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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
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 or identify objects. Also see rule 1, “comment baiting”.

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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. No 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.

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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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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] rtxn 17 points 2 months 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.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 5 points 2 months 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'.

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts 28 points 2 months 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.

[–] NineMileTower 21 points 2 months 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 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] AmazingAwesomator 18 points 2 months ago

my man! [finger guns]

[–] PriorityMotif 18 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Bluefruit 11 points 2 months 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.

[–] BuckWylde 4 points 2 months ago

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

[–] DrSleepless 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Was this community started by Colin Robinson?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He's the president for sure.

[–] PriorityMotif 3 points 2 months ago

Highest position is assistant to the regional manager.

[–] Im_old 2 points 2 months ago

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