Austrian existential psychiatrist Viktor Frankl connected depression to feelings of futility and meaninglessness. An undercurrent of cynicism and futility underlies the entire series. It often arises from a negative emotion, such as dismay, dissatisfaction, boredom, or futility. The poem uses repeated profanity to convey a sense of futility and exasperation. The Rangers and their fans had a long history of futility and disappointment. Citizens were overcome with their own futility. Many suggest that it expresses the futility of meaningful communication in modern society. His restricted ability to function leads him to ponder his own futility. Labor is thus a cyclical, repeated process that carries with it a sense of futility. It describes feelings of futility after a breakup. At the time, both Philadelphia teams were in the midst of long stretches of futility. Experienced players recognize the futility of continuing the pattern and play elsewhere. This time, the club entered an era of stark futility. It had a checkered career of "contention, opposition and futility". He appears briefly in voice-over during "Song about the Futility of Human Endeavor".