Dull Men's Club
An unofficial chapter of the popular Dull Men's Club.
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.
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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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I remember excitedly buying a lawn mower. I had a small patch of grass. I would tend to it. It was a step up.
Fuck that. I hated it after the first time. Yardwork sucks unless you want to do it. If you enjoy gardening (my mother when I was a teen), cool. If you just need to maintain, meh.
Sigh.
Wanting to do it is only half the battle. I want to. But every week? Twice in the spring? No way. There’s always a point where it becomes drudgery, but last summer I finally relented and hired someone
You could hire a landscaper to mulch it and plant native ground covers and other native plants (or do it yourself). Very low maintenance. And you could have a landscaper come out again a couple times a year if you don't want to do that either.
That's what the landlord did. I only had to mow it a few times.
Make it a game and have fun.
How can you mow it all without crossing any spot twice?
How can you make a pretty pattern?
What's the shortest path?
What's the longest path?
Can you finish before the motor stops?
How quickly can you clean the blades?
What changes if you sharpen the blades?
Etc
You are right but when it comes to lawn I really struggle to care.
The closest to gamifying that I get is "what is the minimum effort I can make / money I can apend while not being the worst on the street or drawing comment.