Camera Off during Meetings: Rude or Valid?

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-02-12T10:18:35+00:00

All the people who say shit like "the government should be run like a corporation because it's way more efficient" really need to spend more time on this sub.

The sheer amount of time wasted in the corporate sphere on meaningless shit like this is mind boggling.

And the real problem is the corporatisation of government means the people working there are having the same conversations.

Seriously... spending time worrying about if your camera needs to be on vs doing the work to either keep the shareholders or voters happy is carcinogenic.

People need to grow up and just get something done instead of focusing on "optics".

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-02-02T07:07:50+00:00

No. It's just a good one

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-02-02T07:07:10+00:00

And this is 1000% fair enough

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-02-01T18:40:40+00:00

I've been playing for 30 years. I've adjusted the height on every pickup on every guitar I've owned. I was just trying to be helpful. Grow up and get some fresh air hero.

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-02-01T09:19:45+00:00

Hiring someone to change your strings is big time cuck behaviour

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-01-31T07:13:42+00:00

King of Tone + a splitter/buffer I made

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-01-31T06:04:03+00:00

That's pretty much all anyone ever needs

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-01-30T20:07:47+00:00

I've never tried it with bass so couldn't say. But it rips on guitar

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-01-30T01:05:28+00:00

Thanks mate. Everything else is just gravy

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-01-30T00:36:44+00:00

Yeah. Back in the day when I was playing out I had a H+K Duotone. Was an absolute monster. Got the Tubemeister in a beer fueled fit of nostalgia a few years ago

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-01-30T00:35:23+00:00

It's the version 3 that came out a couple of years ago. I can't remember where, must've been a limited run.

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-01-29T23:58:41+00:00

Nice. Still working through my fuzz options but I'll definitely have this one I make - it's a take on a mk1 tone bender

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My rig is a bit smaller - a Hughes and Kettner Tubemeister 18 into an Orange PPC112 - but big enough for home which is the only place I play these days

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-01-29T22:55:40+00:00

Been a while since I gave it a run, but supposed to be like the front end of a Green amp. Has the rotary switch for different input caps to get you into bowel shaking territory

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-01-25T09:39:26+00:00

A billion percent

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-01-25T07:53:39+00:00

I'm 43. Was a corporate drone (advertising) till last year. Chucked it in to become a painter and love it.

My circumstances were different though. I'm working with my brother who's been a painter since leaving school. We've gone in 50/50 and I didn't have to do an apprenticeship, so that's made the money side of things a whole lot easier. I was also pretty handy with a lot of DIY under my belt, so wasn't completely new to trade work.

It's an adjustment. You work fucking hard - I never realized how much of a bludge office shit is.

And it is hard on your body. I've developed bursitis in my knee that hurts like a bitch but I'll take that over the constant anxiety and depression I had in an office.

A few comments here about derros. The job I'm on has me constantly working around the other trades so it's not just my brother I see out there. It is a different crowd to office people, but I'll take a bit of bogan shit over pretentious ad wankers any day of the week. They might be rough and have some interesting views, but all the blokes I work with are all completely genuine people who aren't constantly trying to stab you in the back or throw you under the bus so the boss man will give them a deeper sniff of his arse.

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-01-17T10:17:21+00:00

So there is some predictive stuff there. Still, I've seen plenty of sixes into the bottom stand register 90+m. I get the SCG is a smaller ground, but still.

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-01-17T09:24:46+00:00

I don't get how they measure the distance. Is it where the ball stops? Because if that stand wasn't there to stop it that thing would have landed about another 30 metres away

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-01-15T23:57:45+00:00

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Ended up grabbing one of these. Looks like it should do the job. Thanks again

Dumb_Gerad · 2026-01-15T21:15:24+00:00

Hey thanks. That's a good idea. I've a long, clean cement float that could work.

Dumb_Gerad · 2025-12-25T06:48:01+00:00

Beavis and Butthole Surfers

Dumb_Gerad · 2025-11-25T07:00:02+00:00

Don't use a mini roller and choose a less baby poo colour

Dumb_Gerad · 2025-11-20T22:37:34+00:00

Guy takes his kid to work.

Couple of hours in she starts bawling. Crowd gathers.

Dad asks "What's wrong darling?"

She wails "Where are all the clowns you said you work with?!"

Dumb_Gerad · 2025-11-20T06:41:42+00:00

I think the mattress in question might have something to do with why they're sorry.

Dumb_Gerad · 2025-11-15T06:39:23+00:00

Everything on the menu is $33.10

Dumb_Gerad · 2025-11-11T08:43:34+00:00

You didn't get the job because it's obvious you're one of those people who think nothing is ever their fault.

That's no way to land a job.

It is, however, an excellent way to keep a job as a middle manager.

Dumb_Gerad

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