...we're "drinking the Kool-Aid". (Sorry Lindy!)
According to Word Spy,
"This phrase comes from the 1978 "Jonestown massacre" in which members of the Peoples Temple cult committed suicide by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid."
Or here are the Urban Dictionary definitions. The associated bad karma won't help advance our cause!
Sorry for the grumpy post. It's a whole blimmin' week of Mondays so far.
2.12.2008
Could everyone please stop saying...
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I always thought the Jonestown origin is what provides the irony of the statement. It probably has moved on to cliche status, though, weakening the impact.
How about Sangria instead?
Sorry, I vote for keeping it. I love the phrase. Nothing like getting cult-like status with regards to your members.
For you, Maddie, I'll stop using it...though I was aware of the origins of the phrase and I found it apt, considering how being generative and moving to a more open-source business model feels like a cult suicide pact to so many folks I've met.
...and I do like Kool-aid.
I'll send you some good Karma on Facebook to make up for it.
The Kool-Aid people really hate this, too, because evidently the Jonestown folks didn't use Kool-Aid--it was another brand ...
Maddie, I hope your week has gotten much better!
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