By Liam Spychala
Concordia College has become the target of a campus “pisser.”
Many colleges in the United States have seen the creation of TikTok and Instagram accounts where the poster will allegedly urinate on a recognizable part of the college campus, such as statues or welcome signs, and posting the video of them doing so.
The popularity of these posts depends greatly on the size of the student body of the affected school.
The “theconcordiapisser” account on TikTok has garnered over 35 thousand views on their original post.
The affected areas on campus include the bridge near Park Region and Fjelstad Dorms, the bell tower, the Jake Christiansen Stadium, Prexy’s Pond and Old Main.
“I like to do places that are pretty well known, that way people know where I’m at,” said “theconcordiapisser” account in an interview over TikTok private message. “I always take suggestions of where I should piss next, so just let me know in the comments or messages,” the account continued.
According to the account owner, most of the videos on the page include true urine, though the account is “not going to say what ones are real.”
There are a total of 5 videos on the account, but the view count on the later posts have been lower.
A separate account, “concordiapisspolice,” was created to combat “theconcordiapisser.” They also were interviewed via TikTok private messaging where they referred to themselves as “Batman” and claimed usage of an invisibility cloak to help with anonymity.
“We appreciate the public awareness that this article will bring and will hopefully bring an end to the allegations of collusion with the pisser. Roll Cobbs,” said the “concordiapisspolice” account.
The original “pisser” account, named “thebcpisser” was created by a Boston College student and has over 700 thousand views.
Many college and university campuses have had accounts made, meaning the true number of these accounts cannot be confirmed. North Dakota State University and Minnesota State University Moorhead have also had accounts created.
The NDSU account has more engagement, with their first video reaching 215 thousand views. Like the Concordia account, the later videos received less engagement.
The MSUM account reached 50 thousand views on their first post, and both posting and engagement has gone down since. All three accounts made their first post around the same time. Both the NDSU and Concordia account first posted on Sep. 6, with the MSUM account posting the following day, on Sep. 7.
The area colleges feed off each other too, with “MSUM Pisser” commenting on the “theconcordiapisser” account with an image of two muscular arms joining in agreement to show their support. Students from both Concordia and MSUM can be seen interacting in the comments, hoping that the “pisser” doesn’t grace their dorm next. There are some commenters that are concerned, including alumni of Concordia.
Alexis Miller commented, “NOT AT MY ALMA MATER,” clearly disturbed by the act.
Most of the students in the comments find the content funny, even accusing each other of being the owner of the account.
Pierce Fiechtner, a first-year student, when asked about his thoughts on the “pisser” said, “It’s diabolical.” He also commented on the fact that the Concordia account only exists on TikTok. “He should have an Instagram page,” said Fiechtner, “The more people that know about it, the more people can catch him.”
When asked about the duty of students in the matter, Fiechtner proposed the idea of student led and organized patrols at night in order to catch the owner of the account.
NDSU may have the most engagement in the Fargo-Moorhead area, but nationally this trend attracts many more viewers.
At the University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA), a student under the username “theutsapisser” was able to achieve over 2 million views on their videos but has since taken them down, replacing them with a post that warns other students about copying their actions. The post says, “Do not risk getting yourself in trouble for something so dumb” and apologizes to UTSA for their actions.
