What do you find boring?

Ellsbells

I have to say soccer just bores the brain out of me... Cant see why people get so excited about it when they cant play it...

Cerulean Chicken

Sport! All of the sport! Would happily live in a world without it.

Honey-ec

Soaps. Chick lit. Fashion magazines.

Things that oodles of other people find riveting. Much as I absolutely adore rugby and cooking, whereas some people find both stultifying.

This is going to turn into one of those ridiculous one-upmanship threads. What's the point of it?

Callan57

Housework :eek:

tomtomhardy

Work :eek:

Das Kitty

Office politics. I have no stomach for it in my own workplace, it's even worse listening to other people talking about factions and allegiances in theirs.

I also zone out on some of the more detailed tech conversations.

Meangadh

Cerulean Chicken wrote: »

Sport! All of the sport! Would happily live in a world without it.

That's mad, ALL sport? Even swimming, cycling, running- stuff we can almost all do? Or is it the competitions that bore you rather than the actual activities? I have to admit in fairness though that things like golf and cricket can be a bit boring to watch- fun to try yourself though! Actually being bad at them is half the fun cos there's no pressure.

But I would have thought that seeing the joy that Katie Taylor's win brought to the country would have proven that the world is a much better place because of sport's existence. Besides the health benefits, it really brings people together.

As mentioned by someone else already, housework bores me. Gardening really bores me. Although to be honest, once I have my friends around me, I'll give most things a go and knock a bit of craic out of it.

Definitely office politics or stupid arguments between colleagues bother me too though- unless it's a massive deal I'd rather just get on with things- the way some people linger with disputes bores me to death. Life is too short!!

krudler

Celebrity gossip, no I dont care X is riding Y while Z is pregnant with blahhhhhh.

Ella

krudler wrote: »

Celebrity gossip, no I dont care X is riding Y while Z is pregnant with blahhhhhh.

Z is pregnant? :eek:

Princess Peach

All sports bore me also

Mostly what bores me is people who know you have no interest in a topic but insist on talking about it anyway. Or people who talk about themselves a lot.

Or people who go into too much detail. I remember asking a colleague before what she did on her trip to London, and she gave me a hour by hour account of every day, where they eat, what they ate, the moods they were in! She is just a boring person in general!

Dolbert

People who can't stop talking about their boyfriend/ girlfriend. It really makes it seem like they have nothing else going on in their lives whatsoever.

Stench Blossoms

Princess Peach wrote: »

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Or people who go into too much detail. I remember asking a colleague before what she did on her trip to London, and she gave me a hour by hour account of every day, where they eat, what they ate, the moods they were in! She is just a boring person in general!

I bet you'd complain though if they only gave you a one word answer.

I find certain sports very boring to watch, golf and soccer for an example. I don't understand how people can sit there for hours looking at a TV screen watching it when usually nothing really interested happens.

Another thing I find boring is talk about the economy. I'm not stupid, I know what's going on. I just don't like conversations about it where people feel the need to give their insight into how it can be fixed.

Malari

I find it's the people rather than the topics are boring I can't think of much subject matter that would really bore me if I was discussing it with someone witty or sarcastic or fun or smart.

Except soaps.

xDramaxQueenx

people who talk about children like ALL the time. nobody cares.

Stench Blossoms

xDramaxQueenx wrote: »

people who talk about children like ALL the time. nobody cares.

I bet if you ever find yourself pregnant you'll do just the same.

xDramaxQueenx

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

I bet if you ever find yourself pregnant you'll do just the same.

Then you have permission to kick me in the face (over the internet of course).

Ellsbells

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

I bet if you ever find yourself pregnant you'll do just the same.

I have a new baba and dont cos I had to listen to other people drone on for years and know how monotonous it is. People really need to understand that their kids are only interesting to themselves.

Viper_JB

Religious debate, while it's a super intersting subject it's nearly impossible to have a rational debate about religion with someone who's very religious (in my experience), just leads to the same old points being repeated over and over while they have their fingers stuck in their ears. But then on the other side of the coin if you're talking to someone who doesn't believe then there is no debate....no win situation really.

Also like 99.9% of interactions I have where casual talk about the weather is involved, although it can be hard to think of anything else that's "safe" enough to talk about with a stranger.....ah well

Stench Blossoms

Ellsbells wrote: »

I have a new baba and dont cos I had to listen to other people drone on for years and know how monotonous it is. People really need to understand that their kids are only interesting to themselves.

But see here's the thing. I know you have a child. I don't know you in person so how else would I know that other than you talking about it online?

Chimpokomon

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

But see here's the thing. I know you have a child. I don't know you in person so how else would I know that other than you talking about it online?

Because there's a difference between occasiohnally mentioning something and droning on about it?

Stench Blossoms

Chimpokomon wrote: »

Because there's a difference between occasiohnally mentioning something and droning on about it?

Fair enough.

Ilyana

I hate not being busy. The summer holidays from college bore me to tears. Nine months of the year I'm going between college, work, home and my friends. I love the activity of it.

Yeah I complain about being tired and stressed sometimes, and I give out about never having much time to myself. But in all honesty I couldn't sit around all day doing nothing; I would go stir crazy within a week if I had to leave college and go on the dole.

So yeah, too much free time bores me. A day off once a week would be nice if I could get it, but I wouldn't know myself if I had one :pac:

krudler

Ilyana wrote: »

I hate not being busy. The summer holidays from college bore me to tears. Nine months of the year I'm going between college, work, home and my friends. I love the activity of it.

Yeah I complain about being tired and stressed sometimes, and I give out about never having much time to myself. But in all honesty I couldn't sit around all day doing nothing; I would go stir crazy within a week if I had to leave college and go on the dole.

So yeah, too much free time bores me. A day off once a week would be nice if I could get it, but I wouldn't know myself if I had one :pac:

you can work my job where I get barely 3 weeks off a year if you want

Ilyana

krudler wrote: »

you can work my job where I get barely 3 weeks off a year if you want

I nearly would! If I could take one week off every four months I'd be happy out. This year so far I've had one week off both work and college, and I was itching to get back to normal afterwards. It took me three days to wind down in the first place!

krudler

Viper_JB wrote: »

Religious debate, while it's a super intersting subject it's nearly impossible to have a rational debate about religion with someone who's very religious (in my experience), just leads to the same old points being repeated over and over while they have their fingers stuck in their ears. But then on the other side of the coin if you're talking to someone who doesn't believe then there is no debate....no win situation really.

Also like 99.9% of interactions I have where casual talk about the weather is involved, although it can be hard to think of anything else that's "safe" enough to talk about with a stranger.....ah well

This, you try have a intelligent discussion or debate and someone can't even explain why they believe in something, or look into what exactly it is they're supposed to believe in or question it in any way. Thats not rational. sorry but "cos that's the why" isnt a valid argument.

The Big Red Button

Talking about the weather. It's understandable when there's extremes, like a heatwave or loads of snow etc. But some people start every conversation commenting on the weather ... I don't get it, it is what it is, like!

Ironing. Most godawful mind-numbingly boring job in the world, ever. I really do hate it.

Ilyana

I love housework

Ah_Yeah

Name dropping and people who go on about nothing but their social life - I know a few people who talk about nothing but the VIP areas of certain nightclubs, how much tjey dropped on a round, and it just bores me to tears.

Like people who are obsessed material and superficial things - how they look, what they have and keeping up with the jones'. It does nothing for me.

krudler

chatterpillar wrote: »

Talking about the weather. It's understandable when there's extremes, like a heatwave or loads of snow etc. But some people start every conversation commenting on the weather ... I don't get it, it is what it is, like!

Ironing. Most godawful mind-numbingly boring job in the world, ever. I really do hate it.

Very close today isn't it?

Toast4532

All sports, TV shows, most movies etc.

I don't mind doing house work, scrubbing, washing clothes/dishes, cleaning, hoovering etc, but I hate, absolutely hate ironing. You couldn't pay me to do it.

krudler

Toast4532 wrote: »

All sports, TV shows, most movies etc.

I don't mind doing house work, scrubbing, washing clothes/dishes, cleaning, hoovering etc, but I hate, absolutely hate ironing. You couldn't pay me to do it.

What, surely there's some tv and movies you like. TV is mostly dross these days but there are some great shows on.

homeless student

facebook and people who are obsessed with it.

username123

All sport, most telly, peoples kids - yikes - that was too easy!!

People who have no interests. I have a sister in law who has no interests. She seems to exist only to ferry her son to and from his various millions of activities. Ive known her since before she had her child though and she had no interests then either. In 10 years all I have gleaned is that she likes wine and westlife. Genuinely - she seems to dismiss or disagree with any topic Ive ever tried to engage her on and she has a completely different worldview to me so I find her outlook alien as well. She bores me senseless and Id rather eat my own kidney than spend time alone with her. But I dont dislike her - strange though that sounds!!

shalalala

Computer games or anything along those lines. Mind numbing. And football.

krudler

username123 wrote: »

All sport, most telly, peoples kids - yikes - that was too easy!!

People who have no interests. I have a sister in law who has no interests. She seems to exist only to ferry her son to and from his various millions of activities. Ive known her since before she had her child though and she had no interests then either. In 10 years all I have gleaned is that she likes wine and westlife. Genuinely - she seems to dismiss or disagree with any topic Ive ever tried to engage her on and she has a completely different worldview to me so I find her outlook alien as well. She bores me senseless and Id rather eat my own kidney than spend time alone with her. But I dont dislike her - strange though that sounds!!

I couldnt imagine being like that, not into books or music or sport or tv or cinema or some kind of activity to do outside of work to occupy your time.

Stheno

krudler wrote: »

you can work my job where I get barely 3 weeks off a year if you want

Or mine

krudler wrote: »

I couldnt imagine being like that, not into books or music or sport or tv or cinema or some kind of activity to do outside of work to occupy your time.

Same here, With travelling due to work I spend a lot of time away from home and can't have any "time bound" hobbies where I'd have to be in x place at y time every week/month.

I do find soccer very dull, but enjoy most other sports, and remember the European Cup that Chelsea won (sorry soccer fans) livening up an evening away due to work, simply sitting in a restaurant and enjoying everyone else getting absorbed in the match.

Not too into tv shows or movies (again travel is a factor) but I've other hobbies.

Children do bore me to tears, I've none though and no plans to have them

Toast4532

krudler wrote: »

What, surely there's some tv and movies you like. TV is mostly dross these days but there are some great shows on.

The only 'tv show' I watch it fair city, even at that the only reason I watch it is because someone else in the house watches it.

I find tv shows so totally boring and false, I just cannot watch them.

There's a few movies I'll watch, not many though, I could probably count on one hand the amount I like.

username123

krudler wrote: »

I couldnt imagine being like that, not into books or music or sport or tv or cinema or some kind of activity to do outside of work to occupy your time.

Yeah its bizarre. I am aware that she thinks I am weird and has made derogatory remarks about some of my own interests, childish sort of remarks, trying to put down an interest in something intellectual or cultural.

I do accept that we have a very very different world view and no doubt my many and varied interests would be appallingly boring to her. But Id really love to figure out something she is interested in!!! Just one subject that we could converse on with any kind of depth.

Although some things bore me, many many many things interest me! I am never bored, I choose not to bore myself by watching rubbish on telly or televised sport but they are two tiny subjects in a whole wide world of interests!!

krudler

Toast4532 wrote: »

The only 'tv show' I watch it fair city, even at that the only reason I watch it is because someone else in the house watches it.

I find tv shows so totally boring and false, I just cannot watch them.

There's a few movies I'll watch, not many though, I could probably count on one hand the amount I like.

Thats probably the worst example of tv you could give :pac:

what movies do you like? I'm curious

Mars Bar

Cerulean Chicken wrote: »

Sport! All of the sport! Would happily live in a world without it.

Well, if I didn't already know your previous alias, then I certainly know now!

I hated art hour in primary school. Bored out of my tree. I couldn't sit down with a pen or colouring pencils and draw stuff.

Mass. 45 minutes of listening to pure drivel. (Only go now for special occasions. Couldn't willingly put myself through it otherwise)

Toast4532

krudler wrote: »

Thats probably the worst example of tv you could give :pac:

what movies do you like? I'm curious

I won't disagree :v

The Santa Claus, Hocus Pocus, Mamma Mia and Titanic are four that I like that I can name at the moment.

I have seen other films, but those three are three that I like, they are all that I can think of right now.

I've seen probably less than thirty movies in my life, including cinema trips, I'm in my early twenties. I've seen a few episodes of TBBT too, haven't watched it in a while though. I've seen about two or three episodes of Father Ted, I find it boring though, nothing funny about Father Ted, imo.

I should quite possibly be ashamed the amount of movies I've watched.

I dunno what it is, I just cannot sit down for a couple of hours and watch a movie, any time I go to the cinema, I am itching to leave after an hour or so.

My boyfriends has seen probably hundreds of movies and loads of TV shows too.

He watches Boardwalk Empire, Dexter, Walking Dead, Nikita, Big Bang Theory, Sons Of Anarchy, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, The Pacific, Band Of Brothers, Entourage, Homeland, Justified, Game Of Thrones, Breaking Bad, IT Crowd, Chuck, and The Wire, there's probably more that I've forgotten.

I won't even attempt to name the amount of films he has seen, the list would probably be endless.

I've seen a few episodes of TV shows the bf watches, found them OK, but again, I couldn't sit for hours and watch 5/6/7/8 episodes.

Eve_Dublin

Technology and celebrity gossip. Oh and any kind of discussion on pets. Zzzzzz.

Ilyana

GAA.

Why in the name of god anyone can find it entertaining - to watch, play or talk about - is beyond me.

krudler

Tell your boyfriend I heartily approve of his taste in tv there's some damn fine shows in there you should give them a watch, The Wire is probably the best tv show ever made.

I've been to the cinema, at a guess off the top of my head about 30 times so far this year, probably more than that. I love going on my days off, and just forgetting about the world for a few hours.

username123

Toast4532 wrote: »

I dunno what it is, I just cannot sit down for a couple of hours and watch a movie, any time I go to the cinema, I am itching to leave after an hour or so.

Ive experienced this sometimes. Ill think 'oh Ill watch a movie' but then I wont want to commit the 2 hours or so!! I actually dont enjoy cinema seats for more than an hour and a half or so because I usually start getting a stiff lower back or a numb bum. Its different at home when you can flake out in comfort though, but I still find myself avoiding films from time to time. I think I have a limited attention span at times.

rainbow kirby

Celebrity gossip - who really gives a flying fcuk? Particularly hate the British tabloid type muck-raking gossip.

Reality TV

Chick flicks

The vast majority of magazines aimed at women

People with children who have no interests and no life outside of being a parent

deelite

When I'm out in the pub and people take out their phones to show me the pictures they have taken, and then start zooming in and out of each picture to show me the slightest detail. And then they proceed to take a photo and upload it onto Facebook / twitter with a caption like "Having a Beer" That really bores me.

Toast4532

username123 wrote: »

Ive experienced this sometimes. Ill think 'oh Ill watch a movie' but then I wont want to commit the 2 hours or so!! I actually dont enjoy cinema seats for more than an hour and a half or so because I usually start getting a stiff lower back or a numb bum. Its different at home when you can flake out in comfort though, but I still find myself avoiding films from time to time. I think I have a limited attention span at times.

I get the numb bum too, the longest film I've seen was Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, thinking of it now, I did actually enjoy that film. It was about three hours long though, god I thought I was going to die in the cinema that night lol.

I do watch movies at home too, usually if I'm flicking through the channels and become interested in a movie/show, I'll watch it, but I couldn't just decide to watch a movie and then sit there for two hours just sitting watching it.

krudler wrote: »

Tell your boyfriend I heartily approve of his taste in tv there's some damn fine shows in there you should give them a watch, The Wire is probably the best tv show ever made.

I've been to the cinema, at a guess off the top of my head about 30 times so far this year, probably more than that. I love going on my days off, and just forgetting about the world for a few hours.

How do you do it? Are there any good films that you'd recommend watching? Nothing too long mind.

Bubblefett

If someone is talking passionatly about something I've no interest in it tends to hold my attention.
However I find celebrity gossip, reality tv and any x-factor style show just holds no appeal to me.

krudler

Toast4532 wrote: »

I get the numb bum too, the longest film I've seen was Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, thinking of it now, I did actually enjoy that film. It was about three hours long though, god I thought I was going to die in the cinema that night lol.

I do watch movies at home too, usually if I'm flicking through the channels and become interested in a movie/show, I'll watch it, but I couldn't just decide to watch a movie and then sit there for two hours just sitting watching it.

How do you do it? Are there any good films that you'd recommend watching? Nothing too long mind.

Tinker Tailor is just over 2hrs lol, 127 mins according to google, thats pretty average for films.
Think the longest film I've watched in one sitting is the extended cut of Return Of The King, which clocks in at an ass killing 263 minutes. thats almost 4.5 hours. But that involved a break, have often watched a marathon of films back to back, the Die Hard trilogy one christmas with my housemate at the time, we were pissed drunk by the middle of Die Hard 2 lol

recent films are usually pretty long, animated films are the way to go for short breezy 90 odd mins, watch How To Train Your Dragon, I'll eat my hat if you dont enjoy it, I havent met anyone yet who didn't.

Toast4532

krudler wrote: »

Tinker Tailor is just over 2hrs lol, 127 mins according to google, thats pretty average for films.
Think the longest film I've watched in one sitting is the extended cut of Return Of The King, which clocks in at an ass killing 263 minutes. thats almost 4.5 hours. But that involved a break, have often watched a marathon of films back to back, the Die Hard trilogy one christmas with my housemate at the time, we were pissed drunk by the middle of Die Hard 2 lol

recent films are usually pretty long, animated films are the way to go for short breezy 90 odd mins, watch How To Train Your Dragon, I'll eat my hat if you dont enjoy it, I havent met anyone yet who didn't.

Maybe it was TTSS that was 3hrs long, we saw a few films in the cinema and one of them was about 3hrs, I thought it was TTSS, maybe I'm wrong though.

I don't know how you managed to watch a film for 4.5hrs, I would have left after abut two hours, I would not be able to stick 4.5hrs, not a hope of it.

I once fell asleep in the cinema (as a child), clearly the movie we went to see was boring, t'was the Spice Girls movie.......:pac:

Will give How to Train Your Dragon a shot so, will let you know how I get on.