Having an imagination is not seen as very cool.

I have no doubt you know people like this. When you encounter them, they seem normal at first. But then it soon becomes apparent that you are talking to a person that gets bored suspiciously easily. In normal conversation they will make reference to things that are purportedly boring; school, work, their parents, things that require effort, their lives. Soon, if there are not enough shiny things in the immediate area, they will begin to complain that they are presently bored. They may suggest going somewhere else that will be less boring - if you indulge them, they will find it equally boring once arriving there.

These people seem to be unaware of how dull it is for other people when they talk about their ennui. In fact, they are under the mistaken impression that their boredom and ability to complain about it is something interesting or noteworthy. You will see the bored making posts on their MySpace pages about their boredom - apparently expecting other people to comment on this situation. And yet, they will almost categorically declare all the things in the world that are actually interesting to be dull, or at the very least "nerdy". This includes all of the sciences, and virtually all of the humanities excepting a slim slice of popular culture.

And then there is greatest crime of the bored. Having an imagination, perhaps the least boring thing in the world, is seen as "weird" by these people. Across the board, the bored do not find creativity very cool - I think "faggy" is the word they use. That is, with a few exceptions when it comes to the invariably slim slice of popular culture they have aligned themselves with.

What sorts of things does a person like this enjoy doing? Aside from complaining of their boredom, mind you. Gossip has universal appeal, I suppose, but surely a person can not subsist entirely on that. I mean, even I like trash-talking from time to time, but I can't imagine doing it all day every day any more than I can imagine masturbating to large-assed women with the Boredoms* cranked to max all day every day. And yet, aside from occasional migrations to bars and sporting events, the bored do little.
*(Who I bring up for obvious reasons.)

If you are bored, it is because you are boring, your personality is bland. End of story. Don't try and claim that nothing is happening and this is the root of your ennui. You are bored because you are plain like Swedish furniture of the inside. People with rich inner lives are not bored often, and when they are they have the common courtesy to not bring it up.

I propose we build a time machine and send the bored off to some old communist regimes. So you don't like broadening your horizons by learning new things, eh? Well meet your new best friend Pol Pot, I think you'll get along just fine so long as you don't mind wallowing in a bit of mud. Can't have a quiet evening alone reading at home, can you? Yeah, his buddy Mao dislikes books as well (with one exception, that is.) Never mind the smell, that's just burning carcasses and human excrement. Think expressing yourself is "gay"? Good news, so does Stalin and he'll make sure all those "faggy" artists that do not glorify the Soviet Union get what's coming to them. Still feeling bored? Work harder, Ho Chi Minh is getting damn bored as well - but he's sure that a kick in the gut and a face plant in the mud will liven things up again.

Oh shit, a German tank just blew through the wall of your factory; I hope you aren’t still bored? A few rounds from an MG 34 ripping through your torso will get those doldrums out of your system right away.

-Trevor

PS: I hope you didn't find this too dull, darlin'.