> these types of games drain you and leave you unfulfilled and unsatisfied and like we should have spent our time in a less tedious and wearisome recreation.
I, too, have given up eating, and sleeping, and joy.
I, too, have given up eating, and sleeping, and joy.
(Yes, I enjoy a tasty meal and a good night's sleep. But I'd much prefer to just live without having to sleep or eat at all. Or, eat a pill and recharge in a base station for 20 minutes.)
Definitely. It's another maintenance time waster, another upkeep you have to pay. What's worse, only a fraction of it is needed for survival, the rest is just an elaborate social signalling game with almost unbounded costs in time and money.
> We could theoretically still have sex virtually, too.
Only if it offers improvement over status quo :).
So, painting stays, dusting the apartment goes.