I wholly approve of the office as a place where people can socialize. But it's patronizing to try to make that argument to people who don't get anything from it

I wholly approve of the office as a place where people can socialize. But it's patronizing to try to make that argument to people who don't get anything from it, since you are essentially telling an adult that they don't know what's good for them, that they aren't getting what they think they are from virtual socialization, and that their absence is somehow harming the socialization of others. And even people who don't get anything out of it are usually coming to a physical get-together occasionally anyway.