“energy” makes another appearance. It’s up there with “frequency” on the multiracial woo-woo list of tells.
energy, frequency, vibe. Are all rich people hippies or does something about celebrity require this language?
Who is the expert on this? Maybe someone in cultural anthropology? Someone who studies the language of…the new California ideology as celebrity cultish? I don’t know what to call it but they would know.
Anyway now that I’ve tweeted about this it will be in ten newsletters & essays next week so joke’s on me.

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