Clearly you've been hanging out with the wrong beach people

@Remi Yes I am sure there are interesting people on the beach, but the beach certainly attracts the boring ones in droves, hardly ever met a dull one up a mountain.

@Fernapple I was up the mountains in the rain forest today in fact and I get what you mean. I love it there, but I am also drawn to the water. It's a bay where I live so little waves especially this time of year, Winter here. I find it meditative finding a place alone with the stillness of the water drawing me......calling me.

I'd like to know where they are around here!

Typically one that others find boring. That's the irony in this post.

I consider myself to be stoic (or at least a stoic in training), but I also consider myself to be boring — so @1of5 may be on to something there. However, I don't think stoicism itself is boring; there is a richness in the philosophy and an inner strength required to follow its principles. Here's a brief illustration describing stoicism and its history:

@resserts you do realize that philosophy is also quite boring, right?

@1of5 Ah, but philosophy is the underpinning of nearly every aspect of our lives. Understanding the basis of society, government, economics, religion, psychology, the arts and literature, ethics, and on and on is predicated on philosophical concepts. We can, of course, live without knowledge and understanding of those philosophical underpinnings, but we lack something of value that can be gained by reading the philosophies of those who shaped and influenced democracy, for instance. Philosophy gives greater depth to the world around us, adding a dimension that we otherwise would never see. It's what lets us see the figures that cast the shadows on the wall, when others see only the flat, dull shapes before them.

@resserts so says someone who thinks it interesting.

While true that philosophy does shape most human interactions, it is far too easy to assign more importance to it than it deserves. Philosophy shapes aspects of life, but life also shapes aspects of philosophy. Philosophy in and of itself solves nothing and answeres nothing.

But anyways, glad you enjoy it and good luck in your pursuit of stoicism (theres something I never thought I'd wish anyone).

@1of5 “Philosophy shapes aspects of life, but life also shapes aspects of philosophy.” I hate to break it to you, but you just engaged in a bit of philosophy.

@resserts I know, and it nearly put me to sleep.

@1of5 Go take a nap. You've tuckered yourself out.

@resserts That perfectly decribes my Dad's apporoach to life. Thanks for posting and Stoicism should be taught in school!

that is a weird way to look at it. i don't think the people the poster found boring were boring because they were a particular age. maybe they were boring because they had nothing in common EXCEPT that particular age. if you hang out with a diverse group, and include age diversity, it is less boring. only hanging out with young people is bound to be just as boring as only hanging out with any other age group to the exclusion of others.

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@genessa
Possibly but I wouldn’t agree
I find most people over 40 to be really boring

@darthfaja that's pretty ageist. i find people boring (or not) based on their behavior rather than their age. people don't reach the age of 40 and then suddenly get boring, or start talking more or only small talk. i find that anyone who is bored by another based on age is easily bored, and i always say boring is as boring does. people who are easily bored are incurious in general. i don't generally generalize, but this is my observation over a long period of time (more than 40 years, in fact).

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@genessa
You’d be wrong in this case
Feel free to come and find out
I’m 47 I just don’t find people in my age group very exciting
I wouldn’t over think it

@darthfaja how many people in your age group do you know? small samples give inaccurate results. you haven't found exciting people in your age group. that is not the same as not finding people in your age group exciting. this has nothing to do with overthinking. underthinking maybe.

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@genessa I'm with you Genessa. Age has nothing to do with it. I'm pretty convinced most of the population don't think past their immediate needs and wants. This is boring. I love passionate people and they can 18 or 80. I don't care WHAT they're passionate about but hopefully about social justice, world politics, the environment, science, psychology and philosophy. Usually one has to have a few years to gain an education (doesn't have to be formal) to be able to discuss these sorts of topics. And I also like people to open up about themselves and to do this they must have self-awareness. It's not about age, it is about having an enquiring mind. When one has that they never become dull.
What I like about Agnostics.com is that there are so many interesting ppl here. Wish they all lived in my city.

@darthfaja Why? Seems ageist to me.

@MsDemeanour
Just find people my age boring.
Lacking passion and spontaneous life styles

@MsDemeanour, @genessa
How many? A great deal actually
Ageist? Maybe, but I wouldn’t be if this age group I’m in wasn’t so lame.

@darthfaja perhaps you should get out more and join some club or something in line with your interests.

@Geoffrey51
I have a ton of hobbies and friends.
I’m not bored
I need more time in the day

I simply said I find people in my age group boring
I’m not sure what all the hub bub is about

@darthfaja sorry I misunderstood.

@MsDemeanour I’m old and can be interesting if others are interested in what I’m interested in. Listen first . Most people people just want to talk, as mom used today, just to hear their head rattle.