Redditor KayoshiStoryteller wanted to discuss the things people worship on another level.
So they asked:
"What is not a religion, but people treat it with the same attention?"
The Beyhive. They can be a bit much. But I also see Beyoncé as a religion.
Brands
Just Do It Sport GIF by NikeGiphy"Brands in general. People praising Adidas, Apple, Hugo Boss, etc."
Spaceman_Beard
How DARE YOU!!
"Mommy groups. Started getting completely out of hand when my kids were teenagers. I'm a crunchy mom, I'm this kind of mom, or that kind of mom. Those people get rabid. How DARE YOU listen to advice given to you from a doctor about your individual child, MY group thinks 'THIS.' Heresy! Blasphemy! We will CRUCIFY you!"
"They used to helpful, now they are f**king cults."
SubstantialPressure3
Serious Ball
"In India, cricket."
Hyperion_23
"God. The Indian team does idk what, next day everybody in my class (including the f**king teacher) is trashing the team they once cherished."
Super382946
"And Pakistan, my cousins wife threw her phone and nearly smashed it today in the Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan match when a Pakistani guy didn't catch the ball."
Emeralddx
The Fame
"When the English band Take-that split up, the Samaritans help line had such an influx from beyond broken-hearted teenage girls that they required new personnel for how overwhelmed they became. These girls genuinely lived vicariously through, and lived for these celebrities and little else."
Guava_
Disney Fireworks GIFThe Disney cult. It's real.
Fans
Giphy"Homoeopathy."
dangerus_dave
"Essential oils too… the young living fans vs the doTerra fans is crazy!!!"
Deadicatedinpa
"My belief in homeopathy is extremely strong because I dilute it to one part in a million."
CHSummers
Convince Me
"Some MLM schemes."
battlelevel
"When I was a cable installer. MLM people were my worst fear way more than religious people. One lady spent the entire 4 hours at her house trying to convince me. After 4 hours I still was not entirely convinced I understood what they sold. I am pretty sure they sold self help books. But the self help books were made solely to help you sell more of the self help books to sell more self help books."
ggoug
What??
"Kpop."
MixWeekly2771
"I had an acquaintance who was hyped for a Kpop concert, totally normal right? But no, she was going off about how this is the perfect outfit to get this guy to fall for her and they'll have a spring wedding unless he prefers autumn in which case she would totally compromise. What??"
"She was 19, doesn't speak any Korean, and doesn't want to live in Korea. She's still young enough for people to find it silly and endearing, somehow. When I was in school, if someone was still going nuts for Beiber(?) or whatever past 16, they def got bullied."
s0ycatpuccino
The Culture
"420 culture (I say this as someone who smokes weed)."
eternalrefuge86
"I own a dispensary, a grow, and a processing lab so cannabis is essentially my life, and even I don't take it as seriously as some people. Some people are waaaay to into the culture like to a weirdly fake point where their whole personality is just I smoke weed look at me."
Cheap_Whereas_4803
"I can't stand people who treat smoking weed as their sole personality trait."
fxckfxckgames
Touchdown
Super Bowl Football GIF by Unlimited MovesGiphy"College football."
ham_wallet998
"Most religions preach some sort of hope. College football rarely gives me any of that."
HooliganBeav
Oh the things we worship.
Worth listening to no matter what the season.
"'Season of The Witch by Donovan'."
"I don’t know much of the artist’s stuff at all but something about the song relaxes me in a way."- EllieC130
Makes me want to keep on living!
"'The day I tried to live'. - soundgarden."- Jahstin
The release everyone needs every now and then...
"'War pigs' - Black Sabbath."
"I've just discovered heavy metal in my 50s."
"So good."- itwonthurtabit
led zeppelin GIFGiphyGets me off my "melancholy hill"...
"On Melancholy Hill'. - Gorillaz."- Alternative-City5799
When the "silence" becomes too much...
"'Enjoy the Silence', by Depeche Mode."- JungleFlare
An always reliable friendship.
"'Me and Michael' - MGMT."- _chorb_
music video kids GIF by Columbia Records UKGiphyA very good year.
"'1979' by the Smashing Pumpkins."- No-Move09
A classic, and a backup.
"'The Chain' -Fleetwood Mac."
"Before that: 'Shum- Go_A'."- Sassifrassically
Why not both?
'"Daydreaming' - Radiohead, 'A forest' - The Cure."- Card-Soft
radiohead GIF by Glastonbury Festival 2017GiphyLiterally infectious...
"'Tinnitus', by my brain."- ThatOneAlice
Music is amazing in having the power of moving us in many different ways.
By stimulating our brains, tugging at our heartstrings, or demanding our feet to dance.
And it's always nice to have a reliable song which we know can do all of the above when we need it the most.
RedditorRecent_Cauliflower54wanted to hear about what items on the menu are an obsession.
They asked:
"What food will you never get tired of no matter how many times you eat it?"
I could gobble Chinese food (well American's version for now, until I visit China) everyday. Anything on the menu.
Carbs
"Bread." ~ goodnightwren
"Bread is my weakness. Anything with Bread, I'm all in, lol." ~ MotorCityDude
GiphyVersatile
"Fried rice." ~ djtan73
"I love fried rice because it’s so versatile. You can do so much with it. Different rice every time and different toppings. Whatever’s in your fridge or freezer you can toss in there. Eggs for protein. It’s so forgiving. I make lazy omurice using more ketchup than I should and just lay the egg on top and my husband is slowly coming around to it." ~ tachycardicIVu
Simple Yum
"Banh mi. Never ever ever will I get sick of them." ~ Extension-Ferret5682
"Vietnamese springrolls are the best too. So simple but so tasty so its easier to eat a lot without being overwhelmed. Tons of sauces you get with them are bomb." ~ LeynaSepKim
Spuds
"Potatoes... made anyway." ~ Flimsy_Respect_8886
"There is an incorrect way to make potatoes, actually that will dramatically reduce the quality. I didn’t know this until recently, but adding cold things to hot potatoes congeals the outer layer, giving it that papery texture; not delicious. A lot of folks add butter and milk after the potatoes are boiled for mashing/whipping but you should always heat up the milk and butter before adding it."
"And the potatoes will be 100x better. As a kid I had to put ketchup on my mash because my dad made such awful spuds. I realized why they were so bad later in life - he added the butter and cream from the fridge once he strained the water, and also rinsed the potatoes after boiling. Rooking mistake." ~ josiahpapaya
Fries forever! And they're from potatoes!! YUM!!
it's a pie...
"Pizza, for sure." ~ Mc_Bubbles00
"How is this not the top answer. There is a pizza for literally all tastes, all occasions. F**k it I might even have a Pizza at my wedding." ~ UnresolvedInsecurity
GiphyJust in Cape May NJ...
"Burritos, there is so many types of burritos it will never get old (along with different condiments). Including breakfast burritos! I also love burritos in general." ~ potatoesrawesome_
"I went on vacation one year and ate a burrito every day from a different restaurant for 8 days straight. I wasn't even in a Hispanic country or anything where it was some kind of specialty local cuisine; Just in Cape May NJ." ~ Jaboodee
Berries all the way...
"Strawberries… I will eat then until I feel like my stomach will pop. I can eat them everyday and never get tired of it." ~ Stay_Cozy_
"That’s me with raspberries. Didn’t help that I worked overnights at a grocery store so I’d get two large packages almost everyday. There were some occasions where I only ate one so I didn’t need any more." ~ NotSoSlenderMan
When in ASDA
"Gyoza. They've started selling them at ASDA, and I have to stop myself buying £50 of it every week." ~ TomasNavarro"
"I can't hear about this food without thinking about the show Dorohedoro (based on a manga, but I've only seen the show). It's very much not a cooking show, but they made a big deal about how good it was in every episode." ~ LevelSevenLaserLotus
"For anyone else wondering what 'Gyoza’s' are, they are East Asian pork dumplings that you boil." ~ DB-Wolfson
From the Sea
"All seafood. If it weren’t for seafood I would be a vegetarian. In particular scallops and shrimp. I will never not eat scallops and shrimp." ~ Vesuvius_v
GiphyNow THIS is a menu. If I didn't have a ton of seafood allergies I'd be ready to go. I still love me shrimp and salmon.
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Whatever form it takes, a hidden obsession carries a strange mixture of feelings. It's often viewed negatively, something embarrassing to publicize. But alongside the shame is pride. After all, there is some sense of ownership over the thing so strange you're the only one that does it.
Lucky for us, the internet, with its characteristic anonymity, provides a space for the hidden pleasures to be announced.
Untraceable entries on Reddit threads are a worthy place to get the secret obsession off one's chest, all the while clinging to the assurance that nobody in real life will know.
OGJJ asked, "What secret obsession do you have?"
Gettin' Academic About the Hanky Panky
"Reading about sex and watching documentaries related to sex."
"My horniness extends to a intellectual curiosity that is in some ways more embarrassing than just watching porn or masturbating."
-- djdancer431
Rabbit Holes
"I love to look for small YouTube channels, I love the idea of watching something that very few other people have ever seen." -- Johnny_English
"Same. And if that channel ever gets really popular than I can say I was one of its first viewers."
"I also just go through the comments in other more popular videos and click on their profile pic to look at their channel." -- Olimon888
Sounds Like They Hope it's Found
"I have a leather old school style book that I'm slowly filling with intricate and ornate geometric drawings. One day, when it's done, I'm going to bury it or hide it to maybe never be found."
Earning Commission, Perhaps?
"Pyrex. I have cups, plates, bowls, mugs, measuring cups, food storage, the whole bit."
"It looks like pretty glass, but you can pour boiling water in it, put it in the microwave or in the oven, even put it on the stove. And it is quite shatter-resistant. It just makes me feel secure."
A Hot Take These Days
"Hand holding in public." -- Its_me_Markos
"Be gone, thot! My virginity is immune to your petty attempts to seduce me!" -- Garfield4President
"Wait. That's illegal." -- Teleshadow
Carpet Mines
"Legos. I collect a lot. Unnecessary amounts for my living situation." -- th3_warh0g
"I hope you have some strong slippers so you don't kill your feet, or the legos." -- Satanicbuttmechanic
"Brooo same. I feel kinda wrong thinking about like, 'When I'm older hopefully I will have money to accumulate a huge collection of LEGOs.' " -- brixalot10
Shameless Escapism
"The Brady Bunch. So dated, so cringe-worthy...but just such a wholesome and weird snapshot into a simpler time on television. I have always loved trivia and facts about the show and had a huge crush on Florence Henderson." -- art2med
"A snapshot into a highly curated perspective depicting a simpler time." -- yougotthisone
"Moved to LA in 85. My buddy was from Sherman Oaks and took me by the actual house. Never so disappointed by anything in my life." -- Guy_In_Florida
Geographic Niche
"Learning about Passports. Rankings of usefulness, how to obtain them, how they look, the history of each countries respective passport, etc."
"Most interesting fact I've learned about passports: Caribbean passports, notably the Bahamas and St. Kitts and Nevis, have objectively good passports that allow travel to more places than you'd think."
-- phalhanx
Simple Pleasures
"Scissors."
"I love the designs on the handles and how the light reflects of the blades. I also just like, love the feeling of holding scissors in my hands. The shape is very pretty to me, and I just love them so much."
"I can't explain it well, but I've just always been obsessed with them as long as I can remember."
A Lucrative Obsession
"I am obsessed with commodity price movements and tracking cargo/ oil tankers around the world. The first four websites I open every day are wall street journal, Bloomberg, Reuters and Marine Traffic."
-- redindian_92
Do you have something to confess to George? Text "Secrets" or "" to +1 (310) 299-9390 to talk to him about it.
Gordon!
GiphyBumped into Gordon Ramsay in the lift in a hotel in Hong Kong. He was very friendly. We didn't talk to him or ask for a picture. I just blurted out "You're Gordon Ramsay!" and he acknowledged and smiled. He insisted on us going first because we had our suitcases with us, wished us a nice day, said bye several times when we saw him in the lobby again. Very friendly! Turicus
Good Service.
All of these were waiting tables:
Waited on Gene Wilder for his birthday years ago, he was incredibly nice and laughed so hard he cried when I told him we had "everlasting pistachio" ice cream.
Betty White was hilarious and tipsy after wine and would not stop flirting. If I had been 60 years older....
NPH was also gracious as humanly possibly, insisted we have a drink with his table while we waited on him, and tipped like a champ.
Seth McFarlane was amazing. Drew me an original cartoon and signed it there at the table. After paying and tipping 100% he refused to let me buy him a shot of whiskey and instead bought me one, then invited us to meet him out later. aestusveritas
Good John.
I was working on a set once where John C. Reilly acted as one of the main characters. It was a pretty small set and low budget (not even sure if the show ever aired) so we all found ourselves working closely together for the most part.
I sat across from him during lunch one day and we chatted for a bit about random stuff.
The guy talks the same way he acts, which is why I think he plays such a great character in any comedy because he quite literally plays his own attitude in many roles.... at least it seems.
But anyway he was a very nice and down to earth guy, I found it hard not to giggle every time he spoke because I just couldn't shake the image in my head of all the roles he's played. tommyboy6733
"hey, you're the quietest kid ever, don't you talk?"
GiphyI met John Candy on a plane when I was a little kid while traveling with my family. He was a big man. He had the whole row to himself in front of us with the armrest up between seats so he could be more comfortable. The stewardesses were blocking anyone from coming up and bothering him, even though they themselves were not exactly leaving him alone what with talking to him constantly and laughing at his enjoyable banter the whole trip.
At some point he got up to go to the bathroom. When he came back he looked at me, pretended to do a double-take like he was surprised and said , "hey, you're the quietest kid ever, don't you talk?" The way he said it was so friendly that I just smiled and giggled. Then he had a pleasant conversation with my parents, who had been DYING to talk to him the entire flight, but were too polite to bother him.
Not even 2 weeks later we heard he had passed. starstarstar42
Laurie!!!
Jamie Lee Curtis was one of the sweetest people I've ever met, bar none and easily the nicest celeb I met working the camera. Very considerate and thoughtful person. She kept checking with us to see if she could do anything for us or if we needed any more shots she could help with. Great sense of humor too. tikikatt
Helen the Great!
GiphyA few years ago Helen Mirren came to my job. I worked as a weekend hostess at a Ukrainian diner in NYC's the East Village, and very famous for its pierogis. I didn't know who Helen Mirren was at the time, and as it was a busy Saturday brunch, I asked for her name, put it on the wait list and let her know it would be 20 minutes. She just stood off to the side and talked with her two other companions.
Never bothered me. Never demanded to be seated sooner. Never brought up her celebrity status. Customers kept coming up and asked if that was THE Helen Mirren. My boss eventually made me seat her before everyone else. Helen looked at her watch and remarked it hadn't been 20 minutes! All in all, Hellen Mirren 10/10 lovely person. la-noche-viene
See Adam Run!
I ran into Adam Sandler outside of a Planet Fitness in Brooklyn in early 2016.
As I was leaving the Planet Fitness, it looked like he was walking in. We made eye contact, so I stopped and held the door for him. He got to the door and stopped right before he walked through, in one of those fake poses that little kids make when you tell them to freeze. I stood there holding the door, plenty confused.
For about five seconds, we just stood there- him, motionless and I, standing there holding the door. Finally, he turned his head and said in the stereotypical Adam Sandler voice, "Ahhh, who we kidding? I'm not going in there!" Giant grin on his face. We both laughed and then he continued down the street.
Awesome. WatchTheBoom
Fan Girl...
Met Colin Mochrie at some obscure convention in my city. He actually talked to us for a few minutes and I basically just fan-girled about Whose Line and Royal Canadian Airforce. Really great guy, he has my absolute respect. slackbabbith
Talk to me Bill....
For a couple years I went to a private school in Connecticut. My last year there, Bill Murray's sons transferred in. Neither was in my grade, but one of them was in the play with me. I was super nervous, but I was an SNL fan my whole life and had the 20th anniversary book that talked about all the cast members and behind the scenes stuff. After the show I (really shyly) said hi and told him I was a fan and asked him to sign it.
He said "whoa! I haven't even seen this yet! Cool!" and then told the biggest lie ever told and said I was good in the show (I was awful, I forgot all my lines).
Weirdly, this wasn't the first time I saw him. When I was about 6 we were at a restaurant in new jersey and he and his wife were at another table. Ghostbusters had just come out and I wanted to say hi but my parents stopped me.
Nice dude. LeastCleverNameEver
"Ok. So he is kind of a Baldwin!"
GiphyI met Paul Rudd on a flight from NY, sat next too him on the plane. My buddy leaned over and told me that he wanted to compliment him on this band shirt he wore when making Clueless, but he "didn't want it to be weird." So his solution was to write him a note and slip it to him, lol.
So he does this, and Paul just gets this nervous look on his face, opens the note and reads it. Starts cracking up laughing, leaned over to us and said "best note ever." He then told us the whole story of the shirt, how he fought with the costume dept about it because it was the shirt he wore to set that day. We talked the whole flight, dude was super cool. _Glibnik_
Robin.
GiphyWhen I was younger, my grandmother and I ran into Robin Williams eating alone in a Whole Foods. We approached him and introduced ourselves and he immediately cleared a space for us to sit and chat with him. I was pretty young at the time, so he spent most of the time trying to make me laugh by doing voices.
I may have been too young to truly appreciate it at the time, but looking back I can easily say it's one of the greatest moments of my life and Robin has always had a special spot in my heart because of it. barkleyhound
Guy.
My only experience with Guy Fieri thus far was cordial. Did a guest presentation for us and took plenty of photos.
But every time there's a wildfire or other depressing thing going on around here, he has his "second responder" crew ready to feed and care for all the first responders. nayhem_jr
Samuel.
Samuel L. Jackson at the Calgary stampede in Canada. He was super nice. My family went up for it because my uncle is part of the committee that organizes the stampede every year and he got us VIP seating. I was a kid at the time and I was like does your wallet really say OBAMF? He laughed and said he left that one at home. Of course when I told the story at school I told everyone his wallet did in fact say that. nokarma4ulolz
Vin.
I met Vin Diesel at a truck stop diner when I was a kid.
It was like 4 in the morning and me, my grandpa and vin and his friend were the only ones in the diner, and we ended up getting sat at the table next to them.
Vin and a friend were getting ready to go on some fishing trip which was made obvious by the clothes they were wearing.
My grandpa struck up a conversation about fishing with him, completely oblivious to who he was. He was a really nice guy and apparently knew a great deal about fishing techniques.
I was a bit geeked out and didn't say much or contribute to the conversation but I spent the next hour of our road trip explaining to my grandpa who vin diesel was and why it was a huge deal we just met him. weekendbrainsurgeon
"What's going on fellas?"
GiphyMet Dave Chappelle a few years back. Long story short, a friend of a friend got me and two friends into an after party. We were sitting at the bar when his manager offered us some shots. We talked with his manager for a while. Then Dave sat down near us. Dave was kind of sitting by himself and he looks over at us and goes "What's going on fellas?" And we talk to him for about an hour. We thanked him for coming to our town, talked about music, sports, all kinds of stuff. Super cool dude. One of my favorite memories. nstb21
Don.
My husband and I were wandering around Philly a few years ago and Don Cheadle was walking toward us. We both stopped and turned as we watched him go by. After he passed us he turned around with a big smile and waved/winked.
I just thought that was pretty cool. Janisneptunus
Gentle Neil.
When I was a teenager, I met Neil Armstrong at a retirement ceremony that my dad brought me to. It was at a museum and it was a private event. There was time for everyone to wander the museum, and my dad saw Mr. Armstrong looking at one of the planes that my dad helped design. Nobody else around. They struck up a conversation and Neil asked me questions about what I was studying and how I felt about the work my dad did (my dad worked on classified planes when I was much younger). He seemed like such a gentle guy to me.
A bunch of other men suddenly joined as and started asking him for autographs, which he declined. It seemed to snap him out of his happy mood, and he kind of shut down and walked away. At that time I thought he was a bit of a jerk for not saying goodbye or anything, but I recently read about the hard time he had with fame, and I guess it makes sense. rain-dog2
Blessed Tea.
Went with my parents to a function for some charity group and we shared a table with Ice-T. Super nice guy, down to earth and not high on himself. He has a mouth on him but when he found out my Dad is a retired preacher never heard a bad word again the rest of the night. I ended up talking music and how he goes from Rap to Metal. Man is cool and knows his stuff about the metal and Punk scene. Gundamsafety
Dwayne.
GiphyMy mom and sister met The Rock when he was still a wrestler. They had a couple car seats and tons of bags having a heck of a time getting off the plane and people were waiting and then this massive guy offered to carry some things for them and they happily took the help, he grabbed some bags and held the baby carrier with my niece in it and helped them off the plane and left. After people kept going up to them asking how they knew The Rock and they were very confused until someone explained who he was. sendgoodmemes