Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Feb 27, 2016I'm just going to quote-share this here 😶Quote TweetScott Adams@ScottAdamsSays·Feb 27, 2016Seems like Girl Scouts are emotionally manipulative beggars selling nutritional poison in cookie form. Because it builds character.1316
Sister Sarah@sarahdoingthing·Feb 27, 2016Replying to @vgr@vgr I read about people trying to make something edible out of girl scout cookies, but cooking just released the stench of fake vanilla23
Sister Sarah@sarahdoingthing·Feb 27, 2016Replying to @sarahdoingthing@vgr also knew a woman who worked for the org, she found the cookie fundraising focus cult-like & creepy414
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Feb 27, 2016Replying to @sarahdoingthing@sarahdoingthing but isn't it a nice community ritual, a marker of seasons like harvest festivals 😂12
Sister Sarah@sarahdoingthing·Feb 27, 2016Replying to @vgr@vgr degraded ritual - actual girl scout camp is one of my models for ritual excellence23
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @sarahdoingthing@sarahdoingthing Aren't all rituals to some extent degraded echoes of either an abstraction or a once-functional behavior? Degree v kind8:55 PM · Feb 27, 20161 Like