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The following was taught to me by my dear friend, Reginia. If it worked on someone as stubborn as I am, it will work on anyone. Just tell them this: When yo
by jcr 12y ago
The following was taught to me by my dear friend, Reginia. If it worked
on someone as stubborn as I am, it will work on anyone.
Just tell them this:
When you say, "I'm bored," you're actually saying, "I'm boring."
Essentially, bored people are boring, and boring people are bored.
Surprisingly, it's entirely true. It also works in reverse; interesting
people are interested, and interested people are interesting.
Fascinating people are fascinated, and fascinated people are
fascinating.
- davidddavidson 12y agoLet's play a fun game of "Spot the logical fallacies!" > If it worked on someone as stubborn as I am, it will work on anyone. Hasty generalization > When you say, "I'm bored," you're actually saying, "I'm boring." Ad hominem > ...and boring people are bored. Affirming the consequent > Surprisingly, it's entirely true. Argumentum ad ignorantiam
- davidddavidson 12y ago> It also works in reverse Circular reasoning
- CmonDev 12y agoAs far as I am aware there are millions of people interested in and fascinated with e.g. Justin Bieber. Are they all fascinating?
- jcr 12y agoYes, the Bieber fans are more fascinating/interesting to each other because they share common ground. When people share a mutual interest or fascination, they tend to be more interested in and/or fascinated with each other, at least when compared those with which they have no (known) mutually shared interest or fascination. If you refuse to be interested in or fascinated with anything, and insist on being bored by everything, then you have isolated yourself by preventing any common ground with anyone. By deciding to be bored, you've made yourself boring to others, and oddly, you've also made yourself boring to yourself.