• callouscomic@lemmy.zip
    2·
    56 minutes ago

    Warhammer. The tabletop one with the figures, not the video games.

    Vacations/travel for some people. Its clearly something where they have zero clue about their privilege and zero self awareness as they talk about it.

    Parenting. Seriously, it becomes some people’s only fucking identity and the way they talk about it feels like religious proselytizing mixed with a bit of used car salesperson energy.

    Comic conventions. Some people make it uncomfortable how seriously they take it.

    Wasting some time on Lemmy trying to leave shitty comments just looking to rile people up or something.

  • Lemminary@lemmy.world
    1·
    4 hours ago

    I think you need to specify what you mean by cult. The way I personally understand it, a cult includes a leader who exploits their members for free labor, oftentimes for sexual gratification, and removes them from their friends and families while subjecting them to psychological manipulation. I’m having a hard time thinking of a hobby that meets the criteria I’m more familiar with.

  • ushmel@piefed.worldEnglish
    10·
    10 hours ago

    Any sort of hypebeast scam. Labubu, pop up clothing companies with no real design or quality, beanie babies, most crypto, specific vinyl collections. It’s only worth something if you know some deep dark lore about it which requires effort to research and understand, then you’re hooked. It’s post capitalism cult energy.

  • SlippiHUD@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    13 hours ago

    Competitive Super Smash Bros Melee, we won’t ever die. And Nintendo has been trying to rub us out since 2008.

  • AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip
    12·
    13 hours ago

    At this point, trading card collecting and grading. Oh, a new series of trading cards for pokemon or yu-gi-oh or whatever dropped? Time for all the adults to buy out every single card in the store and then run home in hopes that their scam leaders like PSA will encourage their behavior by gracing them with a card they claim is worth money despite only being out for less than a week.

    Card grading ain’t nothing but a scam, cult, and great way to encourage the worst in people, while simultaneously gatekeeping trading cards from everyone with more than 2 braincells. Ain’t nothing gonna change my mind about it.

      • DrDystopia@lemy.lol
        5·
        11 hours ago

        Going to Disneyland, buying that doll, having that retro console, collecting all the items in the set, buying that vintage car, getting a fat hog to crank it up with…

        Its melancholic nostalgia, having the things we could never have when we were young.

        • brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          5·
          9 hours ago

          I worked at Disneyland for 8 years. I still go there every year. It’s been over 10 years and I’m still running into people I used to work with and can shoot the shit with them for an hour.

          For me, there is something about that place that I took ownership of, cared for people there, and tried to make it better in the small way I could. I see all the effort that so many people have and continue to put in and really appreciate the artistry and care these people have.

          It’s a place that I feel comfortable in, and I like to just sit, listen to the music and the sounds of the crowds and people watch.

    • andrewta@lemmy.world
      43·
      17 hours ago

      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?

        • DrDystopia@lemy.lol
          5·
          10 hours ago

          I am a puritan, I will not be satisfied until we have open source hardware, like reference RISC-V, to power the holy word Linux.

          Yes I know about MNT Reform or whatever, but the price and still some binary blobs.

    • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 hours ago

      I wanted to start my own cult, but didn’t know where to start. Luckily, I found a great group of people who had the same interest! Now we meet every Tuesday!

    • spicy pancake@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      8 hours ago

      Where!? Point me in the direction of these people so I can uh… show them the error of their ways! But first I will have to gain their trust by joining, of course.