imagine you have a boat, and this boat has a really nice statue on it. It's beautiful, omg. one of a kind. and its worth a bunch of money, too. Like, 500k.<p>But oh no! the boat sunk! the statue is well protected, but its at the bottom of the ocean! You can see the statue, glimmering at the bottom of the ocean, but you can't reach it.<p>So you do what anyone would do, you try to retrieve it. You think to yourself "this statue is beautiful, and its worth so much money! If only i spend less than the statue is worth, then I've made money!"<p>You send little robots and divers and all manner of things to try and retrieve the statue. Months turn into years, but you try to get this statue. You can see it, its right there just out of reach!<p>And suddenly, you've spent OVER 500k to try and get this statue back. You've lost money trying to retrieve it. And its still there, at the bottom of the ocean. Glimmering and shiny, taunting you.<p>Basically, this is the position you're in. You've essentially been donating your potential earnings towards trying to retrieve this statue. It might be time to give up on the statue, and go find some other shiny thing.