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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Virtue of the bored
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored (But if you got a job interview, be on time).
Could you please explain to me the meaning of "virtue of the bored"?
I know "virtue" means "morally good", but I can't understand the phrase "virtue of the bored".
Could you please explain to me the meaning of "virtue of the bored"?
I know "virtue" means "morally good", but I can't understand the phrase "virtue of the bored".
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Never heard the expression, but I suspect it implies that a bored person has nothing to do, and therefore rushes to his appointments. I think the idea is specious, because bored people are often lazy. I don't think virtue in this context has much to do with morality.
- Never heard the expression, but I suspect it implies that a bored person has nothing to do, and therefore rushes to his appointments.
- I think the idea is specious, because bored people are often lazy.
- I don't think virtue in this context has much to do with morality.
- It's simply a quality which someone happens to be looking for in a person.
- For example, caution may be a virtue in one profession and a vice in another.
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Never heard the expression, but I suspect it implies that a bored person has nothing to do, and therefore rushes to his appointments.
I think the idea is specious, because bored people are often lazy.
I don't think virtue in this context has much to do with morality. It's simply a quality which someone happens to be looking for in a person.
For example, caution may b
I think the idea is specious, because bored people are often lazy.
I don't think virtue in this context has much to do with morality. It's simply a quality which someone happens to be looking for in a person.
For example, caution may b
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Being on time is one thing that bored people can do well.
Whether it's true is another question. It's probably intended to be humorous by implying that people who are bored are people who have no curiosity about much of anything, so there's nothing of interest for them that might detain them from an appointment.
CJ
Whether it's true is another question. It's probably intended to be humorous by implying that people who are bored are people who have no curiosity about much of anything, so there's nothing of interest for them that might detain them from an appointment.
CJ
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