Let me put things in perspective for you trekkies. This board is just a speck in the landscape of UConn culture. So much so that the admin who set it up probably forgot it exists. But if they had an inkling of what ensues here with a G squad claiming they have powers to influence the team’s performance, (who also don’t know you exist) the code language, the chauvinism, perceived seniority or pecking order, and all the other BS, they would further exile this board out of the fabric and rename the site ‘LandofthemisfitBoys dot com.
I couldn’t get through half of the drivel on this thread. I can assure you it’s totally sleep inducing. You’re embarrassing the rest of us with this bizarro melodrama. Creighton and other boards are probably laughing at us.
Of course this forum and threads such as this thread are going to garner critical commentary. Most of us have seen evidence that validates that claim. Go ahead and show me something that gets universal approval.
Is there melodrama in this forum? Absolutely. All you have to do is reread what you wrote as evidence. But if you think these last several days of threads and posts have been melodramatic they don't move the needle compared to what happens here when things go wrong.
We're all triggered by something or somethings. So I'm trying to understand what it is that is happening here which is causing you to be offended. Is it the idioms that some of us bring up? It seems you ascribe this to exclusivity profferred as something that is special for a group to laugh at the expense of those not in the know. If this is the case you could not be more incorrect.
These are nostalgic idioms or events. They have occurred over the history of this forum during good and bad times that many (but not all) of us have come to laugh at. Quite often they happened accidentally someone saw some humor in them and the community took off with it. That is all. I came here earlier than many but later than some. I'm aware of many of those that developed since I joined but those nostalgic phrases or incidences that happened before I joined I had to ask people what the joke was about. It was happily explained and I went running with it.
More will come. That is a certainty. And people who join after that happens will be as in the dark as you are now. So "Forte he Ead" and "Shu shu Orange Flu" enjoy the humanity of this forum.
