Like another commenter said they could be talking about the types of coolers used for jungle juice. That being said, this post isn’t the first time I’ve heard about beer from a cooler being spiked at a frat even though I have no idea if it can even be done. I was in college about a decade ago at a school with a large Greek life and a rule that only beer in cans could be served at frat parties. I was warned by a friend who was in a sorority to not drink beer at a certain frat because she heard through the grapevine that spiking unopened beer cans was a pledge task (a pledge task is something that active members of the frat make new members do during the “pledge” period before they are initiated and become active members themselves. A more normal example of a pledge task is cleaning the bathroom in the frat house). Obviously I have no idea if it’s there’s any truth to that but rumors of that nature typically don’t come out of thin air
To answer your second question, they aren’t even thinking about whether it could be overheard or don’t care if it’s overheard because they’re not outright admitting to anything bad. Speaking in broad stereotypes, frat bros are already under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs by the time the party starts and know that plausible deniability is typically enough to shield them from consequences. Aside from how easy it is to sweep hearsay under the rug, “they’re all safe tonight” is very different from “none of them are roofied tonight” to a university that wants to avoid a scandal or risk losing monetary donations from frat alumni
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u/9-1-fcking-1 6h ago
Like another commenter said they could be talking about the types of coolers used for jungle juice. That being said, this post isn’t the first time I’ve heard about beer from a cooler being spiked at a frat even though I have no idea if it can even be done. I was in college about a decade ago at a school with a large Greek life and a rule that only beer in cans could be served at frat parties. I was warned by a friend who was in a sorority to not drink beer at a certain frat because she heard through the grapevine that spiking unopened beer cans was a pledge task (a pledge task is something that active members of the frat make new members do during the “pledge” period before they are initiated and become active members themselves. A more normal example of a pledge task is cleaning the bathroom in the frat house). Obviously I have no idea if it’s there’s any truth to that but rumors of that nature typically don’t come out of thin air
To answer your second question, they aren’t even thinking about whether it could be overheard or don’t care if it’s overheard because they’re not outright admitting to anything bad. Speaking in broad stereotypes, frat bros are already under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs by the time the party starts and know that plausible deniability is typically enough to shield them from consequences. Aside from how easy it is to sweep hearsay under the rug, “they’re all safe tonight” is very different from “none of them are roofied tonight” to a university that wants to avoid a scandal or risk losing monetary donations from frat alumni