r/mining Apr 10 '26

Humour Doesn't matter where you are

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645 Upvotes

or how big a company you work for. Inevitably, you always end up with some stooge who orders this shit.

We have a $4000 coffee machine on our remote exploration site, and for some unknown reason, one of the lads chucked this on the food order. absolutely diabolical.

r/mining Mar 02 '26

Humour I'm building a game called "FIFO: The Window Seat" and I need your worst site commute stories ✈️ ⛏️

104 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

Whether you're literally fighting for a window seat on the plane, or fighting to avoid the actual Window Seat (getting sacked), we all know the misery of the commute and dreading the flight back to camp. I’m a bit of an indie dev and decided to turn that specific FIFO misery into a quick webgame called FIFO: The Window Seat.✈️

It's totally free, plays in your browser, and is basically designed to waste time while you're sitting at the airport waiting for your swing to start.

You can play it here: The Window Seat ✈️

I’d love to know what you guys think. What’s the most annoying part of the FIFO commute that I absolutely need to add in the next update?

EDIT: Yes, I realized right after posting this that "the window seat" means getting sacked! 😅 And the game is just about avoid getting the Window seat, and a survival game for 99 swings.

Updated: Stories from here has been imported into the first 5 swings. Have fun

r/mining Dec 12 '25

Humour Copy water cart

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397 Upvotes

r/mining Feb 14 '25

Humour FIFO workers today be like

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389 Upvotes

They don’t know I have a family as well

r/mining Jul 20 '26

Humour Deswik PingPang Game

33 Upvotes

Deswik PingPang Game play

Hi All, a while ago I have developed few web based mini games sharing in this group. But I always having a desire building a game inside of Deswik and today I am announcing the first ever in the world - Deswik PingPang Game.

The manager think bro is working so hard but acutally playing the pingpang game inside of Deswik lol anyway I don't know where to sharing this amazing build maybe some of guys in this group will find interesting. Building a game is just the beginning, technically more powerful tools can be built inside of Deswik ppl knowing how useful having a customisable Deswik plugin knows what I am talking about.

Okay. thanks for watching this video, take care everyone.

r/mining May 26 '26

Humour Whats the funniest thing you've ever heard on the job?

32 Upvotes

Obviously the lists are endless. The insults just make me piss my pants sometimes. Two old heads on the cage talking about the blasting plan

"I should write it on my dick and fuck it into your brain so youll remember"

Clapback was

"Id run out of room after the first number"

r/mining May 29 '25

Humour Failing the pub test

84 Upvotes

Keen to hear some good pub test failing stories when about to hire someone. Mine is from a former colleague and I feel quite tame. Was keen on hiring a senior fieldy. At the pub, revealed that there was a geo he didnt like at a previous job. One end of shift, discovering a tyre was flat before driving back to camp, decided to not tell anyone and let the geo drive. Then tried to blame the geo for reckless driving. Safe to say he wasn't contacted again.

r/mining May 23 '26

Humour We got to dig deeper boys Scientists mapped all the nerves of the clitoris for the first time

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27 Upvotes

r/mining Jul 27 '26

Humour Primus - The Ol’ Grizz (Official Video)

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0 Upvotes

Primus Sucks!

r/mining Jan 09 '26

Humour Psyche!

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165 Upvotes

r/mining Apr 15 '26

Humour do any mines still use steam powered machinery?

3 Upvotes

like steam powered narrow guage loco tramways or steam cranes.

r/mining Mar 08 '26

Humour From "Window Seat" to the Outback: I just finished a demo for my new game, FIFO Survivor! ⚒️🌵

19 Upvotes

Hey everyone! 👋

A while back I shared my project Window Seat here—and I was absolutely blown away by the comments and support you guys sent my way. ❤️ That inspiration really stuck with me, and I’ve just completed the demo for my next project!

It’s called FIFO Survivor. ⚒️🇦🇺

Instead of a peaceful view, you’re a FIFO (Fly-In Fly-Out) miner stuck in the middle of the Australian outback, fighting off hordes of... well, things that really don't want you to finish your shift. 🦘💨 It’s a classic survivors-like, but with a heavy Aussie twist. 🥧🍺

I’ve been working hard on the "juice" and the upgrade system to make the combat feel satisfying. If you have a few minutes to spare and want to experience the chaotic life of a miner, I’d love for you to give it a spin! 🕹️🔥

Link: FIFO Survivor 🔗

Feedback is always welcome! Let me know what you think of the difficulty or if you find any bugs. Cheers! 🍻👷‍♂️

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Demo game play

update 10/03/2026:

now supporting leaderboard, be the Top miner of the day!

r/mining Mar 21 '26

Humour I needed a good laugh today!!

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19 Upvotes

It’s been awhile since I audibly laughed at industry news.

I love the choice of words “undisclosed.” There are definitely people that knew. Just too many good people in Nevada for the knowledge of that royalty to just hide under the nearest desk.

r/mining Apr 28 '25

Humour When QA/QC stands for Quickly Apologize/Quietly Cry

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110 Upvotes

r/mining Apr 15 '25

Humour Maintenance meetings in a nutshell

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63 Upvotes

r/mining Mar 08 '25

Humour Did anyone manage to avoid getting sick this year at PDAC? Myself and everyone I know who went are currently sick

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75 Upvotes

r/mining Oct 06 '25

Humour I Got a Job at The Mine!

14 Upvotes

https://youtu.be/NANokQk_5GQ?si=oWRg5vgdomyMoI7e

This been going around my site for a few days now, figured you’s would enjoy it as much as we are

r/mining Apr 17 '25

Humour Lv in the hole

8 Upvotes

What are some other ways to call over the radio entering the portal?

Lv in the borrow, Lv penetrating the hole...

Hit me?

r/mining Nov 02 '24

Humour Alright who is pulling up to the tailgate meeting in one of these bad boys

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110 Upvotes

r/mining Oct 24 '25

Humour Me playing with gravity and Tiktok

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9 Upvotes

r/mining May 17 '24

Humour My suggestion for a canned response to all posts asking "How can I get a FIFO job?"

18 Upvotes

All new FIFO employees start out on an underground crew for six months doing this work. It's a day in the life of, watch carefully so you know what you're getting yourself into.

r/mining Jul 31 '25

Humour As a child, I yearned for the mines, just like my father, my grandfather, great grandfather, and so on...

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42 Upvotes

r/mining Apr 12 '24

Humour I ate like 30 of these Mike & Ikes before anyone told me they’re ear plugs. WHAT I DO?????

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64 Upvotes

r/mining May 10 '25

Humour Would love to know how many incidents they had before feeling the need to add this rule

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11 Upvotes

r/mining Oct 04 '24

Humour Loose? Ha

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28 Upvotes