They are not necessarily rationalizations — that may be your own internal perspective biasing what you hear. You can also probably imagine a point where having

They are not necessarily rationalizations — that may be your own internal perspective biasing what you hear. You can also probably imagine a point where having too many board games would be feel burdensome — 10? 100? 1000? And then consider that that number varies highly by person. Personally I own zero board games, but there is a board game parlor in walking distance from my apartment, and friends have great ones like CAH. Nothing self-congratulatory about it for me — it's just simpler to own and maintain less things. Then when you do own less things, you are more particular about the specific things you do choose to let into your life, opt-in vs opt-out.