A comparison point that comes to mind is Jonestown. If we've been told the worst is happening and doesn't, how will we reaction when it actually does?
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Replying to @ShortFormErnie
I read some. I think I don’t follow your line of thinking…?
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Replying to @mwichary
Before they actually drank the poisoned Kool-Aid, they drank Kool-Aid, having been told it was poisoned, when it wasn’t.
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Replying to @ShortFormErnie
Ah, that wasn’t mentioned in a few articles I read. (I didn’t even know that’s where the expression came from.)
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Replying to @mwichary
This does a good job of explaining it http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,912249-5,00.html …
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Replying to @mwichary @ShortFormErnie
It bothers me now that the “drinking the Kool-Aid” expression exists, and the contexts in which I heard it used. It seems as thoughtless as “Keep Calm and X” memes.
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Replying to @mwichary
They’re both memes that have been robbed of their darkness along with their context. I’m sure there is a Tedium post to be written about this idea
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Clearly!pic.twitter.com/FGOVHyrXmJ
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