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Have you ever devoted a significant amount of time to something only to later feel it was pointless? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by merari42@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just about everything I've ever done.

[–] merari42@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yay, nihilism!

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[–] demesisx@infosec.pub 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Joomla.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Drupal.

It's rough when a project dies and years of contributions by thousands of people succumb to bitrot. Such a waste.

[–] demesisx@infosec.pub 3 points 7 months ago

Funny enough: Drupal was where I went after giving up on Joomla and it had the same fate for me. It had 1000 pounds of functionality for a simple web app.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sanding a corner.

[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Scrapers. Your welcome.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Oh totally. I was going for the pun. “Only to feel that it’s pointless…” womp womp

[–] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 6 points 7 months ago

School was a monumental waste of a childhood. Then unis. Now work. It all sucks.

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Looks at everything. Looks at the sun expanding. Looks back at everything.

Yes, I do believe so

[–] Syn_Attck@lemmy.today 5 points 7 months ago

Every amphetamine user reading this post: fidgets nervously in chair

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 4 points 7 months ago

Yes.

My anxiety beast says hi.

[–] geoffreyconley@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Absolutely every day... Sadly. Maybe it's just my anxiety and ADHD. But yes.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fitting in society. I might as well say society doesn't fit in with me.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How did that one go? Being well adjusted to an ill society is not a good thing.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Unsuccessfully at the moment, and I've been where I am for a couple years now.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Nope. I usually drop it well before that. Then go back to it for a few minutes or a day. Then drop it again. Rinse and repeat

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Almost every job I had prior to realizing I need a work life balance.

[–] krishnamurti@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Oh ya know, just being alive

[–] DaDragon@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

Most things I do ;)

[–] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nothing is pointless. Everything is temporary.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Everything is pointless, everything is temporary.

[–] amio@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

Let me answer that with a book title: Life, the Universe, and Everything.

[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Flight Rising

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