errand

IMO games are art, so trying to solve for a solution is a fool's errand.

IMO — and this is just me — trying to quantify aspects like feel is a fool's errand.

In my experience taking long road trips in expensive cars is a fools errand, electric or not.

Multi billion dollar startups are so rare that trying to mimic them is a fools errand.

Trying to model order book dynamics across multiple exchanges accurately is something of a fool's errand (especially in pro-rata markets).

Every true professional realizes 100% code coverage is a fool's errand for this exact reason.

Presenting content-as-text where display size is an unknown strikes me as a fools errand, but...

First of all, this is garbage advice, an absolute fool's errand.

The police are just the errand boys of the law.

The office parks are still out in the middle of nowhere with nothing around them for errand running or stuff to eat at lunch besides a McDonalds.

Trying to play wack-a-mole is a fools errand.

It's a fool's errand to try to please all of such a huge userbase, but Pao seems to have been able to unite some very unlikely factions against her.

"Ooh, I need to find [cheap] gas on the way to my next errand".

If you understand anything about human nature, you must appreciate that it's a fool's errand to try to get everyone to agree, acknowledge, or even understand a single truth, regardless of how "right" that truth is.

Also, there seems to be a big difference between (1) "you completed the errand of picking up the milk; you get 10 million super points and this e-Trophy" and (2) "here are the real-world implications of your actions".