Once you're kidnapped and you have access to your phone, don't panic. Don't call the police.
Go to twitter, insult the President, the and the Chief of Army Staff. Make sure you write their full names in the insult. Within 3 to 6 hours the Army and the police will locate you.
Just as we have pocket watchers in Nigeria, we also have pocket flaunters.
For a poor country, we worship money a lot.
Have you seen how Nigerians behave around rich men? Men especially. If you think women are gold diggers, then you have not met guys around rich men. The humility and famzing are not always because they want to be put on. Sometimes, that is just who Nigerians are: money worshippers.
Pocket flaunting is the opposite of pocket watching. It is when you deliberately show off money, lifestyle, and possessions just so people can notice you.
And Nigerians are easily impressed by things that do not even matter.
A group of big boys in Lagos will go to a club, buy two bottles of Don Julio, a bottle of Casamigos, overpriced bottled water, Ace of Spades, and overpriced Coca-Cola. Then each of them will post the same receipt on their story to pocket flaunt.
More often than not, they are not splurging because they want to. They are splurging because they want to impress. Because, like I said, Nigerians are easily impressed.
The prayer of the average Nigerian is not necessarily to be rich. It is to have more money than everyone else in the neighborhood. A.K.A. “I better pass my neighbor.”
They want to be the richest because they want to be worshipped. They buy a property and make sure everybody knows the exact amount they paid for it. They buy a car and somehow the price tag becomes public information before the engine even cools down.
We have babes on Snapchat posting dollar mint bundles with Federal Reserve bands. Start flaunting money today and see the kind of fanbase you will build.
That is why a lot of Nigerians do not care where money comes from. They care that it exists.
Ramon Hushpuppi had an entire fanbase simply because he was pocket flaunting. People looked up to him. They used his pictures as wallpapers. They spoke highly of him. They turned on post notifications because they did not want to miss whatever luxury item he was going to flaunt next.
One of the most disgusting things about pocket flaunting is that it is like a drug. You always want to prove a point.
You make a purchase and post it. You make money and post it. You receive a paycheck and post it. Some people even go as far as doing giveaways for validation.
They have friends, family members, and loved ones who are genuinely struggling, but because internet validation is one hell of a drug, they would rather give money to strangers online than help the people in their own lives.
People rent Lamborghinis, watches, clothes, designer bags, wigs, apartments, and all sorts of things just to flaunt them on social media.
We are too money-driven.
We worship money so much that it is becoming difficult to tell the difference between success and performance.
One set of people is constantly pocket watching.
The other set is constantly pocket flaunting.
A country of interesting people (derogatory).
Elon's the richest man in the world and openly signal boosting people who call for mass violence, endorse open race war, believe in the concept of a master race, and want an all-white U.S and Europe. He is a fascist and should meet the fate of all fascists. I said what I said.
I’m actually just expressing my frustration mehn. The game has changed. It’s no longer a linear process. You need to up-skill and you need to do it fast. When you think you’ve finally gotten a hang of something, another thing comes up that you have to learn. Roles are scarce, job descriptions are changing, the tools are getting more complex.
I’m just a girl please and I need to catch a break 🤧
This is why I said a lot of people will be moving to the revenue side of tech.
Marketing = martech, sales= tech sales, Revops, GTM, Growth manager, Product marketing.
Lately founders love hearing how you can help them make money not design.
If you tell a client you helped a similar company make 4X their current revenue they a booking a call with you.
Newbies chose wisely.
@Grayyefn@HardCzech Yes, exactly. Their quality of life is subpar for God's sake. Would you like to live like that? Depending on other people for the rest of your life? Getting bullied everyday? Low self esteem and depression? Feeling like a burden bc people are taking care of you?
As a parent you shouldn't be telling your kids that you sacrificed your life for them, It’s hurtful and manipulative, and it’s not true. You chose to have your kids and nobody forced you to have them. Taking care of them is your responsibility.