Why Do We Get Bored?
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10 жыл бұрынFollow Michael Stevens for daily sauce: / tweetsauce
LINKS TO EVERYTHING BELOW:
"Cosmological Principle" by Zach McCoy [VIDEO]: ow.ly/o2yI6
"Cosmological Principle" by Zach McCoy on iTunes: ow.ly/o2Al4
EXTREME HOLE BORING VIDEO: ow.ly/o2yH1
Genie documentary: ow.ly/o2ymk
VICE deprivation documentary: ow.ly/o2yjx
10MinutesOfYourLife channel: ow.ly/o2yJz
take a train across Russia: ru-train.appspot.com/en
Boredom Proness Scale:
1 for highly disagree 4 for neutral 7 for highly agree
uwf.edu/svodanov/boredom/bps.htm
Excel file download: ow.ly/o2yOg
Great books on boredom:
www.amazon.co.uk/Boredom-Livel...
www.amazon.co.uk/A-Philosophy-...
"bore" etymology: etymonline.com/?term=bore
Jennifer Schuelssler article on boredom: www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/boo...
Anna Gosline article on boredom: www.scientificamerican.com/art...
Flow: ow.ly/o2ESd
GANZFELD EFFECT HOW-TO: cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Th...
Sensory Deprivation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_...
More Genie links:
psychology.about.com/od/histor...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_(f...)
Thomas Silverstien: ow.ly/o2ykG
Robert Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrast...
more boredom links:
/ the_value_of_boredom
www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0...
web.archive.org/web/2008040420...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boredom
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary...
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Trip Hop and guitar music from: www.audionetwork.com
@NotActuallyPoseidon 7 жыл бұрын
Who's watching this because they got bored...?
@rubybaker8543 7 жыл бұрын
me lol😂
@timothycurley219 7 жыл бұрын
lol me
@randomgooy7456 7 жыл бұрын
me
@natesimon4782 7 жыл бұрын
me
@mystic.beat_8717 7 жыл бұрын
Same
@F3nax 4 жыл бұрын
“This is a fake gun” *Or Is It*
@kimono_kikii 3 жыл бұрын
Probably cake again lol
@zerdy_5966 3 жыл бұрын
@The Funny Detector Bot the cake is a lie
@Vijwal 3 жыл бұрын
@@zerdy_5966 *or is it?**
@typlcai 3 жыл бұрын
I thought it was a glue gun
@comingsoon2815 3 жыл бұрын
now i know whats real and cake
@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine how many people were bored, clicked on this video about boredom and stopped being bored.
@Yuno-TJ 2 жыл бұрын
It's a paradox
@Reaper19000 2 жыл бұрын
I'm still bored
@marcov8796 2 жыл бұрын
Yea man this video taught me sumn :)
@Gmtz01 2 жыл бұрын
This is me right now
@bemyremedylove 2 жыл бұрын
I luv u mikey
@LendriMujina Жыл бұрын
As someone with ADHD, I can confirm that chronic boredom can be a much more painful problem than it sounds like it would be.
@locusfocus6998 11 ай бұрын
Really like wdym bro does having adhd make boredom worse?
@LendriMujina 11 ай бұрын
@@locusfocus6998 One of ADHD's defining traits is a constant need for stimulation of some kind. When it isn't there, we kind of shut down. Oversimplifying things a _lot_ there, but that's the basics.
@tuomas4313 10 ай бұрын
@@locusfocus6998we're so understimulated all the time so basically we just think really fast in our mind but we're bored all the time if theres no stimulation
@pepetheking6107 10 ай бұрын
@@LendriMujinaI must have adhd then cuz I need constant stimulation
@dlnk_dl 9 ай бұрын
@@locusfocus6998idk I have adhd and stuff just feels like it passes slower and we just need something to do at the moment and sometimes u want silence and sometimes silence is loud
@carloscastro1192 5 жыл бұрын
”Hey Vsauce, Michael here” *Pulls out a gun* ”Today we’ll stop ISIS”
@eimastexazoihelloboiz9742 5 жыл бұрын
Omg lol
@digitalhippie2336 5 жыл бұрын
Idk about this joke ..
@Milkyshake117 5 жыл бұрын
@@digitalhippie2336 why not Mohammed?
@digitalhippie2336 5 жыл бұрын
@@Milkyshake117 what why not muhamet ?
@waterandtrees471 5 жыл бұрын
*with a pistol*
@danem2215 5 жыл бұрын
"Not all holes are useful" I'd challenge that claim
@averagedemographic8933 5 жыл бұрын
Illegal substance pocket
@danem2215 5 жыл бұрын
@Discord Police Coward
@IdiotToonz 5 жыл бұрын
hmmm....hmm..... *_h m m m..._* ....AHA! A MOUTH!
@ditinct8894 5 жыл бұрын
nostrils.
@joshuaferguson698 5 жыл бұрын
Dane Maricic potholes
@immortalsun 2 жыл бұрын
That story about Genie made me cry. That whole story says a lot about not just the depths of human psychology but also the wide spectrum of evil behaviour.
@jip3788 2 жыл бұрын
As someone who has spent so much time by myself for reasons like this, I've come up with so many ideas and play things out in my head all the time. I do suffer from depression and anxiety, but after years of using that spare time to sit there and just think, I actually do feel a better understanding of myself, others, how others see me, and the world around me, without the act of judging anyone or anything instantly. But it seems anytime I get the motivation to push myself, life pushes me back, so idk but maybe someday, when things don't jump in the way the second I decide to take a step forward, I'll get the chance to spread my wings.
@brucewaynefrfr 11 ай бұрын
man how ya doing? hope everything went well
@isaacaltman3609 3 жыл бұрын
Pompeii: “This city is so boring” Volcano: “Are you not entertained?”
@sort6726 3 жыл бұрын
Very underrated comment
@chicom8157 3 жыл бұрын
Very underrated comment
@nicefloweytheoverseer7632 3 жыл бұрын
Rada rada.
@chicom8157 3 жыл бұрын
@@nicefloweytheoverseer7632 reported and disliked.
@chicom8157 3 жыл бұрын
@@nicefloweytheoverseer7632 but why?
@jadorenoel9228 8 жыл бұрын
Plot twist: this was an ad for Candy crush
@tashaaquagray7189 8 жыл бұрын
..hate
@Akira-Aerins 7 жыл бұрын
+Tasha Aqua Gray agree.
@roothik 7 жыл бұрын
If you watch the video to its ending message, then it feels more like an anti-ad for candy crush... :P As in "don't try to avoid feeling the natural impulse of getting/being bored, right in the moment it arises".
@griffbazork 7 жыл бұрын
Didn't know Candy Crush was still a viable source of entertainment.
@tsriketwm7274 7 жыл бұрын
griffbazork that was 4 years ago
@JONES300offi 10 ай бұрын
Was always a quiet kid in school but I remember people asking me how I was able to just get lost in thought or "zone out" in any situation that was normally.... Boring. I've never know. I just don't mind boredom. If I'm bored and can't do anything I sit quietly and stare off into the distance and let myself get lost in thought. Sometimes it's as though I don't exist. I can turn a 4 hour wait into 10 minutes of what could be called meditation. Just thinking and learning from your own mind.
@yanb7700 9 ай бұрын
im that kid as you
@minhyuksssmile 8 ай бұрын
But there's nothing to think about if I stare in the blank space all day but i know what you meant
@zote1 7 ай бұрын
i know what you mean
@kimivanheuckelom1126 14 күн бұрын
if youre not already, you should read into buddhism a bit. Buddhists are quite fond of meditation as you probably know. i personally do think you are meditating when say you're just bored in those moments.
@kimivanheuckelom1126 14 күн бұрын
you should read a bit about buddhism if you haven't already. i do think you are actually meditating in those moments you call boring. and buddhists are quite fond of meditation as you probably know.
@trainmaster997 Жыл бұрын
I feel bad for that kid who was confined…I hope they’re doing ok today
@justpeachy4393 11 ай бұрын
Yeah, that whole story is unbelievably disturbing...
@shahan484 10 ай бұрын
@@justpeachy4393the kid was a she, a female, no need to refer to her as a they
@xkeychain 10 ай бұрын
@@shahan484dude 💀 "they" is used for almost everyone on a daily basis, go back to class
@The_Official_You 8 ай бұрын
@@shahan484you sir, are a god damn weirdo
@lovelyakira4838 2 ай бұрын
@@xkeychaincool
@arrowtongue 8 жыл бұрын
"Hey Vsause, Michael Here!" *Pulls Out Gun* What an intro
@User-xw6kd 7 жыл бұрын
Lmao ikr
@arrowtongue 7 жыл бұрын
Shammo Hamid "Action and DANGER"
@minecraftdude5692 7 жыл бұрын
MLG
@delara8538 7 жыл бұрын
Me on the first day of school
@Solexier 7 жыл бұрын
I was just like, "oh my god, he has a gun! oh wait, it's a Vsauce intro, nevermind."
@Flintyblock 4 жыл бұрын
Candy crush, that’s how you know this was made in the early 2010s
@mary9983 3 жыл бұрын
Lol I thought the same thing when he mentioned it
@weather9405 3 жыл бұрын
@@mary9983 ye lol
@keilol6666 3 жыл бұрын
Only moms play candy crush
@awesomenessnetwork213 3 жыл бұрын
@@keilol6666 in 2020 yeah In 2013 it was quite popular.
@doctordrewl6413 3 жыл бұрын
and he (probably) wasn’t even getting paid to mention it. I wonder what videos will look like in another 6 years.
@-Snakekiller- 10 ай бұрын
I read through the very long Wikipedia entry on Genie. It's one of the saddest and scariest things I've ever read there. I feel so sorry for the child (the woman). It's so terrible what people can do to other people. And the worst part is that her life is certainly not much better to this day.
@lemonke5341 7 ай бұрын
Much worst things happen on a daily basis just no one covers it
@TuPham-fq6ix 2 жыл бұрын
"Boredom dates back to ancient Pompeii". People before ancient Pompeii: Breathing is fun haha
@LadyVenus125 18 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@SwiftCreationStudio 4 жыл бұрын
"Boredom dates back to ancient Pompeii" just wait a few years it gets more exciting trust me
@BG-dq9pp 4 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@nathanielgrey4091 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@jase87 4 жыл бұрын
Also applies to basically every bored human pre corona 😂
@coconutthecockatiel478 4 жыл бұрын
DAMN BOI
@yexyissexy9205 4 жыл бұрын
lmao naisu
@crepequeen643 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t know why, but every few years I get in a mood to rewatch old Vsauce videos. They are timelessly good edutainment
@m.a.r.s5789 3 жыл бұрын
trademark that word
@kinga1925 3 жыл бұрын
@@m.a.r.s5789 edutainment
@Nightmare_Developer 3 жыл бұрын
@@LegendaryStarfy edutainment
@thezipcreator 3 жыл бұрын
@@Nightmare_Developer edutainment
@TheSOTA 3 жыл бұрын
@@thezipcreator edutainment
@gaohongjie211 Жыл бұрын
Buddhism says that color is empty, and life is meaningless. When you realize this, you will lose your motivation to do anything, unless you have no money and the outside world forces you to work.
@annyeong6373 Жыл бұрын
I’ve always loved how VSawse integrates science, history, etymology, psychology etc. - basically I love his polymath explanations of random life things. Thanks Sauceman for always satisfying our curiosity!
@deezylightbeam 4 жыл бұрын
"Sigh I'm so bored" Vsauce: or are you? *music plays*
@thesovietkevin7275 4 жыл бұрын
h
@Fernisawake 4 жыл бұрын
@@thesovietkevin7275 i
@loog8621 4 жыл бұрын
Walter
@Fernisawake 4 жыл бұрын
Walter
@lynzimoore3561 4 жыл бұрын
facts
@TaccRaccoon 5 жыл бұрын
My cousin doesn't get bored. He's been playing fortnite 24/7 for the past year and hasn't gotten bored at all. My aunt is thinking of putting him down
@ladcarolus4931 5 жыл бұрын
Tell your aunt that is the only option at this point
@josuemarcial1997 5 жыл бұрын
lad carolus lmao
@nigwardyoda8095 5 жыл бұрын
Lol. "Put him down".
@TaccRaccoon 5 жыл бұрын
@Swampsie and rude too
@thomasdavies2555 5 жыл бұрын
InfiniWolf you wouldn’t be able to, he clearly has no brain at all
@icykickflip 9 ай бұрын
0:04 can we acknowledge Michael’s good trigger discipline?
@decro3177 Жыл бұрын
I gotta say, for someone who gets bored a lot. Your videos really catch my attention and it's nice understanding exactly why. Thanks :D
@Blueglitter73 10 жыл бұрын
I got bored, so I watched this video to see why I'm so bored
@josiahmcgraw2007 10 жыл бұрын
I'm seeing a pattern here. It's why I came here as well.
@Blueglitter73 10 жыл бұрын
bored. . .
@Blueglitter73 10 жыл бұрын
bored out of my mind -.-
@Blueglitter73 10 жыл бұрын
Our boredom is so boring that all we can do is just get even more bored
@Blueglitter73 10 жыл бұрын
Same here. I'm crying my boring tears out so boringly from this boredom that I bored myself to a boring sleep where I can have my boring dream.
@Zyphr-- 6 жыл бұрын
That was one hell of a candy crush move
@weirdo6821 5 жыл бұрын
ikr i couldnt see anything that matches but somehow he did it
@Minizemful 5 жыл бұрын
He got a absolute masterpiece of a move, and came up with this video idea just to show it off.
@ansh4everrr867 5 жыл бұрын
Candy cries
@benjibean8431 4 жыл бұрын
@KP Productions Same here
@mykellee5436 4 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@daniellem.gibson4658 Жыл бұрын
I heard that boredom is actually a sign of intelligence because becoming easily bored means you need more to stimulate your brain
@jackedkerouac4414 6 ай бұрын
It gets weird when once engaging and challenging activities are avoided then I get bored. My brain must be like "dude it's right there!"
@Whytho2000 Жыл бұрын
Chronic boredom is me watching YT for 8 hours a day, I am addicted to the internet.
@JoEbY-X 5 жыл бұрын
This is from 2013. Thomas Silverstein was alive then, but he died May 11, 2019.
@nicoleonlysometimes824 4 жыл бұрын
JoEbYX that’s a day before my birthday
@IreonDeollim 4 жыл бұрын
omg
@mickeyrickey5160 4 жыл бұрын
Thats one of my friends bdays
@sfp8650 4 жыл бұрын
Bro he died of boredom
@jeffbell4434 4 жыл бұрын
That's my brothers birthday
@tabel4844 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe boredom was an advantageous trait that reminded us that we've been stationary too long, making us easy prey.
@arkancer2210 3 жыл бұрын
@@samanthap.879 wtf
@arkancer2210 3 жыл бұрын
@@samanthap.879 STOP USING EMOJIS THIS IS TRIGGERING, YOU SOUND LIKE A 39 YEAR OLD
@arkancer2210 3 жыл бұрын
@@samanthap.879 what about emoticons? :^) ^_^
@arkancer2210 3 жыл бұрын
@@samanthap.879 yeah, but just don't overdo it, it makes some people uncomfortable when you use it in every sentence or without any context behind them.
@kawosdhdos 3 жыл бұрын
well im so bored so much yet i dont have a strong desire to fix that boredom. Boredom + lack of motivation?
@LaurenceParker876 Жыл бұрын
Crazy how the biggest emotion everyone feels is the feeling bored
@defiant1292 2 жыл бұрын
This channel covers lots of things I wonder about, and then words it way better than I ever could.
@mcarthuralford9752 9 жыл бұрын
watching because I was bored....
@laborinjo4544 8 жыл бұрын
McArthur Alford same
@golfeverysecond 8 жыл бұрын
McArthur Alford same
@happyhippo3499 8 жыл бұрын
GOLF GOLFER same
@urgi4500 8 жыл бұрын
I watched because it looked interesting.
@RustigMusic 8 жыл бұрын
+Urgi Smurgi same
@CodeDarkBlue 7 жыл бұрын
There's a certain type of boredom where you aren't interesting in anything currently but you don't want to do anything ELSE either. Everything just seems dull and pointless. (It REALLY sucks lol)
@hizzy8068 7 жыл бұрын
That's called depression.
@aiiiia9971 7 жыл бұрын
But, I mean, I have felt that way or something like that and not been depressed. It won't be like aw man, I had something to do. Want to play (insert game here)? Like, I'll be just plain bored, but I'm also bored of trying to get occupied, and every option is just meh. :/ it's not sad for me really, just boring.
@lizardgizzard108 7 жыл бұрын
its called benzodiazepines
@billylee580 7 жыл бұрын
Story of my life
@billylee580 7 жыл бұрын
Lol true
@ThatOliveMrT 7 ай бұрын
I just realized. Ever since my non-military PTSD event three years ago I've never been bored. Sure I'll zone out in a low power mode but I can't actually recall the last time I felt negatively 'bored' like I would constant be before. Literally staring at open field with nothing going on sounds like a perfect day to me
@NovaStarFox 2 жыл бұрын
Its been a long time since ive watched this vid. For some reason, it gave me a feeling of comfort in this time of dispair
@lightningwoof2800 4 жыл бұрын
“Why do we get bored?” Me in quarantine at 2am: *I don’t need sleep, I need answers*
@weather9405 3 жыл бұрын
yep
@slipperysam 3 жыл бұрын
@@weather9405 hol' up. You're not giorno
@pedrojfigueroa 3 жыл бұрын
Giorno Giovannah bro who are you faker?
@kher5246 3 жыл бұрын
LightningWoof sleep is overrated
@tinkomertens7936 3 жыл бұрын
ah yes... my life story...
@eldenarchonofcinder2036 7 жыл бұрын
I always assumed boredom was a survival thing, telling you to do something. Because if you're out in the wild and you're sitting around doing nothing, you won't survive.
@lottiej742 6 жыл бұрын
Thats actually a fair point i would have never thought of that
@seanmoore2295 6 жыл бұрын
Archon Gaming I was thinking that while watching this. Boredom obviously has something to do with intelligence, like in school when everyone is engrossed in lessons you have already done/know you are bored. It takes an idiot to sit around and do nothing, boredom is to keep us productive.
@Acegamer22 6 жыл бұрын
I think other natural instincts would kick in aka hunger food or reproduction
@callysto_ii 6 жыл бұрын
I think boredom stems from the fact that most of us are not in the"wild" anymore, and have our basic needs easily fulfilled, if you live in a developed country, you're most likely in a house, sheltered from elements, and when you get hungry or thirsty, all you have to do it make your way to the kitchen and help yourself. Ergo you don't have the stress of needing to stay alive, so you can focus on other more superfluous things, like art, entertainment and what not, and that's where boredom comes in, sitting on your sofa in your living room with a drink in your hand and a bowl of crisps, and nothing to do.
@Nihilianth 6 жыл бұрын
That's not really true. Being "in the wild" doesnt require you to always have to be doing something in order to survive. As a matter of fact, the more primitive a society, the LESS an individual has to do in any given day. In fact, the idea that primitive man always had to be doing something in order to survive, directly contradicts what Michael was saying about how "boredom" evolved to begin with.: Not just for mere surivival, but to thrive.
@brodakarat6340 7 ай бұрын
I just came back to this during a qualitative study on player retention in games. I was so surprised to see flow theory show up because I just learned the name for it in class! I also found good info about expectancy theory, which can be used to discribe how the bored brain evaluates if a task would actually be fulfilling enough before taking part.
@shafo827 2 жыл бұрын
I always tear up when vsauce says thanks for watching and that nostalgic song plays
@willisverynice 3 жыл бұрын
I’m not for the “death penalty,” but in the case of a person where the only other seemingly reasonable solution is solitary confinement for the rest of their life, death is a mercy.
@staalman1226 3 жыл бұрын
It doesn't have to be one or the other.
@MrBiggles42 3 жыл бұрын
Good news, he's been dead since May 2019.
@willisverynice 3 жыл бұрын
Staalman12 I can imagine a hypothetical psychopath for whom it could be true to say that there were no other seemingly reasonable solutions besides death or solitary.
@staalman1226 3 жыл бұрын
@@willisverynice A psychopath shouldn't be in solitary, they should be in a mental institution
@willisverynice 3 жыл бұрын
@@staalman1226 I am not saying that all psychopaths should be treated in one specific way. I am saying you can imagine a case where those two things can reasonably seem like the only options available.
@KRS-Two 2 жыл бұрын
When he said "Candy Crush" I knew things were getting old.
@KTTstudios 2 жыл бұрын
2013
@CourierSiix 2 жыл бұрын
Just like your pfp
@arizz620 2 жыл бұрын
Just like ur pfp
@arizz620 2 жыл бұрын
@@Vaishnavi_875 okay?
@shomit1487 2 жыл бұрын
@@arizz620 mustard mustard
@tylersavoy3266 2 жыл бұрын
8:14 crazy how that just fricken happened, because one human
@ShadeofGaz Жыл бұрын
Being bored is a good thing. You need time to reflect on yourself. And if you always have social media or some crap akin to that you lose that retrospective on yourself.
@victor-ix1mj Жыл бұрын
congrats 🎉 you watched the first 4 minutes of the video
@thisisarjunbutwhythehellar6188 4 жыл бұрын
6:03 he searched "zzzzzzzzzzz" literally
@tahabashir3779 4 жыл бұрын
no, he searched Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz instead of zzzzzzzzzzz
@QuicksolutionsOnline 4 жыл бұрын
@@tahabashir3779 ok
@mordenner3492 4 жыл бұрын
He uses push to talk
@bakulg1131 3 жыл бұрын
May be he was bored.
@ItsMayzo 3 жыл бұрын
Or did he?
@Czar_Moss 4 жыл бұрын
boredom got me here my parents were really bored
@IreonDeollim 4 жыл бұрын
FOR REAL LIKE WE DIDN'T ASK FOR IT
@dawidszymaniak7450 4 жыл бұрын
@@IreonDeollim chill bro
@Burn_Angel 4 жыл бұрын
... you've got my interest.
@bruhmomento8038 4 жыл бұрын
bicthboi *music starts*
@randomdude189 4 жыл бұрын
bicthboi and mommy wasn’t hungry that day I suppose... lucky you!
@IkoryAdam 7 ай бұрын
Vsauce was way ahead of his time
@Lucas-nz6qt Ай бұрын
Ten years after this video and it still doesn't make me bored
@WeAreAllLemmings 3 жыл бұрын
I love how almost every Vsauce video ends on an optimistic or uplifting note, such great content
@mahmoodali3334 2 жыл бұрын
Not all holes are useful🙌🏻 so inspirational
@Rohit_03 2 жыл бұрын
69th like
@mahmoodali3334 2 жыл бұрын
@@Rohit_03 nice
@zoinksscoob6523 Жыл бұрын
@@mahmoodali3334 especially the crazy kind
@rapidrush6033 Жыл бұрын
I think it’s because his videos would normally make people scared, like his space videos for example
@perunproductions9126 4 жыл бұрын
"Boredom traces back to Pompeii" People before Pompeii:
@kraio-sfu 3 жыл бұрын
“Woah... what am I feeling right now? This new feeling... it feels comparable to the repetitive circular motion one makes when boring a hole... I feel... bored. I feel bored! This lack of excitement, it is boredom! No one has ever felt this w- *fucking mountain explodes*
@nickd.2784 3 жыл бұрын
HahahahahahahahahahahahHhahahahahahahBbBbahahahahahah
@perunproductions9126 3 жыл бұрын
@nathaniel gray I know, its a joke
@small_SHOT 3 жыл бұрын
*_w h e e z e_*
@_kikyu 3 жыл бұрын
Its this meme. This is why they're not bored
@RazorV1 Жыл бұрын
I don’t know why, but every few years I get in a mood to rewatch old Vsauce videos. They are timelessly good entertameint
@SU76M Жыл бұрын
10:42 Riiiiight. Now I understand the purpose of so intensive gestures from Michael. Pretty good stimulation to make us hear everything to the end.
@austincrews3849 8 жыл бұрын
In my mind boredom has always been synonymous with depression; boredom is the sensation caused by the realization that your life is meaningless and you have no proper task that grants a feeling of fulfillment. Particularly in the case of having little to no romantic and/or social life, leaving you to your own devices, which often include monotony: playing a video game you've already beaten, listening to music you've already heard, falling into other addictive patterns that provide some measure of temporary entertainment to distract you from the soul-crushing reality of a universe within which nothing you do truly matters. Boredom is the disease of the intelligent, because as they say, ignorance truly is bliss.
@eddy-nd7nh 8 жыл бұрын
you just described me perfectly... this is why i started getting high... the euphoria... yeah... 😐
@poisonouspotato7338 8 жыл бұрын
+Austin Crews You just said all I felt, just more beautifully then I could've put it myself. Try embracing the depression rather than seeing it as a negative thing. Reality only begins from there.
@Ricky-zc8qm 8 жыл бұрын
THe intelligent realize their lack of worth as human beings. the ignorant feel it but deny it and continue socializing with others who refuse to accept it.
@phantomgaming7388 8 жыл бұрын
Damn...
@FRanger92 8 жыл бұрын
Wow, well said.
@jordanbutler7726 7 жыл бұрын
I watch Vsauce because I'm bored most of the time. Cure for boredom found.
@TritaniumYT 7 жыл бұрын
Heartless Vsauce should start an online school
@eburkell1 7 жыл бұрын
I agree, like if you do
@marcusfigved7593 7 жыл бұрын
Heartless one flaw school
@user-hl5dx1tz2x 6 жыл бұрын
Heartless @
@Michael-xm4ux 6 жыл бұрын
Have you at least tried pleasuring yourself
@RedParatroopa1479 8 ай бұрын
“only boring people get bored” - my history teacher
@thewitness9516 7 ай бұрын
Why am I only seeing this 10 years from when it was posted
@NOIZZYT 3 жыл бұрын
When your so bored you watch a video about being bored - 2020
@haseenabadshah5381 3 жыл бұрын
you're*
@NOIZZYT 3 жыл бұрын
@@haseenabadshah5381 shut up
@NOIZZYT 3 жыл бұрын
@DeadNinjutsu LOL
@Xccelerant 3 жыл бұрын
you're*
@danifurka6790 3 жыл бұрын
@@NOIZZYT wtf? Then whie not rite like dhis? You should learn some basic grammar mate
@jeffreytrela6733 9 жыл бұрын
I learn more from V-Sauce in 10 minutes than in an entire 3 school years.
@imleyend 9 жыл бұрын
Jeffrey Trela Then you should have put more attention
@Domic462 9 жыл бұрын
manuel aguilar "put more attention"...lol
@imleyend 9 жыл бұрын
thomas clark what?
@imleyend 9 жыл бұрын
what?
@feloniousgru8964 9 жыл бұрын
manuel aguilar its not proper grammar
@bakermrad 8 ай бұрын
10 years later this still is a masterpiece.
@kivestura6935 8 ай бұрын
Yes
@abhirajbhokare1989 Жыл бұрын
I truly love your channel. Keep doing the best work. Such creative videos you’ve on this channel. Just subscribed! Officially the first viewer of any video on this channel. I’ve never witnessed such awesome editing as this one. Following your channel from the last two years, interesting content! You’re working so hard, may all your wishes come true. Congratulations on your first 10K followers, may you reach 100K soon. Whoever is reading this, never give up. God is with you. When watching your videos, I accidentally hit ‘like’ and never knew when. The moment you came here is at 05:17. Love this video, I think I’ve watched it four times.
@micahphilson 6 жыл бұрын
Is it ironic that I'm watching this now as I watch through almost all old Vsauce videos in my spare time? As I find myself bored?
@yuyunardiansyah4191 6 жыл бұрын
Micah Philson same..
@damndirtyape2597 6 жыл бұрын
Nope, that's not what irony is
@edenem 6 жыл бұрын
Same
@micahphilson 5 жыл бұрын
Mr. Cemore, but... but it's like rain on your wedding day! But that I was seeking entertainment by watching something about boredom is a bit ironic.
@SyndromeM 5 жыл бұрын
Check his "Dord." video, lol.
@no_eggroll_4u 3 жыл бұрын
11:43 “not all holes are useful” -vsauce
@mrrealnobody4382 2 жыл бұрын
Omg
@pieguy6992 2 жыл бұрын
😳
@thenonfurry 2 жыл бұрын
blacc hole
@Snuzzi Жыл бұрын
I love how at 4:20 you started talking about those receptors that have to do with the endocannabinoid system
@MattKeepsFish 7 ай бұрын
You must be the best essay writer in the world.
@shubhanjanjoshi5580 3 жыл бұрын
“Dad can we go outside for dinner today?” Vsauce: Sure, but first let us define what is outside... A few moments later “And that’s how the sun came into existence.”
@kipweit9634 3 жыл бұрын
It was 69 before I liked it, sorry :c
@herobrine_bloxer1793 3 жыл бұрын
This is actually funny, finally something to make me smile Thx bro
@IVThesimple3436 3 жыл бұрын
“YOU ALWAYS DO THIS DAD, YOU ALWAYS FUCKING DO THIS, THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T BE A NORMAL FAMILY.”
@kipweit9634 3 жыл бұрын
@@IVThesimple3436 Or can we?
@ladyalicent705 3 жыл бұрын
Plot twist: Vsauce is actually your dad
@arhan6393 6 жыл бұрын
Wtf I should be sleeping
@KuebikoEmil 6 жыл бұрын
Arhan Özdoğan Aghh Same (As of rn) (No one gives a f*ck)
@michaelarojas 6 жыл бұрын
Fuck it
@lucidanecdote683 6 жыл бұрын
Too bored to sleep?
@goldenbro9839 6 жыл бұрын
Same
@InternetPirate7 6 жыл бұрын
Arhan Özdoğan same😂
@valuedhumanoid6574 2 жыл бұрын
Here it is Thanksgiving 2021 and I am still going back to old Vsauce videos. They’re timeless and still relevant
@teppopierune5520 2 жыл бұрын
Wtf is Thanksgiving
@Nathaniel14111 Жыл бұрын
I am bored 9 years later
@chunchunmaru2760 4 жыл бұрын
Whenever I get bored I love putting ping pong balls on my eyes.
@burningash6426 4 жыл бұрын
Alright then
@BeatMxR 4 жыл бұрын
bruh moment
@diegofcm92 4 жыл бұрын
who doesn't
@gabbs_giss1871 4 жыл бұрын
Whenever I'm nored I put eyeballs on my ping pong
@mxwitcher 4 жыл бұрын
@@gabbs_giss1871 when I'm pingpong I put boredom in my eyeballs
@TheHelmaroc 7 жыл бұрын
Could this be an explanation for dreaming? When you're asleep there's nothing for the brain to do so it makes up stuff.
@supergreninja8422 7 жыл бұрын
The Helmaroc King One theory states that because the conscious has nothing to do, if a signal from the subconscious is picked up the conscious brain will spin it out of proportion and generate dreams.
@sumdood7759 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's related. He has another video on dreaming.
@loganperry7938 7 жыл бұрын
heh ye
@Sheogorath2077 7 жыл бұрын
The Helmaroc King i met leafy when i dream
@rambard5599 7 жыл бұрын
I've recently come to think that dreams are generated by the brain going through thoughts as it usually does, but without any specific (or easily understandable) purpose, thus doing it almost in a random way. Also, when you're asleep, you're still able to catch stimuli, but since not all of your senses are at work, and some of them aren't even at their full potential, what we see and feel in the dream is completely different from what's actually going on. It even happens when you're close to falling asleep, or when you just woke up. Your mind is sluggish, slow, clumsy. Someone might tell you something but you're just not in the right mindset, and misunderstand the situation completely.
@bladerunner8832 3 ай бұрын
Glad I found this since I'm never bored and I felt that something was wrong with me since I've been feeling bored as hell lately. He's right, it is an uncomfortable feeling which led me to materialism. Maybe others can relate? I also found out that boredom is when our best ideas show themselves.
@itousatha5359 8 ай бұрын
2:01 I love it when the music switches like that
@jonathanrouse 4 жыл бұрын
Silverstein actually recently died in prison, in May of 2019. It’s wild, but his massive amount of time in solitary finally came to an end.
@skandisjvel1147 3 жыл бұрын
OJ _313 I wouldn't call that sad, but sure
@wall7103 3 жыл бұрын
What did he do?
@nemlolrawrlawl2350 3 жыл бұрын
@@wall7103 murdered on several occasions. Not sure yet why he was originally put in confinement.
@benshapiro8506 3 жыл бұрын
that's one way to cure boredom
@thekingoffailure9967 Жыл бұрын
Time to break the record 🏆
@firun2635 4 жыл бұрын
The German word is more descriptive. It's "Langeweile" - which literally means "long while".
@menyasavut3959 4 жыл бұрын
"while" means "während", not "weile". In my opinion "Langeweile" is related to "lange verweilen", which means "stay for a long time". "Langeweile" is what you feel, when time doesn't seem to pass, because nothing interesting is happening.
@firun2635 4 жыл бұрын
@@menyasavut3959 Здра́вствуйте! Actually, it does mean both, I suppose. As a quick example "That took (quite) a while!" could be translated to "Das hat eine (ganze) Weile gedauert!"; but, now that you mention it, I think "verweilen" is the root of "Weile". Therefore, either way is correct, I think. до свидания!
@skjorta1984 4 жыл бұрын
langweilig?
@matejzaletelj7260 3 жыл бұрын
In Slovene: Boredom=Dolgčas Dolg=long, čas=time So long time
@okuyasuniijimura 3 жыл бұрын
@@firun2635 bro why you switching to russian? Just to flex?
@stnr9825 Жыл бұрын
Such a great video. I've been feeling bored for years now and almost decided that this world cannot contain my boredom. A solution for those who are always bored: try to expand your horizons and don't limit yourself to what's originally has no limits!
@gumarks_ Жыл бұрын
3:10 Yeah, I definitely feel like boredom usually ends up in positive things, because when bored, I start thinking about doing (productive, somewhat fructiferous) stuff that I would definitely refuse doing if occupied. It's like, now that you have lots of spare time to fill, you start thinking about things that you wished you had time for when you didn't have that much spare time. Of course, boredom also allows you to calmly meditate about yourself and things happening in your life. So, yeah, having a healthy dose of boredom is always a good thing!!
@myspaceuser 10 жыл бұрын
Most of us wouldn't get bored in school if we are taught like this.
@sfyism 10 жыл бұрын
feel people dont like learning new stuff, youll be surprised
@boredninja12 10 жыл бұрын
The Chosen One Yeah but if people start teaching like Vsause does from the beginning of time would it be boring in the first place?
@shipegang 3 жыл бұрын
This is the oldest comet I could find
@QuicksolutionsOnline 3 жыл бұрын
@@shipegang i found a 10 yr old comment. But i dont remember on which video i found it
@reidreid2256 3 жыл бұрын
@@shipegang hahahaahaahha
@bababouey7547 5 жыл бұрын
I want a vsauce episode of him dissecting the reason he makes his videos the way he does and why he speaks the way he does and what effect it has on the way we believe he’s credible, or entertaining, or intriguing.. or something.. like that
@isaacaguilar5595 5 жыл бұрын
Bababouey :} lol this would be good because ik a lot of people who are good bs they have no idea what they’re talking about but they deliver it in such a confident way that you can’t help but to wanna believe them even if it seems dumb
@xlipy7104 5 жыл бұрын
Watch his ted ex talk pretty interesting
@jadenbucher4002 5 жыл бұрын
He explains a lot in his ted talk
@classygentlemangaming8400 5 жыл бұрын
.
@sangria-margarita 5 жыл бұрын
It would ruin it. It’s like a magician revealing his secrets.
@vivelafrance6314 5 жыл бұрын
Without being bored, our current technology would probably not exist. If we are bored, then we would not need to invent something to keep us always interested.
@ramonnapolano6308 4 жыл бұрын
It's rather Companys taking advantage of Boredom nowadays, But I still Agree with you. Boredom and laziness brought us technology, so we got more time to be Bored and More things to do while Bored
@cubeofmeat4982 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe they invented those things BECAUSE they were bored. Plus, you can be not bored and desire something at the same time
@abdulmaliknoufel398 4 жыл бұрын
Sorta like a paradox
@ninja_tony 4 жыл бұрын
@@cubeofmeat4982 No. Because the people that create technology don't get bored, they are far too driven and have to much ambition to be bored. Life is way too short to be bored, but that's the way people choose to live now.
@randomdude189 4 жыл бұрын
And the more we poop we tend to have 80% of the pee from 20% of the shit
@Rofl890 3 жыл бұрын
Update: Thomas Silverstein died last year. He still holds the record.
@pranavlimaye 3 жыл бұрын
Hmmm, interesting to know. Thanks
@zurakun7731 3 жыл бұрын
i was searching for a comment as to not look it up myself
@LucifersDeathSquad 3 жыл бұрын
Terrible Tom was my uncle.
@superpizza8515 3 жыл бұрын
@@LucifersDeathSquad Really?
@StanbyMode 3 жыл бұрын
@@superpizza8515 yup
@phi10 3 ай бұрын
5:33 Very important picture! Getting in the flow by finding the sweet spot between challenge and skill level.
@Kapin05 6 жыл бұрын
* insert generic 'watching due to boredom' comment here *
@monkeypants6764 5 жыл бұрын
lol
@iiwixgz5025 4 жыл бұрын
You did it for us
@angelo6506 4 жыл бұрын
These comments are boring
@BlakHart98 9 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the fact that he doesn't ask for likes and subs.
@trickyjost345 9 жыл бұрын
Well, Even if he did it would help him out i.e.: Matthew Santoro.😋
@BlakHart98 9 жыл бұрын
Tricky Jost Nope. Telling people to sub and like isn't gonna make them sub and like. They're gonna like if they like it and sub if they want to. Not just because the OP said to.
@trickyjost345 9 жыл бұрын
TittyMasterAmbrose Well, I like but unless there's a lot of cuss words I don't like or sub.☺ Have a good day!✋
@-_.- 9 жыл бұрын
Tricky Jost Asking for subscriptions and likes never does anything, if somebody wants to they will and vice versa. Regardless, if you dislike swearing on the internet you should really just turn off your computer.
@724Broncofan 9 жыл бұрын
Geusteer You really haven't visited many sites or really found the best uses for the internet if you think you should turn the computer off if you don't like swearing. The internet is full of knowledge (granted full of bs too, but I am talking about going to the right places here) that you can use to learn to do a lot of different things.
@RobwithoneB 9 ай бұрын
I never get bored watching you, Michael.
@pigman6954 2 жыл бұрын
something i think about: maybe we get bored because, from an evolutionary standpoint, if an animal trying to survive and reproduce isn't doing anything useful, it might feel "bored" and want to go be useful
@chrisaboo 7 жыл бұрын
*video ended*"Im boored"*plays another Vsauce video*
@Ray-ij8ot 6 жыл бұрын
Chris my life
@_sasper_2236 6 жыл бұрын
Chris haha true
@dudedude2938 7 жыл бұрын
you know shits about to go down when the spooky soundtrack comes on
@YourFriendtheGeek 6 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is: I got scared when the scary music came on during his video about infinite sets and aleph numbers. Not creepy at all, but music is powerful :)
@endurovro 2 жыл бұрын
This video sat in my watch later for 5 years.
@twenty1fettuccine Жыл бұрын
Hey Michael, Italian here. Just wanted to say that you’re awesome, I’ve watched almost all your content minus this one and few others. You nearly got the pronunciation of my fellow countryman right :) and since you like to learn stuff, let me tell you that the first O in Giacomo and the E in Leopardi sound respectively like the O and the E in the word “cover”. It’s the first comment I leave under one of your videos so I might as well thank you for the knowledge you share and the many unexpected laughs.
@MrRuss0007 8 жыл бұрын
who else is watching this because they're bored
@bloobatoonsd1849 4 жыл бұрын
The phrase "bores me to death" just got a whole new meaning
@jacekelly1932 2 жыл бұрын
Oh no
@DoiInthanon1897 2 жыл бұрын
It now has at least two.
@simongreenwald446 8 ай бұрын
10 years later, and I'm still bored. 😂
@kivestura6935 8 ай бұрын
Yes
@filteredview9302 Жыл бұрын
this is one of the best videos on the internet, with clear directive, comes greatness.
@naryosh_ 7 жыл бұрын
Who wants to join me for some *extreme hole boring*?
@realtedbear 7 жыл бұрын
OH YEAH MR KRABS
@marcusfigved7593 7 жыл бұрын
100 you mean school?
@risu2312 6 жыл бұрын
F A P F A P F A P F A P F A P F A P F A P F A P F A P F A P F A P F A P F A P F A P F A P
@Michael-xm4ux 6 жыл бұрын
Thats what your mom said
@Rosstisery 6 жыл бұрын
Huey?
@TheSFMCreators 9 жыл бұрын
Michael, you silly guy! Telling us to "just get bored"... HOW COULD WE EVER BE BORED IF YOU KEEP UPLOADING AWESOME CONTENT??!?!
@nunocastro313 9 жыл бұрын
true, how can we get bored if he keeps stimulating our brain with his brilliant explanations.
@eoinmeenaghan9246 9 жыл бұрын
No one else commented sooooo...
@abdullahalshirawi5972 9 жыл бұрын
Go VSAUCE
@heliigd 7 ай бұрын
this guy has the best channel on youtube. one of the few people that will make you interested in learning
@shresthaditya2950 Жыл бұрын
2:18-Boredom is the feeling of not finding anything around us satisfying to our souls 2:48-Boredom leads to autobiographical memory conceiving thoughts and feeling of others and conjuring events 3:20- It is the important source of well being, source of self 3:50-Boredom Proneness scale 4:30-Chronic boredom leads to depression,anxiety and drug addiction 5:40-Our Brains have traasophobia 5:50-Nothing speeds brain atrophy more than being bored and immobilized in the same environment, the monotony undermines our dopamine and attentional systems leading to brain plasticity 6:10-Variety and Simulation leads to Neurogenesis I.e creation of new brain cells 10:40-Boredom Protects us mind-numbing tasks and overloaded sameness and inspires us to do something new and great
@PushedToInsanity 10 жыл бұрын
I'm so bored
@PushedToInsanity 10 жыл бұрын
How am I being rude? I am studying for my accounting final and I want to kill myself. I watched a vsause video cause he entertains me.
@PushedToInsanity 10 жыл бұрын
When it comes to accounting, its necessary.
@PushedToInsanity 10 жыл бұрын
LOL great comment! :D
@HiggsGaming 10 жыл бұрын
shit ,you beat me to it ,fuck it im doing it anyways....IM BORED..
@afrosamuri05 10 жыл бұрын
Have sex then, if u can find someone to mate with, their you go you just found something to do for the next couple years lol
@marcelloberry6829 4 жыл бұрын
1:38 im litterally sitting like this watching this video
@stavpeer5923 4 жыл бұрын
Marcello Berry best comment
@QuicksolutionsOnline 4 жыл бұрын
I dont have a chair :(
@forsenE 3 жыл бұрын
you look pretty bored
@MEOWMIX3DS 3 жыл бұрын
spooky coincidences, as vsauce said
@inpinksuit 3 жыл бұрын
@@marcelloberry6829 i was sitting on electric chair cuz kel ppl
@rajrocky8658 2 жыл бұрын
I really admire his spontaneous deliver of speech and I wish to have such skill for myself. I'm learning so many new words and right pronunciation of them all along.
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