5 Things you do every day that are actually addictions

[SoCalDem]

http://www.cracked.com/article_19426_5-things-you-do-every-day-that-are-actually-addictions.html


Addiction is a funny thing in our culture -- people who are actually addicted to a substance actively deny it ("I just like to smoke!"), while other people claim addiction for every random thing they happen to enjoy ("I'm addicted to these delicious candy bars!").

But as science gets a better understanding of how addiction works in the brain, suddenly a whole lot of our everyday habits make more sense. Things like ...

#5. Listening to Pop Music

Pop music is something that tends to divide people in ways normally reserved for large military conflicts. Its advocates idolize the artists and their music, while its opponents brand anyone interested in pop as mindless drones who don't know "real" music. But while one can hate Lady Gaga all he wants, there's no changing the fact that she has sold over 64 million records, and the sales of her last album actually caused Amazon.com's servers to crash. Whatever indie-shoegazer-electro-orchestral-Celtic tunes a pop hater prefers are unlikely to ever attain such levels of popularity.

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[enough]

1. Checking DU. (nt)

[Arkansas Granny]

2. LOL. That's an absolute truth.

[barbtries]

3. oh yeah.

i've tried to give it up. can't do it.

[barbtries]

4. that sounds silly.

pop music can't kill you. smoking and obesity can.
anyway, i love rock and roll and reggae. pop i can take or leave any time i want.

[SoCalDem]

7. not all addictions are deadly

some are just what they are..a proclivity to do a thing over and over:)


Definitions of addiction:

noun: (Roman law) a formal award by a court sentence of a thing or person to another (as of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master

Example: "Under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"

noun: an abnormally strong craving
noun: being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

[FormerDittoHead]

5. Let me help the others here.

According to Cracked:
#5. Listening to Pop Music
#4. Eating Salty and Spicy Snacks
#3. Using Lip Balm
#2. Tanning
#1. Chewing Ice

[HappyMe]

6. Coming to the DU.

I don't listen to pop tunes, so I dodged that addiction bullet. :-)

[Donnachaidh]

8. chewing ice?

Brrrrr -- never did that. In fact, just watching someone chew ice creeps me out.

[SoCalDem]

9. I had a friend who did that.. creepy and noisy & not great for the teeth

:)

[madrchsod]

10. first thing in the morning i grab a DU...can`t live without one

[CTyankee]

11. Yep, even tho my spouse complains that "you go on DU and you're pissed off

for the rest of the day!"

Maybe I am addicted to being pissed off at republicans. Yup, that's it!

[Mimosa]

12. My cuppa Yorkshire Gold tea....

then comes all the rest. ;)

[Courtesy Flush]

13. I confess to the salty snacks

I was eating sunflower seeds while reading the article. I have them delivered directly to my office from Amazon.com.

[SoCalDem]

15. nutsonine.com sends me macadamias & bit o honeys

and nut goodies:)..and jordan almonds too:)
www.nutsonline.com

[elocs]

14. Tanning: I know a woman in her middle 70s with skin like an old leather shoe,

yet she still lies out in the sun even in September here in Wisconsin. I knew that had to be an addiction.

[Javaman]

16. Damn the eating and breathing!

I'm trying so hard, but those damn monkeys on my back won't shake off!!

Why oh why was I born with lungs???!!!

[Brickbat]

17. Heh, I don't do any of those. But I have my additions. Oh yes I do.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

18. LOL! "This is where your brain stores all the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll"

I love a witty writer.

edit: almost missed this one..
Childhood officially ends the day you realize "cold sores" is a synonym for "face herpes."
:rofl: