SpyMaster1: Let me give you some examples that show why I admire Diogenes.
Plato’s Man He lived at the same time as the famous philosopher Plato, who he spent a lot of his life ridiculing. The most famous case of this was while Plato was attempting to define a man, he came up with the definition that a man was a featherless-biped. On hearing this, Diogenes found a chicken, plucked out all its feathers and then ran into Plato’s school holding it while proclaiming “Behold, Plato’s man”.
Meeting Alexander the Great Alexander was greatly interested in philosophy and was a great fan of Diogenes. Upon visiting Diogenes, he was excited to see him and asked if there was any favour at all that Diogenes asked of him. In response, Diogenes, when offered a favour from among the most powerful men alive, replied:
"Yes, step away. You’re blocking my sunlight."
Impressed by this Alexander famously said:
"If I were not Alexander, then I should wish to be Diogenes."
To which Diogenes responded:
"If I were not Diogenes, I too would wish to be Diogenes,”
Living Conditions Diogenes spent many years living in a ceramic vase on the streets (entirely by choice) possessing nought but some clothes and one wooden bowl. He reportedly then broke this bowl upon seeing a servant boy drink from his hands proclaiming:
"Fool that I am, to have been carrying superfluous baggage all this time!”
Henceforth he drank from his hands.
Searching for an Honest Man He would also on regular occasion walk around in broad daylight carrying a lamp and go around looking through crowds and when asked what he was doing, he would proclaim that he was looking for an honest man but unfortunately could not find one.
Public Indecency Many complained about his actions as he was frequently known to:
—Eat in the marketplace
—Defecate in the theatre
—Urinate on people who insulted him
—Masturbate in public
A story upon similar lines states that, when someone took him into a magnificent house and warned him not to spit on anything, he promptly spat straight into the man’s face claiming he could see nowhere else to spit.
Burial When asked how he wanted his remains to be treated after death he requested that he be thrown over the city walls as long as he was given a stick with which to fend off animals. When it was pointed out that he would not be able to use this seeing as he would be… well, dead, he responded by asking why then he should care what happens to him as he would already be dead.
Although he certainly wasn’t as influential as many other philosophers and never wrote any books or taught classes, there are no other philosophers as entertaining to read about.
If you didn't want to be impeached, you shouldn't have done things that are impeachable
Lol, as I'd he is the one paying this team. You should know is isn't. The team is provided by the federal and state government for him and these pay them too for guarding that charlatan
UncleSpiner: I was only 22 years old when I got married. My husband was 33 years old. Everything was fine between us in the initial days of our marriage.
No matter how much we fought during the day, at night, and seeing my husband around, we both would forget everything and become one. He knew how to go about things.
After 1 year of marriage, my husband had to go abroad for work, I wasn't happy about it, but he said that he had to go only for 2 months and that the company will pay him while he's there and also take care of all my financial needs in his absence though he was leaving me money. I was six months pregnant. When he went away, I felt lonely.
I decided to move back to my mother's place because the house was too big for me but something happened, an ex got into contact with me, the very week I was to move to my mom's place. I let him come over to stay with me.
Unfortunately, we slept together and did all the things couples do. The money my husband left was more than enough, and the company gave me a lot of money every Monday. I felt comfortable, and so did the guy. He didn't care that I was pregnant. He still made love to me aggressively. It was nice, but it made my baby come a bit early.
I let my husband know I had delivered, he was happy and came home the next week. By then, my ex had left.
One thing I didn't realise was that my husband had cameras fixed around the house. He later saw all the things my ex and I did. He took the baby and sent me parking.
It's been seven years, and I've never seen him or the baby. I married young, I was still naive, he could have understood but he didn't and decided never to forgive me.
I was excited to be alone in a big house and have all that money coming in. I didn't know what to do, so inviting my ex over was an option I had to consider.
I miss my baby boy, and I really wish that I could see them one more time. Post for me, is there any legal way I could use to see him? He has legally divorced me, though, but I feel the law could do something about me not seeing my son all these years.
The lawyer's here, any advice on anything I could do to at least be seeing my son? He's growing with a very rich father, he will be rich and he has to know me.
Forget it. If the man has sense, he will make sure that never happens.
TisaBone: There is this man that I am extremely interested in. I respected him, because he was able to bring himself out of the gutter, and free himself from the bondage of crime and jail and has become a successful businessman. He has a lot of ambition and drive, which I love , as well as this magnetic power emanating from him. The attraction was definitely mutual.
I went by his shop, and we talked for maybe an hour about many things. He knows that I am a Christian. He wanted to know what my dreams were, my goals for the future, and where I saw myself once I graduated college. He wanted to know why I was not in a relationship, and I told him because I was not willing to settle for just any old man. I made him laugh, and he made me laugh. He told me he was 32 with four kids, and 3 baby mothers, which scared me. I mean I was ready to run for the hills. But as he began to talk of his children, I could see the love he had for all of them, and I began to soften up once more, but at the same time my guard was still up because I know that sometimes men will talk of their children, to make themselves appear more wholesome than what they really are.
He knows how old I am, but as we were talking he picked up on the fact that although I was young, I had lived a little. He asked me why I went to church. I told him because I had problems, and I was trying to work them out with and for God so that I could become a better person.
As most men tend to do, he got a little fresh and asked could I come over and cook him dinner, once I revealed to him that I was a guru in the kitchen. I told him absolutely not, and he wanted to know why. I said because I was not ready. He said that he could respect that, and that was the end of that particular conversation. Once it was time for me to leave, I stood up, and couldn't take my eyes from him. He asked was I ready for a hug, and I sort of melted and said that I was. He took me in his arms, and his hands roamed all over my lower back, and my hips, and I could feel his hands hovering over my behind, but he stopped short. I never knew that just a simple hug could ****** not only my body, but my mind as well.
Fast forward to a couple of days later. I am talking to my aunt and cousin, about this new man I have met. I asked for prayer from my aunt, because I need to stay strong and the lady always. She wanted to know what his name was, and once I said it, my cousin turns around and is flabbergasted. According to her, this man is quite the player around town, and is known to dog women out. He may even have a girlfriend, but my cousin said she didn't know for sure. She told me to stay away from him because he was too old, and the only reason older men talk to young girls ( I'm always a child when its convenient, at other times I'm a grown up when it suits her purposes) is so that they can feel like they are doing something. My aunt chimed in and said I should ask him to pay my light bill and take me out to an expensive restaurant. She said that would get rid of him quick. It's ironic that she would suggest this considering that her own husband is an invalid who hasn't worked not one day in their ten year marriage. My cousin is a thirty something, unemployed, and bitter woman, who awaits the release of her on/off again boyfriend from prison so that they can be wed. She ridiculed me because he is shorter than me, but I don't care! according to her I'm "settling." I mean for God's sake I'm 5'11! alot of men will be taller than me, but he told me he loved my height, and that if we were ever to go out, that he definitely needed me in a pair of heels.
In my opinion both are bitter, but I can't totally discard what is being told to me. I'm scared and confused. He not once disrespected me in anyway, and seems to be accepting of all that I have told him. Is this information that I have received from my cousin a sign that I should leave this man alone? Should I walk away and never look back?
God1000: “Your Money Is For The Entire Family. Your Wife's Money Is For Herself. She Can Only Share If She Decides To” — Nigerian Doctor, Obianma Onya, Tells Married Men
Nice platform. Quite impressed with stories here. Wood love to try my hand. Please don't laugh at me or my trying. It has been too long I wrote a verse. Been too busy with life and work. You author of the thread stated 60 words.
Osaro4u2k: After several attempt here comes the old rabbit. God has provided meat for his children today. Don't even dare ask me of the fur because it's not available
Na wah ooh, so people now eat house rats. These things carry parasites around
misransome: But she's right, she's a Canadian Citizen and cannot be deported.
If she committed a crime she can be reported there but it will be hard to identify any crime she has committed against Canada from the Twitter video she made. It's just tricky
Get your information straight. She can be deported if she is investigated and found wanting by the Canadian government. Her passport can be revoked and she will be deported.
ExAngel007: "The only crime I committed was trusting a man" - Nigerian woman narrates how her husband travelled to Lagos 3 weeks after their wedding and never returned
A Nigerian woman, Chinenye Anyanwu, has narrated how her newly wed bliss was cut short when her husband vanished into thin air three weeks after their court wedding in 2019.
Chinenye, who shared her story in a Facebook post on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, said that her runaway husband, who is suspected to be a scammer, made away with everything he could lay hands on.
According to her, Olumide left for Lagos on what was supposed to be a one week trip but never returned till date.
She said two weeks into the trip, she informed Olumide that she was pregnant but he wasn't thrilled about the idea of being a father.
Unknown to her, she was in for more shock. In what she described as the “biggest scam in history,” she said it turned out that Olumide's ‘family members who came to the wedding weren't real."
She alleged that they were either ‘hired, tricked to attend or play roles at the wedding.’
Ok, I be like say oga just being won chop waka. Na wah, people get mind
FreeStuffsNG: Germany: Four Nigerian siblings deported despite being integrated into society
Published on : 2023/07/26
By Benjamin Bathke
After close to a decade of living in Germany, four siblings aged between 11 and 17 were deported to their home country Nigeria in May. Their return forms part of a trend of more and more minors being deported from Germany in recent months.
A tennis racquet, a pair of soccer cleats, a bible, a pencil case -- personal items like these are all that's left of the Ovbiagele family's life in Germany.
Before their belongings were placed into a storage unit in May, police forcibly entered the apartment of Godsand, Victor, Miracolo, Victoria and their mother Bose in southern Germany on the evening of May 15.
"The police officers came into my room at night and woke me up," 11-year-old Godsand is quoted as saying in a recent article published in German news magazine Spiegel.
"I was shaking. They said: 'You will be deported. Pack your things, but only what you can manage.' We weren't allowed to talk to mommy. We were afraid. I heard Victoria cry in her room."
The next morning, the family of five found itself on a chartered flight which took them back to Nigeria from Frankfurt airport. There were 35 other deportees on board, who had been living in Austria, Luxembourg, Sweden and Germany.
Also among the passengers in the coordinated group deportation flight were a number of alleged criminals, who were seen to be chained on their hands and feet.
Reluctant new beginnings in Nigeria
Different people have tried to provide support to the Ovbiagele family since their sudden deportation; one of them is Rex Osa, a native of Nigeria who has been living in Germany for 18 years.
The refugee aid worker was waiting for the four siblings and their mother in Lagos when their plane touched down there, who described their situation as "catastrophic."
The family have since moved into a small room in Benin City, Bose Ovbiagele's hometown, with the help of Osa. However, this is only a temporary solution.
According to the Spiegel, the city of 1.5 million people is notorious for being a center of human trafficking and forced prostitution and is considered to be one of the most dangerous places in Nigeria.
The children's mother agrees with that assessment: she says she had left for Europe seeing no future for her children in Nigeria. She has been raising them on her own since her first husband died and since she separated from the second one.
Despite these many challenges in life, the siblings are now trying to start again in an unfamiliar place 4,600 kilometers away.
"I don't know if I can find friends here," 14-year-old Miracolo explains. "I don't feel safe here. There are people stealing and kidnapping people; they have guns, too."
Uncertainty for the future For almost nine years, the family called Kempten their home -- a city located in the southern state of Bavaria, about 100 kilometers away from Munich.
The siblings attended elementary school and middle school in the town of 70,000 people, they completed internships, attended church, played in the local soccer club, and learned how to ride a bike.
"Before Germany, I cannot remember anything. We were still young. I don't know any other country," 17-year-old Victor told the Spiegel.
"I was about to get my diploma," Victor's twin sister Victoria said. "I was already in tenth grade and had completed my oral examinations. I lived in Germany for almost nine years. Was this all in vain?"
The family is still trying to fight for their return with help of Osa and a lawyer, but a final decision could take months. Until then, they have to live in fear of facing assaults, contagious diseases and, above all, uncertainty.
Little hope for a reversal of fortunes Back in Kempten, the siblings' friends are also fighting for their return. In June, some 60 people protested in the city on their behalf with banners, saying 'Bring the Ovbiagele family back!'
However, the overall protection rate for Nigerians in Germany is low: the Ovbiagele's asylum applications were rejected all the way back in 2016 already.
As a result, for years, the family-of-five were among the around 300,000 people in Germany whose status is referred to as 'ausreisepflichtig' -- or legally obliged to leave the country.
"Receiving negative letters from the authorities breaks down your psyche," Victoria told the Spiegel.
"Deportation was always a threat we fought over a lot. It was too much for my mother."
Deportations on the rise
According to the Spiegel, the Bavarian Refugee Council had criticized the state's increasingly volatile deportation policy back in February already, highlighting that forced returns from Bavaria now appear to target families with children.
"The Interior Ministry and the foreigners' offices have become unscrupulous. The cases, in which families are getting deported into hopeless situations, are on the rise," the council stated at the time.
Almost 13,000 people were deported from Germany last year, according to Spiegel. Among them were 2,196 minors, including fully integrated school children, many of whom have little or no connection to their parents' home countries.
In many instances, their language skills in German are superior to their abilities to speak their parents' mother tongues.
Germany's need for immigration vs. reality Germany's present deportation policy, however, is in stark contrast to the fact that the country needs immigrants rather urgently: At the end of June, the EU member state passed its new skilled labor migration law to fill the gap of an estimated 400,000 skilled workers.
Economists say, however, that even this target falls short, claiming that Germany needs a net influx of nearly 1.5 million people -- per year.
But not everyone in Germany is in favor of welcoming more foreigners: A survey from May found that one in two Germans are scared of more refugees coming to Germany. Regardless, the government has pledged to invest more into attracting workers from abroad.
This new policy, however, is of little use to the Ovbiagele family; after living in the country for a total of for nine years, Germany eventually threw them out -- shortly before they would finally become ready and able to start giving back.
essentialone: There's this guy who started working at my workplace in February last year. Of all the ladies that were there, he chose to make only me his friend. We got along well. He asked a lot of questions, and I gave him detailed responses, I was indirectly orienting him. Within a few weeks, he was already receiving accolades from our boss for working hard and being diligent.
All the ladies started throwing themselves at him, but he didn't really mind anyone. He kept only me as his friend, and it made me happy and proud.
About two months later, he invited me for dinner at a restaurant around the airport residential area. I went, and after we had spoken for long, he made it known to me that he admired me and would love for us to start a relationship.
I was already in l0ve with him before he made that proposal but I didn't want him to feel like I was yearning for him or I already wanted it like the other ladies so I turned down his proposal at that moment. He didn't talk much, he just said it was fine and then we went home. Days later, he got me a flower and some perfumes and added a note that he wanted me to reconsider his proposal. That was where I fell completely in love with him but I wanted to play hard to catch so I told him I wasn't ready, that I was still recovering from my ex and was scared of men.
He tried again for the third time by taking me to the beach and trying to convince me he was different. I told him at the beach to give me some days to think about it. Three days later, he asked if I had thought of something, and my response was simply "not yet."
Bro Kwaku, can you believe that from that time till the guy never asked me anything concerning relationship again? I waited days for him to ask, so I tell him I was ready, but he never did. He only discussed work, work, work with me. I was single and waiting for him to just raise it.
What should I do now as a Lady?
#Copied
Guy was patient. In my younger days once that one time is gone. Nothing more and I didn't take ladies that play games serious.
Ofcos we know this. This is no new info. When a mad man like trump was running amok posting false information at every chance and turn what do you expect the administration to do. You don't like it, deal with it. It was for the greater good
Most Nigerian men are just here to waste your time.
They will love bomb you for years and if you're stupid, you'll believe it's because they love you. Don't be deceived my darling.
Matthew 6:21 says "where your treasure is, there your heart will be"
Where a man likes is where he will invest his money.
So, bill him. Send him your account number and watch him disappear like smoke. If he's serious he'll send you something tangible, if he doesn't he will most likely block you and stop disturbing you. And so, good riddance to disgusting rubbish ☺️
Stay tuned for more life hacks 🤗
Lol, guy can also send account numbers. This is harebrained
Romance / Re: Who Is Your Favorite Philosopher And Why? by drnoel: 3:34pm On Sep 21
