As Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh met with the Senate Judiciary Committee today, someone was doing a bit of housekeeping behind the scenes on Wikipedia.
During the hearing, Kavanaugh faced a series of questions about a number of yearbook entries from 1982, the year he allegedly sexually assaulted and attempted to rape Christine Blasey Ford — the subject of today’s hearings.
One of these quotes made mention of “devil’s triangle,” which Kavanaugh stated was a drinking game similar to quarters. For the rest of the world, the definition is far different. A “devil’s triangle” — otherwise known as a devil’s threeway — is most often used as colloquial term for group sex featuring a female and two male participants. Googling the terms leads you to exactly this type of definition.
I found no prominent mentions of a drinking game with the same name before the Kavanaugh accusations came to light. Seems odd for a game that’s 30-plus years old to have flown under the radar like this.
This wasn’t lost on someone who works at the US House of Representatives, who quickly edited a Wikipedia entry for the term to include a drinking game, as mentioned by Kavanaugh.
Devil’s Triangle (disambiguation) Wikipedia article edited anonymously from US House of Representatives https://t.co/D3poeTGMuK pic.twitter.com/oB74iOxzBS
— congress-edits (@congressedits) September 27, 2018
Spotted by a bot that monitors IP address of members of Congress in the United States, the changes were added shortly after Kavanaugh‘s comments. It’s unclear who made the changes but we are fairly confident that if it wasn’t a drinking game before, it certainly will be now.
As it turns out, this anonymous congressional staffer wasn’t alone in his or her interest of the term. According to Google Trends, search activity spiked shortly after Kavanaugh gave his definition. Interestingly enough, the bulk of this interest seems to have come from Washington D.C.
Illuminati confirmed?
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
