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A Boring Dystopia

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Most noteworthy for me is the fact that more Americans think that porn (52%) and homosexuality (39%) are wrong than spanking children (23%) and being ultra wealthy (18%).

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https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/03/19/what-do-americans-consider-immoral/

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[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Gambling is addictive and can ruin lives.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Addiction ruins lives, like practically everything that triggers dopamine, gambling can be very addictive.

Addicts are going to find an addiction, it's part of their wiring. You can change your addiction to another less harmful addiction, or rewire yourself with a lot of work.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

That’s not really true. Anyone can become addicted to something. There’s not some “addict wiring” that some people are born with and some aren’t. Obviously some things increase your risk factor for addiction, like having ADHD or a traumatic childhood, but even those are correlations, not causation.

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

There’s not some “addict wiring” that some people are born with and some aren’t

There absolutely is and you named three examples of it in this comment lol

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

That would imply that every ADHDer or trauma survivor is an addict. Again, correlation is not causation.