BongBongLand (Philippine) Discussion Thread

[Dahon]

Only when Marawi has been fully rebuilt and the people of that place returned to something resembling a normal life can we say it was worth it.

While I want to have faith in the coming reconstruction, our track record (see Tacloban post-Yolanda)... is not very inspiring.

Think of Ondoy
Think always of Ondoy
ONDOYONDOYONDOYONDOY

[Stormwrath]

https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/920224524162949120

https://twitter.com/ANCALERTS/status/920224173368131584

"Man of the people."

Strangely enough I'm opposed to modernization simply bcoz the new units are more like minibuses than jeepneys.

These aren't jeepneys.

Think the war was worth it?

Tbh, it couldn't be helped that something like Marawi would break out the way it did.

[Dahon]

These aren't jeepneys.

Close enough. I do wish they'd allow those to be painted over and individualized like the ones they're replacing. It'll do wonders for tourism, for starters.

[Victoriala II]

https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/920224524162949120

https://twitter.com/ANCALERTS/status/920224173368131584

"Man of the people."

Strangely enough I'm opposed to modernization simply bcoz the new units are more like minibuses than jeepneys.

i want old jeeps because it's easier to not pay the fare

[Pasong Tirad]

Only when Marawi has been fully rebuilt and the people of that place returned to something resembling a normal life can we say it was worth it.

While I want to have faith in the coming reconstruction, our track record (see Tacloban post-Yolanda)... is not very inspiring.

Think of Ondoy
Think always of Ondoy
ONDOYONDOYONDOYONDOY

Why are you comparing an easily preventable natural disaster to an easily preventable human conflict?

Oh, wait...

[New Visayan Islands]

So apparently, the Supreme Fuhrer Adolf Duterte wants ever European ambassador out of the country and to close all imports and exports from the West...

When is that coup again?

Apparently giving up the bloody spear meant progressing from Ahab dead ringer to a Tokugawa simulation. So who'll be playing the Dutch in this scenario if ever Duterte puts his foot in his boot?

I was hoping for a Commodore Perry scenario at the end, though.

[Stormwrath]

Apparently giving up the bloody spear meant progressing from Ahab dead ringer to a Tokugawa simulation. So who'll be playing the Dutch in this scenario if ever Duterte puts his foot in his boot?

I was hoping for a Commodore Perry scenario at the end, though.

"OPEN THE COUNTRY. STOP HAVING IT BE CLOSED BCOZ WE HURT YOUW FEEWINGS."

[Saradena]

These aren't jeepneys.

I like the fourth design.
The rest look like V-Hires converted into jeepneys lmoa

[Katzenstaat]

I'm interested in the level of STEM education in the land of Pinoys.

[Pasong Tirad]

I'm interested in the level of STEM education in the land of Pinoys.

Very very very lacking.

[Katzenstaat]

I'm interested in the level of STEM education in the land of Pinoys.

Very very very lacking.

Why? It can't be poverty alone, right? Vietnam for example does well. They even have a Fields medalist.

Regardless of why that happened how do you think this can be improved? I mean it's not that Austronesians are genetically not equipped to do science. For example Taiwan has some Austronesian ancestry and they can do STEM.

[Pasong Tirad]

Very very very lacking.

Why? It can't be poverty alone, right? Vietnam for example does well. They even have a Fields medalist.

Regardless of why that happened how do you think this can be improved? I mean it's not that Austronesians are genetically not equipped to do science. For example Taiwan has some Austronesian ancestry and they can do STEM.

Lack of public investment in STEM would be a start. The field is very underappreciated enough as it is - moreso here in the Philippines. If you're not going for medicine, it's not seen as a very profitable option to go for a career in the hard sciences.

We don't really excel in much except being a dick to each other and being a dick to people we play online games with.

[Stormwrath]

Why? It can't be poverty alone, right? Vietnam for example does well. They even have a Fields medalist.

Regardless of why that happened how do you think this can be improved? I mean it's not that Austronesians are genetically not equipped to do science. For example Taiwan has some Austronesian ancestry and they can do STEM.

Lack of public investment in STEM would be a start. The field is very underappreciated enough as it is - moreso here in the Philippines. If you're not going for medicine, it's not seen as a very profitable option to go for a career in the hard sciences.

We don't really excel in much except being a dick to each other and being a dick to people we play online games with.

Tbf, people don't generally have an interest in the hard sciences beyond "okay, that's interesting". Growing that interest through instilling a better appreciation for them in school might help.

[Vulkata II]

Any thoughts on the liberation of Marawi and the Syrian capital that's been under siege?

[Stormwrath]

Any thoughts on the liberation of Marawi and the Syrian capital that's been under siege?

A little late to the party there, lol.

But yeah, good on them for liberating those respective cities, but there's still work to do such as rehabilitation and long-term security of the area from any terrorists that have yet to come out of their foxholes.

[Victoriala II]

Any thoughts on the liberation of Marawi and the Syrian capital that's been under siege?

AZADI ROJAVA
BIJI KURDISTAN BIJI APO HEZA GELAN SERKEFTINE

[Katzenstaat]

Why? It can't be poverty alone, right? Vietnam for example does well. They even have a Fields medalist.

Regardless of why that happened how do you think this can be improved? I mean it's not that Austronesians are genetically not equipped to do science. For example Taiwan has some Austronesian ancestry and they can do STEM.

Lack of public investment in STEM would be a start. The field is very underappreciated enough as it is - moreso here in the Philippines. If you're not going for medicine, it's not seen as a very profitable option to go for a career in the hard sciences.

We don't really excel in much except being a dick to each other and being a dick to people we play online games with.

I understand. People have to start from somewhere though. So what level of calculus does your universities and colleges teach?

BTW you said that medicine is a good profession. What about engineering and computer science?

[Pasong Tirad]

Lack of public investment in STEM would be a start. The field is very underappreciated enough as it is - moreso here in the Philippines. If you're not going for medicine, it's not seen as a very profitable option to go for a career in the hard sciences.

We don't really excel in much except being a dick to each other and being a dick to people we play online games with.

I understand. People have to start from somewhere though. So what level of calculus does your universities and colleges teach?

BTW you said that medicine is a good profession. What about engineering and computer science?

Depends on where you go, really. There's a fair level of investment in medicine because, well, people see it as a "profitable" degree to have - same with engineering and the computer sciences/computer engineering/information tech. So, unless your family's pretty well off, if you go to the hard sciences you're not going to be having a lot of money for a long time.

I honestly wouldn't know about calculus. I took a degree in the humanities/liberal arts, so, yeah.

[Vulkata II]

Oh boy. Duts changing his target from the Americans, to the EU, to the Church.

Plus now he says he knows secrets about Kian's deaths but this is from the same guy that said that someone he doesn't like(and vice versa)had offshore accounts and admitted to lie about said bank accounts.

I know some of us are Pro-Duterte supporters but now I wish I could drink my sorrows away and forget about these news.

[Victoriala II]

Oh boy. Duts changing his target from the Americans, to the EU, to the Church.

Plus now he says he knows secrets about Kian's deaths but this is from the same guy that said that someone he doesn't like(and vice versa)had offshore accounts and admitted to lie about said bank accounts.

I know some of us are Pro-Duterte supporters but now I wish I could drink my sorrows away and forget about these news.

It's all shitposting at this point. Don't bother.

[Vulkata II]

Any mind that Trump is here?

I don't. If anything I'm scared of having Trump in the Philippines seeing as how aggressive we get at things and people we don't like(and we don't like a lot of things. A LOT.)

Of course this is my usual I-hate-my-kind talking to me and I know I can have support from you guys changing my mind and being able to gomto sleep.

[Pasong Tirad]

OBAMA NOT WELMO

[Stormwrath]

Any mind that Trump is here?

I don't. If anything I'm scared of having Trump in the Philippines seeing as how aggressive we get at things and people we don't like(and we don't like a lot of things. A LOT.)

Of course this is my usual I-hate-my-kind talking to me and I know I can have support from you guys changing my mind and being able to gomto sleep.

Eh, I think it will be interesting to have him here, especially when you have the two saltiest men on Earth meeting.

[Pasong Tirad]

Any mind that Trump is here?

I don't. If anything I'm scared of having Trump in the Philippines seeing as how aggressive we get at things and people we don't like(and we don't like a lot of things. A LOT.)

Of course this is my usual I-hate-my-kind talking to me and I know I can have support from you guys changing my mind and being able to gomto sleep.

Eh, I think it will be interesting to have him here, especially when you have the two saltiest men on Earth meeting.

I didn't know Kim Il Sung was gonna meet Duterte.

[Stormwrath]

Eh, I think it will be interesting to have him here, especially when you have the two saltiest men on Earth meeting.

I didn't know Kim Il Sung was gonna meet Duterte.

You mean it's not the Cheetos orangutan from the White House?