I'm actually just gonna borrow the horse and carriage when the owner isn't looking, but don't worry! I've googled enough to know how to hitch the horse to the buggy, and that's how I'll make my escape departure. Plus, what I lack in money to buy such things I make up for with a heightened skill of evading capture blending in. Anyway, when the guys on "Amish Mafia" see how qualified I am at being Amish, they'll land me a speaking part. All part of the plan, friends....(the rest of November will be spent hiding in a different Amish community, so I'm not to be persecuted for my crimes misunderstandings.)
Eh, I can manage without the Internet, but as Facebook is the main way to contact my friends, it is definitely inconvenient.
Yesterday my internet was down and I was unable to come visit all you guys on here. I developed a severe case of separation anxiety and tore up every pillow and rug in my house and peed on the floor in every room. It was horrible.
I dont think the internet is addictive, but rather...compulsive, i think there is a big difference bewteen addictive and compulsive behavior that needs to be more thoughtfully puclicised..
A thing can't be 'compulsive', it's a trait of living, moving things, who need to act on their compulsions. A thing can be 'compulsion-inducing' but unless a person is known for having obsessive-compulsive personality, a thing is considered to have addiction-causing potential. Addiction being considered as 'overusing' something, or 'abusing' it's function to the detriment of one's life. Both might be viewed as sort of an instinct gone wrong. I am pretty sure you are right, addiction and compulsive behaviours aren't the same thing, brain chemistry and physiology-wise, but I think there is a large overlap.
maybe i am not using my language right, but compulsive -- so a thing can be compulsive? , besides that i was referring to the behavior itself as being compulsive. i personally dont like it when people refer to the internet as addictive and then cite something about using the internet being the same as using cocaine. although there have been cases where addiction could probably fit as a definition..
Sure, I understand what you mean. But that comparison is made from a purely neurological point of view, on the basis of studies involving brain imaging. Even intense love, when it turns into obsession such as in unrequited love or stalking situations, lights up the same areas of the brain suggestive of 'addiction'. Seeing their loved one, or fantasising about being together, stimulates the same pleasure centres and relieves anxiety as consuming a substance one is addicted to. Obviously, this reaction is on a continuum, and only the most extreme manifestations of it are actually 'like cocaine'. It's just looking at the physiological effects something has on a person, in order to understand it, rather than comparing them from a moralistic standpoint.
