I get the argument of experiencing the world. But you need to get the steam off clown world once in a while to not go insane. A rules-based universe to contradict the chaos outside, so you can still experience the feeling of doing X and producing Y because of Z. Its different from TV because you can actually control variables and outcomes to a certain extent, and from using drugs and conscience-altering substances because its not a physical-altering experience. But its still escapism. As long as you understand that the time you are losing there cannot be repaid later, then its only a matter of balancing the results of wasting time vs pushing through