Air or plastic pollution, the point remains the same because the ban just restricts fireworks to specific manufacturers — all of which still make firecrackers the same way, and not from ethically-sourced organic gun powder wrapped in water-soluble farm-raised packaging.
Good point, but air pollution is not the reason. As long as it’s from authorized sellers (read: prohibitively expensive manufacturers), it’s all good. Their main reason is that a lot of people get injured — but like I said, several million Filipinos have been doing it annually and only an estimated 800-1000 get injured (some from these high quality firecrackers), those are actually great odds.
I get if they’re banning the unnecessarily dangerous and powerful ones (like Goodbye Philippines) but New Year’s Eve staples for many decades like five star, pla-pla, judas belt, and right down to something completely safe like watusi is just ridiculous. It’s always been part of our culture and what makes our New Year’s celebration fun, now it’s been relegated to just the rich. $1-2 vs. $75 is insane.
Note: We stopped using fireworks since 2006, so I don’t exactly have a horse in this race.
The funny thing is (or maybe sad) is that when they reallocated the DPWH budget because of the flood control mess, they just transferred most of it to Philhealth who’s just as corrupt if not worse.
Which circles back to the argument about what makes capitalism bad. In the end, it’s the ones on top who gets to decide how the money is spent. It’s not automatically going to help the poor. It’s the same reason why I just facepalm hard when people would say we need nuclear power because our electricity is expensive. The only plus there is that we’d have less brownouts, but electric costs are going to be roughly the same.
Aussie Aussie Aussie! Hoy hoy hoy!
The shooter had a gun license and five firearms and somehow it’s our fault? ROTFLMAO
Fun fact: Sec. Dizon already did the same walk last May with the exact same group (Move as One) and had the exact same comments. I don’t know why he’s reacting like it’s the first time he’s seen it, lmao.
Not surprised because he was sending feelers since September (and blind item pa nga yung isa) that the group is a joke.
And it’s true. Refusal to live stream, executive sessions granted upon request, easy questions, and they only target those not in good graces with the admin. This isn’t any different from when Duterte and his cronies went after critiques and the same under P-Noy. We only like it because those being railroaded are guys we hate to begin with.
Not just mass media. Even “enlightened” pinoys on FB, Reddit, and Twitter post inconveniences in the country and prop up Japan as not having those problems which contributes to the mythologization of immigration and the age-old “MaG-AbRoAd Ka Na” ethos.
I’m not sure if I mentioned this here already but within just an hour of being in Japan, I’ve already seen littering (by locals, not tourists) and they no longer teach escalator etiquette there (the PA announcer even warns people not to walk on the escalator). I also rarely see babies and their workforce is disturbingly old.
Also, the relatively affordable food and goods means the yen is weak, which is good for us but bad for them.
Japan is a great place to be in as a tourist. Easily the best of the first-world countries I’ve visited.
But working and living there is another thing. If you have real talk with people scrapping there — not the type of conversations you have with families and friends wherein everyone tries to conceal the truth — it’s… not so great.
Tried to hook up GCash to my Google Wallet. It says they only accept MasterCard… except GCash ditched MC to go with Visa two years ago.
Used to listen to NU107 from 1996 until they went off the air in 2011. Then Jam 88.3 after that until I stopped listening to the radio entirely since I stopped working in an office. I love those stations because the playlist is a lot more diverse than others. They play metal, indie, electronic, alternative, and some mainstream.
That’s true, but Kakampinks seem to think they’re an exception to this (found this at a Kakampink page actually lol) when it very well applies to them the most. “Hindi para sa amin ang boto na ito, para sa inyo ito” was their motto in 2022 after all, then became “dasurb 16 million” 48 hours after the elections, lmao.
This is the logical conclusion — but there’s like thousands of wealthy people around the world with plausible access to the same resources but they barely even get to 80. It’s only when Enrile was around 99 when he avoided the public eye and showed signs that he’s going to croak.
I usually censor names but this is clearly a throwaway account so didn’t bother doing so.
Anyway, sharing lang yung fan mail (comment actually) na nakuha ko a few days ago.
Unang una, wala ako paki sa lost media. To me, anything old has value and a story to tell. Sa kakahanap niyo ng lost media, dami niyo nami-miss na mga important resources. Hindi magpapakita sayo hinahanap mo with a VHS label advertising its contents. Often times it’s going to be on a discarded pile of laserdisc-copied tapes. So please lang, don’t lump me in with these people who call themselves lost media hunters.
Secondly, paulit ulit na kayo putak ng putak na I gatekeep or refuse to make something available. Where’s your proof? Pero sige, tutal that’s what you want then that’s what you’ll have. If ever I do find EB, I’m going to solicit donations before it will be uploaded. I’m not “profiting” from it because the funds will just go to procuring better equipment (a frame TBC). So balls on your court.
I don’t want to be a stick in the mud but people joking about him still being alive should instead focus on how he lived up to 100+ while being generally healthy.
Most of my friends died in their late 20s, mid-30s due to a lot of factors — whether drinking and partying in their youth then developing a disease as a result, or being sexually active without getting tested. And stats do show that the older gen-Zs and millennials are dying very early. My dad is 80+ already but he still does shit like he’s 60 and he’s not exactly some fitness nut.
Edit: And just when I posted this, I saw the news that he passed away already.
I’m in Metro Manila. The winds are strong but tolerable. Rain isn’t that heavy or frequent too. It’s a little sunny at times today compared to yesterday afternoon. All in all it’s not that bad. We were able to attend a birthday party yesterday and accept deliveries today.
The worst weather disturbance this year that I’ve personally experienced was that 1hr rain in September that dumped 5hrs worth of rain that affected our city exclusively. First time our house got flooded ever, not even during Ondoy.
We loved doing this in the classroom to kill time. I never did quite get the rules because you could just build an elaborate base filled with hundreds of guns so your opponent will need to work a lot harder destroying them.
But this game was only a thing for about a year or two then kids eventually moved on to something new. I only remembered it after seeing this drawing, tbh.
This reminds me of when Bagong Hari was lost for decades because the disappointed producer chucked the master reel into the Pasig River. It was then discovered in a garage sale (a betamax recording).
Grabe yung baha diyan sa Cebu. First time I’ve seen cars floating around and wild animals escaping.
This likely isn’t going to pass even first reading and just a softball.
That said, BBM made it easy for the DDS cunts by not making his probes as inclusive as possible and instead just went after those not aligned with him. If he is truly serious about cleaning out corruption then he should make a blood sacrifice and start with Romualdez then his son.