Like a cat in a window at a bird feeder.
Cats are very “civilized”, enough said! 
If only that were enough to cure my boredom.
No,not at first. Go back over your threads and posts and interactions with people. Make notes, puzzle things out, figure out different ways to have aproached it all. then test yourself with opponents. diplomacy is developing strategies, its hard to develop winning strategies while you are at war. Unless its a slow game of chess… 
We all tend to react on these forums due to our own pressing timeclocks. Watch log ins and response times. Most folks here react with the first thoughts that pop into their heads they do not use think about outcomes from past similar arguments, they do not plan. Visualize where things are similar and what the outcomes are… God knows there are enough repeat threads here at this forum alone to do that. I do guarantee other forums are similar in that. find the patterns , the mistakes, the successes.
Its all a puzzle waiting to be put together. if you do it, then you will not be pushing boredom away by pushing your limits. You will gain the ability to win if you so choose to.
Hmm, well I’m aware of mistakes I’ve made. “Mistakes” because I acted in a way I wouldn’t admire in another. And you’re right, those mistakes often come from speed and inability to pay proper attention to how we communicate with each other. But how does this alleviate boredom? I didn’t quite follow what you said about “pushing boredom away by pushing your limits”.
Because in studying mistakes yours and others, you think, you develop strategies, to compete and combat on a new level of awareness.
There are many repeats in arguments and wars. Chess may look boring to an observer, but to the paticipants it is not because, their minds are putting pieces of a puzzle together and predicting outcomes with stategies. They may be right they may be wrong, even being wrong gives interest. Have you ever studied the art of war? Warfare is an art form. There are masters at it. They can take losing odds and still win.
Arguing is just a peaceful form of the art. Diplomacy is the art of arguing and negotiating the traps of language in a war like mode with an objective beyond just winning in mind.
You can’t just study the mistakes, you must study what works, you must study people. People fall into categories, Find the diplomatic avenue that suits each category. Then modify it as you deal with that person.
Warfare and diplomacy are excellent at stretching our understandings of society ,subjects and the world. It brings our limits to new levels. The more the art is studied the more you understand humanity. To me it is not boring. it is a fantastic challenge to comprehend and love even the enemy.
That sounds really boring!
But seriously, you’re well spoken.
I know it sounds boring. But, that is what drew me to it in the first place. The belief that nothing could actually be that boring. I had to check it out and once I stuck my foot in the water so to speak, it became interesting. The twists and turns of strategies became exciting beautiful and hardly boring.
I’m curious, are you arguing for something here at ILP? Employing stratagies? I know we all are, and do, to at least some degree. That’s just what we do, even if we’re inconsistent or whatever. But you are highlighting it so much on this thread that it’s making me wonder. You don’t seem very argumentative to me. I’ve seen it in you, sure, but that’s true of most everyone.
I study anthropology , history, religion, politics, philosophy and tie them together in my own ways as pieces to a puzzle. All subjects interest me because all subjects provide insight. I do not put forth a particular view or perspective just ones that I have learned and observed over the past few decades. Diplomacy and the art of warfare enhance the ability to fit pieces together.
Here I learn. I do see the species in the midst of an interesting part of evolution, it is seen here and at other forums. The human species is becoming different breeds, not counting skin color or physical attributes. But, truly different breeds like a parakeet and a parrot, both are still birds but, they differ more than in just size and colors. They are different mental and physical abilities. Even as they are both birds there is no mistaking the difference. They both are on their own paths now where once they were the same or one. Humans right now are still the same breed even though the colors and sizes vary, genetically and mentally we are one and only one existing breed with in the species, the physical variations are too slight to split the species into different types yet, but, the mental facilities are changing faster then the physical. Mentally we are evolving into seperate breeds faster than our bodies could ever do.
Do you mean like psychological types?
It gets complex when you can quantify (and possibly mistake) different genders as different species…
I told you so Kris; the species are fragmenting right now.
Why does boredom have to be cured?
It’s just another state of being…if you wait long enough…sit long enough, it will either go away or show you how to use that energy. Boredon might just be energy that is all clogged up waiting to be used. So just enjoy your boredom and see what happens.
What do you mean by ‘I’m bored’?
Let’s say that in the next moment from now, something comes before you that interests you. Does your perspective (realization) include that boredom is also contained within that new item of ‘interest’? If not, then the problem (or the dissatisfaction or suffering) isn’t boredom, but arises from how you’re understanding the new thing or new idea that comes before you to be acquired, you might say. Or how you’re understanding your true nature as the Acquirer.
I’m thinking about those last two posts. Thanks Arcturus and Ingenium.
yes and no, cognitive abilities, talents, leanings, processes. Technology is a big factor, isolationism is too. The higher a tech a country is the people are developing different parts of brain functions or areas. The less tech, will use other areas or functions more. Then you have countries that are isolated with high tech(china for example) and then those that are isolated with low to almost zero tech. (the Amazon)
Isolated brings about inbreeding which a affects the brain functions. Those countries that have high tech or low tech but are not isolated have less inbreeding but they do have the flow of incoming new genetic sources from time to time. This affects the brain. Then to please RU we do have gender. Their roles that cause innate brain functions. The human species physically is almost at a stand still except that folks in higher tech have more body fat each generation and Less resistance to disease without chemical intervention.
Here you can see where tech affects processes in cognitive abilities in each person that comes from different areas of the world. We have folks from the four corners. Its not just language that causes misunderstandings it is the processes of thought. Oh yea, and gender… 
Throw in : When humans have a lack of challenges, they stop using certain areas of their brain and develop other areas. Some humans still face major challenges, but many others do not.
Can you see the breeding possibilities and probable paths?
Okay, but be forewarned…good chance you’ll get bored thinking about it. So thinking has its limits in terms of solving your problem.
You could twiddle your thumbs and think, that might keep boredom away longer.
have you ever felt bored here, Kris?
Nope, Its hard for me to get bored, I have to work at it. I only get bored on long trips, then I usually sleep through it.