Not so savage cabbage

I lik sharks n plants :>

[findmeinthealps]

guy on a work call just accidentally said “have a nice freak-end” instead of weekend and now i desperately want that to be the new meme. have a nice freakend everybody

[mxmuffin]

I love this gif. Me when I need my stool

[feefal]

Daydreamer anatomy☁️

These individuals tend to have their head in the clouds, and are reported to prefer the escapism of fiction over reality.

[ammi-delta-document]

[charlesoberonn]

America has a weird relationship with cults where they’re terrified of small cults (or organizations they think are cults) but completely normalized massive cults that hurt many more people (eg: LDS Church, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Amish, Scientology, most Megachurches)

[charlesoberonn]

To anybody asking if the Amish are a cult, the answer is yes, very much so.

They’re a high control group that isolate you from society. The cult decides how you dress, how you behave, who you marry and how. They control what you know, blocking all information from the outside world. They control how you feel and what you’re allowed to think with threats of both social and supernatural harm. They’re a cult.

[charlesoberonn]

The best method to determine if a group is a cult, in my opinion, is Steven Hassan’s (cult expert and former cult member himself) BITE model.

BITE stands for Behavior Control, Information Control, Thought Control, and Emotional Control.

The more points a group “scores” on the model, the more of a cult it is.

I think this model is the best one for several reasons:

It’s more nuanced than “cult” or “not cult” and doesn’t make false equivalences between groups

It’s versatile, applying to groups big and small, and cults of all kinds, religious, political, financial, etc.

It focuses on what’s important, which is what the cult does to its members, and those members’ experiences, and not on irrelevant details like how uncommon their doctrines are or whether they have a charismatic leader

[charlesoberonn]

This is a great example of Thought Control used by cults whenever they’re confronted with criticism.

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

#you might notice that there are a lot of similarities between cult techniques and those of abusive partners#and that is an important thing to be aware of

yah that goes in the post

[charlesoberonn]

The creator of the BITE Model considers abusive relationships to be two-person cults.

[forgotn1]

It’s important to note that almost every sect of evangelical christianity in the US today fails the BITE Model.

[alp-crispy]

This was the post that lead to breaking my JW mindset. Been a while since I seen it.

[charlesoberonn]

I’m glad I could help in your deconstruction, if only a little bit. I wish you all the luck in your journey moving forward.

[tuulikki]

And to highlight a key aspect of the “two-person cult” dynamic:

Not all high-control groups are religious. Secular cults exist.

I’d strongly recommend reading this brief bio of Janja Lalich. She’s a deprogramming therapist, but she’s also a cult survivor from a political cult.

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

high control groups can also form in friend groups and online! any social group can theoretically be a high control enviroment that’s abusive. any group can be a cult if someone uses that group to control and abuse others.

[miggsboson]

gotta reblog for the last few images, sorry

[miggsboson]

Thanks y'all! read more at miggsboson.neocities.org

<<FIRST <PREV NEXT>

Forgot to say that prints of the previous chapter, One for Sorrow, are available at miggsboson.bigcartel.com

[cyanocittae]

my friend keeps sending the groupchat voice notes of her eating bussy and calling it "asmr"..... bro go study for your physics exam 😭

[cyanocittae]

hi sorry uh. incredible miscommunication on my part lmfao.

my bad yall

[joshuaballsett]

Give Lilly Wachowski Her 10 Fucking Million Dollars To Make A Movie What The Fuck Is Wrong With You You Stupid Cunts Like Hello She Made The Matrix Are You Dumb? Do You Not Like Good Shit?

[greenmossloveisreal1998iloveyou]

[mistah-oso]

HE.  There exists a singular subject in that sentence and squidward is not NB.  We are shit-posters but we should try to have standards, damnit!

[greenmossloveisreal1998iloveyou]

first of all youre a shit poster im a good poster second squidward isnt the only one underwater on spongebob dumbass

[greenmossloveisreal1998iloveyou]

not to mention squidward is nonbinary

[what-even-is-thiss]

Once you learn that the megalodon mostly lived in relatively shallow waters you’re like okay yeah people thinking it’s still alive is just wishful thinking huh

[what-even-is-thiss]

New conspiracy. There is another shark. A deep shark.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Deep shark so sneaky that there’s no record of its existance. Deep shark very smart.

[scrumptiousangst]

Shark so smooth, light slides off

[aureliagaming]

*coughs blood* youre all just jealous of my wound. yuore trying to make me get rid of it because you wish you had a wound this cool

[i-give-you-a-fish]

You get a Bleeding Shiner

Luxilus zonatus

[one-time-i-dreamt]

small brown rodent-like mammals could be used as a very powerful explosive, and destroyed the lab they were in

[one-time-i-dreamt]

what the FUCK

[the-emdash]

Bat appreciation post, because I needed the draw the first guy’s dumb little smile and it went on from there.

The first two are little brown bats and the last one, I believe, is a baby hognosed bat.

[cynicalclassicist]

Aww, love the bat and the art!

[naitoshi]

Funny references..... come on please get this one

[seaweed-official]

reblog if you're pro sexualization for pervert purposes in art

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

The beautiful and endangered Dumb Gulper Shark

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

[neverniko101]

who up perceiving and reacting to stimulus

[castanearie]

@creatures-in-posts 👀

[creatures-in-posts]

This creature is perceiving and reacting to stimulus