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[Media Darling E$q. @BigBadReni]

And in this olodo discourse, I hope the take away for those of us who consider ourselves “intelligent” is that we must actively pursue knowledge and self improvement.

Because it’s starting to seem as though a superiority complex is entering 🥴

[💥Onosetale💥 @SuccessSoi1]

Exactly what I’ve been saying. The only way to fight an ill is to replace it with “healthy and sound.”

[ndụka. @NdukaEbubeDike]

you can counter the olodo uprising by having a knowledge uprising. people who know stuff must also talk too.

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@Emeneks 😭😭😭😭

[💥Onosetale💥 @SuccessSoi1]

Olodo is relative.

[Shola 👑 @itsSh0la]

I’ll answer you with your own points. Why did Ycee prioritize things that only brings food to the table without giving education a chance? failed woefully in school, dropped out of uni at 200L after having many carryovers, then pursued music? He’s even worse than Peller. He had the opportunity to be a graduate and didn’t use it, Peller’s parents couldn’t even afford to send him to Uni.

[💥Onosetale💥 @SuccessSoi1]

Which is why I said we as a collective sponsored the Olodo uprising. But BBN has also platformed persons like Saga and Ebuka. So I think it’s less about BBN and more about the fans that platform certain kinds of persons. BBN just provides the attention as a conduit to fame.

[co-creator with God. 🥼🩺 @MaryRoseMalomo]

While on the olodo conversation, Big Brother Nigeria is probably one of the most stupid shows in existence. Proper brain rot content. And to think that some people spend all their time watching it?

[💥Onosetale💥 @SuccessSoi1]

@bobbyceezar Exactly. I have learned a lot in my media business from TikTok. It’s what you feed your algorithm that it brings back to you. We are in the era of interest media.

[💥Onosetale💥 @SuccessSoi1]

Basically, we all played a part in it. Every single one of us.

[💥Onosetale💥 @SuccessSoi1]

All of these stemmed from general acceptance of certain culture, platforming wrong and retarded entertainment ideologies that promote get rich quick schemes over hard work and discipline(through music and movies), like “if you no get money, hide your face”.

[💥Onosetale💥 @SuccessSoi1]

All of these stemmed from general acceptance of certain culture, platforming wrong and retarded entertainment ideologies that promote get rich quick schemes over hard work and discipline(through music and movies), like “if you no get money, hide your face”.

[SIMPLE @PROMISE_S_]

@OtitoNosike Nothing reveals shallow thinking faster than pivoting from logic to trying to win an argument using wealth or networks in an argument that has nothing to do with them

[💥Onosetale💥 @SuccessSoi1]

@TersooAchineku @DedeUmuahia_1 @iSlimfit True talk.

[💥Onosetale💥 @SuccessSoi1]

Facts. And to add to this point, the term “Olodo” is relative. One can be academically smart and financially an olodo. You can know book and not know how to run a successful business and vice versa. It becomes a huge concern when your olodo status is generalistic.

[MIDΞ (❖,❖) @theProcessXCII]

how did the conversation descend from what it actually was; to this thing you’re saying?

someone said there’s a pandemic of low IQ individuals in the society. and it’s a bad thing for the country generally.

As a member of the society, you owe it to the society to at least have a reasonable level of intelligence, either from formal education or otherwise.

A society with more intellectual people, and a society with less, which do you think will be progressive? This is literally the epicenter of the conversation.

No one is asking anybody to not chase money, and if you have to fool to make it, by all means do.

The main point, we owe it to ourselves and the society at large, to attain a certain level of intelligence. This is how we become better as a society.

An averagely intelligent person will not throw their refuse by the road side, or litter their gutter. These little things that seem negligible build up to a national scale and that’s just one instance.

You can fool all you want to get what you want out of life, or pretend to be a fool to entertain us but don’t be an actual fool.

And intelligence is not only about being educated, there’s emotional intelligence, social intelligence. All of these things. I have typed too much.

Wo GGs jare.

[💥Onosetale💥 @SuccessSoi1]

Lol. This one doesn’t even know about autistic people.

[Riff-Raff @01RiffRaff]

@KALADIMA1972 Peller wey no Dey autistic but e daft pass person wey get autism 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[💥Onosetale💥 @SuccessSoi1]

@CreativeLyndah @ThaBoyYom Damn!

[Bami- @Bamixoxo_]

First thing we need to understand with figures of speech is that context matters a lot.
Let me explain.

This will be quite lengthy, so skip it if you have a short attention span.

Euphemism: A polite substitution used to soften meaning. It is the use of a mild, polite, or indirect expression instead of one that may sound harsh, unpleasant, or offensive.

Examples:
She passed away instead of She died.
They let him go instead of They fired him.

The purpose of a euphemism is to avoid causing discomfort or offense through one’s choice of words.

Dysphemism: A harsh substitution used to intensify meaning or express disapproval. It uses a harsh, blunt, or offensive expression instead of a neutral or polite one. (Opposite of Euphemism)

Examples:
He croaked instead of He died.
Calling a house a “shack” or an old car a “heap of junk.”

These two figures of speech are not the focus because he used Peller as an example to illustrate the decline of education and the glorification of mediocrity. The best expressions to examine here are synecdoche and metonymy, which are often confused with each other.

Moving on.

Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part of something represents the whole, or the whole represents a part.

It is a special type of substitution. (Hold on don’t draw your conclusions yet.)

Examples (Part for the Whole):
All hands on deck. (Hands = sailors or crew members.)
There are many mouths to feed. (Mouths = people.)

Whole for Part:
Nigeria won three gold medals. (Nigeria = the Nigerian athletes.)
The school celebrated its success. (The school = the students and staff.)

Now for metonymy. It is a figure of speech in which you refer to something by the name of something else that is closely associated with it, rather than by its own name. Get it?

For example:
The White House announced a new policy.(The White House refers to the U.S. President or administration, not the building itself.)
The Crown will address the nation. (The Crown refers to the monarch.)

People confuse synecdoche and metonymy because they both involve substitution, but they work differently.

I’ve been seeing tweets saying it’s synecdoche and I don’t think some people understand the subtle difference. That’s where I come in.

The best way to understand them is this:

Synecdoche = inclusion (part–whole relationship).

Examples:
Hands = workers
Wheels = car
Heads = cattle or people

Metonymy = association (relationship by connection).

Examples:
Aso Rock = the Nigerian government
The Crown = the monarch
Nollywood = the Nigerian film industry

Synecdoche specifically depends on a part–whole relationship, whereas metonymy depends on any close association.

What do I mean?

Peller is known to be uneducated, so when ycee says “Peller culture,”

he is not saying Peller is literally a part of illiteracy as a whole. Instead, Peller has become associated with illiteracy because of his reputation as a known olodo.

That is metonymy.

It can only be synecdoche if Peller is presented as one member of a larger class, and the intention is for that member to stand for the entire class.

For example:

If he had said “Peller is the face of olodo culture in this country.”

Here, Peller is one individual standing for the larger group of illiterate people. Remember: part–whole representation.

So, in conclusion, “Peller culture” is best analyzed as metonymy because:

Peller’s name is being used because of its perceived association with the idea of illiteracy/glorification of mediocrity.

The name “Peller” becomes shorthand for the olodo uprising that ycee was criticizing.

He was not attacking Peller personally. Instead, he used Peller’s public image as a symbolic reference to a wider social issue. That is a metonymic use of the name.

You’re welcome.

An interesting point is that synecdoche is often treated as a subtype of metonymy because it is simply a more specific form of associative substitution.

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@CreativeLyndah @ThaBoyYom 😭😭😭 I can’t even imagine how lengthy it must have been.

[💥Onosetale💥 @SuccessSoi1]

So true.

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@UnkleAyo Well said 👏🏽👏🏽

I put it to you 🫵🏾

You are very eloquent sire. 👏🏽

[💥Onosetale💥 @SuccessSoi1]

Big name.

[Johnmark Obiefuna @jayhemz]

While I bring a close to the "@moniepointng crusades," because this week is going to be really busy for me, just want to say I've contributed my mettle to the "talent gap" and related issues, in Nigeria, both as a trainer, an advocate, and a manager, and I know what I've seen in terms of quality of talent within the Nigerian talent ecosystem.

In the first cohort of the Microsoft Leap program, I saw ladies who came in as noobs and studied unrelated topics like Biochemistry, arguing Network Subnetting by the 3rd week of training.

Within 2 years, most of them were made Leads and Seniors in the companies they were placed at. Several of them relocated outside the country obviously because employers here didn't see or value their worth.

Whether you have a huge following or not, but especially if you do, understand that being the pillar and ladder to those coming after you is the lowest hanging fruit to cement your name in the annals of posterity.

I'm not expecting Tosin to apologize, but I'm hoping he reconsiders his statements, and I hope every other Technical Leader in this country have the mindset to elevate young minds and talents who are not the cause of their present predicaments, but use their existing platforms and resources to prune and elevate perhaps unpolished diamonds in the ecosystem.

Ciao!

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