Everything is subjective
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and the by-product from one food can be perfect for making another.
— Yotam Ottolenghi
We don’t judge here at This Is Boring. This is a site that explores things that people do for fun, and fun is subjective. For example, we write a blog about boring hobbies. Does that sound fun? To us it does. The discovery, the research, the absolute passion that goes into something that people do in their time off is fascinating. You know what is boring to us? Not having a hobby at all.
Sit back and pull up a random link. We can’t promise that you’ll find something here that sparks an interest but you will likely learn something about a hobby that you didn’t even know existed.
Benchmark Hunting: Chasing Brass Disks the Government Forgot
A small brass disk, a large amount of joy Somewhere near you, probably within walking distance, a government employee bolted a brass disk into the ground and then walked away. Maybe in 1934. Maybe in 1952. It has been waiting ever since, quietly knowing exactly where it is. You can go find it. Nobody will…
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• From backyard lofts to high-stakes math, a deep dive into the surprisingly intense world of competitive pigeon racing. • A look at why a hobby built on waiting for a dot on the horizon is the perfect study in quiet obsession.
Keep readingLetterboxing
Have you ever been so bored that you wrote yourself a letter, mailed it, and tried to be surprised when it showed up in your mailbox? James Perrott of Chagford, England was a guide who led adventurous visitors across the Dartmoor wilds in the 1800’s. Dartmoor was (and still is) a boggy expanse dotted with…
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Visiting historical monuments while on vacation isn’t an unusual thing. Plenty of parents drag their kids along while trying to convey the historical significance of the Battle of the Hague or hike around the beautiful El Morro National Momument. You probably even brought a nice camera to record the experience for posterity. But what really…
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One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and the by-product from one food can be perfect for making another. — Yotam Ottolenghi We don’t judge here at This Is Boring. This is a site that explores things that people do for fun, and fun is subjective. For example, we write a blog about boring hobbies.…
Keep readingTaking Surveys For Fun
One of first notable use of questionnaires goes back to France, 1835. Adolphe Quetelet was a man that was born with an unusual amount of curiosity. His interests spanned everything from astronomy to sociology, including something called Anthropometry…meaning he was really into the physical proportions of his fellow Frenchmen. Or Frenchwomen. He also gathered data…
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