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		Dweller1622 on Dec 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public d... > Loosely, addiction can be useful-- the thrill seekers[...] This seems like a strange conception of addiction, unless we aren't seriously comparing mountain climbing with heroin. If we are then I wonder what utility the classification of addiction is actually supposed to provide to us.

anon373839 on Dec 13, 2023 [–]

If an argument is conceivable, there is always at least one HNer who will feel compelled to make it.

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