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Nairaland General › Re: How Many Of You Hunted For This Insect?? by WoundedLamb: 3:25pm On Sep 05, 2020

Wow... what's that?

Crime › Re: 9-Year-Old Habiba Raped By A 60-Year-Old Chief In Edo, Rots & Dies (Graphic) by WoundedLamb: 3:24pm On Sep 05, 2020

Fear men.

Culture › Re: How Real Are Things Like 'Odeshí', 'Juju', 'Otumorkpor' In Nigeria/Africa? by WoundedLamb: 3:23pm On Sep 05, 2020

I'm interested too.

Romance › Re: The Hypocritical "Live And Let Live" Mantra By Nigerians by WoundedLamb: 2:52pm On Sep 05, 2020

Offpoint:
In respective of whatever analogy we use in treating this topic, the bolded is a the point I needed.

If we are truly to "Live and let live", to "Mind our businesses" in the right context there wouldn't have been any reasons for LAW.
There was/is law in the first place to checkmate us as human.

2 grow ups guys having sex with themselves is of no "Harm" to no one, why didn't Nigeria law "Not live and let live"?

I can't go around policing anyone on how they choose to live their lives and that doesn't mean I should public/privately condone or support everything.

1) But there are laws already protecting people from harm. The aim of the law in a liberal setting is to ensure people don't harm others and to promote live/let-live. Since we have these laws in place, anyone still refusing to live/let-live is no longer law abiding. If you remember my first definition, anything that inflicts harm others is not encapsulated in the live/let-live mantra and the law is there to ensure that definition is upheld.

2) I'm glad you brought that up. Criminalization of homosexuality, regardless of how you guys hate it, is not justifiable in any way because it's a big deviation from this definition of what a crime should be. The African community allows religion to interfere with their laws and religion is not known to be tolerant/accommodating or considerate towards the minority. The criminalization has led to the killing of some gay people, suicide/depression on the gah guys' part, parents casting out their children and gays guys getting into horrible marriages just to please the intolerant society. These are similar to what was obtainable before man got enlightened and they are just some of the effects of a law that deviates from live/let-live philosophy.

Live and let live is the reason you're free as a black man today. It is the reason why you can practice your religion freely to a great extent. It is the only reason why man has moved on from the pre-civilization era when you could inflict harm on those who don't abide by your standards provided you're stronger. Nobody said you should support everything, that's not possible. But it is not in your place to condone or not condone my dressing, you simply don't have that right.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Strange Accounts Appearing On Nairaland Every Midnight! by WoundedLamb(op): 2:28pm On Sep 05, 2020

igbesachick:
chinese are banned to use yahoo and gmail emails.

in china, 1 ID card can at most buy 5 phone cards. and all local email registration needs 1 phone mumber to verify.

obviously, these "moles" are on their own cost, they can not limitlessly creat nairaland monikas.

unless they are hired directly by chinese government. but , if so, they will not bother to use guerrilla strategy. chinese goverment has very high tech mass spam/bot system. that is totally automatically run by machine. and if it really be so, you will not just see these few pro-china threads. if they do adopt bot machine, nairaland will break down...haha..

They could still use VPN and create multiple accounts on other platforms. They might even be Chinese guys who operate from outside China. As for the bots characteristics you mentioned, bots are purpose-developed so if the aim is to change people's opinion of the Chinese government, then emulating real humans would be paramount. It wouldn't make sense to flood and crash the forum cause that would only defeat the aim. One never knows really.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Strange Accounts Appearing On Nairaland Every Midnight! by WoundedLamb(op): 2:19pm On Sep 05, 2020

igbesachick:
i could be a spy if i want to. my attitude towards china depends on the thread.

Hhmmm...

Foreign Affairs › Re: Strange Accounts Appearing On Nairaland Every Midnight! by WoundedLamb(op): 2:18pm On Sep 05, 2020*

igbesachick:
of course there is a REAL person behind those threads. if it is bot, it will use perfect english and spam all over this forum instead of several threads.

I see. I was thinking those write-ups came from Google translate. Google translate doesn't always produce correct output especially for Asian languages. Ok.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Strange Accounts Appearing On Nairaland Every Midnight! by WoundedLamb(op): 2:13pm On Sep 05, 2020

VickyRotex:
Hahahaha well that accent is magical. So it sure worked.

Nah, contrary to that. We discovered the person who said the below is the mole.

Well, if you're an agent, let know. I want to inquire about the pay. Lol.

Those words were never said! Don't attempt to rewrite history. undecided

Education › Re: Don't MUMU Yourself “i'm Fine Thank You” is ABSOLUTELY Wrong! See Right Response by WoundedLamb: 9:55am On Sep 05, 2020*

Really? I'm Canadian and even though we normally say 'I'm good', some still say 'I'm fine' and there's nothing wrong with it since it's grammatically correct. When a construct is grammatically correct, its employment strictly depends on the location/region. It may not be popular in a particular country but that doesn't make it incorrect. The use of language is an art and the speakers are allowed to express themselves however they want provided the rules of grammar are followed. Forcing Nigerians to use responses popular in England would be forcing the English culture down their throats. And that would also limit the language cause languages grow by allowing the speakers to bring in linguistic constructs and elements from their cultures.

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Music/Radio › Re: 5 Artistes Who Have Lost Their Mojo by WoundedLamb: 9:45am On Sep 05, 2020

Your first mention proves you're just looking for anything to write about.

Politics › Re: Which Other State Would Love To Live In Nigeria Apart From Your Current One by WoundedLamb: 9:40am On Sep 05, 2020

Akwa-Ibom
Lagos
Abuja
Enugu

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Romance › Re: The Hypocritical "Live And Let Live" Mantra By Nigerians by WoundedLamb: 9:36am On Sep 05, 2020

Offpoint:
I have some points, in order not to further stretch this argument with... I'll love to ask you a personal question. "Should everyone mind their businesses" In the real sense?

I don't know what "live and let live" mean to you in your own point of view, but in my own view it means "ANYTHING GOES"

There's another thread I saw this morning about a friend who catch his friend's fiancee in another guy apartment and the "Mind your business" comments still surfaced.

I advice my friends and family in the most friendly way possible. I can advice a stranger who sought for it. I can share my opinion tactfully. Asides these, I mind my business. If I don't like how something is done where I live, I advocate for the law to be amended but I never ever take it upon myself to police others and stretch the law by my standards. I don't do that, mostly because I wouldn't like others to drag me based on their own standards too and also because minding one's business is the culture where I grew up and currently still live. It is a way of life here and it has proven to be a peaceful way. It does not mean "anything goes" because anything cannot go where there are already laws. You don't need to be a law on your own.

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Romance › Re: The Hypocritical "Live And Let Live" Mantra By Nigerians by WoundedLamb: 8:40am On Sep 05, 2020

Offpoint:
I'm glad you have sound mind and have been able to make few points.

There are few points I've bolded in your write up I want to touch.

First bolded: I clearly stated I didn't justify non condemned the guy's actions.

Second and third bolded: I'll combine my points.
If we have rights to do whatever we want since it doesn't directly or indirectly hurt anyone, why is a crime to go out naked in some societies?
How does me walking around Naked hurts anyone?

If I return home and see my neighbours 12 years son and daughter kissing and caressing themselves... What harm did their actions cost me?

Should I simply "live and let live" since the kids actions is of no direct or indirect harm to me?

There's no way we are to twist it, in human society live and let live will breed anarchy and Immoral society.

For the record I'm not a saint

In many countries, it's only illegal to not to cover the genitals. And even if the genitals are exposed unintentionally, it is still not a crime. This is because the intention is the real crime. A lady who prefers skimpy clothes might still put them on even if there are only women around so there's no clear evidence that every lady in skimpy clothes has the intention to perpetuate evil. Fashion breeds confidence and for many, that's their source of confidence. Men put on body hugs that show their chest lines too, who has ever harassed them? No one because we believe it's just fashion. But then we feel the need to tell the ladies how to dress. I'm not supporting skimpy dressing (I'm actually indifferent) but I'm not in a position to walk up to an adult, a total stranger and call her out for her dressing, she's not a kid and she's within her rights. If I feel her dressing will influence my kids, I either move to a society where their dressing goes well with my standards or just try to ensure my kids don't associate with them. But you can't come to another man's society and start pushing your own standards down their throats, that's intolerance. There will always be something that is not a crime that others do that you don't find acceptable, how many of such things do plan to fight? Live/let live is not just for others but for your own sanity too and you're only finding it strange cause you grew up in a society where people are always up one another's business.

About the kids' analogy, parents are responsible for their kid's actions, good or bad. If they commit a crime, the parents will pay for it. As such, they also reserve the right to tell the kids what to do. Admonishing a kid doing something wrong is like helping the parents in their absence. But once they grow into adults, bro, you can only preach. You can't harass two grown ups for having sex even though it might be wrong by your standards. Likewise a grown up girl dressed scantily. She's not a kid and this kids analogy still suggests some sense of superiority on your part, and I believe that's where your perceptions stem from. Nobody has ever harassed a man for cheating (something even more hurtful to another party) but we tend to feel it's our responsibility to guide and guard the ladies.

Anarchy is the absence of law. The law has criminalised what it deems hurtful (like going around naked as you pointed out). The law has drawn the line. You thinking the law is insufficient and feeling the need to augment it by your own standards is, in fact, far more anarchistic because if we all bring our individual standards to the table based on our respective micro societies, religion, cultures, etc., then they'll be chaos. And that is where live/let live mantra comes into play. It is, in fact, the only way to co-exist as humans.

Hope it's clear.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Strange Accounts Appearing On Nairaland Every Midnight! by WoundedLamb(op): 6:50am On Sep 05, 2020

VickyRotex:
E don happen. The story is being written already. lol

This one pass iron teeth o

.......and some rogue agents infiltrated her team's network. How did her team handle this?
Turn to page 50 .........

Oh... I think I already know how Vicky handled the situation! She started crying and shouting at the spy "leave us alone nah!" (in Nigerian accent). Lol

Meanwhile, igbesachick is probably the spy here. For history sake, note that I'm the smart one who who detected the mole!

Foreign Affairs › Re: For Those Who Think B1ll Gat¢s Vaccines Are For Good by WoundedLamb: 3:31am On Sep 05, 2020*

Africans! Lol. Y'all are so funny!

This drug can't be sold in those areas for the same reason pocket bibles are not to be sold at all. Selling any product heavily subsidized or strategically developed to be cheaper in a particular region outside that region is a crime. The drug is already approved in Canada and doctors are already using it. It's approved in the US too (in fact, the US was accused to buying a batch meant to be distributed worldwide). It is even the very first drug approved by the European union against the virus as well (in June). These guys got it from the original manufacturers with high production cost and thus more expensive. These ones shipped to Africa, Middle East and some countries willing to wait were made by partner companies in countries with lower cost of production or transportation to target. These partner companies are licensed by the original manufacturer. They are cheaper/affordable and therefore it is a crime to sneak them into the US, Canada or EU for sale. That will only bankrupt the mother company while enriching the smugglers.

The drug is manufactured by Gilead and the company has signed non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreements with generic pharmaceutical manufacturers based in Egypt, India and Pakistan to further expand supply. The agreements allow the companies to manufacture the drug for distribution in 127 countries. The countries consist of nearly all low-income and lower-middle income countries, as well as several upper-middle- and high-income countries that face significant obstacles to healthcare access. Nigeria is one of such countries.

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Romance › Re: Before You Marry That Woman, Watch Her Actions And Mannerisms When She Is Angry by WoundedLamb: 3:26am On Sep 05, 2020

Applicable to both parties.

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Romance › Re: The Hypocritical "Live And Let Live" Mantra By Nigerians by WoundedLamb: 3:16am On Sep 05, 2020*

Offpoint:
I'm glad you asked, there was 2 wrongs in the video...
The guy side being "Recording" the event.
I didn't justify him because he "Recorded", not only "Recorded, but he did it in perverted manner"

I didn't condemn him because He drew her attention to what she wore.

I don't need to explain the second wrong which is from the lady.

Until you read the write up with sincere mind, you won't get the message.

Forget about the said event and focus on the mantra "Live and let live."

On what the man should have done... He should have approaching her in a more respectful manner and talk to her about her dressing in a friendly way.

I would have gladly focused on the mantra if you had not brought up the event. So let me drop a few words on that before we proceed. The concept of wrong dressing is tied to region/culture. There was a time in the african culture when women only covered their breasts and their genitals. This knowledge implies that when one moves from one region to another, they might need to reassess their definitions. This does not necessarily mean dressing like the locals but, at least, knowing what to expect/tolerate. Countries near the polar regions, for example, get extremely hot during summer and extremely cold during winter. Traditionally, people from these countries got used to skimpy clothes during the hot season and very thick winter jackets during the cold season. Though these clothes aren't tied to seasons anymore, the culture is already favourable to skimpy clothes and it is no big deal in these countries. These clothes don't mean the girls are more morally declined than their fully clothed counterparts in Nigeria, these clothes don't necessarily make the men to rape them, and truthfully, different occasions might still require different dressing styles. I appreciate the fact that someone from Nigeria might consider this unacceptable (there are so many things Africans do that whites think are rather bizarre too) especially when he sees a fellow Nigerian dressing like these foreigners. But the best you can do as a stranger is to "preach" from a distance and not constitute a nuisance while at it. Harassing her like the man did is out of the question. There's nothing at all that slighty makes him justifiable. Good or bad, the girl had the right to put on anything she wanted to. I still don't know why she didn't call the police; maybe she's an illegal immigrant herself.

Now about the mantra, lol. The saying simply means you should not inflict any form of harm on people because they disagree with your philosophy provided they have not committed any crime. Crime, in this context, means any action actively taken by a party with the aim of directly or indirectly hurting another party without their voluntary participation. You can disagree with people's actions, you can have an opinion about them but it's not in your place to go after them cause they don't fit into your lifestyle. Men cheat on their wives; boys keep many girlfriends these days and they come online to boast about it. The younger ones read these things and think it's cool, such a terrible influence. I personally disagree with that lifestyle, I might even tell a friend it's not cool and be 'vocal' about on a faceless forum like this but I'm not in a position to call anybody out based on that. I can only try to tell make my younger ones know what is right or wrong. There's always something we do that others consider not to be cool. The moment you try to tell people how to live their lives, you're already assuming a superior position and that is why men in Africa believe it's OK to tell a lady how to dress.

We have moved on from macro societies to micro societies. The society is now you and your circle and that's what you should be concerned about, maintaining the sanity of your society for yourself and your offspring

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Romance › Re: What Should Be The Perfect Age To Get Married And Have Children? by WoundedLamb: 12:46am On Sep 05, 2020

There's no such thing. OP, don't create pressure for yourself.

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Education › Re: Can I Still Go For Service? by WoundedLamb: 12:44am On Sep 05, 2020

greatnaija01:
AGE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

You are a doctor and that is great.

I don't think you answered his question though.

@Fafesot: yes, you can. You can only get an exemption letter after the age of 30 and that's optional. I really don't know why you're worried about that cause anyone who graduates after the age of 30 can present an exemption letter in place of NYSC certificate.

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Romance › Re: The Hypocritical "Live And Let Live" Mantra By Nigerians by WoundedLamb: 12:39am On Sep 05, 2020

You said you're not here to justify the man's action and then you wrote an epistle justifying the man's action. Lol.

Let's know your view before it spirals down into fruitless arguments. Since you're not OK with the man's action (as you said you are not justifying it) and you're also not OK with the critics (as you said they are hypocritical), what do you think the man should have done?

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Strange Accounts Appearing On Nairaland Every Midnight! by WoundedLamb(op): 12:28am On Sep 05, 2020

VickyRotex:
my friends bawo lol I meant how did you come to the conclusion that they're from Middle East? But I see that someone else has dropped another bomb.
Lemme just

In bold, told you some of them are lala's bots

100 years after

It was in September, 2020 when a young lady named Vicky led a team of Nairaland ~~users~~ investigators who were tasked with exposing the shady deals of the Chinese government in Africa; a mission that made her step on the feet of those with iron teeth - the powerful forces from the Middle East...

Foreign Affairs › Re: Strange Accounts Appearing On Nairaland Every Midnight! by WoundedLamb(op): 12:19am On Sep 05, 2020

igbesachick:
actually, in most countries, the email address(needed to register in nairaland) is connected with phone number(in most countries, a person can not buy many).

see, i am also active at midnight .....i could be an agent too

Really? Gmail and Yahoo mail services are pretty similar worldwide and phone numbers only serve as another level of authentication especially during password reset, and it's absolutely optional and can replaced with another email account. I actually don't think there's any email provider that will insist on a different number for each new account cause it's not out of place for one to have more than one email account.

Well, if you're an agent, let know. I want to inquire about the pay. Lol.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Strange Accounts Appearing On Nairaland Every Midnight! by WoundedLamb(op): 12:13am On Sep 05, 2020

igbesachick:
sometimes they do care, if you give them harsh personal remarks in chinese language. they will jump on their feet and violently respond

Really??

Maybe they don't even understand English. Maybe they use Google translate for the original post. To think I've been wasting my time commenting on their posts. Lol.

Romance › Re: Recharge card by WoundedLamb: 12:10am On Sep 05, 2020

chingle5:
Well I agree with u bt this post I am talking abt hv meet all criteria of a trending post

Not when we both don't know what makes up "all the criteria". There are so many other possible variables, conditions and flags. But if you think it's manual, maybe you're right. Though I doubt any reasonable programmer would let users (mods) decide what's trending when they are already existing variables that can compute that and automate the functionality. It's like saying someone decides the trending posts on LinkedIn. We both know that's not remotely possible. There are some standard code snippets one can easily get online for these components that constitute the building block of social media so there's no reason whatsoever for Seun to task humans with such a boring task. But like I said, you could be right.

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Romance › Re: Recharge card by WoundedLamb: 11:48pm On Sep 04, 2020*

chingle5:
I dont think so... The post I was viewing have many comments bt it has not enter trending I think it is the act of an incompetent admin

Not necessarily by the number of comments. I think it's about the time interval between comments. If something is trending, it means people are talking about it within the period. So if a post has 100 comments that came one per day (24 hours apart and a 100 day period), it might never trend because the trending algorithm might be working with a shorter range (and therefore get a few posts with the period). But if a post has 30 comments that came in within very short intervals (say they all came in within a minute), such a post might trend. Again, I think there are other restrictions like a thread with more than a particular number of pages can't trend anyone even if the comments come rapidly. This to create room for newer threads to trend. And a thread might not trend twice even if it still passes the restrictions above. I honestly don't know how the engine works but as a programmer myself, that's how I'd structure my trending algorithm for best results.

It would be ridiculous to think that the mods are tasked with looking at each post to see what to move to the 'trending' page.

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Romance › Re: Can A Girl Have A Bestie Without Them Having Sex? by WoundedLamb: 11:32pm On Sep 04, 2020

Ningen:
If I'm not my girlfriend's bestie, I'm wasting my time. Yes, I'm so possessive. It's me or not me.

The position of a best friend is very different from that of a lover. Their roles are different. A girl who met you and decided to date you can never replace her longtime best friend with you. Best friends are people you fall back to. It's cool if your partner never had one but if she did and you attempt to take the bestie's position, you'd simply be begging to be lied to so you'd be happy.

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Romance › Re: Born Again Sisters Are Dying Of Konji, Based On My Own Experience by WoundedLamb: 11:23pm On Sep 04, 2020

drake99:
so the girls should be dying of konji?

So you're doing them a favour? Lmao

Dude, everyone gets excited sometimes. That they are super religious doesn't mean they don't feel the urge, it's human nature. This thread is surprising and funny to me, does it mean you thought they didn't have urges they are fighting too? What exactly is your new discovery?

She's sex starved and enjoyed it as you described, yet you're the one who ran to the internet to testify.

Seun, please add age limits for account creation on Nairaland!

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Romance › Re: Why Do Most People Call This Guy Handsome by WoundedLamb: 11:13pm On Sep 04, 2020

sacajawea:
Everywhere on the net, most Nigerian ladies think he is very good looking. There is an Instagram account called Alex Ekkubo wives association. Him and that weird looking, Vain, pussy nigga Ebuka-Agbada, Are considered Handsome. Tired of these Lies FFS!!
Y'all are Either lying, or Nigerian women just have very poor Taste.

Lol... Of all his cute pics, it's this one you now brought here? Are you trying to influence opinions? Will that change his actual look? Are your eyes now the new standard?

By the way, why are you even worked up over who's handsome and who isn't?

Romance › Re: Recharge card by WoundedLamb: 11:09pm On Sep 04, 2020

chingle5:
OP how did u enter trending if this is the work of a mod ogun and amadioha with obatala combine fire that admin and OP together yeye dey smell awon APC candidate mtchewww

He entered trending because we're commenting. It's an algorithm

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Education › Re: "Is This For Real"?- Check Out What A Student Did That Got Reactions by WoundedLamb: 11:06pm On Sep 04, 2020

visiondee:
Is it only me that see the student's handwriting and the teacher's marking style the same? IMO, a single person here is acting as teacher and student.

Of course, it's only a joke.

Education › Re: Best Graduating Secondary School Student Awarded A Fat Cow For His Achievement. by WoundedLamb: 10:55pm On Sep 04, 2020

This is great! I'm sure he'll appreciate that.

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Education › Re: Meet 14-year-old Prakriti Malla " The Girl With The Best Handwriting" by WoundedLamb: 10:02pm On Sep 04, 2020

budaatum:
This bit of the article made me want to throw up!

Instead of informing us of the many hours of practice Malla put in to acquire this amazing ability they make it sound like it fell on her like manna from heaven!

Lol... they also added that she practiced. Guess they are trying to say there's something congenital about the writing. In my family, our writings are all alike and it's not like we sat to teach one another how to write.

I just have problems with all these "best in the world" write-ups. How many writings did they see?

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