Do you ever feel boring?

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I personally don't think I'm boring, but I do probably bore people around me because I can only talk about TV shows I like.

No, they're not technology-related. They are normal, everyday things I did late in life that are in danger of going away now. Until a month ago, I had hope of a good life. Now I have to work to get back what I lost.

No, I find think everyone else finds me boring. But I don't care. I think most other people are boring too.

Yep, I'm definitely boring. I'm not particularly good at anything - not really any more so than the average person, I think. I avoid going out anywhere whenever possible and spend most of my time at home. Currently my interests are Pokemon, the band Tool, and a few horror movies - nothing most people would find very interesting. But I don't really care. It would be nice if I could find something worthwhile I'm actually good at (what good is having the entire Pokedex memorized ever going to do me?), but I don't care if I'm boring. I do what I like, and why does it matter if other people find it interesting or not? They don't have to do it with me or anything. Granted, trying to converse with me is probably pretty boring, since I don't have any "interesting" interests, but people don't usually try to talk to me much anyway.

No, I'm way too weird to be boring. I used to have boring conversations, though, usually when I tried to talk small talk and everyone got bored. When I talk about what I want it's usually entertaining for people (e.g. listing way too many rock music subgenres no one has ever heard of, talking about my failures in a funny way, commenting things in a very, very outspoken and sarcastic matter...), but also I guess off-putting or weird or annoying for some people. I'm saying too many negative things all the time, like I'm complaining about things in a way I find very funny (and some of my friends also do), but most really NT people don't (e.g. we walk into a bar and I make remarks about how bad the music is or the sound quality...).

Topics many people seem to find interesting: Anything about recreational drugs, especially pot Music festivals, especially having been to a famous heavy metal festival at the age of 16....

If anyone thinks I'm boring in any way, it's just because of my monotone voice which people have compared to that of Ben Stein and Steven Wright, or that I tend to talk about cartoons and other things they aren't interested in. Otherwise, it's much more likely they'll call me a weirdo than boring.

sometimes, someone uses "interesting" in a judgmental, condescending way.

like they are trying hard to avoid saying something negative. but they can't phrase it in a positive way. so they say something that sounds like it's positive, but connotation versus denotation.

There is a misconception that NT's are "fun".

Mostly they are very fickle, and the topics of conversation are not serious; hence, a sense of humour is seen as one of the most desirable traits to have.

If you are knowledgeable about something, then all you need to do is find another that shares that interest.
You will then be interesting to them.

Sometimes, but luckily on relatively rare occasions.

I think most people find me interesting because I'm into such weird things. I'm vegan, I can juggle, I compete in powerlifting, I know a lot about ants, etc. But beyond that, people find me very boring to actually be around. I'm very quiet and I don't like anything that other people like so spending time with me tends to be very dull.

Am I boring? I don't think so. I can't remember anyone ever telling me that.
I get more "You are weird af!"