college, I was doing something completely geek related. I guess both the original article and your comment apply to me (although I never used the word "bro" or any derivative of the word)
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:29 am
This is so great and unintentionally hilarious. Is there any doubt this frat boy doesn't realize he plugged himself right into the pattern?
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:26 am
i actually understood exactly what i was doing jackass. i was pointing out how the author of the article did the EXACT same thing, seeing as how he was "ridiculing" frat boys. it was a statement about the article itself, but i guess thats above and beyond you.
notice how people got a kick outa what i posted...
notice how nobody gave a shit what you posted...
i am an engineer who was also a frat boy. not only can i drink more beer than you, but i can quote star wars while im getting laid.
March 18th, 2009 at 06:02 pm
wow.....
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:03 am
Hey, chill out guys. Most frat guys are total broskies. Lame ass broskies. Its a fact. I'm not in a frat, but some of my best friends from freshman year joined frats. They are no longer my friends. It wasn't my choice, but they became assholes and refuse to be with dudes other then those who jerk them off at the frat house. I'm drawing my conclusions from real life D-bags, NOT comedy movies. And people don't just create stereotypes for the hell of it. Its based off of something. And don't worry, letting some of your brothers get you dangerously drunk, eat eggs and gross shit till you puke and make you there bitch for a year is totally going to make you a successful person in the adult world.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:23 am
Learn your facts R-Tard. Only 8% of college graduates were in Greek Life, yet most of all influential people in our country, like politicians, judges, and the wealthy were in a fraternity. Know your shit before you run your mouth dumbass.
March 3rd, 2009 at 04:23 pm
Of course, you can buy anything you want in this country! Duh.
March 3rd, 2009 at 07:48 pm
Word.
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Yeah dude, you totally suck. Just cause you were a shitty friend doesn't mean that you can blame the fraternity system for your failure to keep friends in college. eat shit asshole.
March 3rd, 2009 at 07:44 pm
Your friends ditched you because they shared more experiences with their brothers than with you. And it's not all bad stuff like getting "dangerously drunk, eat eggs and gross shit till you puke." It's hanging out at parties, doing community service, and other stuff like that. They share those experiences which makes their friendship stronger. Everyone has their own place. Fraternities are not for everyone and there is nothing wrong with that. And yes it is a stereotype, not all fraternities haze. So do some research next time.
April 22nd, 2009 at 09:37 pm
Sadly, it will. These d-bags tend to flock together. It only takes one frat boy to fail their way up, and the whole organization is tainted.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:07 am
Just needed to say. It's called a fraternity. Not a frat.
March 3rd, 2009 at 07:40 pm
I second that! A "frat" is what you see in the movies, basically just a drinking club like you see in "Animal House" or "Old School" for the younger readers. In reality, fraternity men have to do a lot for the school. For one thing, most fraternities have to maintain a certain GPA, usually somewhere between a 2.4 and a 3.0. If it is any lower, the school will punish them or their national council will punish them, like take away funding. In addition to this, fraternities have to do community service, set up a philanthropy, and attend educational seminars. There are a lot of pros to joining a fraternity, but also a lot of cons. Some of the pros: partying (why most people initially join), networking (job for after college), experience (something to put on a resume). Some of the cons: now this is going to sound very "frat-guy-like", but one of the cons is that GDI's hate you. Dues money can add up and people will judge you based on their perspective of your house. You're no longer Jerry from Sigma Pi, you're just "that-pi-guy." Not all fraternity people are bad, some are, but not all.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:19 am
As funny as this is, I'm in a fraternity and none of my brothers are like that. Yea we like to drink and party but thats about it. There are a few chapters here that do act like that, so I guess anyone's experience is a case by case thing.
This is pretty funny though.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:27 am
I was in a fraternity during the 80's at a big FL school for 2 years. I ran into some financial problems and decided that going inactive at my frat was the best thing i could do to save money. I planned on becoming active, after I could afford it again. The day after i told the fraternity my decision, my fellow "brothers" walked by me on campus as if I didn't exist. Tell me its not about buying friends. The stereotype described does fit 90% of the people I knew. The good thing is my non frat friends welcomed me back with no problem. I just had to deal with the jokes about being a fraternity boy for a while.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:54 am
I think that everyone of you needs to stop analyzing and bitching about a stupid picture and get out and live your fucking lives.
Thank you that is all
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:58 am
This article characterizes around 5%-10% of frat guys, no surprise, the author makes it seem like 100% are like that, just like writers say all video games create violence, all Arabs are terrorists ect ect. Fraternity guys are just like the rest of college society, it's just that we get far more attention.
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:23 pm
You sir are a douchebag for getting so offended, this article is so true its not even funny, except the author left out the part of the frat guy's brain where he will rape a girl any chance he gets
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:41 pm
suck my dick - Ron Jeremy!
go cry a river cause you get laid out of pity once per year by your fat half cousin leslie. Think how bad your life sucks when you jerk to night, asshole.
March 10th, 2009 at 09:43 pm
Dude it's etc, not ect .... fag.
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:02 pm
For goodness sakes people. It's a freakin' joke. I'm a nerd, and I'm in a fraternity. You can't laugh at others unless you can laugh at yourself, so go out and realize how you might fit some stereotypes too. Damn.
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