But life's funny, and treasure turns to trash.
First comes the rush, and then comes the crash.
Jo Jo Gunne, Be careful what you wish for.
Though usually a middle aged thing, I suppose anyone could burn out. But young people have too much energy to burn out and geezers don't care. Most of what I saw was from work, with plantation jobs running a close second. As a low rank gov puke working for Smokey Bear, there was a lot of burnout. It affected most everyone to some degree. As a rookie I remember walking the halls and thinking "that'll never happen to me." Right, What an idiot. The only question is, how much will it affect you?
The strangest thing about burning out is that the burnee is usually the last one to see it. Part of the reason is your attitude doesn't go bad at a steady rate. For a long time, things won't bother you, but everyone has a limit, and a lousy job or a bad boss will eventually get to you. Sooner or later you just want it to be over.
If it's a career you don't like anymore, and you still have years to go, well then it sucks to be you. But most people didn't have that long to wait till retirement, least where I was. If it's a bad relationship doing you, then you got a decision to make.
My guess is burnout is why Unboxxed has dropped off the radar. For how many years now he's been guarding the gates and didn't give a damn how hard or hopeless the job became. He probably see's all that work as a sucker move now and wish's he hadn't. I hope he does not, the place wouldn't have lasted near this long without him.
It wouldn't surprise me if Jag and Wombat aren't a little sick of it all too. Every year it's another class of Sophomore MGTOW's who just discovered Walt Disney's been lying all along, and too many of them just signed up to stir the shit. It's one thing to read their crap for free, it's probably another when you're footing the bill.