it seems like lately, this crypto thing has turned into a religion
the definition of "religion" in this case is not entirely appropriate. In fact, religion is everything that has a universal distribution. The real community plays an important role because people themselves value certain things, but this does not mean that all these things can be called religion.
I said religion because I have met people who follow all forums, YouTube and social networks, and they wake up in the morning and guess whats the first thing that they do? they check the bitcoin price. if this is not a cult then I dont know what it is.