JessFR
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Sugar is not a drug. I don't care what the people with an antisugar political point to make say, it's not.
It may well be addictive, it may well be harmful in high doses. But trying to say it's a drug is bullshit. It's playing with the definition of a drug cause you have some problem with sugar and apparently it's not enough to make a point with all the real harms sugar causes, you gotta turn it into dishonest propaganda too.
It's not a drug, it's not psychoactive. Gambling has an effect on the brain, it's addictive, it's harmful. But it's not a drug. Trying to pretend it is is just working off a mindset that's fundamentally running backwards. Instead of thinking of sugar and gambling as harmful addictive things along with drugs you're thinking drugs are harmful and addictive and so gambling and sugar must be like drugs. It's crap.
That all said though, a lot of the anti sugar shit is bullshit too. It can be harmful, it is harmful to a lot of people. But in addition to not being a drug, it is also an important part of our diet. And it doesn't HAVE to be harmful. It is to many people, but it's not to many others.
It may well be addictive, it may well be harmful in high doses. But trying to say it's a drug is bullshit. It's playing with the definition of a drug cause you have some problem with sugar and apparently it's not enough to make a point with all the real harms sugar causes, you gotta turn it into dishonest propaganda too.
It's not a drug, it's not psychoactive. Gambling has an effect on the brain, it's addictive, it's harmful. But it's not a drug. Trying to pretend it is is just working off a mindset that's fundamentally running backwards. Instead of thinking of sugar and gambling as harmful addictive things along with drugs you're thinking drugs are harmful and addictive and so gambling and sugar must be like drugs. It's crap.
That all said though, a lot of the anti sugar shit is bullshit too. It can be harmful, it is harmful to a lot of people. But in addition to not being a drug, it is also an important part of our diet. And it doesn't HAVE to be harmful. It is to many people, but it's not to many others.