Boredom

How do you stimulate the mind when there is nothing around you to make it happen? In small towns across the U.S. they make meth labs. But what do you do when you are opposed to breaking bad? Listen to music, drink, smoke some lovely or murder someone who seems to be engaged with the hustle and bustle of life. Why should they be so thoroughly enjoying life why you sit in constant boredom? This is not a manifesto for serial killing but rather an observation of life, and what separates the average person from the serial killer. Perhaps it’s a very thin line, or perhaps not. Have you ever sat and observed people who were just having so much fun that it made you want to vomit? You ask yourself, ‘what the hell are they so happy about, is it a front?’ We all seek happiness but it is where we find it that is the most important piece of the puzzle. The consumerist nature of capitalism would have you believe that certain materialistic objects will provide the happiness you seek. That is of course only if your neighbor didn’t purchase the more expensive and recent materialistic item that is ‘hot’ at the moment.

But I am getting off topic, we are talking about boredom. So imagine the individual who does not strive for material items and does not center his life on financial gain. What does he do when he is bored? I always enjoy the crime shows where they profile a serial killer. If you really think about it all the research that has been done by the local Police and the FBI is solely focused on the serials killers that have been caught. Mommy and daddy issues as a child, neighbor’s cat in the oven, isolated and socially inept with intense obsession over certain people or ideals, is what we have come to learn about serial killers. It is always some deep seeded issue that has caused this person to take a life. Let’s consider all the unsolved murders that have piled up across the country. Perhaps it’s not always the traditional tell tells that FBI profilers contribute to their subjects. Maybe it’s the bored individual who is not satisfied by everyday life, so he takes it upon himself to provide the stimulation that he needs. But there is no pattern to his madness, only simplicity. The lives that he takes are people who are not really living at all, so humanity hasn’t really lost anything, just another mindless sheep to the slaughter. This works against traditional killer chasing, how do you profile and/or search for a person who is simply bored with life and does not show all of the symptoms of your typical serial killer?
Okay so I know what your probably thinking,: it's quite a stretch for the average Joe to go from being bored to committing murder. Understood, so lets take a look at the connection between consumerism as it applies to boredom once again. Perhaps consumerism is actually the unsung hero in this scenario, the masked individual lurking in the shadows protecting us all against the evils of boredom which lead to serial killing. Her superpowers consisting of: iphones, ipads, ipods, flat screens, SUV's, luxury sedans, boats, riding lawn mowers and all that fun stuff. How could one become bored with all of these items around to occupy their attention? Better yet how does one attain the wealth to acquire these items? Work, work, work, work. 60 hour work weeks, iphone attached to the ear like a breathing apparatus, eating on the run, lack of sleep, all to gain access to the finer things in life. Work, purchase, "enjoy" purchases= no time for boredom let alone serial killing. Thank you consumerism for keeping society safe.
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Maybe consumerism is the true mass murderer, killing all of the humanistic values we possess as people. After knife wielding consumerism has done its deed what's left is the overworked, stressed out, always in a hurry shell of their former self individual. The biggest victim of consumerism is human connectedness. Consumerism has consumed more lives than boredom ever will.