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this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
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In the same vein, salt.
Try to stay under the daily recommended amount of 2500mg of sodium and see how limited your food options are.
Everything is loaded with salt now. Especially fast food. For example, my previous go-to meal at Zaxby's (the boneless wings and things plate) is over 4000mg of sodium for one meal. Add on a 1300mg sausage, egg, and cheese mcgriddle and a fried rice with soy sauce for dinner and I had several days worth of sodium without totally blowing my calorie budget.
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Yeah, came to say the same. I'm different though, I know I'm addicted to it.
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Caffeine, people think they aren’t addicted to caffeine and can stop any time but watch them be miserable and go right back when they try. And in the same vein adderall for those college kids who are cramming before tests
If I go 2 days without coffee, my head starts to kill me. Definitely an addiction.
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Algorithmic Addiction from Social Media consumption. An analogy would be Caffeine addiction from coffee consumption.
Most people who use smartphones are addicts and are far from being aware of it.
I only browse lemmy 6 hours a day, there's no way I'm addicted!
I can stop whenever I want!
I will show you, I will close the app right know!
edit: I'm back. See? I told you I could do it.
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Outrage
How DARE you!
I’m surprised not to see “Weed” here.
I don’t smoke anymore, cuz awesome anxiety. But I was hella addicted when I was younger. I’ve got a few friends who HAVE to smoke every day, or when they go out, or when they play video games, or when they wake up…
It’s not physically addictive, but damn can it ever be mentally.
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Lemmy, my friends says this is a cult.
We are your friends now. You don't need them anymore.
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With so many states (US) legalizing weed, people are quickly forgetting that yes, pot is a drug and yes, it is addivitve.
Nice try, McGruff.
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Work. Just because society deems it acceptable doesn't mean it's healthy.
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Fast food.
The amount of fast food people eat in America is not normal.
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Music.
Some people won't drive without it. Or can't study, etc.
Obviously not a harmful addiction, or even undesirable in most cases - but generally unacknowledged.
I like most music, but it doesn't occur to me to go out of my way to play it for myself.
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Following sports. Being a die hard sports fan is time consuming and stressful. Obviously betting on sports is an addiction people talk about now, but even tipping comps and fantasy football type leagues are things that rob you of time and energy.
Air. You don't actually need it.
youtube shorts. A friend described them as a "time vampire".
So many people boast about not using TikTok. Then waste comparable amounts of time on YouTube/FB/Instagram Shorts.
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Consumerism.
Tabloid / reality tv drama.
Porn.
Asking for help/favors. Also using white lies as easy answers for certain questions instead of explaining the truth.
Breathing. People do it all the time and most people will die if they don't breathe.
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Rage. Manufactured rage specifically.
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