Reddit and Saidit karma... the funny number going up gives me dopamine and makes me happy. Is there a term for that?

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Is there a scientific term for this phenomenon?

There is. It is known as 'operant conditioning', and they indeed use it in video games and social media

You can read a bit about the history of this here, its rather interesting stuff

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber

[–]bucetao6969[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good answer!

[–]Adventurous_Ad6212 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I wish I could still get happy over trivial things the only thing that feels good is jerking g off with hand sanitizer. The burn makes me feel something and the release is euphoric.

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You should try using icy-hot on your balls too