Quote Originally Posted by wilomn View Post
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Thanks for the chuckle pavlov.

I suppose free will doesn't enter into it? Coffee ruins lives. Smoking ruins lives. I've heard that internet porn ruins lives too. I've never seen any, being pure as newfallen snow and all as I am, but I've heard the rumors....

Seems to me that you can't blame a game for your weakness. But then, I'm not named for an experiment that proves intelligence doesn't always have much to do with the decisions we make.

This will be proven by your next post in response to this post.
Free will is an absolute huge factor in any addiction. After all, it's the person's choice to smoke that first cigarette, drink the first cup or pay for their first WoW subscription. I cant say that Ive heard of coffee or cigarettes ruining lives besides the associated health risks, but there's enough of an internet porn addiction problem that there are recovery programs in place to treat it.

I get it Wes, youre from the old school. It seems ridiculous to you that people nowadays are becoming porn addicts. But it IS a growing concern, enough to the point that rehab centers are being set up to help people overcome it.
I take responsibility for my actions and the things I do. When I was in the Navy in Missile Tech C school my roommate played WoW every waking moment that he wasnt in school. He ended up failing out and getting sent away to the fleet because he couldnt keep up with the real world. A game that he couldnt stop playing took his job away from him. I cant understand why he couldnt stop playing, just the same as I dont get why people around the world can just shut the damn thing down and limit their play time. It doesnt make sense to me, same as you. Free will right?


Quote Originally Posted by aybe.sea View Post
so according to your sig you're an ADDICT and not just a herper? you depend on ball pythons & their discussion, and can't control it? So that means any opinion you have here on bp.net is ignorant because you're addicted and not just a herper?

hope you get some help bro, I've seen snakes ruin lives. Being interested in something can be danjerus, careful
Uhhh I dont know if you ever read that one thread about the guy who took in a BP and then ended up with a slew of animals and then lost it all, but yeah I do classify my collection as an addiction. I rescued one, found out about morphs and spent the last 7 months trying to acquire as many BPs as I could afford, and sometimes couldnt. At one point I had 19 BPs. My sig needs to be updated, Im actually in the process of downgrading and selling off most of my collection besides the breeding projects that Im focusing on. So yeah, I realized my problem, accepted it and am now working to fix it. To answer your question, yep, Im an addict. Or was. My wife's arguement prevailed, and looking back on it now I was in the process of putting my family in financial ruin, and got on the right track.

Quote Originally Posted by joepythons View Post
You have to be joking .I bet you are one of those that will want this issue to be recognized as a disability next .Sorry if the person does not have enough brain cells left to be able to turn these stupid games off and attempt to have a real life ITS HIS/HER fault! So if the sentence before this one describes anyone THEY are responsible for there own lives NOT the game .
I dont care what it's recognized as, I dont play it. I dont play any games and the last console I got was a PSP so I could do something in deployment. Bu to be fair, it is already recognized as an addiction, google WoW addiction and enjoy the resources. It's not a question of brain cells...and unfortunately your mentality isn't one that the addicts share in. If they did, we wouldn't have this topic/conversation and there wouldn't be marriages and lives ruined due to that game.