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On your last sentence (proof of ideological belief), the word "insufferable" is probably the word to describe them instead of "boring". I hear you.
Yes. And I liked the points you raised in your previous post. A boring lifestyle is not necessarily bad. But I do think that people can be boring in person, whatever their situation, and sometimes you really can get enough of them!
I think the younger people of my generation (a bit biased sure) were far more interesting than the cell/smartphone addicted youth of today. You look in any mall or public place and 70% or more of them are addicted. There probably will be no disagreement on that. For perspective, I was a teenager in the 1970's. (Today's youth probably have better clothes though...yea, looking back bell bottoms were a little ridiculous). LOL.
It seems like many people here expect the "boring" people to live their lives based on how they think they should live them while disregarding the "boring" person's interest and motivations. Some people just aren't social, they are more reserved and quiet. Some people would rather stay to themselves. If you're not compatible with that type of person then don't be around them. No reason to go around slapping labels on people. How they choose to live their lives has no effect on you.
The most boring are simply those who takes life too seriously. Also maybe this wouldn't technically be boring so much as it is mind boggling but when I encounter the rare person who says they don't like music, I can't envision them having a very interesting life overall.
I actually don't find self absorbed people boring. Maybe it's the analyzer in me but the more rotten a person is the more I contemplate why they came to be this way.
I guess boring means different things to different people. Several posters opined a "dry sense of humor" as boring. I find a dry sense of humor much more humorous than someone who is overly animated. I don't find introverts boring, actually just the opposite. I find that when I do have one on one conversations with an introvert, the discussion is more substantive than superifical conversations with extroverts who simply need constant interaction. For me, boring people are those who have no interests outside of work or, who have no interest in discussing anything other than their problems or current day. Not everybody can spend our time talking about "ideas", my limited cognitive functioning allows me to keep up with current events, what is going on in the world but I'll leave the ideas thinkers to it. Most days I struggle to remember what day it is!
That's a good thing. Maybe what you meant was "excitement"?
Nope. Didn't mean that at all. Boring people get "excited" about boring things. Loud rambunctious drama is what people need to not be boring. Like, I know couples who have never gotten into an argument. That to me is extremely boring. I have to argue and have heated dialogue with people and that is what makes people not boring.
I also am not very expressive, and like to observe more than participate - an ISTJ.
Yeah, I did that for awhile or participated on those forums. I am an INTJ and suppose to be some fantastic physicist but quickly got burned out with those forums as well. I am pretty good at math and interpreting information but I'd rather be in a class. Specifically with the solar system lit up on the ceiling. I think i am going to take a class next fall but I really don't think that personality test is a hundred percent. People have characteristics that can calculate to different equations but I think it's wrong to say that's all you are and go through life thinking that's who you are. Especially because some personality test said so. Phooey.
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I'd rather be boring than a moron that labels others. Fact is we can't expect everyone to be like us, and some people are more introverted, that doesn't make them boring, it's just they way they are.
Very well said. Instead I'd be more interested in finding out why some people would think themselves exciting and find others boring. It's a bit like a narcissist finding others ugly, not a very healthy mentality IMO.
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