I challenge you to say this to a poverty-stricken single mother of a mentally-disabled child with no job prospects (due to not having any marketable skills, certifications, or degrees) and a mountain of debt left behind by a dead-beat husband who is incapable of providing child-support due to being an alcoholic bum with no job prospects of his own.

This is what my mother-in-law has to deal with every day.

Sometimes people "[do] so much" because they have no reasonable alternatives. Being overwhelmed is a fact of life for them.

this guy is talking about "hobby projects" and posting on HN.

my response was directed at him, not your hypothetical single mother with a special needs child.

> my response was directed at him

OK, point taken and understood. My apologies for taking your comment out-of-context.

> not your hypothetical single mother with a special needs child

It wasn't hypothetical. That's an accurate description of the life my mother-in-law leads.