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Full Idea
Boredom is so radical that it cannot even be overcome by suicide, only by something completely impossible - not to have existed at all.
Gist of Idea
Boredom is so radical that suicide could not overcome it; only never having existed would do it
Source
Lars Svendsen (A Philosophy of Boredom [2005], Ch.1)
Book Ref
Svendsen,Lars: 'A Philosophy of Boredom' [Reaktion Books 2005], p.26
A Reaction
[he cites Fernando Pessoa for this] The actor George Sanders left a suicide note saying that he was just bored. A cloud of boredom is left hanging in the air where he was.