ًصانع محتوى سفر صيني يدعى شياو جوني كان في سوق شعبي في نيجيريا ويجرب بعض اكلاتهم الشعبية عندما اوقفه رجال من عامة الناس وطالبوه بدفع المال
وعندما سألهم عن السبب، قالو بكل بساطه: لاننا مواطنون نيجيريين وانت لا، ف��حق لنا اخذ المال منك
وخلال مسافة 10 كيلومتر من رحلته مر بأكثر من 20 نقطة تفتيش وكلهم يطلبون منه دفع المال، في الاخير قال شياو عن خلاصة تجربته: لا تأتوا لنيجيريا
Lee Kuan Yew literally warned SIA about Air India more than 20 years ago.
Back in 2001, SIA and Tata tried to buy into Air India. LKY’s view was that there were simply too many vested interests- inside Air India, the government, civil aviation and the ministries - and SIA would face resistance “all down the line.”
His point was basically: Delhi can say yes, then you still have to deal with the state, then the local authority, then another layer of bureaucracy.
He reportedly thought the better option was to let Air India “die naturally” rather than try to fix the institution.
SIA eventually walked away.
Fast forward 25 years: SIA is back, now owning 25% of Air India. And Air India is seeking another US$1.5 billion from Tata and SIA.
Ah Gong did warn us. 😂
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I wanna be honest and real for a min:
The whole Bungie/Marathon/Destiny situation is so weird to me. It doesn't make sense in my brain.
You have Bungie making the most successful sci-fi, live service, looter shooter of all time, over the last 10 years. They were already known for Halo, and Destiny took it to the next level.
Destiny starts to fatigue. Development starts to become lazy and stale. Bungie fucking OWNS the live service shooter market, with basically no competition, so there's no reason to change.. cause it sells. But as things remain stale for Destiny, there's a HUGE window open in the market. A Destiny 3 fresh start would have been the greatest gift to the community, a community that is far beyond a cult-following. It would have plunged life back into the franchise. D2 just cannot hang on forever.
So instead... they cancel D3, and launch a brand new game. It's not PvP like Halo; it's not a Destiny-like; it's an extraction shooter... kinda a weird genre imo. You have all these Bungie/Destiny fans that WANT to like Marathon, but the truth is - there's little crossover between Destiny players and extraction shooter players. It exists, but it's not what many would want. So who's the target audience here?
Destiny players want Marathon to succeed, so Bungie can succeed, and therefore push resources back into Destiny, and have Destiny succeed. As for Marathon right now, it doesn't look like it's revolutionizing the video game world or anything. It kinda gives off a "been there, done that" extraction shooter vibe. I know it's early, things could change. But these are my early impressions.
So the whole thing just kinda confuses me.. a bit? I dunno. I just feel like a game winning ball was dropped.. hard. This isn't a hate post. I WISH Marathon succeeds; at least at the minimum, selfishly, so that Destiny continues to get more love lol. This is more of a "these are my shower thoughts" post.
Take care, everyone. Much love.
Jada Pinkett Smith says she admitted to cheating on Will Smith to protect his ego, claiming she could’ve taken it to the grave but chose to come clean to protect her family and put her own happiness aside to support his 😳🤔
A reminder that nothing was given here against Tete for his pull on Semenyo
The Premier League and their referees just picks and choose when to apply the rules.