As we all know, this is the internet generation. We socialize online, shop online, get our news online, and meet our sexual needs online. So here's what I wanna know from you dumb kids. How has the Net changed you? Are you a different person from what you formerly were because of the Web?
I'm talking about the deep stuff. Your political views, social views, economic views, philosophical views, religious views. Or to to put it a different way: how would you be different as a person if it weren't for the Web? I've noticed that there's a lot more rightwing Somalis than was the case ten years ago. I put this down to the rise of the Alt Right.
Many of the women are feminists I notice. They wanna cut our nuts off and shove it in our mouth. Jeez. What is the world coming to. Women are truly evil. Somali men are the last oppressed group on earth, but nobody cares because these little gap toothed dhoocils use their beauty to escape accountability.
On the religious side, there are fewer Tablighis and Sufis than were common in my day. Most Islamic content online these days is Saudi propaganda. And of course, there are the atheists.
Two decades ago these opinions would have been unheard of among Somalis. I'm guessing you guys have been affected by these new ideas as well. I've seen families torn apart by these differences in my line of work. It's no joke. Parents and children, and brothers and sisters, are no longer speaking to each other.
Before the internet most Somalis had a uniform opinion of the world more or less. They had the same preconceptions and watched the same TV programmes. Today, that's no longer the case. Everybody's glued to his smartphone screen, iPad, or laptop, watching and reading different things from different websites. There's no common source of information any more. I wonder where all this is going and what it means for the future.
I think it marks a revolution in our culture. I suspect the next cycle of violence in Somalia will be as a result of movements spawned by the Internet.
So tell us, how has the internet changed you or your family or circle of friends.
I'm talking about the deep stuff. Your political views, social views, economic views, philosophical views, religious views. Or to to put it a different way: how would you be different as a person if it weren't for the Web? I've noticed that there's a lot more rightwing Somalis than was the case ten years ago. I put this down to the rise of the Alt Right.
Many of the women are feminists I notice. They wanna cut our nuts off and shove it in our mouth. Jeez. What is the world coming to. Women are truly evil. Somali men are the last oppressed group on earth, but nobody cares because these little gap toothed dhoocils use their beauty to escape accountability.
On the religious side, there are fewer Tablighis and Sufis than were common in my day. Most Islamic content online these days is Saudi propaganda. And of course, there are the atheists.
Two decades ago these opinions would have been unheard of among Somalis. I'm guessing you guys have been affected by these new ideas as well. I've seen families torn apart by these differences in my line of work. It's no joke. Parents and children, and brothers and sisters, are no longer speaking to each other.
Before the internet most Somalis had a uniform opinion of the world more or less. They had the same preconceptions and watched the same TV programmes. Today, that's no longer the case. Everybody's glued to his smartphone screen, iPad, or laptop, watching and reading different things from different websites. There's no common source of information any more. I wonder where all this is going and what it means for the future.
I think it marks a revolution in our culture. I suspect the next cycle of violence in Somalia will be as a result of movements spawned by the Internet.
So tell us, how has the internet changed you or your family or circle of friends.
Internet is a cancer that is for sure .
