Hello,

Good morning.

Trust you all are doing OK.

Firstly, I would love to start by explaining why I brought this to the Culture Section of Nairaland. We were taught that culture is people's way of life. This piece addresses our way of life, here on Nairaland, at least.

I woke up to meet the sad news of the demise of this wonderful fellow, HungerBad. I didn't have any direct dealings with him but I knew him for two things - his comments and his benevolence. May his soul rest in God's perfect peace, may those he left behind find strength to carry on.

Nairaland is a faceless forum. Each day we come online, we interact with monikers, sometimes we forget that behind these monikers are actual humans with real names, families and real lives. I've been here for a while. I've seen things. I've seen people play over someone's depression, I've seen people mock others that need some sort of help or the other. I've seen people say terrible things about others. I've seen people wish others death. I've seen comments where users threaten to kill others. In the heat of the just concluded elections, I saw folks do things that I fear even animals may not do to themselves. I've seen people celebrate the deaths of others. This list is endless.

But there's more. I've seen good deeds go down here too. A couple of times, I've seen fundraising threads for one sick person or the other. I've seen sincere efforts by people to help other people with jobs, tuition, etc. The annual Xfire Scholarship comes to mind. HungerBad's repeated show of kindness comes to mind too.

HungerBad was a kind fellow. Regular users of this forum must have come across his good deeds at one point or the other. He was not discouraged by the activities of scammers that's of course ubiquitous here. He looked beyond the lines of cultural divisions. He gave to all. Hausas. Igbos. Yorubas.

To HungerBad, it didn't matter whether you are Christian or Muslim. All that mattered to him was that you needed help. More like, a human needs help. This was enough for him.

There are a few lessons we all can pick from this fellow. Our country is already in a terrible state. People are jobless, people are angry. Why heat it further with tribalism and extreme political views? The elite continue to take the common man for a ride. They play on the gullibility of the average Nigerian. They exploit the natural hatred each geopolitical region has for the other. Why then do we hurt ourselves the more? Why can't we show unconditional love to each other just like our dear HungerBad did?

We tend to be unaware that behind each moniker is a human that may be at the verge of taking his life. We make all sorts of derogatory comments not minding the possible impacts. We forget too that silence, that is, not commenting on each and every thread, is an option. Mr. A opens a thread about a certain problem he's confronted with. Maybe a health challenge. The first commenter calls him unprintable names and makes jest of his condition. The second commenter follows suit and a cascade is set.

Who would have known that HungerBad was in the US Army? You can't be sure of the person behind a moniker you just wrongly attacked. He may be the doctor that stood for hours doing a procedure on your brother, he may be the driver that helped your stranded sister, she may be the lawyer that fought for the right of your daughter, or the good Samaritan that donated massively for the health of your father.

In conclusion, I urge each and every one of us to follow peace with all men. We must treat each other with a sense of respect. We must be quick to help, if we can. If we can't, we must move on, this is better than worsening the situation with an out-of-place comment.

Lastly, life is temporary. Whether we continue to live or die can be decided in seconds. Let's carry this consciousness at the back of our minds as we pursue our day-to-day activities.

Thank you.

Will they hear?

Ishilove:
Will they hear?

True. The least we can do is to continue hoping for the better.

Exactly some people don't know that the future is packaged in human's.. you might not know who will be your helper Tommorw.


Rip Hungerbad

shininglite:
Exactly some people don't know that the future is packaged in human's.. you might not know who will be your helper Tommorw.


Rip Hungerbad

We all should live our lives today with a strong consciousness of tomorrow.

TONYE001:


We all should live our lives today with a strong consciousness of tomorrow.

absolutely..

First of all, I want to extend my sincere condolences to the family of hungerbad, may his soul rest in peace, I never had an encounter with him, but I had noticed his moniker on the forum, and the only way I could have noticed his moniker was because he was either doing something right or bad, when I saw the thread about his demise, I had to go through his profile and I was impressed, don't think I have seen any profile with that much followers and I read a few of his comments and I understood why, like the op said this is a faceless forum and behind the keyboard are people with various ways of thinking, intelligence and character, I for one think despite all the bashing that goes on here, we should be able to learn from each other, laugh with each other and mourn when one of us answers the call, many of the tribalism and hate that goes on here is born out of the imperfections of our society and the long standing cultural experience of our people, especially the major tribes in our beloved country, that said we all can't be matured commenters and we all can't be tolerant of some comments, but let's try to be human when we have to, let's be funny when we have to, and most of all we are all Nigerians, I want to use this medium to apologise to all I might have bashed in one way or the other, my emotions got the better of me, lastly no matter our differences politically, regionally and in any other way, let's be human, forgiving and be our brothers keeper.....once again rest in peace Hungerbad.

So he is truly dead... when I saw the news, couldn't believe it... have to switch off my data... it hurts... nice guy.... I remember when he gave ₦10,000 to 30 people... Travel well my friend..... Hungerbad

Hungerbad was a kigite and we always interact with kegite languanja


Rest in peace Fellowsis as you interact with fellow JESUS in lIIya dU HEAVEN

You will always be karid both in presidential or in absentia

Wait o, is hungerbad dead? When did it happen?

Because this write up looks like a tribute

True words

Everything you said is true. I remember during the elections, hungerbad and sarrki were campaigning for buhari all over nairaland. Lots of people attacked him but he continued his buhari campaign not minding anyone. That shows he's not the kind of guy that's easily intimidated by anyone.
Those days hungerbad will pay hospital bills, pay school fees for students on nairaland and even pay house rent. I use to think he's a politician or a politician's son. Never knew he was a soldier.

May his good works speak for him and may he obtain mercy on the last day before the judgement throne of the almighty. God keep his family safe. Amen

Rip to the dead

Thanks.,.Much needed.

RIP HungerBad.

R.I.P Hungerbad

Respect Op

NL PHILANTHROPIST, RIP BROTHER.

Ishilove:
Will they hear?

no we wont

RIP

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RIP will miss his comments

Ishilove:
Will they hear?

No, they would not

We have too many kids on Nairaland now compared to before.

Recall what Nairaland was back then?

I'm talking about 2007 to 2013. You remember before you became a mod that we always had this debate with the atheists at the Religion Section. You had a crush on Jayriginal

Then we had fun and did contacted each other outside Nairaland. Things have really changed.

We now have kids who are freshers or Jambites and know absolutely nothing. Hence, it is very easy for one idiot to mislead them into hating another tribe. An idiot who had the opportunity for revolution, but ran away and started brainwashing people to hate their country. I can't understand what's happening.

I am a christian, no one can convince me to hate Christianity except if I'm personally convinced myself.
I'm a Nigerian, no one can tell me to hate my country, except I choose to.
I am a human being, no one can tell me to hate on another who did no wrong to me, call them animals or incite a people against another people

Nice and wonderful piece ! If only we can meditate and live by it . May his gentle soul rest in peace , Amen ! Thanks op

Tribalists should learn

He was quite a prolific poster on here, with greater than 300 threads. If only folks could monetise their contributions to Nairaland.
Seun please do something about these scammers, and maybe introduce something like the awards that Reddit has.

This is beautiful. I have learnt from him though I never met him

RIP hunger

This is one of the best threads I've ever read here. Keep it up.