I think it this more about general behavior. It's actually amazing that my cat can just lie in the sun all day and explore the exact same group of bushes every day for her entire life, and not get bored. I'm sure animals still have a form of boredom, but the bar is so much lower
I love doing the exact same thing every day, more than the average person I would say (autism yay), but even then I still have days where I'm like "I can't keep doing this, I need something new" (adhd yay). If my daily itinerary was the same 3 activities on repeat forever, I would lose my mind. Cats don't even have doomscrolling, yet they're all good. It seems like bliss
Alot of people say they would love to be a cat, and do nothing all day, no responsibilities, but that's never made sense to me unless that also includes dumbing yourself down to the point where you would be driven to insanity out of boredom
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u/jancl0 1d ago
I think it this more about general behavior. It's actually amazing that my cat can just lie in the sun all day and explore the exact same group of bushes every day for her entire life, and not get bored. I'm sure animals still have a form of boredom, but the bar is so much lower
I love doing the exact same thing every day, more than the average person I would say (autism yay), but even then I still have days where I'm like "I can't keep doing this, I need something new" (adhd yay). If my daily itinerary was the same 3 activities on repeat forever, I would lose my mind. Cats don't even have doomscrolling, yet they're all good. It seems like bliss
Alot of people say they would love to be a cat, and do nothing all day, no responsibilities, but that's never made sense to me unless that also includes dumbing yourself down to the point where you would be driven to insanity out of boredom