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10 habits of extremely boring people

Mike NudelmanOct 3, 2016, 22:51 IST

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We fear boredom - that we might be bored or, even worse, bore others.

One example: For a 2014 University of Virginia psychology study, participants gave themselves electrical shocks to avoid sitting alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes.

In a similarly themed Quora thread, users discussed what makes people boring.

Here are the highlights, so that you can identify the bores in your life and avoid becoming a bore yourself.

Drake Baer contributed to an earlier version of this article.