Dull Men's Club

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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
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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I've figured out why I like it in here so much... (lemmy.sdf.org)

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Reading posts from this community pleases me in ways I have struggled to explain or define.

Until I realised...

The dull men's club is is the antitheses of the escalating deluge of drivel from self dubbed "influencers" on social media.

This community celebrates the every day but does it without the hullabaloo of attention grabbing junk we are surrounded by these days. It does it quietly in a dignified manner... and I find that.... comforting...

Also: I cooked bacon and egg breakfast for our teen kids and all their friends this morning. I cleaned the kitchen before sitting down to eat my own breakfast. I decided to clean first, as this way I get to sit down and not get back up. Cold breakfast was a small price to pay for being able to drink my coffee and read the news, knowing the kitchen is done, and I don't need to get up again....

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I've got a tyke under the age of two. I always let my wife eat first while I feed our kid.

If my daughter is being tough, by the time it gets frustrating my wife is done eating and I can tap her in. If my daughter is being easy, I can get her taken care of and whatever mess she makes eating cleaned up first, so I can eat in relative peace.

Unless the charming little gremlin decides she needs some of my food. "Daddy daddy, bite please! Yum! Yum! Please!"

Regardless, I can avoid feeling rushed, or like I'm putting off something.

[–] zloubida@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I work from home. I love to buy the day's bread, making coffee for me and my wife, help my children eat, prepare their school bags and take them to school. After that, when I come.back to my house, my wife left for her work, and I drink my “true” coffee, that is my second one, while eating my breakfast, alone and calmly. Only then I'm ready for my work day.