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I'm just tryna make sense of all this.

Okay...

Unmarried Women. Who are successful by societal standards. They are Independent. Marriage doesn't make them less or whole. Some are with children. They claim to be happy.

What's the problem here? I don't think there's anywhere in the Nigerian Constitution it's stated only married women can HAVE ALL OF THE above!

I understand some cultures here are more likely to take the option to marry or not to marry out of the girl's hand, but I don't see how the enviable profile of Condoleezza Rice can help with THAT.

The law are not unfavorable to unmarried Women I think. Perhaps, it's the society acceptance they want? Then, I don't see how reading a list of famous unmarried Women can change people's opinions (both of men and women)

Is this supposed to be an example, a message, or a cry for acceptance to the society that unmarried women are capable of reaching the top of their endeavors? If so, I think the other side of the marriage divide can also compile a rooster of 'strong', and successful women who for them, marriage didn't stop from achieving thier dreams.

Isn't this a matter of opinions? What I know is no matter how innocent and diplomatic people tend to present their opinions, it's difficult to mask the notion of superiority that comes with it. I mean, we want to change things for the better.

I know there's an underlying message the OP is trying to pass but maybe I don't get it. (Pardon me)

IAmSkinny:
Thanks for stopping by.
I've been seriously considering the cloud option due to the massive loss of precious data and files after the theft of my PC. Thank you so much.

You should make use of it already. Photos lost can never be replaced. Your client would be unforgiving if you misplace an event.

You shouldn't procrastinate. I don't think the plans are that expensive. There's a free tier of about some GB both Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive gives. Just register and you can use it for free.

I don't know but, maybe you'll only need to store negatives.

It's all good Sha

IAmSkinny:
Thanks for viewing

Great shots. Some are really crisp.

Bookmark this, the day you want to run a professional online portfolio, like; iamskinny.io holla at me!

But good work all the same, Nice work. And, I hope you now upload your works to the cloud. Google Drive, OneDrive, etc. This will prevent you losing your files or works even if you laptop and phones are stolen. Like you mentioned in the first pages.

Good luck!

Tissaia:
I will comment after iftar

I will comment after you but before sahur.

Sidenote: I hope your prospective comment isn't 'STRONG' enough to invalidate the fast oh

Abbeylanre15:
I've done that... No Tangible reason. She was just laughing on the phone

What do you mean that she gave no tangible reason?

People don't do things for no reason. I can only accept unsolicited financial assistance from family members. NOT FRIENDS. I must extract some form of reasons, reasons that you communicate through speech and not laughter. I think I'd appreciate it more if I know why I'm getting it.

People who give money to the poor are giving it for a reason - CHARITY.

Needless to mention, I'm not for or against keeping the money. If you were sure enough and say; 'she gave me a gift of so so', I'd asked you what is wrong with accepting a gift?

How do I say anything to someone who receives money because someone is laughing? Even Bill Gates who shits gold doesn't do it because he's laughing.

doitforyou:
I never really understood this concept. I understand if it’s against your religion or ‘morals’ not to live with your boyfriend. Don’t you want to know how your potential husband will act when he has seen you finish? Isn’t marriage a whole big see finish??

I get your point. However, with stories you hear about couples who "changed" after marriage, it's safe to say you can't 'KNOW' anything apart from what people want you to know.

MhizJoyce:
Einstein said "Reading without desire dulls the brain" Only idiots cram. If you're really that brilliant, go and learn forex and make ur money there. Sebi you're smart?

So, the people who trade forex naturally qualifies as intelligent to you?

Are you darn serious or just throwing shades?

woke4eva:
Zombie generations......What a pity...They will only have power to insult pastors like they forced you to come to church or give tithe??

Yes Pastor you have been right all long while the herd of Nigerian zombies have been crucifying you and misquoting you..

Is wearing a mask scientific...??.....The answer is definitely NO!!


You can imagine wearing ankara , bra, pant and all sort of funny and dirty looking clothe material all in the name of preventing covid 19.....lol


You are only killing yourselves and decreasing your immune system...Nobody has a prove that covid 19 is airborne.....You are only decreasing your oxygen intake there by increasing your stress hormone (cortisol)......And that indeed makes your more susceptible to being a victim of their satanic PLANdemic.... Cuz ofcourse your eyes is a free passage for mr. corona ........Can you now see the stupidity??..

Wear the mask forcefully or you will be arrested......If we can force them to adhere to that; they will be ready to swallow anything.....Heeheee...Shame!!

I pity this generation....It is almost looking like a lost cause and it is quite sad.....sobs

Seun, I see that you're following this topic. I understand the need to be fair and allow people air their views freely.

However, the world is faced with a very serious health crisis. And the least we could do is to support the brave men and women who are battling this virus head-on. The only way to support our health care professionals who are at the front-line of this pandemic is to follow their guidelines. We need to help them to help us.

NOW, this fellow was evidently not so bright with his first comments (he even foolishly couldn't separate what's foolery with his erroneous quote of your reverse sarcasm). And yet still, after so many people have provided sound arguments (some were even doctors), he has refused to consider that MAYBE, just MAYBE, Someone who studied medicine for years could be more knowledgeable in such matters.

Alias NO, He has become more adamant. he's right and all the doctors are wrong. We can not help him at this point. BUT we can help some others who are susceptible to MISINFORMATION like the one this gut is spreading.

Your mods have been known for banning members for nothing serious. IF pastor Chris were a known member here, I would have open a thread to report him for spreading MISINFORMATION. Since this guy is his vicegerent on Nairaland, I don't see why a temporary ban should be out of place. people like him are the REAL threat to our collective EXISTENCE and NOT COVID-19

With All Sense of Responsibility I SAY BAN him for Spreading MISINFORMATION.

purples25:
Thank you so much. I'm looking forward to learning graphic design so I can move forward.

Okay, great. Keeping breaking boundaries.

purples25:
Abstract

I've always loved drawings, paintings, sculptures, and all those artsy stuffs. I love graffiti to like mad.

I remember when in primary 5, one of my teachers just took a pencil and drew an image of a woman from a photograph on a piece of paper. It was absolutely brilliant. The likeness was so real. He then sent us to go buy a frame for the drawing, he intended to give the drawing to the woman in the picture as a gift.

Then in secondary school, there was a corper
who taught fine arts. He was a Maverick. Like the guy draws, paints, dyes textile, moulds, does sculpting with woods and metal. He was a professional.

There was an artsy guy too during my undergraduate studies. He made very realistic drawings too.

Then, there's you now I guess...

Looks like you're also multi-talented. And your works are pretty good too and quite creative. Keep it up. And double points for you since you're a lady... I've rarely seen girls who are into things like this talkless of being good at it.

Have you ever been interested or curious about (computer) graphics design? I know it's not really the same as what you do but you basically make designs with a different tool to the ones you're currently using.

There's a great market for it. It's a digital skill.
And for you, it would just be expanding your potential market for an inate skill you already possess.

Anyways, Good luck with your endeavors.

Johnmattee:
You are right on that, I personally want to master JavaScript, because trying to jump to framework will get you frustrated especially when you are the type that wants to know how things work under the hood. Knowing data structures and algorithms will make it easy to pick up another language in less than a week. But lemme ask you what about the advent of web assembly and Brython. JavaScript has a battle with these contenders.

I think for decades now, computer scientists, programmers and the Major tech companies have all been looking for the language that will replace JavaScript. Many Messiah has sprung up but they all failed.

Microsoft is leading the new charge now with Blazor web framework which allows you to write C# instead of JavaScript. They all have a love-hate relationship with JavaScript. Especially programmings coming from other languages.

WebAssembly, Blazor I don't know if this Brython you've listed sef... We'll see how they fare in the next 2 years.

I don't know if programmers coming from languages such as Java, C#, C+, Perl, and .Net would want to be writing for the Web. Those are the people who primarily don't like JavaScript. But I don't think a JavaScript developer will just suddenly adopt a Blazor or Brython just because some nerds don't fancy JavaScript.

Besides, it's also going to be a Battle of the frameworks for superiority in the Frontend Space. JS has a mature Frontend ecosystem already. It will take years for a new language or library to build that of support and tooling JavaScript already has. Besides, JavaScript advancement is moving at the speed of light. Easily the most innovative programming language out there if there's anything like that.

And lastly, frameworks like React, Vue, SSGs and SSRs are very much loved. I don't see a JavaScript developer moving away from them anytime soon. IMO, it's more likely a C# developer will enjoy working with React as a library than a JavaScript developer would ever enjoy using Blazor.

Interesting time ahead but I know the JS world is never standing still. It's hard to keep up with the improvements that are been made.

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ibkayee:
His brother isn't under obligation to spend a dime on her either, but would it also be a 'nice' gesture? Sure. She'd be wrong for demanding he spends on her just because he's male.

If the OP is to be concerned about her lack of helping out within the household, it should be on account of her being a houseguest alone, not because of his notions on gender roles.

Gender roles! You open a can of worms.

pocohantas:
You mustn’t bring the person into the house, but if you must- please fix the foundation, fix the family relationship, fix the flow of leadership. The problem here is, one person (most times the man) would just impose it on the other. It never works that way. It is the visitor that would always suffer the effect of the hosts petty squabbles.

It's always going to be easy for wives who want to object, to cry of imposition. It's impossible for married folks or partners to agree on every single decisions. This one is naturally a sticking point for most. However, every man has some decisions to make regardless of his wife's opinions.

Naturally, there's a tendency not to like what's not part of our own when it comes to people. That's human nature for you. Wives have the right to object to their husbands and vice versa before the decision is taken to bring someone home to stay with the family. But I think what makes us NICE PEOPLE is to be able know when the BATTLE IS LOST and treat them fairly regardless.

Funnily, most of the toxic cases I've seen, the relative is usually from the man's family. When the relative is from the woman's, there's usually some level of acceptance and general peace.

pocohantas:
Thank you!!!

Why do Nigerians think it is until someone lives under their roof they are showing care? Even when the home is dangerously toxic to the person. Jeez! Somethings are common sense.

I agree most cases don't need housing them under the same roof with the family. But I think the Poster said it's not an option as they believe her mom's place is even worse (you have to trust their judgement here I think). The girl can't live alone. She needs a place and it just happens THAT place is with the poster.

Dganji:
thanks..

I'm very glad you are thinking this way because I've seen other women treat their wards very badly. More badly than your mom ever would!

Naturally, your mom is not acting outside of what 80% of women would do in her situation. However, there are certainly women who are able to TREAT their wards FAIRLY.

To address your concerns,

1. Try to look out for the little girl's interest. Guide her in a way she can avoid your mom's anger as much as possible. This is the only way you can be sure some punishment she would normally incur will be avoided if you're not around. Try to establish her routines so she's not stepping on anyone's toes in the house.

2. Straighten your younger brother out. This should be your most easiest tasks. Be firm and treathen him hell WHEN NEXT HE'S BEEN MEAN TO HER. Don't do it in front of the girl or your mom. Don't get physical with him but be FIRM that instant.

Then, after some days, have a brotherly talk with her and give reasons why he's being foolish to follow mummy Everytime she's punishing the girl. Tell him to ALWAYS DECIDE by himself as a man whether to be fair or mean. Let him tell you FIRST ANYTIME he thinks the girl has been disrespectful to Mom or himself and punishment needed to be melted out. ( He probably will never do get to reach this stage with you . But if he does, at most tell him you'd correct her or you can let him do it himself in your presence. Just a correction oh. Never let him punish her. Never)

3. Talk to your mom with respect but be honest. Don't openly disagree with your Mom in the girl's presence. You SHOULD INTERVENE when Mom is abusive or physically punishing the girl. Just sheld them and then have the talk with your Mom.

It's not disrespectful to caution your mom. I did that to my own mom when she's been unreasonable. She knew the kind of boys she raised so she can't have no complaint of my CHARACTER.

So, try to get mom onside with reason. That's the only Long-term solution.

4. Talk to Daddy. You understand who he is better and should know what Truths he can handle. Be factual and give instances of incidents. Let him know about your younger brother's attitude too. Implore him to talk the REALITIES OF LIFE to your mom and his wife. She needs to be remembered again.

WE SIT TOGETHER ON THE ROUND TABLE OF LIFE. WE DON'T KNOW WHO WILL SIT CLOSIEST TO THE BUFFET WHEN THE TABLE IS SPINNED BY THE ALMIGHTY. WON'T IT BE BETTER FOR ME NOW TO SHARE THE FOOD WITH EVERY LEST THEY SHARE IT WITH ME WHEN THEY SIT CLOSIEST TO THE BUFFET?

Typical of the Nigerian mentality to create unnecessary resistance to simpler and basic events while at the same time, believe absolutely unimaginable events are TRUE and be more receptive to them.

If you look deeper into the past comments of he people here who are doubting Thomases to the notion of COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria, you would find this same people likely to believe all or most of the following:

1. That president Buhari is a clone according to Nnamdi Kanu

2. That Abba Kyari was cremated in Lagos while another person was buried in his place according to Kemi

3. That 5G technology was the cause of Corona Virus even though there's no 5G in the country. But pastors Chris said it so it has to be TRUE.

4. That Any FFK says is Gospel Truth.

Nigerians also find a way to fish for conspiracy theories even if they usually have limited brain resources to substantiate it. They are willing to refute what is in front of them while accepting far fetched theories.

Every government is economical with the Truth. But you have to believe that a situation where virtually all activities are grounded World wide has to bear some truth. What more proofs do you need before you start telling everyone around you to take proper precaution against the virus with conviction?

IMHO, misinformation is a very dangerous thing to experience at the time of a pandemic. Topic like this shouldn't be allowed to reach many people. There's nothing sincere about it or anybody who would ask to know if someone you know personally have died from the COVID-19 Virus. Because they wouldn't believe anyone as long as they themselves aren't infected with it.

Liliantalks:
I went on a date with this guy to the mall , we wanted to watch a movie but wasn’t time , so we entered shoprite , been A while I entered shoprite so I saw a lot of things I liked that I don’t see often , omo I picked n picked n picked , the guy paid almost 30k for everything, we still watched the movie, he even still gave me transport, the next day I felt really bad , cause he actually told me he didn’t expect to spend that much , so I asked for his account number n sent him 10k . I had a wonderful day , but felt guilty the next , we still talk very Well

Op, I thought this is for sharing "Your worse dating experience" and not "Share your date's worse experience with you"?

I'd expect the gentleman to be the one sharing this because it looks to me he got the rotten end of the carrot and even complained after 24 hrs of having regrets from it!

is it just me or does this message have so many of the pronoun "I"? And that is noteworthy in the sense that it's normally used when the writer is about to "pick", "like", "collect", or "ask" for something.

If this is the worse date experience you have had, we can only imagine how your best one went.

Dammylois:
If it were a woman a larger percentage of you guys here would have advised that she 'fight' for her marriage. Men obviously can't take 1/10th of what they steadily dish out

You're right and all agree with your first statement in general. I really do see cheating irrespective of wife or husband as the same though: A Betrayal.

But the logical me would probably tend to be more cautious and advise a woman be more patient as they can be because a man more often than not, comes out of marriage unscathed compared to a woman in this SOCIETY.

I personally wouldn't advised the man to dissolve his marriage because of his wife's flirting in the context of the picture he has painted on the situation. But that's not because I want him to 'fight' for his marriage.

Besides, what do people really mean when they say "fight" for your him or her. "Fight for your marriage?" What?

I really don't want to have to "fight" for anyone. Because honestly, you'd always lose.

Marriage should mean commitment to and acceptance of every qualities your spouse possesses. Hence, you STOP LOOKING FOR A BETTER ALTERNATIVE OUTSIDE OF YOUR SPOUSE AND MARRIAGE. If your look, you'll surely find.

There's always a richer man, a more beautiful woman, a kinder man, a more intelligent woman, a more romantic man, a better cook.

In essence, there's always someone who is better at something compared with your spouses.
BUT REAL MEN AND WOMEN STOP LOOKING FOR THAT PERSON AFTER MARRIAGE. THEY JUST STOP.

So OP, tell your wife to stop looking for what she already found; YOU.

I wonder also how someone would build a website for 7-10K and would advertise it as a business or sales pitch.

However, I think we might be exaggerating the role of a developer in relation to how website are ranked.

For sure, Google crawlers can be helped greatly by the way a website is developed and designed no doubt. However, Google ranks still depends on the content of the pages. Unique content is still the most important criteria for Google rankings.

Funny, even though my religion permits multiple wives for a man, I can't suggest the idea of multiple wives to anyone.

And certainly not to you because your reasons of visions, revelations, luck and love now is hogwash.

I believe you're a Christian. And as a Christian, I'm aware that your Bible and church only marries one man and one woman. At least that's what you guys believe Jesus ( or Paul ) commanded.

So, are you now saying God can't bless you until he reveals to you to marry another woman and break his other laws of 'one woman and one man'?

Did God forget his laws in the Bible or he's making an exception for you?

My guess is GOD revealed no shitt to you and neither did your pastor saw any best time for your marriage.

If I believe all the dreams and hallucinations I've had as revelations from GOD, Dangote would be my shoe shiner by now and Otedola my Gateman.

Where do I place this? The opening write up seems to suggests too many unrelated undertones as the cause of our present situation.

Firstly, as the bottom line, I'll agree those in leadership positions have collectively failed us. But we like to kid ourselves ( the younger generations ) and say something like: "The older generation is the problem of this country and if we could be given the opportunity, we'd do better" that's the height of fallacy as fallacy statements goes.

These present "old generation leaders" where once young exuberant men who also saw their elders and leadership as the problem. Since 1960, leaders have come and gone. New persons have had to fill vacant leadership positions. And we are here today yet still.

My point? The Younger generations waiting to take over leadership positions and the older generation waiting to vacate these positions are NOT SO DIFFERENT. They all are shaped from thesame cloth: SOCIETY.

Secondly, the op went all Nigeria is blessed and all that feel good stuff everyone says about themselves. Underneath all that, your view on "Independence" and "Lagos standing alone", "Kano standing alone" and "Port Harcourt standing alone" seems to be the REAL Icing on the cake you are driving at"

When people want to divert blame from themselves, they cast the focus on everything else under the sun bar themselves. Some group or set of leaders and would-be leaders have found a new new song the populace might be willing to hear and call it "BLAME THE SYSTEM IF ITS NOT WORKING".

THE SYSTEM? Is that an excuse by some elites who are locked out of the 'National Cake' committee or just a ploy to get INTO IN CIRCLES?

Before somebody blame the systems we have in place, we should be sensible enough to ask how have they maximize the existing frameworks!

There's no system that's right for us because the people have proven repeatedly that they as a collective, are incapable of following their own rules.

Finally, it says "Revolution is Needed". Honestly, I don't have the slightest idea what 'Revolution' entails in Nigeria. But what I know is a certain CLASS, CLAN, GROUP, SECT, PEOPLE or IDEOLOGY usually calls for it anywhere in the world. In Nigeria's case, it is too obvious not to notice the geographical, ethnical, and regional connections these people have in common.

That's not a problem in itself. However, it's laughable when you actually take a moment to reflect as to why these people, who have so much in common, haven't held their 'immediate and closest' leaders to account.

That is because these 'Regional, Ethnical, and Cultural' leaders are the ones composing the songs when their followerships have summoned the courage to meekly demand account. Sadly, these cultural, regional, and ethnical elites and leaders have been able to divert the blame from their doorsteps and teach the commoners and populace that it is indeed, 'OTHER' regional, cultural, and ethnical elites and leaders who are to blame and not themselves.

Mama is mama.
Wife is wife.
Sister is Sister.

Nobody has to come first and second and whatever...

Kingarthur21:
your ignorance is not the problem,the problem is how you got 14 likes for this

Honestly, that's the sad part of it all. The world could tolerate one idiot but 15 ( they'd be more now ) is TOO MUCH.

NextD18:
The statement "HIV is not the end of your life " is nothing but scam.

It is the end!

Just like Sickle Cell patients.

They are all living corpse. Let's embrace the truth, enlighten people on the dangers of HIV and stop giving them reasons to have unprotected sexual activities.

This are the kind of insensitive and thoughtless people who go about saying or typing things faster than their brains could process the difference between night and day when they see it.

What kind of human boldly writes something as idiotic as "Sickle cell And HIV sufferers are living corpses?"

Such a stupid statement.

What's the truth according to you? If in your wrapped mind HIV persons have themselves to blame, what about those suffering from Sickle Cell disease? Did they chose their parents?
What truth do you have to tell these set of people whose only crime was that their parents probably didn't make the best choices and nature gave them unfavorable genes?

Even men and women who are chaste till marriage will eventually have unprotected sex with themselves. And if one partner becomes unfaithful afterwards, the other is just as prone to STIs as every one having unprotected sex for procreation. People still get infected despite knowing only one sexual partner even in marriage. You see how your narrow outlook and statement accuse even those with the best of behaviors?

Think. Think. Think. Before you write or say anything, THINK. You don't have to say anything Everytime. Silence sometimes is a thin line foolish people cross as soon as they speak.

Peace

I've been home for about 3 weeks and power has been more than stable. for the first 4 days they didn't even take it for a second. light is truly unbelievable here. So, like 23hours 30 minutes per day. I'm literally taking it for granted.

dangoteinlaw:
Rubbish. U better get educated or you spend the rest of your life calling rich ppl ritualists.

Education? What is Education if I may ask?

I'm really disappointed with this. Why's he making it look like the government is targeting places of worship or churches in particular?

All the Friday mosques services have been suspended all over Auchi axis in Edo state. This are services attended by majorly the locals and no cases of Corona virus have been reported yet. Nobody's complaining and other businesses still operate because we're not even under lockdown.
I believe they're churches too who have accepted the situation without rancor no doubt.

Why can't a man whose congregation is probably larger and all over Nigeria accept his followers are even more prone to the spread of Corona? casting aspersions like it's an attack on religion.

If tomorrow his unit pastors opens their churches for service since their Leader is bickering and the authorities picks him up for civic disobedience, what will he say?

This thread is a sad, sad representation of our inherent tendencies as Nigerians to make everything another US vs THEM situation.

It's either Nigeria vs them.
Or My Region vs theirs.
Or My Tribe vs theirs.
Or My Religion vs Theirs,
Or My State vs theirs.
Or My family vs theirs.
Or Me vs them.

I've read probably 90% of the submissions here and I've learnt virtually NOTHING. Perhaps just more confusions and 'WE ARE THE BEST' vitriol.

If anyone thinks it's my fault I learned nothing, Please tell us what you're learned. But before that...

After various backs and forths by a significant percentage of the commenters and now numbering more the 20 pages, I've not seen, not EVEN ONCE, where someone admitted they got something wrong or acknowledged a superior analysis or incite.

In essence, NOBODY HAS CHANGED HIS OR HER INITIAL OPINIONS ABOUT ANYTHING AT ALL.

Nobody has agreed to have heard something they knew little about or have new incite. Every body seem to disagree 100% with every information the other person's passing. To make matters worse, there's herd mentality by all the persons from each corners in the decision.

What do you leave from people who never admit the limits or Gap in their knowledge?

You can only trust their knowledge and sincerity of it if you actually Believe EVERY SINGLE one if them is an Einstein.

You say they are NO Einstein.

LegendHero:
This thread is funny lol.

What the bleep is the meaning of hard work?

For example:
When I was still in Uni, my friend was a web designer, he designed website for couple small companies and led the web design for a college of Agriculture in Oyo state. They got almost 1milli for the project but the VC and other guys got a percentage from the share. Naija way! Long story short, he got like 400k from the money aside from hosting fees and the rest.

Like 6years ago in IB, we are trying to remove some stones from our well (Konga) back home and dad had to call some Hausa guys to help clear it to get clean water. Those guys collected like 3k for the whole job. They just enter and dip their bucket and the other on top was bringing it out. They were sweating profusely and you can be sure they are really working hard. You hear me right, 3k!

Now do you mean the Hausa is more hardworking because he did a hard job while the guy that designed website is lazy? One got 3k while the other got 400k.

Silicon Valley in USA is known for the services they provide, that is one of the economic hub in USA. Will you say they are not hardworking when compared to a factory worker?

You're right of course. Most of the commenters have totally got the meaning of "hardwork" wrong. They erroneously measure physical exertions of energy as "more" hardwork compared to others that may require little physical exertions.

There's a reason work is classified under SKILLED, SEMI-SKILLED, and UNSKILLED.

What the above distinctions simply means in relatable terms is that:

It's easy to render unskilled work or labour since just about every able-bodied individual can be able to provide them and in a comparatively short period of time. Skill work typically takes more time for the renderer to be ready and to actually complete the work.

I actually get your point just to emphasize. Las Las, the big disparity in reward your friend got and the guys who dug the well is not REAL.

Even without talking about the months I'd require for him to be able to learn the craft, it will still take him about 3-4 weeks to develop a decent, functionality website. His tools are significantly higher like a laptop. Then, he needs data, electricity. Compare with the guys who got the well running again and did it in like 3 hours or one day perhaps.

However, skill labour shines in the long term because of the reusability of knowledge, skill and process. Sadly, reusability of physical work is virtually non-existent.

I'm not one to insult people's sensibilities but the Ronaldo and Messi argument is one that leave me speechless when people actually HAVE THE GUTS to compare them.

Like it's sooooooo cleeeaaaaar that MESSI IS above Every other player in the planet when considering every metric you may use to appreciate an attacking/forward player.

Vision, passing, dribbling, creativity, technical ability, ball retention, ball control, spatial awareness, Elegance.

Ronaldo's only comparable to Messi in the goalscoring department. But he still is NOT A BETTER GOALSCORER. And you'd agree with me when I say I can mention at least 5 players who are ABOVE Ronaldo at every SINGLE METRIC I've mentioned above. Meaning: there are 5 players better than Ronaldo at passing, at dribbling, creativity, vision, etc. But Messi is virtually the best at EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE THINGS. You can never say he's less than 2 best at most.

That's why Messi wins the best player on the pitch even when he didn't score a single goal in that particular match. Because he's more than putting balls int the net. He's the EXAMPLE of why we watch football for 90 minutes even though goals take only a second to go in and then the game (should) becomes boring again


I think Marco van bommel recently said that anybody who thinks Ronaldo is better than Messi knows NOTHING about football. I cannot help but agree with that.

Casillas, the legendary Real Madrid goal keeper who played many games with Ronaldo at Real Madrid recently said MESSI IS THE BEST EVER.

I've actually seen

Any honest person will see that the conversation about Messi is real about being the best EVER. NOT BETTER THAN Ronaldo.

I'll honestly say this, I'd like to be corrected if I'm wrong. No notable football personality has ever MAKE the assertion that Ronaldo is the Best ever. Nobody ever dares.

But the conversation about Messi is that he's the Best Ever. Never seen a football person said something like that about Ronaldo.

*I actually thought Ronaldo to be better earlier on. As a supporter of the EPL, I get to see Ronaldo almost every day. Then, 2009 my Barca brothers started beating the Messi drum to me. Banter won't let me drop my opinion about Ronaldo being better easily. Besides, I'd seen Little of Messi then.

Then, toward the end of the season. I saw Messi play my darling Chelsea at the semis and I observed him closely. He didn't light the world on fire, but I saw something I'd rarely seen teams do against a particular player.

He gets the ball and the whole blue shirt wants to mark him at the same time. His unique ability on the ball means two players can't take it away from him, so the whole team has to make together. That's the greatest RESPECT an opposing team can give to an attacking player in my opinion.

After the final of the 2009 CL which Barca won. I was supporting Man utd after the way Chelsea was knocked out. I simply told my brothers that I can see it now. Messi is very different from what I expected a football player to be able to do.

Watching him over the years, no player dictates the opposing team's tactics as Messi does. Pictures of more than 5 players trying to tackle Messi are abound on the net and that tells you something.

RONALDO CAN WIN YOU THE GAME BY SCORING. MESSI WINs IT ANYTIME HE TOUCHES THE BALL.

Bluehill1051:
Msc holder 30k! @OP you're mad!

Nope. She's not. But rather, you qualify as someone who is actually.

Are you telling me if she had told you she earned 5K per month in face-to-face you'd have replied with 'You're mad' Instantly?

Respect is nothing to accord people mister. You don't elevate yourself one bit by calling people abusive names.

The fact you can say anything on a faceless forum almost without repercussions doesn't mean you have to let go of your sense of responsibility.