Reverence. I don't say this as compelling advice, just a description of an alternative. Prayer and worship can instill a sense seriousness, reverence or solemni

Reverence. I don't say this as compelling advice, just a description of an alternative. Prayer and worship can instill a sense seriousness, reverence or solemnity (depending on the faith) that you can carry with you anywhere and takes the sting out of boring events. People are leaning in to a kind of false compassion and habitual relationship. If you can tolerate the falseness of those types of relationships, just get into the habit of responding to whatever people say with a pre-canned response and giving blood into really boring events reflexively. If you're joking around just to fill in the boredom and making white noise out of the grind, that's going to get on people's nerves. If you're laughing cause there's something joyous (or sorrowful) to laugh at, there's meaning behind that and you're more likely to find those moments accepted.