>>536774172
Well for me, I played MMOs by myself for a long time. There was no illusion of progressing higher in a social hierarchy. I just did it for the love of the game.
I don't remember the last time I actually talked to someone in OSRS or WoW or Warframe or any of the other grinding games I've played.

Yeah it's all meaningless nonsense. We're all gonna die one day and nothing we do will have mattered. What else are you doing that's so much more meaningful?
Obviously I don't spend all my time doing this stuff. I have a job, I like to play non-grinding games as well and I have other hobbies. But the pressure of time weighing down on me I guess isn't affecting me in the same way it is you.

And for the record I'm not trying to mock you. I said "I'm sorry" as a kind of lighthearted jab because I know how miserable grinding in WoW can be.