In no other country would @DCI_Kenya wear ignorance so majestically in the name of threads. There's a place for everything. A state agency tasked with the delicate responsibility of reporting crime & criminal activity cannot assume the language of porn sites & recipe vlogs.
Crime is not funny. It is also not a canvas on which one sharpens their penmanship. When you do that, you reduce the report to a comical event. This is why you don't find humor in crime documentaries. The report should inform - serve a deterrent function - not entertain.
When you make a tragicomedy of real-life crime, you lessen its weight & reduce the victims to inconsequential apparitions. People forget these are individuals with whole lives outside of the confines of the narrative. They become little more than a tool for laughter - clowns.
You fail to reflect the gravity of injustice & in the process condition people abuse. There is a right time & right place for things. Whoever drafts the pieces is a good writer, but good is not good if it is misplaced. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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31 Jul
Last week on my way to the city, I made the mistake of riding shotgun in a matatu. I never ride shotgun. Why? Coz the last time my teeth were knocked out in a scuffle between a policeman & the driver. The driver had implied the policeman had farted. Police whooped both our asses.
But I was in a hurry, & shotgun was the only option. So I risked it. The driver looked reasonable, not one to tell the policeman he had farted. I even got him some juice & water. He told me good morning & buckled his seat. Yes, stammered a little but decent guy by all standards.
We are moving. Music is good. I mean, this motherfucker was playing Kenny Rogers, Future, Franco: All kinds of music. I am thinking, "you diversity-oriented motherfucker!" Good man through & through. Wind in my face, all is good I fall asleep.
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It's my belief that one's relationship is a reflection of their state of mind: discernment, virtues, and/or ambitions. People pick what they subconsciously relate to even if they won't openly acknowledge it. There is no problem with marriage, the problem is individual.
We are a generation of selfish, insecure & demanding overlords. Who are just as boring as we are loud. And it is always someone's fault, never ours. Instead of healing & adjusting, we turn pain into campaign. We conjure childish rules to mechanically regulate social relationships
I mean, relationships are so simple when you know what you are, & what you want. If I made the other sex my sole focus in life, there is no way in hell I was ever going to make a good partner. I am an individual first, before I am a boyfriend. Loving needs no rules, just giving.
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My courtship style is so patient, so curious - so confident - it is liable to be misconstrued for absence of desire in the city. I know no pick-up lines. I have never had use for them. I ask people about their lives, I observe them. In the end, we grow into each other. Or not.
I have come across women who would ask after 2 days: "tell me what you want", or "T. ask me already": hoping I would declare desire. I find that quite unoriginal & uninteresting. I mean, you are a whole book, and we are on page one. How can I love you when I don't know you?
I think it is because I do not believe in negotiating desire. I do not believe that it is my job to convince the other party to like me. I simply wish to reveal myself to them & maybe over time, they will buy it. It is, for this reason, I also do not "fight for love"
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How to win an argument unethically:

1. Pick a single part of the other's argument & attack it.

Ie. Your girlfriend is accusing you of cheating with Anita several times. Focus on the several times, tell her she is lying: "it was only one time". Hold it there. Don't budge.
2. Pick a related but irrelevant topic & attack it.

i.e. Your girlfriend is shouting at you for cheating with Anita.

Focus on the shouting. Tell her she should not shout at you. Say, "you don't respect me". Hold it there. Don't budge. She'll get defensive, you've won.
3. Extrapolate the proportions of the other's argument.

i.e. Your girlfriend is shouting at you for cheating with Anita.

Exaggerate the scope of her argument.

Say, "I know you will say I also cheated with Joanne"
She'll get defensive. Home run!
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13 Jul
So you peed on yourself at work...

Or you bought a new dress & are not sure people will like it...

Or maybe you have pimples on your face & it makes you feel unattractive...

Maybe your wallet is empty, you fear people can see it...

2 concepts: The spotlight effect & Sonder.
The spotlight effect:

This is an anxiety born of regressive self-consciousness.

You imagine that people are focusing on you just as much as you are focusing on yourself.

They are watching you, laughing at you, talking about you.

It is not entirely true.
Sonder:

Everyone is preoccupied with their clandestine thoughts, emotions, among many other complexities.

They spend as little time on you as they can.

No one is as obsessed with you as you are with yourself.

Everyone is facing something. Everyone has their insecurities.
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If the primary goal is to earn followers on Twitter, I think the route is quite simple. Be as sensational as you can, comment on the trending/charged topics, with sustained grammatical flair. Originality is not a prerequisite.
If the primary goal is quality of interactions, originality will be demanded. Optimism is a prerequisite. Individuals have to deal with a lot in their daily lives, they do not come looking for another stressor in the form of tweets. They avoid sensationalism. They want discourse.
One's credentials may also come in handy. Unfortunately, it invites unsieved quantity as well as quality. People want to feel close to power. They will say anything to get its attention. The ceaseless pursuit of vicarious adulation. If positivity does not work, they will insult.
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