Sensationalised addictions

[Aspergers_Aspie]

I am surprised Scotland, UK allow potentially harmful gambling, especially in a pub where many Scots struggle with alcohol misuse. I don't understand after Scotland banned tobacco ads

 

[tree]

Oh.
I thought this was going to be about the
kind of addictions on that t.v. show, My Strange Addiction.
Things like drinking nail polish, eating toilet paper (or rocks,
sand, cat food), falling in love with inflatable swim toys,
marrying your car......
Stuff like that.

 

[thejuice]

I am surprised Scotland, UK allow potentially harmful gambling, especially in a pub where many Scots struggle with alcohol misuse. I don't understand after Scotland banned tobacco adsView attachment 148681

They tend to build bookies in low income areas and stuff them full of Fixed Odds Betting Terminals. It's pretty predatory.

 

[Poppy98]

Oh.
I thought this was going to be about the
kind of addictions on that t.v. show, My Strange Addiction.
Things like drinking nail polish, eating toilet paper (or rocks,
sand, cat food), falling in love with inflatable swim toys,
marrying your car......
Stuff like that.

Now i want to watch it.

 

[tree]

Now i want to watch it.

Sometimes the person's friends advise going to a doctor
to gain information regarding the safety of their habits.

Like whether it's a good plan to chew on your baby's
peed diapers. Or to use bees to sting yourself 30+ times a day.
Or eat all the foam rubber stuffing from your couch.

Sometimes the person actually gives up the addiction.
But not always.....

 

[Poppy98]

Sometimes the person's friends advise going to a doctor
to gain information regarding the safety of their habits.

Like whether it's a good plan to chew on your baby's
peed diapers. Or to use bees to sting yourself 30+ times a day.
Or eat all the foam rubber stuffing from your couch.

Sometimes the person actually gives up the addiction.
But not always.....

I would think they would call that a compulsion more so than an addiction.

 

[tree]

They refer to their behaviors as addictions.

They feel compelled to pursue the behavior.

Occasionally factual input (for example: *you're poisoning yourself*)
results in the person stopping. Not necessarily though.

 

[lunarious]

I am surprised Scotland, UK allow potentially harmful gambling, especially in a pub where many Scots struggle with alcohol misuse. I don't understand after Scotland banned tobacco adsView attachment 148681

Hi, i apologize I was taken by the rush of @tree's comments. They were funny.

I'll try to learn the geographical locations on Scotland and UK. But Scotland is under UK geographically? I can imagine or remember.

 

[the_tortoise]

I am surprised Scotland, UK allow potentially harmful gambling, especially in a pub where many Scots struggle with alcohol misuse. I don't understand after Scotland banned tobacco adsView attachment 148681

That doesn't look like you have to pay anything for the ticket -- it looks like something a patron of the pub is given automatically upon entry...

A promotional chance to win a small harmless free thing same as they have at fast food restaurants and grocery stores.

Also, see the fine print at the bottom?

It says: "One play per person, only."

Also says: "Free drinks ONLY soft drinks or Perroni Nastro Azzuro 0% [meaning 0% alcohol]."

This is not the same as a game of chance where you must pay money specifically to play the game of chance, and can gamble all your money away. Nor is it possible to win free alcohol.