Imagine we'd meet with sentient, cultural and civilisational aliens, but we'd find each other boring

[amputret@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

It took flack? Never heard anyone complain about it before.

[wrufieotnak@feddit.org]

That's when the deep philosophical questions are asked.

[wrufieotnak@feddit.org]

That's what you people would do, but my glorious group would be much more enlightened!

[5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Bold accusation.

Sure it would be mind-blowing, but society-wide awe about other(ed) societies on this planet has largely waned off and many people do not care about the lives of people deemed other.

[frostycaveman@lemm.ee]

Nah you can just rely on a revolving door of new shiny interests and peer pressure your friends into picking up the fad too.. because that’s healthy

[simulation6@sopuli.xyz]

Or even just smell nice?

[agent641@lemmy.world]

Beyond lies the Wub

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[01189998819991197253@infosec.pub]

Yeah, it has some very low reviews and it wasn't very socially accepted as the great movie it actually was. People who understood the underlying issues the movie was putting in the forefront, understood how amazing the movie was.

[cocodapuf@lemmy.world]

I literally cannot imagine that.

Even being boring would be fascinating. If their society was identical to ours it would be fascinating and we could learn from that. If all they did was watch TV all day, they would still be fascinating.

[wrufieotnak@feddit.org]

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[knightmare1147@lemmy.world]

What if it was a cognitive phenomena scp style where it's like forced ADHD when interacting with the other species?

Wait, no... That's still interesting

[thirdeyeslime@lemmy.world]

I hear you, I don't mean to accuse or project anything on you. It is a valid question. But boredom by its very definition is something to do about our internal state and feelings, and not about the external object (or sentient race) in question. To some extent, we decide whether or not to be bored with something. A rock outside my house appears boring, but that is my lack of creativity. Maybe it is useful as a firepit stone, maybe I can split it open and there is a fossil inside, maybe I can study it and find out what type it is, maybe I can gather enough a make a pulley system to the roof. But boredom is a decision.

[jackbydev@programming.dev]

How do you figure? Suppose they're just like us. There would still be twice as much media and history to look into.