Funmi

I write a thread once in a while. Here's a curation of some of them.

Made a mistake in first video upload. Better quality here

😂😂😂 80,000 blondes meet in a football stadium for a "Blondes Are Not Stupid" Convention. The leader says, "We are all here today to prove to the world that blondes are not stupid. Can I have a volunteer?" A blonde gingerly works her way through the crowd and steps up to the stage. The leader asks her, "What is 15 plus 15?" After 15 or 20 seconds she says, "Eighteen!" Obviously everyone is a little disappointed. Then 80,000 blondes start cheering, "Give her another chance! Give her another chance!" The leader says, "Well since we've gone to the trouble of getting 80,000 of you in one place and we have the world- wide press and global broadcast media here, gee, uh, I guess we can give her another chance." So he asks, "What is 5 plus 5?" After nearly 30 seconds she eventually says, "Ninety?" The leader is quite perplexed, looks down and just lets out a dejected sigh -- everyone is disheartened - the blonde starts crying and the 80,000 girls begin to yell and wave their hands shouting, "GIVE HER ANOTHER CHANCE! GIVE HER ANOTHER CHANCE!" The leader, unsure whether or not he is doing more harm than damage, eventually says, "Ok! Ok! Just one more chance -- What is 2 plus 2?" The girl closes her eyes, and after a whole minute eventually says, "Four?" Throughout the stadium pandemonium breaks out as all 80,000 girls jump to their feet, wave their arms, stomp their feet and scream... "Give her another chance! Give her another chance!"

"Echoes of the Path" created by artist Yehan Wang.

Prestidigitator.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that even people who use that phrase haven’t read Pride and Prejudice.

Street credibility was first recorded with 9ice’s chorus and verse at Codedtunes studio in Akoka then we took a mini studio to 2Baba who was so gracious to record without any drama. The hotel we recorded 2Babas part was in Festac (Comfort suite if I remember well)

@Kyn_Okk @iam_nwangwu Yes. I agree. Stake in the system. I adumbrated it in the piece here. open.substack.com/pub/funmiodede… I have some criteria in mind I intend to flesh out in the essay proper. They're fermenting, but will relay them to you via dm before long. Looking forward to the video. 🙏🏼

@funmiodede @iam_nwangwu …having something to lose (like military drafts, economic failures, etc.), of sound and sufficient knowledge on the country’s affairs, and many more. Let’s talk more via DM.

One of the great flaws of post-Enlightenment thought is the notion of egalitarianism & equality as a dogmatic moral ought & obligation in almost all aspects of life; that inequality, hierarchy, authority, etc are always wrong, & that rights are privileges with no duties involved.

"Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye, That thou consums't thy self in single life?"

30 chess sets sold so far. 70 to go. If we hit 50 in the next one hour, I will donate one million naira to buy two laptops to support an undergraduate in tech.

Welcome.

@Kyn_Okk @iam_nwangwu Yip! My roadblocks however (Curious to hear your thoughts):

@funmiodede @iam_nwangwu Apt, a flaw of democracy is that it can be removed by democracy.

@Kyn_Okk @iam_nwangwu Yip. My thoughts.

@iam_nwangwu Yh, I don’t even believe in universal suffrage for both men and women.

New Buju bangs.

New batch has dropped. Order for your messiah. 🙏🏼

It is with great pride that I present to you the very first Nigerian Adire chess board. Each one sells for a million naira(700 dollars). It’s a limited collection of just 100 pieces. 50% of proceeds goes towards charity and I will personally hand deliver to the first 20 people.

To love anything is to see it at once under lowering skies of danger. G.K. Chesterton : Thoughts Around Koepenick

@MOSSAFAN666 Yip. Top Guy for real.

Highly commendable.

My dad, broke as he was, loved to buy us books.

@MOSSAFAN666 Hahaha. Mischievous bon mot. Sadly, I don't play.

More chess?

David f*cking Goggins, what a line… “When your entire day is fucked up, make sure that you achieve something positive before lights out. You’ll probably have to stay up a bit later to read, study, get a workout in, or clean the house. Whatever it takes to go to bed in the black, get it done.“