• weeeeum@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      Same. Spent hundreds and hundreds in hours of destiny, just to be kicked down the power cap every year or so. I’m still not even good at it. Spent similar amounts of time in other grindy games like Minecraft and terraria. If you like playing videogames, that’s fine, but eventually a switch flipped in my mind and realized it was all for naught. I didn’t have any new skills, I never progressed in any of my hobbies, I didn’t make anything.

      I still play with friends and enjoy the occasional singleplayer game, but I never participate in grindfests anymore. Just a waste of time.

      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 months ago

        I don’t think that there is a direct reationship between a specific “product” and a specific “currency,” though. Like, what is the product of the dollar? Or the Yen, or Euro? Any product you want. That’s the definition of currency, you can exchange it for any product.

        At the risk of being tautological, the product you get in exchange for time is any product you can get in exchange for time. Maybe it’s something you make yourself, or maybe it’s value you derive from waiting for something, or maybe it’s a skill you develop through practice. Maybe it’s the mental or physical health gained from rest. Those are all “products” of time spent.

  • Xaphanos@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 months ago

    Time is the coin of your Life.

    It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent.

    Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

    And when you spend it, spend it wisely so that you get the most for your expenditure.

    ~Carl Sandburg