So you are saying South Africa was better off under Apartheid rule? And this never happened when the Afrikaaners were in power? Is that what you really wanted to say? What's happening there is happening in all 2nd world powers (Brazil, India, Russia, China) it's just that you dont hear about it as often. The Ayeeyo getting beat up in that video is sad, but i guess that's how they deal with TUUGNIMO there. Each to their own.

Hal qof keliya aa waxaano dhan loo suubinooyaa miyaa?

Hadii la'oron lahaa, kaas qofkii soo qabto $100k oo lacag ah ayaa lasiinaa, waxaan hubaa in mar hore meedkiisa ama lasoo qaban lahaa. Hal qof oo keliya ayaa magaalo dhan loo xiraa. Yaab.

Arabta, iyo quruxda 'Nimanka' maxaa kala heesta.

Jacpher;939241 wrote: ^Afxumo hadey xabashi dhulka ka dhicin waa horaan guuleysan laheyn boowe. Afxumo wax uunbey kugu dirtaa, wax kaama celiso. +2. Ninkaan Af.Somaligii maxaa u diiday? If you are going to question other people's 'Somalinimo', the least you could do is write in Somali. At least people would have taken you seriously.

Yep, that's the guy who blew himself up. It's him. But o'well, hada aakhiro ayuu joogaa, its' him and Allah now.

Safferz;938635 wrote: A Saudi man is not in custody, he was questioned. A civilian saw him running away from the explosion (like everyone else) and decided to chase and TACKLE him before turning him in to Boston police for "acting suspiciously." Several right-leaning media outlets then ran with the story of a "Saudi national" in custody as a "person of interest," but the BPD have said that's not true. That guy has some balls to tackle a complete stranger, just because he looked a little different from the rest. I hope he either press charges, or sues him for everything he got.

Che yaa arkay?

Looks nice. I hope she achieves whateva she wants to accomplish.

Blackflash;938083 wrote: Yes. There are certain people this planet is better off without. I remember reading about the murder of a sociopath I knew in high school. He had apparently run for his life before being gunned down on someone's lawn and subsequently froze to death as it was -40C outside. It was probably the only time I smiled whilst learning of a person's death. No great loss.

No, its never right to celebrate anyone's death.

Jacpher;937950 wrote: Stoic, you are not alone, my youtube browser history is full of two things, muxaadaro arabic lectures and high tech videos and kid cartoons that my little ones watch from time to time. My days of too much internet time is gone. These days it is about academia, research and business. I could be sitting in front of the computer all day and not check email or social networking sites. I tell you too much internet and electronics in our life these days. I did turn off my cell for four days straight about a month ago and walaahi it felt so liberating. It was not fun for family and friends tho. I liked leaving the phone home and not worrying at all. If you gonna try, one downside there is, you get home tired and only to find out you gotta go back because so and so is in the hospital or stuck somewhere. Jacpher, very nice sxb. It's good to see someone who isn't so easily distracted and can focus. I sometimes promise myself i would spend 30 minutes browsing, and get right back to work. But one thing leads to another (Youtube, Wikipedia, News, Forums, random things) and i realize 3hrs have passed doing nothing but looking at stuff.

Ok how about the kids (teenagers, adolescence) who grew up with the Internet as being part of their life and have taken it for granted? Anyone think this is the most affected group? When i was growing up, we had to go outside and play with other kids, hang out, socialize, and everything else. The kids that are growing up now, and i see alot of them in Minnesota are lacking all those things. You have a whole generation coming up right now that don't have the values we grew up. And it's scary.

Ace of Spadez;937945 wrote: I think the internet brought Somalis the opportunity to communicate which is a good thing. The down side is the struggle to ensuring you are not wasting your time online as opposed to working for the here after as stoic mentions. That's true sxb. But it also has brought the evilness and Xaasidnimo out of some people. You'd read some things on the Internet that you know no one would have the balls to say it to someone else's face. Take for example Siyaasad(Politics). LoL before the Internet, people shared their views/ideas in a peaceful, respectful manner, but now it's totally different ball game.

STOIC;937936 wrote: Aaah the internet the only place I can be an imposter and whole another me lol..I think it internet is just a tool and depends on how you use it..You can use it to expand your knowledge on topics that were exclusively for specialist on that field or You can also use for all kind of fusuuq and malice that will not garner you any dhawab from the creator.I have learned great deal of knowledge from the internet heck I even expand my Somali just loging to SOL...Lately I have been working on my spirituality and what better place can you get a guidance than from one click away! Its all how you want to use Very good points STOIC. As for impersonating and people pretending to be things they aren't, do you see that as a problem? The Internet allows you to build a whole self around something that isn't true. I did that myself in my early day's of discovering the Internet, and this new self started to cross over into my real life. LoL, the line started to blur between 'Internetka iyo Nolosha caadiga ah.

Che -Guevara;937918 wrote: Information at the tip of your finger is what I like about it. Runtaa, but in the same token, do you think it made people just a lot more lazier by depending on the Internet for everything? There is this 17yr old kid, aan adeer u ahay. He has the attention span of 4yr old kid. He can't disconnect from his laptop/cellphone long enuff to really think about things deeply. He'd give you really short answers to everything, and he's very abrupt about everything. Personally, i think it's doing a lot of harm to most of the younger generation.

Wakhti aad u dheer ayaan rabay Topic noocaan oo kale inaan mar bilaabo, laakinse aan aqoon sidaan u bilaabi lahaa. Waxaan rabaa dadka SomaliaOnline in aan weeydiiyo fikrada eey kaqabaa The Internet. Waa maxay faa'iidooyinka iyo Khasaarada eey Internetka ADIGA shaqsi ahaan u aragtid: I will update this as i think of more things....but give us a summary of how it has helped you, some of the things that you see is wrong with it. Discuss.

Google doesn't want you to worry about the afterlife -- or at least what's left of your digital assets once you're gone. Google's new "Inactive Account Manager" feature lets the user choose what to do with his/her data if the account is not used for a long period of time. Announced in a blog post Thursday, the feature is targeted at people who want to create an automated digital will, however, the service could also be useful in less morbid situations -- when a user can no longer access her account, for example. (What if you plan to go on a lengthy expedition outside Wi-Fi range and need to put your Gmail on pause?) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/11/google-inactive-account-manager-plan-death_n_3063577.html

Malika;937844 wrote: Lol - kuma oga inaad tahay, one that sniff criminal a miles away..lol Somalidu waxeey tiraahdaa...'Tuug, tuug ma xado'.

I just saw this on my 'Spam' folder on Gmail. Normally, i delete any email that show's up on my Spam, but i opened this up when i saw the name of the sender. Anyways, you guy's enjoy it. Greetings from Apene Kudah, With all due respect, I want you to read my letter with one mind and help me. I am Apene Kudah, The only daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. Kudah, My Late father was a very wealthy cocoa dealer in Lome Togo before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal. When my mother died when she was given birth to me, my father took me so special because I am motherless. Before the death of my late father on 2nd June 2012 in a private hospital here in Lome Togo. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD9,000,000.00 Nine million United States dollars left in a suspense account in a local bank here in Lome Togo, that he used my name as his only daughter for the next of kin in deposit of the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, such real estate agent, I am 17year old. Dear I am honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways. 1) To provide any bank account where this money would be transferred into. 2) To serve as the guardian of this fund. 3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a residential permit for me in your country. Moreover, I am willing to offer you 35 percent of the total sum as compensation for your effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominated account overseas. I want you to help me not because of the 35 percent I want to offer you but to take me as your adoptive child and take good care of my life. Please save my life. Hope to hear from you immediately for more details for you to receive the money. Thanks and God Bless. Best regards, Apene Kubah.

Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar;937824 wrote: Last Monday night, they shot at the feet and legs wiil Soomaaliyeed oo da' yar -- around 17 -- aan aad u aqaanay. He was far from being in a gang, maba yaqaano waxaas. He came back from Nayroobi in mid '2011, after spending there seven years of his childhood. He was born in Toronto, but Nayroobi loogu waday in uu diinta iyo tacliinta aasaaska ah kusoo barto. He was shot purely because of his Soomaaliness and just as at this thread indicated. They asked him if he lived in that 'neighbourhood.' Haa ayuu yiri, they started shooting, fifteen shots fired overall. They would have shot any Soomaali, boy or a man, ay arkaan that night, because dad aargudasho wato ayee ahaayeen. Allaha u fududeeyo, wiilkaas. MMA, waa wax laga naxo, in qof aan waxaasba aqoon saas loogula dhaqmo. Maxaad oron laheed ayaa ku haboon Somalida meeshaa degen? is Hubeya? meesha ka guura, ama dowlada ugu dacwooda?

STOIC;937557 wrote: Am confused.. Did you open a thread in response to someone else opinion in another site so you can settle scores...this site quality is going down with all this useless threads...I must be getting old It's not just you sxb, this site is no longer circling the drain but is down drain. With all due respect to the Admin and Libaax, it all started when advertisements(ads) started appearing on SoL few years back. The more people that see these ads, the more money the site makes. So more people were allowed to join and become Nomads, and this is why the quality of the site has been going down. The best thing to do now is to report individuals to the mods and to use your ignore list.

Showqi;937695 wrote: MMA, Shiisha is not something new to Somalis and Yemenis! I remember in the late 80s some of my neighbors using Shiisha. At that time it was called Badeecad in Somali language. Waxaana lagu cabi jiray tubaako baal baal oo bagaad lagu daray. Dadkii waagaas yaqaanay Shiisha, waxeey cabi jireen hal nooc lee. But here in North York you can get ten different tests. Marka sxb Shiisha wax cusub ma'aha dadkaan hadda leey soo tooseen. we are in 2013 and they are telling us Shiisha is somthing new to Somalis:o Waa runtaa sxb. Dad badan ayaa bahashan horey u aqoonin. Aniga Sisha aan arko (ama isticmaalo ) waxaa iigu horeysay America. Kahor, waan maqli jirey keliya oo ma'ogiyee, waxba kama ogeen. Hada waxaad moodaa ineey dadka isticmaalayo soo bateen. Hadii aad tagtid Meelaha Sishada lagu cabo on WEEKENDS waxaa ka buuxo ilmo iyo dumar iska cabayo. Fikrad ahaan, Sishada waa 'GATE WAY DRUG', dadka ayeey waxeey u horseedeesaa ineey wax kale bartaan. Sisha keliya kuma ekeeynayaan, oo wax kale ayaa ku siii xigayo. Hada hala la dagaalamo inteeysan weli Faraha ka bixin, oo eeysan dadka caadeesan. My tano.

Safferz;937524 wrote: Where are the statistics you claim show Somali women are less employed and less educated than their male counterparts? And how do educated, working women lead to the collapse of our communities? If anything, Somali women are pulling way ahead of men in academics. They are also more likely to hold down a stable job with higher income. I was at this community college few weeks ago looking to enroll in classes, and I think i counted at least 5 young Somali girls and maybe 1 Somali guy. The gender roles are being redrawn and wouldn't surprise me if women start bossing around men in the near future.

Nothing you could find on Google sxb?