Why Do We Get Bored?
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. Action and danger is exciting but this is a fake gun and the process of enlarging a hole, like the barrel of a gun, is called boring. Boring. Boring a hole is a slow process requiring repetitive movements from a tool that goes in circles, which may be why things that are slow and repetitive and don't appear to be going anywhere came to be described with the same word. They're boring. But why do we get bored and why does it matter? Evidence of being temporarily uninterested in anything happening - boredom - has been found as far back as ancient Pompeii. Boredom is a feeling we don't like. It's uncomfortable but it's trivial, right? I mean, boredom happens to all of us but now we have Facebook and Twitt...
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. Action and danger is exciting but this is a fake gun and the process of enlarging a hole, like the barrel of a gun, is called boring. Boring. Boring a hole is a slow process requiring repetitive movements from a tool that goes in circles, which may be why things that are slow and repetitive and don't appear to be going anywhere came to be described with the same word. They're boring. But why do we get bored and why does it matter? Evidence of being temporarily uninterested in anything happening - boredom - has been found as far back as ancient Pompeii. Boredom is a feeling we don't like. It's uncomfortable but it's trivial, right? I mean, boredom happens to all of us but now we have Facebook and Twitt...
