How To Tell If You Are A Boring Person According To Science

You don't have any sense of humor at all

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First one on this list is probably the most obvious: a massive lack of humor. Scientists have found that boring people laugh a lot less than others. So ask yourself, the next time your colleagues pull a classic prank on you and you're not laughing... am I just a bore?

You barely contribute to conversations

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If someone doesn't have anything of value to add to a conversation and tends to use fillers like "yeah", "cool", "great", then I'm afraid to say that that person is definitely boring. If you're guilty of this, try being more conscious with your replies to people.

When you do talk, it's usually about yourself

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In the rare moments you're actually engaging in conversation with people, you only speak about topics you're interested in, or just yourself basically. Your boredom will rub off on others in this instance and you'll bore them just as much... broaden your conversation horizons!

You can be really closed minded

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The worst type of people are stubborn people with narrow minds! These people are often boring because they live life to rigid rules and shallow opinions that can really restrict life itself. Boring people will not want to consider anything that may be too "woke" for them.

You rely on everyone else to make decisions

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Boring people won't have much of an opinion on any of the holiday choices sent into the group chat, so don't even bother asking them. Instead, just go ahead and book the whole holiday, just email them they itinerary. Does this sound a bit familiar?

You're not a creative person

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Creative people are rarely boring. The likes of art and poetry are very conceptual and experimental - these people are far from boring and their minds and ideas are constantly expanding and developing. Now someone without any creative spark, well, you might just be boring.

You have no motivation to do anything

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Boring people don't want to do anything because there's not that much that they actually enjoy doing. Instead, they will opt to just sit in bed scrolling down their phone or watching Netflix because they just can't think of anything else to do. After that, they'll just sleep.

What's a meaningful conversation?

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Don't get me wrong, sometimes we have to have those shallow, face value conversations. "Hey, how are you?" "Good, you?" "Great, thanks." It's a part of life. But if you're someone that can't move past these shallow remarks, then you may well be a bore.

You talk about the same things all the time

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Boring people often run out of conversation topics, so they fixate on something to talk about and literally talk only. about. that. Listen, boring or not, nobody cares how obsessed you are with Anime and what your favorite characters are up to. Take note!

You have no hobbies outside of work

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Boring people have absolutely nothing else to do outside of work, so they just curl up into their bed and scroll on their phone for hours and hours. It's kind of an endless cycle; doing nothing just makes you more boring than you already are I'm afraid.

All you do is scroll through social media

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Among the 10 hours of their day that they spend glued to their phone, boring people often just scroll endlessly through their social media: Facebook, Reddit, Instagram. The best part about it? They don't even post themselves, they just want to be nosy.

You get bored all the time

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Remember that thing your dad used to say to you as a kid: "Only boring people get bored." Well, I'm sorry to say it, he was kinda right with that one! It's true, the more boring you are, the more often you're bored, because you just can't find entertainment in anything.

You don't have a sense of adventure

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Your friends are constantly trying to convince you to come away travelling for a few months, but you're not biting. You'd much rather be at home, in your safe, comfort zone, and just watch everything that Netflix has to offer. What can I say? Boring!

You agree with people but never offer anything unique

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Boring people often have next to nothing to contribute to a conversation or debate, so just tend to agree with the person they're talking to, and not even add anything unique to the conversation topic or debate. They'll even agree if they don't truly agree!

You're really indecisive

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Boring people can't make decisions because they just don't actually know what they like and what will bring them enjoyment. For example, what color should this wall be painted? Us, exciting, lot will opt for a bolder color quickly, but the boring people definitely go for the middle one after deciding for three weeks!

You lack a lot of critical thinking skills

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Boring people can often lack critical thinking skills and common sense. It's hard to justify, but boring people can have a skewed perception of the world before them and how things actually work. So don't be surprised if a bore will stick foil in a microwave or a fork in a toaster!

You're reduced to a flat personality

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You know them people that are only known by that annoying character trait: "the annoying cat lady", "the intense workaholic", "the day drinker". Well, these people are often the most boring because there's not much else to them. Do you have one of these cute lil pet names?

You can't tell when people aren't interested in what you're talking about

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Boring people are so boring they can't even tell they are boring other people around them when in conversation. Are you one of those people? Self-awareness is a good trait to have, so you immediately know when to stop a topic of conversation with someone.

When you're in conversation, you talk endlessly about irrelevant people

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Sometimes, those that lead boring lives won't have anything interesting to add to a conversation topic, so will often interject with stories about people that they just "know". But, little do they realize, nobody in the circle cares to hear a story about someone they've never met!

Your identity is all about the things you dislike rather than what you like

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Boring people will often center their personality around the things they don't like rather than what they do like. Well, like I said before, boring people don't always know what they like. We get it, you hate going to the club and you look down on everyone that does it! Good for you!

You're don't really have any passions

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It's good to have passions and it's likely that boring people don't have any at all. Whether that be protesting for social justice, caring about the homeless, working in a dog shelter, passions are great for us to strive towards, but you won't find boring people doing any of these.

You can't hold friendships down for long

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Boring people can have troubles holding down long-term friendships. Well, the reason is that after a short while, their friends realize how boring they actually are. So, inevitably, they end up being cut off and the friendship only spans a short run.

The best years of your life was high school

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Listen, high school was hell for some people, trust. Those that hit their peak in high school are definitely doomed to be boring when they get older, that's the truth. Are you one of those people that say their best years were school? Well, have I got news for you...

Your opinions are very surface level

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Boring people can have odd, shallow opinions without any kind of context or substance to back them up. It's because, sometimes, their opinions are formed from the people around them, like family and friends. So, even if they don't believe them, they'll say them anyway.

You can be easily swayed by others

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Boring people don't always have good self-restraint. Often, they're not doing anything anyway, so when they get pressured into going on a last minute night out, there's not much they can excuse a "no" with. They're easily persuaded people generally speaking.

You lack a sense of ambition

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Do you lack any kind of ambition? Are you happy to spend the rest of your life in a job with no progression? Well, maybe you ought to take a look at yourself. Boring people rarely have any kind of serious ambition, and are happy for life to pass them by.

You don't find other people interesting

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You would think that boring people would find other people relatively interesting, considering that they're not. Well, you'd be quite wrong, boring people actually don't find anything remotely interesting, and that's other people included. Don't let their bored look confuse you.

Your dreams are mundane and boring

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Boring people are boring inside and outside of sleep. Some of us can have vivid, wild, wacky dreams, but boring people tend not to. They'll probably just dream that they're ironing their clothes, driving to work, or cooking dinner. Nothing interesting to see here!

You talk about your kids all the time

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I'm sorry to say it moms and dads, nobody cares about your kids. Please stop talking about them at any opportunity you get, truly, people are only pretending. If you can't think of anything else to talk about other than you spawn, well, you might just be a bore.

Your favorite hobby is watching TV

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There is one specific thing that a boring person is great at doing... watching TV. Yep, boring people can think of nothing else better to do in their spare time, so will definitely just curl up into their fetal ball and stick Netflix on for hours on end.