We beg to differ.
In engineering, the way to assure that the design or the system works is through consistency. If the desired outcomes are consistently observed, the designer is assured of a peaceful night’s sleep. At the start of the design process, it is expected that the output will be random and all over the place. That’s normal….
A Washington DC wine bar originally christened Barkada was forced to change its name following a “social media backlash” from a small group of nutjobs from the Filipino-American community. The National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA), which claims to “[represent] many Filipino organizations, Filipino business owners and workers, and concerned Filipino community members within…
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Looking back at how ABS-CBN had influenced Philippine society, one can argue that the whole franchise was a failure. Supporters of the failed network hinge the whole rationale of its existence on “media freedom”. But, while there is clear merit in media freedom, this freedom does not seem to have been applied wisely in the…
“Cancel Culture” is one of the funny buzzwords of these days. It’s all about boycotting a celebrity when they say something “offensive.” It can be loosely appplied to Wokes’ destruction of statues and staging of massive riots. Perhaps even this thing where children “stand up to parents” over the ABS-CBN closure. But they don’t know…
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If the community of content producers, artists, and creative types would care to pause a bit and step out of the herd mentality that is the lunacy of their “solidarity” with embattled ABS-CBN, they will see the vast opportunities that await their craft with the demise of the Philippines’ biggest mass media empire. For so…
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I now realize how lucky I am being an introvert, as I could take staying alone in a house (although I am actually not) for a long time. The recent article about Lea Salonga, as well as the many celebrities pontificating on several issues, seemed to confirm my idea that people who seek adulation and…
Welcome to the land of retards on this side of the Pacific, where just about every flavor and color abounds. That marketing tagline “more fun in the Philippines” actually involves the sheer delight of surviving and navigating the jungle of various forms of “schewfidity” that have infected mass groups of gullible people like a pandemic-causing…
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People are so up and about against tyranny in the Philippines recently. They pointed at barangay officials and police beating up and even shooting quarantine violators. The wokes claim the Duterte Administration is a tyrannical dictatorship similar to the regime of Ferdinand Marcos. They always portray abusive behavior as a concerted effort of top level…