Cape Town, South Africa
Joined June 2011
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verningitup retweeted
what sucks is that life could be so easy. so easy. we have enough resources to feed people, house them, and lift them out of poverty. we could distribute those resources fairly and give people room to actually live. instead, millions suffer while a handful of billionaires hoard more wealth than they could ever spend.
verningitup retweeted
No one:
Absolutely nobody:
FNB Charges:
- Service fees: R8.00
- Value Added Service Fees: R7.90
- Monthly Account Fee: R349.00
- Monthly Credit Fee: R69.00
- You Don’t Come to the ATM Anymore Fee: R132.00
- You Didn’t Swipe Your Card Yesterday Fee: R88.00
- Two Weeks Until Pay Day Fee: R94.00
- Walking Past ATMs Fee: R55.00
verningitup retweeted
How do we wake up on a Sunday morning in South Africa to the news of 27 people shot dead in two seperate mass shootings - 17 in Johannesburg and 10 Cape Town - and just go about our day as per normal? Watching the Proteas and the Boks with a beer? This can’t be the new normal.
verningitup retweeted
At the airport, watching a dad with his probably seven-month-old. He has her in the air, shifting her around mechanically, like a robot. She’s kicking her legs and squealing.
Mom comes back from the bathroom and immediately straps the baby to her chest. She leans in and snuggles.
Nobody tells Dad to engage in stimulating play with his child. Nobody tells Mom to pull her close and soothe her.
They interact with the same child differently because men and women are different.
Children don't need two adults tossing them in the air. They don't need two parents soothing and comforting them. All stimulation and no security leaves them unmoored; all comfort and no challenge leaves them afraid to venture out.
Children need one parent who promotes attachment and one parent who promotes independence.
Children need a mother and a father.
A culture that treats either one as optional asks children to go without so adults can feel affirmed.
verningitup retweeted
Now I need your prices as low as this flyover 🙏🏾
Planning. Precision. Performance. ✈️✈️
Spectacular scenes of Airlink’s double Embraer flyover at the DHL Stadium.
Airlink is Proud Official Sponsor of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry, presented by Castle Double Malt 🏉
#Airlink #FlyAirlink #FlyTheLink #Skybucks #RugbysGreatestRivalry
verningitup retweeted
I may delete this in an hour, but screenshot it if you want. I have nothing but contempt for popular people who use their influence to promote BETTING. In a country where gambling is destroying lives and families, monetising that misery is unconscionable. Have some shame!!! 😳 🤯
verningitup retweeted
You’re standing on a planet with molten lava at its core. Trees are turning sunlight into air you can breathe. Your heart is beating without you asking it to. There’s a moon in the sky and bugs that glow. This whole thing is absurdly beautiful. Don’t forget to notice it.
verningitup retweeted
Giving your partner a break from decision fatigue is a love language. Removing someone's mental load is the highest form of consideration.
verningitup retweeted
My "Roman Empire is the realization that my life is a lottery win. Somewhere in Sudan, Pålestine, iran, Afghanistan, Iraq or Congo, there is a boy smarter than me. He is more disciplined, more resilient, and holds more potential in his single finger than I do in my entire career.
The only difference? I am siting in a train and he is sting in the rubble of his dreams.
My "bad days" are his wildest dreams.
My "burnout" is a luxury he can't afford because his only job is staying alive.
It's geographical luck and it's a haunting injustice that we all refuse to acknowledge and look away
