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Zilreth t1_jbp98v8 wrote

UMass blaming tiktok and not the school's culture lol, everyone there knows this is a yearly event called blarney blowout where everyone wears green, day drinks, and gets shitfaced. I'd bet 28 ambulances is well below the 10 year average on that weekend.

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SeasonalBlackout t1_jbpihc2 wrote

Other than wearing green that sounds like every weekend at Umass Amherst.

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dew2459 t1_jbq4gpm wrote

Someone I know worked very hard her freshman year to get accepted into the honors program there. Why? Not because she was especially interested in the honors program, but it guaranteed she could move from the towers to different dorm housing.

She said, after the first couple months, despite being on the 5th of 6th floor (I forget which one) she started using the stairs a lot because the the horrible vomit smell in all the elevators, esp Fri-Sun, was too gross to deal with.

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photinakis t1_jbq8u3f wrote

Where you live at UMass changes your experience there so much. I was in the honors program back in the Zoomass days (when there was still a frat row) and really enjoyed it, and stayed in the nerd dorms and it was quiet and clean the whole time. Could not be more different from colleagues who spent their years on the exact opposite side of campus honestly.

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Moonracer2000 t1_jbrvh3m wrote

Yeah, Southwest was well known as the Jock hell hole late 90s. Central was mostly potheads, Northeast was nerds. Sylvan (sp?) was were you went to disappear.

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SeasonalBlackout t1_jbq5ets wrote

I had a friend who graduated from Umass Amherst, but mid way through got so hopped up on drugs and alcohol that he assaulted several people outside at an event including a campus cop who was trying to get him under control, got arrested (obv) and kicked out of campus housing and ended up in court-ordered rehab before he got his shit back together. They still let him finish his degree and attend classes but he had to live off campus.

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TheBetaBridgeBandit t1_jbr7hoy wrote

Meanwhile my (pretty upstanding) friend who went to the honors college there almost got expelled for doing some pseudo-white hat hacking on the dining website and bringing a vulnerability to the attention of the school's IT department. Wack.

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dew2459 t1_jbq743h wrote

That is a bit like one of my high school classmates... except he also had terrible grades and did some major property damage, so UMass just threw him out permanently. He was allowed to go to a state college.

That was over 25 years ago when UMass Amherst was still earning a spot on some annual "top 10 party schools in the US" lists.

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Capricore58 t1_jbpjpi3 wrote

Shit I remember a football playoff game between UMass and UNH and leaving the stadium to the parking lot paved in bud light cans. Was a blast, though my Wildcats lost. So yeah sounds like a typical UMass weekend to me

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Zilreth t1_jbpytv0 wrote

UMass football winning a game? That is not a typical day. Even with free tickets everyone knows the tailgate is the primary event

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GlowInTheDarkNinjas t1_jbqbg9g wrote

Yeah but it hasn't happened yet. This was the weeks leading UP TO Blarney.

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Zilreth t1_jbqdqiy wrote

No you missed it bud blarney happened on the 4th

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GlowInTheDarkNinjas t1_jbqozkd wrote

Lmao my bad but yeah, the issue with the borgs was in the weeks before it happened

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Zilreth t1_jbsvyfk wrote

nah they said specifically it was for the weekend

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[deleted] t1_jbopsy5 wrote

Invented on Tik Tok? Philadelphia will not be slandered like this

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kelliehoable t1_jbpeqlj wrote

Why don’t I remember these in philly? Probably because I was blacked out on four lokos 24/7.

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The_Real_ZerXceS t1_jbplwpi wrote

four lokos are a ripoff. just do slugs of cold black coffee, a few 50% nips of root beer smirnoff and 40s of King Cobra malt liquor. fuck the headache flavoring and cut to the chase. I quit drinking by the way...

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wownotagainlmao t1_jbpq8ib wrote

Four lokos today are not the four lokos from 2010 lol

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kelliehoable t1_jbqocb4 wrote

Four lokos were lethal back in 2009ish. There’s a reason why the banned the caffeine in them.

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qoreilly t1_jbrcsbh wrote

I remember when they had this drink called Sparks. I drank a six pack of it and I blacked out. I remember waking up in my house and not sure how I got there, so I actually called my friend to find out what the fuck happened. And I could hold my liquor so that whole experience freaked me out. So after that no way to any of that. And when four loco came out I was just like no already been through this.

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thegalwayseoige t1_jbs8ij3 wrote

Sparks>OG Four Loko. I used to pound 4 of those as a pregame. They came in 3 flavors:

-Silver can, orange trim -silver can, orange & blue trim -silver can, black trim, orange accents.

I can’t believe input my heart through that…man, to be in your 20’s again.

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kelliehoable t1_jclyvkb wrote

Four loko was def pre-dated by sparks. We used to buy them underage and mostly get what I think was the purple color one? Idk but Brownbagging those in rittenhouse was basically my high school experience lol.

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TheMurkyA t1_jbonh0t wrote

Eh, Edward 40 hands challenge and jungle juice were cooler than this crap

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PHD_Memer t1_jbpbm3e wrote

Tbh a borg seems to just be a personal and portable jungle juice jug, a Jjug if you will

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Miami_Vice-Grip t1_jbpovpd wrote

Apparently, it's an acronym for "BlackOut Rage Gallon"

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PHD_Memer t1_jbps907 wrote

Yah I heard Black Out Range Gallon, so not that weird, probs better for covid if u got ur own and aren’t all dipping a cup into a rubermade of jungle juice

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britchesss t1_jbqhik1 wrote

Steel reserve used to make me black out and get angry. Along with rum, whisky, vodka, and tequila.

Beer has become my safe drink

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Prodigal_Moon t1_jbs77oj wrote

Steel Reserve was cost effective but impressively nasty. I used to pour a tall boy into a little jug I had and then drop a shot of everclear in it. Malt liquor was a better way to go honestly. Don’t know people stopped drinking 40s.

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coolhandslucas t1_jbpaueq wrote

I still don't remember Halloween 2009 at UMass from Jungle Juice, good times

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Fluffyballsacks t1_jbq7inr wrote

I remember making a jungle juice there in 2010 that was so wild we blacked out a whole house party. Vodka + 151 + 30 pack of beer + country time pink lemonade all mixed in a Gatorade cooler.

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what_comes_after_q t1_jbpisen wrote

As a millennial, I dunno, if I was in college these seem like a good time. Now it just seems like a headache in a jug.

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CNYMetroStar t1_jbprfb2 wrote

18 year old me would love this. 27 year old me would probably be deceased for a week.

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CoffeeContingencies t1_jbq3elk wrote

They are safer than communal jungle juice (from a roofie standpoint). Plus, people usually add liquid IV to keep hydrated!

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mufflermonday t1_jbpn3g1 wrote

Why? It’s basically the same college binge drinking shit as always. You sound like you want the kids to get off your lawn

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MattOLOLOL t1_jbpb6am wrote

I recognize those townhouses. This isn't tiktok, this is Blarney.

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j33pwrangler t1_jbplxth wrote

Something something putting the "ass" in "assimilated".

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krusty-o t1_jbphq3n wrote

These kids think they invented mixing Gatorade and vodka?

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wra1th42 t1_jbq2bws wrote

Right? College kids been doing this forever. We would get the big Gatorades and do 1/3 Gatorade 1/3 vodka 1/3 Rockstar

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mskrabapel t1_jbqox79 wrote

Fun fact: mixing Zima and powdered Kool Aid makes a volcano.

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I_eat_mud_ t1_jbqub7l wrote

It’s usually water, electrolyte powder, alcohol, and some people put liquid IV in it.

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krusty-o t1_jbqv38p wrote

Yea, that’s functionally Gatorade just probably a good bit less sugar

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lucascorso21 t1_jbphft7 wrote

Yes, let’s blame TikTok and not normal drinking culture at big schools since forever.

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Prestigious_Owl_6623 t1_jbpw393 wrote

UMass does not have what I would describe as “normal” drinking culture. Had a bunch of friends go there and they came out budding alcoholics. The amount of drinking and debauchery was insane.

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Sir_Fluffernutting t1_jbpzgbb wrote

Have you been to a non community college? What you described is par for the course at college, big or small

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SpaceBasedMasonry t1_jbq32ps wrote

Family that went to UMass in the 60s describes it exactly the same way when I was a kid.

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rygo796 t1_jbr8tj1 wrote

It's not called ZooMass for nothing

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rygo796 t1_jbr8u3c wrote

It's not called ZooMass for nothing

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SeaJay1187 t1_jbokkx8 wrote

Back in my day at umass lowell, we mixed the vodka with beer and lemonade powder mix, no water. Called it porch crawlers because we’d have to crawl buck up the porch by the end of the night. I blame Covid for these softies. Or the hood is just better at drinking than the pastures out west.

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Flower_Murderer t1_jbp6pbd wrote

Nah, just kids with no experience not getting a buffer before getting hammered. Us rural folx will drink with you, and laugh at the cheap dates.

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RupaulHollywood t1_jbptaz4 wrote

I had that exact drink while visiting UMass Amherst about fifteen years ago. We used frozen lemonade concentrate though.

Must just be inexperienced, or the campus cops just shipped everyone that looked overtly drunk. That'd be pretty par for the course.

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AlexeiMarie t1_jbq5w2g wrote

my school used orange juice concentrate -- that shit was really good at hiding the taste of alcohol

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TheUnknownDouble-O t1_jbq0hyc wrote

Yeah we made the same shit at Syracuse. Can't remember what we called it tho. Probably because I drank too much of it...

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MajorProblem50 t1_jbosg3y wrote

Which insecurity are you compensating for with all this oozing sense of false confidence?

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SeaJay1187 t1_jbot9j0 wrote

It’s a joke. Sorry you take everything so seriously you read online. Carry on with your day and keep your assumptions of another’s character to yourself…. See you next tuesday.

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MajorProblem50 t1_jbotvr9 wrote

iT's A jOkE bRo.

Classic defense for weakness.

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SeaJay1187 t1_jbou6vj wrote

Classic response to you being a cunt lol. You’re username says enough about yourself.

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bleepbloopbluupp t1_jbowc0k wrote

you both should just fuck and get it over with

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SeaJay1187 t1_jbp2q0m wrote

I did nothing except say an obvious joke lol, this person just attacked me for no reason lol guess he/she is mad they can’t hang.

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koebelin t1_jbpvzzz wrote

Lack of alcohol, a real medical condition.

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Throwaway1231200001 t1_jbp0dv7 wrote

Do they just keep these articles in MS word and just update every decade? Feel like the exact same thing was written during the 4 Loko run.

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eustaciasgarden t1_jbpmjxg wrote

Some days I really miss working in the ER... putting college students in diapers and cleaning up their vomit.

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Flatout_87 t1_jbp8erj wrote

Someone told me umass is not a party school anymore. Any ideas?

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GamerHaste t1_jbpuo0y wrote

Apparently not as crazy as it was. I was there from 2018-2022, after covid is was a lot more tame IMO. From other ppl i talked to while I was there it was nothing like it was back in like 2000s and early 2010s

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MPLooza t1_jbs7rd7 wrote

Even in the early to mid 2010s it was slowing down, the admin started cracking down on things like the "riots" after Super Bowl/World Series and events like Blarney as they wanted to reform the school's image. Heard stories about Hobart Hoedown as the event that predated Blarney and was said to have been significantly more out of control

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femtoinfluencer t1_jbttmkw wrote

Hobart Hoedown was always a blast, waking up next morning to destroyed plastic lawn chairs as far as the eye could see

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BQORBUST t1_jbowmvi wrote

The kids are alright

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Unique-Public-8594 t1_jboog69 wrote

From the article:

> AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — The University of Massachusetts is warning about a TikTok drinking trend after 28 ambulances were summoned to off-campus parties.

> Students were observed Saturday carrying jugs with a mixture of alcohol, electrolytes, flavoring and water, dubbed “blackout rage gallons,” or “BORGs,” in a binge-drinking trend gaining traction on TikTok, officials said.

> There were so many calls for ambulances for student alcohol intoxication that neighboring agencies stepped in to help, officials said. The Amherst Fire Department said none of the cases were life-threatening. UMass Police reported two arrests for underage drinking.

> UMass officials said this is the first time the university has observed widespread use of BORGs at off-campus parties.

> In a statement, the university said the weekend’s events will be assessed and steps taken to improve alcohol education. Incoming students already learn about physiological and medical risks of binge drinking.

> The weekend’s festivities are known among UMass students as the “Blarney Blowout,” an annual unsanctioned event related to upcoming St. Patrick’s Day, local media reported.

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Banana_Ram_You t1_jbpcegp wrote

How are you going to have 28 people call ambulances and none of them be life threatening cases? Back in my day, you'd just roll them on their side and give them a bucket

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Prestigious_Owl_6623 t1_jbpwczp wrote

I feel so bad for the people who live in Amherst and have to deal with those college kids. Bunch of my friends went to umass Amherst and the drinking was insane. It’s a Miracle any of them passed their classes.

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Expensive-Land6491 t1_jbr7xjb wrote

I grew up in the area and went to UMASS and summer was always the best time of the year. Come fall all the locals would groan that the students were back.

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aja09 t1_jbpwewq wrote

Nice yah made portable jungle juice…. Beginners

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Unstablemedic49 t1_jbq8i3t wrote

Also a bad batch of heroin going around the Middlesex, Suffolk, and Worcester counties. Am Firefighter/paramedic in one of these counties and it’s been a nightmare last few days. Quadruple Overdoses at the same time, in different parts of the city, continuously the last 48hrs. Some died, some lived.

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111unununium t1_jbq78wb wrote

Seems fairly smart. Hard To spike a drink then they all have caps.

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romulusnr t1_jbps0p1 wrote

I won't believe this is a thing because I've yet to see anyone make one and call it Locutus Of Borg.

It's such an obvious name and yet I've yet to see it. They'll come up with all sorts of awkward puns but not the obvious one right in front of them? No way.

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whynotbass t1_jbpuj0y wrote

Riot juice existed before TikTok

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liquidgrill t1_jbostio wrote

Darwin also warned about this.

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AdvocateReason t1_jbqq1gd wrote

What is the etymology of 'borgs' in this context?

EDIT: Thank you other commenters:
"BlackOut Rage Gallons"

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Rick_Sanchez1214 t1_jbsm1jl wrote

Congratulations on discovering jungle juice. Who gives a shit

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thegalwayseoige t1_jbs9m0b wrote

I mean…if you’re going to binge drink, you might as well add electrolytes. The drink isn’t the problem. The problem is they’re binging more than they can handle.

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thisisinsider t1_jbshqec wrote

From the article:

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is blaming a TikTok drinking fad for 28 ambulances getting called to off-campus parties over the weekend.

According to school officials, students on Saturday were seen carrying large water jugs that contained a mixture of alcohol, electrolytes, and flavoring, believed to be what TikTokers call "borgs," or "blackout rage gallons."

The phenomenon has been fueled by recent viral videos featuring college students on TikTok making and drinking the concoction (though some videos referencing the drink date back to 2020). The viral drink has spawned borg tutorials, borg challenges, and borg skits.

While it's unclear if all 28 instances were related to "borg" drinking, UMass officials said they had never seen so many of these drinks before Saturday's "Blarney Blowout," an annual school celebration that typically comes before St. Patrick's Day, The Associated Press reported.

None of the cases were life-threatening, the Amherst Fire Department said.

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femtoinfluencer t1_jbtt1l2 wrote

love the accompanying photo of two MBA / psych major chicks.

never change, UMass.

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phyzome t1_jc55k4a wrote

I never understood the attraction of this kind of thing.

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Stateberg t1_jbpp2s3 wrote

What a waste of ambulances they be ready for real emergencies not some drunk partiers

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DegenGolfer t1_jbqsod8 wrote

I was there, it was a good time. Beer can send people to the hospital it’s about drinking responsibly

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lardlad71 t1_jbrczlb wrote

Meh, I was there early 90’s. I should be dead. We didn’t need no stinkin ambulances.

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potentpotables t1_jbpmhrc wrote

Tucker Max death mix.

But, for everyone decrying how this isn't a new thing, the popularity is new because it spread on Tik Tok. Like, Nirvana didn't invent grunge, but they certainly brought it to the masses.

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successiseffort t1_jbpk1iq wrote

"Most educated state in the country"

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