When you think about it, nobody would try to help a drug addict by using shame as the primary tool of transaction. Imagine trying to help a drug addict by telling them them to grow up, because they have no life, and they're not a real man, and they should just like, stop being a broken human being that shoots heroin and attempts suicide. If you call something an addiction you should treat it like an addiction. Why call it by that word and still act like the problem is they're just being immature.
>"Oh no, they don't have a serious problem, they're just being childish and should feel ashamed... FOR THEIR ADDICTION".
So that word just means nothing anymore? When this word comes out in the conversation it should be the -subtle- mental clue that shame and derision isn't gonna fix it. What makes this worse is that if a person with a vidya addiction tries to ban themselves from vidya they are far, far likely to develop a worse coping mechanism of the likes of alcohol/sex/drug/violence/crimes/gambling etc. Do people really need to switch to one of those to be treated with positive empathy instead of passive-aggressive snarky judgment? Kinda fucked up that someone with a less self-destructive coping mechanism is penalized and insulted for it.