this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The best thing since wrestling.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

To take away from the joke and be serious for a second...

EVERYONE is interesting.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To know that you'd have to know everyone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or, most people don't give themselves credit.

I'm more than willing to talk to someone who thinks they are not interesting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm sure many people who think of themselves as not interesting will be interesting to someone.

But there are also at least a few boring people out there I think.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nah, just a reasonable sample.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I too find it interesting how uninteresting some people are.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

They're almost 100% interesting, but they don't like talking about themselves or hide secrets, etc., which are interesting traits, if not difficult to crack open.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

And I think a lot of people don’t realise they’re interesting. We’re just not interesting to everyone we meet and that’s ok.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been acquainted with a good few extremely uninteresting people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like it would be better to phrase that as you found them uninteresting.

Or did you mean they are un-interesting in a way most of society would say someone is uninteresting. Like they aren't interesting because they don't follow sports or TV shows? Or they only talk about work or kids? Those people can still be interesting, just to different types of people.

They may not be interested in being interesting for other people?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's very tough to describe people who aren't interesting in order to tell you why they're not interesting, now I've set about doing it. It's like describing a colour.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because being uninteresting (or the perception of it) is in of itself...interesting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well, in the real world where normal people live, no, but philosophically, fine yeah. But then if you want to be philosophical I'd go further and call that equivocation between "interesting: piquing my curiosity in a way I like" and "interesting: some remark can be made", and I don't find the latter interesting to think about anyway.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair enough, but who would explicitly say "I'm interesting"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anyone could. There's nothing wrong with thinking that you're an interesting person. Or saying it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

In some cases it might sound weird and/or immodest. IMO it's something that primarily the others should judge.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)