Yeah, the cult chores
suck ass.
Especially until you get outhouses + and can tell people to pick up the shit themselves/keep the base clean. With the new update however, we have followers randomly shitting special types that grant different bonuses when used as fertilizer.
Cult building was kinda fun at first when you unlock good things, but it still gets to where feels like a Sims game after awhile. It's definitely not as good as BoI (which went all in on combat and dungeon crawling); I still like it for the art, lore and the attempt tho.