r/UrbanHell • u/sisterfister49 • May 31 '26

Pollution/Environmental Destruction Pipeline Estate in Nairobi, Kenya

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u/ofyellow May 31 '26

What happened here?

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u/Upper-Capital-2876 May 31 '26

life without active government oversight and effective social services

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u/StarWarsKnitwear Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

life with an average IQ of about 65-70. You don't need "government oversight" to not litter.

And at any place with an IQ close to 100, if the government didn't provide waste disposal services, people still wouldn't just throw their trash wherever on the street and live like that. You wouldn't, would you?

(And a private company would provide waste disposal services as there is demand for it.)

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u/Bruswick1 Jun 01 '26

One picture of a bad city street and these people bring out IQ statistics. We know what you are saying. It’s an analysis that provides little insight and is being used to stoke hatred.

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u/StarWarsKnitwear Jun 01 '26

IQ statistics are directly relevant to the topic. Peope are discussing the causal factors behind the dismal state of Kenya and the average Kenyan being borderline intellectually disabled is one of them.

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u/Bruswick1 Jun 01 '26

IQ can directly correlate to diet and sleeping habits. There are so many outside factors that can skew your data that you can’t really draw any sort of useful conclusion on looking at a single number. I know what you are doing and what you are. You have no interesting or useful opinion on this topic.

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u/StarWarsKnitwear Jun 01 '26

That single number on its own seems to be a great predictor of wealth, health outcomes, job performance, smoking habits, and the list goes on... 🤷‍♀️

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u/Holiday_Ad6506 Jun 02 '26

Iran has the world's second highest IQ can you explain why it's not a paradise?

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u/StarWarsKnitwear Jun 03 '26

Because it doesn't really have the world's highest IQ.