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 / 004
第欧根尼Diogenes
约前412–前323 · 希腊 · 犬儒学派哲学家c.412–323 BC · Greece · Cynic philosopher · Diogenes
他住在一个木桶里，全部家当是一件斗篷、一根手杖、一个面包袋。亚历山大大帝慕名来访，站在他面前问他要什么赏赐。他回答：别挡住我的阳光。He lived in a barrel. His entire estate was a cloak, a staff and a bag of bread. When Alexander the Great came to see him and asked what he would like as a gift, he answered: stand out of my sunlight.
「别挡住我的阳光。」“Stand out of my sunlight.”
入选理由：他主动放弃了所有「值得一提」的东西。Why they are here: He gave up everything that could be called noteworthy — on purpose.
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.
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.
巴特尔比Bartleby
拒绝也可以是不动声色的。Refusal can be entirely without drama.
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.