Big Gulps. A Theatrical Social Interaction That I Made Common Tongue.

Lloyd: Hey, guys. Big gulps, huh? Cool. Alright! Well, see ya later.




Over 2 years ago now, I was sitting in an English class where the topic of discussion was interaction through common traits. Or in basic terms interaction between two parties based on the similarities between the few, and the bridges one makes to interact or find common traits in a odd or uncomfortable atmosphere. For example a business man and a sailor from the same city will often join together in another state; because they relate better than others around them regardless of their differences.

So I offered up a classic example from arguably the greatest example of theatrical comedy known to man...Dumb and Dumber. And the line is as above. Half the class sided with me, the other half including my professor thought while true; it was random and irregular as an example. But that said, the character Lloyd (Jim Carrey) built a bridge to interact with others in an unfamiliar environment in order to find stability.

Well lets be honest, this is a pretty good story, most people laugh at the thought of this discussion in a University class, we are talking about Dumb and Dumber here. So I said the story, a lot, a whole lot, ok...a ton or rather others told it as well. And being so well coined in the term, it then became common for those around me to say things like "Big Gulps, well see you later" and leave instead of bye. I know I was one of the first to use it as such, but we each adapted it to our own means. We'll "Alright" in the middle there makes it seem a bit different based on tones, and so this progressed into a slower acceptance of big gulps, which somehow came to be similar to "spilled milk". So now when something bad happens it is shrugged off as "big gulps, alright" and leaving is still "big gulps huh, see you later".




And I know what you are thinking, why does this matter? Will this really catch on. And the fact of the matter it is. I find an significant number of people using it, and to be quite honest it is out of my control. In a language that doesn't define many of it's words other than by tone or situation, this is the perfect example of how slang started. Things like "cool" and "hot" also had a similar ascension some point in time.

Craptastic

This is going to be one large ramble rather than a focused discussion. That said, I hate the Captialistic world we created for ourselves. Billions of dollars are being stolen legally from the ill, as Pharmaceutical companies make hundreds of billions of dollars annually. And they justify these prices because greedy people sue everyone every 10 minutes. And the lawyers that sue everyone every 10 minutes steal every bit that are "awarded" for their clients. This money then goes to public campaigns and then your greedy lawyers become the government, which in it's greedy image protects the corruption that feeds its pocket.