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tinfoil tiaras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 11:15 PM Original message |
Where did the term "Kool-Aid" come from |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Jim Jones and Guyana |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 11:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Jonestown, google search here: |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 01:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Good answer |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. A nut with a messiah complex named Jim Jones |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Jim Jones suicide cult |
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tinfoil tiaras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 11:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Oh, i see now |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. perfectly understandable, and commendable |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. OUCH! That hurt! |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 11:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I have a memory of the TV news cameraman recording his own death |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 01:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. now knock that off |
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ejbr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 11:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Just in case you didn't get that |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Drinking the Kool-Aid" is a reference to the mass suicide |
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bananarepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 12:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Can't we call the other side 'nut-juice' drinkers? n/t |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 12:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. (cough!) Excuse me? "nut-juice"?? |
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bananarepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-29-06 12:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. LOL!!! I was honestly thinking along the lines of RW-nutcases... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. Peanuts are tasty! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-27-06 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. The koolaid was laced with cyanide but Jim Jones |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
14. you can listen to the cult's last moments |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 02:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I wish I hadn't listened to that. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
16. wikipedia says it comes from the 60s, long before Jonestown |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 01:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Yep. "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 03:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Wikipedia nonwithstanding, I think the pejorative use of the term "Kool- |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 03:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yeah, the perjorative connotation is Jonestown... |
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Blackthorn (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
17. OH YEAH!!! |
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Alacrat (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-28-06 01:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I like to listen to what the right is saying |
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