boredom
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But one day, the excitement of the AI trade will come from plunges rather than melt-ups, and when that happens, you will yearn for boredom.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
“Digital environments become the easiest and most reliable way to regulate mood, boredom, or stress, so they gradually start to crowd everything else out.”
From Slate • May 12, 2026
Millions of brokerage accounts were opened in 2020 and 2021, largely by young men, in a perfect storm of commission-free trading, boredom, stimulus checks and face-ripping volatility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
The singer originally documented his experience in hospital with heart problems on Instagram due to "boredom", he said.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
The impression was of closeted boredom punctuated by contests and schemes—jumping between the beds, building a camp, half devising a board game, then giving up.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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