Doing something is better than doing nothing for most people: study (2014)

Re:Doing something is better than doing nothing for most peo... by tomp on Sunday June 13, 2021 @01:18PM (#27494311)

Meh. I've been watching porn since forever. My taste in porn has informed my real-life taste, and vice versa (in particular, I detest make-up / fakeness, both in porn and in real life).

Still, I find real people infinitely more fulfilling and have always put effort into seeking real relationships, sexual and romantic.

(I estimate porn is similar to gambling - some people's psychology makes them more susceptible to addiction of any kind.)

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Re:Doing something is better than doing nothing for most peo... by serverholic on Sunday June 13, 2021 @04:03PM (#27495852)

Yes I think what is not a problem for some can be a massive problem for others.

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Re:Doing something is better than doing nothing for most peo... by dQw4w9WgXcQ on Sunday June 13, 2021 @05:22PM (#27496619)

Meh. I've been going to bars since forever. I'm not like that guy over there who pounds a 12 pack every night and has no standards for what he funnels down his gullet. Despite my habitual usage and inability to refrain from the activity for any extended period of time, I estimate his psychology must make him the addict. For me it's a matter of refinement and my consciously-engaged frontal-lobe awareness of the fine hops and spirits that elevates me to a connoisseur of the boozy arts.

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Re:Doing something is better than doing nothing for most peo... by Dylan16807 on Sunday June 13, 2021 @10:01PM (#27498533)

If you hadn't inserted "inability to refrain" out of nowhere, you could have been describing a perfectly ordinary (though pretentious) non-alcoholic. And you inserted that based on absolutely nothing, so good work.

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