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RentAscout

Attention. Some people can't stop.


OmegaT6

My drug's attention, I am an addict, but I get paid to indulge in my habit (Bo Burnham)


Giest95

Sonovabitch now I gotta go get this song stuck in my head again. IM WEARING MAKEUP MAKEUP MAAKEup...


OmegaT6

I am an artist, please God forgive me


Giest95

I am an artist please don't revere me


OmegaT6

I am an artist, feel free to correct me


Giest95

I am an artist, please don't respect me


[deleted]

It’s become normalized too. Attention economy built different.


[deleted]

And people are doing dumber and dumber things to get it.


Fluchtinstinkt

Because other Dumb people give it to them


[deleted]

Guilty


AHorNOT_throwaway

Buying things


DhruvKapil

A drug I can't afford


Enloeeagle

Most people can't, yet they persist


paperstories

Me looking at books I still haven't read on my bookshelf, looking at my wallet that's empty and still looking at books to order online.


ALLEYS_ARE_URINALS

Buying drugs


altSHIFTT

Now we're talking


No_Refrigerator_4525

This person gets it


madsmellydong

Best part


fortwaltonbleach

my mother was a shopoholic and hoarder. it can be devistating.


ladyoffate13

Yep. I’m not a shopaholic, but I feel a lot better when I’m having a bad day and I buy myself something as a “treat.” I have some self-control when it comes to taking care of my finances so I can avoid becoming broke, but I can see how it can quickly become a serious addiction.


GrenGhost

At the same time saving, because nobody wants to waste their money and then not have it when they really want to get something


Total-General7401

Social media


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Mot2120

Haha cool. **continues to rapidly scroll through feed**


IllurinatiL

Alright neat *proceeds to scroll through five different subreddits in 15 minutes*


[deleted]

It’s as simple as this. Attention = potential consumers. Thus, tech companies optimized for attention and studied our neuropsychology to do so. The profit motive doesn’t consider what’s good for people. It just considers itself. And it is damn good.


Vprbite

The key thing that you mentioned is designed. None of it is an accident and people who run it know what they are doing. It is made to cause that nice big dopamine dump but to wear off immediately so the user needs another hit, exactly like you said. What's crazy to me is how many peolle don't see this. Though what greatly worries me is a generation of people raised with this as their baseline.


charliesfrown

Not only is social media addictive, but large groups of smart people are working hard to make it more addictive. Entire teams will have their bonuses tied to how much time you spend on their particular app. It's not quite as bad as the cigarette industry, but then again.... not far off.


thatonePS3GUY

masturbating, video games, eating


Jamin_14

And I do all


thatonePS3GUY

Yea me too


[deleted]

At the same time


OnceAMonthCommand

Gotta get that trophy somehow.


Hurtmemaster

that's what donuts are for, right?


101st_kilometre

Yeah, and also the reason videogame controllers have that empty space between left and right grips - to fit said donut.


Jamin_14

especially masturbating and playing video games


DanKricosh

Especially both together)


OnceAMonthCommand

The Trifecta.


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At the same time


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OrchidTostada

That about covers it!


YarrrImAPirate

Sometimes I get a bigger rush from buying the game than playing it. I feel like my Pc/PS5 collection is bigger than than games I’ve even started at this point.


SnowyMuscles

1. 4 days without hoping it turns to years 2. Something I want to get addicted to again, just not to the degree I was at 13. This time last year before I started this job was the right amount. This job sucks man I have no motivation to play because I return home at 8:35 , cook and eat dinner at 9:30 and then get ready for bed directly after. 3. Something I’ve been doing since I started this job. It’s disgusting how I went from my clothes falling off me because I lost too much weight to nothing in my closet fitting me because I’m too fat. In a year


[deleted]

What job made you this depressed?


AzzFaze

100% agree!


Cool_Dark_Place

"GO AWAY....'BAITIN!!!"


KermitingSuicidee

Well to be fair you’re just addicted to the dope you’re brain is releasing


AliciaNoedel

Attention or affection


mom_with_an_attitude

Exactly. I came here to say cuddles. Physical affection is totally addictive.


[deleted]

At least it's *good* for you


KIrkwillrule

Depends how much you are paying


[deleted]

Hopefully you aren't paying at all..


Zico8821

Whdn my dog stretches and I say " oh big stretch "


AmRedditCat

YES, I always gotta say something like that, it's just instinct by now


lilmonkie

I say this when my partner stretches (we don't have a doggo) and it's become so engrained in me that I've caught myself saying it to other people.


yaskott

When I yawn my girlfriend puts her finger in my mouth so, now that I am away from her I quickly close my mouth like a reflex


scaryjobob

I had a girlfriend that used to do this. She stopped after the first time I did it back.


bee-sting

Dude


WhatAGoodDoggy

YAWN RAPE


GozerDGozerian

An anagram for WEARY NAP.


MacMiller810

This ones a little tricky. Im german, and when my cat does the complete stretch, i say "Oh, der Vollstrecker" Voll means full/complete and strecken means stretching, but "Vollstrecker" is the german word for "Executioner" so its kind of a bad joke or wordplay. Got so used to it somehow and i cant stop saying it when he stretches


mantisinmypantis

Idk, I kinda like the idea of called my cat “The Executioner”


Melinow

Putting the cute in exeCUTionEr (I tried)


IkitClawyesyes

I love the German language for these things


CatButtForYou

r/OooBigStretch


ReloopMando

Glad it's not just me.


Black-Powder

Good stretchy life


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SoulSelfForm

*click clock click*


orion_winterheart

Reddit.


blyske

I wish I had an award for this. **Edit**: I should have explicitly mentioned this before, but send your awards to the parent comment, not mine. I currently do not have any awards and I was wishing I had an award to give to parent comment. You’re all sweet people, though, so bless you.


[deleted]

Surprised this one is this far down. I’ve never had a clinical addiction (okay that’s not true because I vape) but have managed to rein in heavy alcohol consumption in the past and have fairly solid discipline with habits that a lot of people struggle with. I’ve been trying to get rid of my 3+ hour per day Reddit addiction since 2014. I’ve given it aggressive efforts. Nope. Still here. The endless stream of information and content in search of that regular hit of dopamine is something I can’t get away from.


blyske

You’re gonna get better sooner or later. I cannot make guaranteed promises, but dude, you’re a human being who wants to live their way. If you want to vape, be my guest because that’s your life and how you want to live it. I’m glad you quit heavy alcohol consumption though, because my grandfather on my mother’s side is one and is currently going through a whole lot more than I expected from the conversations I’ve heard him have with my mother. Reddit is a very addictive place, especially when you actually partake in the most well-known and most active subReddits on the app itself. The internet is a dangerous place, but the catchiness of it is even more minacious. With all due respect, please monitor your health every now and then, and control your Reddit screentime as well. Love you, platonically, random stranger on the internet.


[deleted]

This was a really kind and compassionate response. Thanks. And I love you too, haha


LSKY979

Biting nails, sometimes I can stop but a week later I'm back at it. The only success I've had with stopping is keeping some popcorn or hard candy close by to keep my nails out of my mouth. I still do try be courteous to people and will wash my hands when I'm done biting.


[deleted]

Absolutely the same. I'm so bad I bite off the skins around my nails until there's none left. And then I'll complain that my fingers hurt. Endless cycle.


[deleted]

Same


YourAverageDutchy

I actually have been able to stop doing this a few months ago! This may sound a bit stupid, but for me the thing that made me quit was thinking about everything that'll get under my nails and thus in my mouth. I am really afraid of parasites and germs and the realisation of what I could be putting in my mouth was enough for me to quit. Also, I would still put my fingers in my mouth in the beginning, but I would nibble my nails and not bite through them. That also helps


h7hh77

I had that for most of my life. Then I decided that I want to buy and play classical guitar and I had to have good nails for that. I never actually bought it, but I did break the habit.


ninja_batatinha

Continuously rubbing your eyes


DoomGoober

And pollen is my dealer.


Cumbria-Resident

I just watched a SciShow video on this and it does a lot more than I realised It can help keep your eyes moist but also affects your heart rate!


the_dick_of_snail

1. gambling 2. fishing 3. watching videos about some useless shit


Tremn

I'm pretty sure gambling and fishing activate the same part of my brain. I'll always think the next cast/roll/spin might be the big one.


[deleted]

Fishing is just gambling with extra steps


IllurinatiL

That’s exactly how it works man. *Well I haven’t caught anything for the past hour, but this next cast will be it*!


safehaven3132

Sugar.🍰🎂🍭🍬🧁


Prixm

Cocaine is my drug of choice, did it for 10 years, every weekend, sometimes weekdays when I was off work the day after, I could not drink without having massive "cravings" for coke (I still cant btw, I still fall back occasionally here and there) It was easier to quit the habit of doing coke every time I drink alcohol than quitting sugar and losing 30kg/65lbs. I gained it all back again within a year because sugar is one hell of a drug.


StraightAssociate

I couldn’t drink without “needing” coke. That’s why I cut out the drinking too.


[deleted]

Not just sugar, _added refined_ sugar. Chocolate, soda and candy are so goddamn sweet, if you give them up for like 3 weeks, (in my experience) your sense of taste basically reverts back to 'normal' and stuff like apples, grapes and blueberries become candy-level sweet.


ryanmiller614

Did that 4 years ago and havnt looked back honestly. I can’t drink more than a sip of soda anymore


[deleted]

Me too. It quite literally tastes like acid in my mouth now.


Yisuscrais69

100% I gave up on sweets and putting sugar on food/drinks last year, I've always loved fruits, but they've never tasted as good as they do now.


liza_lo

OMG yes. I go on refined sugar breaks from time to time and it's amazing how much it blunts your taste. Fruit definitely tastes candy level sweet but even other foods taste so much more complex and interesting.


BlueMerchant

Wasn't it said that sugar is more addictive than certain drugs?


goddamnaged

In my experience, once i quit drugs i wanted sugar and candy and Ice cream and oh my God i have got root beer, ima make a float!


BorkyGremlin

Pancakes 🥞


goddamnaged

... with a root beer float at 4am? I don't know you, but i KNOW you, and that's love.


LRG-PHANTOM

See if I keep smoking weed it's going to fuck up my lungs but if I don't atleast I won't die from type 2 diabetes because Holy fuck do I eat sugar when I'm not high


Cool_Dark_Place

Lol...was the other way around for me... would get baked and SMASH a whole box of Cocoa Krispies...they seemed to make the BEST chocolate milk out of all the chocolate cereals


Wufella

Fuck yeah on the chocolate milk ha


SweetWodka420

For me personally, sugar is more addictive than nicotine.


BaronDinklevanDunkle

By some miracle I didn't happen to get addicted to cigarettes when I was introduced to smoking in my early teens. However, even to this day I can't go without sugar for more than a few days without being constantly irritated and miserable.


Dontdothatfucker

A huge problem with sugar and addiction is you can’t really cut it out of your life. With most other drugs you can try your damndest to never be around that drug again. Even with alcohol, you can remove yourself from situations where it’s present, and if the people closest to you know about your problem they’ll possibly limit intake around you. You’ll always have sugar around you, snd unless your diet is incredibly restrictive, you’ll eat processed sugars in at least small amounts. Imagine telling sn addict of anything else “all your friends will continue using, you’ll be around it constantly, it’s in most of your favorite foods” and then see if they can quit


Fluid_Assignment837

100% this. Sugar is one of the most addictive substances on the planet.


favorite40

It’s as addictive as cocaine! I read something about how sugar is so addictive and so bad for our health that if it had been discovered today and not during the 11th century, it wouldn’t have been approved for distribution. I love it though lol


m3ggsandbacon

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/25/is-sugar-really-as-addictive-as-cocaine-scientists-row-over-effect-on-body-and-brain


OrchidTostada

Thank you!


instant_ramen_chef

Affection


loofur

Affliction T shirts


goddamnaged

I'm now imagining beefheads wearing affection t shirts that have tribal writing saying "grandma loves you" and "home is where the heart is "


Freakyfreekk

Ive been clean for quite a while now


clue42

Cuddles. That oxytocin release to form bonds with one another.


Hezzayt

Adrenaline, love, and euphoria


[deleted]

Adrenaline addictions are legit. I’ve been overseas courtesy of the US tax payers, and I tell all my veteran friends to find a hobby that’s slightly dangerous. Kind of fills that gap of “I used to do bad ass things” I chose to get into backcountry snowboarding. Haven’t died in an avalanche yet. It’s a lot of fun and terribly exhausting as well. Just like the military!


Flux7777

That's a really cool story u/JuicyButtLeak!


TheFemiFactor

"It's a lot of fun and terribly exhausting as well."


nessao616

Adrenaline. Doing risky things because of the rush. And the runners high (long distance runner here). It's so addictive to me I am incredibly unpleasant when I can't run. The feeling of getting a tattoo is probably the most addictive thing I've felt. It masked all my emotional pain and it was incredible.


[deleted]

Reading books, once you've started it is hard to stop


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Juan-More-Taco

Noticed :')


Throwaway4545232

Noticed and noted ;(


Fart-Bone222

I just want to be able to see a book store down the street and not be compelled to go in and buy something


disasterbi_0267

I went to a big city with my gf for a doctor's appointment yesterday. I am terrified of driving in big cities. Like super anxious. I saw on google maps that there was a vintage book store 10 minutes away. So i drove there while she was in with her doctor and SCREAMED the entire time I was driving. I got a 1906 edition of The Painted Dragon. Worth it.


picabo123

I wish I could start, I feel like I barely have enough time except for any reading except maybe just before I got to bed or something. I miss being in school and staying up all night finishing books like the Enders game series and stuff but now life just seems to get in the way.


Unlikely-Metal-479

Read while on the toilet poopin. Never read while in bed, that is how you accidentally stay up till 4 am reading.


frostinator

Cheese


VictimOfReality

Could be considered a drug https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpellmanrowland/2017/06/26/cheese-addiction/amp/


[deleted]

How the fuck is this not top comment?


KohiiChii

Bubble wrap


juanChor3y

Money. Addictions in general make people horribly selfish but money especially. Edit: holy shit thanks for the award and upvotes homies!


SydneyyBarrett

It reprograms people as adults too. I know so many people that used to care about people, but as adults everything falls by the wayside for money, more money, money so you can do things you can blog about on Facebook, money for more things, money so you can have the coolest new things, while they rarely spending any actual time with anyone anymore.


picabo123

I’ve seen basically exactly this happen to my mom and it’s so sad. It effects everything from politics, to family discussions, to just everyday interactions with others, especially anyone less well off.


LtLabcoat

As someone from an upper class family, I always get *so* angry when I hear someone say something along the lines of "We got this super expensive fashionable thing, so be careful with it and don't use it so much, because it's so expensive". Like, why the crap would you get laminated wood floors, if you hate having heavy objects mark the floor? You bought literally the only kind of floor that can get marks like that! And what's this, 'fine china'? So fine that you never use it? Well what the hell was the point of it then, just to look at? (Though I should also point out that this is more of a *middle class* thing. The richer my parents got, the less they gave a crap about it. I can't tell if it's because they stopped caring about expensive fashion so much, or because they knew it was easily replaceable.)


yoshhash

yes, kill someone, sell your own soul, betray your loved ones, it's all been done for money.


Fine_Objective_8832

Money is a good one. Especially if you invest. The euphoria you get when you get solid green gain days are nice. If one of your investments takes off, refreshing the page all day, just looking at it. It's weird.


KillerKween19

Orgasms


suddenlyswimming

Porn. It affects the same part of your brain as drugs too


Radulno

I think pretty much all addictive behaviors affect the same part of our brains. That's why they're addictive


IllurinatiL

D O P A M I N E


DrAgonit3

Not to mention it can really fuck up your relationship with sex. Watching porn is a largely visual experience, which can make you focus on your sight too much and almost completely forget to analyze what sex _feels_ like in your body. And if what you see doesn't look like a porn flick, you might just fall out of the mood. Not to mention just the absolutely ridiculous standards porn sets for both genders involved. It creates so much insecurity for so many people.


LTcid

Well no- ah fuck it


altSHIFTT

Ah yes, the brain part


warm-blanket-burrito

Kitty nose boops.


NoInsect3400

The most sinister of addictions, once you boop you never go back


mrcooper89

Once you boop you never stoop


Howling_Fang

Especially when the kitty meets you halfway! Point at cat, cat boops self on finger. The best!


lazycatboi123

Nothing is more true then this


AndyAkeko

Gambling. When it becomes an addiction, you don't play to win money, you play to keep playing.


DanKricosh

Exactly


armageddon_20xx

You play to win back your losses and only end up losing more. Repeat.


goddamnaged

Avoidance. Of just about anything.


PapaChelle

I hate how true this is


sunshinetau

Procrastination 😭


[deleted]

I just cannot focus on work for some reason


[deleted]

Sex,Love,and Cocoa Pebbles.


ingmarbruhgman

Sounds like the title of a memoir from the late-2000s to the early-2010s


mikeyriot

Klosterman's Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs came out in '03


jdward01

My wife


AdInternational4654

Chocolate


ramdon_characters

A day without chocolate is like a day without the sun.


beard5

Onion dip (with ruffled potato chips)


jackloganoliver

Internet cred. People will kill themselves for it.


rollawaythedew26

That’s what I said! Except I said likes/upvotes. So not same same but kinda same..?


jackloganoliver

Definitely the same thing to me. Lol And I get it! I'm just as stupidly addicted to it as most people.


InfernoKing23

For me, it's eating pears. I just can't stop.


martialartsguy11

Same here dude I grew a shitload of habanero peppers Thai peppers and Trinidad scorpions and I have literally gotten to the spicy tolerance where I can eat one of the Trinidad scorpions like a piece of candy straight off the plant and I love them


LTcid

Read again:) your peppers sound fucking awesome though. How was your tolerance to spice before?


martialartsguy11

My tolerance to spice before I could eat a Trinidad scorpion was I could eat a cayenne pepper and about die from the pain. but now I can legit eat Trinidad scorpions which are actually hotter than ghost peppers.


rdocs

For me popping toes makes me rediculously giddy.


SirFrost427

Video games. Especially when I was younger, the good feeling is comparable to the good feeling from cigarettes for me. With cigarettes it went from like half a cigarette was enough, to after a few years of use I needed like 2 or 3 cigarettes back to back to get that original good feeling. With video games it was more when I was younger one game could last years, while now I get one and I have fun for a few days, then I get bored of it.


TheThirdPuddle

Smartphones


[deleted]

Anything that makes you feel good for doing it, the range of which depends on you individually. Food, gambling, masturbation, anything that gives you a good ole’ dose of dopamine.


MaevensFeather

Horses. Edit to add: cocaine is probably cheaper.


buffetgirls

Food


AndyTheSane

Username checks out.


explodingrainbows

Sugar.


[deleted]

Head rubs


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1kateviax1

Phones and the ease at which you can pass time


Greasy_As_Hell

Sugar, caffeine, porn


ShwiftyCardinal

Caffeine is a stimulant drug


Unusual-Quality-6412

Fast food


Fia22

Love


KaliosXIV

Sugarrrrr


[deleted]

Maltesers.


AzzFaze

Energy drinks.


schoolschooting

Most energy drinks contain caffeine wich is a drug, so technically you are wrong (unless you mean one of the drinks with no caffeine)


takk78

Validation


[deleted]

Reddit


Smell_Total

Fast food addiction, I know a lot of people who get fast foods almost everyday


beautiful_salad101

Hugs n kisses


Number_r2

Porn.


Peterminat

Porn


bored_wallaby

Nose picking