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For the above you could -listen to music -talk to someone -read a book, magazine, or newspaper -text people (I assume we mean no social media, not no phones)

Now my nitpicks

- How long do you wait for gas? It's also an activity (assuming you aren't using full service)

-Camping is an activity

Sure you can come up with a scenarios where people are forced to be bored. Like waiting in a doctors office that you went to by yourself and they don't offer any reading material. Seems rare.

Let me offer another one: solitary confinement, what happens to people left alone with their own thoughts? They often go crazy.




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