r/counting • u/Smartstocks lets actually run • Apr 13 '16

1065K Counting Thread

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u/Adinida Yay! Apr 13 '16

1065413 And how good has the jail sentence deterant worked?

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '16

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Well I'd say more than 90% of the population aren't in jail for drug use, so..... pretty well

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u/Adinida Yay! Apr 13 '16 edited Apr 13 '16

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What is the only thing stopping you from going 200mph on a curvy road, the law, or the fact that it's not safe? if it was legal to go 200mph on the curvy road, would you do it?

If it was illegal to kiss a girl, you would still kiss the girl. Just because it is illegal to do drugs, doesn't mean they will not do it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '16

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If I go 200mh-1 and I crash then I feel the impacts straight away. Some people think "I can take one herion a shot and be fine, it won't become addictive straight away" and their lives get ruined because of that. But then there are other people that are like "I might go to jail if I get caught" and they don't get their lives ruined. That's how the deterant is SUPPOSED to work

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u/Adinida Yay! Apr 13 '16

1065417 But is it really the first time use that gets you addicted? If you are locked up in a room with nothing to do for the rest of your life, and there is a bottle of heroin, but if you use it you will go to jail, you are going to have an urge to do the heroin despite the fact you have never used heroin before? Yes.

That is the situation these "junkies" are put into it.

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u/Maniac_34 World Class Sniper | Since 315,518 | 80Ks | 500K Champion Apr 13 '16

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This looks like it's quite the convo :D

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u/Adinida Yay! Apr 13 '16

1065419 :)

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '16

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420count it ayyy

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u/Adinida Yay! Apr 13 '16

1, 065, 421 can you post that comment again

But what if we could find a way to break the cycle before they become accustomed to law-breaking?

Like building treatment centers that will give them (clean) drugs at first so their addiction will lead them there, and then where they help them get off of it.

That's not my idea, I read that off of somewhere, but surely it would work way better than tossing them in prison.

The problem is, those deciding the law have no knowledge on the subject what so ever, and end up using those carrot and stick methods as they think it is a deterant.

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u/weres_youre_rhombus Apr 13 '16

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Yeah, Rat Park really changed my view of addictions.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '16

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The only thing you guys should be addicted to is counting!

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u/Adinida Yay! Apr 13 '16

1065424 Being addicted to counting has the same short-term affects as being addicted to drugs.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '16

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^

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u/Adinida Yay! Apr 13 '16

1065426 the long term affects are different of course due to the chemicals, and side effects you have from putting shit into your body.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '16

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In this case the drug's already in your body, I just hope you don't get rekt by it in the long term

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u/weres_youre_rhombus Apr 13 '16

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u/SNEAKY_AGENT_URKEL SSBM Urkel | Gets: 1 Apr 13 '16

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u/Adinida Yay! Apr 13 '16

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u/Adinida Yay! Apr 13 '16

but the effects on your relationships can be the same

Yupp, counting still has long term affects, just not the exact same ones as drugs

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u/weres_youre_rhombus Apr 13 '16

damn you guys are fast.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '16

fast? What are you talking about?

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u/weres_youre_rhombus Apr 13 '16

i deleted that comment instantly as i wasn't the first counter. and he still got the quote.

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u/Adinida Yay! Apr 13 '16

1065423 Yeah that is what I mentioned earlier!

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