Re: [tlug] Artificially Colored Culture: Did you drink the Kool-Aid?

["Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon" <ronfaxon@example.com>]

Jim wrote:

> > [BR] I don't know what Kool-Aid is
> >    
>
> Even the feeblest of searches would give you some clue: 
>
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool-Aid
>   http://www.google.com/search?hl=jp&q=Kool-Aid
>
> In this case, Stephen was using Kool-Aid metaphorically for a 
> shared experience. 
>
>   From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool-Aid#Drinking_the_Kool-Aid
>
>   The phrase can also be used in the opposite sense to indicate 
>   that one has embraced a particular philosophy or perspective 
>   (a "Kool-Aid drinker"). This usage is generally limited to 
>   those in or commenting on United States politics.
>
> He's also dating/identifying himself with 
> such a reference. 
>
>   http://www.google.com/search?hl=jp&q=Kool-Aid+hippies
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Kool_Aid_Acid_Test
>  
I grew up drinking Kool-Aid... so I just had a flashback to the smell 
and taste of the powder when mixing up a batch... never thought it 
actually had any meaning beyond putting toxins in the body....

> Obviously, you were not on the bus, although if you remembered 
> being on the bus, then you were not on the bus. 
>  
On the bus?  Is the train okay?  I never ride buses.....

> By the way, not only is wikipedia good for Kool-Aid research, 
> it's great for technical topics too: 
>
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO-2022-JP
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_unification
>
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_unification#Check_your_browser
>  
Great!  Thanks!  I need to Google more often....

> Drink deeply! 
>  
Of that toxic Kool-Aid goop?  No thanks!  I'm not at all confident that 
my body forgives all the gallons I've already consumed....

Lyle