15 habits of extremely boring people

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Avoid these behaviors at all costs and you'll be the life of the party.

Pretty much everyone's gotten themselves into that awkward situation where you and your conversation partner run out of things to say to each other.

It's usually followed by some confusion: Am I less interesting than I thought? Am I (gasp) boring?

We're not trying to make you paranoid - absolutely everyone has the capacity to be interesting. But if being boring is a persistent fear of yours, you might want to check out the tips below, culled from a Quora thread titled, "What makes a person boring?"

Read on for the social behaviors to avoid at all costs and you'll be on your way to life-of-the-party status.