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Re:Opioid Use Could Explain 20% of the Drop in American Men ... by rainbowmverse on Thursday September 07, 2017 @12:15PM (#15193175)
When you have no hope, you look for ways to forget. Stuff like drugs and compulsive gambling follow a different kind of logic than people with something to lose apply to decisions. It's about dulling the pain of and distracting from abject poverty.
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Re:Opioid Use Could Explain 20% of the Drop in American Men ... by cableshaft on Thursday September 07, 2017 @12:24PM (#15193283)
For me that's what video games are for. Also video games are there for the good times too. Pretty much all video games, all the time, is what I'm saying.

*Not quite true, I have several hobbies, including designing games

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