I'm bored thread

[DanielBenoit]

Okay, this is going to be either the stupidest and idea for a thread, or it's going to be the most brilliant.

Here it is; I'm bored. Now just as there was a thread for drunk posts, let's have a thread for bored posts (omg so exciting :rolleyes:). Just say anything completely random to express your boredom and let's see if we can create something out of it.

You can say anything you want, from a long rant, to a long textual groan, to some random thought that we can all pounce on to deprive the rest of us from boredom.

Like I said, this may be the stupidest idea for a thread, but let's see what we can create.

(Remember, only bored people are allowed to post!)

[soundofmusic]

I'm absolutely dying of boredom. I have a cold, taking a lot of cold medicine that clears my sinuses; but keeps me awake 20 hours a day. I have checked all the chat lines every 2 hours for the last 3 days. I have played endless computer scrabble, computer time management games, computer memory games, several video games...I've overfed the cat, have nothing in the house to eat and don't feel like buying anything. I'm living on Diet Coke, pudding, soup, and jalapeno potato chips. I forgot to get my license tag last month; so if I drive out to a 7-11, or quick stop store, I may get stopped by the police. I haven't went to the post office in days...probably the box is overflowing. I haven't worked in a week and I'm poor... :bawling: Now I feel sorry for myself and I have a cold...Did I tell you my ears are stopped up...I'm so bored:flare:

[DanielBenoit]

I'm absolutely dying of boredom. I have a cold, taking a lot of cold medicine that clears my sinuses; but keeps me awake 20 hours a day. I have checked all the chat lines every 2 hours for the last 3 days. I have played endless computer scrabble, computer time management games, computer memory games, several video games...I've overfed the cat, have nothing in the house to eat and don't feel like buying anything. I'm living on Diet Coke, pudding, soup, and jalapeno potato chips. I forgot to get my license tag last month; so if I drive out to a 7-11, or quick stop store, I may get stopped by the police. I haven't went to the post office in days...probably the box is overflowing. I haven't worked in a week and I'm poor... :bawling: Now I feel sorry for myself and I have a cold...Did I tell you my ears are stopped up...I'm so bored:flare:

Ohh I'm so sorry to hear that :( Here's a hug :)

[Shalot]

Am I bored? Or am I finally gathering the courage to go get what I really want out of life? :goof:

(OP: is this what you had in mind for the thread? Is this an acceptable post?)

[DanielBenoit]

Am I bored? Or am I finally gathering the courage to go get what I really want out of life? :goof:

(OP: is this what you had in mind for the thread? Is this an acceptable post?)

Hey, boredom is a natural human emotion, so don't go judging other people for being human. I happen to be achieving quite a lot thank you very much.

[Shalot]

Hey, boredom is a natural human emotion, so don't go judging other people for being human. I happen to be achieving quite a lot thank you very much.

eh. this thread is boring.

[DanielBenoit]

eh. this thread is boring.

Then don't post here. Simple as that. I said myself in my original post that this isn't meant to be the most exciting and controversial thread on litnet, I just wanted to create a thread where people can express their boredom.

[blazeofglory]

I feel totally apathetic, a kind of lack of interest in anything at all. All I feel in point of fact is that all I do at the end of the day is pointless and even posting here. I post in order to share some ideas and in doing so all I feel is I learn something from others and others too from me. Maybe we learn about human behaviors, feelings, tragedies of the world, God, otherworldliness, heavenliness, new words, phrases and structures of sentences, innovative ideas and the like. But what are these things after a while? Sheer nothingness. Maybe we can brag about the fact that ideas and we become swanky that we are educated and it is the duty of the educated to educate the uneducated. But what we educate them is sheer garbage; for there is more violence, war, blood shedding, rape, upheaval and disorderliness everywhere. All this turned me lethargic and bored

[soundofmusic]

Ohh I'm so sorry to hear that :( Here's a hug :)

Thank you, Daniel, I feel better already:nod:


I feel totally apathetic, a kind of lack of interest in anything at all. All I feel in point of fact is that all I do at the end of the day is pointless and even posting here. I post in order to share some ideas and in doing so all I feel is I learn something from others and others too from me. Maybe we learn about human behaviors, feelings, tragedies of the world, God, otherworldliness, heavenliness, new words, phrases and structures of sentences, innovative ideas and the like. But what are these things after a while? Sheer nothingness. Maybe we can brag about the fact that ideas and we become swanky that we are educated and it is the duty of the educated to educate the uneducated. But what we educate them is sheer garbage; for there is more violence, war, blood shedding, rape, upheaval and disorderliness everywhere. All this turned me lethargic and bored

But you see, Blaze, what you say has a life of its own. I often get off the forum and think of something you have brought up. I drive to work with it; sometimes I share it with others. It counts, You count, despite all that is going on around us!


eh. this thread is boring.

:bawling:. That's just :cold:

[DanielBenoit]

But you see, Blaze, what you say has a life of its own. I often get off the forum and think of something you have brought up. I drive to work with it; sometimes I share it with others. It counts, You count, despite all that is going on around us!

Yeah exactly, you have great ideas Blaze! Acceptence is a vital part of existence. Maybe while you're in the middle of reading The Brothers Karamazov you could read Camus's book-length essay The Myth of Syphisus which deals with a lot of what you're talking about.

[soundofmusic]

Am I bored? Or am I finally gathering the courage to go get what I really want out of life? :goof:

(OP: is this what you had in mind for the thread? Is this an acceptable post?)

What do you really want out of life:confused:


Yeah exactly, you have great ideas Blaze! Acceptence is a vital part of existence.

Bravo, Daniel, you are mature beyond your years and brilliant!

[DanielBenoit]

Am I bored? Or am I finally gathering the courage to go get what I really want out of life? :goof:

(OP: is this what you had in mind for the thread? Is this an acceptable post?)

Hey, I think I misinterpreted your post. I'm truly sorry for being rude if I did, I'm just in a bad mood :redface: :brickwall


Bravo, Daniel, you are mature beyond your years and brilliant!

Ahh thanks :angel:

[blazeofglory]

But you see, Blaze, what you say has a life of its own. I often get off the forum and think of something you have brought up. I drive to work with it; sometimes I share it with others. It counts, You count, despite all that is going on around us!

What you said is correct and of course everything has a life of its own, and I subscribe to your ideas that life is not just flowery; it is just as spiky too, and amidst sheets of clouds one can expect a silver-lining too.

[Lynne50]

Are we really bored? Or do we use that word to really mean, "I just don't feel like doing what I know I should be doing?" I think, too, we all want to be engaged fully, but at times we want someone else to inititate things. I'm sure if someone came to our doors and said they had tickets to a fantastic concert, our boredom would suddenly vanish. At times we just want others to do our thinking for us. And that is not a bad thing. Everyone needs 'down times'. In fact we should regularly schedule them. In our busy, hectic lives it's essential.
I am reading a book called Sabbath- Restoring the Sacred Rhythm of Rest.
by Wayne Muller. Yes he is a Christian writer, but the word sabbath does not need to have a religious connotation. It can simply mean rest and having time to do what is sacred to you. Boredom may mean a 'down time' which leads to discovery followed by a renewal of energy and spirit.

[rimbaud]

If you're thinking "am I really bored?" the answer is - YES!

[soundofmusic]

Are we really bored? Or do we use that word to really mean, "I just don't feel like doing what I know I should be doing?" I think, too, we all want to be engaged fully, but at times we want someone else to inititate things.

Great thought, Lynne, I've never seen you on the forum, welcome:banana:
My mind always wants to be engaged fully; my body seems to always be on the couch or sitting in front of this computer.

[Lynne50]

Thanks for the welcome, soundofmusic I have the same problem. Either the couch or the computer is constantly calling my name. It must be some sort of magnetic field. because as soon as I sit down on the couch, I'm glued. And the computer is just as bad.

[soundofmusic]

Thanks for the welcome, soundofmusic I have the same problem. Either the couch or the computer is constantly calling my name. It must be some sort of magnetic field. because as soon as I sit down on the couch, I'm glued. And the computer is just as bad.

Do you "lose time" on the computer? I'll sit down to write a few comments on Lit net at 9pm; do a few games and the next time I look at the clock it is 3am! I've thought, "Well at least I'm not sleeping or depressed, and I can't really eat when on the computer"; but I'm getting a kind of triangular body: My shoulders kind of slope and my butt is getting really flat on the bottom and falling over the chair:lol:

[Lynne50]

"Well at least I'm not sleeping or depressed, and I can't really eat when on the computer"; but I'm getting a kind of triangular body: My shoulders kind of slope and my butt is getting really flat on the bottom and falling over the chair:lol:

You described me to a tee... In fact, I spent so much time on the computer this summer, I think I damaged my coccyx bone. Now when I sit for too long, I have a hard time getting up. That'll teach me!

[soundofmusic]

You described me to a tee... In fact, I spent so much time on the computer this summer, I think I damaged my coccyx bone. Now when I sit for too long, I have a hard time getting up. That'll teach me!

:lol: I'm still looking for my coccyx; it's buried somewhere in all this blubber! I come with my own cushioning. Do your legs start to fall asleep after several hours at the computer? I stand up and my legs don't work...It never happens when I sit anywhere else.

[DanielBenoit]

I am feeling helplessly lathargic right now. It's as if I am existing within some kind of void or box and I can't break out. My legs and arms are all scrumbled up and I am suffocating from the claustraphobic surroundings of this box. Demmark is a prison.

[soundofmusic]

I am feeling helplessly lathargic right now. It's as if I am existing within some kind of void or box and I can't break out. My legs and arms are all scrumbled up and I am suffocating from the claustraphobic surroundings of this box. Demmark is a prison.

What's wrong, Daniel dear? Maybe you're just overtired. I take a nice hot shower when I feel that way, watch something really dumb on television and have a hot, caffinated drink...

[Lynne50]

My legs and arms are all scrumbled up and I am suffocating from the claustraphobic surroundings of this box. Demmark is a prison.

Daniel Isn't Denmark always rated one of the best places to live? If you're bored in Denmark, there's no hope for me here in boring South Jersey!

[Maryd.]

Hey all, alright, alright. I admit it, I'm bored. I have been busy with socialising. Which I detest. But now that I am not socialising. I'm bored. Go figure!

[blazeofglory]

Hey all, alright, alright. I admit it, I'm bored. I have been busy with socialising. Which I detest. But now that I am not socialising. I'm bored. Go figure!

You poured out what I feel too. I am not the party-going type and choose to be alone, but after a while I choose to go to the party because sitting alone is such a bore

[MANICHAEAN]

I get bored daily with endless, mindless meetings, where ragged ar--d illiterates ramble on about trivia. I get bored about getting up at 3.30am every morning, 7 days a week and dragging my sorry ar-e into work & downloading mindless e-mails about pre-meetings, prior to main meetings. I get bored by corporate buzz words & phrases like: finishing strong, raising the bar, synergy, committment, team players, management by objectives, behavour based observation trends, lateral lessons to be learned etc etc. This might sound a bit like The Catcher in the Rye. Wish it were more like Hemingway's dialogue writing style where the words have meaning. "How do you know what its like to be born as an ugly woman, and yet know within thyself that thou art beautiful" For Whom the Bell Tolls, or even the crisp, sharp dialogue of Raymond Chandler. Hope thats enough rambling for one night. Must be boring!

[soundofmusic]

I get bored daily with endless, mindless meetings, where ragged ar--d illiterates ramble on about trivia. I get bored about getting up at 3.30am every morning, 7 days a week and dragging my sorry ar-e into work & downloading mindless e-mails about pre-meetings, prior to main meetings. I get bored by corporate buzz words & phrases like: finishing strong, raising the bar, synergy, committment, team players, management by objectives, behavour based observation trends, lateral lessons to be learned etc etc. This might sound a bit like The Catcher in the Rye. Wish it were more like Hemingway's dialogue writing style where the words have meaning. "How do you know what its like to be born as an ugly woman, and yet know within thyself that thou art beautiful" For Whom the Bell Tolls, or even the crisp, sharp dialogue of Raymond Chandler. Hope thats enough rambling for one night. Must be boring!

When do you get a break; I get annoyed that I'm expected to attend a four hour monthly meeting where I am told about my noble profession and pay cuts. Thats just after they offer tiny glasses of cheap orange juice, 1/4 slice of danish and weak coffee, have the chaplin give a pep talk and listen to endless complaints of clients, paper work and scheduling problems.
Still, I have a cold this week and I wish I were at work:rage:

[Maryd.]

You poured out what I feel too. I am not the party-going type and choose to be alone, but after a while I choose to go to the party because sitting alone is such a bore

Ah well Blaze, what to do. All my friends and family no me as the bubbly social type. :banana: But honestly I like being alone. When I do get bored I come on litnet and annoy everyone.:rolleyes:

Never mind, let's all be bored together.:nod:

[soundofmusic]

Ah well Blaze, what to do. All my friends and family no me as the bubbly social type. :banana: But honestly I like being alone. When I do get bored I come on litnet and annoy everyone.:rolleyes:

Never mind, let's all be bored together.:nod:

:nod: Lovely idea, Maryd. It's funny that people assume because you are "social" when in society, that you always "feel like being sociable".
I like to periodically stay in the house for a few days and "take things down a notch"

[Maryd.]

:nod: Lovely idea, Maryd. It's funny that people assume because you are "social" when in society, that you always "feel like being sociable".
I like to periodically stay in the house for a few days and "take things down a notch"


Yes, my problem is that I have been in the house alone for so long now, that I have become accustomed to it. Now when I go out, I look at the time and wish I was home.:confused:

[MANICHAEAN]

These cases on the news, where individuals are placed in solitary confinement for long periods. Those with imaginations, who are comfortable with their own company, would it not be more of a holiday instead of a punishment?
Throw in three meals a day, a comfortable chair & all the books you have never had time to read & it would be a bliss!

[soundofmusic]

Yes, my problem is that I have been in the house alone for so long now, that I have become accustomed to it. Now when I go out, I look at the time and wish I was home.:confused:

Exactly, My daughter lives with me and sometimes my husband's son visits; but usually, it's just us girls. We cook if we want, she is awake early and I sleep late and stay up until early morning...Just me, the cat and the computer. It always seems "so loud" when I go anywhere. My neighbors have a cookout every weekend, I used to go. Now they are all into some age reversal thing, blasting their music louder than the teenagers, inviting tons of acquaintances...I do a hover over and make my apologies before my ears start to bleed:smash:

[soundofmusic]

These cases on the news, where individuals are placed in solitary confinement for long periods. Those with imaginations, who are comfortable with their own company, would it not be more of a holiday instead of a punishment?
Throw in three meals a day, a comfortable chair & all the books you have never had time to read & it would be a bliss!

Remember that Twilight Zone where Burgess Meredith slips into a bank vault to read, the world is destroyed by a nuclear war and he is all alone with all the books he's always wanted to read...ten he breaks his glasses...

I guess I like to stay in my house because I know I can leave anytime, even if I don't want to.

[blazeofglory]

Bored, of course I am very bored today. I see people coming to the streets with their banners all around and they are revolutionaries, acute socialists. Their usual slogans are equality, democracy, economic reform, freedom. They shout: down with the corrupt government. Down with the dishonest and crooked autocrats! Unite all the laborers of the world and march in parade to demolish the institution of corruption and the like. The whole street is mobbed barricading the vehicle I am moving by

[blazeofglory]

Today mobs blocked my way. I was in my car. Owning a car in my part of the world is a sign of prosperity and defiantly at the same time a mark of corruptibility, for in my part of the world more and more people are poor and the few moving with lavishness are looked down or frowned on by the many grassroots. I am not both, too affluent or corrupt yet that my passage was blocked made me too rebellious!!!

[Maryd.]

Today mobs blocked my way. I was in my car. Owning a car in my part of the world is a sign of prosperity and defiantly at the same time a mark of corruptibility, for in my part of the world more and more people are poor and the few moving with lavishness are looked down or frowned on by the many grassroots. I am not both, too affluent or corrupt yet that my passage was blocked made me too rebellious!!

Hey Blaze you are nice. I am so impatient. I probably would have knocked them down... :smash:

No, no, no, I am a wimp, I could never do that:redface::redface:




Exactly, My daughter lives with me and sometimes my husband's son visits; but usually, it's just us girls. We cook if we want, she is awake early and I sleep late and stay up until early morning...Just me, the cat and the computer. It always seems "so loud" when I go anywhere. My neighbors have a cookout every weekend, I used to go. Now they are all into some age reversal thing, blasting their music louder than the teenagers, inviting tons of acquaintances...I do a hover over and make my apologies before my ears start to bleed:smash:


Hey SOM, maybe we are getting old!:nod:

[soundofmusic]

Hey SOM, maybe we are getting old!:nod:

:lol: That's what my creaking bones and lack of initiative are telling me. We should be proud we admit our age:nod:


Today mobs blocked my way. I was in my car. Owning a car in my part of the world is a sign of prosperity and defiantly at the same time a mark of corruptibility, for in my part of the world more and more people are poor and the few moving with lavishness are looked down or frowned on by the many grassroots. I am not both, too affluent or corrupt yet that my passage was blocked made me too rebellious!!!

I admire your character, Blaze. I would be apathetic everyday if I dealt with such things. It helps those of us from other countries to understand your viewpoint when we hear of such things.

[Helga]

I am so bored!!!

[soundofmusic]

I saw a "mirage at the end of my boredom today", it was the threat of all of the services in the house being turned off. For two hours, I rushed about, went to the bank, the post office, paid bills, felt good about myself until....now I am bored and anxious.:cold:

[MANICHAEAN]

Generally human beings can be divided into three categories: those that are billed to death, those that are bored to death & those that are quite simply worried to death.
Whats your poison?

[soundofmusic]

Generally human beings can be divided into three categories: those that are billed to death, those that are bored to death & those that are quite simply worried to death.
Whats your poison?

That is a wonderful quote, Did you make it up?:)

[blazeofglory]

Today I had hard times; for I was walking all the way from home to the office, soaked with sweat. It was a burning morning and I had to walk or a couple of hours. Revolutionaries were shouting: Down with the corrupt ministers!! We want democracy. Nepal must be a republic state. Prime minister must step down. The country is getting poorer and shoddier. All peasants and laborers must unite and fight.
Taking flying banners they are marching from one corner to another. Polices are on patrol. But they too look so glum with menacing crowds and looming hazard everywhere. The situation excited me a little bit and at the same time I was scared out of my wits for I did not know what would happen next. Somehow I reached my office completely exhausted

[DanielBenoit]

*long infinite sigh*

Oh I am so so overwhelmed. I am just feeling so deeply miserable. There's not really any other way to put it. I feel worthless. I can't write, I've got a lot of rote and tedious work to do, I can't enjoy anything, I'm totally and utterly apathetic. Even right now, each word I write I am filled with more comptemt for myself.

I need to take a walk. I need this stress off my back because it is killing me. I feel just like Sysphis, pushing the rock up the hill only to see it tumble back down.

Arghghghggggggiiiii...................

[DanielBenoit]

Took a nap and woke up forty-five minutes later, honestly expecting it to be midnight. I'm feeling a tad better, but still. . . . .. .

[MANICHAEAN]

Painful though it is, the best way to think and write is to do nothing else. One is then forced into effort as an escape from boredom and one's own personality.

[V.Jayalakshmi]

Mr.Maryd!!!You said it for me.I am in similar situation.I just log on and there you are with stupid conversations.You blog and after that it sounds senseless.You watch a cricket match and it drags.Oh! Life is a saga of various boredoms.To endure is but a form of spineless strength.

[magzarelli]

IM bored!