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[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because it's still a thing. Gaming addiction and porn addiction is only psychologically addicting, yet nobody ever argues against those terms.

[–] PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That last bit is not accurate. Search those terms with “is x real?” or “x controversy.” There is absolutely a debate rn about what constitutes addiction, and those things are regularly brought up.