BongBongLand (Philippine) Discussion Thread

[Las Islas de Metanoia]

One might argue in favor of going nuclear by taking the French Revolution route, but why trade one Reign of Terror for another?

EDIT: JFC, DIGONG! As if eighty-sixing VFA wasn't bad enough?!

Dutuerte and the rest of the crooked elite in the philippines needs to be forced out by pro democracy,anti authoritarian protesters and the movement can't be allowed to become what it fought

Duterte is mad, in actuality my brother ran for office as a politician in the opposition side, its' hard to run against that madman when he has hired goons to hunt you down (Davao Death Squad) and paid trolls in Facebook (Harvard did a study on how Duterte, with the cooperation of Chinese used hackers and bots to increase his social media popularity).

[Victoriala II]

The Philippines needs to take a page from the playbook in Lebanon or Iraq currently. You can vote all you want but the powerful oligarchs won't disappear till they're forced out

One might argue in favor of going nuclear by taking the French Revolution route, but why trade one Reign of Terror for another?

EDIT: JFC, DIGONG! As if eighty-sixing VFA wasn't bad enough?!

who needs raytheon when you got tencent amirite fellas

One might argue in favor of going nuclear by taking the French Revolution route, but why trade one Reign of Terror for another?

EDIT: JFC, DIGONG! As if eighty-sixing VFA wasn't bad enough?!

Dutuerte and the rest of the crooked elite in the philippines needs to be forced out by pro democracy,anti authoritarian protesters and the movement can't be allowed to become what it fought

you ask too much of boomer country

[Rojava Free State]

Dutuerte and the rest of the crooked elite in the philippines needs to be forced out by pro democracy,anti authoritarian protesters and the movement can't be allowed to become what it fought

Duterte is mad, in actuality my brother ran for office as a politician in the opposition side, its' hard to run against that madman when he has hired goons to hunt you down (Davao Death Squad) and paid trolls in Facebook (Harvard did a study on how Duterte, with the cooperation of Chinese used hackers and bots to increase his social media popularity).

he's like Asian trump, but because there's less checks on the government in the philippines, he's able to be even worse

[Gormwood]

Duterte is mad, in actuality my brother ran for office as a politician in the opposition side, its' hard to run against that madman when he has hired goons to hunt you down (Davao Death Squad) and paid trolls in Facebook (Harvard did a study on how Duterte, with the cooperation of Chinese used hackers and bots to increase his social media popularity).

he's like Asian trump, but because there's less checks on the government in the philippines, he's able to be even worse

So the Phillippines is a forecast for what a possible second Trump term would turn out like.

[New Visayan Islands]

he's like Asian trump, but because there's less checks on the government in the philippines, he's able to be even worse

So the Phillippines is a forecast for what a possible second Trump term would turn out like.

I'd make a joke surrounding time zones, but I don't know if it would make any degree of sense.

[Emperio Maharlika]

You called?

I mean, yeah, an ASEAN thread would be really nice, but since the Filipino one is the most active from other threads (we used to have an Indonesian one, but it is now dead) I guess this thread should be separated :/

Perhaps we should make a thread for ASEAN, we could keep it alive if ever need be.

There are a handful of other SE Asians here on NSG too.

Prayers answered.

[Pasong Tirad]

lmao sabi ni natdem-in-chief pwede pa maging magandang pangulo si dutsy ulul niya

[Rojava Free State]

What's life like for everyone here? I know a lot of Filipinos live in poverty but I assume there's some middle class and maybe even wealthy Filipinos who frequent this chat

[Europa Undivided]

What's life like for everyone here? I know a lot of Filipinos live in poverty but I assume there's some middle class and maybe even wealthy Filipinos who frequent this chat

I am a lower class college student that acts like the middle class.

I have a scholarship so my parents don't pay a single cent.

[Rojava Free State]

What's life like for everyone here? I know a lot of Filipinos live in poverty but I assume there's some middle class and maybe even wealthy Filipinos who frequent this chat

I am a lower class college student that acts like the middle class.

I have a scholarship so my parents don't pay a single cent.

How is the job market in the philippines? It seems like a lot of filipinos go to college but then end up working at like Jolibees, and there also seems to be a lot of filipino expats working abroad, so is there a lack of jobs down there or something?

Sidenote: I too was doing what you were doing, going to college on a scholarship, but I had to drop out cause it was only a $5000 scholarship and tuition was $9000. The fact I managed to stay in school for two years and work enough to drag things out that long is a miracle

[Europa Undivided]

I am a lower class college student that acts like the middle class.

I have a scholarship so my parents don't pay a single cent.

How is the job market in the philippines? It seems like a lot of filipinos go to college but then end up working at like Jolibees, and there also seems to be a lot of filipino expats working abroad, so is there a lack of jobs down there or something?

Sidenote: I too was doing what you were doing, going to college on a scholarship, but I had to drop out cause it was only a $5000 scholarship and tuition was $9000. The fact I managed to stay in school for two years and work enough to drag things out that long is a miracle

It's crazy. Employers often post things like "10-15 years experience" and other crap, which is ironic given that at this rate no one is gonna get any experience at all.

While there are quite a number of those that end up in Jollibee, a big chunk of college graduates (and much of the middle class) end up being overseas workers for decades because the opportunities here are scarce, and when they are present, the salary is absolute trash compared to other places. Like, really, teachers and nurses are chronically underpaid but their equivalents in Europe are paid three times as much.

I myself would be teaching music and English to Russians after 10 or so years, so have at it.

[Rojava Free State]

How is the job market in the philippines? It seems like a lot of filipinos go to college but then end up working at like Jolibees, and there also seems to be a lot of filipino expats working abroad, so is there a lack of jobs down there or something?

Sidenote: I too was doing what you were doing, going to college on a scholarship, but I had to drop out cause it was only a $5000 scholarship and tuition was $9000. The fact I managed to stay in school for two years and work enough to drag things out that long is a miracle

It's crazy. Employers often post things like "10-15 years experience" and other crap, which is ironic given that at this rate no one is gonna get any experience at all.

While there are quite a number of those that end up in Jollibee, a big chunk of college graduates (and much of the middle class) end up being overseas workers for decades because the opportunities here are scarce, and when they are present, the salary is absolute trash compared to other places. Like, really, teachers and nurses are chronically underpaid but their equivalents in Europe are paid three times as much.

I myself would be teaching music and English to Russians after 10 or so years, so have at it.

Jesus, 10 years. What a shame that people are getting an education only to end up working on fast food

Oh wait that happens in America a lot too tbh

[Europa Undivided]

It's crazy. Employers often post things like "10-15 years experience" and other crap, which is ironic given that at this rate no one is gonna get any experience at all.

While there are quite a number of those that end up in Jollibee, a big chunk of college graduates (and much of the middle class) end up being overseas workers for decades because the opportunities here are scarce, and when they are present, the salary is absolute trash compared to other places. Like, really, teachers and nurses are chronically underpaid but their equivalents in Europe are paid three times as much.

I myself would be teaching music and English to Russians after 10 or so years, so have at it.

Jesus, 10 years. What a shame that people are getting an education only to end up working on fast food

Oh wait that happens in America a lot too tbh

Well, not to the point of making one of the world's biggest Diaspora populations ever.

A lot of us who manage to get an education leave the country and don't come back as we have this thinking that "why should I return to this place when it sucks so much."

[Rojava Free State]

Jesus, 10 years. What a shame that people are getting an education only to end up working on fast food

Oh wait that happens in America a lot too tbh

Well, not to the point of making one of the world's biggest Diaspora populations ever.

A lot of us who manage to get an education leave the country and don't come back as we have this thinking that "why should I return to this place when it sucks so much."

My ex girlfriend had an aunt living in Belgium and she said "she doesn't visit the philippines often."

Hmm, I wonder why. It's not like Belgium is a cleaner, safer and wealthier country where you can actually survive

[Duhon]

House OKs full foreign ownership in power, transport, communications

guys, i shit you not, i have seen and slept with whores who are less down to fuck than the shills licking their fucking lips on all those renminbi
and unlike the former, who to a woman want their families to prosper and will risk stds for a bit of legroom, these pampered shits are selfish pricks who know what they're doing and don't give a flying fuck for the country they "serve"

[Pasong Tirad]

House OKs full foreign ownership in power, transport, communications

guys, i shit you not, i have seen and slept with whores who are less down to fuck than the shills licking their fucking lips on all those renminbi
and unlike the former, who to a woman want their families to prosper and will risk stds for a bit of legroom, these pampered shits are selfish pricks who know what they're doing and don't give a flying fuck for the country they "serve"

Nothing like casual misogyny to make a completely different point.

[Europa Undivided]

House OKs full foreign ownership in power, transport, communications

guys, i shit you not, i have seen and slept with whores who are less down to fuck than the shills licking their fucking lips on all those renminbi
and unlike the former, who to a woman want their families to prosper and will risk stds for a bit of legroom, these pampered shits are selfish pricks who know what they're doing and don't give a flying fuck for the country they "serve"

I don't understand a single damn thing of what you said other than the last statement lmao

And yes, damn the Duterte and China arse lickers in the Senate and House.

[Duhon]

House OKs full foreign ownership in power, transport, communications

guys, i shit you not, i have seen and slept with whores who are less down to fuck than the shills licking their fucking lips on all those renminbi
and unlike the former, who to a woman want their families to prosper and will risk stds for a bit of legroom, these pampered shits are selfish pricks who know what they're doing and don't give a flying fuck for the country they "serve"

Nothing like casual misogyny to make a completely different point.

could've said "slutshaming" y'know, though that would also be false

[Connori Pilgrims]

House OKs full foreign ownership in power, transport, communications

guys, i shit you not, i have seen and slept with whores who are less down to fuck than the shills licking their fucking lips on all those renminbi
and unlike the former, who to a woman want their families to prosper and will risk stds for a bit of legroom, these pampered shits are selfish pricks who know what they're doing and don't give a flying fuck for the country they "serve"

I don't understand a single damn thing of what you said other than the last statement lmao

And yes, damn the Duterte and China arse lickers in the Senate and House.

I imagine Duhon is saying that he has slept with sex workers who have more dignity and self-control than the congressmen (or 'tongressmen, after kotong, a colloquial term for bribes) who voted for giving unlimited foreign ownership of key economic sectors in exchange for even more money that won't go to anything productive (unless you think mansions, bridges to nowhere, and more basketball courts is actually good for the economy).

IMO, even in a "perfect" world where foreign investors/corporations have no interest other than pure profit, this would be dangerous in the long-term without the right checks and balances.

In the real world we live in, with CPC-connected PRC businessmen buying up everything in the world that isn't nailed down (and even those that are) and are indoctrinated/coerced into promoting Xi Jingping's sick totalitarian Confucian imperialism as inevitable and something the "lesser barbarians" should just accept...

Yeah, this is a disaster in the making.

[Duhon]

privatising vital public services like ramos did in the 1990s was already a shit idea, now this?

it's one thing to be fleeced by corporate giants even with 60-40, yet another to be a neocolonial puppet

vivendi et al just want the kaching, xi poohbah wants his east asian co-coercive sphere, chinese style -- and how fucking apropos is it that media outlets reported a scare about the chinese hijacking our electronic networks? i dismissed that shit as more sinophobic scaremongering, but goddamn that's actually a scenario worth fearing about now

[Pasong Tirad]

Nothing like casual misogyny to make a completely different point.

could've said "slutshaming" y'know, though that would also be false

Slutshaming also works. It would have been accurate, given how you literally did not need to compare public services to prostituted women to have to make your fucking point.

[Duhon]

could've said "slutshaming" y'know, though that would also be false

Slutshaming also works. It would have been accurate, given how you literally did not need to compare public services to prostituted women to have to make your fucking point.

i compared prostitutes to the blokes who signed on to this deadass bribe -- not public services -- y'know, favorably, as for the most part they don't do it just for fun

and this is on point, actually, given the whole buying and selling shit

[ArenaC]

House OKs full foreign ownership in power, transport, communications

guys, i shit you not, i have seen and slept with whores who are less down to fuck than the shills licking their fucking lips on all those renminbi
and unlike the former, who to a woman want their families to prosper and will risk stds for a bit of legroom, these pampered shits are selfish pricks who know what they're doing and don't give a flying fuck for the country they "serve"

What did (PR) China do for them and why do they like PRC over USA (it’s always been the opposite)

OH! Yes! PRC IS GOING TO.. DO SOMETHING! And THIS is how they orchestrate it!


..of course, if this means anything for a China advantage over them

[Pasong Tirad]

Slutshaming also works. It would have been accurate, given how you literally did not need to compare public services to prostituted women to have to make your fucking point.

i compared prostitutes to the blokes who signed on to this deadass bribe -- not public services -- y'know, favorably, as for the most part they don't do it just for fun

and this is on point, actually, given the whole buying and selling shit

Literally tons of other comparisons can be made. To choose such a marginalized group of people as prostituted women is of ill taste.

[Duhon]

i compared prostitutes to the blokes who signed on to this deadass bribe -- not public services -- y'know, favorably, as for the most part they don't do it just for fun

and this is on point, actually, given the whole buying and selling shit

Literally tons of other comparisons can be made. To choose such a marginalized group of people as prostituted women is of ill taste.

i chose them as i have experience with them -- decent people who do it to raise their kids or feed their families or pay tuition, the whole lot of them -- and thus can make the comparison

i did not intend to marginalize them, and comparing them to these politicking scumbags on the make favorably won't marginalize them