There's just too many things to do and try, and not enough time. I wonder if there'd even be enough time if our life spans were double. Maybe we'd have less excuses for things if we did
"Collectors" are the reason these shitty little cartridges have this fake imaginary value attached to them. You made the sandwich. Emulation is so good now that you'd never even notice a difference in most games, especially in most of the ones worth playing
If we had a sane view of housing, sellers would say "shucks, looks like my 4 bed 2 bath dwelling is not actually worth a literal million dollars and I should lower the price" but we accepted the idea that homes are actually speculative assets and not dwellings