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[–] [email protected] 27 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

I've definitely bought myself something more than a few times to try and fill an emptiness inside. It makes you feel better for about a day or less, then you go back to feeling how you did before.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That's why I buy myself projects that frustrate me for several days, before they make me feel better for a day or less, and then I go back to how I did before.

I really get my money's worth that way...I guess...

[–] Passerby6497 1 points 11 hours ago

Just get into a hobby that you only have to do so often. Then you can frustrate yourself, feel better, feel normal again, then forget about it for 2 months.

Reusing frustration to conserve me frustration for what else is coming.

[–] shrugs 15 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

It works better of you buy something that has additional positives. Like a new oven and cooking more often or something to do sports.

But ya, I know that feeling.

[–] Anticorp 7 points 14 hours ago

All of my backpacking equipment made me feel very happy when purchasing it, and it still does every time I use it, or see it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Exactly, like a 10gbe nic to transfer all those pics you never take faster to your server, or maybe some heatsinks for your nvme drives so the degrees go down a little and you can see some data on benchmarks change a little

[–] OrderedChaos 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Or that video game that is on sale in the off chance you remember to play it later if you happen to be browsing your 200+ game library.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Which game will make me feel any sort of desire to play a game again?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago

I'm always looking for a game that is the perfect mix of like two games