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What if you were in a cult and didn't even know it? This actually happens to millions of people every day.

That's because plenty of things that don't SEEM like cults really are cults. Keep reading to find out if you're one of them!

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Some dog owners' groups on Facebook are very culty-like. Got banned from one group for not crate training my pup. I like her sleeping in my bed as it helps with my anxiety. -u/LittleWolfPuppy

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Audi ownership (at least in the UK). I had an Audi Q3 as a hire car recently and other Audi drivers were suddenly letting me out at junctions, offering me parking spaces and even stopping to talk to me as if we'd known each other for years. I'm actually serious about this. It was weird. -u/GenomeXIII

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Mommy groups. And even specific groups. Like a cult within a cult. Joined a cloth diapering group. I was excommunicated for using Pampers at night. -u/dollyprincessb

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The Andrew Tate fan club. -u/MediocreTake

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As a Ph.D. student, I have to say academia. It feels like a cult and MLM scheme at the same time. -u/Chemical_Psycho

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My condo association. No, I will not host the ritual at my place again this month, Dave! -u/Birdmanu

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Adults who are obsessed with child actors. -u/RingoStarAllies

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Webkinz was the cult back in the day. -u/Accomplished-Row5989

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Stan culture. The weird obsession over celebs is alarming. -u/LeafyLemons

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The "essential oils cure everything" people! -u/TheLuxuryLover

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Pit percussion. -u/Alarming-Hamster-232

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I live in Orlando and Disney people are crazy. -u/False-Anastasios

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Those insane pro-breastfeeding groups are very cult-like in my experience. (Not bashing breastfeeding, I did it myself. But so many women in those groups talk about formula like it’s literal poison)Similarly those crazy free birth types. -u/prunellazzz

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Jared Leto in general. -u/DCCm5

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Pyramid Schemes. -u/TinyAspirer

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People who play Quidditch. -u/Clockreddit2020

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MLMs. The brainwashing is real. -u/QueenofMean65

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Crypto. -u/getbetternamespunk

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I've found that Stephen King fans are very cult-y - I remember reading something about "how he is the god of the horror genre and every he has written and will write is absolutely gold...he can never write a bad book." -u/Automatic_Ranger_1

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TESLA OWNERSHIP. -u/ConfidentValue6387

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As someone who owns an iPhone, airpods, apple watch, airtags, power beat pros, and many apple accessories, Apple. -u/dylan2451

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Shipping in a fandom. -u/Yoro55

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K-pop fanbase. -u/K-pop fanbase

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College Greek life - pay money to join a group that has you dress the same, talk the same, chant in rhythm, and engage in humiliating/degrading behavior -u/hodwal

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American Political Parties. -u/WILDMAN1102

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