>>48524058>you could buy a meal for the night, or you could go through the effort of cooking for yourself. I may not be a great cook, but there's personal satisfaction in having a reward at the end of my struggles.It's not just a meal. The other reward that you forget to mention is the additional experience gained by cooking for yourself.
Grinding shinies over and over adds no value. It's pointless repetition until you eventually get your dopamine boost by finding said shiny. And then the process repeats again. And again. And again. There's a word for that, it's called insanity.