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ga's avatar

"Dipping into the societal desire pool just enough to stay in touch with the broader collective."

Not doing so is an easy way of accidentally spending a lot of social credits (and we know how that usually ends!).

Anyways, this is a great one! Keep on keeping on :)

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Brad & Butter's avatar

Here are some classification of addictives vs sedatives:

1. Assuming you are entering an alien planet for an exchange program, and you are doing alone with nothing but standard exchange program goodie-bag (dictionary, history book, and rations included). What would you bring? Those are the sedatives. (Mimetic desires through loneliness)

2. Assuming you are on a pacific island commune with some of your besties, and no annoyances will be there. What would you bring? Those are the addictives. (Carnal desires through material lack)

This still clearly sucks, but there has to be a distinction somewhere.

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