That's something that we are all taught to do which is in fact very detrimental to our health. While there are generations of social conditioning that have convinced people to think that they're somehow lazy or less of a "man" if they don't do this, it is not actually addictive, and if permitted to do so most people would immediately stop doing so without a second thought.
And the biggest problem is that it also acts as a preservative. So even when you try to get away from it, it's still added to plenty of things you wouldn't expect it to be in.
Assuming youre talking about the US, ive seen people from Britain talk about how sweet our bread is. Ive seen people from other countries talk about how weird our chocolate tastes compared to theirs too but idk if thats a sugar related thing or not.
Buying sourdough bread from Walmart is a mistake. If you’re shopping at Walmart just get the cheapest thing available. It’s all going to be low quality.
Not true on the milk thing although great value is same as Roberts other milk brands do not taste the same braums is more heavy , while Aldis has a habit of tasting like water but at same time color off doesn't have a yellow tint but more of a blue like skim (this is about whole milk)
It absolutely is a sugar thing but moreover a chemical thing. The sugar, first of all there isn't actually sugar in our chocolates, its high fructose corn syrup which is cheaper to produce. Then, there's barely any real cocao in it either. Mostly flavors created from combining and reducing chemicals, then stabilizing them with edible compounds. Everything in the US tastes fake.
The cheap find-them-at-every-checkout type candy has little to no real sugar, but most chocolate bars absolutely do put sugar in. Its there alongside the high fructose corn syrup. Ive seen a few candies pop up that had the HFC, Sugar, and artificial sweeteners all in there. The shit we sell is getting crazy. I got a Lime drink when filling up at the gas station this past summer. I knew it was gonna be junk, but all they had was junk and I figured "at least its not soda". I didnt think top ingredients would be water, HFC, and sugar with sugar being 73 grams.
American bread is regarded as cake in a lot of countries due to the high sugar content. American chocolate tastes weird because it contains Butyric acid which gives vomit its distinctive taste and smell.
Once you've gone an extended period of time without sugar, you know exactly what they mean. Baking bread smells like cake and tomato sauce smells like candy, lol.
It's because of an acid we use in American chocolate. If I recall correctly. Which is also something that comes out when you vomit which foreigners think it tastes like vomit. If you grow up with it you don't really notice
The chocolate isn’t sugar related, the chocolate is the face that most American made chocolate companies use artificial flavors and sweeteners while most companies in other countries use natural cocoa beans and butter with just a bit of added natural sugar for chocolate.
To me, getting to my car, driving, finding a place to park, is actually harder than just walking, lol. A lot of the time walking or going by bike is easier and faster.
I live in the city center, so parking spaces are quite a bit away, and you cant really drive everywhere.
Social media. Although I don't think many people DON'T Think it's an addiction but plenty of people consider it a "normal" way for them to decompress from their normal life but then they end up spending hours watching 30 second clips 🫠
I’m surprised LOVE isn’t higher on this comments. It is far more addictive than caffeine or porn and can be WAY MORE DETRIMENTAL to someone’s wellbeing.
Edit: mostly for the people who buy packs. I've gotten away from that because i have such a huge collection. Im "addicted" to the fun and challenge of using those cards to create new Commander decks.
Weed. So many people are dependent on it to get through the day and then turn around and say “I can quit if I wanted to,” or “It’s not addictive!” Anything that gives you a dopamine hit is addictive.
Reading books, I heard that back like a hundred years ago. A study was done saying too much reading was bad for you. I don’t know anything about it. just something that I heard. do I know if the historic fact is true. Nope, obviously reading isn’t bad for you but at one point when people had nothing better to do they thought it was.
1: Politics. It's just common sense and as a young person, I don't get how people get so pressed over something. (Trump is bad, some people need to stop being delusional). Yes things can happen;did you vote? No! Come on people, make it make sense.
2: Victimizing. Some people make it thier own personality. For crying out loud, thats why we have so many Karen's. Also, 99% of them is to bash on men.
3: Social Media. I dont even have to explain this one.
4: Obsessing against Ai. It's starting to piss me off. Short and simple, Ai can be good and bad. Stop making it your entire internet personality. Ai was implementing in things long before this big Ai wave.
Love. It really is just an addiction to specific people. The feelings you go through after a breakup or death use the exact same brain pathways as withdrawal.
Consumerism. People mention it from time to time, but those who actually treat it like an addiction and actually make the efforts to stop doing it are rare.
Being addicted to thinking: Being "addicted to thinking" means getting stuck in cycles of worry, overanalyzing, and "what-if" scenarios, losing touch with the present moment as your mind tries to control outcomes or avoid painful feelings.
A lot of people don’t recognize it as an addiction because it’s socially rewarded. Being constantly busy by overworking, or filling every moment can give a hit of validation, control, or avoidance. It’s very similar to how other addictions function. When someone feels anxious, guilty, or “not enough” when they slow down, that’s a big red flag.
Sports teams. I know people who cry, scream at others, get into fights over games, are willing to destroy friendships over games/seasons. It can really ruin someone’s life getting too invested in a sporting team. Considering we as mere fans have zero interaction with the team and zero say in anything that will ever happen
There's a fine line between obsession, routine, dependance, and addiction, and I really don't even think it's worth having an argument about semantics when people want to "ACTUALLY" you. There are enough similarities in behavior and functionality.
Obsessing over a celebrity's every movement, life choices, etc.
At work, I literally saw a girl start hyperventilating really badly. I went over to see if she was ok or needed an ambulance. Nope. Taylor Swift got engaged.
That same day when I was at a store for dinner stuff, I overheard a girl telling her boyfriend that now since Taylor Swift was engaged, they can now become engaged as well and she was expecting a proposal soon "because Taylor would want that".. His face said he was 100% done with her shenanigans.
Reading , my wife read 355 books last year and I am being 100% truthful. She rolls over in the middle of the night after waking up and begins reading. She reads when she wakes up. She reads when a conversation gets boring. She reads on the toilet, she reads in her bedroom immediately upon getting home from work.
Getting up at the fucking dawn of morning just to go to a place you hate to do work for people you don’t care about for a cent a year
Edit:just to clarify I mean this is a bad addiction you can’t quit and I mean it as a joke
That's just capitalism(derogatory)
Based
That's something that we are all taught to do which is in fact very detrimental to our health. While there are generations of social conditioning that have convinced people to think that they're somehow lazy or less of a "man" if they don't do this, it is not actually addictive, and if permitted to do so most people would immediately stop doing so without a second thought.
That's not an addiction. Most people wouldn't do it if it wasn't necessary. But we need the money to live.
money addiction
edit: this was a joke, we're in a fucking meme sub guys
Caffeine
Sugar
Junk food
Social Media
Edit for second point: Added Sugar
All of those are commonly associated with addiction.
Yes but unfortunately most people (at least in my opinion) don't think they are.
We really, really have a sugar problem.
And the biggest problem is that it also acts as a preservative. So even when you try to get away from it, it's still added to plenty of things you wouldn't expect it to be in.
Assuming youre talking about the US, ive seen people from Britain talk about how sweet our bread is. Ive seen people from other countries talk about how weird our chocolate tastes compared to theirs too but idk if thats a sugar related thing or not.
I was thinking the west in general. Sugary drinks in particular.
Oh yeah, its really bad here. They put it in everything.
The sourdough from Walmart literally tastes sweet 😭😭😭 it's called sourdough not sweet dough wtf
Buying sourdough bread from Walmart is a mistake. If you’re shopping at Walmart just get the cheapest thing available. It’s all going to be low quality.
Yeah nah I realized that after getting it.
And yes Walmart is cheap which is main reason I go there to save money even tho they suck balls because milk still tastes like milk ig
I get sourdough bread other places now
Not true on the milk thing although great value is same as Roberts other milk brands do not taste the same braums is more heavy , while Aldis has a habit of tasting like water but at same time color off doesn't have a yellow tint but more of a blue like skim (this is about whole milk)
I should say to me milk is milk to me, like I don't really care but yes there 100% are differences
It absolutely is a sugar thing but moreover a chemical thing. The sugar, first of all there isn't actually sugar in our chocolates, its high fructose corn syrup which is cheaper to produce. Then, there's barely any real cocao in it either. Mostly flavors created from combining and reducing chemicals, then stabilizing them with edible compounds. Everything in the US tastes fake.
The cheap find-them-at-every-checkout type candy has little to no real sugar, but most chocolate bars absolutely do put sugar in. Its there alongside the high fructose corn syrup. Ive seen a few candies pop up that had the HFC, Sugar, and artificial sweeteners all in there. The shit we sell is getting crazy. I got a Lime drink when filling up at the gas station this past summer. I knew it was gonna be junk, but all they had was junk and I figured "at least its not soda". I didnt think top ingredients would be water, HFC, and sugar with sugar being 73 grams.
American bread is regarded as cake in a lot of countries due to the high sugar content. American chocolate tastes weird because it contains Butyric acid which gives vomit its distinctive taste and smell.
Once you've gone an extended period of time without sugar, you know exactly what they mean. Baking bread smells like cake and tomato sauce smells like candy, lol.
Our chocolate tastes like vomit for whatever reason, that's why I never buy American made chocolate.
It's because of an acid we use in American chocolate. If I recall correctly. Which is also something that comes out when you vomit which foreigners think it tastes like vomit. If you grow up with it you don't really notice
Most of the majorimported chocolate is lowering their standards for what is sold here also. Keep an eye on the labels.
The chocolate isn’t sugar related, the chocolate is the face that most American made chocolate companies use artificial flavors and sweeteners while most companies in other countries use natural cocoa beans and butter with just a bit of added natural sugar for chocolate.
The chocolate is buratic acid that smells like vomit.
As an acceptable form of addiction when they can be just as bad for your health as nicotine
Incorrect because no one ever said I need help kicking these habits
Caffeine is literally a legal drug.
Fun fact caffeine is actually the number 1 most consumed psychoactive drug in the world
Its literally a natural pesticide
Caffeine addict her, I can confirm
Your mom making me breakfast.
Watching Sport. Obsession with irrelevant person based politics (proposed laws matter, not the person behind them).
Yeah, a surprising amount of people just buys into Cults of Personality without even thinking about it. Wild.
I’ve gotta ask, are you a trumper or no? Cause if yes, this would be an ironic comment.
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Victimhood
I had not thought of that, good one
Attacking reddit mods like that?
EXACTLY
At least the red tie is the proper length in whiny babyhood. 👔
ok this is pretty funny. even my republican friend had a laugh
Overeating. Or just eating lots of snacks or small meals throughout the entire day.
Seeking relevancy and validation
Driving. I've seen some lazy buggers drive around the block to park at a coffee shop that would've been a 2 min walk away from their house.
I think thats the addiction of laziness
To me, getting to my car, driving, finding a place to park, is actually harder than just walking, lol. A lot of the time walking or going by bike is easier and faster.
I live in the city center, so parking spaces are quite a bit away, and you cant really drive everywhere.
Scrolling, breathing
Well thank you very much, now I'm breathing manually -.-
Ever since I lost one of my lungs, I cut my breathing in half.
And now you're manually blinking too.
Oxegyn man I can’t go for minutes with out a hit
I can relate, it's gotten to the point where my body automatically does it while im asleep
https://preview.redd.it/uu75y4m5z68g1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=f30dfd32e6813b9ab86377bf36f26881448d7cbd
Porn, sex with both are becoming more accepted as an addiction
Mowing the lawn on a Saturday morning to intimidate and peer pressure other dads into mowing their lawns.
Is that why the rat bastard does that?
Reddit
Counts as social Media somehow
Edit: but yes
Religion
Social media. Although I don't think many people DON'T Think it's an addiction but plenty of people consider it a "normal" way for them to decompress from their normal life but then they end up spending hours watching 30 second clips 🫠
As a German, Alcohol. Many start drinking in their early teens and it's widely accepted as normal which it is not.
Uninstalling social media apps just to start scrolling YouTube shorts later.
Breathing
Social relationships, love, attention
I’m surprised LOVE isn’t higher on this comments. It is far more addictive than caffeine or porn and can be WAY MORE DETRIMENTAL to someone’s wellbeing.
Drinking water.
Ass
Coffee
Alcohol.
Stress Society norms
Materialism
Magic: The Gathering
Edit: mostly for the people who buy packs. I've gotten away from that because i have such a huge collection. Im "addicted" to the fun and challenge of using those cards to create new Commander decks.
Coffe
Masturbation
Validation
Where do I go to validate my jack offs? 🤔
Social media fr
Money
Politics
Magic: The Gathering
Dungeons & Dragons
Black tar heroine
Reading good books
Take your pick, really
Talking nonsense
weed
Shorts
Music
Mayonnaise
Lying
Using of people
Tribalism
Aggression
vagina. that i never get enough of. and too far in between
Starbucks
The internet in its entirety.
reddit.
Reddit.
Noise
Happiness
Collecting CDs. Once you start, you cannot stop. I’ve been collecting for a little over a month now, and I have over 20 albums 💀
Coffee
Weed. So many people are dependent on it to get through the day and then turn around and say “I can quit if I wanted to,” or “It’s not addictive!” Anything that gives you a dopamine hit is addictive.
Attention also. Positive or negative.
sportsball
celebrity gossip
Coffee , food , cigars , alcohol
Arguing
✊
Dependency on a sexual partner.
Gaming.
cocaine
I-phone
Procrastination
Exercising, running.
Any collector hobbies like trading cards or other variants
Twitter
Shitter
Porn
Bowf-deez
Water.
MASTER DEBATING... that sh!t is dangerous.
Reddit
Music
smoking
bebaging
Vaping
gaining wealth
Reading books, I heard that back like a hundred years ago. A study was done saying too much reading was bad for you. I don’t know anything about it. just something that I heard. do I know if the historic fact is true. Nope, obviously reading isn’t bad for you but at one point when people had nothing better to do they thought it was.
gaming
Coffee
REDDIT
Fentanyl (im in denial)
1: Politics. It's just common sense and as a young person, I don't get how people get so pressed over something. (Trump is bad, some people need to stop being delusional). Yes things can happen;did you vote? No! Come on people, make it make sense.
2: Victimizing. Some people make it thier own personality. For crying out loud, thats why we have so many Karen's. Also, 99% of them is to bash on men.
3: Social Media. I dont even have to explain this one.
4: Obsessing against Ai. It's starting to piss me off. Short and simple, Ai can be good and bad. Stop making it your entire internet personality. Ai was implementing in things long before this big Ai wave.
Marijuana, pot heads are always touting the benefits of their crutches and claim it’s not addictive but holly hell they are always high.
The news
Good food and sex.
Collecting project cars…. Not my project cars of course, but other people’s.
World of Warcraft
Gambling
Smell of petrol
Dopamine
Nail biting
Capitalism
Martial arts movies
Religion
Drinking liquids, at least for me I feel like I always have to have something to drink nearby even though I'm definitely hydrated.
Love. It really is just an addiction to specific people. The feelings you go through after a breakup or death use the exact same brain pathways as withdrawal.
Parroting.
Junk food.
Ice cubes. I didn't know that it was a thing until i encountered US citizens more often.
That damn phone
Consumerism. People mention it from time to time, but those who actually treat it like an addiction and actually make the efforts to stop doing it are rare.
Seriously though… good pussy
Cursing/cussing (south)
Normalcy.
Water
Nicotine.
Music
Anger
Porn. Not talking about regular use, but not being able to stop.
Coffee, I don't understand people that need a coffee to get into good mood
Sarcasm
soda
Scrolling on Reddit. 😐
Car addiction
Calling out of work
Food
Being addicted to thinking: Being "addicted to thinking" means getting stuck in cycles of worry, overanalyzing, and "what-if" scenarios, losing touch with the present moment as your mind tries to control outcomes or avoid painful feelings.
Work
Freemium mobile games is the new compulsion
Chapstick addiction…
https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/lip-balm-addiction
Love
Working lol
Mutthiii
Comfort.
I do a lot to find my next fix. Sadly, it only lasts a few minutes at best.
attention and validation
breathing air
Reddit
Love
Buying. It feels fucking amazing to get new things
Religion
Busyness or being productive.
A lot of people don’t recognize it as an addiction because it’s socially rewarded. Being constantly busy by overworking, or filling every moment can give a hit of validation, control, or avoidance. It’s very similar to how other addictions function. When someone feels anxious, guilty, or “not enough” when they slow down, that’s a big red flag.
Sports teams. I know people who cry, scream at others, get into fights over games, are willing to destroy friendships over games/seasons. It can really ruin someone’s life getting too invested in a sporting team. Considering we as mere fans have zero interaction with the team and zero say in anything that will ever happen
Masturbating 🫵
Video games
working out constantly and smoking weed every day and not being able to go the day without it
Food
Whatever its called when people are constantly looking for validation from strangers
There's a fine line between obsession, routine, dependance, and addiction, and I really don't even think it's worth having an argument about semantics when people want to "ACTUALLY" you. There are enough similarities in behavior and functionality.
It all falls under the same umbrella.
Bedazzling!
Oxygen
Everyone keeps claiming “I need it” but keep them without it for 15 minutes and they stop their addiction
Life
Beating people up
Buying branded things purely for the brand rather than the product
Pokemon cards
Obsessing over a celebrity's every movement, life choices, etc.
At work, I literally saw a girl start hyperventilating really badly. I went over to see if she was ok or needed an ambulance. Nope. Taylor Swift got engaged.
That same day when I was at a store for dinner stuff, I overheard a girl telling her boyfriend that now since Taylor Swift was engaged, they can now become engaged as well and she was expecting a proposal soon "because Taylor would want that".. His face said he was 100% done with her shenanigans.
Reading , my wife read 355 books last year and I am being 100% truthful. She rolls over in the middle of the night after waking up and begins reading. She reads when she wakes up. She reads when a conversation gets boring. She reads on the toilet, she reads in her bedroom immediately upon getting home from work.
Fucking therapy; destroys who you are just as fast too.