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#1 Post by earendel » Mon Nov 25, 2013 1:22 pm

Apparently there are five different types of boredom - the fifth having just been discovered by German scientists. I don't quite get the distinctions among the different types; to me "bored is bored".
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#2 Post by elwoodblues » Mon Nov 25, 2013 1:25 pm

The fifth must be realizing you are studying different types of boredom.

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#3 Post by Bob Juch » Mon Nov 25, 2013 6:24 pm

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... s-science/

I suffer from the sixth type: lack of stimulus.

However, I started a new job today and won't be having that problem at work now.
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