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> travel to exotic places, fantasy novels, meeting new people. Interesting for the actor, perhaps, but probably still boring for the observer. Generally, there
by randomdata 4y ago
> travel to exotic places, fantasy novels, meeting new people.
Interesting for the actor, perhaps, but probably still boring for the observer. Generally, there is nothing interesting about people doing those things. They are common things people commonly do. A lifelong hermit who has never met another person finally deciding it is time to meet someone would be interesting, but that's an exceptional case.
Which brings us back to the article questioning why people don't shake things up sometimes. Like, why didn't the preacher at church not wear a KISS costume last Sunday? That would be interesting for me to see. It could become boring if done regularly, but one time out of the blue to the shock and awe of the congregation would be quite interesting. Is there some underlying mechanism that would keep said preacher from being willing to do that?
- kubb 4y agoI don't know what religious community you're part of. Chances are, it's mostly adults and they have certain expectations about the attire of the preacher. The community likely has its norms, and such a costume would violate them, i.e. be too alien for the participants to be able to appreciate it. The preacher might still shake things up by introducing new subjects to a sermon or singing new songs, but there's only so much they can do. Which is why churches are usually boring.
- randomdata 4y ago> Chances are, it's mostly adults and they have certain expectations about the attire of the preacher. Right, so he is worried that the congregation will become, as the article puts it, 'social predators' and use his actions against him. That's exactly it. It's funny that so many comments here deny that this would ever happen.