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Does it irritate you when you work really hard on something and no one really cares?

I'm talking about stuff like art. Sitting there for 3 hours or so and you're all like " damn this is good" but everyone else shrugs it off like it's nothing

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  1. onwayout - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by onwayout Nov 5th, 2012 at 3:49PM

    My family never cared or showed interest in what was important to me. But I didn't give up all hope even that. I used to have dreams, and I used to try to make them a reality. If I felt passionate about something, I wasn't always willing to just let the dream die away.

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  2. ob1kenobe - 46-50 years old - male

    Reply by ob1kenobe Nov 8th, 2012 at 12:14PM

    Ironically it appears that nobody is interested in your answer here either. But I agree with you.

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  3. kittybeemine - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by kittybeemine Nov 5th, 2012 at 3:40PM

    Definitely not. I do not look outside for approval. You'll never find it that way. I paint and if I like it that's all that matters. If someone else does that's up to them. The most accomplished artists were never appreciated in their time.

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  4. EarthlingWise - 41-45 years old

    Posted by EarthlingWise Nov 5th, 2012 at 3:35PM

    or worse, if they only find flaws in it!

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  5. ZappedToTheUnicorn - 22-25 years old - female

    Reply by ZappedToTheUnicorn Nov 5th, 2012 at 3:37PM

    That is so true. " The eyes look a bit wonky" - I never asked you that.

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  6. Laffin - 18-21 years old - female

    Posted by Laffin Apr 21st, 2013 at 10:21AM

    Story of my life.if it bothers me I tell them didn't I do a great job!?!?!? :D. And clap my hands like a little kid

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  7. burrowbunni - 18-21 years old - female

    Posted by burrowbunni Mar 17th, 2013 at 4:09AM

    i like to sing, but my low self esteem makes me anxious to show anyone. the one person i try to show just seems uninterested.
    once i worked very hard learning a song only to get a "oh that was cool dude" in a monotone way and tossed aside for a netflix que.

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  8. retromancer - 36-40 years old - male

    Posted by retromancer Dec 30th, 2012 at 4:58PM

    I'm sure this isn't much consolation, but the fact that you asked this question -- and that I found it via Google -- might be the positive we can take from it. It helped to see I'm not the only one that runs into this.

    My answer is a profound YES. It baffles me when people on Facebook post pictures of food, or themselves posing in the bathroom mirror, and they get dozens of "like"s... meanwhile, I spend months building complex online projects and when I share them -- crickets.

    It's almost as if people don't want to think anymore, and/or they don't WANT to acknowledge your talents because it's either something they're not personally interested in. They don't even try to see if they can appreciate the effort that went into something if there's no immediate benefit for them.

    Last part of my already-too-long answer: to the OP, if you're referring to a piece of art that you created, send me a link to it and I'll share my thoughts. I may not be able to appreciate the work that went into it, but your efforts at least deserve some notice.

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  9. oldaccount - 18-21 years old - male

    Posted by oldaccount Nov 5th, 2012 at 3:52PM

    Yes!

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  10. ob1kenobe - 46-50 years old - male

    Posted by ob1kenobe Nov 5th, 2012 at 3:50PM

    This is the EXACT reason I've been getting so depressed lately. I have varied interests but absolutely NOBODY around me has the slightest interest in anything I do. As long as I bring home the cash to pay the bills, that appears to be my only use to them.

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  11. Delilah5 - 56-60 years old - female

    Posted by Delilah5 Nov 5th, 2012 at 3:43PM

    People care when I produce a drawing and even tell me that they're jealous.

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  12. monocerus - 51-55 years old - male

    Posted by monocerus Nov 5th, 2012 at 3:35PM

    yeh lol, anti climax :)

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