卡尔文·柯立芝Calvin Coolidge
他把「少说两句」变成了一种国家元首的作风。He turned “say less” into the working style of a head of state.
HALL OF BOREDOM / 006
巴特尔比Bartleby
1853 · 美国 · 麦尔维尔《抄写员巴特尔比》1853 · American novel · Melville · Bartleby
他是一名抄写员，刚来时非常勤快。后来每当被要求做事，他都温和地重复同一句：我宁愿不。他不吵不闹，不解释，也不离开，就那么一直待在办公室里。He is a scrivener who works very hard at first. Later, asked to do anything at all, he quietly repeats the same sentence: I would prefer not to. He does not argue, does not explain, and does not leave. He simply stays in the office.
「I would prefer not to.」“I would prefer not to.”
入选理由：拒绝也可以是不动声色的。Why they are here: Refusal can be entirely without drama.
名人堂其他成员Other members
约翰·凯奇John Cage
他证明了「什么都没有」也可以是一件作品。He proved that “nothing at all” can also be a work.
安迪·沃霍尔Andy Warhol
他把「看着什么都不发生」做成了艺术。He turned “watching nothing happen” into art.
第欧根尼Diogenes
他主动放弃了所有「值得一提」的东西。He gave up everything that could be called noteworthy — on purpose.
奥勃洛摩夫Oblomov
他是世界文学史上最著名的「躺平者」。He is the most famous “lying flat” figure in world literature.
西西弗斯Sisyphus
无限重复、毫无进展——这大概是「无聊」的终极形态。Endless repetition with no progress — the final form of boredom.
纪春生Ji Chunsheng
他用一个姿势，代表了一代人下班后的状态。With one pose, he represented what a whole generation looks like after work.
数据录入员 PaulPaul, the data entry clerk
他是被研究「算」出来的无聊，也因此出了名。He became famous for being calculated into boredom.