Grumpy Old Man
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
Absentmindedly joined another conference call at work to find it's about men's mental health. I lost count of the amount of times people mentioned the word brave in the associated chat window. If backslapping and arsekissing cured mental health, we wouldn't need to sit through this shit again next year.
Female presenter / convener says she thinks it would be good for men to have their own place/ club whatever where they can hang out and just be blokes with blokes. No one responded that everytime we make something like that some hairy legged harridan complains about being excluded.
I sometimes wonder if measurable rates have decreased or increased since all of the emphasis on "raising awareness".
It's a good thing I always join with my microphone muted.
We used to call that place "the pub"
That would've been funny, but HR and execs mean no one is going to say something like that.
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@majorrage said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
Absentmindedly joined another conference call at work to find it's about men's mental health. I lost count of the amount of times people mentioned the word brave in the associated chat window. If backslapping and arsekissing cured mental health, we wouldn't need to sit through this shit again next year.
Female presenter / convener says she thinks it would be good for men to have their own place/ club whatever where they can hang out and just be blokes with blokes. No one responded that everytime we make something like that some hairy legged harridan complains about being excluded.
I sometimes wonder if measurable rates have decreased or increased since all of the emphasis on "raising awareness".
It's a good thing I always join with my microphone muted.
We used to call that place "the pub"
Past tense?
Full of bloody women and fancy grub now innit?
Not so much over here ...
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
Absentmindedly joined another conference call at work to find it's about men's mental health. I lost count of the amount of times people mentioned the word brave in the associated chat window. If backslapping and arsekissing cured mental health, we wouldn't need to sit through this shit again next year.
Female presenter / convener says she thinks it would be good for men to have their own place/ club whatever where they can hang out and just be blokes with blokes. No one responded that everytime we make something like that some hairy legged harridan complains about being excluded.
I sometimes wonder if measurable rates have decreased or increased since all of the emphasis on "raising awareness".
It's a good thing I always join with my microphone muted.
We used to call that place "the pub"
Our local is a community pub called The Tipsy Cow... we're not very woke in these parts.
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@victor-meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
Absentmindedly joined another conference call at work to find it's about men's mental health. I lost count of the amount of times people mentioned the word brave in the associated chat window. If backslapping and arsekissing cured mental health, we wouldn't need to sit through this shit again next year.
Female presenter / convener says she thinks it would be good for men to have their own place/ club whatever where they can hang out and just be blokes with blokes. No one responded that everytime we make something like that some hairy legged harridan complains about being excluded.
I sometimes wonder if measurable rates have decreased or increased since all of the emphasis on "raising awareness".
It's a good thing I always join with my microphone muted.
We used to call that place "the pub"
Our local is a community pub called The Tipsy Cow... we're not very woke in these parts.
Brilliant. I wish I was there right now.
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@victor-meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
Absentmindedly joined another conference call at work to find it's about men's mental health. I lost count of the amount of times people mentioned the word brave in the associated chat window. If backslapping and arsekissing cured mental health, we wouldn't need to sit through this shit again next year.
Female presenter / convener says she thinks it would be good for men to have their own place/ club whatever where they can hang out and just be blokes with blokes. No one responded that everytime we make something like that some hairy legged harridan complains about being excluded.
I sometimes wonder if measurable rates have decreased or increased since all of the emphasis on "raising awareness".
It's a good thing I always join with my microphone muted.
We used to call that place "the pub"
Our local is a community pub called The Tipsy Cow... we're not very woke in these parts.
Brilliant. I wish I was there right now.
Great little place. The best bit is barman may be gay and two of the regulars are lesbians who farm nearby, but no-one rightly gives a fuck about that - it's just a pub.
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@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@majorrage said in Grumpy Old Man:
Just got off our morning meeting. I get really bored with the staleness of it, so always throw in some random personal anecdote to try and break the monotony.
So this morning - "Morning folks, great day here ... bit chilly, but turned on the radio this morning and Smells by Teen Spirit was playing, so I think it's gonna be a great day.
We've got a couple of new grads on our wider team. Here is the next part of the convo
Grad 1: "I've not heard of that, whose that by"
Me: "Nirvana, classic tune"
Grad 2: "Who's Nirvana"They can fuck off.
Who's Nirvana?
In Amsterdam, what. A place you can buy weed: https://www.coffeeshopdirect.com/NirvanaWhole.html
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
Absentmindedly joined another conference call at work to find it's about men's mental health. I lost count of the amount of times people mentioned the word brave in the associated chat window. If backslapping and arsekissing cured mental health, we wouldn't need to sit through this shit again next year.
Female presenter / convener says she thinks it would be good for men to have their own place/ club whatever where they can hang out and just be blokes with blokes. No one responded that everytime we make something like that some hairy legged harridan complains about being excluded.
I sometimes wonder if measurable rates have decreased or increased since all of the emphasis on "raising awareness".
It's a good thing I always join with my microphone muted.
Made me smile. In a sad kind of way.
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
Absentmindedly joined another conference call at work to find it's about men's mental health. I lost count of the amount of times people mentioned the word brave in the associated chat window. If backslapping and arsekissing cured mental health, we wouldn't need to sit through this shit again next year.
Female presenter / convener says she thinks it would be good for men to have their own place/ club whatever where they can hang out and just be blokes with blokes. No one responded that everytime we make something like that some hairy legged harridan complains about being excluded.
I sometimes wonder if measurable rates have decreased or increased since all of the emphasis on "raising awareness".
It's a good thing I always join with my microphone muted.
This the sad but true reality. A nearby gol club was renowned for having a men only bar. It was far from luxurious but the local magistrate could mix freely with the bus drivers, brickies etc, cuss and drink beer. The ladies eventually got it closed down. It took less than a month for the complaints about the swearing in the bar to start.
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if it's say, peak hour, and we are travelling slowly in a couple of lanes of traffic, and i leave, say a car length of space between me and the car in front, that, fellow commuters, is to absolutely ensure i don't rear-end anyone
not for you to dive in to because you think my lane is currently going a couple of metres faster
you stupid selfish fluffybunny
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@mariner4life You'd love Canberra where every spastic tailgates in the rain doing 100 because someone might get in front of them.
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
@mariner4life You'd love Canberra where every spastic tailgates in the rain doing 100 because someone might get in front of them.
surprisingly i am a super patient and considerate driver. If you stick your indicator on i will let you in no worries. I live in Cairns, it's not like i'm in the middle of a massive commute, there's time.
fluffybunnies who refuse to let anyone merge in front of them fuck me off no end
i had a woman a week or so ago speed up as i started to merge to ensure she stayed in front, nearly wiping us both out. And she gave me a serve!!!
silly fluffybunny.
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Yes. In my experience Canberrans tailgate because you have to be in a rush when every commute is 20-30mins max. Queenslanders on the other hand don't know how to merge. It's like they've never seen a zipper and being behind one car adds an hour to your commute, so fuck you, I 'm not letting you in.
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
Yes. In my experience Canberrans tailgate because you have to be in a rush when every commute is 20-30mins max. Queenslanders on the other hand don't know how to merge. It's like they've never seen a zipper and being behind one car adds an hour to your commute, so fuck you, I 'm not letting you in.
lol we just had all our "lane ends" turned to "zip merge" and people didn't know what to do. slowly working it out, but there are still some who speed up because fuck you that's why
a lane closing ahead because of say, roadworks does my head in, because people change lanes instantly, fucking up two lanes of traffic. If you try to merge late, like you are supposed to, people won't let you in, because fuck you, you can wait.
inconsiderate, stupid, stubborn fluffybunnies.
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@mariner4life said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
Yes. In my experience Canberrans tailgate because you have to be in a rush when every commute is 20-30mins max. Queenslanders on the other hand don't know how to merge. It's like they've never seen a zipper and being behind one car adds an hour to your commute, so fuck you, I 'm not letting you in.
lol we just had all our "lane ends" turned to "zip merge" and people didn't know what to do. slowly working it out, but there are still some who speed up because fuck you that's why
a lane closing ahead because of say, roadworks does my head in, because people change lanes instantly, fucking up two lanes of traffic. If you try to merge late, like you are supposed to, people won't let you in, because fuck you, you can wait.
inconsiderate, stupid, stubborn fluffybunnies.
Good lord I'm just trying to image a Queensland zipmerge, all those overweight drivers trying to do up their bulging open shorts at the same time..
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@mariner4life said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
Yes. In my experience Canberrans tailgate because you have to be in a rush when every commute is 20-30mins max. Queenslanders on the other hand don't know how to merge. It's like they've never seen a zipper and being behind one car adds an hour to your commute, so fuck you, I 'm not letting you in.
lol we just had all our "lane ends" turned to "zip merge" and people didn't know what to do. slowly working it out, but there are still some who speed up because fuck you that's why
a lane closing ahead because of say, roadworks does my head in, because people change lanes instantly, fucking up two lanes of traffic. If you try to merge late, like you are supposed to, people won't let you in, because fuck you, you can wait.
inconsiderate, stupid, stubborn fluffybunnies.
Ken oath.
Learn to merge ya dickwads! -
@machpants said in Grumpy Old Man:
@mn5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
Bullshit weather talk.
On a drizzly, windy day in the Hawkes Bay it is NOT funny or original to keep saying “Aw I see you brought the weather with you” to someone from Wellington.
Not funny but correct.
Not tonight. Cracker of an evening and to be fair the stereotype keeps people away so that’s a good thing
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@mn5 not to dissimilar to the commentators during the NPC if it is raining in Whangarei, always mention the winterless north!
It isnt the rain that makes it winter fluffybunnies, its lack of sub-zero temps and snow that makes it 'winterless'
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@mn5 not to dissimilar to the commentators during the NPC if it is raining in Whangarei, always mention the winterless north!
It isnt the rain that makes it winter fluffybunnies, its lack of sub-zero temps and snow that makes it 'winterless'
Yep, last I checked it still rains in Dec-Feb. I do love me some rain as long as it doesn’t interrupt the cricket
