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Dana Taylor: And how did boomers deal with boredom?Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
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To the everyday sort of life, these are empty, almost useless ingredients for anything else, but to create in, to write in, idle time, free time, even boredom, and naivety are really important and can be so powerful.Steve Baltin, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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Chew-Bose’s power lies in her patience, as her script isn’t at all afraid to lull her audience into a state of not quite boredom, but at least ennui (the French!Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
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The new series, which Natasha Rothwell created and stars in, joins shows such as Insecure, Atlanta, Girls, and Broad City in capturing the ennui of a Millennial protagonist who feels stuck in place.Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
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For Artaud, true culture operates through exaltation and force, an extremity of experience that breaks through the tedium and wakes us up.Simon Critchley, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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This kind of formalist approach, cross-breeding narrative cinema and conceptual art, can be hard to maintain without slipping into tedium.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
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Those roasted include the suburban fixation on uniformity, the capriciousness of the media and the negligence and all-around laziness of law enforcement.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2024
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TikTok is packed with testimonials from users who swear by meal uniformity, whether that means sticking to a specific lunch or cycling through the same menu daily.Korin Miller, Health, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Tiresomeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiresomeness. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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