Isn't this the same attitute you could have to most hobby's - all have some redeaming qualities but most of them are a complete waste of time if you want to look at it through a negative light.
For example - I am an avid crappy golfer. Meaning that I spend a great deal of time and money golfing. I can tell you that I have over $1000 tied up in clubs, balls, shoes, equipment and the like and I spend a ton more than that every year to golf - and I am a 12 handicap. So that means I drop a ton of money every year to chase a ball around a pasture, get upset, and then shoot an 85. Is there any benefit to doing this, am I ever going to make any money? Sure, I get a little excercise in the meantime but that is all the actual golfing gives me.
The other side of that are the intangibles of any and all hobbies. How much do you enjoy the chase, the collection, the feeling of the big break or the day that mailer comes in that you were really excited about.
Sure, it costs too much money, we all know that but the chase is half the fun - and I will continue to throw money down the rabbits hole for that reason.
