Theflint1:
Who's watching House of the Dragons?

Shows giving early signs of mid, and there's so many black characters, wonder if that's how it is from the source material...the black characters from the royal family are mixed breed, have pure white hair, yet from their skin tone it's clear they're proper blacks and not straight mixed breeds like they're supposed to be from their parentage...needlessly distracting if they went out of their way to cast black characters in white roles.

afrodoc2:


They are not black in the book. They are meant to look like the Targaryens since they also came from Valyria to Westeros (before the Targaryens actually), though they are not dragon riders.

House of the Dragon and Bridgerton are examples of affirmative action on steroids.

afrodoc2:


They are not black in the book. They are meant to look like the Targaryens since they also came from Valyria to Westeros (before the Targaryens actually), though they are not dragon riders.

House of the Dragon and Bridgerton are examples of affirmative action on steroids.

Theflint1:
Who's watching House of the Dragons?

Shows giving early signs of mid, and there's so many black characters, wonder if that's how it is from the source material...the black characters from the royal family are mixed breed, have pure white hair, yet from their skin tone it's clear they're proper blacks and not straight mixed breeds like they're supposed to be from their parentage...needlessly distracting if they went out of their way to cast black characters in white roles.

afrodoc2:


They are not black in the book. They are meant to look like the Targaryens since they also came from Valyria to Westeros (before the Targaryens actually), though they are not dragon riders.

House of the Dragon and Bridgerton are examples of affirmative action on steroids.

larride:


The show is definitely not mid.

larride:


I think those Velaryon children are black because of their father Corlys. Or is Corlys not black in the book?

For the show, it does make sense though, their father is black and they did took their mom hair.

Theflint1:
E neva mid, but it's yet to pickup either, more like it's still riding on GOT's wave plus I didn't like how convenient it was for them to have the twins clash...I don't like how I'm feeling about today, lemme replace you at guard post next thing e jam e twin, fight to death

afrodoc2:


Corly Velaryon is not meant to be black. His appearance is meant to be similar to the Targaryens.

larride:
NLC says Abia, Anambra, Bayelsa, Delta, Enugu, Imo not paying the 30k minimum wage. I'm sure that's for the Southern state alone.

If you go up North, the number of states currently paying the 30k minimum wage cant be up to 10.

Our leaders are just callous, wicked and inconsiderate.

Are these the Govs that want to be paying 100k salary?

The best move will always be for the FG and NLC to come up with a minimum wage for FG staff and private sector while each state should go and negotiate their own minimum wage with the state chapter of NLC.

OasisX:


.....what the hell Bayelsa and Delta are doing on the List?!

larride:
NLC says Abia, Anambra, Bayelsa, Delta, Enugu, Imo not paying the 30k minimum wage. I'm sure that's for the Southern state alone.

If you go up North, the number of states currently paying the 30k minimum wage cant be up to 10.

Our leaders are just callous, wicked and inconsiderate.

Are these the Govs that want to be paying 100k salary?

The best move will always be for the FG and NLC to come up with a minimum wage for FG staff and private sector while each state should go and negotiate their own minimum wage with the state chapter of NLC.

BlueRayDick:


My question is do they have different national minimum wage in countries like UK , US, Austrialia , Canada , Germany , etc ?

I mean like the US where we copied their Federal system of government , does minimum wage vary from state to state ?

larride:


From the best of my knowledge, the US has a national minimum wage, I think it's the benchmark that most states can't go below but each state does have their own minimum wage. (I stand corrected though)

I dont know about the other countries you mentioned.

BlueRayDick:


But in Nigeria we have states who go below national minimum wage.

The funny thing is we have some joke like Ned Nwoko clamoring for creation of Anioma state out of a state like Delta that cannot afford to pay its workers national minimum wage . With which money abeg ?

They should just disband this country 🤦‍♂️

larride:


From the best of my knowledge, the US has a national minimum wage, I think it's the benchmark that most states can't go below but each state does have their own minimum wage. (I stand corrected though)

I dont know about the other countries you mentioned.

liveLongNprospa:
Kenya youths are having their own version of EndSars.

Oya nau

https://x.com/LarryMadowo/status/1805563258226569581?t=dPvwqjJdTy78lS6SlJBEgw&s=19

Theflint1:
Dem go use wokeness spoil the show, people enjoyed GOT without all of this, so I don't know why they feel the need to insert what many would consider plot holes, like there's no way you'd have blacks and whites mixing like that in that era, so why include it

It's the same reason I've never bothered with Bridgerton, those sort of inconsistencies dey quick distract me from overall story.

BlueRayDick:
The fact that u think the bolded shows u are so detached from the reality in Nigeria as of today.

As bad as Abacha was , there are records that suggest inflation was reduced from over 50% to 8.5% under his regime. Today inflation rate stands above 30% in 2024.

Today Nigerians spend most of their income on feeding . A derica of beans is 2,000 and the minimum wage is 30,000. That minimum wage will not even feed a young school leaver for 15 days out of 30 days in the month .

Yes Abacha was a monster, a brute , a dictator and the head of an illegitimate government who stole from the country . But u saying the hardship in present day Nigeria is lesser than what obtained during Abacha days shows u are far away from the reality

raumdeuter:


Who was recording inflation numbers during Abacha period and when was this 50% that was reduced to 6% under Abacha

Under Abacha, the Federal minimum wage was N450 and the money wasn't even paid regularly which led to many strikes and stay at home.
That was the time feeding formulas of 010 for adults and 101 for children became a common joke in the society
Trekking was normalized on a new level. That was the time trekking from Allen to Egbeda was routine, I even did Jibowu to Egbeda a few times

ASUU was on strike for an entire year and Abacha's solution was to sack all lecturers which was why there was no JAMB in 1996 calendar year
There is something known as Abacha stove because of how much hardship was in those days

Under Abacha unemployment was the order of the day, No one was hiring as the economy had crumbled, Multinational already fled the country due to the pariah state status, FDI was at the minimum. Banks were failing at an alarming state the only ones who survived were those Abacha favored and sold Dollar at FG rate of N22 to while public rates was N78

Abacha solution was to put in place a transition to civilian rule, gave us 5 political parties and all the 5 had him as presidential candidate, Any politician who spoke against him was jailed or assassinated. Organized 1million youths to Abuja and notable musicians to come "Beg him" to contest

The only way to survive was to flee the country or kiss Abacha's asss in a mega way openly , When we won Atlanta Olympics, some members of the Dream team even went extra and donated their medals to Abacha

Maybe we need a refresher on Abacha times to relive those "good times" once again

Theflint1:
Who's watching House of the Dragons?

Shows giving early signs of mid, and there's so many black characters, wonder if that's how it is from the source material...the black characters from the royal family are mixed breed, have pure white hair, yet from their skin tone it's clear they're proper blacks and not straight mixed breeds like they're supposed to be from their parentage...needlessly distracting if they went out of their way to cast black characters in white roles.

BlueRayDick:


Everything u mentioned here (bar ASUU strike ) and worse is currently happening in Nigeria as we speak.

So how’s Tinubu’s era better than Abacha’s regime?

BlueRayDick:


Everything u mentioned here (bar ASUU strike ) and worse is currently happening in Nigeria as we speak.

So how’s Tinubu’s era better than Abacha’s regime?

raumdeuter:


How many months of workers salary is Tinubu owing as we speak?
How many people have been killed or fled to exile for opposing Tinubu?
How many political parties have endorsed Tinubu for president
Who are the banks Tinubu is favoring and selling Dollar to at reduced rates to maintain dual exchange rates