Cool-aid gets such a bad rap here at DU!

[SCDem]

Just an observation :)

Though I haven't had any cool-aid lately, as a child I drank plenty of cool-aid.

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Berry blue lemonade Kool-aid is awesome

I think that's what it's called. It's one of the Tropical Twists flavours I think.

[SCDem]

2. So not everyone thinks ill of the cool-aid

Yeah for Cool-aid!

[Radical Activist]

3. Yeah, I'm not sure why kool-aid is the chosen drink

Is that what some cult drank? I forget. Maybe we should change it Mountain Dew or something.

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Jonestown, The People's Temple

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Temple

[bugslsu9]

Hey!

Don't diss the Dew!

[bleedingheart]

5. It is in reference to the famed incident with Jim Jones and Guyana

where all the followers of Jones drank Kool-Aid laced with cyanide and died...I think some 800 or more drank it....

[SCDem]

6. I know what it is in reference to

I just think it's pretty funny that that is such common knowledge and usage that the poor kids that hear us talking about drinking the kool-aid are like "Yeah so what it is good"

I just think it's funny!