• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Yeah, wasn’t intending on contradicting your main point, just wanted to throw that trivia in because the pop culture version is that either the cultists had no idea the drinks were poisoned (they knew) or that they all willingly went into the suicide pact (some did, some didn’t but were forced, some made it out alive).

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      3 months ago

      Thanks.

      This made me wonder about another doomsday cult: Is the Heaven’s Gate website still up? I had to go check, and yes, it is!

      Edit: Oh I remember seeing an editorial some years back complaining that people using the expression “Drink the Kool-Aid” was disrespectful to the members of the cult that perished (even though it was Flavor-Aid). Kind of an interesting read. Holy cow, I found it, really quickly.

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        Lol, I’m only marginally familiar with that death cult, but is that first sentence there because an earlier version of their claims included a companion comet whose existence was either disproven or brought into question? That sentence just screams “the goal posts have been moved on something we used to think is important but now wish to downplay”.