why do i feel more guilty not playing games than i do when not doing actual work?

i mean, one of these things is obviously something i *should* feel more guilty about--but my brain disagrees..?

like, i do feel bad if i'm not productive during a work day, but somehow its worse when i haven't played a game i really wanted for more than a month

*writes 10 lines of code. gets to inbox zero*
oh no, i should try hard to be extra productive tomorrow...

*doesn't finish zelda for months*
i am the worst fan of this series that has ever existed, i probably shouldn't even call myself a fa

(i know the cut-off text thing doesn't work on mastodon, but i'm going to go ahead and use it anyway)

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