Religion IMHO is a hobby.
this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2025
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pokemon card, especially around collecting(specifically collection porn, they have no interest in the game itself but get the rush from opening and getting a rare card) and playing it(mostly around the mechanics and gameplay). and they aggressively defend any possibility the current nature of the game is very wrong. i wasnt happened upon a discussion board around this. something similar , but people think chronic lyme is actual disease, there is a whole industry and cult around this thing, its unreal. and the people most pedaling it are MDs giving unsanctioned advice and prescriptions. and people defend(the disease) this like they defend donald trump(anything that contradicts the validity of CL is met with extreme hostilities)
Anyone using Linux, based on 60% of the content on lemmy. Uh… maybe also lemmy.
I am not in a cult.
This is not a cult.
By the way since you never asked, can I interest you in a new way to use your computer?
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Arch Linux
Pff hater, Arch users are definitely not cultists who are obligatory to share their divine wisdom and forcibly announce that they are part of this cul... Hobby.
I use arch btw
If you don't tell people you use Arch, then they come and install Ubuntu on your PC.
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I would say NixOS might be even more cultish. I am a part of that cult.
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Religion. All of them are cults. Every single fucking one.
Nothing. No other hobby even comes close to the death, genocide, rape, murder, and hate generated by that type of religious cult. It's every single year, too. Every single year religion tops its hate, greed, and pain inflicted on everyone.
Your particular brand of invisible sky wizard is different from my particular brand of invisible sky wizard. Die heretic!
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Internet personalities/"influencers"
Are they fundamentally different from celebs and TV personalities of the past, or is it the scale and presentation that has changed?
There will always be grifters and those who are led in to loyalty follow them. It's bizarre.
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Kpop-Stans, Warhammer, Disney - Adults, Harry Potter.
HP fandom is pretty wierd cultish, especially around ROWLINGS terf-iness.
another genre is supernatural fandom , pretty cultish, mostly around how the fans think the actors were in a gay relationship, when they are not. to the point it creeped out the actors(jensen and jared, and misha) and one point i heard some of the guess actors were met with death threats from said fans, who also developed parasocial relationship with the actors.
Warhammer.
Cycling. They go from 'this is fun', to full blown road dictators, in about 2 weeks.
Edit: just watch. The downvotes will likely display their cult rage.
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I second DnD and Warhammer, and i'll add Magic the Gathering to this list
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