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               Outbreak Magazine Issue #7 - Article 3 of 16
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Very Interesting
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By: kleptic <outbreak@fwaggle.net>


What makes someone an interesting person? 

To answer that question I'm going to use an excellent example of an interesting 
person: me. I am far more interesting than anyone else I have ever met. I am 
interested in all the same things as myself. 

The defining feature of an "interesting person" is that they are interested in the
same things you are. This is an undisputable truth. If you do not share interests 
with the person in question, you simply will not find them interesting. It is also 
true that the more interests you share with a person, the more interesting you probably 
find them. Therefore, seeing as you are interested in every single thing that you 
yourself are interested in, you must find yourself more interesting than anyone else 
you know. Don't worry, this doesn't make you a snob, just human. 

This could be proven untrue, of course, if it was essential for a person you find 
interesting to be a separate entity from yourself. For some people, this is 
undoubtedly the case. They find many other people interesting, but take no interest
in their own activities. This is probably the result of the person wanting to do what 
the people they find interesting are doing, but judging themselves unfit to participate, 
for some reason. Laziness? 

I could be wrong. Maybe some people truly are not interested in any actual activity, 
only other people. In that case, you could not possibly find them interesting, seeing 
as they have no interest that can be matched with one of your own. I find the existence 
of people who are only interested in other people fascinating. How do I classify my 
interest in them? I'm not intrigued by the actual people they are interested in, nor
any specific activity of the person, unless you consider not being interested an activity
in itself, or at least an inactivity. Does that mean I'm interested in not being interested?