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Just something in my life is like this. I feel like I'm getting ever closer to it but there's always half the distance to it remaining.

I know all the things about how to deal with that but man... it's a hell of a feeling, mixture of being both tantalized and tormented. I don't think I even hate the feeling. There's something vaguely similar to holding off on an orgasm. Ultimate tease by life itself, except there's no safeword.

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[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought that was exactly what Zeno's Paradox is : a mathematical explanation of that very feeling. You're getting closer at each step, yet you're doomed to never reach your goal. So close, yet so far.

[–] Asofon@discuss.online 2 points 1 day ago

Hmm, maybe. Not sure if the expression is related, I always thought it had more defeated quality. With Zeno's paradox there's the idea that you do keep getting closer, and a bit closer, and just a bit closer, and just a tiny bit closer... There's the sense of progression.

Or maybe I'm conflating it a bit with the other expression, "close but no cookie".