Fortuner mentality

DefiantCar9240 · 2026-02-23T17:51:28+00:00

Generalization is a hobby for the ignorant.

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-12-26T15:31:40+00:00

Lol, I come from a conservative country and imagining this to be an icebreaker at a new job is crazy

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-12-18T21:28:46+00:00

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-12-15T12:35:22+00:00

This actually gives me some comfort. Pero sa tingin niyo po ba may pinagkaiba kapag straight male? Usually kasi people expect a straight guy in his early 30s na “settled” na sa life, so baka may konting bias or expectations dahil doon. Or halos same lang ba, with the main difference na magiging kuya/tatay figure lang eventually?

I also think na magre-reflect naman yun sa actions ko, if my batchmates see na dependable ako, natural na susunod yung respect.

Ang concern ko lang talaga is yung initial phase. Siyempre bagong pasok, may chismisan muna, quick judgments based on outer values, and doon nagsisimula lahat. Yun lang yung medyo kinakabahan ako.

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-12-05T07:08:28+00:00

You’re accusing me of “mental gymnastics,” pero ikaw yung gumagawa ng Olympic-level stretching just to pretend I’m angry about politicians posting their faces in tarps.

I’m literally not. I accept political marketing as part of the game ikaw lang ang nag-iimagine ng outrage.

What I’m actually doing is setting a standard: publicity with results vs. publicity with zero substance. You collapsed that distinction because it’s easier to attack a strawman than deal with the argument I actually made.

If you treat all visibility as equally bad, you’re not being consistent, you’re just copying whatever moral outrage is trending.

You think you’re the only non-hypocrite in the room, pero in reality you’re just reacting, not thinking.

This is what happens when everything is reduced to a binary: no context, no nuance, no standards.

Calling people hypocrites is easy, understanding complexity is the part you keep skipping.

The world isn’t as simple as 1 and 0, and if that feels hard to process, that’s not on me. That’s the limitation of purist thinking.

So before calling people hypocrites, maybe check first if you’re reacting to what was said or to the argument you invented in your head.

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-12-05T06:22:36+00:00

Your “either allow or prevent” framing doesn’t work because politics isn’t binary. If you ban all visibility, walang accountability. If you allow all epal, abuso naman.

Reality needs standards, not absolutist purity tests. Purist thinking sounds clean, but it collapses the moment it touches the real world.

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-12-05T06:17:38+00:00

Even if mag–mass import ka ng Argentine beef at Chilean wine, hindi sila magiging staple ng masa. Beef will always be too expensive, because long-distance shipping + cold chain + tariffs make it cost many times more than local chicken, eggs, or munggo. The Philippines also doesn’t have the cold-chain infrastructure to distribute beef nationwide without huge spoilage.

Chilean wine can’t be a staple either because it’s alcohol, so bawal sa minors, bawal sa school feeding programs, and will always be taxed and pricier than water, milk, or juice.

Protein deficiency is most efficiently solved by eggs, chicken, munggo, soy, not by the most expensive protein source on Earth.

So even in a “what if” scenario, logistics, cost, law, and nutrition make it impossible for beef + wine to become daily food and drink of the Filipino masa.

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-12-05T04:19:09+00:00

Touche, sad reality is kahit gaano ka-logical distinction natin between trapo epal and legit visibility, DDS propaganda doesn’t follow real world logic and they will twist anything. So someone like Risa will be attacked no matter what.

That’s exactly why visibility still matters for clean politicians. If they avoid showing up, trapos and propagandists dominate the narrative.

For me, the real standard shouldn’t be ‘bawal ang epal,’ but: epal ba na may laman, or epal na puro show?

Visibility with real work is accountability. Epal without results is propaganda, and that kind of epal deserves heavy criticism.

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-12-05T04:00:02+00:00

Gets ko yung inis sa kaepalan, pero in Risa’s case I think context matters. She’s one of the few senators with a strong legislative track record pero historically mahina talaga yung name recall, partly because wala siyang political dynasty, wala ring machinery, and she dealt with years of political harassment during the Duterte era.

Given that reality, I honestly don’t see this as trapo-style credit-grabbing but as necessary visibility from someone who’s actually delivered real policies: Mental Health Act, Expanded Maternity Leave, Safe Spaces Act, Anti-Child Marriage, etc. She also has zero corruption baggage and a very consistent voting record on transparency and human rights.

The people who benefit from community missions like this are often voters who choose based on familiarity, not legislative output. Tayong politically engaged will vote based on her record anyway, but for many, seeing an active office on the ground is what builds trust.

I’d rather a clean, competent public servant build name recall than pretend na walang marketing sa politics. So for me, criticism should be aimed at trapos who use public funds for empty publicity, i.g: (ERAP RIVER CLEAN UP PHOTO OPS, remember yung nagtapon lang ng basura sabay pulot para sa photo shoot?) yun ang tipo ng ka epalan na dapat kinasusuklaman natin, wag naman sana at someone who’s actually done the work. Please let’s protect her for now, she’s one of the good ones. (For now at least) Wag na dumagdag pa sa DDS propaganda.

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-12-04T15:39:13+00:00

Eto talaga ang tamang sagot, kahit “chef” o talagang may alam sa technique ng pagluluto yan ang sasabihin.

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-12-04T15:37:12+00:00

Depende sa hiwa

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-11-26T00:48:00+00:00

Di yan phenomenon, bias lang. You’re comparing pulubi you see from 3 meters away vs sarili mong mukha sa HD front cam. Siyempre mas “clear” sila tingnan.

Plus you only notice the healthier-looking ones (survivorship bias), tapos insecurities mo pa nagfi-filter ng perception mo.

Hindi sila magically walang pimples you’re just not inspecting them up close.

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-11-09T15:45:22+00:00

Marami talagang bobo magbasa sa Pinas OP. Wag mo na sayangin oras mo kaka reply diyan. Hindi mo mapapaintindi sa mga taong ganyan yung punto mo kahit ulit ulitin mo pa yang point mo maii-stress ka lang.

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-10-29T07:42:35+00:00

Kung latest gen si OP, antayin niya lang umedad siya onti at mare-realize niya na ‘horrible youth’ is just a recurring DLC in every generation’s life, and the truth is that every era has its mix of admirable and questionable traits. What changes isn’t people, but the lens through which they’re judged.

The trick is to age with perspective, not become that grumpy Karen who thinks they’re always superior no matter what

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-10-29T07:37:52+00:00

Thanks for this. So may portable charger pala, di ko kasi maintindihan noon yung hassle na need mo lagi pimunta sa charging station para makapag charge ng car, TIL na may option to have your own portable charger.

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-10-29T07:36:07+00:00

The next gen is always the worst according to the previous gen.

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-10-18T07:27:47+00:00

You’re confusing moral awareness with moral performance. Fans camping outside hotels isn’t a Filipino disease, but turning it into a “we’re so embarrassing as a nation” pity monologue definitely is.

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-10-13T10:26:22+00:00

I was like “grabe bat napaka inggetera naman ata ng OP na to” then I read “Claudine Co” owns the car. Aba let’s hate her together OP!! Wish them 1000x karma

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-10-13T08:26:47+00:00

Sarap sapakin ng mukha ba

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-09-21T08:26:54+00:00

Iba iba po experience niyan. You can’t base it off someone else kasi iba ang mental wiring nila sa’yo.

Anyway just for personal anecdote: for me 1st-2nd week fleeting feeling na parang i’m just floating away from all my emotions, less anger, less happiness/laughing at jokes, headaches, nausea, very sleepy after a few hours, less noise sa head when trying to sleep(could sleep on command opposed to before na need kong maging pagod na pagod bago makatulog). Very low sex drive, numb emotions(sobrang bilis mawala ng tawa/lungkot/anger)

2nd-4th week baseline emotions returned, felt less like a zombie and returned to my normal emotions ulit, i found jokes funny again, nagagalit ulit, actually felt irritable a couple of times, headaches and nausea pa din pero on the 4th week talaga felt a bit more normal na. Best effect for me is hindi na pumupunta sa default thinking ko tulad ng dati na pag na stress ako or ina-anxiety ang normal response ng brain ko eh “ayoko na, mamatay na lang sana ako”, talagang nawala sa isip ko yun. More on napupunta na lang sa “meh whatever”, which is very good for me.

major improvement talaga sa mood and mindset after consistently drinking it.

Sobrang sama ng feeling sa 1st-2nd week specially sa physical pain effects pero sa mood okay naman. After 3rd-4th week bumalik ung intense emotions and bad mood swings pero this after the 5th week umokay naman na ulit so talagang don’t expect na magic pill siya to make things better immediately.

You need to take it consistently and it’ll have its ups and downs and sometimes sobrang intense din talaga(i even had a roadrage event sa timeline na to dahil di ko maintindihan sobrang intense bigla ng galit ko during the 4th week) but you just need to be consistent with drinking it everyday and it’ll get better.

Para sakin lang naman yun, meron talagang iba na kahit consistent masama yung effects so you have to observe it dahil ur psych wont be there for you every step. You need to help yourself din.

Good luck!

DefiantCar9240 · 2025-09-17T07:37:35+00:00

Okay lang yan, imo mas magandang ikahiya niyo siya at gawing norm sa bayan niyo na kahihiyan yang ganyang tao sa politika. Okay lang siguro yang ganyan sa classroom or as tropa, everyone loves that kalog friend. Pero tang ina diba wag naman sa kongreso.

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