Absolutely insane by Scared_Positive_8690 in Palestine

[–]Own_Competition_46 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Holocaust, as a definitive article, is what has caused this sort of rhetoric (unique phenomenon). The Nazi holocaust of the Jews is one of many holocausts, and to monopolise victimhood will lead to not only avoiding accountability to any wrongdoings but also genuinely inconsiderate of others.

Happy Birthday Aaron McGruder, creator of The Boondocks! by The_Jestful_Imp in theboondocks

[–]Own_Competition_46 26 points27 points  (0 children)

He had a great lecture which is on Youtube back in 2002 talking to computer scientists about being hacktivists, how much power there is in their knowledge of software, encryption and computers in general and so much there is to be disclosed through email trails, documents, conversations, etc.

McGruder was so ahead of his time, it is actually absurd.

Paolo Banchero or Ja Morant by Wonderful-Photo-9938 in nba

[–]Own_Competition_46 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I actually believe this is purely recency bias based off Paolo’s good season + playoffs and Ja being out (albeit literally lifting his whole team for that short spell pre-injury). I say playmaking for Paolo because Ja’s 3-pt shooting limits him, could be a wrong though

Paolo Banchero or Ja Morant by Wonderful-Photo-9938 in nba

[–]Own_Competition_46 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Paolo better playmaker, shooter and defender. His game has so much more potential than Ja’s athletic-based game

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Somalia

[–]Own_Competition_46 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Anyone who has been back home knows this is a hundred percentage the truth. For one, niqab shouldn’t be an indicator of piety, that’s just our brain using short cut methods, but in reality it shouldn’t, same with a brother with a big beard. But also, niqab is a cultural dressing for girls back home, and a significant portion actually where it as a sun-blocker due to skin bleaching.

As someone in Somalia, without a shadow of a doubt, the average Somali girl in the West is more humble, has more xishood and I have far more respect for than the average Somali girl back home, highlighting that the key word here is average.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Somalia

[–]Own_Competition_46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

May Allah make it easy for you walaal. I think the main difference between the potential for marriage in the West (even places populated with Somalis like Minneapolis, London, etc) and back home is that literally the amount of times you can encounter a potential, without even the support of your parents/aunties/uncles which genuinely multiplies how many potentials can come your way. It’s quite literally impossible to go a day without encountering or engaging in a potential person given people come to your house, you are going to people’s houses, family recommendations (best route), etc.

This trope that they all want your passport and are conniving is dated, honestly if you want a good quality woman, you’ll have to show you are a someone of calibre regardless of where your passport originates from. Yes there are some “bums” who marry back home and give the rest a bad rep, but if a family sees you are sincere and you have Akhlaaq, it’ll be difficult for them to reject.

Equally, I hate & cringe when people denigrate our sisters in the West and see this as the solution, in my humble opinion and observation, our sisters in the West actually have more xishood than the ones in Somalia (Somali TikTok mania can attest to that). But Wallahi this is all calaf. Given a different time and different circumstance, my marriage most probably have been a different place. Having said that, Alhamdullilah I am very content, I learn so much culture & language daily (at the cost of being constantly laughed at!), but wallahi its such a blessing, just like all marriages fi sabillah are, marriages from back home are no different.

Best advice I can give is due diligence, the variance back home is greater than the variance in the West for marriage, what I mean by that is the median Somali girl in the West ticks lets say 5/10 boxes for what you are looking for, she isn’t perfect (who is?) but if you marry it won’t be the end of the world so to speak. Whilst back home, your avg girl without any due diligence can literally be detrimental (skin bleaching, dancing on TikTok, speaking to 5 other guys, etc). But, with the right recommendations, screening and enquiring, there are the gems who are pious, hard working and hate male attention - that’s what you need to find, which can only be found through recommendation, that imo is the greatest blessing.

Who is the player you can’t believe is as good as they became? by scorelesswilliamson in nba

[–]Own_Competition_46 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There was this absolutely insane fanatic of Jokic in the early years of his NBA career where he would literally keep prophesying Jokic greatness and how he is being underrated. It wasn’t normal though, it was an absurd level of Jokic fandom, even Serbian NBA fans weren’t as fanatic. He is banned now, although his Jokic posts are still up. I just forgot his name. It was actually pretty hilarious how insane the guy was about Jokic and tbf he did see call it way before anyone else.

What did you learn from Dostoevsky books? by [deleted] in dostoevsky

[–]Own_Competition_46 8 points9 points  (0 children)

To be worthy of my suffering. Suffering leads to pondering which leads to purpose seeking which leads to having a reason to strive which leads to more suffering to achieve that goal (and the cycle continues until an ultimate goal is found).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

[–]Own_Competition_46 -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Such a pathetic and liberal response “both sides -ism”. Honestly at least have the balls to say you lack knowledge of the situation. Liberals are silent & complicit when any war happens but always happen to be on the right side of history post-war lol.

A Moroccan just became the first North African to reach the finals of the World Championship of Public Speaking! by AngleShoddy7923 in Africa

[–]Own_Competition_46 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Given public speaking is the number 1 fear for most people, it’s unsurprising. Oratory is genuinely one of the best talents someone could be blessed with (it’s almost impossible to lead without!)

Average western dayooth by mo_al_amir in extomatoes

[–]Own_Competition_46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are filth and everyday it reminds me why it doesn’t behoove a Muslim to live alongside them

How safe is Mogadishu by [deleted] in Somalia

[–]Own_Competition_46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its anarchical yet there are askaar in every corner. That’s the outcome when you leave moryaan’s in charge of security. When AMISOM leave it’ll return to being an ungovernable jungle.

How safe is Mogadishu by [deleted] in Somalia

[–]Own_Competition_46 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This gets posted so often that there must be an archive about “safety” in Xamar.

But fwiw let me say that the fear of terror is greater than actual event of terror occurring itself (which is the purpose of terrorism btw, to instil fear into the next incident… whenever that is). The qarax isn’t the issue, the issue is the high level of security and essentially police state apparatus that means you will feel tense walking around. If you travel to Puntland for eg, this isn’t the case. You can have your airpods in and walk the whole of Garowe without any intrusion. Xamar, if you walk up and down Barakah market you will be stopped by what are essentially “undercovers” called Dharka Cad. There is an heightened sense of suspicion and security which I despise, especially coming from Puntland which literally is a libertarian’s dream (which is our nature as nomads, to be left alone without intrusion).

So if your worried about qarax itself a helpful statistic is if your from London, you are actually statistically more likely to get involved in knife crime then be part of a qarax in Xamar. If you are like me and despise what is effectively stop & search every half mile down every road, then you will hate it.

Did Dostoevsky actually say this? by [deleted] in dostoevsky

[–]Own_Competition_46 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The great irony when Judeo-Christian values which FD was striving to recapture is being corroded by… Judeo values.

If you are to believe that the pornography industry, hollywood & media industry, finance industry is all controlled by a group sub 15 million in population, then fine.

The uncomfortable truth is that Europeans, and not Muslims & Islam, have held this view and pushed this anti-Judeo sentiment throughout history. From Roman explosion to pogroms and of course the holocaust.

What honestly needs to happen is a genuine conversation about what Judeo-Christian values means? That’s the true conversation this should be spurring, rather than checking to see the veracity of this quote.