To be fair C++ seems like a very non-boring technology. In the “may you lead an interesting life” sense.
Java is boring because invariably I spend all that time trying to figure out the one way to make things work, given that the thing I need to do involves a library that abstracts everything multiple levels deep and all I have are API Javadocs that describe how various abstractions get created via constructors and factories that take -other- abstractions, that have no meaning whatsoever to me and my problem domain. Which means I spend hours to figure out how to do the simplest things, and I'm mentally unstimulated the entire time.
"May you live an interesting life" is a curse, as interesting lives are usually full of hardships.
He's saying that C++ is non boring, I assume because it's full of footguns.