Stereotypical features that lead to a person being perceived as boring by others
- Volunteers in a study reported that the five most boring jobs were data analysis, accounting, tax/insurance, cleaning, and banking.
- The most boring hobbies included sleeping, religion, watching TV, observing animals, and doing math.
- Attributes that made a person stereotypically boring were having no interests, no sense of humour, no opinions, or complaining too much.
- People who had stereotypically boring characteristics were more likely to be automatically perceived as incompetent and cold.
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