• RumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    59 minutes ago

    We should have more cults where we put on costumes and do sophisticated choreography. Like innocent theatre stuff that just happens to be sexy. There is an ethical way to do it.

  • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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    55 minutes ago

    I wish there was a cult like this. Instead it’s just the most unoriginal fascist transphobic “”“Christians”“”

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      3 hours ago

      My first thought was that I want to run a sex cult. Because my brain always goes to a joke first. But in all seriousness I feel like a sex cult would be a lot of work to keep up and I don’t think I have the motivation or energy for it. I don’t even think I could be part of a sex cult. They’d be like, time for the orgy, and I’d be like nahhhh…maybe I’ll just hang out over here with a coffee. I had a threesome in college and even that was a bit much, trying to do things for two people. Theres more pressure and more work. I’ll have my coffee and wife, please.

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        Bruh if you’re in charge of the sex cult you’re in charge of the sex schedule and pairing.

        “Hey so turns out if you guys want to access the next dimension or whatever, it’s through making me nut. Only one on one, though. The, uh, dimensional portal can’t accomodate more than one person at a time. Or something.”

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    3 hours ago

    It’s a myth that “anyone can get caught up in a cult”. While it’s true that cults have snared intelligent and sophisticated people, cults exclusively target the emotionally vulnerable. Just like email scammers intentionally use poor spelling and grammar to exclude all but the most credulous, cults have barriers to entry that are going to weed out skeptical people. You often have to dress a certain way; theirs a crazy amount of nomenclature; and strict status and hierarchys to obey. Only the people who have a strong desire to belong and conform are going to tolerate that.

    I don’t say this like oh, I’m too smart to be in a cult. I say it to emphasize that cults prey on vulnerable people.

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      2 hours ago

      Intelligent and Sophisticated people can also be emotionally vulnerable.

      Hell I’d say the prevalence is even more so among the intelligent.

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      Yes and no. We all go through periods in our lives when we’re emotionally vulnerable. For the barrier at the entry, it’s not necessarily true. Most cults seem ordinary at first; the deeper someone gets involved, the more specialized language and rules they have to follow, and the harder it can become to recognize how much their perspective has changed.

      It’s like the familiar “boiling frog” comparison: the water doesn’t become dangerously hot all at once. The changes happen gradually, so each new demand or belief can seem like only a small step from the last. By the time the situation feels alarming, the person may already be deeply invested and accustomed to conditions they would once have rejected.

      This isn’t really a question of credulity at all.

      • [deleted]@piefed.world
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        2 hours ago

        Some of us easily recognize the fed flags immediately, especially any kind of rule that isn’t an obvious solution to a real problem. Having a belief system for something is a red flag just by itself.

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          A lot of people in cults believed they were better than that too. It’s even easier for them because they think they’re immune.

  • sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 hours ago

    Go ahead, eat the children.

    Or maybe you could join a cult that revolves around empathy () to level out the child-eating tendencies.

    Cult math