I'm one of those people who likes to enjoy work--ie, I don't think of work as "just work"--and I want to get to know the people I work with and maybe even make a real friend or two. And yet, I don't ever want to go back to an office. Zoom/Tuple calls are more than sufficient for me for shooting the shit for a bit while on the clock. Otherwise, I prefer to get together outside of office hours if I really want to spend social time with coworkers. I mostly despise forced social interaction on the clock. I do miss whiteboards, but that's about it.

I totally respect people who prefer the office life, I was just trying to offer a perspective as someone who is, like, half-aligned with you :)