Quote Originally Posted by alimdia View Post
You kinda missed the point of "The game isn't a job", the point is that they don't care about the opportunity cost.
So what? Whether you care about losing the gil or not doesn't remove the opportunity cost.

Nobody is arguing that you cannot (or even should not) do what you enjoy, opportunity cost be damned. You can do whatever you like, this is a game. That does not in any way invalidate or remove the opportunity cost of doing so. If you choose an option that makes you 1 gil per minute over an option that makes you 3 gil per minute, no amount of enjoyment gets you back that 2gil per minute loss in the time you spend doing option A. You have effectively paid 2gil per minute for your enjoyment.

Saying that your free time is priceless, or saying that happiness is more important than money, or saying you don't care about the cost, or whatever other adage or colloquialism you want to use to describe the situation doesn't change the fact. You are paying 2 gil per minute for your fun. If your fun is worth 2 gil per minute, great! Good choice for you! That doesn't mean you didn't lose that gil.