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When I hear young people today complain about being bored - and the things that keep them from being bored are generally exclusively videogames and/or computer pastimes - I just try to encourage them to go outside.

— Nick Offerman

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I've never been someone who's very prone to boredom. I don't know, boredom seems like something you should grow out of at about 15 or 16. There's so much that needs to be done.

— Jason Isbell

Sadly, many in our world today encourage idleness, especially in the form of mindless, inane entertainment that is on the Internet, on television, and in computer games.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

I think I do have a sort of terrible propensity for boredom and for being bored, even though I am absolutely of the opinion that one shouldn't be bored and that there is no excuse for it and that it is a personal failing.

— Geoff Dyer

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Kids need somewhere to go, so they're not bored on the street.

— Leona Lewis

I think it's necessary to let kids get bored once in a while - that's how they learn to be creative.

— Kim Raver

If there were teenagers who had a video camera and saw what I did on a daily basis, they'd be bored out of their mind.

— Ian Harding

Children don't run around outside as much as they did. They sit in front of computer games.

— Toyo Ito

I have been playing games since I was about 6, and they've always been a big hobby of mine.

— Rhianna Pratchett

✗Opposing Perspectives

Casual games are a great way to spend time when you get bored. It's hard to keep people off all their little games.

— Lea Thompson