FrankNetter:
Guys, why isn't anything being done to curb the number of silly people popping up on nairaland?

Take a look at other forums, reddit for example. Once a thread is posted, if you drop a comment that isn't linked to the original content in anyway, your comment gets deleted. But here, silly, tribalistic, brain-dead comments are left out in the open. Honestly, what kind of image are we trying to portray to the world at large?

Originalsly:

Hmmm....that's a harsh statement.... and this situation is certainly not one to support what they say... this is about human nature. I hope your relatives told you to be wary of White people.... and did they mention that" White people don't have common sense"?...be around them you'll be shocked! Dating White girl?..just grow eyes on your back.
Mr J.... I thought "no sense " Mr J was teaching you stuff! Bro.... I think the problem is he thought you were going to be around for a long time.... had trusted you... and decided to share 'vital knowledge' with you..... now this sudden departure makes him feel like you are an opportunist... was just kinda using him to get where you want to go... no feelings...no commitment. .. no loyalty. No doubt...you should've noticed some kind of attachment. ..connection he had with you and should've handled this parting differently. Maybe if you had discussed it with him.... he would've understood and helped you along the way. They have a way of getting rid of the agency...which is a middleman.
I'm not sure if you'll find the CNA any better....for sure ..the work load is going to be heavy!
On garri/gritz.......same as....tomato..... A. to-mate-toe...or B....to-mat-toe?!

FrankNetter:
Have you ever gotten in a situation where you have absolutely no clue how to handle it?

Picture yourself like in a spaceship where there are lots of buttons and you don't know which one to press, well, that's where I am right now.

I'm currently seeing (not dating) one white girl and for the first time in a long time, I'm confused

I go knack una gist on how it goes sha

abduldope:
bro come and complete what you started my Frnetterank blood de hot

Forestview:
people de wait for am,if e like make e work overtime he must finish this gist

jiangchu:


i observe the roads are constructed with concrete and not asphalt. could their be any reason(s) for that.

FrankNetter:
I heard National Association of Resident doctors (NARD) and ASUU are simultaneously on strike. I feel for medical students in Nigeria, honestly. Both strikes would affect them.

lovedappie:
@FrankNetter I have been enjoying your write-up from the onset, what about Chi-town chics?, you ain't told us anything about them.

FrankNetter:


Chicks are literally everywhere. In church, in the library, at grocery stores etc etc. But honestly, the fear of women, unwanted pregnancies and child support is the begginning of wisdom.

PDPGuy:
^^
But they still use pit latrines at OAU

PDPGuy:
^^
But they still use pit latrines at OAU

FrankNetter:
Update

When I engage in conversations with persons who were born here and I tell them, with a smile on my face, that life is easy here, they look at me some type of way. They don't know how easy they have it over here, you wake up every morning, light dey, water dey, food dey, job dey, nobody is owing you salary, school dey, any level of education you want to get to, you can; plus by virtue of being a USA citizen, you have visa free access to more than 170 countries. Most of them take these things for granted, some have never even been to Canada.
I've met some ignorant people, I've had some ignorant questions thrown at me.
One time, I was having a conversation with one lady at my job, when one other dude jumped in and asked me, "hey obi, do you guys have toilets in Africa? I heard you have to dig the ground to take a _shit". The question cracked me up a lot, I doubled up in laughter and couldn't stop.

Most persons think africa is one big underdeveloped jungle, where we jump around half naked, with sticks and stones.

Being away from my medical books for so long, I've begun to feel like a cave man.
These CNA classes I'm taking right now has shown me how much I've forgotten, in a way it has helped me, I find myself squeezing in time to read once more. See me, that was bristling with knowledge, naming enzymes, biochemical pathways, courses of arteries etc etc struggling to remember, struggling to recollect. The knowledge is still there, I find it hard to regurgitate them though, but they pop up when I try hard enough.

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As I was saying earlier, the Government takes care of everything and everyone. that's why they go after anyone who doesn't pay their taxes. In Nigeria, you're basically on your own, worse still if you have a Physical disability. Here in the USA, the government takes care of people who are disabled and cannot work at any job, they call it social security. You get a paycheck from the government every month, coupled with Home Health services: a program where someone would come in and take care of you through out the day.

Over here, people would gladly accept to be called disabled, looking at it objectively, they get a lot of free stuff from the government. So, what's there to be ashamed about?

FrankNetter:
Moving on



I've come across a lot of things. I've had conversations with a lot of people and I've learnt a lot from these conversations.
Working this burger king job has given me the opportunity to meet a lot of persons I would not meet on a normal day. It has given me the chance to interact with (and pick the brains of) different persons with different personalities and different backgrounds.

Those that are drug addicts, serial law breakers, those that live in their cars, those that have different kids from different baby mamas and daddies, those that aren't even up to 20 and have 4 kids already, those that are 18 and have their lives on track, living all by themselves, filing their own taxes and being independent. Engaging in conversations with a wide range of people from varying backgrounds has taught me a lot. A whole lot... If I had the chance to do this again, to take this job and mix with these same people all over again, would I do it? Hell yeah!


Life is all about perspectives. If someone had told me some years ago, that I'd be flipping burgers and throwing out garbage in some years time, I'd have laughed it off, but here I am, flipping burgers and kinda happy about it. It could be worse, right?

Originalsly:
When we talk about keeping it real..... there is no post I've read in Nairaland nor anywhere period.... that's even close to this one. Anyone that is even thinking about visiting the US...should frame this post and read it daily. This kind education you can't get from universities nor money can't buy. If medals were to be handed out for posts.....this one deserves the gold medal.....and the silver one..... none comes close. This is sooo deep.....and filled with emotions

Originalsly:
When we talk about keeping it real..... there is no post I've read in Nairaland nor anywhere period.... that's even close to this one. Anyone that is even thinking about visiting the US...should frame this post and read it daily. This kind education you can't get from universities nor money can't buy. If medals were to be handed out for posts.....this one deserves the gold medal.....and the silver one..... none comes close. This is sooo deep.....and filled with emotions

lolawilliams:
Franknetter, there's a lot of misconceptions about Africa. Most of the time, i'm always irritated by the ignorance of some people but with time, i got used to it.

I've seen people who thinks africa is a country, people who think all African live in the desert with a dung hut. I have a Cameroonian male friend who told me about someone asking him if he has wild animals like tiger or gorilla as pet before coming to the states.

I think the media has been a real disaster when it comes to Africa bevause they only show the deserts, people starving and animals everywhere. I have a friend who think Africa looks just exactly as what was shown in French Montana's Unforgettable video. It's just too funny

lolawilliams:
Franknetter, there's a lot of misconceptions about Africa. Most of the time, i'm always irritated by the ignorance of some people but with time, i got used to it.

I've seen people who thinks africa is a country, people who think all African live in the desert with a dung hut. I have a Cameroonian male friend who told me about someone asking him if he has wild animals like tiger or gorilla as pet before coming to the states.

I think the media has been a real disaster when it comes to Africa bevause they only show the deserts, people starving and animals everywhere. I have a friend who think Africa looks just exactly as what was shown in French Montana's Unforgettable video. It's just too funny

Nuzo1:
FrankNetter,

Given to how you dropped out of medical school, I may not exactly understand the reason for your drive, but one thing is sure; your brilliance, principles and discerning mind can get you anywhere and anything you want in a developed society.

People travel for different reasons.

Some to pluck money from trees.
Some to impress.
some to live luxurious lives.
Some to acquire education.
Some to be at peace with body and soul.
Some to work and earn a living.
While some are just to understand why societies work.

I suppose your reasons are the last 3 points.

Having lived and worked in very developed societies for quite some time, I came to understand why other "abroad/Americana" like you are in shock and then become a bit abusive to the system you left behind. The difference in both societies is quite shocking and repulsive. This now becomes clear why non Africans can hardly take us serious as a group. This is evidenced in chapter 22 of Lee Kuan yeuw's "From third world to first" autobiography. (every living human being in Africa should read that book).

My brother, live your life. I can't advise you to acquire more knowledge cos you are doing that more than I tried to and even far more than your age mates are/would.

So, by all polite means, keep critiquing us here. The critique can only stop when we begin to get it right like the Asian dragons. Singapore caught up with the west in less than two decades. Why can't we?

Nb: as a reformed Christian, one of the most spectacular things I noticed about living for a long time in a developed society is that loosing ones faith in any organized religion is religion is the easiest thing to do over there, especially in places like Japan, Korea and the scandinavian/Nordic countries.

Stay cool bro.

lolawilliams:
Franknetter, there's a lot of misconceptions about Africa. Most of the time, i'm always irritated by the ignorance of some people but with time, i got used to it.

I've seen people who thinks africa is a country, people who think all African live in the desert with a dung hut. I have a Cameroonian male friend who told me about someone asking him if he has wild animals like tiger or gorilla as pet before coming to the states.

I think the media has been a real disaster when it comes to Africa bevause they only show the deserts, people starving and animals everywhere. I have a friend who think Africa looks just exactly as what was shown in French Montana's Unforgettable video. It's just too funny

Nuzo1:



Ma'am, aside from a few lies, can you tell me the major misconceptions about Africa and Africans? I don't think there's much. But if there is ; then it's our duty to clear those misconceptions. Clearing does not mean one has to rush to the media and begin to refute these misconceptions with lies but to begin to clean up our acts just like East Asia did and South East Asia is rapidly doing.

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Originalsly:

Major misconceptions :
Africa is a country
Africans are primitive (live in huts and most wear clothes made of leaves/go almost naked)
Uneducated because there are no schools let alone tertiary institutions.
Why?....from what I gathered
The education system has omitted the study of Africa from its basic curriculum. Slaves
were brought from Africa is basically it and to date the perception the average American has
about Africa remains that of Africa in the 1700's. This perception is further reinforced by
Hollywood and the media.(This is no different from the very perception Africans have of
Black Americans as perpetuated by Hollywood and the media ....Black Americans are lazy, into
drugs and crime and making babies.)

Clearing misconceptions :
It is for Africans to clear the misconceptions by highlighting and broadcasting who we really.
are as a people ...our culture..our way of life. Like Hollywood, I have no doubt that Nollywood
2002 to around 2005 had a tremendous impact and changed the perception millions....millions.
had about Africa and Africans. Nollywood was about Africans showcasing our own culture..
as never seen before. .....African way of life being told by Africans. Oh well...that was then!

And yes...we do need to clean up our act to bring about change in the negative perceptions.....and where best to begin than right up in this NL where we tend to add more negative perceptions .

guiddoti:
huh where do we start the blames from?, is it from young generation that wants to mimick westerns?, is it from our political representatives that would seat in the caliphate of power and make demagoguery remark of restructuring stomach infrastructure Whereas people whom they represent are lost in the ocean of hopelessness?. They (politicians) only will come again to deceive for another four years; for how long will all these deficiencies continue to happen.?