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@absint
In nutritional terms, the diet of prehistoric human beings and their ancestors during perhaps two million years or more was rich in protein, moderately rich in fat, and usually poor in carbohydrate. If we assume that our present universal taste preferences for the sweet and savoury are a continuation of preferences acquired long ago, then it is likely that, except in times of hunger, the small amounts of dietary carbohydrates will have come mostly from fruits, as opposed to the less palatable leaves and roots.
Reklam
There's a smug satisfaction that comes with briefly allowing myself to believe I've confused the Instagram Eye, whose presence is so omniscient and mysterious (and indispensable to me), sometimes it feels like the only God I've ever known.
To this day, unemployed women, especially those living in blue-collar towns, continue to make up the majority of MLM recruits.
In the beginning, learning this private terminology makes speakers feel, well, cool. "In the early days, it was really fun... or 'theta,' as we'd say," Cathy told me, referencing Scientology's slang term for "awesome." Who doesn't love a secret language? "It made you feel superior, because you had these words that other people didn't, and you did the work to understand them."
Ultimately, the needs for identity, purpose, and belonging have existed for a very long time, and cultish groups have always sprung up during cultural limbos when these needs have gone sorely unmet. What's new is that in this internet-ruled age, when a guru can be godless, when the barrier to entry is as low as a double-tap, and when folks who hold alternative beliefs are able to find one another more easily than ever, it only makes sense that secular cults – from obsessed workout studios to start-ups that put the "cult" in "company culture" – would start sprouting like dandelions. For good or for ill, there is now a cult for everyone.