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> Skydiving isn't addictive Skydiving is absolutely addictive. Adrenaline chasing is addictive behavior > the risk falls on the participant Same with gamblin

• toomanyrichies 17d ago
  > Adrenaline chasing is addictive behavior Gambling disorder is a recognized diagnosis in both the DSM-5 [1] and the WHO's ICD-11 [2], with a $14 billion annual social cost [3] in the US alone. Show me the equivalent DSM entry and social cost for "skydiving addiction". The word "addiction" has an actual clinical meaning. It's not just vibes. The person has lost control over the behavior, and they keep doing it despite harm. There's no "Skydivers Anonymous". With gambling, spouses and kids lose savings, debts don't get paid, and the public bears the cost of the ER visits in the headline. Gambling externalizes the costs in a way that skydiving doesn't. That’s the difference. > Yes they do. An injured skydiver is a net loss for a skydiving company: insurance, lawsuits, lost business, bad press. You gave no evidence for how they'd profit. You just said "Yes they do". Cue Hitchens's Razor: what can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. 1. https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gambling-disorder/what-is-gambling-disorder https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gambling-disord... 2. https://icd.who.int/browse/2025-01/mms/en#1041487064 https://icd.who.int/browse/2025-01/mms/en#1041487064 3. https://www.ncpgambling.org/help-treatment/faqs-what-is-problem-gambling/ https://www.ncpgambling.org/help-treatment/faqs-what-is-prob...