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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Politics
Susan Chenery

Meet the members of the Dull Men’s Club: ‘Some of them would bore the ears off you’

Andrew McKean sits in an armchair by a window where light streams into the room
After moving to a care facility, Andrew McKean found his tribe – men who share his ironic, self-deprecating view of the world. Photograph: Bec Lorrimer/The Guardian

The 18th-century English writer Samuel Johnson once wrote, “He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others’. It’s a sentiment eagerly embraced by The Dull Men’s Club. Several million members in a number of connected Facebook groups strive to cause dullness in others on a daily basis. In this club, they wear their dullness with pride. The duller the better. This is where the nerds of the world unite.

“Posts that contain bitmoji-avatar-things are far too exciting, and will probably get deleted,” warn the rules of the Dull Men’s Club (Australian branch).

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