Can a film be interesting? I don’t think so.
When I watch it, my brain does the “interesting” — not the film.
We should probably retire that word.*
It’s an Attribution Error, or as ChatGPT called it, “Subject-Object Confusion.”†
Grammar reminder: The film is the object. I am the subject acting on (watching) the object.
Also: “interesting” is a vague, almost empty adjective. It’s what you say when you’ve got nothing else. ‡
Lately, I’ve described myself to others as “boring.”
Oops. Same error. It’s another word that should be retired.
Every morning, I drink cold brew and fire up my brain. I spend my best time thinking, reading, and writing. I love ideas. There’s nothing I enjoy more than understanding.
Leave me alone in a room with no other objects or people, and I will emerge a changed person who went on a journey.
Eric Alexander Moore
I go for long walks and journal. There are Carl King blogs. If I live long enough, there will be more Carl King books.
My lifestyle is quiet, slow, and calm.
I certainly don’t seek out constant external sensory input, and I don’t identify with people who do. It’s as if they’re babies that need to be bounced. Do they panic when faced with the emptiness of their own minds?
Makes sense they would experience me as “boring.”
But hey, I’m not the one who’s bored.
*I don’t really expect anyone to retire words, but this is a useful academic exercise. See E-Prime.
†I can’t find any other references to this term. It seems ChatGPT invented it!
‡Peter David made fun of me for saying this about Terminator 2. He’s a jerk.
Photo credit: adapted from Cain Shortknee of Cursed AI