The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.

The pineapple is native to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuries. The introduction of the pineapple plant to Europe in the 17th century made it a significant cultural icon of luxury. Since the 1820s, pineapple has been commercially grown in greenhouses and many tropical plantations. The fruit, particularly its juice, has diverse uses in cuisines and desserts.

Pineapples grow as a small shrub; the individual flowers of the unpollinated plant fuse to form a multiple fruit. The plant normally propagates from the offset produced at the top of the fruit or from a side shoot, and typically matures within a year.

1772 illustration of an Ananas comosus pineapple which was given the early scientific name of Cardus brasilianus folius aloes by Banhius in 1623

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[–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

I'm not placing myself in a sensory deprivation tank. I have things to do that are varying degrees of stimulating, just not nearly as stimulating as playing Starcraft 2 while having video essays running on my second monitor for 8 hours straight. My brain is expecting that level of dopamine and, importantly, for no effort. I'm shaking in a basement because it's not getting that.

I wanna get to a point where my brain accepts that it has to do things that take effort to get rewarded. Gradually lowering the instant gratification hasn't worked for me unfortunately.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    not nearly as stimulating as playing Starcraft 2 while having video essays running on my second monitor for 8 hours straight

    that doesnt sound like instant gratification to me, both of those are a long form of gratification... but I totally understand what you mean, that it just seems to take over your whole life and the moment you arent doing the stimulating thing (even if its deep / long form stimulation) everything just feels boring.

    This feeling... I guess it never really goes away, it takes concious effort for me to correct. When my life seems to stagnate and my relationship to my habits lowers my quality of life, I recognize that a change in habits is in order, or a re-focusing on what will make my life better -- even if its just small things.

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