A Culture of Mediocrity - by Мυηααα🥀

Olodo. We all know the slang. A dullard. Someone who is not intellectually or academically sound. And right now, there is talk of an Olodo Uprising, to which I agree. It is now our reality and has become so common among us that we barely flinch anymore when we see it. This uprising is becoming common in Nigeria because things are not falling into place. The system is not working the way it should. So naturally, olodos are multiplying. We now prefer entertainment to enlightenment. We know the lyrics to every hit song but cannot name three current ministers. We can analyse a reality show for hours but have no opinion on policies shaping our lives. People are no longer interested in the values that produce long term result. They don't want the process. They want shortcuts to success, and they want them fast. The goal is no longer to build something lasting. The goal is to appear successful long enough to be admired. And honestly, can you fully blame people? The economy is discouraging. It really is. You go through all the stress, follow the right process, do everything by the book, and still end up with nothing. Everything feels like it was in vain. So people stop trying. No one wants to lock in anymore. They just want to live big overnight. But here is where I must draw the line. I know the country is hard. I know the system has failed us. But so many of us are settling. We are not even fighting anymore. What is it inside us that makes us comfortable staying the same? What makes us avoid the things that would actually improve us? We don't read. We don't learn. We don't push. We just consume noise. Endless noise. And somewhere along the way, we convinced ourselves that noise is the same thing as knowledge. But knowing things and being educated are not always the same thing. You can have a degree and still be an olodo. You can speak fine English and still be an olodo. Being an olodo is not about whether you went to school. It is about what you choose to value. It is about majoring in noise and minoring in understanding. It is about having a lot to say but nothing worth hearing. It is about being loud and empty at the same time. We see this everywhere now. People with platforms and no wisdom. People with influence and no sense. People who have learned how to perform intelligence without actually possessing it. And we reward them. We give them attention. We call it authenticity when it is really just ignorance with good packaging. There is a difference between being real and being proudly uninformed. We have blurred that line completely. The Olodo Uprising isn't just something happening around us. In some ways, we are part of it too. We skip the hard work. We choose entertainment over learning. We speak confidently about things we haven't even bothered to understand. And then we wonder why mediocrity has become so normal.

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