Time Flies: This Picture of an Average Nigerian Sitting Room in the 90s Will Melt Your Heart

There is a common Nigerian saying that "today's
fresh hot newspaper is tomorrow's Suya paper
wrapper", showing the transient nature of life.

A social media user has released a photo of his
average bachelor standard's sitting room in the
1990s portraying electronic devices that have been
lost to time due to advancement in technology.

In the sitting room, a rechargeable lantern that had
a radio as well as cassette player attached to it to
serve illuminating and information purposes at the
event of power outage.

A VCD cassette player, VCD tapes, Sony sound
system, old school television already replaced flat
screens and Plasma Televisions.

Interestingly, the young man could be pictured
playing the Ending-Man BS-500 AS (Terminator)
that comes with original controllers, the gun and 3
cartridges which was the rave of the moment
before the advent of Nitendo, Sega, Dreamcast,
Playstation and the rest.

A top commenter on social media has this to say:
"Some people will look at this pic and laugh, some
will look at it and smile with a nostalgic feel. Well I
look at this pic and wonder to myself that this was
probably the definition of a "big boy's parlour" back
in the day.

"Nothing In this Life is worth losing your true
essence over.

"Time in itself is meaningless, time is transient. Do
good to all men of good will when you can and go
to sleep in death with the solemn conviction
knowing you have done your own part to make this
world a better one for someone out there"

         The old picture in question