{"id":55494,"date":"2018-05-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/?p=55494"},"modified":"2023-05-23T10:32:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T10:32:21","slug":"12-weird-things-lebanese-people-do-when-theyre-bored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/55494\/12-weird-things-lebanese-people-do-when-theyre-bored\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Weird Things Lebanese People Do When They&#8217;re Bored"},"content":{"rendered":"How do you cure your boredom in Beirut? Here are some weird things we&#8217;ve noticed that Lebanese people do when they have nothing better to do. How many of these random time-wasting activities are you guilty of?<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>1. Stalk Lebanese social media influencers on Instagram<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QFYa36aofg4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  You&#8217;ll stare blankly at their heavily face-tuned faces, in awe of their beauty &#8211; although you&#8217;re fully aware that it is manufactured by an app.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>2. Stalk exes on Instagram<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/1BXa2alBjrCXC\/giphy.gif\"width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  What more self-sabotaging way to escape boredom than via feelings of all-encompassing grief garnered by heavy stalking of heavily-filtered photographs of somebody that you used to know? They don&#8217;t look as bored as you while sipping on that beer at <a href=\"https:\/\/beirut.com\/l\/1304\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Sporting Beach<\/a>, do they?<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>3. Stalk potential love interests on Instagram<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/2lG8fMhri8Pmw\/giphy.gif\"width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  Your eyes crossed with another&#8217;s two weeks ago while you were sitting in a dimly lit bar in Badaro. Through heavy eavesdropping, you figured out their first name. Nothing like pure boredom to help you find his\/her family name &#8211; and then his entire family and their Insta accounts. Time to silently judge someone you will never, ever know.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>4. Eat mountains of <i>bizir<\/i> or <i>turmos<\/i><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/oJflIXFRWc8iA\/giphy.gif\"width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>5. Start pointless arguments with their significant other<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/8VQMcRwPlMzLy\/giphy.gif\"width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  While you were Insta-exploring you noticed he liked a picture of Emily Ratajkowski in a bikini. You swiftly send an angry Whatsapp text to the tune of something like this, <I> &#8220;Shu babe, 3ajbetak teeza la Emily?&#8221;<\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>6. Get drunk<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/3ohs88gj3l8IQyColq\/giphy.gif\"width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  There is no stronger call for Lebanese people to swarm Mar Mikhael than that of boredom. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>7. Call friends for instant gossip <\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  You call your friends and ask them to tell you something interesting. You&#8217;re instantly enthralled at the news of the demise of a relationship due to the male counterpart making out with another person late at night in a Hamra bar. You don&#8217;t know the couple, but you are instantly hooked and want to know more, so your friend goes way back into their relationship&#8217;s history as you hold the phone with one hand and stuff your face with <i>turmos<\/i> with the other. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>8. Browse through articles like this on Beirut.com<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  We&#8217;re here to save you on even the most boring of days. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>9. Scavenge through old family photos<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/jCX2JvdG8X0k\/giphy.gif\"width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  Somewhere in a dusty box in an old armoire in the house, there will be a semi-decent photograph of you as a child that could garner more than 50 likes on Instagram. And you are determined to find it. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>10. Sign up for random fitness classes that will never be attended<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Mia is interested in attending &#8216;Free Yoga By The Sea&#8217; next month. No she is not. She is just very, very bored. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>11. Complain <\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/U1pa6qSmVIGe4\/giphy.gif\"width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  Blame your boredom on the fact that last week when you were in the elevator, the electricity cut and since then you haven&#8217;t been able to really let go.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>12. &#8216;Cruises&#8217;<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/26uf2JHNV0Tq3ugkE\/giphy.gif\"width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  I mean, the idea is always a cute one, but then you get in the car and reach the Corniche and end up fighting with 35 men before getting stuck in non-moving traffic, so you go home more bored than before but now with a splash of inner rage. <br \/> <br \/> 1","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you cure your boredom in Beirut? 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