yuri

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[dotcom]

I think in general people need to learn how to adjust things here. You can't really get away with whatever you do back home.

[ he's being forced to talk to people and it's terrible ]

[aubins]

I mean, they might be drinking so much because they can't get away with it back home.

[dotcom]

So they have the coping mechanisms of college freshmen.

[aubins]

For some of them they might not have a chance to most of the time.

[dotcom]

That's a pity.

[aubins]

Wow, just like that, huh? Brutal.

[dotcom]

[ there's just a shrug ]

[aubins]

You don't think you've been free and loose with your normal actions, or have you been behaving?

[dotcom]

I'm aware of what my limits are.

[aubins]

No desire to push them?

[dotcom]

In this specific case of inebriation? No.

[aubins]

Okay, so not getting drunk. But what about other things?

[dotcom]

It depends on what the things are and the context.

[aubins]

Can you over indulge in those video game things?

[dotcom]

It's possible. You can even become addicted to them-- some people have died from overplaying because they forget to take care of themselves.

But I wouldn't say I actually fall under that category, unless I decide to use it as a way to indulge for points here.

[aubins]

....





Seriously? How do people forget to take care of themselves?

[ looks at all of us forgetting to eat during trial ]

[dotcom]

[ he laughs, but there's no humor in it. ]

It's surprisingly common. People end up throwing away their lives for whatever their fix is, even when it's something most people wouldn't see as a drug.

[aubins]

... Obsessions aren't impossible where I'm from, but who has the time to devote their whole lives to something like that? There's too much going on.

[ looks at felix looks away ]

[dotcom]

Haha, you would think so, right?

But people can be strange with what they fixate on.

[aubins]

... is this a modern thing? It sounds like you have so much more to fixate on that I can think of.

[ like your vending machines, and your fridges, and your cell phones, and your televisions, and your movies and your-- ]

[dotcom]

I don't think it's only a modern problem, but it has definitely gotten worse with it. It'll probably continue to get worse, too.

[aubins]

That's a cheery thought.

[dotcom]

Severe dependency is usually a mood killer.

[aubins]

Yes, I'm getting that impression. Like something out of the opium den without actually taking the opium.

[dotcom]

Well, let's hope that something doesn't show up here that people actually are obsessed with.