Daily Cascade

On What is Boring

Prompt: Bored?
“I’m never bored anywhere; being bored is an insult to oneself.”
Jules Renard
Do you feel bored sometimes? What bores you?

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I am not really bored in my everyday life because I'm always so busy. There are things, people, and instances that bore me though.

I guess I don't appreciate being "talked at" be it in my personal life or online. Case in point, some of the YouTube stuff.

They get you with a hook in the beginning, a "click bait", and if you think or you are made believe that the person talking is a professional and you can get something out of the information he's about to give, you listen. Then, they go on and on and beat around the bush with irrelevant words and info, and at the end, they may spit out the information they promised in the beginning or not. Such an information should take less than a minute; however, YouTube or the person talking wants to keep you and me 20 minutes to half an hour listening to them, that's someone extremely self-important. Is this worth our time?

Knowing this, if I am really curious, I first check the comments section and see if someone has given the answers in a nutshell.

So, in general, my reasoning is, mind-numbing anything is boring, especially if there's no learning or problem solving. Then, if any activity asks for little or no mental effort, learning, creativity, or problem-solving, it is a boring one. Even if that activity has promised something in the beginning, then it become pointless and offers nothing, it is a boring activity.

Chances are boredom happens when our brains warn us about the mismatch between what we are after and what we are getting. Surely, there are differences among people when it comes to boredom. Some of us are okay with occasional passivity, while others need to stay active both mentally and emotionally. Then, what one person finds fascinating, another might find utterly dull. So what is boring, at least to me, means unnecessary repetition, predictability, and saying or offering nothing new.