pacejunkie punk Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Arica Pelino said: It's not a bot. I'm just trying to figure out how to post in this forum. Hi. This thread is pretty old and I haven’t gone back to reread the comments but if there are any facts you’d like to correct, please go right ahead. If I recall I think it was mostly a timing issue of when each girlfriend happened until Adrienne that people debated I forget what else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billie Joes Eyelids Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 7 hours ago, Arica Pelino said: It's not a bot. I'm just trying to figure out how to post in this forum. Can you give us some more information which might indicate you are who you say you are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billie Joes Eyelids Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, Arica Pelino said: Sure - I will private message you. Ok, please do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengd Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Welcome @Arica Pelino. I can only think this forum will be pretty weird reading for you at times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 36 minutes ago, Arica Pelino said: This forum is a strange experience indeed... There is a post from 2009 by a guest named Shangri-La who blatantly states that I am a nut job and went to a mental hospital, and that something is "really off" about me. I'm curious to know how a perfect stranger would know these things about me, when I didn't even know these things about me. There is post from someone named Anja who says that I am from Petaluma. Where are you guys getting your information? I'm not from Petaluma. The concept of "fake news" existed well before Donald Trump and this forum proves it. It's probably mostly from people reading Green Day books/biographies, they all have their little histories of the band members but aren't all necessarily consistent or accurate. Plus articles/interviews with the band where either something inaccurate was said or details got mixed up in editing etc. We generally discourage discussion of the band member's families and friends unless it's something relevant to a song or something that's come up in an interview or piece of writing about them (like for example this thread - Billie's talked about how a lot of songs are about "Amanda" and listed many of them so it's just people wondering which ones are about who and whether info we've heard from books and articles is true or not) but when that does come up I guess we have to assume info might not always be accurate! I don't know what random sources those two people got their info from but neither of them post here any more, a lot of different members come and go over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Arica Pelino said: Makes sense. Thanks for the response. Which songs are you guys unsure about, that you don't know who they are about? Fact: 80 had nothing to do with BJ and I breaking up. She was not in the picture at the time. Fact: What you wrote above is entirely correct. I can't think of anything specific that people are like, collectively wondering about. It's more just like someone will ask about a song meaning and someone will say "In this article it says it's about this girl", or like "Billie said a bunch of songs are about a girl called Amanda, which ones are they?". This kind of thing only comes up in discussion occasionally. People who've read a lot of Green Day biographies will think they know the timeline of their history so when someone asks a question about it they'll tell them based on what they've read, and because of inconsistencies from writers and the band members the truth about random details isn't always clear. I guess that must be a bit weird when your name is mentioned in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Seeing all these corrections makes me remember the times when GDC used to be like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billie Joes Eyelids Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 5 hours ago, Arica Pelino said: This forum is a strange experience indeed... There is a post from 2009 by a guest named Shangri-La who blatantly states that I am a nut job and went to a mental hospital, and that something is "really off" about me. I'm curious to know how a perfect stranger would know these things about me, when I didn't even know these things about me. There is post from someone named Anja who says that I am from Petaluma. Where are you guys getting your information? I'm not from Petaluma. The concept of "fake news" existed well before Donald Trump and this forum proves it. You go girl!! I’m sorry you had to see some nasty comments about yourself on here. That had to be weird. As BJ says, the internet is a “home for assholes”. One of the members who made a lot of comments on this particular thread no longer contributes. She fancied herself an expert, which she is to a certain extent, but she also got a lot wrong. And when people challenged her on those points, her wrath was legendary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcyMoffatt Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 6 hours ago, Arica Pelino said: Fact check: BJ was never homeless. He chose to move from his mother's house (Rodeo) to the punk warehouse in West Oakland. There was no brothel. That is completely fabricated. Fact check: BJ did not live at the House O Toast. Fact check: BJ and 80 were pen pals after meeting on the 39/Smooth tour. She came to visit BJ at the warehouse for two weeks in between 39/Smooth and Kerplunk. I hope your answer to HOTH will not attrack her to come back on the forum. This person caused a lot of troubles to many members. She taught she knew everything about the band when in fact she didn't know what she was talking about. Anyway, thank you for cleaning up the facts. I know it must be weird for you to realize that strangers were talking about you for years and they didn't know what was the reality. I've read this thread when it started, but then stopped when I saw people were debating on what was the real story behind each song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 10 minutes ago, IcyMoffatt said: I hope your answer to HOTH will not attrack her to come back on the forum. This person caused a lot of troubles to many members. She taught she knew everything about the band when in fact she didn't know what she was talking about. Anyway, thank you for cleaning up the facts. I know it must be weird for you to realize that strangers were talking about you for years and they didn't know what was the reality. I've read this thread when it started, but then stopped when I saw people were debating on what was the real story behind each song. I mean, as far as I know aside from those couple of weird posts that were mentioned the most 99.9% of Green Day fans and people here including myself know about @Arica Pelino or have ever said about her is that Billie apparently once had a girlfriend called Arica. It's not like people are constantly discussing her (in case that's the impression being given here). I think the vast majority of the time any mention of Billie's girlfriends is just people saying how he said in an interview that a certain song was about them, or just wondering whether a biography they've read that talked about when Billie went out with different people along with other details about his history has its info right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billie Joes Eyelids Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 20 minutes ago, Hermione said: I mean, as far as I know aside from those couple of weird posts that were mentioned the most 99.9% of Green Day fans and people here including myself know about @Arica Pelino or have ever said about her is that Billie apparently once had a girlfriend called Arica. It's not like people are constantly discussing her (in case that's the impression being given here). I think the vast majority of the time any mention of Billie's girlfriends is just people saying how he said in an interview that a certain song was about them, or just wondering whether a biography they've read that talked about when Billie went out with different people along with other details about his history has its info right. I was referring to the mentions that Arica herself found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcyMoffatt Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 17 minutes ago, Hermione said: I mean, as far as I know aside from those couple of weird posts that were mentioned the most 99.9% of Green Day fans and people here including myself know about @Arica Pelino or have ever said about her is that Billie apparently once had a girlfriend called Arica. It's not like people are constantly discussing her (in case that's the impression being given here). I think the vast majority of the time any mention of Billie's girlfriends is just people saying how he said in an interview that a certain song was about them, or just wondering whether a biography they've read that talked about when Billie went out with different people along with other details about his history has its info right. No, that wasn't what I wanted to say. Of course she isn't discussed constantly, but her name did come up a few times over the years and people mixed some facts with Billie's other girlfriends sometimes. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biddymc Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 I was always curious about the timeline of events, like how long after dating Arica, BJ met Amanda, and how soon before Dookie that Amanda left for Ecuador. I agree that the info in the books was always a little wacky, but still interesting. @Arica Pelino, this site is a serious wormhole, enter with caution, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacejunkie punk Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 ^^^ Where are all the comments?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacejunkie punk Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Just now, Arica Pelino said: WTF?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squashie Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 6 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said: WTF?! The bot is malfunctioning! 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacejunkie punk Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 10 minutes ago, squashie09 said: The bot is malfunctioning! 😂 I think we broke it 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squashie Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Where's a mod/admin when ya need one? She's glitching out! @Hermione Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amanda Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Arica Pelino said: You need a reboot, love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlissaGoesRAWR Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 @Arica Pelino Are you intentionally posting a bunch of blank messages or are you having trouble figuring out the forum? PM me if you need help. Since you've edited all your previous posts to remove your content, I've hidden the messages to keep it from bogging down the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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