Are Black people unadventurous?

airwolex · Post by **airwolex** » Wed May 26, 2004 7:15 pm

I say it because if you ask a typical Oyinbo he will try all types of activities at least once. They will go white water rafting, Bungee jumping, Mountain climbing etc. I won't even consider any of these activities. My idea of an adventurous time is driving to a previously unvisited city and wandering into a random night-club - even that must be R and B.

Yours truly once had a friend that invited him to go for Safari in Kenya. My take on that is if i want to see animals i will tune into Discovery channel or go to a Zoo where yopu can view them from a safe distance. I will not also tempt faith, supposing i get ripped up by an ill-tempered lion or something? I can see some of my unsympahtetic relatives asking: "No be book dem send am, wetin hin dey find for dia?"

Naija fan · Post by **Naija fan** » Wed May 26, 2004 7:30 pm

We are definitely not as adventerous as oyinbo people. We tend to be very clanish and stick to what we know works as opposed to pushing the envelope. Part of that may be becuase we were so blessed (or cursed) with natural resources around us and did not have a need to venture beyond our space to survive. With the advent of technology and more education, some of that is changing but we still have a very long way to go.

Post by **Cellular** » Wed May 26, 2004 8:06 pm

When man pekin dey worried about how to chop una dey tok about Adventure?

Nonsense pipul...

Unless money dey for di end of am... wetin I take adventure dey do? Being Black and African is adventurous enuff for moi!

Robbynice · Post by **Robbynice** » Wed May 26, 2004 8:24 pm

Cellular wrote:When man pekin dey worried about how to chop una dey tok about Adventure?

Nonsense pipul...

Unless money dey for di end of am... wetin I take adventure dey do? Being Black and African is adventurous enuff for moi!

The the infamous word of the Budweiser commercial, TRUE!

scholl · Post by **scholl** » Wed May 26, 2004 10:34 pm

Abeg, those wey dey go adventure sef, na money dem dey take enjoy. Na so one white boy wey we been take all Calculus classes together invite me say make I come mountain climb with am. I been dey wonder say na only me be the black persin wey go dey there cos i know the area well, well say na remote white place. I tell am say me dey go play ball. I no trust dem oyinbo at all.

airwolex · Post by **airwolex** » Wed May 26, 2004 11:36 pm

De one way dey suprise me na sky-diving. Make i jump comot plane with parachute for back??!!! Lailai. Samething with bungee - jumping, sailing solo round the world, climbing mount everest, journeying throught the amazon...Just not my thing.

Mudi E · Post by **Mudi E** » Wed May 26, 2004 11:45 pm

How about hot-air balloon? Has anyone tried that yet. It sounds like fun though!
Yeah...me no dey take all that unnecessary risks sha. That sailing solo in those big Ocean is just too scary for any black man to try.
How about that Crocodile hunter in Australia, Steve Irwin. That guy is wacko. I will never near a 15 feet Croc.

Nneka · Post by **Nneka** » Wed May 26, 2004 11:53 pm

black people are only adventurous when it comes to sex.... very sad indeed.

Mudi E · Post by **Mudi E** » Thu May 27, 2004 12:31 am

Even in sex, we are not that adventurous until Oyinbo imposed their nasties on us. I never heard of oral sex when I was back home in the mid 80's. It's when I got here that I knew about it. Moreover, It is women that want you to do all kinds of shiat to them. Na wa for una.

Nneka · Post by **Nneka** » Thu May 27, 2004 3:34 am

Mudi E wrote:Even in sex, we are not that adventurous until Oyinbo imposed their nasties on us. I never heard of oral sex when I was back home in the mid 80's. It's when I got here that I knew about it. Moreover, It is women that want you to do all kinds of shiat to them. Na wa for una.

well what is good for the goose is also good for the gander.

Chief Ogbunigwe · Post by **Chief Ogbunigwe** » Thu May 27, 2004 3:47 am

Nneka wrote:black people are only adventurous when it comes to sex.... very sad indeed.

Trust Nneka to bring sex into this topic. Now we are awaiting Robbynice.

theDunamis · Post by **theDunamis** » Thu May 27, 2004 3:51 am

Chief Ogbunigwe wrote:
Nneka wrote:black people are only adventurous when it comes to sex.... very sad indeed.
Trust Nneka to bring sex into this topic. Now we are awaiting Robbynice.

Burriful!!

Monescafe · Post by **Monescafe** » Thu May 27, 2004 4:23 am

Next time you go to the restroom try to shYt upside down and see if it lands in the water.

Mudi E · Post by **Mudi E** » Thu May 27, 2004 4:43 am

Chei...MONESCAFE, where have you been? I don ask about you tire. I even open a thread asking about you and SSAM606.
Great to see you back buddy!

Linda@Ejimofor · Post by **Linda@Ejimofor** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:10 am

Nneka wrote:black people are only adventurous when it comes to sex.... very sad indeed.

hahahahhahah, GOOD ONE

Damunk · Post by **Damunk** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:13 am

Linda@Ejimofor wrote:
Nneka wrote:black people are only adventurous when it comes to sex.... very sad indeed.
hahahahhahah, GOOD ONE

Really?

I thought Black men had strong reservations about 'going down' on a woman...unlike Oyibo. This has been documented in a good number of places.

Damunk · Post by **Damunk** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:17 am

Mudi E wrote:How about hot-air balloon? Has anyone tried that yet. It sounds like fun though!
Yeah...me no dey take all that unnecessary risks sha. That sailing solo in those big Ocean is just too scary for any black man to try.
How about that Crocodile hunter in Australia, Steve Irwin. That guy is wacko. I will never near a 15 feet Croc.

I work with a colleague who flies his own hot air balloon for fun. He's in the next room even as I type. He's going up this bank holiday weekend and has invited me. This has been an open invitation for the last four months or so.
I am yet to summon up the courage.

Linda@Ejimofor · Post by **Linda@Ejimofor** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:21 am

Damunk wrote:
Linda@Ejimofor wrote:
Nneka wrote:black people are only adventurous when it comes to sex.... very sad indeed.
hahahahhahah, GOOD ONE
Really?

I thought Black men had strong reservations about 'going down' on a woman...unlike Oyibo. This has been documented in a good number of places.

Who really cares? No one!
Everyone should just do what he or she thinks is nice , wether it`s snow boarding or climbing a mountain.
And in every society there are men who like to go down on women easily. Has nothing to do with color . I also know and heard of many black men who proposed to their GF within 2 WEEKS afther they met.. most of them didn`t have papers ofcourse ... but i will never say that every black man does that while you are saying that EVERY WHITE man goes down on a woman EASILY .. That`s just NONSENSE!
+ it seems like you enoyed those movies otherwise you wouldn`t know so much about white mans behaviour , right?

Nneka`s post is just funny LOL

Talk IT · Post by **Talk IT** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:29 am

Damunk wrote:
Mudi E wrote:How about hot-air balloon? Has anyone tried that yet. It sounds like fun though!
Yeah...me no dey take all that unnecessary risks sha. That sailing solo in those big Ocean is just too scary for any black man to try.
How about that Crocodile hunter in Australia, Steve Irwin. That guy is wacko. I will never near a 15 feet Croc.
I work with a colleague who flies his own hot air balloon for fun. He's in the next room even as I type. He's going up this bank holiday weekend and has invited me. This has been an open invitation for the last four months or so.
I am yet to summon up the courage.

Hot air ballon shouldn't be scary. Infact it should be fun and i can't wait to have the opportunity to experience it. Dem say who no go no go know. i believe this is the sole reason why oyinbo sabi discover more things pass blacky.

Damunk · Post by **Damunk** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:31 am

....but i will never say that every black man does that while you are saying that EVERY WHITE man goes down on a woman EASILY .. That`s just NONSENSE! + it seems like you enoyed those movies otherwise you wouldn`t know so much about white mans behaviour , right?

Linda, who said that? Me?

Prince · Post by **Prince** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:31 am

Damunk wrote:
Mudi E wrote:How about hot-air balloon? Has anyone tried that yet. It sounds like fun though!
Yeah...me no dey take all that unnecessary risks sha. That sailing solo in those big Ocean is just too scary for any black man to try.
How about that Crocodile hunter in Australia, Steve Irwin. That guy is wacko. I will never near a 15 feet Croc.
I work with a colleague who flies his own hot air balloon for fun. He's in the next room even as I type. He's going up this bank holiday weekend and has invited me. This has been an open invitation for the last four months or so.
I am yet to summon up the courage.

Damunk when did you become Dr of Sexology????
I think our sense of adventure is completely different from caucasians. I think a black person growing up in this enviroment usually has the same sense of adventure.

Serving in the deep village of Kubwa in Abuja for my NYSC with mosquitos playing music all night or even living in CIC's village is an adventure in itself. I just believe we have a different sense of adventure but that we don't have is not true.

Prince · Post by **Prince** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:32 am

Damunk wrote:
Mudi E wrote:How about hot-air balloon? Has anyone tried that yet. It sounds like fun though!
Yeah...me no dey take all that unnecessary risks sha. That sailing solo in those big Ocean is just too scary for any black man to try.
How about that Crocodile hunter in Australia, Steve Irwin. That guy is wacko. I will never near a 15 feet Croc.
I work with a colleague who flies his own hot air balloon for fun. He's in the next room even as I type. He's going up this bank holiday weekend and has invited me. This has been an open invitation for the last four months or so.
I am yet to summon up the courage.

Damunk when did you become Dr of Sexology????
I think our sense of adventure is completely different from caucasians. I think a black person growing up in this enviroment usually has the same sense of adventure.

Serving in the deep village of Kubwa in Abuja for my NYSC with mosquitos playing music all night or even living in CIC's village is an adventure in itself. I just believe we have a different sense of adventure but that we don't have is not true.

Damunk · Post by **Damunk** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:42 am

Prince wrote:
Damunk when did you become Dr of Sexology????
I think our sense of adventure is completely different from caucasians. I think a black person growing up in this enviroment usually has the same sense of adventure.

Serving in the deep village of Kubwa in Abuja for my NYSC with mosquitos playing music all night or even living in CIC's village is an adventure in itself. I just believe we have a different sense of adventure but that we don't have is not true.

Ol boy, I lay no claim to that when Oga Ohsee is around.

But seriously, black man's sense of adventure is also limited by economic factors.
Take skiing for example. There's still only a handful of Black ski clubs, or blacks in ski clubs. But, funny, there's a Nigerian ski club based in London. But E cost sha.

How will I be able to afford to go skiing for two weeks in the Alps with all the economic baggage back home?
And even if I did, na guilty conscience go dey worry me say this money could have been better used by some relative wey never pay im school fees, or wey no get money for hospital treatment.

Thats just as an example of how economics affects our choice of adventure. But things are changing and people are beginning to take the view that you can't forever live your life for other people.

But then, that is sign that we are slowly going the oyibo way...

Cybereagles

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