Is it addiction?
After a quick calc, I think I'm spending something like 300€/year in the lottery. It's not weird for me, as in Spain we all play the lottery a lot, but Mark thinks I'm a bit of an addict. In the last 2 months I've won 1€ in total.

To which things people think you're addicted, but for you it's just everyday behaviour?

Alt Q (for Monty): To which things you're not addicted, but people think it's just everyday behaviour?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:26, 232 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

You need to play the alternative lottery.
Choose 6 numbers, write them down, but then don't buy the ticket and give the pound to charity, but check the numbers anyway

It's REALLY fucking annoying when you win. But, it's a really good reality focuser.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:29, Reply)

No, no, no, no!
You can't do that. You don't even look at other numbers if you're not going to buy them. You don't change a number you've been using after a while. No.

I still give the money to charity, and as I pay every 3 months, I know I'm spending a lot, but still... what if I win?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:31, Reply)

You won't, though.
Well, you might. I dunno.

Lotteries just fit into that whole group of things in my mind including "X-factor" and "trying to pull a footballer" where society just seems to feel some sort of entitlement to an easy way to be well-off in life, rather than, y'know, working hard and that. And it depresses me. But then I'm old and cynical.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:34, Reply)

But I work hard too
and I don't need a lot, and I think I'll give most of it to charities; but nevertheless, it's exciting playing with the idea of not having to work; working, yes, quite possibly, but not HAVING TO do it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:37, Reply)

Me too!
I would stop work and concentrate on doing charity work. That would be after the year I take out to party hard of course.
( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:40, Reply)

I would force my self-indulgent prog rock on the world
and I would use my new fame and wealth to get into a position where I can bunch Bono in the face.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:43, Reply)

I, like BGB
would take a year off to travel, and then use the money to help.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:46, Reply)

So, "somewhere in Dublin, with Bono standing on a stepladder"?

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:50, Reply)

I'm addicted to drinking
Brake fluid.

But I'm sure I could stop at any time

Regards,

The old Jokes Home.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:30, Reply)

haha, oh dear.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:31, Reply)

*Two elephants fall over and damage the noise reduction on a nearby tape player*

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:32, Reply)

*two drums and a cymbol fall off a cliff*

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:33, Reply)

Two fish swim into a concrete wall.
Damn.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:36, Reply)

Two fish in a tank
One turns to the other and says "Right, you work the pedals, I'll fire the gun"
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:41, Reply)

Himjim's is better.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:39, Reply)

It is.

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:43, Reply)

Afternoon, old sort.
How are things?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:45, Reply)

Oh, you know, can't complain. How are you today?

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:46, Reply)

A bit disturbed still to tell you the truth
My subconscious is a very strange place.

Perk up, sweetie.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:51, Reply)

Ah, yes, just spotted your dream synopsis further down.
That is...peculiar.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:54, Reply)

I woke up and both my hands had no feeling in them.
Made my habit of checking my nose piercing was still in really fucking scary, as it felt like I had NO nose.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:59, Reply)

That is weird...unless, of course, you went to sleep on them
(It's possible; if I fall asleep slumped over my desk I wake up with almost no sensation in either arm, and often in one leg...)
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:00, Reply)

I woke up in a position that suggested I hadn't
though I could have changed position before I woke up. The leg? That's a little bizarre. And try not to get so tired you fall asleep at your desk. That cna't be good for you :(
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:03, Reply)

Oh, it's the drowsy spell I get after lunch. Worse some days than others.
I think the leg is just due to the position of my chair and the fact I'm slumped forward.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:09, Reply)

Alcohol
I'm not addicted, it's just an emotional crutch!

Joking aside I did once date a girl who was convinced I had a drink problem.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:31, Reply)

My ex-boyfriend thought so too about me
Stupid cunt. Just because I'd go out with the client once every 2 weeks and have a few beers. He was just stupidly jealous.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:32, Reply)

Once every two weeks?
Fucking hell, that is paranoid. Said girlfriend at least had a point in that I would drink several times a week. (Though she didn't really help her case by giving me a disapproving, guilt-inducing look whenever I started to move toward the bar)
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:34, Reply)

Yes, he was just being silly
he didn't like me doing things without him...

Several times a week of just a drink or of proper drunk?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:36, Reply)

A couple of beers, normally. Just shy of 'merry,' perhaps, certainly not 'drunk.'
I'd have one or two heavy nights but normally just two or three pints if I were out somewhere that served the stuff. I think part of the problem was that she was completely unable to hold her drink, and maybe this made her assume that if I had more than a pint and a half of beer then I would rolling round pissed on the floor.

(Nothing sucks the mood out of a good evening more than saying "another drink?" and motioning towards the bar only to be met with a disappointed-sounding "Oh..." and a look that's designed to cut to the core of your conscience, before you sigh resignedly and admit that no, you don't need another, and then she smiles at you, which makes it abundantly clear that that was the response she wanted...)
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:39, Reply)

Bah, you're better without her
a couple of pints is not that much. Maybe not every night, but that's me; some friends do it and I don't think they're alcoholic.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:40, Reply)

Oh, this was a few years ago now. It's one of those things I look back on now and (usually) laugh about

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:42, Reply)

...as you finish your second bottle of malt of the night?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:45, Reply)

Quite. Three would be an extravagance.

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:49, Reply)

Except, of course, when there's an "r" in the month.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:53, Reply)

I finished a bottle of 'whisky' in 2 nights at the weekend
Not the best idea...
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:53, Reply)

haha, fuck, what? seriously?
I averaged more than a bottle of wine a day for several years and that still wasn't anywhere near a drink problem.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:35, Reply)

I used to go through 8 bottles of Grolsch per night for a few months
That wasn't good for me.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:39, Reply)

depends, really, on the person and how it affects them.
Didn't really cause me any issues bar recycling being a pain. But it's much more about how and why you drink then how much. Although 8 bottles a night is quite a lot.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:41, Reply)

Tbh, I drank them because they were on offer
When the offer changed, I stopped. I was drinking them at home, alone.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:42, Reply)

I'd think the calories in that much beer was the biggest health issue
unless you were drinking them all in an hour. Over an long evening, that's processable by most people's livers without too much hardship.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:44, Reply)

In that case, a cautionary tale for you
music.conniptions.org/track/drinking-on-my-own-again
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:47, Reply)

nowt wrong with drinking on your own.
Unless you are doing it to make being on your own seem better.

Tmb, he say, "first learn to love your own company. If you don't like your own company, why the fuck would anyone else like it?"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:52, Reply)

I don't tend to drink alone much anymore

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:52, Reply)

That's all I ever do.

( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:53, Reply)

You've got your pets!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:55, Reply)

If you start drinking with your dogs
it's gone too far. Mine had a real control problem after a couple of pints. Slurring her barking, offering anyone that walked past "outside" ... nightmare.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:00, Reply)

I have cats.
The dogs belong to my parents.
( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:04, Reply)

Well I only drink alone or with other people.
Also: I ain't drunk. I'm just drinkin'.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:56, Reply)

Exactly.
I drink to make other people interesting.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:01, Reply)

That explains the bash...

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:05, Reply)

Well, you couldn't seriously expect us to talk to one another if we were sober, could you?
(Beekers excepted...)
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:08, Reply)

Oh! We need to have another bash
that I can attend. I was thinking on April, but now I don't know if I'll be here or not. We need to go dancing, and drinking, and celebrate my wedding in a good way!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:14, Reply)

Definitely

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:19, Reply)

With a bit of luck
we can have one in Chile! Or in Madrid (might be easier)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:22, Reply)

I know
we were having problems at the time. I asked him if it was ok for me to go on a trip with my girl friends for a weekend, and he was going to explode with rage. He didn't like me having a life without him, so tried to scare me telling me that I'll be like my mother and my uncle, and I was becoming an alcoholic.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:39, Reply)

Uncle Adolf and Eva?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:40, Reply)

Haha

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:40, Reply)

the fact that you even had to ask if it was OK
would suggest running for the fucking hills and not ever stopping is the only solution. Thankfully it appears you did.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:42, Reply)

Yeah... it's so easy to see now, isn't it?
Why am I so silly, I don't know.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:12, Reply)

Meh. My best relationship bollocks up cost me £100,000, more or less.
I think I win on stupid.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:45, Reply)

Fucking hell, he must make you angry then?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:38, Reply)

It's only recently that I've started to get angry at him
I'm quite silly and try to find explanations for people being nasty, so I didn't use to get upset with him.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:42, Reply)

Probably not evident as I'm being a bit of an irritable old git today
But under normal circumstances, you sound like me.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:45, Reply)

I call myself stupid many times afterwards
when I realise what I was letting him (and others before) do me, and wouldn't complain. I think I'm lucky I found someone who's good to me, finally.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:55, Reply)

It's best not to beat yourself up about it
We all do daft things and put up with vast quantities of shit when we think we're "in love." Unfortunately for people like you and me, the symptoms of this condition can sometimes take months, or even years, to wear off.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:59, Reply)

Yeah, I'm happy now
but I was searching for an email from my brother the other day, and he's got the same name as this ex, so I found a chain of emails in which his friends called me all type of names for having been me the one asking him to go out. At that moment, I didn't think much of it, defended myself, and stopped talking with those friends. He didn't say a word on my defence, though, and is still friends with them. And now I'm upset (6 years later) for not realising from the begining how stupid he was.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:11, Reply)

I think realising what an idiot you've been is the worse thing.
It's crippling sometimes.
( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:13, Reply)

Yes
I wish we had a "memory erase" button.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:22, Reply)

Playing computer games
I can average 40 hours a week no problem, but some would consider that excessive. Some days I'll work 8 hours sat at a computer at work, then come home and sit for another 5 hours at my home pc.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:31, Reply)

some anyone sane
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:31, Reply)

Yes, I think that's a bit of an addiction
5h a day is quite a lot. How do you find time for anything else?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:33, Reply)

Y'see I don't consider it an addiction
As I can go without games for a while, but that's usually if there aren't any decent new games out, or I have a stockpile of films/shows to watch, or have friends coming over.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:35, Reply)

I suppose it's only an issue
if it stops you doing other things, like, y'know, exercise or outside. It must be really bad for your eyes, though.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:38, Reply)

My lethargy stops exercise, but I do get outside a fair bit
My eyes are alright, astigmatism aside.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:40, Reply)

*astigmatism highfives*

( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:41, Reply)

Woo!
I also have a scar on the back of one eye. Chicks dig scars.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:42, Reply)

*joins astigmatism fives*
I have a backup blood vessel to the nerve in one of my eyes. I'm like more evolved or something.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:45, Reply)

Or deformed.

( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:51, Reply)

They do.
But that one might be a little difficult to woo over.
( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:45, Reply)

Once they stare into my eyes, they're mine

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:51, Reply)

Hahaha!

( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:51, Reply)

Japs-eye?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:53, Reply)

Exactly this.
I consider playing games to be a better thing to do than just watching TV, but not something to prioritise over anything else at all, really.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:46, Reply)

Too true

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:51, Reply)

I think that too
I wish I had more time to do it. At least you have to use your brain, not like if you're watching the x-factor or something.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:56, Reply)

Reminds me of
This awesome ad
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:05, Reply)

Is it SFW?

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:09, Reply)

Yes

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:10, Reply)

Not for my work, no
it doesn't let me open it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:21, Reply)

I agree
at least you use the brain for it

well for some games anyway
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:59, Reply)

AMEN BROTHER
I play about 40 hours a week too; trying desperately to get tryouts so I can do it as a job, but I'd need to stop drinking and devote MORE time to it.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:01, Reply)

l33t o clock

(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:37, Reply)

I've had people say they think I'm addicted to alcohol before, but I've always disagreed.
I like it, but I don't really mind too much if I don't have it.

Alt Q: I was once addicted to Orange Lucozade, that's a bit fucking embarrassing.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:38, Reply)

Buaf
Orange (or any) lucozade. How can you drink that?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:43, Reply)

I'd just started a job where the hours were 8:30-5:15
That meant I'd leave at 7:25 and wouldn't get back until 6:45. I'd never worked that hard before, and so I started relying on energy drinks to get me through the day. It got easier after a while, but it was a bit too late. Before I started there, I was skinny, by the time my diet flattened out I'd hit 14 stone.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:45, Reply)

wow!
How long did it take?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:57, Reply)

About 5 months

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:00, Reply)

Poor you!
It took me that time too to put my 14 stone. I discovered orange kit kats, jaffa cakes, orange digestives... British confectionary took me to hell. Then I found about pies, sausagges, scotch eggs... ay...
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:08, Reply)

The butty van came round at 9:15
I used to get 2 packs of quavers, a large sandwich and a sausage roll. (somedays 2)

I also used to get chocolate bars mid afternoon. I'd wash this down with 2 litres of Lucozade per day.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:12, Reply)

Being fair
I think lucozade is being unfairly blamed, then.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:18, Reply)

The problem is that with drinking so much sugar, I'd become fiercly hungry
And eat more
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:20, Reply)

What? Just for lunch?
WOW!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:20, Reply)

Yep

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:23, Reply)

Oh
I want a bacon butty now. With sausagge.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:25, Reply)

Add egg and black pudding, and I'd agree
However, that's what led to me looking like this(the wanker on the left), when less than a year earlier, I'd looked like this.

Yep, I'm aware I look a twat in both
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:38, Reply)

I've had people say similar to me
But it doesn't bother me, as by the time I've sobered up, I've forgotten what it was they'd said.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:44, Reply)

I've had friends try to tell me off before
I've never had my parents called for me.
I've never vomited from drinking too much.
I've never injured myself unknowingly.
I've never needed to go to hospital.

Those who tell me off have done all of the above.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:54, Reply)

I probably drink more than I should but that will stop once I'm happy.
I don't really have an addictive personality.
( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:38, Reply)

Lucky you
I fear trying a lot of things, just in case I like them too much. See what happened with the jaffa cakes and the orange digestives?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:43, Reply)

Jaffa Cakes are vile

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:45, Reply)

What?
I don't like you anymore. I love the stuff!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:57, Reply)

Can't stand em
If you're going for circular confectionary, it should always be Chocolate Hobnobs
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:00, Reply)

I like those too
I like almost everything. I hate steamed / boiled artichokes and grilled veal liver.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:07, Reply)

I've never had artichokes
I hate liver, nuts, coffee, Liquorice, Vodka, and fruit cake. I dislike cauliflower cheese, mackerel, stilton and pesto.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:15, Reply)

Nope
I like all of those. No, sorry, I don't like coffee or chocolate unless they come with tons of milk and sugar.

Artichokes are evil.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:20, Reply)

Fruit cake is just vile

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:23, Reply)

No, I like it

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:25, Reply)

Chocolate Hobnobs with freshly squeezed orange juice. Mmmmmm.

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:14, Reply)

Hmm, never tried it
The only thing I ever have chocolate hobnobs with is more chocolate hobnobs
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:16, Reply)

I usually have a good handle on my drinking
I know how far I can go. I sometimes choose to go over it or some lovely boy is buying me drinks every time I turn around. The latter is incredibly rare.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:47, Reply)

Personally I think that's a little ridiculous.
I don't play the lottery because I never win. I think some people are just lucky and I'm not one of those people.
But it's your money, spend it how you like. X

There isn't really anything I can think of that would be considered addictive to me. I smoke and I drink but that's a given.
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:42, Reply)

oh, my latest addiction is Captain Morgan.
Yes.
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:43, Reply)

I don't know that Captain
I know you're right, and I think about it and feel bad about spending so much money on it... but... I quite enjoy it, and I'd spend it on something sillier probably.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:44, Reply)

It's Rum

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:46, Reply)

Ah, I see.

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:58, Reply)

Well everyone has their thing.
I spend far too much on alcohol, most of the time it's to share with other people.
Which is incredibly stupid.
I think of how much money I've spent over the years on other people and it makes me sick.
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:56, Reply)

Yeah, I used to have that problem
the wedding thing has made me a lot tighter, and then you realise that only a couple of friends are happy to invite you to drinks or dinner.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:58, Reply)

Exactly. I just keep to myself these days. I miss having a good time being out, but what's the point?

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:02, Reply)

I'm sure you're not missing so many
and you're saving a lot of money. In Spain we always do 1 round each to avoid problems, but here I've ended up paying for whole nights out, and when you run out of money, it's suddenly time to go home.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:07, Reply)

yeah fuck that
here we just do seperate tabs
but my problem is that once I get to that point I say "LETS DO A SHOT, I'LL PAY"
and it's all down hill from there.
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:09, Reply)

Yeah
It's not good when you start buying shots one after another, and nobody else offers. I'm glad I'm out of it now. I don't mind if I know the other person doesn't have much money, but when I know we all have similar salaries... uuuuuuh
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:19, Reply)

uuuuuuuh is right haha

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:25, Reply)

:D

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:26, Reply)

I am addicted to nicotine, but I have obsessive behaviour over certain things.
I will repeatedly check stuff and get twitchy. I hate being late, and used to obsess over that.

On the other hand, dwelling on things means awesome dreams- the whole of central London just got transported into space, and I had to work out who the assistant was. My only clue was what the back of his neck looked like and that the person I suspected had Separate Science GCSE. Hmm.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:44, Reply)

diet coke
designer makeup
designer shoes
driving pointlessly around with my ipod on, just singing along and chilling out
white chocolate toblerones
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:47, Reply)

I've just eaten too many of those Toblerone Tobelles and I feel sick : (

( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:48, Reply)

'white chocolate toblerones'
The King of Treats.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:49, Reply)

one of my best clients
is bringing me a giant one back from duty free, bless him.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:53, Reply)

as opposed to *white chocolate toblerones*
which is a very niche euphemism.

It's all about the context.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:54, Reply)

I haven't tried them yet.

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:00, Reply)

Do try it.
And get the giant one like Rachel mentions.
Then sit in front of the fire gnawing on it and be amazed at how much you resemble a panda with a bamboo cane.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:05, Reply)

seriously aber
next duty free trip, white chocolate toblerone must be yours.

trust me on this!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:12, Reply)

I will!
It's going to be Wednesday morning! I'm looking forward to try it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:18, Reply)

White Chocolate Toblerone with an Irish Coffee is heaven.
*especially after a big smoke*
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:18, Reply)

Diet coke is ludicrously addictive

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:55, Reply)

I was drinking four cans a day during my finals
trying to wean myself off it again was a bitch.
(berk, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:56, Reply)

addictive fucking awful tasting and debatably a shit site worse for you than full-fat coke.

or cock.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:58, Reply)

In terms of sweeteners, and damage to your teeth, aye
But the lack of calories & fat are better, surely?

And the taste is far better. I can drink Diet Coke warm, I can't drink Full Fat anything but ice cold.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:00, Reply)

there's no fat in any soft drink.
they are equally bad for your teeth. But your body has evolved over millenia to process sugar very effectively. Not, yet, aspartame. I'll take my chances on a few extra calories rather than risk that, ta.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:02, Reply)

All that nonsense about aspartame
was disproved, I thought. So no, diet coke isn't worse for you than fat coke.
(berk, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:00, Reply)

When was that disproved?
And BTW Tesco own brand cans of diet cola are half the price but only 10% worse tasting than Diet Coke. Less so if you add a large Jack Daniels and ice.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:03, Reply)

http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10408440701516184

(berk, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:07, Reply)

ha, I wouldn't trust an Informa journal as far as I could piss it.
;)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:10, Reply)

Why?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:12, Reply)

No actual reason.
Although my brother did used to work for them.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:14, Reply)

Is he a lying bastard?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:18, Reply)

He's an artist
working in marketing and PR management. What do you think?

I love him to death really.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:23, Reply)

I've no idea.
I'm not suggesting it definitely will do anything bad to you. But I'll take my chances on something my body has evolved to process over something it hasn't any day of the week.

science answer? If you mean the "OMG cancer!!11" stuff, I'm sure it's overblown, but you can't prove or disprove things like that in trials, there are simply too many other issues that you couldn't unpick the data from and it's very, very hard to blind food trials particularly.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:06, Reply)

i give up diet coke every single day
and every single day i fail by about 11am.

i have cut down to maybe 1-2 cans a day on average, and i drink them with a straw so i can avoid too much of it splashing over my teeth. but there is nothing on the planet as addictive as that cold fizzy goodness!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:13, Reply)

weed, reading.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:47, Reply)

What have you got against Reading?
It's well placed on the M4 for either London or the West Country.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:53, Reply)

It IS mostly full of cunts, though.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:54, Reply)

I've noticed I don't listen to music unless I'm smoking now.
Which is quite worrying.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:48, Reply)

Oh and buying clothes.
Fuck me, I need to stop.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:49, Reply)

it certainly might help you buy food
rather than nick it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:55, Reply)

I would never, ever do that.
What's the point?
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:08, Reply)

Because you'll inevitably get caught and have to do the walk of shame out to the police van
Having a criminal record for an crime of dishonesty fucks you right in the ass as well - you'll never make a credible witness. It will also preclude you from a number of professions, so you might as well get used to flipping burgers.
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:16, Reply)

I won't get caught.
Cautions on your criminal record mean fuck all, and even if I do get caught I'll use my old name that's already on the police database (changed my surname for family reasons about a year ago). Got it sorted, me.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:40, Reply)

I thought that was a crucial part of the "Barry" persona?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:17, Reply)

Well, it's your money
spend it on whatever the hell you like. As long as the money you spend on the lottery doesn't interfere with you paying your bills or anything like that...I mean, you'd spend it anyway, right?

I genuinely believe I have a problem with chocolate. Both my parents were alcoholics (my dad, terribly so) and I get very twitchy about certain things as I have a fairly addictive personality and worry that one day I'll find myself drinking flat kestrel lager for breakfast (like he did) and wondering what the fuck happened. It's one of the reasons I don't really keep booze at home or smoke weed during the week. Probably I'm being entirely paranoid, but rather that than being bitten in the arse by getting myself hooked on something silly.
(berk, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:54, Reply)

You're already addicted to soup.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:57, Reply)

I can stop any time I want
*twitches*
(berk, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:00, Reply)

're already might as well face it you're
soup love
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:02, Reply)

Pfft!
Not with this cold dead heart, I'm not.
(berk, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:03, Reply)

Maybe
But that music vid gave me the horn in my youth. Those backing ladies, phwoar!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:06, Reply)

You're just a sucker for a middle-aged man in a tie.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:08, Reply)

You're just a sucker for middle-aged men sporting a jacket-and-jeans combo

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:09, Reply)

You're just a sucker of middle-aged men's wrinkly penises.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:10, Reply)

You give succor to middle-aged men on Clapham Common.

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:11, Reply)

You have the chins of fifteen middle-aged men.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:14, Reply)

You ARE a middle-aged man.

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:15, Reply)

Ooof!

( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:20, Reply)

That would be so, so much better
without the "soup" strikethrough.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:07, Reply)

oh this, my dad was a hard core drug addict, my grandfather was an alcoholic that drank them out of house and home
I have a very addictive personality and once I latch onto something it's difficult to stop.
I had a problem with cocaine once. Not pretty.
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:01, Reply)

I'm like that too
My mother not so much, but my uncle was a terrible alcoholic. And my brother's got the track... I'm so scare of becaming addicted to things that I refuse to try them at all.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:01, Reply)

I'm not so sure about the 'genetic predisposition' theory of addiction
Neither of my parents are addicted to anything more than caffeine and pedantry, but my brother is a raging alcoholic and I have more than my share of issues.

In both our cases our habits have come purely from cultural influences, I think. Our sister has no issues at all with substances.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:05, Reply)

antry erasty
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:07, Reply)

*applause*

(Himjim died a little more inside on, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:11, Reply)

Well, no, I grant you that it may be total balls
but I do know that I am shit at resisting temptation, and if I tried something that I particularly liked, it might be very easy to get hooked on it. Speed for example - tried it once and it was awesome. I fear to try it again in case that leads to trying it again, and again...
I could also quite do with a joint right now - but I won't have one til friday evening, and even then probably only one.
(berk, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:11, Reply)

try having sex on speed
that should put you off it for life.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:15, Reply)

You just need a better dealer.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:16, Reply)

How can people do that.
I could never get horny on the stuff. I was too busy picking at my skin.
( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:17, Reply)

Nice.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:17, Reply)

I know : /

( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:20, Reply)

I do think that 'genetic predisposition' is often used to blame others for one's own failings.
Fat Fucks usually have Fat Fuck Kids because they feed them more junk rather than any influence in the DNA.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:16, Reply)

I think it's worrying
that none of us have said b3ta, when we all should be working instead of being here... maybe all of us consider it normal to spend 8h/day here?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:03, Reply)

Speak for yourself, I spend no more than 7.

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:04, Reply)

I certainly do
It was blocked by my work for a few weeks a while back. Luckily, due to a router 'crash', almost all filtering rules were lost.

Whoops(!)
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:04, Reply)

I do actually worry about it sometimes
especially if I've done fuck all else all day and then go home and do fuck all else in the evening too.
/sad
(berk, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:04, Reply)

It's better than reading trashy gossip mags that I used to do.

( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:05, Reply)

You dropped this - 'the'

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:06, Reply)

I'm not addicted to status, competition, vanity, Facebook or whizz.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:13, Reply)

You're weird.

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:15, Reply)

*sighs*
Maybe I am.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:16, Reply)

I would argue slightly on the vanity thing.

( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:15, Reply)

Seriously?
I look like a fucking state.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:16, Reply)

I fucking handsome state and you know it : )

( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:17, Reply)

I've been repeatedly complimented on my looks
only in the last 6 months or so. I find it very flattering but it's certainly not something I've had all my life.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:19, Reply)

It must just be me then. *shrugs*
Sorry!
( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:22, Reply)

For all I know
it’s something I could have capitalised upon all my life but have failed spectacularly to do so. It wouldn’t surprise me. This does rather support my claim not to be a slave to vanity, I think.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:29, Reply)

Oh I was only joshing with you hon : )

( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:31, Reply)

Bloody hell, there's a term from the past, "whizz"
I knew people that called speed "Billy" adter the Beano character Billy Whizz.

Is it 1993?
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:16, Reply)

It's 1973.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:17, Reply)

OH BOY!

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:19, Reply)

I was 5!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:17, Reply)

please fuck off.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:18, Reply)

In many ways he still is

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:20, Reply)

Genital development, for example.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:21, Reply)

I had a massive cock for a 5 year old
At least, that's what the last one said...
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:21, Reply)

This guy will swap photos with you : www.b3ta.com/users/profile.php?id=7530
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:24, Reply)

He looks a massive cock.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:26, Reply)

He's B3ta's most well known child molester

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:27, Reply)

Really?
I've met him, never saw him molesterizin' no kiddies.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:28, Reply)

Well it's a talk meme
So it must be true
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:28, Reply)

Fairy muff!

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:29, Reply)

He looks like a Bond villian

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:31, Reply)

He looks like a matrix larper

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:37, Reply)

Mentally, yep

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:21, Reply)

Well you know what they* say
you're only as old as the child you have locked in the boot of your car.

The McCann family
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:22, Reply)

Tee hee

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:21, Reply)

There is a quite splendid Daily Mash T-shirt
that just has "Life is not a popularity contest - oh wait, it is" written on the front.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:22, Reply)

I drink everynight
I can't remember when I last went without a drink. I went through a dry patch this year and even drank water at the b3ta bash but I'm firmly back on the booze. I no longer think i'm an alcoholic though, I just like beer a lot.
( Peej, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 16:36, Reply)