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People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Scientology.

-null , Scientology Media Report

Final score:

360points

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Ben Moss 3 years ago

Well, duh

93points

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Qanon.

heathers1 , Anthony Crider Report

Final score:

320points

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Watching 3 years ago

Now these people should be committed to a mental institution and we all know it.

130points

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Westboro Baptist Church.

itslandonb , Americasroof Report

Final score:

314points

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Watching 3 years ago

Which has absolutely nothing to do with God.

99points

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Whatever the Duggers are. Creepiest bunch I’ve ever seen.

MackeralSky , Jim Bob Duggar Report

Final score:

287points

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

"Quiverfull" is their group ----- Christianizing (?!?!) the world by having a billion children who live by the Bible unless it's inconvenient.

100points

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Within the cancer community there’s a political group who have all read (probably) Chris Beat Cancer and it’s a b******t book telling you you can cure cancer by changing your diet. Sugar is the main villain. You can fight me all you want but SUGAR DOES NOT CAUSE CANCER. Listen to your oncology approved dietician and get the f**k off Facebook.

Just this past weekend I had lunch with my friend’s dad who is also terminal and his wife has banned him from sugar because of this b******t. The dude is dying and he’s not even allowed to enjoy himself in moderation. Because she heard about it on Facebook.

chemo brain often forgets the huge difference between nutritionist and dietitian. Sorry, my bad.

Please listen to the cancer patient in your life and what they want. Do they want to change their diet? Absolutely go for it but make sure they’re getting the right nutrition from a qualified professional. Do what they want. You actually have no idea. We really need to shift our current state of cancer care to a more palliative (NOT hospice, big distinction) model. A cancer patient that is as relatively happy as can be has the potential to increase their outcome. And finally DONATE BLOOD and sign up for bethematch.org WE NEED YOU!!

Ghostytoastboast , Jovan Gulan Report

Final score:

278points

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

That bullshit kills people. "I'll change my diet and positive-think my way out of cancer/multiple sclerosis/etc.".... NO YOU WILL NOT.

15points

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult People who are way too invested in the college they attended.

Luluco15 , Steve Burns Report

Final score:

275points

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Requiem 3 years ago

College football, and fraternities

61points

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Gwenyth Paltrow's GOOP.

viktorir , gwynethpaltrow Report

Final score:

274points

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Kona Pake 3 years ago

She’s an actress and a celebrity, would she lie to you?

36points

AstroEngineer3145 , Michael Sprague Report

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Final score:

266points

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R Carson 3 years ago

Annoying door knockers. I had to call "kingdom Hall" and tell them to cease and desist when they wouldn't leave me alone.

41points

#10

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Workplaces that tout "we are a family"

i seen too many people fall into that and get ostracized by the "family"

landob , Jason Pratt Report

Final score:

239points

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sturmwesen 3 years ago

This is a red flag for me... often it means additional pressure and/or a lot of private networks and rumors/feuds.

65points

#11

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Mom run community Facebook pages. Some of these moms gotta be stopped on the real.

geraldcubed , Dan Harrelson Report

Final score:

236points

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DUN DUN 3 years ago

Especially the anti-vaxer mom groups *shudders*

107points

#12

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult All of these "nutrition" places with their loaded teas, are just a front for Herbalife.

NO_Cheeto_in_Chief , Philafrenzy Report

Final score:

223points

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R Carson 3 years ago

Is it like the Amway religion?

49points

#13

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult MLMs but especially Mary Kay. I went to a convention once as the guest of a consultant because she was trying to get me to join. It was very stepford. Also, she didn't tell me you were expected to dress up so I showed up in jeans and a hoodie.

Hollywood899 , Geraldshields11 Report

Final score:

203points

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Zedrapazia 3 years ago

What is this?

20points

#14

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Brand loyalist... Iproduct people are scary.

fluffywolf86 , Sean MacEntee Report

Final score:

200points

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Mina 3 years ago

Let's just name it: Apple. They'll come up with something "innovative" but people who only buy that brand don't realize how this "innovation" has already been done by others. You put it right in front, show them proof, and they'll tell you straight to your face that Apple was the first to do it. Read the fine print friends, you'll find a disclaimer pretty much saying this is a first for Apple, not for the world.

60points

purplelikeme , Iglesia en Valladolid Report

#15

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult The Prosperity Gospel.

Final score:

182points

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Watching 3 years ago

"Give your money to God, but send it to me! "

53points

#16

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult As somebody who lives in Florida, people obsessed with Disney.

Mantequi11a , Dave Hogg Report

Final score:

178points

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Watching 3 years ago

My condolences on living in Florida these days.

63points

#17

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult I don't quite know how to explain in, but once a fandom reaches a certain point, it's almost embarrassing to admit that you like the show/movie/book/etc because you automatically get lumped in with the super cringe and toxic portion.

BillyeBro , Dan Russell Report

Final score:

161points

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Yup 3 years ago

BTS fans.

53points

#18

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult The “Entrepreneur” Lifestyle. Many people are encouraged to put aside pleasures of life in the tiniest hope that if they just “grind” hard enough they’ll be billionaires.

Oh also, while caring a lot about your money and how you spend it, buy my $500 plan to help you make money faster.

Gmony5100 , Kaila Yu Report

Final score:

145points

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Kona Pake 3 years ago

Better yet, go to the library and borrow the book.

24points

#19

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Genuine love of a single politician. Yes, maybe this person is legitimately good, or is doing positive things in certain areas and perhaps negative things in other areas. It’s largely subjective. If it weren’t, most countries’ citizens would just be happy.

But listen, if “this” person is the best and we’re going to harp on about it forever, and in the reverse harping on hating said person forever, then you’ve got yourself a cult.

If you love a politician, you’re an embarrassment. They’re certainly not as perfect as you think. We can acknowledge those imperfections and vote based on policy, but making a single one of them out to be perfect (or imperfect) means you’ve just chosen a side and you’re likely not even going to try to open yourself up to altering opinions.

WillieJMR , CT Senate Democrats Report

Final score:

145points

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Requiem 3 years ago

Politicians shouldnt be treated like celebrities. They have a job to do

77points

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#20

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Working at In-N-Out was a bizarre experience I would liken unto a cult.

They damn near worship the owner Lynsi too, when I went to the company picnics she would perform on stage dancing, once she did this weird sexy aerial dance in a floating cube. And the associates go CRAZY for her. Like, nuts. One of my coworkers and I were sitting there so uncomfortable while everyone screamed and grabbed at her like she was the damn Messiah, literally snot crying over not getting a t-shirt signed by her. Like… that is the billionaire heiress who employs you, not f*****g Beyoncé.

Then of course all the in-n-out culture, like the specific language you have to use (not just with customers, with each other too), the extreme Christian standards… it was nuts and after working elsewhere (it was my first restaurant job when I was in HS until last year) I realized exactly how culty the whole company is

sweetiepotpie , Keith Paredes Report

Final score:

121points

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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 3 years ago

Wow. I had no idea.

76points

#21

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Crossfit

HerodotusStark , Big Titan Report

Final score:

118points

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

I've heard four different physical therapists extol Crossfit.... b/c it means they always have people coming in for physical therapy (hips, backs, knees especially).

39points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#22

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Silicon Valley tech companies are not a cult.

However, there is a subculture within Silicon Valley tech companies that is a cult.

Here are some things to watch out for:

Sleep deprivation. If your team wants you to do overnight oncall, and overnight pages happen more often than once every seven oncall shifts, your team is a cult.

Training vs. guilt. If your team assumes that you already know all the details of the tech you work with, and dumps weird guilt on you when you don't know an obscure fact, your team is a cult.

Rich lifestyle vs. actual returns. If your team encourage you to pick up expensive hobbies (sports cars, piloting, ski trips), but the company doesn't actually pay enough to afford them without skimping on your regular expenses, your team is a cult

fubo , Patrick Nouhailler Report

Final score:

97points

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Azure Adams 3 years ago

silicon valley in general is a cult

20points

#23

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult NXIVM. All hail Vanguard, and pass the branding iron!

SybianOwner , HBO Report

Final score:

87points

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May 3 years ago

That's a literal cult - isn't this supposed to be 'things that seem like cult?'

44points

#24

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult YOU can find my dads skull and bones Yale picture on my submission somewhere. He is so secretive about it. Feels like a cult. He was one of the few black men.

DownvoteDaemon , stepnout Report

Final score:

87points

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Olesia Kovalenko 3 years ago

Your dad getting into Yale is a success story, you getting into Yale is called nepotism. So many children get into ivy league schools through nepotism while kids who deserve those places can't because the class is already full. I hate nepotism. That doesn't mean the author didn't deserve to study there, I don't know them, it's how 70% of students get to attend.

10points

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#25

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Primerica. Worst cult vibes ever.

A**Muffins69 , Primerica, Inc. Report

Final score:

80points

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Guy MacGregor 3 years ago

Never heard of it

73points

#26

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Country Clubs

scootyums , Dan Perry Report

Final score:

79points

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Rench 3 years ago

Not a cult, just a place for rich white guys

31points

#27

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Alabama fans.

North-Technician , Chris Breeze Report

Final score:

57points

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Spittnimage 3 years ago

Roll Tide.

7points

#28

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Boarding schools for “troubled teens”.

_Tal , EaglebrookSchool Report

Final score:

53points

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Don't Look 3 years ago

Not going to call those a cult.

42points

#29

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Those Shen Yun performances that are overly advertised every year. Turns out they're directly tied to Falun Gong.

greyghost5000 , Paulinaviolist Report

Final score:

48points

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Truth Monster 3 years ago

So I took a look at Falun Gong on Wikipedia, and it seems to be a pretty tame religion. What makes Falun Gong a cult?

28points

DarkJester89 , Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet Report

#30

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Chief's Mess in the US Navy, which comes complete with "initiation", something no other branch (enlisted or officer) has and that this somehow forms an eternal bond of "blood by family", that includes eating food out of trash cans and sabotaging uniforms for the "greater lesson".

Then "private" meetings that have grey areas/secrets of what happens in those meetings. Specifically anything related to punishments or review boards.

The fact that it takes two chiefs talking behind closed doors to get anything accomplished is also proof. People notice, though it's implied that it's not noticed.

Final score:

43points

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Bobby 3 years ago

In my experience it taking "two chiefs talking" to make something happen is because chiefs are concidered the subject matter experts in their related fields. Repair needs done on a steam powered generator? the chief in charge of the electrical division and the mechanical division need to hash out the logistics. Big command wide celebration? Supply chief and Mess hall chief get together for that. Officers are actually meant largely for administration, not the actual work. I would say chiefs are more like a club than a cult

21points

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#31

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult A few things come to mind, but I think people can get religious about concepts as we sometimes need to believe in something. Not sure I would say that the below examples are cults but they are cult like aspects to it.

Mobile games with daily rewards springs to my mind way too easily. Games with loot boxes are extra evil.

Sometimes some corporate training produces people who lean a little too hard into the concept. And then they go and spread the ideas further to recruit more.

RobotIcHead , Ian Lamont Report

Final score:

25points

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Daria B 3 years ago

I don't know, I see it more as an extension to gambling in general. You could still argue gambling itself might seem like a cult.

10points

Dangerous_Rush8966 , thehypehousela Report

#32

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Hype house

Final score:

20points

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James016 3 years ago

I’ve never heard of this so I just googled it. 😫🔨

15points

#33

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult People who buy Twix candy bars based on the Left Twix vs Right Twix.

JohnBlazeAADTC , Allison Carter Report

Final score:

14points

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NsG 3 years ago

That was a thing? I bought Twix because I like Twix - I wasn't aware there was ever a choice between Left Twix and Right Twix. I do remember the adverts, but there was no change to the packaging - I got both as far as I was ever aware.

26points

#34

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Fashion Nova

swamptheyard , mycurrency.com Report

Final score:

4points

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miss miss 3 years ago

You're not making sense now

4points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#35

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Theater in high school

AnxiousHuckleberry48 , Nic McPhee Report

Final score:

-36points

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Alice By Heart 3 years ago

how dare anyone appreciate and participate in the arts (insert sarcasm here)

56points

#36

People In This Online Group Name 30 Brands And Organizations That Not Everyone Recognizes Are A Cult Owning an air fryer.

Lazy_Hand_Job , Djsgmnd Report

Final score:

-58points

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Alice By Heart 3 years ago

darn air fryers and their secret satanic meetings, and dont get me started on the blood sacrifices

79points

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

I say this as a sports fan.... Sports. Nobody should be so attached to a sports team that they're willing to fight someone about it.

46points

Sergio Bicerra 3 years ago

This one. In my country there are weekly riots made by fans of certain football teams. No only opposite teams but also from the same teams arguing "we are the real number 1 fans" idiotic rant.

16points

Troux 3 years ago

The locality and fandom obsession is really weird to me. "I'm from X so I have to root for the X local team. You're from Y so you must be a Y fan!" Imagine if i preferred the team that was good, and my preference changed as the team changed. What if I just enjoyed watching the sport and didn't care who won? Nope, you get treated like a traitor, or 'not a real fan'. Which makes no sense when the teams are made up of players drafted from anywhere in the world, and then traded between teams regularly.

5points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

I was very surprised that it wasnt here. Some people get obsessed with them. Our HS chemistry teacher was so obsessed with his team that if they werent doing well he would be angry all the week. Once they lost a match while he was correcting an exam and almost everybody failed

4points

Just saying 3 years ago

Yes, or thump your wife if your team loses. Happens a lot in the UK, domestic violence soars after a big team loses.

1point

Don't Look 3 years ago

I think people are confusing cults with interests, groups and other nonsense. A cult lures people in, fixates and then often tries to recruit. QAnon and Trump absolutely try to do this. The duggars? They just need money so they agreed to be on tv (which ultimately did them in, partially due to them now thinking that they can buy freedom against criminal acts) ... and honestly a lot of the rest of this crap I don't really know about.

13points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

The Duggars are part of a religious splinter group known as "Quiverfull". Read up.

10points

Andrew 3 years ago

Totally agree. Very few of these actually meet the definition of a cult. Trump who somehow became number 1 on this list is just a populist politician. And as much as I loath the man. He and his supporters are in no way a cult. Yes some supporters worship home in a cult like manner. But I bet every president from Biden to Washington had a certain amount of supporters who believed every word that came out if his mouth and worshipped the ground he walked on. Trump however came from a non political background so didn't play by the rules and thus attracted a more passionate non politically minded group of supporters.

3points

Sarah Rose 3 years ago

By the standards presented by ICSA, International Cultic Studies Association, all of the groups here meet the criteria... definitely the Duggars

0points

Tres D 3 years ago

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Truth Monster 3 years ago

"That thing I don't get, but you like? Its a CULT!!"

12points

Ranax 3 years ago

That's one half. The other half is: that actual cult looks like a cult.

9points

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

I say this as a sports fan.... Sports. Nobody should be so attached to a sports team that they're willing to fight someone about it.

46points

Sergio Bicerra 3 years ago

This one. In my country there are weekly riots made by fans of certain football teams. No only opposite teams but also from the same teams arguing "we are the real number 1 fans" idiotic rant.

16points

Troux 3 years ago

5points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

4points

Just saying 3 years ago

Yes, or thump your wife if your team loses. Happens a lot in the UK, domestic violence soars after a big team loses.

1point

Don't Look 3 years ago

13points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

The Duggars are part of a religious splinter group known as "Quiverfull". Read up.

10points

Andrew 3 years ago

3points

Sarah Rose 3 years ago

By the standards presented by ICSA, International Cultic Studies Association, all of the groups here meet the criteria... definitely the Duggars

0points

Tres D 3 years ago

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Truth Monster 3 years ago

"That thing I don't get, but you like? Its a CULT!!"

12points

Ranax 3 years ago

That's one half. The other half is: that actual cult looks like a cult.

9points