Uncomfortable Truths Most Ktalkers Hate to be Told

[upepo]

@kah tony

Ndio maana some of you have 2+ bastards around and their mothers are being shafted by other men but I’m not pointing fingers.

Hapa mlidanganywa na mkakubali.

[Kemoi]

The problem with you Azor is that you take your perception of " fucked up life" as everyone’s. No.
A person who has satisfaction with his life doesn’t have such thoughts. It one’s urge for more that brings up such thinking.

[propesa]

@ChifuMbitika

There is more to life than just money. True dat. I recently realised that despite all my material possessions, I am not much different from the peasants in Mathare slums

Which psychology book are you currently reading?

[ChifuMbitika]

@propesa

Which psychology book are you currently reading?

The one that Sigmund Freud wrote just before he became senile

[gatume]

@ChifuMbitika

There is more to life than just money. True dat. I recently realised that despite all my material possessions, I am not much different from the peasants in Mathare slums

Chief you are the most humble billionaire I know

[ChifuMbitika]

@gatume

Chief you are the most humble billionaire I know

The pleasure is all mine. Thanks

[Hmmmmm]

@Azor Ahai

It is easy to underestimate your achievements during good times and to downplay the importance of money, just to sound politically correct and avoid infuriating peasants.

A prisoner at Kamiti serving 20 years will tell you how important money is because he couldn’t come up with a few millions to bribe the judge. A bedridden patient somewhere in a county hospital is sharing a bed with another peasant and his condition is worsening, he will tell you how important money is. Kuna watu watoto hawana fees, viatu, starving etc. Don’t take your achievements for granted just because you haven’t been in a situation where your money bailed you out. When actual sh.it hits the fan, that’s when you will see the difference between you and those peasants in Mathare.

Statements like “Money isn’t everything, material possessions don’t matter etc” are what we say in public to make peasants feel good about themselves and to avoid angering them. Deep down you know it matters - a lot.

Stop contradicting yourself. Umesema 2 main points if you’re not 1% you’re fucked. Tena ukasema long term employment is for losers. I was commenting on that tuwache semantics mob.

[kah_tony]

@Azor Ahai

This is exactly how people fail exams. At no point did I mention that money is the common denominator. In fact, I ended by stating that there are many more uncomfortable truths but I didn’t have the time to continue listing them.

You are correcting a point that I never made in the first place.

Since 2019 when I left this forum you’re posting the same stuff. I’m working on empirical evidence. Enzi za NZE na Mark X.

[mr_shairman]

fate has it that not everyone will be rich at 35 only a few who are lucky…even those who started businesses early even at 25yrs have no guarantees of making it at 35 coz that just how fate is. However does that mean your fate is sealed and should stop trying, of course No.

[J_Blackman]

@propesa

Which psychology book are you currently reading?

For Christ’s sake, not Gifted Hands.

[J_Blackman]

@Kemoi

The problem with you Azor is that you take your perception of " fucked up life" as everyone’s. No.
A person who has satisfaction with his life doesn’t have such thoughts. It one’s urge for more that brings up such thinking.

Such a person suffers a lack of ambition in the betterment of his life.

[Sio_Leo]

As you all dream, learn to live within your means

[system]

Being employed is not a waste of time I am employed, I am not looking to getting promoted but I sell my time at good price, I am good at what I do, I would rather be seated on my computer doing that job than chasing clients for pay worrying about office rent, salaries,taxes etc, I don’t give free services to my boss I work 9to1 and 2-4 anything more will have to be paid for.
Even when employed don’t overwork for free get paid per second.
Self employment is stressful yes you will use people’s time. But you have to pay for it.

[kukuru_kakara]

@Azor Ahai

1. If you are not a 1%'er in the environment you live in by 35 years, you are fucked (because money can’t stop the aging process)

Elaborate what you mean by “fucked”.

@Azor Ahai

2. Long term employment is for losers, for most people, employment is a sure way of staying in the rat race (golden handcuffs). If you have capital try business because the odds of you ever being promoted to CEO or Senior VP of a division are slim to none. Employment will provide you with basic needs and capital, but you will never join the cream as an employee (unless you are a nuclear scientist or have a rare highly marketable skill which most of us don’t). Be an employer and leverage other people’s time. Your boss earns what you will make in 10 years, in one year. He has leveraged your labor and that of your 20 colleagues. He is getting rich on your time. I might sound derogatory but the truth is, an employee is the modern version of a plantation slave. His/her boss is the master. You don’t want to be a slave for too long, especially when you can afford to start your own smaller plantation (business).

And many more…but I don’t want to infuriate you people beyond this for today.

There’s a truth in the need to get into business and all. However, @Azor Ahai you very well know, and fail to acknowledge the fact that there will always be employers (minority) and employees (majority). If the scales tipped even slightly, there would be chaos.

@Azor Ahai

It is easy to underestimate your achievements during good times and to downplay the importance of money, just to sound politically correct and avoid infuriating peasants.

A prisoner at Kamiti serving 20 years will tell you how important money is because he couldn’t come up with a few millions to bribe the judge. A bedridden patient somewhere in a county hospital is sharing a bed with another peasant and his condition is worsening, he will tell you how important money is. Kuna watu watoto hawana fees, viatu, starving etc. Don’t take your achievements for granted just because you haven’t been in a situation where your money bailed you out. When actual sh.it hits the fan, that’s when you will see the difference between you and those peasants in Mathare.

Statements like “Money isn’t everything, material possessions don’t matter etc” are what we say in public to make peasants feel good about themselves and to avoid angering them. Deep down you know it matters - a lot.

You misunderstood @ChifuMbitika. You said money matters, a lot. He didn’t.
Uhuru Kenyatta, Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey are no different from peasants in Rio favelas, Kenyan slums or South Asian shanties.
The circle of life is similar for all.
You’re born.
You live (work, have fun, make money, impact others etc)
You die.

[Azor_Ahai]

@one-kigongi

Being employed is not a waste of time I am employed, I am not looking to getting promoted but I sell my time at good price, I am good at what I do, I would rather be seated on my computer doing that job than chasing clients for pay worrying about office rent, salaries,taxes etc, I don’t give free services to my boss I work 9to1 and 2-4 anything more will have to be paid for.
Even when employed don’t overwork for free get paid per second.
Self employment is stressful yes you will use people’s time. But you have to pay for it.

You are the exception and not the norm. Most Kenyans are trapped in dead-end jobs.

In an environment like Kenya, assuming that you have no special skills (ie you can’t get a similar paying job easily), if you get a job that gives you e.g 1M per month, it would be stupid to leave the job to start a business. Based on the demand for your skills, it would be riskier venturing into business than staying employed.

[Kemoi]

@JM. Pombe

Such a person suffers a lack of ambition in the betterment of his life.

with satisfaction you need no ambition.

[system]

Just don’t have kids that you can’t afford - that’s the most crucial thing

[inzhener_otmetka]

@ChifuMbitika

I learnt to plant my seeds and watch them grow while quite young. I don’t labour so hard nowadays

When you’re in a bar encouraging others to drink, they don’t realise they are enriching you through the massive shares of EABL you own…
And yet…
Wewe unajivinjari…
THE POWER OF PASSIVE INCOME.

[Jimit]

@captain obvious

I feel like this is the 578th time I’m reading this thread, even though it was clearly posted at 6.33 PM today.

:D:D:D Me Too

[Kijana_hodari]

If you have truly experienced the bubble money creates, then you will realize its importance.