Why Do We Get Bored?

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  • Опубликовано: 17 авг 2013
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    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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Комментарии • 28 тыс.

  • @F3nax
    @F3nax 4 года назад +4739

    “This is a fake gun”
    *Or Is It*

    • @kimono_kikii
      @kimono_kikii 3 года назад +61

      Probably cake again lol

    • @zerdy_5966
      @zerdy_5966 3 года назад +23

      @The Funny Detector Bot the cake is a lie

    • @Vijwal
      @Vijwal 3 года назад +46

      @@zerdy_5966 *or is it?**

    • @typlcai
      @typlcai 3 года назад +7

      I thought it was a glue gun

    • @comingsoon2815
      @comingsoon2815 3 года назад +5

      now i know whats real and cake

  • @NotActuallyPoseidon
    @NotActuallyPoseidon 8 лет назад +30636

    Who's watching this because they got bored...?

  • @immortalsun
    @immortalsun 2 года назад +98

    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.

  • @LendriMujina
    @LendriMujina Год назад +533

    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
      @locusfocus6998 11 месяцев назад +3

      Really like wdym bro does having adhd make boredom worse?

    • @LendriMujina
      @LendriMujina 11 месяцев назад +83

      @@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
      @tuomas4313 11 месяцев назад +40

      ​@@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
      @pepetheking6107 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@LendriMujinaI must have adhd then cuz I need constant stimulation

    • @dlnk_dl
      @dlnk_dl 9 месяцев назад +14

      @@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
    @carloscastro1192 5 лет назад +7603

    ”Hey Vsauce, Michael here”
    *Pulls out a gun*
    ”Today we’ll stop ISIS”

  • @danem2215
    @danem2215 5 лет назад +5800

    "Not all holes are useful"
    I'd challenge that claim

  • @jip3788
    @jip3788 2 года назад +39

    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
      @brucewaynefrfr Год назад +2

      man how ya doing? hope everything went well

  • @JONES300offi
    @JONES300offi 10 месяцев назад +44

    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
      @yanb7700 9 месяцев назад +6

      im that kid as you

    • @minhyuksssmile
      @minhyuksssmile 9 месяцев назад +1

      But there's nothing to think about if I stare in the blank space all day but i know what you meant

    • @zote1
      @zote1 8 месяцев назад +2

      i know what you mean

    • @kimivanheuckelom1126
      @kimivanheuckelom1126 28 дней назад +1

      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
      @kimivanheuckelom1126 28 дней назад +1

      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.

  • @isaacaltman3609
    @isaacaltman3609 3 года назад +8773

    Pompeii: “This city is so boring”
    Volcano: “Are you not entertained?”

    • @sort6726
      @sort6726 3 года назад +83

      Very underrated comment

    • @chicom8157
      @chicom8157 3 года назад +41

      Very underrated comment

    • @nicefloweytheoverseer7632
      @nicefloweytheoverseer7632 3 года назад +21

      Rada rada.

    • @chicom8157
      @chicom8157 3 года назад +12

      @@nicefloweytheoverseer7632 reported and disliked.

    • @chicom8157
      @chicom8157 3 года назад +8

      @@nicefloweytheoverseer7632 but why?

  • @arrowtongue
    @arrowtongue 8 лет назад +5220

    "Hey Vsause, Michael Here!"
    *Pulls Out Gun*
    What an intro

    • @User-xw6kd
      @User-xw6kd 8 лет назад +13

      Lmao ikr

    • @arrowtongue
      @arrowtongue 8 лет назад +58

      Shammo Hamid "Action and DANGER"

    • @minecraftdude5692
      @minecraftdude5692 8 лет назад +11

      MLG

    • @delara8538
      @delara8538 7 лет назад +66

      Me on the first day of school

    • @Solexier
      @Solexier 7 лет назад +27

      I was just like, "oh my god, he has a gun! oh wait, it's a Vsauce intro, nevermind."

  • @trainmaster997
    @trainmaster997 Год назад +104

    I feel bad for that kid who was confined…I hope they’re doing ok today

    • @justpeachy4393
      @justpeachy4393 Год назад +15

      Yeah, that whole story is unbelievably disturbing...

    • @shahan484
      @shahan484 11 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@justpeachy4393the kid was a she, a female, no need to refer to her as a they

    • @xkeychain
      @xkeychain 11 месяцев назад +72

      ​@@shahan484dude 💀 "they" is used for almost everyone on a daily basis, go back to class

    • @The_Official_You
      @The_Official_You 9 месяцев назад

      @@shahan484you sir, are a god damn weirdo

    • @lovelyakira4838
      @lovelyakira4838 3 месяца назад

      @@xkeychaincool

  • @TuPham-fq6ix
    @TuPham-fq6ix 2 года назад +17

    "Boredom dates back to ancient Pompeii".
    People before ancient Pompeii: Breathing is fun haha

  • @SwiftCreationStudio
    @SwiftCreationStudio 4 года назад +15603

    "Boredom dates back to ancient Pompeii" just wait a few years it gets more exciting trust me

  • @Flintyblock
    @Flintyblock 4 года назад +3866

    Candy crush, that’s how you know this was made in the early 2010s

    • @mary9983
      @mary9983 3 года назад +59

      Lol I thought the same thing when he mentioned it

    • @weather9405
      @weather9405 3 года назад +3

      @@mary9983 ye lol

    • @keilol6666
      @keilol6666 3 года назад +46

      Only moms play candy crush

    • @awesomenessnetwork213
      @awesomenessnetwork213 3 года назад +66

      @@keilol6666 in 2020 yeah
      In 2013 it was quite popular.

    • @doctordrewl6413
      @doctordrewl6413 3 года назад +27

      and he (probably) wasn’t even getting paid to mention it. I wonder what videos will look like in another 6 years.

  • @-Snakekiller-
    @-Snakekiller- 11 месяцев назад +38

    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
      @lemonke5341 8 месяцев назад +2

      Much worst things happen on a daily basis just no one covers it

  • @annyeong6373
    @annyeong6373 Год назад +27

    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
    @deezylightbeam 4 года назад +3172

    "Sigh I'm so bored"
    Vsauce: or are you?
    *music plays*

  • @jadorenoel9228
    @jadorenoel9228 8 лет назад +3448

    Plot twist: this was an ad for Candy crush

    • @tashaaquagray7189
      @tashaaquagray7189 8 лет назад +22

      ..hate

    • @Akira-Aerins
      @Akira-Aerins 8 лет назад

      +Tasha Aqua Gray agree.

    • @roothik
      @roothik 7 лет назад +16

      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
      @griffbazork 7 лет назад +22

      Didn't know Candy Crush was still a viable source of entertainment.

    • @tsriketwm7274
      @tsriketwm7274 7 лет назад +2

      griffbazork that was 4 years ago

  • @decro3177
    @decro3177 Год назад +5

    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

  • @brodakarat6340
    @brodakarat6340 8 месяцев назад +2

    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.

  • @crepequeen643
    @crepequeen643 3 года назад +10259

    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
      @m.a.r.s5789 3 года назад +328

      trademark that word

    • @kinga1925
      @kinga1925 3 года назад +156

      @@m.a.r.s5789 edutainment

    • @Nightmare_Developer
      @Nightmare_Developer 3 года назад +88

      @@LegendaryStarfy edutainment

    • @thezipcreator
      @thezipcreator 3 года назад +60

      @@Nightmare_Developer edutainment

    • @TheSOTA
      @TheSOTA 3 года назад +43

      @@thezipcreator edutainment

  • @Blueglitter73
    @Blueglitter73 10 лет назад +7049

    I got bored, so I watched this video to see why I'm so bored

    • @josiahmcgraw2007
      @josiahmcgraw2007 10 лет назад +123

      I'm seeing a pattern here. It's why I came here as well.

    • @Blueglitter73
      @Blueglitter73 10 лет назад +51

      bored. . .

    • @Blueglitter73
      @Blueglitter73 10 лет назад +53

      bored out of my mind -.-

    • @Blueglitter73
      @Blueglitter73 10 лет назад +69

      Our boredom is so boring that all we can do is just get even more bored

    • @Blueglitter73
      @Blueglitter73 10 лет назад +41

      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.

  • @defiant1292
    @defiant1292 2 года назад +2

    This channel covers lots of things I wonder about, and then words it way better than I ever could.

  • @daniellem.gibson4658
    @daniellem.gibson4658 Год назад +34

    I heard that boredom is actually a sign of intelligence because becoming easily bored means you need more to stimulate your brain

    • @jackedkerouac4414
      @jackedkerouac4414 7 месяцев назад +5

      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!"

  • @Zyphr--
    @Zyphr-- 6 лет назад +1518

    That was one hell of a candy crush move

    • @weirdo6821
      @weirdo6821 5 лет назад +28

      ikr i couldnt see anything that matches but somehow he did it

    • @Minizemful
      @Minizemful 5 лет назад +78

      He got a absolute masterpiece of a move, and came up with this video idea just to show it off.

    • @ansh4everrr867
      @ansh4everrr867 5 лет назад +4

      Candy cries

    • @benjibean8431
      @benjibean8431 5 лет назад

      @KP Productions Same here

    • @mykellee5436
      @mykellee5436 5 лет назад

      Ikr

  • @TaccRaccoon
    @TaccRaccoon 5 лет назад +4234

    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

  • @NovaStarFox
    @NovaStarFox 2 года назад +1

    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

  • @SU76M
    @SU76M Год назад +1

    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.

  • @tabel4844
    @tabel4844 3 года назад +3865

    Maybe boredom was an advantageous trait that reminded us that we've been stationary too long, making us easy prey.

    • @arkancer2210
      @arkancer2210 3 года назад +5

      @@samanthap.879 wtf

    • @arkancer2210
      @arkancer2210 3 года назад +16

      @@samanthap.879 STOP USING EMOJIS THIS IS TRIGGERING, YOU SOUND LIKE A 39 YEAR OLD

    • @arkancer2210
      @arkancer2210 3 года назад +7

      @@samanthap.879 what about emoticons? :^) ^_^

    • @arkancer2210
      @arkancer2210 3 года назад +7

      @@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
      @kawosdhdos 3 года назад +108

      well im so bored so much yet i dont have a strong desire to fix that boredom. Boredom + lack of motivation?

  • @JoEbY-X
    @JoEbY-X 5 лет назад +1831

    This is from 2013. Thomas Silverstein was alive then, but he died May 11, 2019.

  • @tylersavoy3266
    @tylersavoy3266 2 года назад +7

    8:14 crazy how that just fricken happened, because one human

  • @Lucas-nz6qt
    @Lucas-nz6qt Месяц назад +1

    Ten years after this video and it still doesn't make me bored

  • @lightningwoof2800
    @lightningwoof2800 4 года назад +3357

    “Why do we get bored?”
    Me in quarantine at 2am: *I don’t need sleep, I need answers*

    • @weather9405
      @weather9405 3 года назад +22

      yep

    • @slipperysam
      @slipperysam 3 года назад +15

      @@weather9405 hol' up. You're not giorno

    • @pedrojfigueroa
      @pedrojfigueroa 3 года назад +6

      Giorno Giovannah bro who are you faker?

    • @kher5246
      @kher5246 3 года назад +2

      LightningWoof sleep is overrated

    • @tinkomertens7936
      @tinkomertens7936 3 года назад +3

      ah yes... my life story...

  • @CodeDarkBlue
    @CodeDarkBlue 7 лет назад +2135

    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
      @hizzy8068 7 лет назад +465

      That's called depression.

    • @aiiiia9971
      @aiiiia9971 7 лет назад +203

      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
      @lizardgizzard108 7 лет назад +40

      its called benzodiazepines

    • @billylee580
      @billylee580 7 лет назад +21

      Story of my life

    • @billylee580
      @billylee580 7 лет назад +4

      Lol true

  • @Whytho2000
    @Whytho2000 Год назад +8

    Chronic boredom is me watching YT for 8 hours a day, I am addicted to the internet.

  • @LaurenceParker876
    @LaurenceParker876 Год назад +5

    Crazy how the biggest emotion everyone feels is the feeling bored

  • @mcarthuralford9752
    @mcarthuralford9752 9 лет назад +2271

    watching because I was bored....

  • @eldenarchonofcinder2036
    @eldenarchonofcinder2036 7 лет назад +2075

    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
      @lottiej742 6 лет назад +252

      Thats actually a fair point i would have never thought of that

    • @seanmoore2295
      @seanmoore2295 6 лет назад +192

      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
      @Acegamer22 6 лет назад +33

      I think other natural instincts would kick in aka hunger food or reproduction

    • @callysto_ii
      @callysto_ii 6 лет назад +109

      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
      @Nihilianth 6 лет назад +34

      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.

  • @RazorV1
    @RazorV1 Год назад +1

    I don’t know why, but every few years I get in a mood to rewatch old Vsauce videos. They are timelessly good entertameint

  • @shafo827
    @shafo827 2 года назад +7

    I always tear up when vsauce says thanks for watching and that nostalgic song plays

  • @willisverynice
    @willisverynice 3 года назад +2264

    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
      @staalman1226 3 года назад +67

      It doesn't have to be one or the other.

    • @MrBiggles42
      @MrBiggles42 3 года назад +90

      Good news, he's been dead since May 2019.

    • @willisverynice
      @willisverynice 3 года назад +17

      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
      @staalman1226 3 года назад +158

      @@willisverynice A psychopath shouldn't be in solitary, they should be in a mental institution

    • @willisverynice
      @willisverynice 3 года назад +14

      @@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
    @KRS-Two 3 года назад +1975

    When he said "Candy Crush" I knew things were getting old.

    • @KTTstudios
      @KTTstudios 2 года назад +29

      2013

    • @CourierSiix
      @CourierSiix 2 года назад +26

      Just like your pfp

    • @arizz620
      @arizz620 2 года назад +9

      Just like ur pfp

    • @arizz620
      @arizz620 2 года назад

      @@Vaishnavi_875 okay?

    • @shomit1487
      @shomit1487 2 года назад +3

      @@arizz620 mustard mustard

  • @ShadeofGaz
    @ShadeofGaz Год назад +6

    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
      @victor-ix1mj Год назад +1

      congrats 🎉 you watched the first 4 minutes of the video

  • @ThatOliveMrT
    @ThatOliveMrT 8 месяцев назад +2

    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

  • @jeffreytrela6733
    @jeffreytrela6733 9 лет назад +641

    I learn more from V-Sauce in 10 minutes than in an entire 3 school years.

    • @imleyend
      @imleyend 9 лет назад +24

      Jeffrey Trela Then you should have put more attention

    • @Domic462
      @Domic462 9 лет назад +52

      manuel aguilar "put more attention"...lol

    • @imleyend
      @imleyend 9 лет назад +1

      thomas clark what?

    • @imleyend
      @imleyend 9 лет назад +1

      what?

    • @feloniousgru8964
      @feloniousgru8964 9 лет назад +4

      manuel aguilar its not proper grammar

  • @Czar_Moss
    @Czar_Moss 4 года назад +828

    boredom got me here
    my parents were really bored

    • @IreonDeollim
      @IreonDeollim 4 года назад +19

      FOR REAL LIKE WE DIDN'T ASK FOR IT

    • @dawidszymaniak7450
      @dawidszymaniak7450 4 года назад +21

      @@IreonDeollim chill bro

    • @Burn_Angel
      @Burn_Angel 4 года назад +4

      ... you've got my interest.

    • @bruhmomento8038
      @bruhmomento8038 4 года назад +4

      bicthboi *music starts*

    • @randomdude189
      @randomdude189 4 года назад +3

      bicthboi and mommy wasn’t hungry that day I suppose... lucky you!

  • @rajrocky8658
    @rajrocky8658 2 года назад

    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.

  • @Snuzzi
    @Snuzzi Год назад +1

    I love how at 4:20 you started talking about those receptors that have to do with the endocannabinoid system

  • @thisisarjunbutwhythehellar6188
    @thisisarjunbutwhythehellar6188 4 года назад +883

    6:03 he searched "zzzzzzzzzzz" literally

  • @WeAreAllLemmings
    @WeAreAllLemmings 3 года назад +1991

    I love how almost every Vsauce video ends on an optimistic or uplifting note, such great content

    • @mahmoodali3334
      @mahmoodali3334 2 года назад +38

      Not all holes are useful🙌🏻 so inspirational

    • @Rohit_03
      @Rohit_03 2 года назад +4

      69th like

    • @mahmoodali3334
      @mahmoodali3334 2 года назад

      @@Rohit_03 nice

    • @zoinksscoob6523
      @zoinksscoob6523 Год назад

      @@mahmoodali3334 especially the crazy kind

    • @rapidrush6033
      @rapidrush6033 Год назад +6

      I think it’s because his videos would normally make people scared, like his space videos for example

  • @stnr9825
    @stnr9825 Год назад +1

    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!

  • @itousatha5359
    @itousatha5359 9 месяцев назад +1

    2:01
    I love it when the music switches like that

  • @austincrews3849
    @austincrews3849 8 лет назад +433

    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
      @eddy-nd7nh 8 лет назад +17

      you just described me perfectly... this is why i started getting high... the euphoria... yeah... 😐

    • @poisonouspotato7338
      @poisonouspotato7338 8 лет назад +14

      +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
      @Ricky-zc8qm 8 лет назад +29

      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
      @phantomgaming7388 8 лет назад +3

      Damn...

    • @FRanger92
      @FRanger92 8 лет назад +6

      Wow, well said.

  • @NOIZZYT
    @NOIZZYT 3 года назад +491

    When your so bored you watch a video about being bored - 2020

    • @haseenabadshah5381
      @haseenabadshah5381 3 года назад +10

      you're*

    • @NOIZZYT
      @NOIZZYT 3 года назад +11

      @@haseenabadshah5381 shut up

    • @NOIZZYT
      @NOIZZYT 3 года назад +3

      @DeadNinjutsu LOL

    • @Xccelerant
      @Xccelerant 3 года назад +2

      you're*

    • @danifurka6790
      @danifurka6790 3 года назад +1

      @@NOIZZYT wtf? Then whie not rite like dhis?
      You should learn some basic grammar mate

  • @bladerunner8832
    @bladerunner8832 3 месяца назад

    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.

  • @abhirajbhokare1989
    @abhirajbhokare1989 Год назад +3

    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.

  • @chunchunmaru2760
    @chunchunmaru2760 5 лет назад +842

    Whenever I get bored I love putting ping pong balls on my eyes.

    • @burningash6426
      @burningash6426 5 лет назад +21

      Alright then

    • @BeatMxR
      @BeatMxR 4 года назад +5

      bruh moment

    • @diegofcm92
      @diegofcm92 4 года назад +9

      who doesn't

    • @gabbs_giss1871
      @gabbs_giss1871 4 года назад +29

      Whenever I'm nored I put eyeballs on my ping pong

    • @mxwitcher
      @mxwitcher 4 года назад +34

      @@gabbs_giss1871 when I'm pingpong I put boredom in my eyeballs

  • @TheHelmaroc
    @TheHelmaroc 7 лет назад +692

    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
      @supergreninja8422 7 лет назад +90

      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
      @sumdood7759 7 лет назад +39

      Yeah, it's related. He has another video on dreaming.

    • @loganperry7938
      @loganperry7938 7 лет назад +4

      heh ye

    • @Sheogorath2077
      @Sheogorath2077 7 лет назад +3

      The Helmaroc King i met leafy when i dream

    • @rambard5599
      @rambard5599 7 лет назад +30

      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.

  • @phi10
    @phi10 3 месяца назад

    5:33 Very important picture! Getting in the flow by finding the sweet spot between challenge and skill level.

  • @dannythompson6797
    @dannythompson6797 Год назад

    This was incredible, Thank you for the educational video :) I need to learn to appreciate boredom more.

  • @perunproductions9126
    @perunproductions9126 4 года назад +647

    "Boredom traces back to Pompeii"
    People before Pompeii:

    • @kraio-sfu
      @kraio-sfu 4 года назад +187

      “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
      @nickd.2784 3 года назад +5

      HahahahahahahahahahahahHhahahahahahahBbBbahahahahahah

    • @perunproductions9126
      @perunproductions9126 3 года назад

      @nathaniel gray I know, its a joke

    • @small_SHOT
      @small_SHOT 3 года назад +3

      *_w h e e z e_*

    • @_kikyu
      @_kikyu 3 года назад +3

      Its this meme. This is why they're not bored

  • @micahphilson
    @micahphilson 6 лет назад +2032

    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
      @yuyunardiansyah4191 6 лет назад +6

      Micah Philson same..

    • @damndirtyape2597
      @damndirtyape2597 6 лет назад +41

      Nope, that's not what irony is

    • @edenem
      @edenem 6 лет назад +1

      Same

    • @micahphilson
      @micahphilson 6 лет назад +6

      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
      @SyndromeM 5 лет назад +2

      Check his "Dord." video, lol.

  • @valuedhumanoid6574
    @valuedhumanoid6574 2 года назад +1

    Here it is Thanksgiving 2021 and I am still going back to old Vsauce videos. They’re timeless and still relevant

  • @filteredview9302
    @filteredview9302 Год назад

    this is one of the best videos on the internet, with clear directive, comes greatness.

  • @jordanbutler7726
    @jordanbutler7726 7 лет назад +2109

    I watch Vsauce because I'm bored most of the time.
    Cure for boredom found.

  • @arhan6393
    @arhan6393 6 лет назад +3216

    Wtf I should be sleeping

  • @gumarks_
    @gumarks_ Год назад +2

    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!!

  • @icykickflip
    @icykickflip 9 месяцев назад +5

    0:04 can we acknowledge Michael’s good trigger discipline?

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 2 года назад +1798

    Imagine how many people were bored, clicked on this video about boredom and stopped being bored.

    • @Yuno-TJ
      @Yuno-TJ 2 года назад +32

      It's a paradox

    • @Reaper19000
      @Reaper19000 2 года назад +64

      I'm still bored

    • @marcov8796
      @marcov8796 2 года назад +11

      Yea man this video taught me sumn :)

    • @Gmtz01
      @Gmtz01 2 года назад +6

      This is me right now

    • @bemyremedylove
      @bemyremedylove 2 года назад +4

      I luv u mikey

  • @no_eggroll_4u
    @no_eggroll_4u 3 года назад +300

    11:43 “not all holes are useful”
    -vsauce

  • @GamerGavin04
    @GamerGavin04 10 лет назад +148

    i have one question why is it funny when somebody gets hurt?

    • @tylerpajic4162
      @tylerpajic4162 10 лет назад +94

      Because it is not your body getting hurt

    • @HaileyRaeanimaljam
      @HaileyRaeanimaljam 10 лет назад +2

      its because sometimes our hormones (might be spelled incorrect) change our emotions by mistake.

    • @CpuAreStupid
      @CpuAreStupid 10 лет назад +13

      some days ago i was doing sports at a club with some other people from the club and then somebody tried to jump over a fence and fell which hurt his leg (jumping over the fence was part of the training) and as everybody was standing like super serious face i just burst into laughter XD, luckily i quickly stopped laughing and put my serious face on together with all the others, im a bastard XD

    • @tomtrigger
      @tomtrigger 10 лет назад +18

      Bergson wrote an essay about laughter that addresses "getting hurt". You should read the first few chapters. I don't remember much, mind:
      Let's take Wily Coyote as an example (quite fitting, actually). We laugh at the coyote because he is a desperate fanatic (as in someone who keeps perpetuating his effort even having forgotten his aim) and always gets hurt and fails in his objective. His skinny and colourless appearance and bloodshot eyes represent the fact that he is a failure. The idea of the superiority theory is that we feel joy because we perceive ourselves to be superior to the Coyote. An important detail in the theory is that it is only possible when emotional involvement is suspended. We can only laugh at a character if we somehow overcome our sympathy for it and begin to see the mechanic nature of his behaviour. A behaviour which, as Pirandello also said, is the "contrary" of what it should have been. We laugh at the contrast between what happened and what should have happened (same reason we laugh at video game bugs btw) because laughter is a corrective phenomenon born to humiliate the character and make it behave as it should. There's more, but it's too long to write down, read the essay. Hope this helps.

    • @GamerGavin04
      @GamerGavin04 10 лет назад +3

      ***** well that was the whole point of me asking the question because i wanted him to make a video like that

  • @jonathanrouse
    @jonathanrouse 4 года назад +260

    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
      @skandisjvel1147 3 года назад +14

      OJ _313
      I wouldn't call that sad, but sure

    • @wall7103
      @wall7103 3 года назад +3

      What did he do?

    • @nemlolrawrlawl2350
      @nemlolrawrlawl2350 3 года назад +4

      @@wall7103 murdered on several occasions. Not sure yet why he was originally put in confinement.

    • @benshapiro8506
      @benshapiro8506 3 года назад +1

      that's one way to cure boredom

    • @thekingoffailure9967
      @thekingoffailure9967 Год назад

      Time to break the record 🏆

  • @endurovro
    @endurovro 2 года назад +1

    This video sat in my watch later for 5 years.

  • @shubhanjanjoshi5580
    @shubhanjanjoshi5580 3 года назад +2645

    “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
      @kipweit9634 3 года назад +46

      It was 69 before I liked it, sorry :c

    • @herobrine_bloxer1793
      @herobrine_bloxer1793 3 года назад +18

      This is actually funny, finally something to make me smile
      Thx bro

    • @IVThesimple3436
      @IVThesimple3436 3 года назад +64

      “YOU ALWAYS DO THIS DAD, YOU ALWAYS FUCKING DO THIS, THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T BE A NORMAL FAMILY.”

    • @kipweit9634
      @kipweit9634 3 года назад +90

      @@IVThesimple3436 Or can we?

    • @ladyalicent705
      @ladyalicent705 3 года назад +14

      Plot twist: Vsauce is actually your dad

  • @BlakHart98
    @BlakHart98 9 лет назад +199

    I appreciate the fact that he doesn't ask for likes and subs.

    • @trickyjost345
      @trickyjost345 9 лет назад +2

      Well, Even if he did it would help him out i.e.: Matthew Santoro.😋

    • @BlakHart98
      @BlakHart98 9 лет назад +8

      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
      @trickyjost345 9 лет назад

      TittyMasterAmbrose Well, I like but unless there's a lot of cuss words I don't like or sub.☺ Have a good day!✋

    • @-_.-
      @-_.- 9 лет назад +6

      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
      @724Broncofan 9 лет назад +3

      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.

  • @Jackfrost2551
    @Jackfrost2551 Год назад +1

    Thanks for everything man

  • @RobwithoneB
    @RobwithoneB 9 месяцев назад

    I never get bored watching you, Michael.

  • @firun2635
    @firun2635 4 года назад +440

    The German word is more descriptive. It's "Langeweile" - which literally means "long while".

    • @menyasavut3959
      @menyasavut3959 4 года назад +30

      "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
      @firun2635 4 года назад +17

      @@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
      @skjorta1984 4 года назад +4

      langweilig?

    • @matejzaletelj7260
      @matejzaletelj7260 4 года назад +2

      In Slovene: Boredom=Dolgčas
      Dolg=long, čas=time
      So long time

    • @okuyasuniijimura
      @okuyasuniijimura 3 года назад +4

      @@firun2635 bro why you switching to russian? Just to flex?

  • @chrisaboo
    @chrisaboo 7 лет назад +239

    *video ended*"Im boored"*plays another Vsauce video*

  • @thewitness9516
    @thewitness9516 8 месяцев назад +2

    Why am I only seeing this 10 years from when it was posted

  • @MCG2310
    @MCG2310 7 месяцев назад

    Congrats on 20 mil!

  • @bababouey7547
    @bababouey7547 5 лет назад +712

    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
      @isaacaguilar5595 5 лет назад +13

      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
      @xlipy7104 5 лет назад +19

      Watch his ted ex talk pretty interesting

    • @jadenbucher4002
      @jadenbucher4002 5 лет назад +7

      He explains a lot in his ted talk

    • @classygentlemangaming8400
      @classygentlemangaming8400 5 лет назад

      .

    • @sangria-margarita
      @sangria-margarita 5 лет назад +5

      It would ruin it. It’s like a magician revealing his secrets.

  • @marcelloberry6829
    @marcelloberry6829 4 года назад +371

    1:38 im litterally sitting like this watching this video

    • @stavpeer5923
      @stavpeer5923 4 года назад +13

      Marcello Berry best comment

    • @QuicksolutionsOnline
      @QuicksolutionsOnline 4 года назад +10

      I dont have a chair :(

    • @forsenE
      @forsenE 3 года назад +3

      you look pretty bored

    • @MEOWMIX3DS
      @MEOWMIX3DS 3 года назад

      spooky coincidences, as vsauce said

    • @inpinksuit
      @inpinksuit 3 года назад

      @@marcelloberry6829 i was sitting on electric chair cuz kel ppl

  • @indianb1918
    @indianb1918 Год назад

    Great video with great explanation.

  • @heliigd
    @heliigd 8 месяцев назад

    this guy has the best channel on youtube. one of the few people that will make you interested in learning

  • @dudedude2938
    @dudedude2938 7 лет назад +225

    you know shits about to go down when the spooky soundtrack comes on

    • @YourFriendtheGeek
      @YourFriendtheGeek 6 лет назад

      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 :)

  • @bloobatoonsd1849
    @bloobatoonsd1849 4 года назад +205

    The phrase "bores me to death" just got a whole new meaning

  • @twenty1fettuccine
    @twenty1fettuccine Год назад

    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.

  • @fakhri265
    @fakhri265 Год назад

    Now I am revisiting my good old memories back.

  • @myspaceuser
    @myspaceuser 10 лет назад +127

    Most of us wouldn't get bored in school if we are taught like this.

    • @sfyism
      @sfyism 10 лет назад +16

      feel people dont like learning new stuff, youll be surprised

    • @boredninja12
      @boredninja12 10 лет назад +16

      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
      @shipegang 4 года назад +1

      This is the oldest comet I could find

    • @QuicksolutionsOnline
      @QuicksolutionsOnline 3 года назад

      @@shipegang i found a 10 yr old comment. But i dont remember on which video i found it

    • @reidreid2256
      @reidreid2256 3 года назад

      @@shipegang hahahaahaahha

  • @naryosh_
    @naryosh_ 7 лет назад +403

    Who wants to join me for some *extreme hole boring*?

    • @realtedbear
      @realtedbear 7 лет назад +15

      OH YEAH MR KRABS

    • @marcusfigved7593
      @marcusfigved7593 7 лет назад +7

      100 you mean school?

    • @risu2312
      @risu2312 6 лет назад +4

      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
      @Michael-xm4ux 6 лет назад +1

      Thats what your mom said

    • @Rosstisery
      @Rosstisery 6 лет назад

      Huey?

  • @W1HURI
    @W1HURI Год назад +2

    I have adhd which causes severe chronic boredom. Its pure torture its so horrible most people dont understand how awful it is

  • @noopz8035
    @noopz8035 2 года назад +1

    When I was an addict I did use out of boredom which turned into physical addiction but now I'm sober and I don't feel bored at all , it was a decade long battle but I did it, I think I must have fried my dopamine receptors because now I always just feel the same not bored not exited just normal and I been clean for a year now on methadone treatment but nothing else.

  • @TheSFMCreators
    @TheSFMCreators 9 лет назад +116

    Michael, you silly guy! Telling us to "just get bored"... HOW COULD WE EVER BE BORED IF YOU KEEP UPLOADING AWESOME CONTENT??!?!

  • @puppybugcharlie
    @puppybugcharlie 3 года назад +191

    Learning that there is a connection between boredom and depression is amazing. Especially because of quarantine where many of us are in the same environment day after day, fueling boredom and making that yearning for normalcy even worse. We do the same things in the same space for so long that we lose interest in hobbies, cling to short-term gratification type entertainment, start to care less about things that are important, and just feel more depressed overall. And that's not just because you're taken away from your loved ones and your normal environment, but also because of boredom.

    • @ceribralboy4468
      @ceribralboy4468 2 года назад +2

      Or yet, perhaps this is less a bad thing. In caring less about what's important, the progress seems to tend towards not caring about what's important. A level of freedom with shockingly few restrictions, where experiences are all acceptable despite the form. The cold endless void we run from we've sat watching, see how much it terrifies us. We see our efforts to escape it, but find it following us more places than it used to. We go back to looking at it when we're done, and find more ways it has us in no position to escape. In boredom, we see the cold, endless void in what we've become unwilling to believe the lies we've told ourselves, readying ourselves for the cold nothingness we will return to, though we never left.
      What would a super power to not care about anything important look like?

    • @SolonOz
      @SolonOz Год назад +1

      Quarantine was boring, so I started to do some new things, now I am at my 2 and a half years of consistent calisthenics. So I'd say being bored ain't that bad, it's a good reminder that you could do more in your life.

    • @shronkler1994
      @shronkler1994 Год назад +5

      @@ceribralboy4468 what the hell did i just read
      i can't tell if im just being slow right now or if this is a ridiculously wordy and convoluting nothingburger
      i might just be running slow rn 😭😭😭

    • @blokvader8283
      @blokvader8283 10 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah on a popular emotions chart, there are levels that range from low intensity to high intensity, and on one area, the lowest level in Boredom, while the highest is Depression

  • @eliettenoromalala2759
    @eliettenoromalala2759 4 месяца назад

    Best video I have watched. Good job

  • @JacobYuanHang
    @JacobYuanHang 2 года назад +1

    Gotta like how he puts in the extra effort for the good transition, popping up from the bottom LOL

  • @CorvetteBro
    @CorvetteBro 8 лет назад +178

    man i was bored the hole day today

  • @jaggerjdm9787
    @jaggerjdm9787 6 лет назад +269

    *EXTREME* Hole Boring

  • @Charteus.
    @Charteus. 7 месяцев назад

    Thankfully Michael can keep us all entertained