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 used to be a Medic and Firefighter-- in short I was an adrenaline junkie. And now I'm old and retired. And my body is bent and currently a bit broken. I seek to learn how to be dull.
Despite the enjoyment of watching the hummingbirds at my feeders and the light gardening I do. I still think I could become even more satisfied with my dullness.
Guide me to complete dullness!
You're making me reconsider typewriters. Handwriting is supposed to be "best" as far as our brain and learning is concerned, but typewriting is probably the next best thing with the added benefit of legibility.
My new girlfriend is constantly in the homes of dead people, so I could probably get a deal on a typewriter...
Even us old people no longer have typewriters buried in a closet. We got rid of them when computers and word processing became a thing. Or we just simply stopped typing and gave them away. But don't let me stop you from the hunt! The hunt is the exciting and thrilling part, not the kill. And why shouldn't you have a piece of history?
Yeah, handwriting is far better for learning and memory than typing is. You can write things as you learn them. Something that is not so easy to do with a typewriter.
I saw one at the Goodwill last week for $20, so they're still out there. Maybe you've been pretty good about clearing your space, but a lot of people just keep accumulating junk until they have to spenddown to qualify for a medicaid-covered nursing home, or, worse, leave it for their children to clean up.
And, yes, absolutely I love thrifting for the hunt.... I'm I stopped watching Sex and the City at the end of Season 2 I have two copies of season 4 and one of season 5, but I'm waiting for season 3 to show up at the thrift stores.
Tally Ho! Get back there and get it!