UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net to games@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agoGames Aren't Good Because They're "Addictive" (The Jimquisition)www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkGames Aren't Good Because They're "Addictive" (The Jimquisition)www.youtube.comUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net to games@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days ago “Addiction is a specific thing that requires biological dependency therefore you said the wrong word and everything you said is invalid!” I posted that there so pedants don’t have to.
minus-squareaaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 days agoI absolutely hate that argument, it would mean gambling addiction is not real. In other words: one of the most harmful addictions to public health is not an addiction by that definition, because there’s no “biological dependency”.
I posted that there so pedants don’t have to.
I absolutely hate that argument, it would mean gambling addiction is not real. In other words: one of the most harmful addictions to public health is not an addiction by that definition, because there’s no “biological dependency”.