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There's worse forms of escapism that are far less stimulating. Alcohol or drugs, for example. It's nice we live in an age where there's engaging entertainment

There's worse forms of escapism that are far less stimulating. Alcohol or drugs, for example. It's nice we live in an age where there's engaging entertainment like video games instead of just more passive entertainment like TV.

selestify 9y ago
I don't know if drugs are less stimulating. Simulation of a different kind, to be sure, but probably not less in intensity. Certain drugs, such as psychedelics, can also provide opportunities for personal reflection and growth.
dominotw 9y ago
>Alcohol or drugs, for example. drugs like marijuana make everything more stimulating. Food tastes better, music sounds better, you can enjoy movies from almost any genre.You can get into great conversations with your partner where you are actually interested in what they are saying. Get over musicians block and let the music flow. so on.
- posterboy 9y ago
  Utter bollocks. That's the placebo effect that comes with being so doped up that one couldn't tell a good painting from a bad one, eg.
  - dominotw 9y ago
    millions of people smoking marijuana for the placebo effect? ok. read this https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/science-says-weed-makes-food-taste-and-smell-better https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/science-says-weed-ma... You think it's being perceived to chemo patients for the placebo effect? https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects/complementary-and-alternative-medicine/marijuana-and-cancer.html https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects...
    - posterboy 9y ago
      No, I'm not gonna read that and I'm still going to call bullshit. Neither did I claim any reason for anyone to smoke. Nor does the rest of your comment make any sense. > perceived prescribed > chemo patients are we still talking about stimulation or in fact about the opposite? You just said chemo patients want to feel their pain intensified, if I got that right. I'm sure you are looking for a stimulating conversation to learn more about it. In return you should stop trying to educate other people, even more so when you get your information from vice of all places.
      - posterboy 9y ago
        To restate my point, there is no intrinsic quality in dope that would boost creativity and sensibility, quite the opposite actually. Only once the effects start wearing down, a relative increase will be felt. Most people are just expecting something out of doing it so they become convinced to have achieved something and that might actually be the case to some degree, but mostly it appears bigger in hindsight than it actually was because of clouded judgment. Edit: The consequence is that people get exited anyway and exhaust that because of numbing effects until much later after the fact.
metaphorm 9y ago
as others have pointed out to you: please don't lump all drugs under the same umbrella.
posterboy 9y ago
games are combined with drugs often enough, eat least sugar and coffein and so on
- ouid 9y ago
  sugar?! you know what plants are made of don't you?
  - rocgf 9y ago
    Pretty sure he meant refined sugar, which has been proven time and time again that it is both very addictive and very bad for your health.
prodmerc 9y ago
Please, games are far more addictive. Stimulating? Depends on what you play. MMO's can be worse than heroin.
- FLUX-YOU 9y ago
  >MMO's can be worse than heroin. Is there a study for this to show us what it measures? It's pretty difficult to overdose on MMOs or get a super-high dose fentanyl batch. I'm not sure how you get worse than death.

selestify 9y ago

I don't know if drugs are less stimulating. Simulation of a different kind, to be sure, but probably not less in intensity. Certain drugs, such as psychedelics, can also provide opportunities for personal reflection and growth.

dominotw 9y ago

>Alcohol or drugs, for example. drugs like marijuana make everything more stimulating. Food tastes better, music sounds better, you can enjoy movies from almost any genre.You can get into great conversations with your partner where you are actually interested in what they are saying. Get over musicians block and let the music flow. so on.

posterboy 9y ago
Utter bollocks. That's the placebo effect that comes with being so doped up that one couldn't tell a good painting from a bad one, eg.
- dominotw 9y ago
  millions of people smoking marijuana for the placebo effect? ok. read this https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/science-says-weed-makes-food-taste-and-smell-better https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/science-says-weed-ma... You think it's being perceived to chemo patients for the placebo effect? https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects/complementary-and-alternative-medicine/marijuana-and-cancer.html https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects...
  - posterboy 9y ago
    No, I'm not gonna read that and I'm still going to call bullshit. Neither did I claim any reason for anyone to smoke. Nor does the rest of your comment make any sense. > perceived prescribed > chemo patients are we still talking about stimulation or in fact about the opposite? You just said chemo patients want to feel their pain intensified, if I got that right. I'm sure you are looking for a stimulating conversation to learn more about it. In return you should stop trying to educate other people, even more so when you get your information from vice of all places.
    - posterboy 9y ago
      To restate my point, there is no intrinsic quality in dope that would boost creativity and sensibility, quite the opposite actually. Only once the effects start wearing down, a relative increase will be felt. Most people are just expecting something out of doing it so they become convinced to have achieved something and that might actually be the case to some degree, but mostly it appears bigger in hindsight than it actually was because of clouded judgment. Edit: The consequence is that people get exited anyway and exhaust that because of numbing effects until much later after the fact.

metaphorm 9y ago

as others have pointed out to you: please don't lump all drugs under the same umbrella.

posterboy 9y ago

games are combined with drugs often enough, eat least sugar and coffein and so on

ouid 9y ago
sugar?! you know what plants are made of don't you?
- rocgf 9y ago
  Pretty sure he meant refined sugar, which has been proven time and time again that it is both very addictive and very bad for your health.

prodmerc 9y ago

Please, games are far more addictive. Stimulating? Depends on what you play. MMO's can be worse than heroin.

FLUX-YOU 9y ago
>MMO's can be worse than heroin. Is there a study for this to show us what it measures? It's pretty difficult to overdose on MMOs or get a super-high dose fentanyl batch. I'm not sure how you get worse than death.