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Am all about LSD and Psychadelic healing.

As a psychiatrist, I gotta say it loud and proud: I LOVE LSD! 🎉 Psychedelics have changed my life in amazing ways, but it's been tough to keep that passion on the down-low. I see so many young people who could totally benefit from this kind of healing, yet we’re all just waiting for the system to wake up.

Let’s keep it real—psychedelics shouldn’t be considered a drug with no medical use. They have legit medical uses in mental health and are way safer than many legal stuff out there. With the right knowledge and sourcing, they can be a powerful tool for healing! 💪

Kenya's vibe is shifting; more of us are embracing psychedelics for fun and healing. The old-school views can’t hold us back forever! Let’s keep pushing for change and share our experiences! 🌈✨

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/psychedelic-therapy

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2024/12/02
17:23 UTC

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Take a Good Quality Photo of Yourself

Just ranting .

Can we talk about the importance of having good-quality, digital photos of yourself? Like seriously, not just any photo—I'm talking HD, clear, and taken against a plain white or grey background. Indoor photos work best because some of y'all out here sending blurry, low-quality, cluttered-background photos that hurt the eyes. 😤

And don't even get me started on those Snapchat filter photos! Those are not it. Please, for the love of decency, go take a proper photo—one that could actually be put on a billboard if needed. Save the filtered ones for your pals or whoever you’re impressing on social media.

invest in one good, professional-looking photo. You’ll thank yourself later.

(To be deleted soon. Had to vent!)

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2024/12/02
17:09 UTC

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Nostalgia junkies, tebu mjitokeze!

Remember that Kiwi advert: "hebu jitokeze, jionyeshe,, simama, imara, mbele ya watu!

Good shit. They never seem to make such good adverts nowadays. I'm a certified nostalgia junkie. That means I love everything vintage, including black and white tv. I yearn for the past. Glorify it even.

I remember when I was a youngin.That period of my life brimmed with cartoons, WWE, and playground shenanigans. Kids this days don't know how good we had it back then. They'd be envious.

Tea with bread with blue band, and zesta. Or those old school telephones that begged to be vandalised. I think they used to call em simu ya Jamii. And then there was bano. Boys who grew up then can vividly recall this. Fucking marbles man.

Who remembers mchongoanoz? Used to be that you taunted someone to tears to be crowned a mchongoanoz maestro.

I grew up in Kericho. Memories bit hazy on this one but there was some part of Kericho where you'd find abandoned cars mostly sedans with zillions of beer bottles neatly arranged on their roofs.

Who remembers kamares during PE? You'd hold hands and and stretch out to make a circle and then there was some song you sang to eliminate one person at a time?

Man, I miss my child hood.

1 Comment
2024/12/02
16:57 UTC

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Which is the best investigative series

Which best investigative series can you suggest

6 Comments
2024/12/02
16:49 UTC

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Is ICEA Lion worth it?

Have you used it? Have you heard about? Any disadvantage?

1 Comment
2024/12/02
16:13 UTC

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Roundabout

https://preview.redd.it/2jmgnjvllg4e1.png?width=598&format=png&auto=webp&s=a348c13514434f8c8238f214a343b0163def3dd8

What's crazier, launching a patch of grass in the name of a roundabout or the possibility that the ceremony cost more than the roundabout?

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2024/12/02
16:07 UTC

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Christmas bila hii was not Christmas at all.

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2024/12/02
16:01 UTC

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Minors 'hawking' in Nairobi CBD. Isn't this child labor?

Left the house to go buy some groceries since I've been feeding on snacks the whole weekend. I wanted to try cook (I love cooking) to see if I'll feel better (lost my job on Friday) and as a form of self love.

On my way back, some kids were playing and one approached me and asked me to buy him something because he has not eaten today. The other kids stopped playing to see if the hook catches the fish😂 and it did. I am trying to be frugal with the little I have because idk when I'll get another job but I had to buy the whole crew mandazis.

Now, this reminded me of kids in town (Nairobi CBD), y'know the ones with packs of chewing gum/waffles/sweets trying to sell some to you? Those ones. They catch you slacking in town, they pitch to you or ask for money to eat. This has been rampant in the recent years. This is most especially during school holidays and bank holidays.

The number of kids selling and asking for money from strangers is more than those of adult beggers in the streets of Nairobi. The kids are supposed to be playing instead of hustling like grown folk. Isn't this child labor?

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2024/12/02
15:36 UTC

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Lioness

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2024/12/02
15:31 UTC

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Juiani

Mahn Juliana just re-uploaded on his yt na all i can say is fire emoji... mahn Ati nilikaribisha kuku kwangu ikadhani ni pet ikasahau ni food Zitaendeshwa na nani kama si sisi... felt that Kutegemea hii dunia, ni kama kuteka maji na gunia Forgive 7x7x7 God unajua maths wasnt my best subject Nikiwa na mresh niwe kama wewe open arms and crossed legs (cross reference)

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2024/12/02
15:28 UTC

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Highest earning songs in Kenyan history.

All these songs have made the artists at least KSH 100m over time.

  1. Kuna dawa - Esther wahome. This is the highest earning song in Kenyatta history. It dominated the airwaves for almost a decade making Esther an instant millionaire.

  2. Banjuka - DNA. Shortly after releasing it, DNA was paid KSH 70m during the campaign season in 2007. It's still relevant to this day.

  3. Talanta yangu - Ringtone ft Majimaji. Ringtone ' rented' this song everyday to the jubilee coalition.

3 Comments
2024/12/02
15:11 UTC

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Walk Away

I posted this but the Mods deleted it. Is it wrong for a woman to speak against the senseless death men are facing?

Anyways...

Ladies,

If you ever find out that a man has lied to you for whatever reason. It might be the fact that he is sleeping around with other women, has a whole wife and family elsewhere, that he doesn't plan on finally getting a divorce so he can marry you or of great his financial situation.

Your best response always is to walk away. Do not engage in any confrontations, fights and arguments. Do not hang around him in the hopes of getting closure or to make him admit what he did was wrong.

Respect his choices as an adult and find your exit plan. Do not make it more complicated by trying to have a child with him so that you can have "control" over him.

Lastly, never ever get physical with a man. You might loose your life by going to prison or dying. There are so many men out here who would love every bit of you. Let him go.

3 Comments
2024/12/02
15:04 UTC

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Scaring people for a laugh is no comedy show in my books

Naswa and kina Nicky BigFish's kind of comedy has never appealed to me. Maybe I'm soft coz all the mandem seem to enjoy this type of comedy.

Since I was young, those dudes in school who'd punch you after telling a joke, hit your kisogo when you were freshly shaved, rub that mabuyu seed on the floor then burn your skin...... I fkin hated those dudes and I was 'too cool' to make a fuss.

11 Comments
2024/12/02
15:00 UTC

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Kenyan lady exposed for S*X trafficking her husband's minor sister to Nigerian Men in return for cash.

To be honest, we’ve been far too nice and tolerant toward foreigners, and it’s now reaching a point where many from the lowlifes white Men to the bottom barrel of Nigerian Men are beginning to show blatant disrespect in our own country. It’s high time we reevaluate how we handle immigration and foreign relations, as the situation is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.

There is an urgent need for serious vetting of immigrants, especially those coming into Kenya. In particular, Kenya and Nigeria should seriously consider severing ties, as the consequences of this ongoing relationship are proving to be more harmful than beneficial.

These people are becoming unbearable each day, and if we don’t take a stand, similar to what South Africans are doing for their country, we might very well lose everything that makes Kenya the great country it is today. One of the most disturbing incidents circulating on social media right now is a video that’s been making the rounds, especially on platforms like Telegram. This video was first uploaded to YouTube by the Comrades Flavor channel and shows a disturbing chat from September, where a woman is implicated in having secret relations with several Nigerian men despite being married. However, that’s not even the most shocking part.

What’s truly alarming is the woman’s greed, as she reportedly sex trafficked involved her own minor sister-in-law, who has just turned 17 and recently completed high school, in exchange for money. To add salt to the injury the woman then had the audacity to tell her husband that his minor sister is an "adult" simply because she has just completed high school although she still doesn't have an ID.

This is a clear case of exploitation and manipulation that is hard to overlook. Sadly, this is not the first disturbing story we’ve heard involving Nigerian men in Kenya more so the ones living in Kilimani, Roysambu, Westlands, Karen. There are far too many accounts of this kind like feeding women with poop for as low as 5000 Ksh in (Kilimani estate 25) Trafficking drugs, scamming people online in their rented apartments, trafficking women to Foreigners, everything about them is bad news not only in Kenya, even south Africa, Ghana, UK, Zambia in some countries they are banned from visiting and if we don’t take decisive action now, our beloved country will become unrecognizable and unsafe.

Kenya is a country that’s been a safe haven for many low life immigrants, but we must protect our people, our culture, and our way of life. Just like South Africans are fighting for their country, it’s time we start fighting to preserve the integrity of Kenya. We cannot afford to ignore these issues any longer. The time for change is now.

Last but not least the woman in that video needs to be arrested too, sex trafficking is an offence more worse involving minors.

Justice for the 17-year-old while we look for ways to tame immigrants from coming to Kenya.

11 Comments
2024/12/02
14:59 UTC

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Dating and social media

In my opinion, it's better to keep you relationship private. Lakini si ati ufiche mtu kama bangi 😅... But exposing too much about your relationship poses as a threat. Just live a private happy life, solve things off social media.

3 Comments
2024/12/02
14:53 UTC

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Weed Culture: Peer Pressure or what?

So recently I've been coming across tiktok videos where it's like the youth are competing on who smokes better than the other. Unascroll tiktok kila mtu ni mamoshi tu with no shame mpaka unashindwa when did weed become legal in Kenya. Alafu kwani wazazi wenu or other relatives hawako TikTok?

5 Comments
2024/12/02
14:27 UTC

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What's are some problems that can be addressed by Silicon Savannah?

I know you can't use tech to out do bad governance. Also, as a techie myself, I am highly suspicious of any tech related solution, but impact of tech is undeniable. List of richest people etc. What are some problems that high school, college techies or the jobless should aim to solve? I have some influence over some young people and I hesitate to tell them to be cloud, embedded experts or some of my other interests.

Doesn't necessarily have to be to make huge profits, it can be geared towards maximizing public good.

I saw a lot of talk of students making ventilators during COVID. Haven't seen any updates on that.

3 Comments
2024/12/02
14:16 UTC

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Men of reddit, what was the most obvious hint a girl gave you that you missed?

So there was this girl and we knew each other all the way from primary school and she got a scholarship to study abroad and the night before her departure nilimpeleka a local bar we eat nyama choma before she leaves 😂 then I walked her home. Then we talked for like an hour in her place she mentioned she had an early flight tomorrow and if there’s anything I wanted before she left. I was just like uhh… not really. She was like okay then… as she’s walking me out. I’m following her and she asks with this look in her face "Are you suuuuuure you don’t want anything? Anything at all? And my dumbass again says “nope”... This still haunts me to date 💀

118 Comments
2024/12/02
13:31 UTC

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Mwezi umeanza na pia ni mwisho wa mwaka

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2024/12/02
13:29 UTC

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I have this clip saved for when I'm feeling down, gets me every time 😂😂

5 Comments
2024/12/02
13:21 UTC

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Shaking Voice/Hands

Does your voice shake when you're in a meeting at work ? And guys who overcame this, how did you do it? What tutorials did you watch or what strategies did you use?

PS: I'd like to think I'm fluent and articulate but I can't stop my voice from shaking in certain scenarios.

4 Comments
2024/12/02
13:16 UTC

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when it comes to recovery,

when it comes to recovery, there's a 5% gain of function on superficial wounds that are treated without local anesthetic.

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2024/12/02
13:07 UTC

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AI’s Dark Side: The Digital Slavery Fuelling Kenya’s Tech Boom

Hey guys, I recently saw the 60 Minutes coverage on Kenyan digital workers. This is yet another barrier faced by young Kenyan workers in securing decent paying jobs in the country that faces unemployment rates of more than 67%. It's appalling considering the ethical image that OpenAI promotes. I discuss the rapid development of these AI tools and the hidden costs behind them in a blog. Give it a read and let me know your thoughts!

AI’s Dark Side: The Digital Slavery Fuelling Kenya’s Tech Boom

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2024/12/02
13:05 UTC

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Calling random numbers

Can I get in trouble for calling random numbers and just accusing them of random staff? Like why did you cancel my appointment? Where's my money? Why did you block me?

25 Comments
2024/12/02
12:20 UTC

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(International Shipping) Kentex - Savo -aquantuo - etc

As a first-time shipper, after reading through the reviews, it seems these companies truly excel at delivering disappointment. The choice is yours—pick your poison. Which company would you prefer to be frustrated with?

2 Comments
2024/12/02
12:00 UTC

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Nduthi guys

Choosing the ‘right’ nduthi guy is such a daunting task for most of us women. You never know who is well-experienced, honest, and won't rip you of your money or try to steal from you or kidnap you. My friend once took a bike, when she alighted and was paying via Mpesa, the guy smacked her and snatched her phone then drove off.

I was calling her to ask if she got home as is our custom and a man picks. He was breathing heavily when he told me that he dropped her at her apartment and then helped himself with her phone. Like??

Anyways, the other day I took a bike. The guy was parked isolated and was on his phone. I was tired after accomplishing my 10k steps goal (I was searching for a house, so yeah, very exhausted). I find myself often asking bike guys ‘am I safe with you’ a question that mostly annoys most of them while most of them don't mind it. I didn't even ask him. I just gave him my directions and sat.

As soon as I got comfortable, the guy asked me how I was. Why I seemed tired. Was everything okay? It was so genuine I almost cried cos I actually was going through it. Before I could answer him with lies, I noticed how well dressed he was and how he smelt nice. In a place where the sun is always scorching and we be sweaty af all day, bro took care of himself. Even his hair smelt clean and was well kempt.

Of course I lied that I was okay and that it was just a long day. Who goes telling bike guys stuff about their toxic bfs? He didn't drive fast trying to impress me with his bike prowess. He was slow and sure and slowed down when I answered so that he would hear me.

I paid him double when I alighted and nearly asked for a hug bana. Idk I was just impressed coz most guys I come across are usually untidy, high, chewing, or just unappealing and never care to talk about anything other than hiking fare.

34 Comments
2024/12/02
11:56 UTC

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Where can I buy rennet

Hello everyone, I'm in charge of the food for our family potluck and I want to make a Mac and cheese recipe. The problem is that the cost of the amount of cheese needed is enough for a used probox. Does anyone know where I can get rennet in Kenya? I think imma have to make the cheese myself

1 Comment
2024/12/02
11:28 UTC

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