I'll defer to my go-to-expert but iirc current consensus is that substance addictions are social disconnection in disguise
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idk I’m addicted to running, I think most people are addicted to doing whatever they usually do including social
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Addicted to running in group for social connection...?
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oh no, I think ’s theory is addictive activities/substances are substitutes for social?
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Not my theory. This stuff that was doing the rounds a few years back. I thought we discussed it and you had opinions psychologytoday.com/blog/love-and-
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oh right - I’m surprised anyone talks about “attachment styles” these days! very 70s
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Why yawn? Seems like a promising thread to keep investigating
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Haha, sorry. Definitely interesting. The *yawn* pairs with the "SSC did it" to indicate it as "Simpsons did it" joke.
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(I know zero math/science myself and outsource my scientific superego to SSC headlines, is the joke)
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We need addiction interventions on the blockchain
I bet studies would show that social isolation leads more to blockchain than it does drug addiction 😁
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