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‘My buyer’s guilt is insane. It’s $1,300 on trash’: the adults addicted to blind box toys like Labubus
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2025
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Wolfram Schultz demonstrated in the 80s that incorrectly predicting a reward stimulates dopamine.
It's the science or neurochemistry underlying bullshit gambling machines, gacha games, and... well... loads of things really.
The sad thing is not people getting addicted. As you said, it's just neurochemistry. You wouldn't blame someone for getting addicted to cigarettes. The sad thing is that people get addicted to idiotic things by mindlessly following celebrities and influencers. "My favorite singer is smoking (carrying a labubu). It's so cool, I have do the same!".
Yes I do blame them for their addictions. It's amazing to me how modern young folks can just pass every ounce of blame off into some other problem.
I have to buy the pre processed garbage and walk past the produce section that would make a 1900s king jealous.
It's Amazons fault for selling all this shit and I just couldn't help myself.
The la bubu people made me spend thousands of dollars buying toys.
All of it is just excuses.
There’s also a significant portion of people who are spending money on things like Labubus and other luxuries because they have no optimism for the future, and would rather just spend their money on having fun instead of saving up for retirement or a home.
Yes, we call them morons.
Clay of the earth....