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What prevents people who are bored from finding relief in one of the many satisfying, meaningful activities available to them? This paper tests the hypothesis that bored individuals tend to make pessimistic predictions about the meaningfulness of potential activities, and this in turn leads them to eschew the very activities that would relieve them of their boredom. The results of this paper failed to find support for this hypothesis. 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