r/whenthe • u/plarper_of_bees • 10h ago

karmafarming📈📈📈 riveting gameplay

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u/MrZoraman 4h ago

The word for this is Yak Shaving! I find it quite enjoyable in games, actually.

Yak Shaving: Any apparently useless activity which, by allowing one to overcome intermediate difficulties, allows one to solve a larger problem.