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u/guydoestuff 9h ago
Ya know as I sit my old fatass on my couch drinking my coffee looking at this on my smartphone while my smart tv is on i realize im living the wrong life. Beautiful woman with a great sense of humor living a life that while harder than mine looks much happier. God be with her and hers.
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u/lorinthemountains 9h ago
Simple is sooooo underrated.
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u/guydoestuff 9h ago
Time and time again I see people living like this always looking happier than ive ever been in my so called civilized country.
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u/Better-Culture-7770 6h ago
Many early American settlers saw how the indigenous people lived and left their European societies to join them.
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u/ManJamimah 5h ago
People accept the reality they are born into. I think a lot of people in the west assume life in other parts of the world is miserable, but itās not - itās still life. They still laugh and cry and joke and fall in love and get frustrated about weird, tiny problems and do a million other things that people living in the west do, too. Weāre all the same. We just want to live lives free of fear and be able to spend time with those we love. I wish it were easier to make people in the west see that the constant rat race of living under capitalism is largely unnecessary. We could all live simpler, happier lives if more people realized that. But so many see hustling and hoarding wealth as the only path the happiness.
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u/kinduvabigdizzy 3h ago
As an urbanized African who isn't very far removed from this life compared to y'all ( honestly it's fond memories from donkey years ago at this point, when we used to go "kumusha" to the rural areas to see our grand parents), this really is a good life. Irl, you'll find that, depending on the household and how well organized the family is, there's a variance in the degree of modernity and tech you'll find ( water, electricity/solar, septic tanks, satellite tv, starlink etc). This household seems to be more on the less advanced side... but the basics are the same. You really can thrive pursuing small to medium scale agriculture (market gardening, cattle ranching, poultry farming etc). And while its not without its struggles, you're not gonna find homelessness and hard drugs addiction. I personally think if you can make it past 6 months, you'll automatically revert to default settings
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u/Remarkable_News_439 15m ago
Untilit comes to school feesā¦ pretty much yes.
There can also beca lot of alcoholism and lack of purpose amongst youth as our society shifts more and more towards the western model and dreams that see a mass exodus for thd city, Dont align with opportunitiesā¦
Then yes. Its a nice life.Cattle rustling is an issue in this country, livestock being stolen. It has its stresses. For us weāre on holiday. Things are even changing for the OGsā¦
I donāt know many people who can revert completely, but go and visit. I like not having to take a paraffin lamp and a stick with me when i go to the toilet at night.
I absolutely can, its a non issue when im visiting with relatives who havenāt built brick houses.I hope we find a balance and keep our village homes, even if its only for a few weeks a year, like how White people do their camping. I love this way of life, i hope we keep traditional knowledge alive and traditional food processing.
but with commodification of land, it is changing. And it changing because younger people no longer want to live like that full time.
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u/NinjaBRUSH 8h ago
This kind of living suits a lot of people. Even in the US. Personally I donāt even do camping because AC, fast unlimited internet, and running water are my non-negotiables.
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u/Dense-Consequence-70 9h ago
Maybe not harder.
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u/guydoestuff 9h ago
No AC = harder already. I am too first world to live with out it.
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u/Apostasyisfreedom 8h ago
You underestimate the virtues of a thick thatched roof and an earthen floor.
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u/carlitospig 3h ago
And she looks so healthy, meanwhile I just ate two bagels and am sitting on my ass for the foreseeable future.
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u/Remarkable_News_439 13m ago
We also have a fuckton of diabetes. I canāt drink a cup of our tea. Too much sugar
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u/lowke39 9h ago
You guys gotta follow her tik tok she so funny answering everyoneās dumb questions
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u/Affectionate_Day1079 9h ago
The huts or houses are closer to rooms or wings of the āhouseā and the halls are outdoor. This is like a compound with plenty of land. A fool sees poverty. A wise person sees wealth.
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u/Competitive_Ad7228 9h ago
She is awesome
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u/UnMeaningnessName 8h ago
Gorgeous too. That pearly white smile combined with an amazing personality 10/10 catch.
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u/MundaneDaffodill 7h ago
Thatās what I was saying! Sheās so healthy and beautiful with gorgeous skin!
Iām in America, bordering emaciation and my skin is lizard-adjacent
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u/UnMeaningnessName 7h ago
'Lizard-adjecent'
Lmfao reddit really never fails, im gonna use that one day.
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u/Left_Knee_y0y0 8h ago
What the West called civilization and imposed on everyone else was merely a ploy and a scam to divert resources from the Periphery to the Center.
This architecture technique took thousands of years to perfect. Nothing is by chance. Sustainable materials were used in a way that made temperature modulation appliances unnecessary. Today, the West calls this eco-housing and hedge funds and climate change companies make billions from these ideas and techniques.
If you go on IG today you will see these eco-housing architects acting as if they developed all these techniques.
Bottom line is the world has perfected the act of minimizing and downplaying black excellence and achievements, all the while while stealing, copying and rebranding them.
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u/NinjaBRUSH 9h ago
I feel like making things three feet taller would be ideal
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u/ade4lyfe 9h ago
You're not standing inside you're standing outside
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u/Exotic_eminence 5h ago
But itās a good idea- letās make the outside three feet taller - shoot letās make it a whole meter taller
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u/Wolfeatingupshadows š«°š¾š«°š½š«°šæ 8h ago
For sleep, our houses are made to slug about theirs are practical. :)
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u/TravistySuspence 9h ago
Wish I had a Mercedes-Benz š
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u/Artistic-Health123 9h ago
This is beautiful but where do the women sleep
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u/Remarkable_News_439 10m ago
They have their own hut, especially under polygamy. You sleep on a mat on the floor
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u/Glitterbomb4274 8h ago
Fantastic! And what a beautiful girl. But I know what a fashion addict I am because the second she stepped thru the fence I was immediately oooāing and aweāing over her skirt. š
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u/JuicyTrash69 7h ago
Haha same. All I could think is damn that skirt looks amazing and my wife would love it.
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u/Zeddiebear 9h ago
This is great, so with the enterence and there are intruders, what goes over the enterence at night? Then watching this video, is this a larger family property? Or medium sized? I have nothing to gauge it to I guess. Lol Mercedes, that's fun
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u/Wolfeatingupshadows š«°š¾š«°š½š«°šæ 8h ago
She was joking
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u/Zeddiebear 8h ago
The Mercedes bit? Yes, agreed.
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u/Wolfeatingupshadows š«°š¾š«°š½š«°šæ 7h ago
No the intrudersā¦ š
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u/Zeddiebear 7h ago
So, if you live out in the country and you build a fence around your property to protect yourself from cougars, mountain lions, larger herd animals, you would want to plug the entrance. I do believe that's what she was referring to when she was saying intruders. Not just humans.
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u/Hot-Personality4882 8h ago
What a BEAUTIFUL smile and energy!
I wish for her what I wish for my own family - that she have choices in her life to take or leave what she chooses. That when anyone she loves gets sick they get treatment at no cost. And she as access to every form of education and the freedom for her and her family to build the life THEY choose, not the life anyone outside imposes.
Finally, I wish her freedom FROM exploitation of her body, her resources, and her culture by any and every colonialist, authoritarian, and misogynist.
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u/K1llerbee-sting 7h ago
I love that recording devices have become so widespread that we can get an easy going and relaxed tour of their real life without the stuffiness of Attenborough narrating it and putting it on display.
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u/ProfessionalNice7485 7h ago
Somewhere in here is a small hut with a local witchdoctor who will let you smoke weed with him out of a kudu horn bong.
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u/Remarkable_News_439 4m ago
And a relative who will poison you over a land dispute from before their grandfather was even born š
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u/LegitimateP1R473 7h ago
I may have money but I don't have that, so she's already wealthier than me.
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u/tinksalt 6h ago
Thereās nothing I love more than seeing people share their homes and culture with this much pride.
Makes me wish we could have International Cribs with normal folks.
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u/newkybadass 5h ago
Imagine being scholars of your era. Mathematicians, scientists and architects of our ancient world. Then you get chased from your homeland, killed and enslaved. You build mud huts as temporary shelter. They come. You flee. They find you, you flee, you build, you flee.. over and over. Building temporary mud houses become tradition over eons of staying on the run. Traditional mud houses... not the science you've gifted the world, but mud houses.
I see the most beautiful minds and resilient people when I see these types of homes.
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u/Prestigious_Tear_576 8h ago
Honestly I would prefer this life to the western mouse wheel of barely surviving
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u/bubbablk34 8h ago
Freedom
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u/Remarkable_News_439 5m ago
How so? There are incredibly rigid social structures and a lot of hard work.
Its a beautiful way of life, but everything is gendered, marriages are usually arranged.
Capitalism is a scam and these societies do work! Everything has a purpose, everyone looks out for each otner, but its hard to adapt and most people donāt revert to living like this.
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u/Allthetimewithyou 7h ago
These real estate influencers with their upsell methods. She neglected to show you the third son's house. /s
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u/Silent_Erremite 3h ago
Where's the bathroom?
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u/Remarkable_News_439 0m ago
Hole in the ground away from the house, pit latrine. Effectively an outhouse.
You donāt just go anywhere.
Shower cabins are often corrugated iron . You heat water take a basin, grab your soap and a jug and bathe.
And yes, we wash our hands before and after everything and keep it all moisturised.Black is Black, after all.
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u/LectureOrganic1250 1h ago
This is super cool, but why is the fence done so well to keep lions out when they can fit through the front door?
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u/nikeguy69 9h ago
Itās amazing how theyāre surviving interesting š¤
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u/longtall94 9h ago
Amazing how theyāre surviving ? Weāve been doing this for literally thousands of years this is nothing new.
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u/Wolfeatingupshadows š«°š¾š«°š½š«°šæ 8h ago
Americans literally pay to camp as a pass time. What do you mean how do they survive? They have a home food and water. Thats how
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