Comment on Children as young as 11 tempted to try betting after being ‘flooded’ by celebrity endorsement
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 days agoThe “exposure” has been every mobile and multiplayer game for the last 15 years being loaded with it.
It’s no surprise that they eventually start gambling with real money. It’s like having adverts for BetFred in between episodes of Bluey.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 2 days ago
Sure, but how does that relate to my comment?
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 days ago
That’s the hook isn’t it. They’ve been doing it for years, no harm done.
That’s how most addictions seem to start anyway.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 2 days ago
Plenty of people have the same exposure and are not hooked by it. That's my point. I'm happy to be rid of the exposure, I'm not defending it, but it doesn't address what makes a subset of people susceptible to it.
unknown@piefed.social 2 days ago
Yeah but actually addressing the route cause of addiction would require isolating the genes responsible and removing them, which is basically eugenics, no?
The other way of combating this would be for quality of life to increase dramatically across the board for everyone, as debilitating addiction is a trauma/stress response. But no government is going to do this, so it's probably going to be eugenics if it is attempted.