Do NTs know they're boring?

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Perhaps the Dunning Kreuger effect can be applied to being boring as well as being stupid?
Not that that in itself makes NTs more prone to it.
I actually believe that at least one aquintance who is extremely boring may be on the spectrum.
I do believe though that more NTs than people with ASD have their career as a primary interest, a fact that makes them seem more shallow minded.

/Mats

Am I boring because my interests consist of shopping, gossip and dramas? I like writing but the stories I like to write are all about social dramas.

Joe it depends.

1 Who is the gossip about? Because it can be hurtful (not boring) if it's someone who it can get back to. That's why I only say stuff about NTs on here and not other social media. Celebrity gossip is safe and reading books/watching TV and movies and gossiping about the characters is the safest gossip of all - these people don't really exist but talking about how they act can be a way to discuss how ourselves & those around us act & try to understand human nature.

2 How deeply do you analyse it? Are you a fast fashionista or a slow fashionista? Outside of clothing, does each piece you pick out have a special meaning to you? I went shopping alone with simply 'what do I want to wear' in mind and all of a sudden, clothes shopping was interesting and fun rather than a chore. Do you have favourite shops and reasons for those shops being your favourites?

3 Same with other interests. I want to know the why... I read something today & it said doesn't matter what the interest is, what's interesting is why the person is into it. I agree with that.

I'd say there's nothing boring but not thinking makes it so.

Although - we all have personal tastes. For me I can't imagine being at all entertained while sunbathing. I'd want to get up and do something. I keep wanting to go back and do sandcastles like a kid or learn to do sand sculpture, or if it was hot I'd go swimming or I'd pick up a book.
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For me shopping is like healthy eating.

Someone tells me 'you should eat healthier' I tell them to sod off. Someone asks me 'would you rather your favourite piece of fruit or a mediocre biscuit', I go for the fruit.

Someone invites me out shopping, I say 'no that's not my kind of thing'. Someone invites me to a really interesting shop, book/art shop or market? I go (when it's not busy cos sensory overload). Or I tell them no then secretly go alone because I prefer shopping when I don't feel judged and can just play with the only limit being my budget/body size...
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I think what hurts me most about gossip isn't that it's actually boring, it's either having to listen to something irrelevant to me about a stranger to me (my mum telling me about her colleagues when they haven't done anything actually remarkable tbh and she doesn't say how it makes her feel or use descriptions to separate one from the other...) or when it's judgement that will get back to the person. I was around that a lot in my early 20s and it's not nice, I think it contributed to my illness.

See I think if a hobby was interesting enough even if someone was NT, they would make it into a specialist interest. Might not call it that cos it's aspie language but they would fall in love with it. I guess with shopping that is difficult, but window shopping and planning out shops exists.

My mum's NT and her craft work is everything to her. She has many hobbies which are part of that but she's often creating something and she puts more into her projects than I do: my art is a thing I do for a few hours, her craft projects are things that she spends months on. She will only make something she cares about which is why although she does pottery she rarely makes pots, she finds them boring compared to the animals she makes.

The being taken away thing is interesting - that makes me care.

I love indie shops. Sweet shops, shops that make traditional toys and book shops. There's a book shop that is in my home town run by an old guy who hasn't put it up online and I'm scared that it won't survive covid. It's second hand and you can pick up decent books for 25p. But if I had come across it as an adult? Not sure I'd like it cos it takes money/books away from the local charity shops. Thing is I fell in love with it as a kid and that desire to go there has never left me and all the local charity shops sell rubbish books so...

I have ADHD so I find focusing on things difficult.

I like shopping with a friend or relatives, which is another reason why I'm disappointed in the pandemic and the internet ruining everything. Shopping is something most of my friends like and is fun to do when hanging out, even just browsing. It's also fresh air, exercise and social. Very good for one's mental health. I don't support online shopping so I don't do it.

maybe the op is trying to say that normal is boring

As always there’s multiple things going on depending on the job people do, how they spend their time and where they live.

I should imagine being a detective is an interesting job which gives the person many experiences to talk about.

Age is a big factor, younger people live more dynamic lives meeting new people, traveling the world and having new experiences worth talking about.

Of course looking at young people who go out with friends and get drunk can seem negative on the surface, but they have new experiences, meet new people and escape the routine of life in the process. So in small doses it may not be such a negative thing if done safely.

The area where people live is a factor too. Some people live in a low economic area like Detroit for example, where most people live hand to mouth, unemployed with no future or anything to talk about except welfare payment day, who’s sleeping with who’s boyfriend and the best ways of getting out of your head.

Depression takes over and people try to escape via drink and drugs.

Smart NTs traditionally escape such areas via Uni scholarship, immigration, getting on a bus to move to the next town, joining the military or for many non western women going online to meet a successful partner abroad.