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From merit to meme: the age of "OLODO"
<p><em><strong>GET IN!</strong> Let’s talk. </em></p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/IMG_4561.jpeg"/><br/></p><p><em>"<strong>Olodo Uprising: Intelligence Downsizing"</strong></em></p><p><em><br/></em></p><p><em>We are in a generation that celebrates mediocrity, </em></p><p><em>Doing unreasonable things with alacrity. </em></p><p><em>Intelligence has been kicked under the rug, </em></p><p><em>Sipping mental decadence in a mug. </em></p><p><br/></p><p><em>Caught up in a fog of unreasonable standards, </em></p><p><em>A 15 year old boy is using a gadget no one in his generation can afford, </em></p><p><em>Driving Honda Accord. </em></p><p><em><br/></em></p><p><em>According to statistics, </em></p><p><em>70% of Nigerian youths could be entangled with fraud. </em></p><p><em>I’m amazed how maize suddenly became the most lucrative business, </em></p><p><em>Said by the last... oh sorry! First Lady. </em></p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/IMG_4563.jpeg"/><em><br/></em></p><p><em>And oh, don’t forget to wear your Ankara while frying akara. </em></p><p><em><strong>"Kàyèfi kàa yé fi Ojo Ola wà sèrè"</strong></em></p><p><em><br/></em></p><p><em>Well, I blame the system who gave roots to this tree </em></p><p><em>And produced the stem from the foundation. </em></p><p><em>And if the foundation can be destroyed, </em></p><p><em>What can the righteous do? </em></p><p><em>Don’t act righteous! </em></p><p><em>You’re part of the problem!!</em></p><p><em><br/></em></p><p><em><br/></em></p><p><em>"<strong>Dopamine Nation: The Age of Olodo"</strong></em></p><p><em><br/></em></p><p><em>We now consume content for dopamine, </em></p><p><em>Rewind and rewind the videos that drop our IQ. </em></p><p><em>Join the high queue of those funding absurdity, </em></p><p><em>Who have allowed popularity overshadow merit. </em></p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/IMG_4562.jpeg"/><em><br/></em></p><p><em>For this 2026, </em></p><p><em>we made trends our newsroom,</em></p><p><em>TikTok , insta blogs, twitter x ,threads, </em></p><p><em>And we turned food prices to content.</em></p><p><em><strong><br/></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>"When We Traded Brains for Views"</strong></em></p><p><em><br/></em></p><p><em>We spent more time entertaining ourselves, </em></p><p><em>Than enlightening ourselves. </em></p><p><em>These blogs clog our brains </em></p><p><em>With ludicrous content, </em></p><p><em>And we’re content with it. </em></p><p><em><br/></em></p><p><em>We’ve seen obscene things </em></p><p><em>Appear on our feed and we feed on it. </em></p><p><em>We sponsor "<strong>BIG BROTHER</strong> " over a small brother</em></p><p><em>Who can become a major inventor with little support. </em></p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/IMG_4568.jpeg"/><em><br/></em></p><p><em>Women being told their greatest asset is their bodies, </em></p><p><em>Using men as meal tickets. </em></p><p><em>Don’t even get me started on JAMB, </em></p><p><em>Something wey go soon jam us. </em></p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/IMG_4569.jpeg"/><em><br/></em></p><p><em>Na Olodo citizen dey become Olodo leader. </em></p><p><em>And if we don’t get it right, </em></p><p><em>There is nothing left to do!</em></p><p><em><br/></em></p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/IMG_4560.jpeg"/><br/></p>
From merit to meme: the age of "OLODO"
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