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by geekamongus 20 days ago
Isn't the phrase "tilting at windmills?"

It comes from Don Quixote, as I recall, and suggests a fruitless effort. A waste of time.

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Yeah, def is tiling at windmills, but my point is the same, I took it as them saying the public has taken a defeatist attitude and views it as tilting at windmills but here's a case where it wasn't fruitless effort and we need to view it as inspiration.