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OladimejiRufai:
What exactly does Islam itself say about a woman wearing make up and revealing her adorned face before non mahram men (strange men)

That is why whenever I see an argument against Islam, i dont bother to argue sometimes because some times, what Islam is being attacked for is NOT even part of Islam or endorsed by Islam.

look at ur post now. U attacked Muslims saying what u said making it seem like Islam is irrational if it commands women to cover thrmselves and allow women to use make up

meanwhile, what u are attacking Islam for, Islam itself forbids it.

in the Shareeah, it is PROHIBITED for a woman to display her adornments before strange men hence what u see in that picture is HARAM for a woman to do.

But u saw a Muslim doing it and u assumed that is what Islam supports.... That is a weak and poisonous mentality that u need to get rid of ASAP

Never judge Islam by the actions of Muslims, rather judge the actions of Muslim by Islam

What Islam itself teaches vs what Muslims do... these are two different things.

Before u criticize Islam for anything, make sure it is actually part of Islam. if it is what u see people do, then it is not tenable enough

meanwhile the prophet pbuh also told us that there will come the time when Muslims will be deviating from the right path. Now think about it. if that is the case, what if what u see a muslim doing and thinking it is part of Islam is actuslly a manifestion of the prophecy of the prophet (meaning what that Muslim is doing is a form of deviance) will it be right to judge Islam by it?

Educate urself man/woman

Now read the message and not the conveyer (me)

I am not a saint

First it wasn't an attack, it was a question he asked.

I wonder why you blame him for the perception. This is because it seems Islam is even confusing for Muslims themselves. Eg. There are past protests by women of the Middle East against the hijab so don't blame non-Muslims for the contradictions amongst muslims.

You also said judge muslims by the rulings of Islam: OK. I'll go deep. Does every Muslim believe in jihad?

Sultan of Sokoto has never criticised Boko Haram because they're actually not completely veering off the Islam scriptures.

I read some book 'Beyond The Headlines ,Boko Haram' and I understood why terrorism is a bit of part and parcel of Islam because all their actions are guided by and quoted in the Quran.

Don't be too offended cos that's the truth.
UK and France especially have messed up and they know.

To Digress:

Has anyone wondered why any story of Sultan bending and seemed to be begging a sitting Rochas is deleted or blocked by Nairaland?

I noticed it today since the Jubril Jubrin Buhari story is now making more rounds.

Nairaland has been such a sad and divided place since a few to 2015. So tribalistic.

Moderators should be charged to make their own contribution in making Nigeria a better place by banning any tribalistic post.

Genocides have been ongoing in Nigeria since the 1960s and worse these days.

To imagine that the President of a nation made that 97% 5% comment, to a supposedly learned and exposed Fashola forgot governance and went tribal, to humans defending the shooting of Shiites, to Middle belt and Kaduna genocides.....etc.

There's actually no light at the end of this tunnel.

Mumu country that has crude but prefers to import PMS and others. Other oil producing countries are making more money with the rises.

The 10billion they promised his will soon materialise.

Benue people that wish to exist to attack the Fulani herdsmen and bandits with full force. That's the only way peace can reign. One can't continue seeming vulnerable and weak.

There's no monopoly to violence.

Osinbajo is orchestrating a Jihad. The government have been clear on that.

Have you noticed that nothing gives Buhari joy anymore. He's just like Osama Laden. He's a perfect tool for jihad and hasn't failed to show it.

Lalong would focus on getting 10billion and would remain stupid like Ortom.
If these Fulani herdsmen killers are not tackled fiercely by the land owners, they'll never stop.

Test to make the truth clear (show your worth) :

Mention privatisation of the entire health institutions and see who runs away.

Johesu claims are borne out of jealousy, envy and greed. Simple!

Truth is NMA is too strong for now. Believe me, if johesu shoot 3 shots, NMA would shoot rapid.

One doesn't climb up the food chain to eat grass.

It's important to note that Nigerians aren't saints.
Imagine a whole Pharmacist, our caring nurses joined a union which includes hospital gate man, ward orderlies etc to fight a course. Do you think it's pure?
Within the same union, Pharmacists can't stand Pharm technicians(no comparison), Bsc nurses and RNs are battling, Lab scientists and Lab technicians are at war, massive one.

No matter how long a catechist works in a church(even he can say mass off hand), he can never be seen as a priest. Same goes to court clerk and judge..etc.

All these still boil down to hate and envy for medical doctors.
Do you know why?
The Nigerian mentality is 'doctors too dey form'.
They are Endangered species as they are not up to 70,000 registered and practising doctors in Nigeria(maybe way less) to cater for 180M Nigerians. So it's very easy to gang up against them.

At the end of the day, if by cosmic accident johesu wins, who will suffer? Of course the johesu and the masses. Do you know why and how?

At the long run, the FG as usual will back out and privatise the entire sector(just like NEPA).

This will push everyone to privatise(run your own business).
Doctors will open private hospitals, no more teaching hospitals where the johesu talk. The doctor would employ the essentials that he can pay. He must employ nurses. He wouldn't be able to pay pharmacists so he'll go for pharmacy technicians. He would employ laboratory technicians instead of scientists etc.

Then the masses will pay for unsubsidised health care, heavily.
Everyone would focus. No more noise.

Falana: If dem born you well, tell them it's the streets that made you.

This is not really news anymore.
The herds and men move around every night especially around Finotel (if you know Awka)....every night.

The Governor and government officials see them and nothing is done about it.

It only feels like there's peace until it happens so don't ever think that they aren't in every part of SE

Feminism is now a relative term and also a smoke screen to the real feminists.
What I'm I saying?

There are different parts of feminists.

A group don't want to be judged with their sexuality. They want to easily and freely express their sexualities.Eg. Amber Rose went unclad revealing her 'chocha', when she was attacked online she said it's her act of feminism.

Another group fight for confusing equal right.
Chimamanda is a known feminist(or rides on it for fame).She travelled to Finland (a feminist country) and unconsciously complained bitterly that the men in the country ignored her in as much as she had plenty luggage.

Some single mother on social media threatened to sue her daughter's school as they taught her daughter that the father is the head of the family in social/civic studies.

So you see the confusion continues....

Saw one feminists poster "Her dressing has nothing to do with immorality"...but then the most respected women we know, NOI, Late Dora, Chimamanda, Angel Merkel, Oprah etc..you never see even their knees when they are dressed.

Confusion!!!

Babangida is a GCFR not a GCON

I wish this kind of thing can go global so all the attention seeking easy virtue will chill.

But some car washing boys will still be in awe and still show it.

Good job from the guys, no weak link

I believed her when she accused him.
Why? She posted proof like video call images and bank transaction details.
Now how do I believe her just because she confessed.
Word if mouth VS proof.
I also don't think anybody should mention the name of God in this matter. The pastor is human and not perfect. Are we all trying to deny the fact that pastors also indulge in extra marital coitus?
The confession is a stupid drama for the gullible.

Shouldn't the pastor be itching to out rightly expose the politicians that want to tarnish his image?

Shouldn't her lawyer sue her for perjury for denying proofs she initially presented?

henry007:
Twitter for bb10 doesn't see quotes so how can you manage it?

That's why I'm looking for a solution. Do you have a solution or alternative?

Which twitter do you guys use for BB10? Any side load or Android twitter for BB10? As the working twitter on now looks dry

awakeupcall4all:
Sadly that is the succinct appraisal of the man Buhari and his governance...You really have to watch that infamous video where Mr. President made the 97%/5% gaffe and you will be left perplexed by his mental capacity to reason not to talk of governance.
I can authoritatively say that Buhari is the president with lowest IQ in the world...A true disaster that is clearly rubbing on his government shamelessly!

Wow! What a world. Thank you because I thought it was just me.
I just watched that 97% clip for the first time recently.
Buhari didn't even understand the question he was asked and even after the man beside him explained he still jumped into the very unintelligent talk.Everyone one there must've been shocked

Emyogalanya:
I AM IPOB AND PRO BIAFRA AND WILL NOT VOTE IN ANY NIGERIA ELECTIONS BUT ANY DAY THIS SHEHU VIE FOR OFFICE I'LL GLADLY STAND UNDER RAIN AND SHINE TO VOTE FOR HIM. HE IS THE ONLY NORTHERN MAN WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS COUNTRY.

You people have come again abi.

Oga please go and get your PVC no matter what.

And biko gwakwa ndi yard unu. Dalu

intruxive:
Lol. This is a glaring IPOB lie..... as usual. Same problem we hv always had with them, they cant just stop manufacturing false news from their anus. I think it genetic
No body likes the benue saga, but its just ipob carrying it on their head hoping they can create a crises out of it

Nitwit!

What is your solution to the crisis?

SlayQueenSlayer:
You may want to pay more attention to some comments here whenever Fulanis kill Yorubas or Middle Belters.

You therefore shouldn't judge a region by comments on Nairaland as anyone anywhere can hide behind any username.

And even at that the next best thing for you to do is to help propagate the wrong assumption.

Try this : Randomly ask SEers you know and ask them who and who were involved in any killings in Kaduna?....they honestly don't know. Killing is killing

Stop dividing Nigeria more. The tribalism on Nairaland is about to explode into real life and also bear it in mind that the forum may be the largest in Africa. Seun and the moderators should do something about this.

People like you should be moderated for such

LBanks:
The truth is that IPOB's comments, their on air and online mouthers does not reflect the opinion of the general Igbo race. The way those guys talked, will make potential friends enemies. it was far worse when Nnamdi KANU was there, that guy can create enemies unnecessarily, the present guy there now (his deputy) Uche Mefor is more diplomatic and better, he doesn't insult people unneccesarily rather its those people that call into the station that keeps talking all those trash raining curses and abuses.
Even our leader Ojukwu didn't hate the other tribes, rather it was the wanton killing of his people coupled with the betrayal of people like Gowon and Awolowo pushed him to the wall

My people keep judging the Yoruba's because of Awolowo's betrayal, but also forgot that someone like Major General Fajuyi a yoruba man stood his ground and even had to be assassinated first because he refused them from killing his visitor General Aguiyi Ironsi

Wole Soyinka was imprisoned during the Civil war because of his support for Biafra and was even Ojukwu's friend till death

Even in the present day Nigeria, if there is one governor that stands up against Buhari's excesses in all fronts it is Fayose. Even Wike will keep mute, you only hear him talk when it has to do with political matters (I.e. matters between APC and PDP)

Awolowo is just one person, let us stop generalising his betrayal as the general behaviour of the Yoruba's, so also let the Yoruba' s stop seeing any statement KANU and his people make as a general standpoint of the Igbo's

Many Igbo's only became sympathetic towards IPOB because of the way Buhari was treating his so called 5%. I bet you if it were to be a more detribalised leader like Yaradua, IPOB wouldn't have gathered even as much support as they have now because of their method of approach

Thank you for saying the truth.

I'm from Anambra State. I never enjoyed the somewhat stupidity of Nnamdi Kanu.

I also like the Biafra ideology just as an ideology.

But after the Python dance, it became clear that Buhari is a massive bastard.

SlayQueenSlayer:
This is an example of what Wole Soyinka said is the problem with IPOB, The repel public Sympathy. There are two kinds of people who rejoice when Northern Christians are attacked, the Fulanis and their supporters, and southerners(mostly south easterners) who thinks it also served their purpose. You would hear them begin to call Gowon and Danjumas name.

Stop creating dangerous assumptions for yourself and others.
How can you say SEers rejoice when Northern Christians are killed? A very stupid statement.

SEers are hardly bothered with the differences when they hear killings. All they know is that the killings are wrong.

SEers are not moulded violently.

You are a very dangerous person.

CorrectionFLuid:
OP add a link.
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How do I do that? Can you?
Someone sent it on WhatsApp

ourfather:
The only problem with this article is that its life cycle is limited to The social media .. It dies here ... Those people we voted for dont even come here...

Can you help get it to front page?

The message needs to go out there.
One of the many things it explains is the reason why the IGP called it communal clash.

And his Deputy IGP on Channels this morning couldn't answer any question straight .

The herdsmen issue is deeper than we thought.
Only deployment of Army troops and nation wide Anti grazing bill can help curb it and Buhari knows that.

Now I also see why the former DSS Director General emphasised on border control on Sunrise daily..

The list goes on..

Cc

Startling Research findings by Professor Charles Adisa.
Issued by Chinua Achebe Centre for Leadership and Development (CACLAD)

The Result of the Research about Fulani herdsmen.

FULANI HERDSMEN KILLINGS; MODUS OPERANDI, THOSE INVOLVED, AND THE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

The most significant problem that African nations face is lack of leadership. Normally, Leadership should be an intentional conscious effort to attend to the people’s needs and aspirations. But in Africa, even though many of those that are thrust into the position of leadership mean well, they lack the capacity to lead and meet the people/s hopes and aspirations. Apart from lack of adequate preparation for leadership, one other notable factor that had inhibited good leadership among African leaders is the seemingly non-existent structures for research and information management in the society. Hence, many well-meaning leaders often do not have the requisite information needed for a thorough appraisal and resolution of problems as they arise.

A clear example is the recent terrorist attack in Enugu State of Nigeria and the obvious ignorance of the State Leadership on the modus operandi of the Fulani Herdsmen which led to poor leadership decisions. For a long time, the Nigerian state has been under siege by Fulani herdsmen terrorists operating under a predictable pattern of reconnaissance, attack and withdrawal, leading to many deaths and social dislocations. Since January 2016, there has been documented deaths of approximately 1000 Nigerians from across the middle belt, the South-south, and Southeastern parts of the country from these coordinated Fulani herdsmen attacks. The Fulani herdsmen are credited with destabilizing the city of Jos, a once tourist destination; and their history of mayhem extend beyond the borders of the Nigerian state. They are also the major actors/catalyst to recent conflicts in the Central African Republic. Armed with adequate information about these murderous group, one would have expected the Governors in the Southeastern states, especially those whose citizens were murdered in cold blood by these terrorists to come out with a strong condemnation of the Fulani herdsmen carnage and unify towards a common cause solution. On the contrary, events in the past weeks only showed confused state executives, who do not even understand the magnitude of the problem at hand.

In fairness to these Governors, some of them mostly followed the normal state security protocol in responding to this abnormality, Hence, the failure to protect the citizens was the liability of the Federal Government of Nigeria and its armed forces. Though we do not excuse the shabby response of these Governors to the Fulani Herdsmen tragedy, we are inclined to give them a slack because to solve a problem, one needs to first understand the problem. The Governors did not understand the problem. Most Nigerians and international bodies do not understand the Fulani herdsmen problem and we at CACLD did not initially. We therefore dispatched a fact finding team to the Southeastern part of the country to unravel the intricacies and complexities of the Fulani terrorist group; a group rated as the fourth most dangerous by respected international conflict organizations (According to the Global Terrorism Index 2015 report; &Fulani militants& killed 1,229 people in 2014 -- up from 63 in 2013, Making them the &fourth most deadly terrorist group&.

Our fact finding team visited “Ama Hausa and Garki” camps in both Enugu and Abia States. They also interviewed neighbors from the local communities living within and around the Hausa communities in both states. Both the Northerners and the local community were very open and volunteered valuable information to our team. There seems to be a willingness and eagerness for the violence to end. Below, we will present our findings in numbered points.

1. The Fulani herdsmen terrorists are Fulanis but mostly non-Nigerians: This may come as a surprise to most of us. About ten percent of the terrorists are Nigerians and they live within the Hausa Fulani communities in Ama-Hausa and Garki’s in the South East and South-south regions.

2. The Fulani Herdsmen terrorists do not own cattle: This is another revelation that may come as a surprise to many. Fulani herdsmen killers’ major job description is just to kill. They do not own any cattle. Most of them are employed by the cattle owners as “security men” whose job is strictly to protect the cattle. They do not however follow the cattle around, but move in separate vehicles along a defined route within the states where cattle are being reared.

3. The Ama-Hausas and Garkis harbor 80% of the Fulani herdsmen killers: This is a very important revelation. The Garkis are mostly Hausas and other minorities from the north, but within them, they Fulani herdsmen killers reside. The northerners were able to show us these Fulani herdsmen “security personnel” and they were dressed differently from the normal Northern Nigerians within these settlements. They were young, less religious, most of them use drugs, and consume alcohol. A majority of these herdsmen terrorists are migrants from Chad, Niger, and other Fulani enclaves outside the Nigerian state. A small percentage of these Fulani youths are Nigerians born in the states where they reside. They are the ones vested with the responsibility of leading these Fulanis on their regular rampage; serving as compasses to the blood-hungry terrorists.

4. The Fulani herdsmen that accompany cattle from the North to the South per season do not own cattle: This is another surprise coming out from the investigation. The cattle are owned by more prominent Fulani leaders in the country. Most Nigerian Fulanis are no longer migratory herdsmen, but are either Emirs, Sultans, heads of parastatals, oil barons, Imams, Christian Pastors, Governors, Federal Reps, and Senators. However, they still maintain their cultural ownership of cattle. These wealthy Nigerians increase their wealth astronomically through cattle rearing by using their not well off brothers from outside Nigeria to rear these cattle. Instead of investing in ranches and buying of grasses from the South, they chose the cheaper alternative of having their kinsmen, imported from outside the country, take these cattle from the north to south seasonally; using the entire Nigerian space as their “grass kingdom”. These cattle, in turn, destroy farms in their path, rendering farmers economically bankrupt to further enrich the wealthy Fulani “remote herders”.

For clarity sake, let us present the breakdown of Fulani people in Nigeria as we deduced from our investigation.

There are about 5 million Fulani people in Nigeria making them one of the smallest ethnic group in the country.

Out of the 5 million Fulani people, only about 3 million of them are Nigerians. The remaining 2 million come from outside the country and are first generation immigrants.

About 60 percent of the Fulanis in Nigeria are governors, Pastors, Imams, Emirs, Sultan, House of Rep members, Importers, Exporters, Ministers, Oil well owners, lecturers, Vice Chancellors, Ministers, and Senators etc. In a nutshell, the Fulani control all sectors of the northern economy. These rich Fulani’s own all the cattle being reared in Nigeria.

The remaining 40 percent of Fulanis come from outside the country. These are the poor and peasant Fulanis. These immigrant Fulani’s are mostly in charge of the cattle owned by the Bourgeois Fulani. Because the Fulani’s have the highest income per capita in the Nigerian state (Fulani’s who are Nigerians), they constantly need to import their poor brothers and sisters from outside the country to increase their population (the Fulani’s always either marry into rich families or they would marry only Fulani to maintain their pure race) and to help with menial jobs.

In Garki and Ama-Hausa settlements all over the country, there exist a few Nigerian Fulanis (some are born in these states) who coordinate the cattle business. These Fulanis either help manage family cattle or are just contracted middlemen in charge of the business on behalf of various millionaire cattle owners. They themselves are also millionaires. Under these middlemen are about a group of 20 to 40 Fulani boys within the ages of 20 and 35. These are the unofficial Fulani herdsmen security team whose job is to protect the Fulani herdsmen cattle.

Lastly, there is a group of Fulani herdsmen who rear the cattle from the north to the south. These are at the bottom of the Fulani Herdsmen ladder. Some of them do not even know how to speak English and are so poor that they are paid just a little amount of money for their job. These herdsmen do not carry guns. They only carry arrows and machetes to help them navigate the bushes on their way down to the South.

6. Fulani Herdsmen Attack

We learned from the surrounding communities and from some of the Hausa elders about what constitutes a Fulani herdsmen attack. According to information we received, when there is a disagreement between host communities, or between herdsmen and farmers, the Fulani herdsmen who accompany the cattle will locate the nearest Fulani settlement and if there is none, they will locate the nearest Garki or Ama Hausa. When they arrive, they will narrate their story. The Fulani (Nigerian middlemen) cattle managers will notify their top Fulani Herdsmen which in this case, include governors (like El Rufai) and other top Fulani Bourgeois who own the cattle. A decision will be made about whether there should be an attack or not on the said village or host community. If an attack is sanctioned, then modalities will be mapped out and a date will be chosen for the attack. Most times, Fulani herdsmen in the military and police are notified and everyone sends a representative. Neighboring settlements sends out representatives and arms cache are opened and arms are distributed to the participants. The major participants are the 20 to 40 Fulani herdsmen who reside in the Garkis and Ama Hausas. These are the Fulani warriors whose job is to kill.

During an attack, every Fulani person in the area knows there will be an attack and all will contribute to make sure it goes on successfully. Fulanis in the higher levels of the military will ensure all commands under them stand down, and the top Fulani police officers will do the same. The road is then clear for the Fulani herdsmen to carry their attacks.

7. Solution

Many of those who interacted with us suggested solutions that are very interesting. Most of the northern Hausas and the local communities suggested a ban on grazing in the affected states. A total ban would be the only way to solve this problem. Some argued that with the Fulani’s nature of encroaching on other people’s land and territories, any attempt to give them land would aggravate the problem and not solve it.

Most villagers from Abia State suggested that these cattle be penned in the north while government releases money for people in the South to cut grasses, process the grass, and send to the north. This is the practice all over the world. They indicated that any attempt to take their lands and give to the Fulani would definitely result to a civil war.

We agree, the solution is very simple; ban grazing, establish ranches for the cattle in the north, pay the southerners to harvest grass and send to the north. With this, everyone would be pleased with the outcome. This solution is expected to generate 1 million jobs in the South and about 500,000 jobs in the North. Also Fulani herdsmen terror will be totally eliminated.

Conclusion

Next time when we talk about a herdsmen attack, we must understand that the attack was not carried out by the herdsmen you see escorting cattle on the roads and bushes. These attacks are well coordinated and sometimes involves the approval of senators and influential men in Abuja. Even our president Mohammed Buhari has a herd of cattle and hence is a Fulani herdsman, corroborating the information we received from respondents on ground. Fulani herdsmen attacks involves all Fulani ethnic members in Nigeria. Most times, these attacks happen only because “respectable men” sanction them.

Issued by the News Team of Chinua Achebe Center for Leadership and Development [CACLAD] circa 2016.

Friend Zone doesn't exist especially for me and my guys.
How does it even happen? There's no time in the world of today so how does a practicing guyman receive "monkey" from a girl once,twice,thrice and still continues? Really how?
Guys don't even keep in touch with the girls that they know like them much..not to talk of one giving you L..
And please playing hard to get is not friend zoning abi.
Infact if my gang member like you and you no dey give am attention plus wire..na we go cut you off sef even of it means beating our guy join.

I promise to never understand friend zoning..its an Indomie generation sontin.

YoungRichRuler:
Google Playstore. You have to install google services on your BB10. A friend helped with mine

OK thanks

YoungRichRuler:
I use Q10 and I have whatsapp for blackberry and whatsapp for android. I use the two at the moment. If blackberry's own stops, I continue with my android version

So where exactly did you get the Android WhatsApp?

nelszx:
What many don't know
BlackBerry 10 operates on both Blackberry and Android OS. If whatsapp ends on blackberry os just download the android version it will work fine

Nice.Are you guys sure about this?

So it means if I download WhatsApp from 1mobile I can continue using WhatsApp on my BB10?

Looks like a Galago

I was born in 1980. Some say that means I belong to the Generation X. Others believe this makes me a millennial and thus a member of Generation Y - a frustrating state of affairs if you are like me and prefer things to be all neat and tidy. Anyone born between 1977 and 1985 will know this problem. These nine years are not enough to qualify as a separate generation, but many who are born during that time never quite feel like they belong. And they have every reason to think that. Those born in the early 1980's - call them "Xennials" - had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood The years of our birth lie between two huge generations. We had to bridge the divide between an analog childhood and digital adulthood and we are reminded of this day after day. We live with one foot in Generation X and one in Generation Y. This is an uncomfortable position - and we aren't fond of it. But there is a simple solution: We can call ourselves a micro- generation. We are not Gen-Xers. We are not millennials. We are in between, we are Xennials. Nobody quite knows who first coined that term. For a long time it was falsely attributed to the Australian sociologist Dan Woodman . Author Sarah Stankorb claims first use of the word in an Essay for the Magazin "Good" in 2014. But whoever came up with it, the term really nails it. Young Xennials played outdoors and couldn't text their friends Like the Gen-Xers, as children we played outdoors, engaged in games we made ourselves, a long time before the advent of gaming consoles. We made macramé bracelets for our friends and wrote each other postcards. We couldn't coordinate meetups with friends by text, chat or WhatsApp. We had to pick up the receiver, call their house, introduce ourselves to their parents and persuade them to hand the phone to our friend. This sometimes felt like dodging obstacles in Mario Land's boss fights. I once had the father of a friend tell me: "I'm sorry but I can't bother Susan right now. She's watching Emergency Room." I spent nearly half an hour explaining the one- sentence message I wanted him to relay to her. Xennials may have used Hotmail, but also navigate social media like they were born into it But then they arrived: The first cellphones. Finally we had a way of contacting our friends without having to go through their parents first. We joyfully commenced texting and texting and texting. That led to a horrendous phone bill, which was met with less than joyful responses by our parents, but that is a story for another day. Our fist computers were either Intels, 286 or 486, or the Commodore Amiga. Our first video games came on floppy disks. They were played with the keyboard or a joystick. Oh how I loved the Winter Games or Prince of Persia! My first email address ended with @hotmail.com. And do you remember the racket the old modems used to make!? Nowadays we use social media like we were born to do it. But we can remember a life without them. Our earliest childhood is recorded on Super-8 tapes that are barely even legible today. I feel for all the kids who will have to relive their potty successes and failures in full HD in a few years. paullhammonddavies Follow We grew up without the stress of being constantly photographed, filmed or location tracked. Pictures of our childhood were never posted on Facebook. As we were growing up, technology matured along side us. We had time to get used to it and were still young enough to feel right at home with it. Those born in the early 1980's are neither depressed like Gen Xers or overly optimistic like millennials Our childhood was peaceful. The Cold War that had terrified Generation X was already almost over by the time we were born. It did not concern us. We heard of the Iraq war and the conflict in the Balkans, but both of those still seemed very far away. It was nothing compared to the war in Afghanistan that was very present in the mind of young millennials. Our most important conflicts were about whether we wore Buffalos or skater shoes, or if we listened to Green day or Oasis. It follows that the psychological makeup of the typical Xennial should lie somewhere between the typical millennial and the members of Gen X, according to Professor Woodman of the University of Melbourne. He told Mamamia that they were "between the Gen X group - who we think of as the depressed flannelette- shirt wearing, grunge-listening children that came after the Baby Boomers, and the millennials - who get described as optimistic, tech savvy and maybe a little bit too sure of themselves and too confident." Or in other words: Xennials are neither depressed nor overly optimistic. We hold the optimal balance. All things considered, it's not frustrating to be sandwiched between two generations. In fact, I would say we managed to be born at the perfect time.

http://www.businessinsider.com/people-born- between-gen-x-millennials-xennials-2017-11? IR=T