The reason a post like this will get so much action on a site like hacker news is that programming sucks as an activity, and alternative activities are more int

The reason a post like this will get so much action on a site like hacker news is that programming sucks as an activity, and alternative activities are more interesting. Thinking about programming is fun, finishing a program is fun, solving a little programming puzzle can be fun, but programming in general sucks as an activity. That's why programmers procrastinate, because programming sucks.