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What are the taboo subjects? (leminal.space)

submitted 4 days ago by infinite_ass@leminal.space to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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The subjects that you can't even bring up without getting downvoted, banned, fired, expelled, cancelled etc.

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[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That actually can be explained by the slaves that used to live in the farmhouses. They were treated as an elevated status and allowed to eat more. Think like the "aunts" for the children; caretakers.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But they were exceptions, not the majority who were slaves/workers. You'd still expect a heavy selection bias for good body attributes if you sampled them at random, assuming OP's hypothesis is true.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago