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Boredom is a reactive state of emotion that interprets the condition of one's environment as wearingly dull due to repetitive, non-existent or tedious Stimuli . Boredom stems from a lack of interesting things to see, hear, or do (physically or intellectually) when not in the Mood of "doing anything." Often it is a clearly subjective state; one person may find a classical music concert "boring," for example, while another may find it riveting. Those afflicted with temporary boredom may regard the affliction as a waste of time, but usually characterize boredom as far worse. Alternatively, one may have the feeling that having too much spare time causes boredom. Indeed, time often appears to move more slowly to someone who experiences boredom, resulting from the way in which the human mind measures the passage of time and by the infrequency of notable events. Boredom can also occur as a symptom of Clinical Depression and may lead to impulsive (and sometimes excessive) actions that serve little purpose and could damage one's self interest. For example, studies in Behavioral Finance have shown that stock traders can enter into "overtrading" (buying or selling even without any objective reason to do so) simply because they feel bored when they have nothing "productive" to do. THE ARTS The Pop singer Iggy Pop had a minor hit with his song "I'm Bored" during which he would strip his clothes off while delivering a monotonous rendition of the lyric: "I'm bored, I'm the chairman of the bored". Douglas Adams depicted a Robot named Marvin whose boredom led to a deep comical depression which appeared to be the defining trait of his personality, and indeed, existence, in his series of novels that began with '' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy ''. Deftones a Nu-metal band, wrote a song titled "Bored" for Adrenaline (album) . One of the first recorded songs of Punk band Buzzcocks was entitled "Boredom", and was released on the ''Spiral Scratch'' EP. It features a minimalist guitar solo of two repeated notes. PHILOSOPHY Arthur Schopenhauer used the existence of boredom in an attempt to prove the vanity of human existence, stating: "For if life, in the desire for which our essence and existence consists, possessed in itself a positive value and real content, there would be no such thing as boredom: mere existence would fulfil and satisfy us". SEE ALSO |
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