Loot boxes are obviously gambling

Re:Loot boxes are obviously gambling by YeGoblynQueenne on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @07:49AM (#17178234)

I think that's what people (used to?) call "ego-dystonic" situations (?). I like the zen of the particular wording you give.

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Re:Loot boxes are obviously gambling by tialaramex on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @12:17PM (#17180503)

I think the idea is that in an ego-dystonic illness _you_ know this is a problem, and in other mental illnesses other people have spotted it's a problem but you can't/ won't.

For example starving yourself to death is definitely a problem, but body-image mental health illness that causes it usually leave the sufferer unable to recognise this consequence of their actions.

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Re:Loot boxes are obviously gambling by YeGoblynQueenne on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @06:04AM (#17186423)

Cheers. Should have bothered to look it up :0

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