"Video game addiction isn't real" and "porn addiction isn't real" takes miss the point. There's a real phenomenon, and it has little to do with video games or porn in particular. We need a new concept and a new word for it: how about "escape addiction"?
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Curiously, what first helped me deal with attempts to substitute simulation>reality was playing multiple games in a row that happened to have extremely meta plotlines, questioning character / player agency (and even implicating you for participating in the simulation at all)
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nice! which games? stanley parable?
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That's how I feel about pornography. It can't generate any novel emotions/insights. Its overstimulation nature is a trap because as you do you become.
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