When asked a question that bores him, his eyes go
unreactive, and there’s a nearly audible shutdown noise as
he disengages. Among the topics that bore him are cars (“I
don’t like cars anymore”); Internet comments (“Gross”); his
company’s colossally expensive infrastructure (“I have a
very rudimentary understanding of how Tumblr actually works
these days”); and management (“I’m not super-passionate
about how we run the company”).