Google Trends For Bored People

Some Digger realized there was a significant enough number of bored people typing out “asdf” into Google, enough for Google Trends to record its popularity over the last three years. I’ve added three more terms you might type in while bored to illustrate mostly uniform levels of bored-itude over the maximum period of time:
asdf qwerty i am bored kill me

As you can see, uses of “asdf” enjoyed a major spike in mid-2004, but was overtaken by “i am bored” in the third quarter of 2005. “i am bored” had seen a surge in popularity through the middle of last year, but it has recently faded into the pack. It remains to be seen which boredom phrase will take the lead this year, but one thing is certain: None of this is important, and […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg