I would be betting every sum of gold I've ever gotten in dnd that many of these posts claiming "life gets in the way/too busy" simply didnt make the time or ARE exactly the bad players we are describing.

I in fact know every single one of my friends who make this excuse, and they are liars. Their schedule is a joke of inefficient laziness. Some people dont want to watch football they want a super bowl party dinner with some football game in the background. Some people dont want to play dnd they just like the social group with a game in the background. You need to find these people and not invite them back.

Playing dnd as background noise to a hangout is fine, ruining actual dnd for people who are taking it seriously is more certainly NOT fine.

Tldr: the same garbage excuse many here use would fall apart if examined. OP is right. In no way can you even pretend to like dnd if you are not structuring your schedule to at least allow a single day to play. Constant inefficiency with time is not a real excuse, either.

You might kinda like the idea of dnd. But an inefficient, apathetic, and game ruining fan is all you will ever be unless you restructure your time management.