You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments
30 points

“Bored” pisses me off. There’s too much to do, to learn, to experience to be fucking bored. I mean, unless you’re stuck at work or some shit.

permalink
report
reply
25 points

There may be too much to be bored, but there’s just the right amount and more to be habitually depressed!

permalink
report
parent
reply
-5 points

Well, boredom is not depression.

permalink
report
parent
reply
14 points

Speaking from experience depression has the power to render everything you used to find passion and joy in utterly unenjoyable. It sucks, and you get bored, and then you feel bad that you are bored and not doing the things you are supposed to enjoy. Have some empathy for those of us struggling :)

permalink
report
parent
reply
12 points

Actually that’s a pretty major and common symptom of depression.

permalink
report
parent
reply
16 points

I am bored and I have plenty to do, the bigger selection makes it impossible to choose and then I do not choose.

permalink
report
parent
reply
5 points
*

In the words of Neil Peart, “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”

Work on making a better one.

permalink
report
parent
reply
12 points

Good job Neil, you cured depression with one easy fix!

permalink
report
parent
reply
13 points

That’s the point isn’t it? If we’re unlucky much of our life might revolve around going to work and doing maintenance around going to work and sleeping. Now I agree that anyone in that position probably has a choice they could make to free up their life but it’s quite a feat of will power to do it. There are also people in this cycle that have started families and don’t have much freedom.

permalink
report
parent
reply
-8 points

There are also people in this cycle that have started families and don’t have much freedom.

I’d argue that people with families have even fewer excuses for being bored.

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

There is but all of it takes MONEY!! and TIME!!!. And i don’t have enough alcohol around me to not be bored. Best I can do is video games(I’m lucky to have a laptop).

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

If you have a laptop that can play video games, there is so much else you can do. Not that there’s anything wrong with video games. Video games are awesome.

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

I can, learned to use Linux. Learning python now. But I was talking about real world things like camping, and going on trips, watching snowfall(I’ve never seen snowfall), going to the beach or the zoo. You can only spend so much time in the virtual world, but the real world takes money and time.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

gaming is great (I usually play an hour or 2 a day) but break it up a bit. maybe do an online micro credential, you can normally find free short courses. learn a language (easy to do for free if you have internet and some time). learn a new skill. learn design so you can put the laptop to work. and every now and then, when gaming burns you out, learning is too much and you literally have no chance to do anything else, sit under a tree for a little bit. yes, even at night. it’ll help

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

I have ADHD, my time is fucked once I get into gaming.

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

Imagine having access to the Internet and say you are bored.

permalink
report
parent
reply

People Twitter

!whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

Create post

People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.

RULES:

  1. Mark NSFW content.
  2. No doxxing people.
  3. Must be a pic of the tweet or similar. No direct links to the tweet.
  4. No bullying or international politcs
  5. Be excellent to each other.
  6. Provide an archived link to the tweet (or similar) being shown if it’s a major figure or a politician.

Community stats

  • 7.2K

    Monthly active users

  • 963

    Posts

  • 42K

    Comments