Category: Culture

Filipinos cannot tell the difference between ‘fake news’ and literary fiction

January 20, 2017 benign0 22 Comments

Can we really blame Filipinos’ addiction to “fake news”? For that matter, are Filipinos really in any position to pontificate on the subtle differences between the art of producing “fake news” and the art of producing good fiction? We are, after all, talking about a people who see no difference between the persona that actor…

Crime, Culture, Media

Hipsters threaten to kill artists who perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration

January 19, 2017January 19, 2017 benign0 6 Comments

The irony seems to escape the community of America’s coastal hipster cliques. Jeering the coming inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump has become some sort of fashion statement among the trendy set nowadays. But where does one draw the line? Dream Girls star Jennifer Holliday who initially agreed to sing at the event backed out…

Crime, Culture, Glitz and Glamour

Philippine ISPs emerge winners in gov’t ban on Internet adult content!

January 18, 2017 benign0 31 Comments

Certain adult sites are now supposedly banned in the Philippines — or, at least, users have noted that some of them are no longer accessible. BBC News reports… The Philippines government has not given any official explanation of why the sites have suddenly been blocked. However, the country’s National Telecommunications Commission confirmed to CNN that…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Tech Talk

Leni Robredo and the epidemic of voter remorse gripping the Philippine public

January 17, 2017January 17, 2017 benign0 18 Comments

The lesson around the need for Filipino voters to choose wisely sinks in the most with those who supported — and, worse, voted for — “vice president” Leni Robredo. One tweetizen proposed a pretty good term to encapsulate this: “voter’s remorse”. Before we go on, recall first that there is a major precedent to all…

Culture, Society

Do “BoBo Activists” know how to Care for the World?

January 15, 2017December 8, 2022 ChinoF 16 Comments

Once again, “activists” who esteemed webmaster Benign0 calls “hipsters” rode another outrage fad. This was the recent report of entertainment company Nickelodeon opening a water-themed park in Coron. Benign0 rightly said that the protest was ill-framed. Not to mention protesters got something wrong – Nickelodeon said the theme park was to be made on land…

Civics, Culture, Society

The Real Reason for Pinoy “Inferiority Complex”

January 9, 2017July 19, 2017 ChinoF 44 Comments

The topic of the Filipino “inferiority complex” has been mentioned by many as a core cause of Philippine society’s backwardness. Many writing about it would call it a legacy of the colonizers, who supposedly implanted this belief in us to make sure we don’t advance as a society. I have a different idea. My mom…

Culture

MTRCB Member Mocha Uson: How and Why

January 6, 2017January 6, 2017 Celestino Manrique II 13 Comments

So earlier today, Mocha Uson was appointed to the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) as a board member. Reactions are mixed; jubilant among Mocha’s followers and full of shock and anger among her critics, especially the young Tweeting millennials. I’m not shocked at all for my part. I’ve been saying this to…

Culture, Government, Media, Politics

How Filipinos can achieve more by doing less

January 2, 2017 zaxx 33 Comments

If you’re still breathing, then congratulate yourself. You just made it to a very exciting time in Philippine history: 2017! Everyone loves the coming of a New Year: fresh, invigorating, like riding on cloud-9 filled with hope for better things to come. But what exactly does 2017 have in store for us? Will we have a…

Culture, Development, Government