# I'm so bored I'm... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581 "2016-03-01T00:13:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/41 "2018-01-23T06:35:26Z")
What do all the cool kids do on these boring Jan. nights? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/42 "2018-01-23T06:36:46Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > What do all the cool kids do on these boring Jan. nights? I drink beer. Tho I’m not claiming to be cool. Or a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/43 "2018-01-23T07:15:56Z")
Nice! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/44 "2018-01-23T08:25:49Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Rather than start yet another “I’m Bored” thread, I’ve bumped the most recent one a casual search turned up. > > Seriously, I’ve got _ **the entire Internet** _ in front of me; and I can’t find anything to do?? I’m too bored to even think of an interesting way of describing how bored I am. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/45 "2018-01-23T08:27:59Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’m too bored to even think of an interesting way of describing how bored I am. You just increased my boredom. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/46 "2018-01-23T12:35:37Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > …cyberstalking old girlfriends. Not contacting, just looking for them… I do this all the time, and I consider it research. (If you need anything rationalized, just come to me.) Interestingly, I discovered that five (and that’s about half) of the men I seriously dated or was involved with went on to long (35-45 year) marriages to the same woman after they broke up with me. At least you can’t say I picked guys who were commitment-phobes. But I really don’t know how to interpret in a way that says anything good about me. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/47 "2018-01-23T14:40:01Z")
…doing actual work at work. Guess I have to do it eventually. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/48 "2018-01-25T05:35:50Z")
I’m so bored, I’ve been calling in sick to places I don’t work. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/49 "2018-01-25T05:41:59Z")
Bored enough that I’m actually considering going to TV Tropes and picking random subjects. But I know full well it’d be well after midnight when I finally come up for air. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/50 "2018-01-25T13:39:18Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Bored enough that I’m actually considering going to TV Tropes and picking random subjects. But I know full well it’d be well after midnight when I finally come up for air. I thought TV Tropes had been shut down. But I see it’s still in business. All right! 🙂 **Digs** , you performed a valuable service today for a fellow Doper and made her very happy. Thanks! I suggest you take the rest of the day off. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/51 "2018-01-25T13:52:56Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I thought TV Tropes had been shut down. But I see it’s still in business. All right! 🙂 **Digs** , you performed a valuable service today for a fellow Doper and made her very happy. Thanks! I suggest you take the rest of the day off. 😃 Thanks! I forwarded your post to my boss. She of course said “TV Tropes? Thelma Loooo? Heck yeah, in fact, I’ll just see you Monday.” ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/52 "2018-01-25T14:03:46Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Thanks! I forwarded your post to my boss. She of course said “TV Tropes? Thelma Loooo? Heck yeah, in fact, I’ll just see you Monday.” Remind me to send both of you a pan of cashew fudge. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/53 "2018-01-25T16:08:27Z")
I’m so bored, I’m running a race between a Windows spinning circle and a Mac spinning pizza of doom. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/54 "2018-01-25T16:53:20Z")
I’m so bored I want Max to tell us who won? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/55 "2018-01-25T22:52:40Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I’m so bored I want Max to tell us who won? …and I want to know what happened to the corpse of the vanquished. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/56 "2018-01-25T23:58:57Z")
[https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Frogs-1000-Jigsaw-Puzzle/dp/B00CQR5D4I](https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Frogs-1000-Jigsaw-Puzzle/dp/B00CQR5D4I) > [@Balance](#): > > I am not bored. Boredom–and in particular, \*admitting \*to boredom–is like texting the Universe to say, “Hey, come kick me in the balls!” The surest cures for boredom are swift, unpleasant, and abundant. > > That said…I, too, am posting in this thread. I have a problem with lonliness, because I’m working at home a lot and my husband works late. But the more I think about it, I think I have a problem with boredom, because it doesn’t make sense that I would feel lonely the second I get home from the office. I’m an introvert, too. I made a list of things to do when I’m bored besides waste time on the internet. One of those things is to do a puzzle. I realize this may sound lame but I’m just one of those homebody type people. So I bought one of those roll-up puzzle keeper things (I have cats) and I’ve started a puzzle. It’s a [giant frog](https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Frogs-1000-Jigsaw-Puzzle/dp/B00CQR5D4I) made up of many little frogs. I do it while listening to podcasts. It was a solid choice. Neil Gaiman has written that boredom is a requirement for the creative process. As a creative person, I do find my brain solves things best when it’s idle. I’m working through a massive creative problem right now, so I think I need to embrace the boredom more. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/57 "2018-01-26T00:54:02Z")
As a kid: “Mom, I bored” Me: Ends up cleaning the garage. No, I’m never bored anymore. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/58 "2018-01-26T01:00:17Z")
Me to The Wifey: “I’m bored” Wifey: “So do the dishes” Me: “No, I want to be \*less \*bored” ---
**Author:** ![stolatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@stolatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolatt)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/59 "2018-01-26T04:40:08Z")
Been sick since the 1st. Did watch some Jersey Shore reruns. Knew things were going downhill. Did some detective work on finding family property without much information to entertain myself. Pleased that I figured it out. Watching a lot of Criminal Minds and Law and Order marathons. Just not feeling well enough to do anything else. My brain is smush. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581/60 "2018-01-26T05:20:31Z")
My ‘oh so bored and aloof’ Siamese cats are looking at me like I am supposed to entertain them. They don’t play, they don’t cuddle, they eat treats and stare at me. I don’t know what they expect from me 'cause they don’t answer my questions real well. I can go put something in the dryer, they like that, they have beds on top. Maybe they will let me live another night.¿!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-bored-im/747581.md?page=4)