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petmoosie ([personal profile] petmoosie) wrote2009-01-05 01:08 pm
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My husband recently explained to me that "drinking the Kool-Aid" was an explicit reference to the Guyana mass suicide. I did not know that; I thought it was a spontaneous expression from Silicon Valley.  I will use it a LOT less now.
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[identity profile] starstraf.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
yes that is the refrence - it is often used in situations where everyone agrees without reasoning or thought - they have 'drunk the koolaid'