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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by matheusmoreira on Sunday June 05, 2022 @06:29AM (#31629682)
The risk/benefit calculation of fitness activities is overwhelmingly positive. Their health benefits of exercise might as well be infinite. Even such a benign activity can be pathological though: accidents and lesions during training, anabolic steroid abuse, body image issues...

The risk/benefit calculation of predatory gambling video games is overwhelmingly negative. It's really no big loss if they were to be outlawed straight up. We have much better games available for our enjoyment.

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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by viraptor on Sunday June 05, 2022 @08:22AM (#31630329)
There was a leaderboard posted in the local gym. It was for the most frequently coming members. Some of them regularly racked up >400 visits a year. I didn't even realise at the time that it was weird until a doctor mentioned that these are likely people with addiction or body image issues. I guess you can overdo anything.
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