> Imagine if all the people who do pointless bullshit like this were doing stuff that actually benefits society. OP could have been an engineer, a scientist, a nurse, a teacher, a doctor, a dogwalker, a prostitute, a construction worker

This makes a problematic declaration. Not only does it remove the original poster's right to self determination (what if he doesn't want to fit inside the box you constructed?) but it assumes that only things that "benefit" others in a specific way are acceptable.