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Queensley Okon
Information Officer @ Covenant University
Ota, Nigeria
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ONCE UPON A TIME
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Once upon a time, Dick was supposedly a man's name and an abbreviated form of "Richard"(still don't know how this idea got birthed but oh well🤷) Fat and slim were used as body type descriptions or to point out weight distribution Pussy cat was the complete name for a type of cat Offensive was used in situations that actually required it and not as an anthem every five seconds Breakfast was the first meal of the day and normally comprised pancakes, bread and tea, plantains and whatever food group you decided Cap was a piece of clothing worn on the head, to either look cool or as a signature look Prick was defined as the painful jab by a needle or pin, or when your conscience was disturbed out of guilt Thirsty was a term for dehydration Cookies were biscuits with enhanced flavours Weekends were usually rest days and work was suspended Having a child out of wedlock was frowned upon and not the norm it is Twins were seen as abominable and were killed immediately after birth Christians saw politics as dirty and wanted no involvement Boys were actually boys and girls were actually girls Box was a big bag used to hold clothes or the skill Mike Tyson possessed Hard was a term for something strong like a surface or something held in place, or a difficult exam or even good and valuable things Vagina and Penis were the actual terms used to describe the individual gender reproductive body parts Gender was just male and female Women were seen as furniture to be acquired (still hasn't changed) Men were supposed to hide their feelings or "chest it" (still hasn't changed) Body count meant the amount of people a person killed White was right and Black was wrong Education was supposedly the key to success Abortion was heavily frowned upon(still is but I guess people are making their own rules now) Technology was limited to a lot of analog Being a sugar baby(male or female) was not the revered profession it is today Where am I heading with this? I have no idea!! But I'll tell you this much, times and seasons are swiftly changing. What was obtainable ten years ago is not what is happening right now? Did we ever stop to ask ourselves why we are so quick to accept changes and adapt at an alarming pace? If something was working, why dump it? What are the advantages or disadvantages of the current process? Does it do harm or good or you are just ready to jump on anything that has the word "future" in it? Don't we realize that as much as we try, we cannot predict the future? Don't we see that our problem is our attention span? It's dwindling by the second and we don't realize it yet. Don't we also realize that not everything ancient was right? I know when grown folk wanna talk, they always revert to their "good old days" but also remember that some things needed changing. It's always a generational war every fortnight While some things exist, we should enjoy them and if new things or inventions come up, we should test their veracity and the need for them? Do we need them or are we in a rat race for quick fixes? If it ain't broke, people, don't fix it. What other ancient things do you wish had stayed? What inventions are you happy exist? What do you wish we could correct?
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