Nigerians have this terrible habit of pocket watching and sizing people.
It has become such a habit that they don't even realize when they're doing it.
The average Nigerian will size you up before according you any level of respect. From customer service staff at the bank to receptionists, waiters, waitresses, business owners, people at the gym, parties, clubs—you name it.
You could be talking to a Nigerian for the first time, and they'd be stylishly looking at the kind of phone you're using, the watch you're wearing, the car you drive, the wig you're wearing, your bag, and so on. The moment they perceive you to be rich, you can immediately notice the difference in how they talk to you and treat you.
And this is exactly why so many Nigerians live fake lives.
They call it packaging.
People have realized that looking rich often gets you more respect than actually being respectable. So everybody is trying to look like they're doing better than they really are.
This sizing culture is also why Nigerians pocket watch so much.
People are constantly calculating how much you make in a month, what you do for a living, how you can afford to travel all the time, where you got the money to buy your car, how you're able to live in a particular neighborhood, and so on.
They don't do this because they want to be inspired to go harder. Most times, it is simply pocket watching.
Someone said a few days ago that, "So a helicopter flight in Monaco is $150, and Sophia Egbueje made it look like $100,000."
Mind you, she didn't imply it. She didn't say anything about the cost. But because Nigerians are professional pocket watchers, they filled in the gaps themselves and ran with it.
They do this all the time.
And the craziest part about pocket watching is that once people have sized you up, mentally calculated how much you make, and concluded that you're rich, they automatically start thinking they're entitled to some of the money you make.
Such a ridiculous way to live life.
“There was no primary contest for Obi and Kwankwaso. Neither I nor the chairmanship demanded or received any money from them before accepting them into the party. No money was demanded or received from them before making them sole presidential candidate and running mate. What else do people want?” — Seriake Dickson
Dear Senator Henry Seriake Dickson @iamHSDickson
While I take my time to properly address your allusion of me not playing by the rules which I consider very disingenuous seeing how I followed the process and even when you had insisted there would be no primaries for senate I let things go and asked my teeming supporters to focus on the bigger picture, I toured the FCT pacifying my supporters and party people who rightfully felt disrespected as they were all waiting at their respective headquarters for primaries that never happened. (I played field politics, I never waited for anyone to give me ticket), I would like you as the National leader to watch this video again!
This part of the interview was so painfully appalling to watch. It looked as if you were insecure and in competition with your Presidential Candidate. Your first one on one interview after primaries and instead of selling your candidates and giving confidence to people on how set the road to winning the 2027 election was, you made it about yourself.
With all due respect sir, it looks as if you consider the NDC a Special Purpose Vehicle whose aim has been achieved just by being registered instead of a Political Party whose aim is to win the 2027 General election decisively!!!! The registration of NDC should be a means to an end and not an end in itself.
As a leader of a Political party, your number one job in that interview was to pacify aspirants many of whom are rightfully aggrieved and secondly to call on supporters to bear with the party and support it but you ended up antagonising the very people you would need to win election. Every vote counts! A leader must stoop to conquer!
No one can take away your leadership of NDC, no one is interested in that! The focus is on Nigeria is winning the 2027 election!
It looked as if you are fighting a war no one is waging with you. You don't have anything to prove to anyone, just lead! It is also interesting how as a leader i see you shifting the blame with any process that doesn't go well or is called out. Even in this statement below, you did! Take all responsibility! The party is young. It was overwhelmed. Mistakes will be made. Accepting the mistakes and being accountable is how the party will get better.
There is a whole battle ahead of us. Rescuing Nigeria from the current state it is in, should be the main focus not people's fragile ego!
Let me round up with some words from Jim Rohn: IF WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY IS STILL LOOKING BIG TO YOU TODAY, THEN YOU ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH!!!
@DrCharlesOdogwu That would mean Dickson does not have any serious political ambition and value, I honestly do not think he's that kind of person because when you sell yourself short and betray your comrades or party members you immediately sabotage whatever political ambition and career you have
@Kasieobi_1 One would think now that there's a presidential candidate in the NDC everyone and everything should be aligned with the interest of that presidential candidate and to make sure he wins and not coming on national TV to compare yourself with your party's presidential candidate.
Message to Obidients
I have said that the Obidients are the greatest political resource for Nigeria’s political transformation.
Now, listen
Forget the primaries
Focus on driving @PeterObi to the presidency
30 good legislators would not change Nigeria
1 truly transformative President will change Nigeria.
Focus on Peter Obi. Support NDC. Get to work
Also, I hope @iamHSDickson and @NigeriaNDCHQ are very aware that whatever they're planning for 2031 means nothing if the OK ticket doesn't succeed next year.
Just a reminder, in case you people don't yet understand the basis of the support you're getting
@NigeriaNDCHQ Very wrong choice, these guys were directly working for senator Dickson before now and they still work for him directly, they will naturally be biased towards him as against the general interest of the party, their loyalty will be for senator Dickson alone
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My issue with modern feminism is no longer about equality. It feels like feminists are angry at the realities of being women, and since they can’t direct that frustration at nature or God, they direct it at men instead.
I genuinely think a lot of millennials are reaching the same conclusion at the same time.
We grew up watching technology make life better every year. Cell phones. iPods. Smartphones. An app for everything. It felt like the future was arriving right in front of us, and we couldn’t wait for what came next.
Then somewhere along the way, it changed.
Everything became a subscription. Social media became algorithms. Every day feels like another once-in-a-lifetime event. The things that were supposed to save us time somehow ended up demanding more of our attention than ever.
We were sold convenience.
What we got was a world that feels faster, louder, more expensive, and somehow less human.
And that’s why so many people I know dream about a completely different life now. Not more technology. Not more optimization.
Just a quiet job, a flip phone, a small town, and a place where life feels real again.