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Humans invented boredom.
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( Pyjamez )


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When you look at it closely, we really did create it ourselves.
We've advanced to the point where the main points of life have become redundant and we just end up bored.
There are no longer predators, it's no longer survival all day. Wild animals spend all their time hunting, and trying to survive, where as we have made all these machines to make life easier, but really all they do is ruin a species.
We've become lazy, and way too comfortable. And when a species becomes too comfortable it's going to be wiped out.

We are all doomed.

Post edited at 5:43 am on June 19, 2009 by Pyjamez

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And when animals get "bored" it usually results in sleep.
Or exploration. There's a lot of concepts that only apply to humans, and not animals.

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Quote: from Horus at 8:41 am on June 19, 2009
And when animals get "bored" it usually results in sleep.
Or exploration. There's a lot of concepts that only apply to humans, and not animals.

humans are animals

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Well, the only threat we have to watch out for is ourselves. So thats a lot of people to worry about.

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Doomsaying aside, I can see how this argument would work, even as pertaining to other species. It's interesting that a lot of the animals we have as pets are actually intelligent enough that they need to be given things to do throughout any given day, or else the boredom will literally drive them insane. It's unlikely that this would be the case in the wild, as they'd need to hunt for food, find mates, take care of their young, etc.

That said, comfort =/= impending doom.

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Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 10:37 am on June 20, 2009
That said, comfort =/= impending doom.

I disagree. It was the boredom brought on by the early agrarian societies that resulted in increased intellectual thought, the arts, etc.

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Wouldn't it be nice if all the literally worthless people would just die, unable to fend for themselves? We have invented society in part to keep them alive.

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Quote: from Event Horizon at 5:02 pm on June 20, 2009
Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 10:37 am on June 20, 2009

 That said, comfort =/= impending doom.

I disagree. It was the boredom brought on by the early agrarian societies that resulted in increased intellectual thought, the arts, etc.

...and that is doom?

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Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 9:29 pm on June 20, 2009
Quote: from Event Horizon at 5:02 pm on June 20, 2009
Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 10:37 am on June 20, 2009
 
  That said, comfort =/= impending doom.
 

 I disagree. It was the boredom brought on by the early agrarian societies that resulted in increased intellectual thought, the arts, etc.

...and that is doom?

Muh bad.
thought it said = lol

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XD Yeah, always check for the "/"

As a certified LiveWire Intellectual I am indubitably capable of composing a more verbose post!

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Quote: from Micus at 5:55 pm on June 20, 2009
Wouldn't it be nice if all the literally worthless people would just die, unable to fend for themselves? We have invented society in part to keep them alive.

Yeah, I totally agree.
And I know this will just make me sound completely heartless, but keeping those born with defects, or diseases that make them weak and whatnot should not be kept alive and allowed to reproduce.
We are just moving towards a weaker species when really the point of life is to advance, and in the wild only the strongest survive.

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I believe that, eventually, (if we're not all killed at once by a meteor or something) we'll be put back into a situation where it IS all survival, whether it be from economic collapse resulting in power outages/natural disasters/whatever. If the situation is survivable, then only the most intelligent, physically agile, and dextrous people will remain. This isn't necessarily desirable, but as far as humans being 'too comfortable', I don't think it will be a means to an end.

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1. Animals do get bored. They usually are able to entertain themselves by doing something we'd think ridiculous to do ourselves (Like digging up roots, or chewing on a stick, fighting each other, etc) even though there is purpose behind most of their behavior they only do it because they're bored.
2. All species are doomed to extinction. The only difference is ours will probably be self inflicted.

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Dolphins often die in captivity early because of boredom - according to what they said at Seaworld.

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