The Perils of Boredom

"If you don't pull me out of this swamp of boredom I'll go and do something drastic"
"Like what?"
"I'll go and get married!"
-James Stewart, Rear Window

I sat and thought the other day...the stupidest things I've ever done have all been the result of the same thing. I was basically bored to death. I think at some point we all try to create drama in our lives just to ruffle up the monotony. They say boredom is the root cause of depression too. We need constant distractions from the mundane banalities of our everyday life.
And unfortunately it seems to be a hopeless situation, you can't cure boredom. The more we entertain ourselves, the higher rises our threshold for being entertained. It used to be a movie a month was cause for excitement. Now u could be watching 3 movies with many people while surfing and eating.. and still be bored.
I bet thats why spouses cheat on each other. Thats the driving force behind all psychopaths and serial killers.
In fact, I bet if you reach to the roots, all great wars were caused by one guy going hey, Im really bored! Lets go kill a few million people! . .

Phew. I feel like I solved the mystery of mankind or something.




PS: And now I'm bored