Holy shit, that is a flat-out offensive misrepresentation. Turns out you’re just a bigot and an asshole.

If a problem lies within one’s body, not created by their own hand, it is the fault of their body for having the problem (genetics). And since one owns their own body, it is their fault by ownership.

This only seems like a problem if you’re operating under the assumption that every player is supposed to be able to get everything the holiday event has to offer.

If a person gets an artificial high from happy splurging on a game, they have a chemical imbalance if it truly is endorphins pumping through their brain.

I’m frankly tired of the “I quit X behavior, so everyone should be able to do it” argument. It lacks all empathy, or any ability to consider that other people’s brains may not work in exactly the same way yours does. It’s an entirely self-centered perspective.

Minuscule in general, but not so minuscule in those who are prone to addiction. That’s the point.

My family was destroyed by gambling addiction, asshole. Don’t tell me it’s not on the same level as drug addiction.

Yes, that’s exactly the point. What’s described above goes beyond lack of self-control, and into the realm of dopamine addiction.

Even someone with a real gambling addiction is trying to get something “real” in the form of winning money.

Dopamine, mostly. Or are you under the impression you can’t get addicted to naturally occurring chemicals in the body, or that those chemicals can’t be triggered by certain behaviors and develop into compulsions?

The only people that loot boxes etc... ‘prey’ on are those who are incapable of delaying their own gratification.

Your boss works in a law firm where sensitive legal matters are discussed routinely.

All I’m saying is that the quality of their music versus the amount of praise they get is way, way off balance.

No, because while they’re not great, they’re also not rated that highly by anyone outside of a very specific subculture.

They would be on line 3. That’s where they’re ranked, right behind Oasis.

Look man, it’s trivial to remove a bag of dog shit from your front porch, too, but it still stinks, and whoever left it there is still a fucking asshole.

Most overrated band of all time.

Nothing about what I said was in any way premised on genetic determinism. The fact that people are born with inherent instincts and traits is not the same as wholesale determinism. You know that full well, but you’re full of shit, and so you won’t even make a real response or counter-argument. It would be too…

You’ve done a lot of calling me wrong and not a lot of explaining why.

Says the person who doesn’t even know the definition of “ignorance.”