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Commented on Addicted to exercise?
Oh, with that said. Endorphine addiction is hardly bad for you. Fencing was fun, and I got more stamina and generally felt better than I did and do these days when I don't do any sport. If a slight endorphine...
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I didn't get addicted per say. But when I practised fencing two days a week I did get mild a endorphin withdrawal in the form of a general uncomfortable feeling in my body and slight depression if I missed a...
Commented on Swearing mitigates pain
Gaaah! This scientific study suffers from emotional deficiency... Anyone with a little empathy understands that the reason it hurts less when swearing is that it helps you channel the anger that can distract you from the pain... And that adrenaline...
Commented on Swedish Pirate Party membership surges after Pirate Bay verdict
Better translation: The harsh sentence on The pirate bay clearly shows that The pirate party is needed, Rick Falkvinge, party leader of The pirate party, says. We are needed to secure the information and education society of the future. We...
Commented on Power Factor correcting gadgets are scams
Uhm. I have read about Phantom loads. And all you need to do about that is remember to unplug you appliances when you don't use them. You can make the act of unplugging more streamlined and quick with a simple...
Commented on Interview with creator of $500 Half-Life movie
I know there was a powerfull open source SFX-editor I found a few years back, not very user friendly (at all) but it did all the cool stuff. I think it was an off shoot of blender. I couldn't find...

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Ugly Canuck commented on Addicted to exercise?
Perhaps anything which is pleasant, and serves to make one happy, can be addictive? Still, the term implies slavery, it implies imbalance. And it continues to be applied in novel contexts, in novel places. Fresh from today's headlines: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8219768.stm...
FriendNdeed commented on Addicted to exercise?
When we hear someone claim they're addicted to something, why shouldn't we suspect they're imagining the whole thing? The old AA codgers claim that alcoholics suffer an "allergy", not an addiction. They're not using a metaphor. Some people are indeed allergic to the hops, malts, and other allergens found in alcohol. And allergens trigger floods of endorphins. So the barfly who seems glued to the bar may not be addicted to alcohol. He's probably allergic to the stuff, but it gives him a really good endorphin buzz. The guy on the next barstool can't see why the sot doesn't just...
Antinous / Moderator commented on Addicted to exercise?
The old AA codgers claim that alcoholics suffer an "allergy" It's a joke. I'm allergic to alcohol; if I drink it, I break out in handcuffs....
Ugly Canuck commented on Addicted to exercise?
A thought occurs: a "ham-fisted" Cartesianism may clarify this term "addiction". That there are addictions of the mind: and then there OTOH are addictions of the body: sometimes intertwined, but not necessarily so. That the State has a legitimate interest in the prevention and limitation of the one: but not in the other. Marijuana, which does not cause any physical, bio-chemical dependence in the human frame, is at worst but an addiction of the mind; akin to, perhaps, religion, or to the reading of novels, or to the following of any particular mode of life; and that the State ought,...
FriendNdeed commented on Addicted to exercise?
A lot of people scoff about the "allergic to alcohol" thing. It's just wishful thinking, right? Drunks aren't really allergic and their craving is all in their heads, right? Who ever heard of people craving what they're allergic to, anyway? Just for laughs, try Googling the words "allergy" and "craving" and see how many hits pop up. a) 3? b) 300? c) 30K? g) 3,000,000+? Not very scientific, but I'm just sayin'....

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