Questions · When bored
Questions for when you’re bored and scrolling isn’t helping
A slow afternoon, a waiting room, a rainy weekend with nothing planned. When you’re bored with someone, a good question beats another hour of scrolling side by side.
- 16 questions
- EN + TL on every card
- Free in the app
Kumustahan is a bilingual conversation card app: 1,200 questions in English and Filipino across 7 decks, with a short reflection on the back of every card.
Choose your default reaction when something embarrassing happens.
Piliin yung default reaction mo kapag may nakakahiya na nangyari.
Embarrassing moments reveal our automatic settings. Laugh, freeze, explain, escape: every reaction has its own logic.
Lumalabas yung automatic settings natin kapag nakakahiya. Tawa, freeze, explain, takas: may logic lahat yan.
The questions
16 questions to ask when bored
Every question in English and Filipino/Tagalog, word for word from the Kumustahan decks. Open “Back of the card” for the reflection printed on the other side.
Odd little habits
7 questions
The stuff people only admit when they’re bored enough, about themselves and each other.
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Pick a mascot for your current mood: sleepy, dramatic, cheerful, chaotic, or something else.
Pumili ng mascot para sa current mood mo: sleepy, dramatic, cheerful, chaotic, o iba pa.
Back of the card
Current mood is sometimes easier to explain through a mascot. It can be tired, dramatic, cheerful, or strangely accurate.
Minsan mas madaling i-explain ang current mood gamit mascot. Puwedeng pagod, dramatic, cheerful, o weirdly accurate.
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Name one item you always seem to lose, like keys, earphones, a pen, a charger, or your wallet.
Magbanggit ng isang item na parang lagi mong nawawala, like susi, earphones, pen, charger, o wallet.
Back of the card
Some items have a talent for vanishing at the worst time. At some point, it starts to feel like a relationship issue.
May items na ang galing mawala sa worst time. Dumadating sa point na parang relationship issue na siya.
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Choose your default reaction when something embarrassing happens.
Piliin yung default reaction mo kapag may nakakahiya na nangyari.
Back of the card
Embarrassing moments reveal our automatic settings. Laugh, freeze, explain, escape: every reaction has its own logic.
Lumalabas yung automatic settings natin kapag nakakahiya. Tawa, freeze, explain, takas: may logic lahat yan.
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Think of someone in your circle who can turn anything into a funny story.
Isipin yung tao sa circle niyo na kayang gawing funny story kahit simpleng bagay lang.
Back of the card
Every circle has someone who makes ordinary stories funnier than expected. Naming them is also a tiny thank-you.
May tao talagang nagpapasaya ng simpleng kwento. Kapag naalala mo siya, parang small thank-you na rin.
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Group photo starts. What is your automatic move?
May group photo na. Ano ang automatic move mo?
Back of the card
Group photos bring out instant instincts. Some people arrange everyone, some disappear behind others, and some are ready before the camera is.
May automatic instinct kapag group photo na. May taga-ayos, may nagtatago sa likod, may ready bago pa yung camera.
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What harmless habit of a friend have you come to enjoy?
Anong habit ng friend ang mas nagugustuhan mo habang tumatagal?
Back of the card
Was it something you liked immediately or grew to like?
Nagustuhan mo ba agad o nasanay ka muna bago mo nagustuhan?
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What preference of yours do close friends remember without asking?
Anong gusto mo ang kabisado na ng close friends mo?
Back of the card
Imagine they had to choose it for you today. Would they still get it right?
Kung pipili sila para sa'yo ngayon, tama pa kaya ang pipiliin nila?
Silly picks and inventions
5 questions
No right answer, plenty of arguing.
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What comic-book hero name would fit something you are good at?
Anong comic-book hero name ang bagay sa talento mo?
Back of the card
What problem would your hero solve?
Anong problema ang kayang ayusin ng hero mo?
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If you could spend a day as any animal, which would you choose?
Kung puwede kang maging hayop nang isang araw, anong hayop ang pipiliin mo?
Back of the card
Imagine your first meal as that animal. Where would you look for it?
Isipin ang unang pagkain mo bilang hayop na iyon. Saan mo ito hahanapin?
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Which toy would you want to make as tall as you?
Anong laruan ang gusto mong maging kasingtangkad mo?
Back of the card
You can choose a toy you know or invent one. What would you do with it?
Puwedeng laruan na kilala mo o sariling imbento. Ano ang gagawin mo rito?
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In an adventure story, would you be the guide, cook, builder, storyteller, or someone else?
Sa adventure story, anong role ang pipiliin mo: guide, cook, builder, storyteller, o iba pa?
Back of the card
Your character has one familiar object in their bag. What is it?
May isang pamilyar na gamit sa bag ng tauhan mo. Ano iyon?
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If you could open a tiny shop just for fun, what would it sell?
Kung magbubukas ka ng maliit na tindahan for fun, ano ang ibebenta mo?
Back of the card
What would you call your shop?
Ano ang ipapangalan mo sa tindahan?
Dig up a story
4 questions
Photos, inside jokes and the time you were late.
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Describe a funny photo of yourself that you would happily show your friends.
Ikuwento ang isang funny photo mo na okay lang sa'yong ipakita sa friends.
Back of the card
No need to show it. What caption would fit the photo?
Hindi kailangang ipakita. Anong caption ang babagay sa photo?
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Share the origin of an inside joke that is okay to explain.
Ikuwento ang simula ng inside joke na okay lang ipaliwanag.
Back of the card
Tell only the part you have permission to share. The rest can stay an inside joke.
Sabihin lang ang bahaging okay ibahagi. Puwedeng sa inyo na lang ang natitirang biro.
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What funny experience made you late to meet a friend?
Anong nakakatawang nangyari kaya ka na-late sa pagkikita ninyo ng friend?
Back of the card
Retell the delay as a very dramatic excuse, if you like.
Kung gusto mo, ikuwento ang pagka-late na parang sobrang dramatic na palusot.
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What food is too messy for you to eat while chatting with friends?
Anong pagkain ang mahirap kainin nang maayos habang nakikipagkuwentuhan sa friends?
Back of the card
This meal may need a pause button for the conversation.
Baka kailangan munang i-pause ang kuwentuhan habang kinakain ito.
How to use them
Before you ask
The best questions to ask when you’re bored are silly, quick and a little bit revealing: the mascot of your current mood, the item you always lose, the comic-book hero name for something you’re good at.
Boredom with another person is usually two people scrolling next to each other, each a little more bored than before. It only takes one question to break it. Light, absurd ones work best, because nobody bored wants homework. They also lead to the best stories: someone defends their animal choice, someone digs out an embarrassing photo, and suddenly the afternoon has a plot.
Take turns reading. If one card gets a big reaction, stay on it and ask why. Boredom is the best time to let a conversation wander.
Good for
Tips
- Make it a game: everyone answers, the group votes for the best answer.
- Ask “why?” at least once per card; that’s where the stories are.
- Put the phones down after you’ve read the card.
- Text a card to a friend who’s also bored. It works over chat too.
- Stop when it stops being fun.
Decks for this
Questions when bored
Frequently asked questions
What are fun questions to ask when you’re bored?
Silly picks and harmless confessions: your mood mascot, an animal you would be for a day, the item you always lose, a tiny shop you would open for fun, the origin of an inside joke.
What can I do with friends when we’re bored?
Take turns answering quick, funny questions and vote on the best answer. It needs nothing but a phone and works at home, outside or in a waiting room.
Do these questions work over text?
Yes. Send one at a time and ask for a reason with the answer.
Bring a better question to the table.
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