ollah2:



You meant not always greener

It's '...always greener on the other side'.

IKR. English is a crazy language. Richard Lederer's words, not mine.

I can hardly wait for the waterworks of tomorrow's game.

While Dembele was brilliant against Malaga on Saturday, he sometimes loses the ball cheaply, although we saw less of that on Saturday. But in a high-profile game such as tomorrow's? I'd rather not take that chance. A team like Chelsea would capitalise on lost balls with rapid-fire counter-attacks. The coach should opt for stability instead, as I'm sure he would. Dembele should be brought in later in the game, preferably when the momentum is high—probably when we are one goal up or mounting heavy pressure on Chelsea.

All said and done, I think he (Dembele) is a much more disciplined player than Neymar and, considering the age difference, has the potential to be four times the footballer that Neymar is, if appropriately nurtured.

Neymar typifies the man who went in search of the proverbial greener pastures, while being completely ignorant of the fact that the grass is always greener on the other side. I hope his eyes have finally cleared now?

Jesus was born in CE 300? I want to believe that was a honest mistake.

Another thing, Zarathustra was not an Indian god. Zarathustra was an Iranian (Persian) prophet, founder of Zoroastrianism, and purportedly the founder of the astrology-based "Mysteries of Mithras" (Mithraism), which was the prevalent mystery religion during the 2nd-4th century CE Byzantine Empire. (The name "Zarathustra is what we know in its anglicised iteration “Zoroaster”)

And, I think the birthday of Jesus which was pegged on 25th December is more nearer in intent to Mithras than to Krishna, Hermes, or Horus. Mithras is an ancient Sun god who is also associated with the Sol Invictus, and was the prevalent cult figure during the late Roman cum Byzantine Empire. In the Emperor Contantine's attempt to ensure a smooth transition of the Byzantine Empire to a Christian state, many pagan icons and symbols were deftly incorporated into Christian theology (a practice called syncretisation), and that as well includes the shifting of the traditional Sabbath (Saturday) to Sunday (the day of the worship of the Sun), and the birthday of Jesus being pegged at the exact date when the Romans were used to celebrating the birth of Mithras (25th December). (Mithras as well was said to have had an immaculate conception, had 12 disciples, and ascended to heaven).

Christianity is as echt as it is false.

vaxx:
Karma is simply the reaction of what you do....

"From the foundation of classical mechanics in physics ,Newton third law of motion found that "every action has equal and opposite reaction" this is just a discovery of action and effects from one perspective, its been formulated in science now because we've found the parameters to quantify it".

Whatever you do as an action surely comes with its own effects

Your attempt at giving the concept of Karma a Newtonian twist was clearly not well thought out, and also a shot in the foot.

Law of Karma says: "for every action, there is a commesurate and similar reward" i.e. if you do evil, you receive equal evil.

Newton's third Law of motion: "for every action, there is an equal and OPPOSITE reaction" i.e. if you do evil, you get the OPPOSITE (good).

Like I said, “shot in the foot”.

butterflyl1on:


What desperation and stupidity. From hinduism/buddhism which is the origin of karma you leapfrogged to Christianity with it.

You are hopelessly ignorant and deceptively mad.

He isn't desperate, nor is he stupid.

The concept of Karma is not strictly Hindu. Almost all religions – both ancient and contemporary – have at their core the fundamental doctrine of "good deeds beget good rewards, and evil deeds beget evil rewards". Isn't that why the idea of "Heaven/afterlife" is a recurring decimal in almost every religion on earth? – the phantom promise of an otherwordly paradise for earthly do-gooders.

As I said, the concept of Karma cuts across every religion, except that it goes by different names in the various religions.

Or what would you call these biblical extracts if not a dead-ringer for the Karmic concept?:

I) "There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked" (Isaiah 48:22 KJV)

II) "As you sow so shall you reap" (Galatians 6:7)

CoolUsername:
There's just no such thing as karma. But, steal enough times and you'll get caught. Mess with enough people and someone will probably strike back.

@CAPSLOCKED, you brought up Hitler as case study of karma but the truth is that if you make yourself the enemy of enough countries, eventually one of them will defeat you.

You may get away with one murder but it gets exponentially harder to cover the evidence up as your body count increases.

So I won't say that what goes around comes around but if you do something that has consequences enough times then you'll probably have to face those consequences at some point.

This seems more like the "Law of averages" than it seems Karma.

CyberGypsy:
Grammar Over Selfies

This is a weird one, but a big one for some people. With
the advent of texting, I think it is important to
maintain control over the written language. There are
few things that turn me off quite like a text that
requires a Rosetta stone and a search on Urban
Dictionary to decipher. Don’t even get me started on
emoji’s… If nothing is sexier to you than the correct
usage of “there” and “their”, chances are very high that
you are a sapiosexual.

It's a grand misconception by equating Grammar Nazis with Sapiosexuals.

I think obsessing over grammar is more the nature of a pedant. Besides, accurate grammar is less the function of intelligence and more the function of attentiveness and situational context.

I think we should first define what qualifies as materialistic. To me, if a person wants 2 cars, he's not at all materialistic; it's benign ambitiousness and it's very healthsome. But should a person crave 10 cars, then that's when it becomes vainglorious and materialistic, because 10 cars is well beyond bare neccessity. And perhaps we could say it reeks of insecurity as well, since it appears that such a person has externalised his sense of self-worth and taken to measuring his self-value based on the number of vehicles that he owns. Or, am I Sigmund-Frueding too much?

Understand this, humanity has always revolved around these three seemingly innocuous things: Money, Power, and Sex – The unholy Trimurti!

Wars have been waged because of either of these three things; friends have betrayed friends because of one, or two, or three of these three things; and so on and so forth.

Life seems to revolve around these three things. It is, as Nietzsche would say, an "eternal recurrence of the same" – i.e. the dynamics of life would continue in one way or the other to operate on these three principles of Money, Power, and Sex, ad infinitum.

It's now left to you to either accept this inexorably endless cycle (which is the favourable course of action) or to oppose it (a position Nietzsche termed "Ressentiment" --- a sad, sad, bitter position).

Many POOR BOYS/GUYS/MEN have opted for the path of "Ressentiment". You would often find them hurling brickbats at girls/ladies/women who have spurned their romantic overtures due to financial reasons. I think such males have refused to be realistic.

The simple fact is that when it comes to sex, females have the evolutionary advantage. An average female can have sex with as many 10 different men in a day, whereas the same couldn't be said for an average male, especially one without bells and whistles (i.e. without extraordinary looks, wealth, etc.)

The evolutionary leveller is that while males are more ready to have a roll in the hay with just about anyone remotely "fuckable", females are genetically "more choosier", hence, some sort of evolutionary equilibrum is established – females who can easily score sex care more for emotional intimacy and are generally more pickier and therefore do not have as much sexual partners as they could, while men who cannot easily acquire sex generally care less for emotional intimacy. Not to add the fact that the practice of slut-shaming and female-sexuality-supressing social mores would typically deter an average female from expressing herself sexually as much as she would like to.

Long story short, in general, women control sex. And in return, most women expect you to bring something commesurate to the table as well. Quid pro quo, you might call it. Don't rack your brain too much... That thing you are to bring is MONEY. Only a tiny percentage of the fairer sex care little about money, so unless you as a man are lucky to cross paths with a woman who thinks the place of money is on the backburner, then I suggest you quit whining and face reality head-on. Sociologists call it the "Beauty-status exchange", and trust me, it's not just a "river in Egypt"; It's a real thing.


I have always held the opinion that poor men should have no business dating, much less having children. It is inhumane both to yourself and to your offsprings who would have to suffer the austerities wrought by your financial inadequacies.

9jaDoc:
My husband is less educated and makes less money but he is perfect for me

Perhaps you are simply hypogamous?...

11 clean sheets in 17 La Liga games

5 goals in 7 games against Real Madrid (Suarez)

Barça for the first time wins 3 straight league matches against Real

All-time scorer in El Clasico history at the Santiago Bernabeu (Messi)


Oh, I'm so going to rip Chelsea into numerous unrecognisable pieces. Chelsea that couldn't even beat common Everton today. Hee-hee.

VivaLaByke:

Only repeating what someone posted word for word.

Oh, the person must not have seen Messi's brilliant through-ball to Paulinho in the first-half.

eyoniggar:
Very nice Victory. Congrats CULES, very well deserved. Does any1 notice how good sergi roberto is when moving the ball with high pace? His movements today reminded me of how he assisted Messi in destroying madead last season with the last minute goal. Anyway Laliga in the bag, Chelsea needs to be executed.

His on-ball movements are superb, plus he's got pace and is very quick-witted, much unlike Gomez.

Although, Valverde shouldn't have started him today at RB over Semedo. That was quite the idïotic gamble (we were lucky Madrid's strikers were even more idiötic than our coach). I observed that almost all Real's threats in the first-half came from Marcelo and Ronaldo exploiting Roberto's wing, forcing Pique to over-exert himself.

Had CR7 and Benzema taken their chances, the tale would have ended very differently.


I still don't think Ernesto Valverde is a tactically sound coach. As yet, he's only a very lucky manager.

What do you think?

VivaLaByke:
"Messi was invincible until the penalty"

Invincible or invisible?

KevinDein:
I keep saying it and this El clasico reinforces my belief that there should never have been a debate between who is better between Messi and Ronaldo. I mean Messi does everything Ronaldo does (goal scoring), everything Iniesta can do (play making) and everything maradona did (dribbling)

He is basically a hybrid of Ronaldo, Iniesta, Maradona. It takes some human to be all these three rolled into one.

That said, I'd have to say kudos to the media, Madrid and FIFA for somehow convincing us that there should be a debate on who is better.

Messi is a footballing polyhistor.

Yusman316:

I typed it because people re making a big deal of the Barcelona win. I ve seen a better real Madrid side lost to Barcelona

Shut up, boy.

shaybebaby:

Lol, how good are you at juggling?

As per the reminder, preference is what it boils down to.

And yeah, I was expecting something along those lines, suitably profound, confusing and requiring the assistance of a dictionary to decipher the meaning of words used...

But nah, you served up light/dark-skinned girls, what's happened? Brain taken a break over this season?

'Experience is my muse" – Leonardo da Vinci

If you want to know just how adept I am at juggling, then you would have to "experience" it yourself. Experience is not just one of the best teachers, it's as well a veritable judge. I'm ambidextrous, though, which means I can handle the two concurrently and with equal facility. Heck, I'll even let you blindfold me just to prove I can locate the "Twin Towers" without my faculty of sight.

...

I know it's a matter of preference, but the implications are more psychological than physical for me. There's just something about the dark complexion that is bestial, and raw... and dare I say "slutty".

Light skin connotes purity, light, innocence, naïvete, tenderness - basically the "Madonna extreme" of the "Madonna-whöre" complex.

Who wants all that tender and fragile-as-Easter Eggs nonsense? Certainly not me.

LOL @dictionary

Did my brain take a break? Maybe. Whatever, chump.

shaybebaby:

Bra, push up and padded as well , Heck that's what they are made for, support and enhance.

Well, since I was able to tell you were wearing one just by looking at a picture, what does that tell you about me? I'll tell you... It means I know my way around jugs. I am JUGgernaut. Guess my favourite pastime... It's JOGGing.

What is the important thing?[/b]

Thank you for reminding me that dark-skinned girls are always going to be infinitely hotter than their fair-skinned counterparts.

Bet you thought I was going to say some philosophical crap. Hee-hee.

Wrong on both guesses, dyt and coco are not in the same country as I am.

Okey dokey.

shaybebaby:

, you know how it is, we need all the help we can get to age as disgracefully as possible.

I'll have to ask the other party if it's okay to reveal their monicker. But she's a real doll and very funny. Stunning too.

Wait, I was right about the push-up bra?

Oh, you are doing just fine. Thank you for reminding me of something very important. (Ask me what).

It's either Dÿt or Cöcöcandy. Balance of probability tilt the odds in favour of Dÿt.

Shaybebaby is kind of hot though. Yummy mummy. I mean, even with the push-up bra and all that. Hee-hee.


Who is the other Nairalander? Where are the photos?

Kaycee7:
Me sef I shock. Come look ur moniker well make I make sure say na DarkRebel69. Don't mind my ITK bro.

LOL

Neuropsychologists would call it "source confusion" (or “unconscious transference”). I've been seeing so many British TV shows lately that the memories conflated.

I just saw "American Made", based on the life of that American airline pilot, Barry Seal, and his dealings with the Medellin Cartel.

Have you seen it yet? I would recommend that you do so if you haven't already. It's an interesting watch.

Oh boy! I must say, the breadth of your teutonomania is twice the size of the Louvre (and the Louvre is the longest building in Europe!).

One would almost mistake you for the ghost of Nietzsche. In fact, I think you aspire a tad too much to become like him. This was a man who forsook alcohol (I'm wth him on this though), who drank only milk and water (nah, this brand of asceticism sucks!), who had mommy and sister issues; who was so intelligent yet could not put down his philosophy in an intelligently coherent form; who was socially awkward, who was chronically sex-starved and got rejected by loads of women - Lou Andreas Salomé being most prominent, and who suffered a mental breakdown when he was 44. "Horse-hugging maniac on the streets of Turin" ring a bell?

Remind me again, why you would want to emulate such a lonely, tragic figure?

I could give you a better mentor: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (The greatest man ever to have treaded the earth).

LOL

Naezara:
Name: Ayomikunninuoluwa

Age: 20 years 4 months & a few days

Occupation: Student

Are you single, dating or married: In a complicated relationship

Those you like on Romance Section: Daeylar
ScotFree
MissWrite
MhisTahrah
edimolu
shaybebaby
lovelygurl
ReinaFarine
NightHound
pocohantas

Those you dislike on Romance section: I don't remember people who I consider irrelevant

Those you find annoying: I can't remember any

Those you can't help but read their posts(you look forward to what they have to say): All the people I like

Those you follow and wish follows you back: It doesn't matter if they do not follow me back; I admire Richard Feynman---but, even if he were still around, he wouldn't know I existed - that's how it works

Why do you follow the people you follow: Either their personality satisfied my spirit, or they followed me

NLer that has sent you the most PMs: -----------

How many PMs do you get on average in a day: --------------

Romancelander(s) that you ignore or try hard to avoid quoting: Errr........ I worship no God and fear no Devil

Which Romancelander is fake: None of my biz

Romancelander(s) you would have a one night stand with if given the chance but won't date: I'd prefer a striptease by a romanceland Salomé.

Romancelander you can date or have a crush on: ------------

Why did you choose him/her above?? (what attracted you to him/her): Because she fits into my ANIMA

Your favorite Romancelander(s): I hate repeating myself

Your favorite mod: Errr.......

Funniest Romancelander(s): I haven't been observing

Romancelander/NLer with the best threads: Can't place my finger on any

Romancelander(s) diary you stalk: I don't stalk diaries

Romancelander(s) you used to get along with, but don't anymore. Reason(s) why?: None

Which NLer(s) do you think is smart but he/she doesn’t know: AgentOfAllah! I dare say he's the smartest nairalander. Extraordinary intelligence and impeccable OBJECTIVITY (his most valuable and appealing quality)

NLer(s) you would love to give a dirty slap to in real life: What would give me such effrontery? I don't go about slapping people

NLer(S) you keep as a friend offline or you've met in real life: -----------

NLer(S) you consider smart: AgentOfAllah
DarkRebel69
NightHound
MissWrite
MsNelly
ReinaFarine
Daeylar
shaybebaby
Mindfulness

NL member that tries too hard: I don't memorize trivial things

NLer(s) you find intriguing: Daeylar
lovelygurl
johnydon22
AgentOfAllah
hopefulLandlord
MissWrite
pocohantas
DarkRebel69

What phrases, insults, styles have you learnt from another NLer: I know my way to the altar of words

Which NLer(s) did you learn the above from: Tozara

Which other sections do you visit except romance?: Religion
Foreign Affairs
Nairaland Homepage

Who do you often disagree with on Romance Section: The Spirit of Stupidity

Romancelander that you secretly wish you can both get to know each other: MissWrite

Who do you often agree with: The God of Reason

Who do you consider sexy (opposite sex): A woman with a Helenic body and the Spirit of a Goddess

Who do you consider ugly(opposite sex): Heartless people

Who is Romance section Mr/Ms. nice guy: Dunno

Who is Romance section Mr/Ms Mean guy/girl(one who takes things too serious): Can't remember

Who is Romance section Mr/Ms. douchebag: Those BULLIES, Those ASHOLES

In what way has Romance Section impacted in your life this 2017 (Positively or Negatively): Comic relief---release atomic bombs of dopamine a day, for they keep depression and boredom away

Signature: (Any Funny Line, Statement, Lyric or motivational quote): I Am Not A Man, I Am DYNAMITE

Shoutout to: Daeylar
MissWrite
NightHound
ScotFree
ReinaFarine
shaybebaby
edimolu
MhisTahrah
lovelygurl
DarkRebel69
AgentOfAllah
pocohantas

Ishilove:

I'm a huge movie buff and Kingsman 1 is one of the few movies I've watched up to 4 times.

What a pleasant surprise then. Call me Neanderthal, but I actually prefer stage dramas to on-screen movies. I'm not saying the former is better, though; it's only a matter of preference. I wish there were more theatres in the country for stage plays. Don't you wish so as well?

Four times? I envy you people who can watch a movie more than once and still enjoy it in the subsequent times as much as you did when you watched it the first time. That's just not me. No matter how mind-blowing a movie or fiction book is, I find it difficult watching or reading it again, which is why I always try to make the first time count. I would have to wait for about 5 years or so to elapse before I can hope to enjoy a movie half as much as I did on my first contact with it.

Ishilove:

This is HUGE spoiler for those who haven't watched it

Then they should take a crash course in hypnosis. With hypnosis they could have the memory of it buried in the underbelly of their subconscious, and forget haven ever seen it. Piece of Yule log.

I never took you for a movie person. You seem so non-movie-ish. In that case, have you seen the latest "Mummy" movie? Word of advise: should you ever need to catch some Z's, say if those sleeping pills aren't doing the job, just watch "Mummy". That movie is one of the lamest I've seen this year.

Aspiregreat:
it was quite emotional.

It was legendary. What an epic way to die!

Kaycee7:
Moore's accent in The Golden Circle wasn't British. It was a Southern US accent with a 70's twinge to it. Just pointing that out

Yes. I realised my mistake almost as soon as I posted but was busy at the time and couldn't edit.

Prinxxdave:
John Denver -Take Me Home,Country Roads

west Virginia

... West Virginia, mountain momma/
Take me home, country roads.../

Oh, yeah!

Merlin's death (Kingsman) certainly gave this song more soul and meaning.

Coyotejack:

Isn't she the same Christiana H in mad men ??

Something about her and Julian Moore that makes me tick .

Yes, she's the same red-haired Christina Hendricks from Mad Men.

Oh, I know why they make you, and me, tick! It's their graceful delicacy, modest seduction and feminine maturity which bespeaks a wealth of worldly experience... These are qualities that get refined with age, and which you don't find in the Average Janes down the street whose sense of fashion and style yo-yos between meretricious miniskirts and garish get-ups.

I only recently knew of Julianne Moore from the new Kingsman movie - she played Poppy, a psychopathic drug lord. Have you seen the movie?

I'll swot up on her past movies as soon as the window opens.

Bad Santa 2

00:51: “I bet that püssy got lips like an orangutan”

LMFAO

Christina Hendricks has got to be the hottest Caucasian woman alive. There is no controverting that; the lady has got the body of an African woman. You can't even look at her äss with a straight face if you tried your damnedest.

No artificial tits, no äss implant... To think she is in her forties and yet looks as hot as this.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgegJL_UZ7c



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1_q78DrV5I

LordKO:

Next time choose your battle wisely.

This is my final bye to you bumkin. LOL.

See olodo telling me to choose my battles wisely. Hehe. Even after having his ignorance pointed out... Unbelievable!

You had better go learn the meaning of the words you use before throwing incoherent phrases about. Stark olodo who thinks "submission'' has a different meaning from "submissiveness". Mr. Tiny IQ.

LordKO:

I quote you "Besides, "bumkin" has to do with ships. It's not a derogatory term, which I assume you think it is. If you meant it as an abuse then you should have said "bumpkin". LOL"

Truly, you don't have shame.

Oh, it's not about shame. What is shame? It's about the fact that your words have not the slightest effect on me.
I know I'm neither a ''bumkin" nor a "bumpkin", so why should I get offended? LOL

Be a man of your word; you've already said "BYE", so bum off already and stop bothering me, "Mr. Bumkin". Hehe.

LordKO:

LOL. Learn you said no.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/boomkin
boomkin
Also found in: Wikipedia.
bump·kin 1 (bŭmp′kĭn, bŭm′-)
n.
An awkward, unsophisticated person; a yokel.


BYE.

What is this simpletön doing? LOL

[...]

–Bumpkin: "Unsophisticated person"

–Bumkin: "A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship"


You called me a "bumkin" when instead you meant to say "bumpkin". I corrected you, and now you're posting something that doesn't even make any sense. Hehehe.

Yeah, it's for the best that you've said "BYE". You're obviously pretentious and your level of understanding is piss-poor. So yes, BYE!

LordKO:

Look at this bumkin. Lol. Kindly look for your small-minded mates elsewhere because I don't join issue with people like you and your ilks.

There's no need to get salty. Just admit that you were talking a boatload of crap.

Besides, "bumkin" has to do with ships. It's not a derogatory term, which I assume you think it is. If you meant it as an abuse then you should have said "bumpkin". LOL

But before I leave you to your stupidity, take it from me that "As nouns the difference between submission and submissiveness is that submission is the act of submitting while submissiveness is the state or quality of being submissive." . . . Ref: http://wikidiff.com/submission/submissiveness. Now, it will only take an insightful mind to extrapolate the tiny but important distinction between the two, refer to my post you quoted.

Empty barrels make the loudest noises.

The link to the website that you posted said absolutely nothing about a "tiny difference" (as you opined) between "submission" and "submissiveness". (I just wanted to get that out of the way before you think you have posted a valid link).

For the sake of you and your kind who have insufferably tiny IQs, I will try to explain as simply as I can, in the wild hope that you would eventually see how all what you've been doing is firing blanks (even though I'd have a better chance of persuading a volcano to not erupt than in making you see that you've been talking gibberish).

Now you say "submission" is different from "submissiveness", so let's see what Wikipedia has to say about the two terms:

1) Submission: "the action of accepting or yielding to a superior force or to the will or authority of another person."

2) Submissiveness: "the quality of being submissive."

3) Submissive: "ready to conform to the authority or will of others; meekly obedient or passive."

In the foregoing, we can see that submission is defined as the act of accepting or yielding to the authority of another person. Submissiveness is also said to be the quality of being submissive. And to be submissive was also defined as being ready or willing to yield/conform to the authority of others (which is basically the same thing as “submission”).

Like I said, your IQ is tiny. I'm not even trying to curse you or something; I'm just stating a fact. If you cannot see that the two words are literally the same thing, then I have no business exchanging words with you. You're just too dumb.

About the following "Also, in your other post you said something about "self-effacement" being an indicator of self-confidence and intelligence. Now that's just an incredibly ignorant statement. Self-effacement is often seen in a negative light." LOL. You're obviously mentally deranged, because a sane and sound mind in your stead wouldn't have intentionally misquote me just to appear learned. I said that the most intelligent and confident people I know are always self-effacing - outwardly - I don't remember stating that it's an INDICATOR (as you maliciously ascribed) to intelligence and confidence; else I wouldn't have stated the following in one of my previous posts herein "In Igbo parlance we do say "an alpha male dog that fall on the ground for its equal isn't because of fear" - this is what effacement is all about."

You used "intelligent and confident" in your post, and I used "intelligence and self-confidence". Anyone with a remotely discriminating mind would have known that I only paraphrased your words, not alter them.

Stop embarassing yourself in public and do your research. Self-effacement is rarely a good quality.

Once more, only bumkins and articulate incompetents like you are always boisterous and arrogant. . . you didn't disappoint me of course.

Now, vamoose and look for your small-minded mates elsewhere. Bumkin.

Whatever, charlatan. Once again, it's "bumpkin", not "bumkin". LOL.