this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2024
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Dull Men's Club

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An unofficial chapter of the popular Dull Men's Club.

https://dullmensclub.com/

1. Relevant commentary on your own dull life. Posts should be about your own dull, lived experience. This is our most important rule. Direct questions, random thoughts, comment baiting, advice seeking, many uses of "discuss" rarely comply with this rule.

2. Original, Fresh, Meaningful Content.

3. Avoid repetitive topics.

4. This is not a search engine or advice forum.
Use a search engine, a tradesperson, Reddit, friends, a specialist Facebook group, apps, Wikipedia, an AI chat, a reverse image search etc. to answer simple questions, identify objects or get advice. We accept very few questions, and they must be over topics much more difficult than what is easily discoverable with a search. Also see rule 1, “comment baiting”.

5. Keep it dull. If it puts us to sleep, it’s on the right track. Examples of likely not dull: jokes, gross stuff (including toes), politics, religion, royalty, illness or injury, killing things for fun, or promotional content. Feel free to post these elsewhere.

6. Not hate speech, sexism, or bullying No sexism, hate speech, degrading or excessively foul language, or other harmful language. No othering or dehumanizing of anyone or negativity towards any gender identity.

7. Proofread before posting. Use good grammar and punctuation. Avoid useless phrases. Some examples: - starting a post with "So" - starting a post with pointless phrases, like "I hope this is allowed" or “this is my first post” Only share good quality, cropped images. Do not share screenshots of images; share the original image.

8. All polls must have an "Africa, by Toto" option. Why? Because we hear the drums echoing tonight.

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It is the polar opposite of the hustle culture, and I despise the hustle culture. Here I can be comfortably adequate and still feel valid.

I haven't done a damn thing today at work. My inbox is empty. The helpdesk is stagnant. Nobody's come into my office with an emergency. I've been watching Star Trek TNG interrupted only by toilet and coffee breaks. I'll wait for the cleaning lady to check the trash cans (they're empty), lock up, and go pick up my dad's gift.

What a perfectly adequate day.

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[–] JohnWorks 32 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like a nice relaxing way to wrap up the year!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It certainly is... as long as The God Of The Rack accepts our sacrifice and none of the servers crap out during winter break.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Just make sure you stocked up on magic smoke in case one of them blows a gasket or whatever. Once it runs out of magic smoke you have to send emails and mark tickets 'pending'.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago

We need more spaces where people can just be their unremarkable selves without being pushed a 'message', bombarded about a cause, or pressed to transact or trade. Just be. It's good for the soul.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

my man! [finger guns]

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hell yea, brother. Also, I feel like Lemmy is now how reddit used to be 10 years ago where people are still nice and not just being dicks and arguing on every comment.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] spankinspinach 3 points 3 days ago

It's funny how, though this was sarcasm, it still bumped my blood pressure that teensy amount haha

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

We are dullsters, the antonym to hipster. We embrace the ordinary.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

I agree, this community is very cozy feeling. It feels like having a conversation with my Dad about working on fixing things or just old stories.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I also had a very chill day in which I did little and left early. Good stuff.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Was this community started by Colin Robinson?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He's the president for sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Highest position is assistant to the regional manager.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I've recently discovered the documentary "the world at war" and these dull days are now much more interesting! 😁