Time wasting Memes

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How Does Anybody Get Work Done

How Does Anybody Get Work Done
The eternal battle of productivity vs. procrastination, and somehow procrastination is always the underdog that pulls off the upset victory. On the left: Steam, YouTube, Wikipedia, Netflix, Spotify, and Reddit – basically the six horsemen of the productivity apocalypse. On the right: a single Jira ticket with vague requirements that somehow needs to be completed by EOD. That Jira ticket could say "fix the thing" with zero context and still have three stakeholders asking for status updates every 15 minutes. Meanwhile, you've somehow spent two hours reading Wikipedia articles about medieval farming techniques. Just another Tuesday.

The Productivity Paradox

The Productivity Paradox
The classic "I'm going to be productive today" delusion. First panel: Two buttons - "PLAYING GAMES" or "CODING". Second panel: "Man what an easy choice" - clearly coding, right? Third panel: Three buttons appear - "YOUTUBE", "PLAYING GAMES", "CODING" - and suddenly our finger gravitates to YouTube like it's magnetically charged. The productivity paradox in its natural habitat. Just one quick video before starting that project... 5 hours later...

Abbreviate And Suffer The Consequences

Abbreviate And Suffer The Consequences
Ah, the classic programmer paradox: Save 0.3 seconds typing "cnt" instead of "count" only to waste 2 hours debugging why your function is mysteriously failing. The docstring is right there screaming the answer too! Nothing like the smug satisfaction of typing fewer characters followed by the soul-crushing realization that your keyboard shortcut just cost you an entire evening. This is why code reviews exist - to catch you before you abbreviate yourself into debugging hell.