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I'm a crypto learner and lover. I'm quite analytic and logical in my dealings. Loves football and reading. Also a novice blogger. Someone taking a dive into th…
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The Dawn Of Night I didn't choose this destiny. It was thrust on me by a series of events that were not initiated, nor facilitated by me. But now I have to fight to the death to fulfil it. My brother never understood it, not that I could tell him; he wouldn't believe it anyways. It has been twelve years since my father passed this burden to me and six years since my brother was released from prison. In that time, he has made several attempts to reclaim what he thinks is his…
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Deception Of Dissapointment What if I tell you there's no such thing as a disappointment? Yeah, I know, sounds insane, but just give it the benefit of the doubt at least, let's see where we go from here, shall we? Humans do not live in isolation, such as in the design of our world. We are social beings, we have to interact with other creatures of our kind and otherwise. This is a result of a system of mutual dependency we have on each other. The early men were…
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Happy Democracy Day ***Today is the day we remember the years before and look at the possibilities before us to strive for an even better future. We should remember not to leave the faith of our country in the hands of our leaders alone, as it is the responsibility of everyone to make it greater and better. - Idehen Violet*** Today is supposed to be one of those days we celebrate um my country, Nigeria, but I'm not in a celebratory mood. On this day, many years back, an…
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A Month Of Positivity It's a new month today, a day to have new hopes, dreams, goals and aspirations, and there's never a shortage of those here. It's all the time to reflect on the past month and all it brought. I can see that a lot of you already got to do one of them or both, and that's great. Of course, the purpose of these is to encourage others and show them it's possible and that they can do so well themselves. I've got to say though, that the effect it has on me is…
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The Problem With Algorithmic Stablecoins (Part One) When the stablecoin USDT came into the crypto world, it was welcomed by almost all and sundry. A stablecoin is a token that has a fixed price usually $1 at all times. These tokens do not fluctuate in price and are usually back by some asset in a 1:1 ratio. For example, USDT is a token that's supposedly back by the dollar. What this means is that for every single USDT minted, there's a dollar equivalent held in USDT's…
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Unforgivable I was reading @HappyBoy 's article yesterday when I came across these questions. I understood his answer and why he thinks so, but I thought to answer them for myself. **Is there an unforgivable sin?** This question is a very dicey one to discuss. We as humans are expected to be noble and virtuous, even though we are hardly ever so. One of the most sought virtues is the spirit of forgiveness. The majority of the time, the need to forgive isn't about the offender…
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The Politics Of Money And Of Emotions The polity of Nigeria's political space is getting heated as it should be expected to be during the election period. The different candidates are doing all in their power to get the votes of their party delegates to win their primaries, which would make them the flag bearer for their parties. Most drama has come from the ruling party, on whom presidential aspirants have poured down as if the flood gate of election heaven was opened on…
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Happiness/Success I saw this while reading @Olasquare 's article. I intended to write a well-researched article today, but my day turned out to be full and hectic. I'm so tired and sleepy right now, I'm going to have to go with something not too mentally tasking, hence this. Here goes nothing **Museum Or Amusement Park** I'm the kind of person that makes the majority of his decision on their utilitarian value. An amusement park is to place to have fun, relax and have a good…
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The Storm Is Over *I was in a tunnel* *And couldn't see the light* *And whenever I'd look up* *I couldn't see the sky* *Sometimes when I'm standin'* *It seems like I done walked for miles* *And my heart could be cryin'* *Dead in the middle of a smile* *Now in the midst of my battle* *All hope was gone* *Downtown in a rushed crowd* *And felt all alone* *And every now and then* *I felt like I would lose my mind* *I've been racin' for years* *And still no finish line, oh* *But…
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This Too Shall Pass How often do you get tired up in an impossible situation?? Not often, I hope. There are a lot of people on this planet who seem to have everything working together just to favour them. We all have that kind of people around us. Sometimes, we get caught up in impossible situations, and instead of thinking about the solution, we can't help but look at these people who seem to have it easy in life and wonder why our cases are different. That's bad enough,…
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Let Them Know When I read articles on this platform, I can help to wonder what drives people I write and to do it the way they do. Forget the earning part, what makes you choose the topics you choose? That's the question. Yes, some of us write because we have to write to earn, yes I do that some days too, and there is nothing wrong with that. Yet, there are some writers whose writings always seem to have a lesson to learn and things like that. I admire them and would love to…
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Jack Of All Trade: Not The Way To Go This article I'm writing today is inspired by a new belief that those who are going to succeed in our world today are those who have their hands in everything. While it's great to have multiple skills and/or businesses, that's only partly true. In today's world, there's immense pressure to succeed. This pressure comes from multiple sources, sometimes it's self-inflicted. You might argue that the expectations and demands for one to succeed…
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Don't Be A Means To An End I was watching a reel news item on the BBC earlier today and it got me thinking. For those of you who might not have the time to watch it, let me summarise. There were two men in the old America and by old America, I mean the America in which discrimination was a lawful thing. One of the men was what people would have called 'a real American, the other man was just a lowly French fur trapper. At the time, fur trappers were amongst those at the end…
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My Happiness This is a question I'll normally evade. It's one of those questions that I'm kind of afraid to even think about it myself, but it's also a question you have to answer at some point, whether you like it or not, and that's what I'm gonna do here presently. I'm an emotionally resistant person; that is to say, my ability to respond to the emotion of the environment/circumstances is almost non-existent. I do understand emotional states, but I don't just react as most…
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Dealing With Emotional/Psychological Pain (Conclusion) I started this article yesterday and I hope to finish it today. You can find the first part here. As a way of summarizing the first part, for those who might not want to go back to read the original article, the first part was mostly about the definition of what emotional/psychological pain is and how it relates to physical pain. It's worthy of note, that when you are going through the death of a loved one, that…
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Dealing With Emotional/Psychological Pain (Part One) Lately, I've been thinking about pain and how we deal with it. Of course, as we are different, so we have different ways of dealing with things including pain. Do not be misled to think I'm talking about physical pain. That will have its place, but this article is actually centering on mental/psychological pain. Much like physical pain, there are a lot of things that can cause us psychological pain. These includes, the…
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Question Everything I think it was yesterday, I read an article published by @meitanteikudo , and I could help pondering on some of the questions drawn from his thought. When you look at this as we know it, it all depends on our five senses, how they transmit the info/stimulus they get to the brain, and how the brain interprets those information to produce a response. Most of the time, what we think/know of a thing, is determined by the brain using information from a…
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Demarketing A Presidential Candidate This is an opinion piece by Fredrick **Nwabufo; Nwabufo** aka Mr OneNigeria who is a writer and journalist, republished under the open to use license from nairaland.com. https://www.nairaland.com/7122378/peter-obis-supporters-demarketing-him **Ndi Igbo. We know how to jinx a good thing. Perhaps, it is our seeming indomitability, boisterousness and Thanos-will that seduce us to think everyone must believe in what we believe in and must act…
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Sleepy And Tired It's no news that I've been struggling to write these days, and for a plethora of reasons ranging from been too tired by the end of the day, to more serious reasons like just not been able to come up with an article. I know what you're thinking, 'Talon is going through a writer's block phase', but I'll like to disagree...or not😅. If it is indeed writer's block, then there must be many different types. Maybe that's what I'll write on tomorrow, been a little…
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African Proverbial Wisdom (Conclusion) I wrote the first part of this article a few days back and it was quite exciting to do. However, it was supposed to be a on eh time thing, but made a beautiful comment on my post that chiefly responsible for this continuation. You can find the first part **here****.** https://read.cash/@Talon/african-proverbial-wisdom-3f75f0f5 **A lion In Nigeria is Still A Lion In Any Other Country** This proverb is a bit simplistic but yet powerful.…
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Self-Care Isn't Selfish I've been watching a series this past few days and I've got to say, what it lacks in picture quality, it well makes up for in the lessons it teaches. Maybe one of these days, I'll write a review, but that day isn't today. One of the biggest lesson in the movie came in the form of a rebuke of the main character by a friend. The main character is that kind of a person who is always trying to help people deal with their problems, no matter how big it is,…
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African Proverbial Wisdom I was going through a friend's whatsapp status earlier today and I found a lot of photos of really deep meaning African Proverbs, full of wisdom for those who seek it and I thought it's worthy of sharing. Something about this proverbs gets to me. Maybe it's because I think my dad would warn to me often, if we talked that often. This proverb seem a bit simple on the surface, but it's full of wisdom. While it's very correct about the theiving thing,…
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Talking Snapshots (Part Two) Lately, I've been thinking about my writing routine. This is because these days, I'm always so very tired by the end of the day, that I find it hard to do any mental work. I usually just want to bath, eat and sleep. A number of days back I wrote an article titled Talking Snapshots and I like it, but while going through my gallery today, I realize I still have some great ones, so I thought,why not share?? So, here goes.…
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Forex 101 Series: Defining Terminologies You can find the first part of this article here. I'm going to be talking about some terminologies that will aid understanding. https://read.cash/@Talon/forex-101-series-introduction-3b245ae1 **Explaining** **Some** **Terms** **Leverage** **And** **Spread** Forex is commonly traded in specific amounts called lots, or basically the number of currency units you will buy or sell. A “lot” is a unit measuring a transaction amount. When you…
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Forex 101 Series: Introduction I am thinking about what to write today and I just can't put my mind on a topic. This is mostly because I'm already mentally and physically tired from my long and stressful day. I really don't want to go a day without posting an article this month, as I've failed to achieve this in months past. Then I remembered a book I was writing and later left behind. So, I just thought I'll start posting it here. Maybe this will help me complete it. So,…
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Talking Snapshots I'll be talking about some things to help improve the quality of our lives. These are principles captured in form of memes or WhatsApp statuses. This hit me hard, like really hard. The weight of these few words can not be overestimated. Just like it says, there are multiple ways to learn wisdom as is every other thing in life. The one you choose or use depends on the circumstances surrounding us at the time, less so as the kind of person you are. Without…
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Unpopular Opinion: It's Not As Easy As People Think "***If you ask me, I'd say being super attractive is both a blessing and a curse in disguise, as far as things of the heart are concerned" - Talon*** I got know about this prompt from @Gianna-B 's article. Time to dive into it. Before I even get to dissecting this prompt, let's talk about what exactly is attractiveness. I'm only doing this because it seems like most people automatically associate attractiveness with facial…
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Fire Vs Water This is to complete the article I started yesterday, as I'm too mentally drained to go into researching another topic right now. You can check out the first part here. https://read.cash/@Talon/donating-my-body-to-science-c036f890 **Died In 20 Years With No Regrets Or Die In 50 Years With Many Regrets.** I'm one to choose quality over quantity anytime of any day, but this looks quite twisted. Twenty years of no regrets definitely beats fifty years with many…
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Donating My Body To Science I was reading an article by @Gianna-B, and I really like it. You can find it **here****.** I'm going to just follow their lead. https://read.cash/@Gianna-B/control-fire-or-control-water-b8644015 **Lose All Your Money Or All The Pictures You've Ever Taken??** First of all, I'm hardly one to take pictures. My friends are camerapholic and photogenic people, as such they take a lot of pictures, and often times, they try to drag me into it, and I…
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Yours To Live! I've come across different types of people in this life and I have to say that some of them were very disappointing. Myself being highly introverted have spent quite a number of my years on earth observing people. The more I looked, the more I started to see that the human race is constantly evolving in respect to character and I just can't say if this evolution is for the better or not. Amongst the many types of people I have come across or just noticed out…