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Similar to how non-magic folk are referred to as "muggles" in the Harry Potter books, what should we call non-paleo folk?

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Unless your perfect, you shouldn't be calling anyone anything. – Bill1102inf Jan 30 2012 at 0:35
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Yep, I call 'em my family and friends and I don't think any less of them (and I hope they don't think any less of me.) – Nance Jan 30 2012 at 1:11

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Let's just call them friends. Each of us - unless we were born to nutritionally enlightened parents - came to a paleo diet from another way of life. Heaven knows I've done and ate it all, from SAD to vegetarian to vegan to raw foods, finally settling on paleo as the right fit. My personal results speak for themselves, and I've found myself helping others into a paleo diet or at least exploring the possibilities because of my willingness to start at the beginning, to tell my story.

Since we all start somewhere, let's meet those not on our path (yet!) with kindness.

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Pfff. Go hug a tree or something! :P – Jaap Feb 17 2010 at 20:32
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While you do sound like a big teddy bear I voted your answer up because it's the right approach ;) – Naomi Feb 17 2010 at 20:33
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Yeah, I was once a sanctimonious vegetarian shit. – Lucky Feb 17 2010 at 21:46
I used to be there as well! thought raw was the way to go with "protein" from plant sources... Results speak volumes though and paleo definitely brings them to the table. You catch more flies with honey – geelyn Feb 18 2010 at 0:41
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Wonderful answer! – Aravind Jan 30 2012 at 1:08
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Just as the Genghis Khan did, we should refer to our grain-eating neighbors of weak body and mind as "cattle."1

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Irony. Tee hee... – gilliebean Feb 17 2010 at 0:38
Fascinating reference. – Bertrand Feb 18 2010 at 0:42
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Do we have to call them anything? Let's just ignore them. (credit: Monty Python, Belgian insult sketch)

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Or, as the old email went: It takes 37 muscles to frown. And 22 muscles to smile. And not giving a **** uses no muscles at all. – cerement Jan 30 2012 at 0:38
Or, it only takes a half-dozen muscles to reach out and "dope-slap" someone upside the head. – Ed Jan 30 2012 at 3:02
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Why don't we call them Badonka Csonkas???

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I love it - are you one of the kids who tortured me in elementary school? I swear that was one of the names they called me... hahah. – David Csonka Feb 16 2010 at 20:37
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I like Badonka Csonkas! We could also call 'em...CWers or SADers. SADists?!

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SADists gets my vote! – Elizabeth Feb 25 2010 at 14:31
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The nasty in me wants to call them sheeple, but the nice in me wants to call them future Paleo dieters.

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Call them Pre-Paleo. They'll come around eventually. You just beat them to it.

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Diabetics? Prediabetics?

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"Poor blighters" says my inner Brit.

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Neolithers? Neos? Agrivores?

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This question needs context. Westin A. Price recommendations aren't paleo but to call them neolithic might be a stretch. Ancestral Fitness and Diet is a big umbrella.

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You can call them sadders.

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How about we call em "Ignoramus" Latin for: "We do not know" :P

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...Or maybe SADulators?

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"The Living Dead"? "Zombies"?

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Sick...as they probably will be.

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How about "frumentarians"? See frumentarious.

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NADS ....or neolithic agents of disease :D

used in context...

"I was talking to a group of NADS today and they tried to convince me I will die when im 33 because that is when cavemen died."

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its just so SAD, they live in cities(Feed lotts) and are feed a diet to fatten them, they dont have long to live, lets call them USDA prime. LOL no im joking its just so sad.

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Vogons? Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for the win.

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