Sure, but now you're just larping because you can afford it.

I can think of worse hobbies…

Doesn’t the Financial Times periodically run a column called “How to Spend It”?

A hobby farm sounds like a lovely and wholesome alternative to some of the luxury pursuits they outline.

Yeah, in that case you're just retired and homesteading is your hobby. Nothing wrong with having a hobby when you retire from your job, but in no way is it comparable to doing the thing as a job.

Yeah, but you can see why that's desirable right?

No, because Stardew Valley is not real life. I may have 5000 hours in Factorio, but I'm pretty sure I'm confident that I would not enjoy mining coal to feed the burners to smelt metal in real life.

But it would be pretty cool to have a coal mine on your property and you could go down and like dig up a piece for fun. Have you ever looked at a piece of coal under a microscope? they can look pretty cool!

Haha, also have several thousand hours in factorio and you're right I don't hold this standard with all my games. That being said, if i was immune to pollution I would at least want to walk around my factories a bit