What is the most pointless and tedious- yet satisfying- thing you've ever done? - Something totally useless that helped nobody and was kind of a pain in the ass but provided you with some kind of satisfaction and/or joy.

[Anonitolia]

title + subtitle

 

[thegooddoctor]

Argue with others here endlessly about politics.

 

[Ultrapenguin]

If someone's doing something tedious that helps no one and it's a pain in the ass but they keep doing it anyway and find it satisfying, that sounds a little like some kind of OCD compulsion and they should probably look into that.

 

[888Flux]

your mom

 

[Colon capital V]

Like anything artistic related really

 

[SentinentCloud]

how can something be both tedious and satisfying at the same time tho?

 

[Pimpleking55]

Playing World of Warcraft for 14 years, pointless,tedious but very much enjoyed it.

 

[PFM]

Playing World of Warcraft for 14 years, pointless,tedious but very much enjoyed it.

I'm genuinely surprised it took 6 replies for someone to mention a video game of some kind.

 

[Matt Damon]

As a general rule, I don't spend my time doing pointless, tedious things. This is akin to asking "What's your favorite thing to stub your toe on?"

 

[Anonitolia]

"What's your favorite thing to stub your toe on?"

do you have an answer to this though

 

[Vingle]

Masturbating

 

[Epoch]

I dug a big hole in Minecraft once

 

[Sundae]

Like anything artistic related really

^This. Wanting to learn how to draw something new (for example, a crocodile) and doing it over and over until you get it right. Annoying at the time, but once you see how much you've improved since you first started, it's worth it.

 

[Matt Damon]

^This. Wanting to learn how to draw something new (for example, a crocodile) and doing it over and over until you get it right. Annoying at the time, but once you see how much you've improved since you first started, it's worth it.

Calling the development of a practical and quite applicable skill "pointless" really stretches the definition of the word.

 

[Captain Chromosome]

I am finding some level of inner peace with American Truck Simulator. Hauling a silo from LA to El Paso with Willie and Cash playing in the background is quite peaceful, yet incredibly tedious.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Watching ants go about their day. It's amazing to see how complex of lives these little guys lead. I sometimes try helping them by putting bits of leaf on them.

 

[FrickleMyPickle]

I transcribed a couple of Chris videos for the CWCki back in the day. Probably not the best use of my time but I'm glad I did.

 

[AnsemSoD1]

Play video games.

 

[The Real Me]

Mustering the will to start folding the laundry is the most Herculean task known to man.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Archiving my 25,000 ebook collection so I can quickly look up what I have by author or title.

….you can probably add autistic to the tedious but satisfying qualifiers.