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Buttercup said:Are you referring to time spent on the computer in general as being addictive? Or RF as being addictive? I can assure you that RF is indeed addictive and scientists are in the process of producing an RF Patch to help us cure this insidious disease.
gnomon said:Any activity you repeatedly engage in because you derive pleasure from it can be an addiction. It isn't always necessarily a bad thing.
And yes, it is somewhat addicting to come to these forums. I could be doing better things than reading about beauty queens in Bosnia or looking at pictures of cats posted by Becky. But hey, I'll be reading a Camus and thinking what question is Sunstone going to ask today?
astarath said:I would argue that pleasure isnt neccessary, there are people who have addictions that are not pleasurable.
I would say that an addicition is when someone takes a desire and indulges it to the point where the decision to indulge it becomes required by the body. When there is no longer a choice but the body switches into a subconscious desire then you have reached the point of addiction.
gnomon said:Addiction does not require loss of choice. While common parlance might suggest otherwise the original meaning of the word addiction still applies today.
Pleasure is actually at the heart of addiction.
astarath said:ad·dic·tion əˈdɪkʃən/Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[uh-dik-shuhn]Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
noun the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.
A state of being enslaved or to lose the ability to control. Does not need pleasure in order to become habit forming
What about an addiction to online pornography?PureX said:What you all experience regarding computer use is simply a habit. A habit is NOT an addiction.