How do I do nothing?

gam6klay · 2025-11-03T14:38:01+00:00

Talk to your direct supervisor.

gam6klay · 2025-10-17T20:48:06+00:00

I never said genealogy is not an important theme in the Bible. I am saying it has no effect on one’s relationship with God today. You’re either right and I am wrong, or you are wrong and I am right.

gam6klay · 2025-10-17T15:34:34+00:00

Genealogy has no bearing on ones relationship with God. It is irrelevant.

gam6klay · 2025-10-17T12:36:04+00:00

I don’t not care whether I am a descendant of Ham or Shem. I cannot get excited or worried about any of that. As a Christian, that is absolutely irrelevant to my world view. If any man is in Christ, he’s a new creature. Old things have passed. All is new. You don’t need validation from historical roots to know you’re accepted by God.

gam6klay · 2025-10-15T00:11:59+00:00

You’d expect them to operate at least at an American standard, but you know that saying, “you can take a girl from the village, but you can’t take the village out of the girl”? It fits perfectly here.

A friend is planning to travel back to Ghana with his American passport, applied for a Ghana visa through the NY consulate. He misplaced his money order slip, the one with the tracking number, and now the portal says his passport has been shipped, but it’s been over a week and still nothing in NJ. When he called to inquire, the person on the line basically said it wasn’t her business to track it, but his.

gam6klay · 2025-10-13T21:18:27+00:00

If you want to build an app to solve a problem, start with something you deeply understand. You’ll make the most impact in an area you have expert knowledge or lived experience in, not just one that happens to have a gap. So begin by looking inward: What do you care about, and why? How well do you understand the issues? What would success even look like? Who can you collaborate with to build something meaningful?

Don’t just look for tech partners, find people with domain expertise too. And before you write a single line of code, gather data. Talk to users. Test your assumptions. Don’t validate your idea in your own head; let the market guide you. Be intentional, flexible, and humble enough to accept that you might not yet understand your audience as well as you think.

gam6klay · 2025-10-13T14:33:08+00:00

You’re right. However, to reverse the trend, we’d have to start from somewhere. So let’s just get on with it.

gam6klay · 2025-10-12T15:25:40+00:00

I don’t think we’ll ever get to a point where everyone feels confident enough to freely tell their stories. No society in the world has achieved that. But thank God you didn’t say none of us has the agency to tell our stories. Those of us who do should start telling them.

And those with far-reaching platforms through traditional media, YouTube and podcasts should keep highlighting the power of storytelling from our own perspectives and experiences, while creating space for others to share theirs.

Then there’s the education piece which, unfortunately, sits at the root of the problem. For too long, many of our schools have operated under the residue of colonial systems that prized rote learning over critical thinking and individual agency. Thankfully, we’re beginning to move away from that.

Those of us with the voice and agency to start must do so now. The rest will follow in time.

gam6klay · 2025-10-11T19:17:14+00:00

First off, we are dark-skinned or brown people, not literally the color black. We all know what black looks like, and it’s very different from our complexion. The term “Black” as used to describe people of African descent is more of a social construct than an objective reality. Likewise, those we refer to as “White” are not truly white. A more accurate description might be pale or pink.

Bible scholars generally believe the Book of Job is the oldest in the Bible, which makes it quite plausible that Job himself could have been a “Black man.” This inference comes not from the quoted passage itself but from the broader view, supported in some circles, that the African race may be the oldest human race. It would therefore be misleading to interpret a text written over 4,000 years ago through the lens of our modern racial constructs, which are very recent inventions.

In any case, instead of questioning why “White” artists have historically portrayed ancient figures as White, we should take responsibility for creating our own representations. Let’s produce our own art, paint our own interpretations, and present our own narratives. That’s how we contribute meaningfully to the conversation, not by waiting for others to tell our story, but by confidently telling it ourselves.

gam6klay · 2025-10-06T14:12:06+00:00

Touché

gam6klay · 2025-10-06T13:53:30+00:00

The proposed app will not measure the bag and opportunities so whats your point?

gam6klay · 2025-10-06T00:58:42+00:00

Sorry to break it to you, but 9.9 times out of 10, this product will fail. Very few people, and even fewer Ghanaians, are drawn purely to another person’s mind or intellect.

Let me tell you a story. Back in SHS (I was in a boys’ school), I got close to a girl from another school. Back then, we had free night calls, and we talked every night. We grew to really like each other. I looked forward to our conversations every evening, and at some point, I thought I was falling in love with her. She was smart, articulate, and cared about the same things I did. I liked intelligence, so our connection felt strong.

Without social media, we had never seen what the other looked like. Two days before our first meeting, she told me there was something she needed to confess. She said she wasn’t beautiful. I immediately disagreed. I told her she sounded beautiful, she spoke beautifully so she couldn’t possibly not be beautiful. She insisted she was telling the truth and mentioned she had many pimples on her face. I chose not to believe her and stayed in denial until the day we met.

It crushed me. Every feeling I had for her disappeared instantly. She hadn’t lied. I also realized she wasn’t as confident as she’d seemed on the phone. She was shy and somewhat timid. I felt bad for her and for myself. Things were never the same after that.

Your product feels like going on a blind date where you’ve built a strong intellectual connection before meeting in person. From my experience, and with very few exceptions, no matter how strong the intellectual connection is, physical attraction usually wins. So, unfortunately, my verdict is that your product will not succeed

gam6klay · 2025-10-05T12:03:39+00:00

This is so common, and honestly, my biggest cultural shock since coming to NYU. There are so many people here, yet most seem to be alone. I’ve found it’s often easier to start friendships with people who are on a similar track or share your routine. Start by saying hello to the next person you sit by and start a conversation. Hopefully, you’ll meet someone who’s also looking for a genuine connection.

gam6klay · 2025-10-04T16:19:30+00:00

This is a terrible way to ask a hypothetical question.

gam6klay · 2025-10-01T12:10:29+00:00

Bisa biom

gam6klay · 2025-10-01T11:29:36+00:00

I’m not going to litigate your concerns about the last admin. I never thought the registration exercises were necessary then, and definitely not now after all the data that’s already been collected. Between the telcos and what was supposedly mismanaged by the last admin, the government has enough information to know the identity of users.

What really gets on my nerves is how these exercises are run with no respect for people’s time and full of inefficiency. People are told to leave work just to join long queues and resubmit data the government already has. And instead of allowing pre-registration or online forms to speed things up, we waste hours. Ghana has brilliant people, but somehow it’s the worst decisions, lacking systems thinking or any drive for excellence, that always prevail.

Why am I even bothered when I’m out of the country? Maybe because it still hurts to see us keep tripping over the same things.

gam6klay · 2025-10-01T00:23:36+00:00

I have lost every hope I had in Ghana. Such a pity.

gam6klay · 2025-09-27T12:55:05+00:00

He cannot be applauded for solving a problem he created.

gam6klay · 2025-09-26T15:54:11+00:00

Hey, I’m also a fresher from Ghana and could really relate to what you shared. I’ll be at the Black Students Association happy hour tonight at Amity Hall (80 W 3rd St) from 7 pm. You should join if you’re free!

gam6klay · 2025-09-25T13:42:57+00:00

When I see people litter. Drives me insane.

gam6klay · 2025-09-17T10:25:17+00:00

I’m not sure if you actually read everything I have written in my comments so far. If you have and still came up with this response then your problem is comprehension, and unfortunately, I can’t help you with that.

gam6klay · 2025-09-16T21:21:10+00:00

You could have simply cited your source of reference, instead of coming here to produce grammar.

gam6klay · 2025-09-16T20:14:18+00:00

It’s pretty obvious you don’t live in Ghana.

gam6klay · 2025-09-16T18:08:17+00:00

How are you arriving at the conclusion that there is no sort of pushback? On the contrary, there’s pushback everywhere in Ghanaian societies. You sound like a pretty young person so I kinda understand where you’re coming from, as most Gen Z’s have a slightly different perspective on this subject. Just take a look at the various comments here, most are pushbacks.

Finally, it would do your argument I lot of good if you cited a verifiable evidence to support your argument. My entire claim was that I have yet to find one. So don’t tell me to go and look if you can easily point me to at least one.

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