This article doesn't explain how boredom is "pleasurable" or why people would want to go to a boredom conference. Could somebody explain it to me? Is this some kind of a joke?
I was that kid that always said, "I'm bored." When I grew up, I started a lot of hobbies. Now, I'm -never- bored... Unless I want to be.
I've taken a couple vacations where my goal was to get bored. I'd pick a hobby and do it until I didn't feel like it any more, and then just kinda bum around.
When you -choose- to be bored, it's a refreshing experience. If it's forced on you, it's just painful.
I think this is an example of extremely dry English humor being absolutely baffling to Americans (I'm a bit of each, so I think I can get away with saying things like that).
From the article:
>Boring 2010 sprang to life when Mr. Ward heard that an event called the Interesting Conference had been canceled, and he sent out a joke tweet about the need to have a Boring Conference instead. He was taken aback when dozens of people responded enthusiastically.
It's not just humor, it would be good to connect with more people that find it interesting to complete tasks which most couldn't stand engaging in.
The talk mentioned on a draw in cricket is quiet interesting, I must admit that I can find a slow cricket contest very exciting for what is slightly below the surface even though the ball to ball action would be seen as dull.
I'd imagine Americans get the same thing with baseball, I watch it a little, not sure how many Americans can always keep on top of the team they support given the amount games?
