Post 9t8ulo85dJmZQSXElk by Gina@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #9t8r7UfaGV0PcuHqqW by Gina@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T19:50:53Z
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I'm dating a guy who thinks that being bored is 'a sign of a life without inspiration.' This reveal is going to be fun.
(DIR) Post #9t8rr9aUyo4JYwgGSe by Tayo@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T19:59:05Z
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@Gina I like to be bored because it rarely happens anymore.
(DIR) Post #9t8shojFGO4SDYsqtE by duponin@udongein.xyz
2020-03-18T20:08:42.865705Z
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@Gina Why dating a guy when you can learn the great and robust Unix?
(DIR) Post #9t8ssNE1rRI46QJffc by cavaliertusky@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T20:10:33Z
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@Gina boredom is great! More people should be bored. My best ideas have been born out of boredom.
(DIR) Post #9t8tdGz0t3A6Lxejzs by murtezayesil@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T20:19:02Z
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@Gina Is he inspiring?
(DIR) Post #9t8u67mSBH6kD4XTIO by Lembritt@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T20:24:15Z
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@Gina I can't remember last time I was bored 🤔
(DIR) Post #9t8uYcybmvkd4Sod3w by Gina@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T20:29:24Z
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@murtezayesil he is, he is way more interesting than I am. He speaks 5 languages, reads a book a week (in Dutch, which he only learned two years ago!), meditates regularly, has travelled all over the world etc. He's as smart as he is handsome.It's giving me anxiety honestly.
(DIR) Post #9t8ubkNmi1ZCuR4xbE by Gina@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T20:29:58Z
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@Lembritt ok no need to rub it in 😭
(DIR) Post #9t8ulo85dJmZQSXElk by Gina@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T20:31:47Z
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@cavaliertusky feels like I'm wasting my time though.Somehow I can't put myself to do anything useful or interesting with all this free time. I could be making videos, learn new web dev skills, or improve my video editing, or read a book for change. I'm just really unmotivated for some reason.
(DIR) Post #9t8unMNJnJ0NvUOkpk by thewk@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T20:32:00Z
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@Gina Can‘t really recall the last time I was bored. But if one is bored, it gives opportunity to to think about a great many things and for many leads to good ideas. Boredom is just another resource ;-)
(DIR) Post #9t8vGl5cz736yX8rr6 by Gina@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T20:37:11Z
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@cavaliertusky feels like I'm wasting my time though.Somehow I can't put myself to do anything useful or interesting with all this free time. I could be making videos, learn new web dev skills, or improve my video editing, or read a book for a change. I'm just really unmotivated for some reason.
(DIR) Post #9t8vaqJ9IGccx02kHQ by Lembritt@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T20:41:00Z
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@Gina Sorry, that came out wrong. I envy you for feeling bored, I would like to feel it sometime.
(DIR) Post #9t8wag35XJs35S13XU by jason_s_dodd@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T20:52:09Z
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@Gina My grandma would say, There are no boring places, only boring people.I agree with her.
(DIR) Post #9t8xoU7Wma506GExyy by Gina@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T21:05:53Z
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@jason_s_dodd that's his point too, apparently I'm a boring person 😂😭
(DIR) Post #9t8yKgPyb0pDVUDsqu by jason_s_dodd@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T21:11:43Z
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@Gina I definitely don't know you well enough to have an opinion on that but it does seem to me there are people who seem to expect the world to entertain them and there are those who seem to think the world entertains them plenty if they'll open themselves up to the wonders of the world.Worse comes to worse and I'm actually bored? Bam! there's an audio or ebook. Instant unbored.
(DIR) Post #9t90qJPZrulzKRFJLc by evanskaufman@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T21:39:37Z
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@Gina Sounds like someone that's never had self-esteem, self-worth or depression/anxiety issues?Speaking as someone who HAS all of those things, motivating oneself is (in most cases) much more complex than a lack of inspiration. 🤷♂️
(DIR) Post #9t92HdYFCIHvZ1tQiu by Matter@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T21:55:56Z
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@Gina Being bored can be pretty good, it's important to be bored in this age of instant gratification and stimuli everywhere
(DIR) Post #9t92Qj9Fl1PtWqXR4a by keverets@social.librem.one
2020-03-18T21:57:34Z
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@Gina given how many people hang off your every published word, this seems to be false
(DIR) Post #9t93pXzoSTLk8OWPCq by ndegruchy@fosstodon.org
2020-03-18T22:13:13Z
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@Gina Sounds like someone with ADHD/ADD. Being bored can spawn an amazing journey to explore things. Or, it can just be who you are. Take it or leave it.Also: You boulder, speak at least two languages, have a dog and run IT for a non-profit who uses open-source software instead of the cookie cutter solutions. Boring is a matter of perspective.
(DIR) Post #9tB4f8A0CZWiMuRPe4 by namark@qoto.org
2020-03-19T21:32:06Z
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@Gina the statement by itself is a tautology at best, it requires further clarification, or otherwise is open to interpretation.Interpretation example 1:(Emphasis on boredom as an internal feeling, state of being, and inspiration - an external feeling/stimulus, a state of the world) it is not your fault if you are bored, you just need something or someone(wink wink) in your life to inspire you~Interpretation example 2:(Emphasis on the word life, as in "entire life") A singular event of being bored signifies an innate (genetic?) condition of uninspired person, I'm afraid you'll have to accept your inferiority and live with it for the lest of your life.