You’ll have noticed how previously normal people start acting like addicts to their favourite generative AI and shouting at you like you’re trying to take their cocaine away. Matthias D…
@jonhendry@o7___o7@techtakes To clarify my point a little, by instant lottery tickets I mean the slightly less instant ones like crosswords or bingo. Before meds I found them too tedious to be worth the brain reward, but not anymore (of course I’d never *pay* for lottery tickets, but I get them as gifts sometimes). So I can kind of see how meds could enable some addictions that wouldn’t have had a chance to form otherwise.
@jonhendry @o7___o7 @techtakes To clarify my point a little, by instant lottery tickets I mean the slightly less instant ones like crosswords or bingo. Before meds I found them too tedious to be worth the brain reward, but not anymore (of course I’d never *pay* for lottery tickets, but I get them as gifts sometimes). So I can kind of see how meds could enable some addictions that wouldn’t have had a chance to form otherwise.