Congratulations on finding a way to feel superior to the "supposedly more intelligent computer users" I guess?

Are you asserting that people's ability to counter addiction has changed?

What's with that idea that compulsions aren't real? They are just as real and difficult to drop as substance-based addictions, for a rather simple reason: The physical addiction is only a compounding factor, not the core difficulty in a "classic" addiction.

What really makes people always come back, no matter what, is the psychological addiction, not the physical one. Which is also why phones can be just as difficult to stop as gambling compulsions or drug addictions.

That is what the weak minded always keep telling us. I really don't buy the comparison. Comparing phone compulsion with drug addiction is about as believable as comparing COVID with WWII. Its a convenient comparison, if you want to downplay your own inability to control your behaviour. But thats about it.

Do you speak from a position of authority on the subject?

Dang, I think you just solved alcohol and nicotine addiction.

Can you also do something against gambling? Would be cool.

Nobody can help the weak minded. However, they need to learn that the rest of us is no longer willing to reat them like grown up adults.

This is an extremist position and disagrees with a century of science on the topic. That simplistic "weak-minded" indicates that you are just looking for a chance to make yourself feel/look better than others and are unable to get positive stimuli on your own positive merits.

Additionally, you seem to need this illusion of control, that you and your "strong mind" are actually in charge, which current research heavily disagrees with. If you want to put that to the test, I've got a few ideas for you...

Humans are not as simple as you seem to think. If only it were that easy. I'd argue, actual adults are primarily able to discuss a topic without shitting on those they perceive as "weak".

Greetings from somebody who used to work on the treatment side of things.

> unable to get positive stimuli on your own positive merits

Ahh, the typical reaction, lashing out, and ad-hominem. I am sooo unsurprised.

I am well aware that everyone has their breaking point. What is easy for one individual is hard for another. No worries. However, I never expected phone compulsion to make someone fail the Gom Jabbar test. I mean, seriously? If you have trouble regulating your tool usage, how do you even get through life!

> However, they need to learn that the rest of us is no longer willing to reat them like grown up adults

Yes! Outcast the people who have an addiction. I'm sure that will help get them back on track! Have you ever thought about writing a book?

It's like self-help but flipped on its head. They're going to need a new section for it at the bookstore.

No, I never said "outcast". We dont outcast children either, we just treat them like non-adults.

> Nobody can help the weak minded.

I literally lol’d. This is the kind of nonsense that dribbled down my chin when I was like 13 and thought I had the whole world figured out.