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Re: Chronicles of a Bubble Tea Addict

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Post by Galaxity »

dmos62 wrote: post #43
ewokone wrote: post #33

Reading the 'in the realm of hungry ghosts' from Gabor Mate I learned that is not the substance itself but 3 major circumstances which trigger addiction in the human: powerlessness, isolation and stress. These key factors bring up behaviour patterns for addiction. Let it be sugar, sex, Screentime, drugs, food, sport, buying things, etc.... Really helped me to reflect on my patterns and I also learned about the differ…

I get powerlessness and stress, but how does isolation come into it?

Well, isolation commonly causes loneliness, depression, boredom, etc. Primary causes of doing things that can be addictive to relieve them.

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Post by 1996 »

chongli wrote: post #31
yocheckitdawg wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You should come to Melbourne CBD in Australia. I can only assume they are being used as fronts to launder money or as a business investment to secure residency as there seems to be no possible way even a city of Melbourne's size could consume this much bubble tea. It's almost at the point where there are bubble tea sellers directly next to each other in the street. And I'm talking dozens, if not hundreds, of them.

It's almost at the point where there are bubble tea sellers directly next to each other in the street That’s an example of Hotelling’s law [1]. Competing businesses are better off clustering together in high traffic areas rather than spreading out to cover the market in a way that serves customers more efficiently. It’s a weird phenomenon and a clear refutation of the invisible hand. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…

> It’s a weird phenomenon and a clear refutation of the invisible hand.

Actually it's the opposite: more choice is brought by the invisible hand where people naturally go to, even if it puts businesses in direct competition and thus reduce prices

Re: Chronicles of a Bubble Tea Addict

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Post by asiachick »

soulofmischief wrote: post #46
dmos62 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get powerlessness and stress, but how does isolation come into it?

The Rat Park experiments showed us that well-socialized rats were less likely to develop addiction to cocaine than socially deprived rats. "Researchers had already proved that when rats were placed in a cage, all alone, with no other community of rats, and offered two water bottles-one filled with water and the other with heroin or cocaine-the rats would repetitively drink from the drug-laced bottles until they all o…

The Rat Park experiments were debunked

Re: Chronicles of a Bubble Tea Addict

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Post by amelius »

ewokone wrote: post #33

Reading the 'in the realm of hungry ghosts' from Gabor Mate I learned that is not the substance itself but 3 major circumstances which trigger addiction in the human: powerlessness, isolation and stress. These key factors bring up behaviour patterns for addiction. Let it be sugar, sex, Screentime, drugs, food, sport, buying things, etc.... Really helped me to reflect on my patterns and I also learned about the differ…

Smoking and socializing seem to go together, though. At least, that's how it appeared to me at a distance from observing other high-schoolers.

Re: Chronicles of a Bubble Tea Addict

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Post by shlant »

hong_kong wrote: post #38
toastal wrote: post #37

In last year's politics and online social movements boba has been the mascot of "Milk Tea Alliance" between Thailand, Taiwan, and Hong Kong in support of democracy and combating Chinese nationalist bots/trolls online after a Thai actor called Hong Kong a 'country', ประเทศไต้หวัน, in a tweet.

Actually each of Thailand, Taiwan, and Hong Kong have their own distinctive milk tea, only one of which (TW) is bubble tea.

Thai milk bubble tea is definitely my favorite. I wish I wasn't so sensitive to caffeine...

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Post by slumdev »

amelius wrote: post #55
ewokone wrote: post #33

Reading the 'in the realm of hungry ghosts' from Gabor Mate I learned that is not the substance itself but 3 major circumstances which trigger addiction in the human: powerlessness, isolation and stress. These key factors bring up behaviour patterns for addiction. Let it be sugar, sex, Screentime, drugs, food, sport, buying things, etc.... Really helped me to reflect on my patterns and I also learned about the differ…

Smoking and socializing seem to go together, though. At least, that's how it appeared to me at a distance from observing other high-schoolers.

It also makes someone look 63% cooler.

Re: Chronicles of a Bubble Tea Addict

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Post by TheSoftwareGuy »

asiachick wrote: post #54
soulofmischief wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Rat Park experiments showed us that well-socialized rats were less likely to develop addiction to cocaine than socially deprived rats. "Researchers had already proved that when rats were placed in a cage, all alone, with no other community of rats, and offered two water bottles-one filled with water and the other with heroin or cocaine-the rats would repetitively drink from the drug-laced bottles until they all o…

The Rat Park experiments were debunked

How?

Re: Chronicles of a Bubble Tea Addict

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Post by girvo »

dmos62 wrote: post #43
ewokone wrote: post #33

Reading the 'in the realm of hungry ghosts' from Gabor Mate I learned that is not the substance itself but 3 major circumstances which trigger addiction in the human: powerlessness, isolation and stress. These key factors bring up behaviour patterns for addiction. Let it be sugar, sex, Screentime, drugs, food, sport, buying things, etc.... Really helped me to reflect on my patterns and I also learned about the differ…

I get powerlessness and stress, but how does isolation come into it?

I didn’t care how lonely I felt if I had heroin, and being involved in that “scene” meant meeting and interacting with people who were in similar (crap) situations to myself, which we bonded over.

Re: Chronicles of a Bubble Tea Addict

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Post by girvo »

yocheckitdawg wrote: post #14
deanclatworthy wrote: post #9

Bubble tea is bizarre. I only recently stumbled upon it on a trip to Bankgkok after a local said "let's get something to drink". I fell in love with it immediately. It's something that has not yet fully permeated Northern Europe, and Helsinki (where I live) has (or had..) one or two places to get it from (pre-pandemic).

You should come to Melbourne CBD in Australia. I can only assume they are being used as fronts to launder money or as a business investment to secure residency as there seems to be no possible way even a city of Melbourne's size could consume this much bubble tea. It's almost at the point where there are bubble tea sellers directly next to each other in the street. And I'm talking dozens, if not hundreds, of them.

Hah they’re here in Brisbane too. Not to the same extent, but give it time..,
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