It’s kinda coincidental to have all three conglomerates in that picture: Sony producing that TV show, with advertisement paid by Apple TV to Samsung.

“God is Great.”

we visited a museum showcasing the local Filipino culture

I daresay you name that museum, it needs to be known so that we are properly warned.

Have you guys experienced these policies?

Rarely in my experience since because I was educated in public schools and there is no language enforcement and never been tapped on the shoulder just because of a language to speak.

is it all just for the prestige?

With regionalism being strong in some places, there are some Bisaya – either Cebuano, Ilonggo, or Waray, etc. – who see Tagalog as a form of “cultural imperialism” from so-called “Imperial Manila” and as such they would actively or passively oppose it, and instead rather use English as a bridge language to try talking with other Filipinos from other parts of the country. Yeah, and some have weaponized language to the extent they would give certain perks and privileges to those speaking their own language.

In addition, some individuals or organizations are enforcing the concept that English is a language of the “educated” or the “civilized”, and asking people to leave their regional language behind their homes.

Will be unsurprising if they’re accepting full-on MAGA and Kluxer fanatics.

Intimidation factor. In addition to militarization of police.

I think that the people who did the research will continue doing the research.

Yes, but that number is getting smaller. Where I live, most households rarely have a full bookshelf, and instead nearly every member of the family has a “smart” phone; they’ll grab the chance to use anything that would be easier than spending hours going through a lot of books. I do sincerely hope methods of doing good research are still continually being taught, including the ability to distinguish good information from bad.

Why they don’t also go after the very shits who put up the idea of making Trump to run for president?

For every legit user banned for even casual talk of violence against Christian fascists, they replace them with a dozen fucking bots.

And AI-generated user profiling. Like say if you hate fascists in general, admire a certain Luigi and even talk about committing violence against fascists, the mods/admins will pull up that profile and use it to slap a ban.

They like hobbyists. They don’t want hobbyists talking about progressive politics and propaganda of the deed.

More content for Kim’s newest comedy show.

I eat out and lately overhearing some people in other tables talking about how they find shit with ChatGPT, and it’s not a good sign.

They stopped doing research as it used to be for about 30 years.

Mp3s are at it. Because Spotty doesn’t have some of the songs I actually like, and record companies even remove tracks that were previously available on physical media.

Everyday these fucking assholes. That’s why I stopped speculating what else fucking damage they would do – stop giving the bastards ideas.

They need to be stopped completely.

Meh. That’s why LibreOffice exists.

Punchable face.

The left is pretty much splintered into different types of ideologies, levels of hostility towards conservatism, and having wildly different objectives to accomplish, so they could not agree with each other and thus rarely ever win over the right.

The right-wingers? They have unanimous hatred towards the left and seemingly united until once they defeat the left, they’ll fight and kill each other as to who gets the biggest slice of the pie.

I’m saying this because much of the left are split over this personality.

Some provinces in the so-called Solid North remain undeveloped, and instead are ruled over by your average political dynasties who decide nearly everything, including business investments and infrastructure projects, for their personal advantage.

That the bridge was then built for smaller 10-wheeler trucks of its time, but not to absorb vehicles and loads greater than its design weight… and should have been replaced not so long ago if it weren’t for the emasculation of provincial and regional DPWH offices becoming beholden to those dynasties.

Those chucklefuck lunatic reactionaries abuse the word “woke” so much in their blind hatred that it is indeed a cliche.

I still rip music to MP3s.

In any case, the opinion of hairdresser amplified by the repost of a diva has given POTUS a really fine burn.