16 The Traits of Boring People

Next, find sixteen vices of boring people, summarize from a series of Quora posts entitled “What does a boring man do?

1. Boring people cannot find the middle between hearing and talking. Let's call it asymmetry in dialogue. So they either speak and listen or they just listen and talk.
2. Boring people can tell if the other side is interested in the conversation. They ignore the signals and language of the conversationor, who is of interest.
3. Boring people make others laugh. Humor confirms the ability to view an idea or event from a variety of prospects and then turn it naturally into something to laugh at.
4. Boring people have nothing to say.
5. Boring people always do the same. If you meet at the same bar every evening, nothing is happening and therefore, nothing is certain.
6. Boring people have their own thoughts. If you haven't thought in a critical way about the world around you, you don't have much to say.
7. Boring people can't tell stories. For someone to be interested in and engage in conversation, you need to know how to tell a story, and you must first cherish what you say.
8. Boring people have nothing new to add. If you're saying something new to your listener, they won't be stimulated by your efforts.
9. Boring people can put themselves in the place of another. So emotional intelligence is the key to a quality conversation.
10. Boring people include others in the conversation.
11. Boring people don't improvise, writes analbel. Whether you are informed or not on the subject is important enough to provide something for your conversationator.
12. Boring people are negative. Either they get victimized or they blame others, or they think others have taken their chances.
13. Boring people repeat themselves.
14. Boring people are obsessed with what others think.
15. Boring people want to prove how smart they are once again. To pretend to be the smartest person in the room may attract the attention of others, but it might even make you look antipathic.
16. Boring people are always upset.