Are You Bored?

So am I... Being bored while at work or wherever and clicking almost subconsciously every link you get from IMs or mail or whatever seems to be getting more and more popular, if not dangerously ubiquitous.

But on the other hand - is it really that dangerous? Well one can obtain some really really useful information just while getting to know some websites that one would never get interested in. For example.. would you ever get interested in building a birdhouse using staples only? I think I wouldn't... yet I somehow find a site about it and get to know some tricks with those damn staples, whether i want to or not. Later in future this knowledge may become useful.

Many many people still claim that surfing without any closer aim is useless and a waste of time. I don't think so. If I did, would I be writting this now anyway? I guess not. There's a high posibility that there are many people wanting to share their views and tricks that make one's life easier and all you need to do is click a seemingly uninteresting link to get to know that many objects on your desk may be used in creating a nuclear weapon or a spy device.

Being bored at work or while trying to learn seems to be a perfect option to turn your mind off for a few minutes (hours?) and relax a bit. You can do that while sleeping, but you can surf the net and not only relax but also find out that human mind is oh-how-complex and from then on have in mind how complex human beings are.

Isn't that fantastic that nowadays we can find out that much information just by sitting and almost without noticing it clicking the links our friends send us? That raises, without a doubt, the average level of knowledge of a statistic person.

What's wrong then in being bored and stumbling without any aim? I say "be bored"! Be bored and be proud of it! For many of your sceptical friends may not know that the bird sitting by the window is this and that and that it tastes great with this and that, which actually is a national dish of this and that country.