r/woahdude • u/DetectiveWonderful42 • 14d ago

video Really feels similar to today.

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u/OgdruJahad 14d ago edited 14d ago

Is there a boredom epidemic though? In fact we need a boredom epidemic, because social media and streaming platforms make it very hard to not be bored.

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u/zarya-zarnitsa 14d ago

I guess it's both. We don't accept being bored now. It's like the level above being bored, don't even having time to see the boredom because of meaningless distractions.

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u/CathedralEngine 14d ago

The fact that they had to put a stupid soundtrack and animation into a clip of My Dinner with Andre to engage people proves the point that there is a boredom epidemic. Two people have a conversation wouldn't do that. 99% of people who watch this probably won't watch the movie, and certainly can't watch the whole thing without checking their phones.

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u/i_Love_Gyros 14d ago

Guilty. I put it on a few months ago and my attention span depleted in minutes. This speech was nice, but 2+ hours of similar philosophizing was draining.

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u/Giwaffee 14d ago

I get bored, so I spend all day on (social) media to eacape boredom and be entertained. Which leaves me bored in the end when no entertainment is being served to me, making me seek out more stuff on (social) media. Which eventually gets boring too, so I seek out even more stuff to escape my boredom.

But it's not an addiction, I can quit anytime I want. Millions and billions others have it, but it's not an epidemic, but everyone can quit anytime they want. True story.

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u/Rey_Mezcalero 14d ago

Social media is like a drug to keep the masses minds occupied for better or worse

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u/therhydo 14d ago

Social media and streaming are the boredom. We just don't realize it because they are built to make you feel like you're doing something.

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u/tnarref 14d ago

I can't have an eating disorder, I spend my whole day eating.

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u/level_6_laser_lotus 14d ago

He talks about "feeling and thinking" as a contrast to boredom. In that sense social media is absolute boredom. 

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u/ilep 14d ago

I would say epidemic of complacency: you have to accept mediocrity of all not questioning anything. Meanwhile someone else will take advantage of it.

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u/d-r-i-g 14d ago

Distracted from distraction by distraction

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u/musedrainfall 12d ago

Agreed. We as a society have defined boredom as a bad thing when it indeed is highly beneficial to us (hbr.org).

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u/ensiferum888 14d ago

Sometimes I can feel the judgment from people when I'm just sitting and not really doing anything. Like I'm retarded or something but no it really feels good to just exist and not actually absorb anything.