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I was in a sorority in college; we never had an eating contest; and generally didn't do stupid things.
I was in a fraternity in college. Don't want to even contemplate the things that we ate and drank during those 4 years.
My scientific observation was that 99.9% of all fraternity members did some stupid things and 98.6% of all sorority members did some stupid things. You were definitely the outlier Regina.
An individual who chooses to participate in such a contest is pretty stupid and shouldn't make this choice.
However, these contests shouldn't be occurring at all. They are very dangerous and should be prohibited.
Why should they be prohibited? Because you don't like them? Then don't participate! If no one participated, they wouldn't exist. We certainly don't need more government in our lives. Good grief!
I was in a fraternity in college. Don't want to even contemplate the things that we ate and drank during those 4 years.
My scientific observation was that 99.9% of all fraternity members did some stupid things and 98.6% of all sorority members did some stupid things. You were definitely the outlier Regina.
I think there's a distinction here. Yes, individually, most everyone did stupid things. But as an organization, many didn't. I was president of my sorority. We didn't host, sponsor, sanction, etc. stupid events like eating contests.
Oh, come on! As if the entire population of the US in that era drank to excess! Maybe that was a common problem among frat boys, and maybe even with a few dormies (?), but there were plenty of women and men who avoided that scene, and just weren't interested. There always have been, and always will be. For that matter, back in the 70's and 80's, few students had cars; most couldn't afford one.
Cars and gas were cheap in the 70s. I'd say 50%+ of the students at our school had cars.
Maybe a regional thing. I'd say 80%+ of the students at our school drank (& half that number "smoked" & "smoked"). Our parents were the guys & girls in Mad Men.
We "were" Dazed & Confused (the Director of that film had to have followed us around in HS, because he NAILED virtually activity - except middle schoolers getting swatted)
I think there's a distinction here. Yes, individually, most everyone did stupid things. But as an organization, many didn't. I was president of my sorority. We didn't host, sponsor, sanction, etc. stupid events like eating contests.
In my sorority, we drank like fishes. Quaaludes were still popular if that tells you anything!
Cars and gas were cheap in the 70s. I'd say 50%+ of the students at our school had cars.
Maybe a regional thing. I'd say 80%+ of the students at our school drank (& half that number "smoked" & "smoked"). Our parents were the guys & girls in Mad Men.
We "were" Dazed & Confused (the Director of that film had to have followed us around in HS, because he NAILED virtually activity - except middle schoolers getting swatted)
Really? There was no oil embargo? No rationing of gas, no long lines at the stations on the days one was allowed to buy gas?
As to having cars at college, it must depend in part on the college. Maybe in private colleges, more students had cars. At public universities, there were a lot of students attending on financial aid, who couldn't afford a car.
I was in a fraternity in college. Don't want to even contemplate the things that we ate and drank during those 4 years.
My scientific observation was that 99.9% of all fraternity members did some stupid things and 98.6% of all sorority members did some stupid things. You were definitely the outlier Regina.
The brain hasn't finished its maturation process until a person is about 25. That means people in their early 20s are more likely to engage in risky behavior and make bad choices than someone 10 years older.
It's not just sorority and fraternity kids whose brains are still maturing. And yes, there will be outliers -- but on the average, you still have maturing to do when you're 20.
Oh, come on! As if the entire population of the US in that era drank to excess! Maybe that was a common problem among frat boys, and maybe even with a few dormies (?), but there were plenty of women and men who avoided that scene, and just weren't interested. There always have been, and always will be. For that matter, back in the 70's and 80's, few students had cars; most couldn't afford one.
Wow that is so not true where I lived, and we were far from well off, barely middle class I think. I purchased my first car new, in 1973. I was 16, nearly 17. I had worked and saved up money for a down payment, and my dad actually got the loan for me and I made the monthly payment - it was around $80. Car was just over $3000. Most others I knew my age had a car - either they bought it or parents gave them an old one.
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