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Dull Men’s Club

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Re: Dull Men’s Club

#91

Post by lm28469 »

rester324 wrote: post #77

I am a dull man by every measure. I don't have interesting hobbies, I am not an influencer, I don't post interesting posts on social media and I don't travel a lot, I don't do extreme things, I barely have any money at the moment, I bore others, in fact when I try to amuse my colleagues or the opposite sex, my jokes regularly fall flat and even my voice is dull I believe. But after my kids were born I noticed somethi…

> I don't have interesting hobbies, I am not an influencer, I don't post interesting posts on social media and I don't travel a lot, I don't do extreme things, I barely have any money at the moment, I bore others, in fact when I try to amuse my colleagues or the opposite sex, my jokes regularly fall flat and even my voice is dull I believe.

That's everyday life for the vast majority of people, we got tricked by smoke and mirrors on social media into thinking life has to be something it isn't, most of what you see there is fake in part or in whole. People should just enjoy what they have/are instead of burning out running after made up things other people pretend to be doing to be happy

Re: Dull Men’s Club

#92

Post by Andrex »

yapyap wrote: post #88
safety1st wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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What a fun comment, surely the person who commented this isn’t in some way resentful towards women.

It's weird the guy going through the divorce seemed to deliberately avoid casting aspersions, but the parent commenter had to throw in his two cents anyways.

Re: Dull Men’s Club

#93

Post by kgwxd »

bonoboTP wrote: post #85
rester324 wrote: post #77

I am a dull man by every measure. I don't have interesting hobbies, I am not an influencer, I don't post interesting posts on social media and I don't travel a lot, I don't do extreme things, I barely have any money at the moment, I bore others, in fact when I try to amuse my colleagues or the opposite sex, my jokes regularly fall flat and even my voice is dull I believe. But after my kids were born I noticed somethi…

I obviously don't know anything about you beyond this comment but you chose to include a mention of your divorce, so I think it's not overstepping to try to connect these themes. To be blunt, could it be that being less dull would have improved the longevity of the marriage?

> in fact when I try to amuse my colleagues or the opposite sex, my jokes regularly fall flat

Even the dullest of innocent jokes, delivered horribly, can get a chuckle in decent company. "Falls flat" means the "jokes" are inappropriate, mean, gross, *ist, etc. The phrase "colleagues or the opposite sex" is a tell.

Re: Dull Men’s Club

#94

Post by fellatio »

safety1st wrote: post #86
rester324 wrote: post #77

I am a dull man by every measure. I don't have interesting hobbies, I am not an influencer, I don't post interesting posts on social media and I don't travel a lot, I don't do extreme things, I barely have any money at the moment, I bore others, in fact when I try to amuse my colleagues or the opposite sex, my jokes regularly fall flat and even my voice is dull I believe. But after my kids were born I noticed somethi…

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You know a sentence is gonna be sexist when it starts "fellas"

Re: Dull Men’s Club

#96

Post by roland35 »

lm28469 wrote: post #91
rester324 wrote: post #77

I am a dull man by every measure. I don't have interesting hobbies, I am not an influencer, I don't post interesting posts on social media and I don't travel a lot, I don't do extreme things, I barely have any money at the moment, I bore others, in fact when I try to amuse my colleagues or the opposite sex, my jokes regularly fall flat and even my voice is dull I believe. But after my kids were born I noticed somethi…

> I don't have interesting hobbies, I am not an influencer, I don't post interesting posts on social media and I don't travel a lot, I don't do extreme things, I barely have any money at the moment, I bore others, in fact when I try to amuse my colleagues or the opposite sex, my jokes regularly fall flat and even my voice is dull I believe. That's everyday life for the vast majority of people, we got tricked by smoke…

What's funny is when you actually know people who are influencers, it turns out their lives actually are nothing like what it is online! I think we are all a lot more dull than some would like to admit.

Re: Dull Men’s Club

#97

Post by jen729w »

kgwxd wrote: post #93
bonoboTP wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I obviously don't know anything about you beyond this comment but you chose to include a mention of your divorce, so I think it's not overstepping to try to connect these themes. To be blunt, could it be that being less dull would have improved the longevity of the marriage?

> in fact when I try to amuse my colleagues or the opposite sex, my jokes regularly fall flat Even the dullest of innocent jokes, delivered horribly, can get a chuckle in decent company. "Falls flat" means the "jokes" are inappropriate, mean, gross, *ist, etc. The phrase "colleagues or the opposite sex" is a tell.

You know nothing about this man. Please don't judge them based on a casual comment in a forum. That's cruel.

Re: Dull Men’s Club

#98

Post by kgwxd »

jen729w wrote: post #97
kgwxd wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> in fact when I try to amuse my colleagues or the opposite sex, my jokes regularly fall flat Even the dullest of innocent jokes, delivered horribly, can get a chuckle in decent company. "Falls flat" means the "jokes" are inappropriate, mean, gross, *ist, etc. The phrase "colleagues or the opposite sex" is a tell.

You know nothing about this man. Please don't judge them based on a casual comment in a forum. That's cruel.

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Re: Dull Men’s Club

#99

Post by zaphar »

kgwxd wrote: post #98
jen729w wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know nothing about this man. Please don't judge them based on a casual comment in a forum. That's cruel.

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Are you trying to imply that you know this person? That your assessment is informed by direct experience of interactions with them in the settings he describes?

If not then the null hypothesis should in fact be that your assessment is anything but accurate.

Re: Dull Men’s Club

#100

Post by Den_VR »

I’ve never seen so many comments deserving of Dang’s banhammer as some mixed into this discussion.

The Dull Men’s Club is an interesting curiosity of the world, but clearly one that evokes strong feelings in certain people.

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