The expression is “drank the Kool-Aid”, but it should be Flavor-Aid, because that’s what the cultists actually drank while committing suicide. dying (not all committed suicide).
It wasn’t really a suicide thing. Maybe for some of them, it was. But they were forced to drink that flavour aid at gunpoint if they didn’t drink it willingly or manage to flee into the jungle. So it was more of a massacre than a mass suicide. Or a massacre plus a mass suicide, as I’m not sure what portion had to be forced.
Sounds good. I haven’t read up on that any time recently so my memory was hazy. The main point I was trying to make was the Flavor-Aid vs Kool-Aid, though, which stands.
Yeah, wasn’t intending on contradicting your main point, just wanted to throw that trivia in because the pop culture version is that either the cultists had no idea the drinks were poisoned (they knew) or that they all willingly went into the suicide pact (some did, some didn’t but were forced, some made it out alive).
This made me wonder about another doomsday cult: Is the Heaven’s Gate website still up? I had to go check, and yes, it is!
Edit: Oh I remember seeing an editorial some years back complaining that people using the expression “Drink the Kool-Aid” was disrespectful to the members of the cult that perished (even though it was Flavor-Aid). Kind of an interesting read. Holy cow, I found it, really quickly.
Lol, I’m only marginally familiar with that death cult, but is that first sentence there because an earlier version of their claims included a companion comet whose existence was either disproven or brought into question? That sentence just screams “the goal posts have been moved on something we used to think is important but now wish to downplay”.
I was talking about the mis-attribution of the brand name Kool-Aid in the phrase “drank the Kool-Aid” as a result of Jonestown… they actually drank Flavor Aid
If you want to be historically accurate, it should be Flavor Aid, but people mistakenly said Kool-Aid and it stuck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavor_Aid
Uhh no actually I think that was a knockoff competitor brand cause that said 1929 and I’m pretty sure it was a guy Named Perkins in the earlier 20s.
I think that’s just something else. The original is Kool-aid
The expression is “drank the Kool-Aid”, but it should be Flavor-Aid, because that’s what the cultists actually drank while
committing suicide.dying (not all committed suicide).It wasn’t really a suicide thing. Maybe for some of them, it was. But they were forced to drink that flavour aid at gunpoint if they didn’t drink it willingly or manage to flee into the jungle. So it was more of a massacre than a mass suicide. Or a massacre plus a mass suicide, as I’m not sure what portion had to be forced.
Sounds good. I haven’t read up on that any time recently so my memory was hazy. The main point I was trying to make was the Flavor-Aid vs Kool-Aid, though, which stands.
Yeah, wasn’t intending on contradicting your main point, just wanted to throw that trivia in because the pop culture version is that either the cultists had no idea the drinks were poisoned (they knew) or that they all willingly went into the suicide pact (some did, some didn’t but were forced, some made it out alive).
Thanks.
This made me wonder about another doomsday cult: Is the Heaven’s Gate website still up? I had to go check, and yes, it is!
Edit: Oh I remember seeing an editorial some years back complaining that people using the expression “Drink the Kool-Aid” was disrespectful to the members of the cult that perished (even though it was Flavor-Aid). Kind of an interesting read. Holy cow, I found it, really quickly.
Lol, I’m only marginally familiar with that death cult, but is that first sentence there because an earlier version of their claims included a companion comet whose existence was either disproven or brought into question? That sentence just screams “the goal posts have been moved on something we used to think is important but now wish to downplay”.
Yup… Yeah wow learn something new every day. Like cults don’t splurge for name brand even for ritual suicide.
I was talking about the mis-attribution of the brand name Kool-Aid in the phrase “drank the Kool-Aid” as a result of Jonestown… they actually drank Flavor Aid
Ohhhhh…
Wow cheap even until the end that they bought Walmart generic.
I mean why take the good stuff with you right?
That’s hilarious though thanks for that correction I was definitely confused.