I strove to be independent, and addiction was a weakness, a character flaw. Understandable perhaps, even treatable, but not desirable. A trait one admitted to, like being addicted to Tetris (not that I was. Welltris was my downfall.) Not anything to be proud of, more to be gotten over, or past. Certainly not a reason to buy something.
My sole drive, when I was young, was to be free of constraint, inner or outer. Failed a lot, but further dependence was repellant. So, what is the deal?
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Not too long ago, I watched as a friend sold her independence. Nothing I could say or write would sway her, and it is killing me.
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It used to be a word I used flippantly, too close contact with the reality has stopped me from doing so.
I have not yet been a witness to anyone using the word addictive in the positive sense you cite.
It could be that I am not subject to as much media as you are. In any case, I agree with you, addictions are abhorrent.
I suspect it's freudian slips on the part of marketers. Inevitably, piece by piece, their true agenda (get us hooked, regardless of quality) seeps through into the culture at large.
I notice it mostly at work, because the staff room is small, but has a TV - on most of the time. At home, I mute the ads, or skip them, so much, I don't hear them.
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