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>My hypothesis is that in those who are introduced to Gacha games, you will see an increase in other 'addictive' behavior, because the content they see will whi
by Mirioron 6y ago
>My hypothesis is that in those who are introduced to Gacha games, you will see an increase in other 'addictive' behavior, because the content they see will whittle away at their resistance to other addictive behaviors.
But we obviously tolerate this to some extent. I think it's reasonable to limit smoking so that it doesn't cause second hand smoking effects on other people. However, going further than that seems odd to me. If they're only hurting themselves then I don't see the problem with it. We allow people to do extreme sports, we allow them to drink alcohol, we allow them to do high stress jobs, we allow them to eat sugar, we allow them to do a long list of things that can hurt them, but we tolerate most of those because people should be free to choose how to live their life. Yet somehow on a small list of things we control people's behavior. If they don't follow it then they're considered immoral. (We don't call them immoral, but that's how we treat them.)
- GreenWatermelon 6y agoPeople who are addicted to gacha are psychologically manipulated, not to mention the gambling aspects. Gambling is already regulated across the world. Just like laws protect the physically weak from exploitation, they should protect the psychologically weak from psychological exploitation. You wouldn't accept someone holding you at gunpoint demanding your money, and you would have no choice but to give up you belongings. Even though it was your choice to give up your stuff, you were coerced into it. gacha/loot boxes and similar addictive phenomena pry on your psych. This isn't some conspiracy, this is a tried and true method which you can learn about from the whaler himself[1]. [1] https://youtu.be/xNjI03CGkb4 https://youtu.be/xNjI03CGkb4