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by keybored 693 days ago
Dopamine isn’t something you indulge in. It certainly isn’t the pleasure itself.

The more appropriate common vernacular is “instant gratification” IMO. (And interestingly dopamine is associated with expectations of things like pleasure. But if you pull out your phone immediately when nothing is happening then there is a very small window for expectation to happen.)