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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: Why is it so much more enjoyable to spend hours and hours doing repetitive tasks in a video game than it is at work?
gpt
Usually video games have a reward system in place that you can easily track your progress and see a "real" reward for it in real time. If you grind more enemies, you get more points, new items, new stats, unlocks, etc. Numbers go up. Even on something like Minecraft, you may set out to simply dig a really big hole in the ground with no benefit other than having done it. However, you've set a goal and accomplished it, and that feels good.

Work is often times you doing stuff you don't have a vested interest in. You also don't necessarily have incentive to do the work other than keeping your job and getting a paycheck.