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Today’s Ask PHlemmy: What is the stupidest thing you’ve heard someone say that they were 100% serious about?

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I remember a guy stating that duterte not disclosing his SALNs was a 4d chess move to force congress to make a law making filing your SALNs mandatory.

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  • Agapito Flores is the "inventor" of fluorescent light (Edmund Germer left the chat)

  • Mangyans have "tails" (it's a derogatory myth)

  • Tasadays had a "Stone Age culture"

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lemmy.world

My dad once told me when I was young na pag naholdap ka raw sabihin mo "Hindi tayo talo" at guaranteed na papabayaan ka. I'm glad I was never in that situation malamang na-gripuhan ako.

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megane-kunreply
lemmy.world

I kind of see where your father got it from. Honor among thieves, that kind of thing--that doesn't make it any less stupid tho. Besides, kahit na makumbinsi mo yung holdaper mo na pareho lang kayo ng "line of work", di yun garantiya na di ka nya papatuisin.

But speaking from personal experience, kung kung nakatira ka sa lugar na maraming snatchers, for example, malamang markado ka na as a local, and they generally leave you alone. Tipong "Oi! Yang si Megane, taga looban yan, mabait nanay nyan! Wag nyong papatusin yan ah!" Lol!

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lemmy.world

Normalize labeling the Philippines as the reason for Filipinos' deteriorating mental health.

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lemmy.world

Minsan gusto ko rin magkwento ng random stories ko rito sa lemmy pero nahihiya pa ko hahaha kaya reply reply muna ko sa mga comments dito hahaha 🐣

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Activity usually pick up late in the morning. But yeah, we need more people here.

Speaking of which, I probably should be asleep by now. Lmao.

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lemmy.world

Ano na nangyari kay Jerboa, keeps crashing on mine 😔 minsan ko na nga lang feel magreply ayaw pa

Pero grabe talaga sabi ko di ako sasama ng team building. Ang nangyari: tumulong pa ako magluto. Sabi ko din hindi ako iinom pero mukhang magddonate pa ako ng isang bote ng tequila just because.

I don't know. Kainin ko na lang lahat ng sinabi ko 😆

I do find it helpful to join these kinds of events, it's a chance to try to get along with people. May pa-games dyan and I need to win something for the cash prize 😤😤😤

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lemmy.world

Jerboa has problems running lemmy.world since they have yet to upgrade to the new Lemmy version. I recommend using a different app for now, like Liftoff.

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so far ayos pa wefwef.app (sana change nila name) stable xa, pero needs improvent pa

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in a few hours, mawawala na rin ang boost for reddit. the official app is stupid at yun lang ung pinaka ok na alternative. it made me learn more about reddit and helped me stumble upon the RDs that became a safe haven during the pandemic. i also learned about the old legends from other subs, and that recent ph history thread only proved that there was a thriving community in that site. sad to see a lot of redditors leave (and/or limit their usage). taena kasi ni spez eh haha napasenti tuloy ng wala sa oras bwiset dhjdjd

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Really curious to see how much people will react. Im still salty rph didnt participate in the protest trolling.

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lemmy.world

Parang may pa-farewell post nga ako nakita dun kanina. Sana aware sila this place exists and move here, lol.

Edit: Ayan na naman po yung tankie daw founder ng Lemmy kaya baka maging Reddit din eventually. The beauty of the fediverse is that if the so-called dev/founder goes off the rails, there's nothing he can do about lemmy.world.

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Ang plano ko, July 1 ako magpapaalam sa Reddit, pero dahil sa disgusting outcome ng botohan sa r/Philippines noong June 19, I decided to leave Reddit prematurely.

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Edit: Ayan na naman po yung tankie daw founder ng Lemmy kaya baka maging Reddit din eventually.

Di ko talaga gets ito. Maraming instances naman na pwede nilang salihan, kung talagang ayaw nila ng Lemmy, pwede naman silang mag-Kbin.

Gusto ko sana sa wt.social kasi founder ng wikipedia yung gumawa kaso wala talaga guys. Mukhang panalo reddit. Watak watak mga alternatives

Given the activity levels nung communities sa alternatives, parang di naman ata nag-watak-watak? I dunno about Tiles kung merong mga napadpad dun. But it seems to me that a lot of those who left Reddit congregated here. Sure, network effects sucks, but without people actually going away from Reddit, populating their preferred alternative, failing that, moving to their second-most preferred alternative, etc, and so on until their "at least it's not Reddit" platform of choice, eh tama nga siguro siya--panalo talaga ang Reddit.

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Ah, I almost forgot about this. I was even planning on giving RIF one last spin just for old time's sake. Pero eh, for some reason nawalan na ako ng gana.

The sooner I just cut myself off Reddit, even through RIF, the better.

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lemmy.world

Interesting road junction that I found on Google Streetview. Behind the camera (east) is Cagayan, to the left (south) is Kalinga, and to the right (north) is Apayao.

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Ang sarap talagang mag-virtual byahe via Google street view no? I can't imagine the amount of time I've wasted just going around, and around and around.

Also, discovering places "relatively nearby" me that I haven't even imagined. Or answering some questions that I've left rotting in the backrooms of my brain, like‌ "how does the Metro Manila-Rizal-Bulacan tripoint look like? Found a picture of it just now, it's a fairly innocent-looking point in a stream. No markers nor anything. Well, mejo remote area rin naman kasi siya.

But yeah! Even just idly exploring, with no aim in particular, is soothing.

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lemmy.world

bakit ang sarap ng hash brown at bakit wala pang competing product dito sa ibang fast food chain??

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I usually order McMuffins with hashbrowns kung tamad akong mag-luto ng breakfast, so... huh??

Wala pala sa ibang fastfood chain ang hashbrowns?

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Now that you mentioned it, mukhang wala nga fast food na may hashbrown other than McDo. Closest are potato tots or mojos.

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lemmy.world

Just found out about YouTube's plan to disable video playback for viewers who are using ad blockers.

From the article:

The company has confirmed to The Verge that it’s currently running “a small experiment globally that urges viewers with ad blockers enabled to allow ads on YouTube or try YouTube Premium.”

The statement comes after some people began noticing a new prompt warning that video playback could be cut off if YouTube detects repeated use of ad blocking tools. Android Authority earlier reported on those tests, which prevent viewers from watching more than three videos when an ad blocker is active.

I'm pretty much concerned about how it'd affect people who use ReVanced. With Manifest V3 crippling adblocker capabilities, Google going after entities such as Invidious and Vanced (I think‌ ReVanced is next, if not already being attacked), I think Google's drive to make their primary business: advertising, unblockable is getting very serious.

I could probably start watching YT a lot less, do something productive with my time. At the same time, I just feel irritated enough that want to watch YT in any other way other than Google's way.

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lemmy.world

I was a Vanced/SmartTube user for a long time, but when Google started cracking down on them, the family decided to pool our money together and just get YT Premium. One thing I'm going to miss is the automatic skipping of sponsors. As much as I'm sorry to admit that, Linus.

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megane-kunreply
lemmy.world

That's one way to resolve things, buying YT Premium and being left at peace. While I respect that, part of me thinks that it is giving in to the pressure, that what Google wants is for people to give in. Thus, even if I do have the money for it, I don't think I would as a matter of principle.

What that principle is, I guess at this point, I‌'d admit that I am just pretty much against what Google symbolizes--big tech swallowing up everything. And by refusing to give in and buying YT Premium, I feel like I am resisting and protecting whatever few principles I've got left.

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lemmy.world

It helps that I'm not paying. Nakisakay lang ako since you can have up to 4 profiles. 😄

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HAHAHAHA! I can feel ya. Tho hindi ko pa rin talaga kaya. Inofferan na ako ng kapatid ko ng ganyan, kaming magkakapatid tapos yung parents ko. Umayaw ako. My mom is too tech illiterate naman to make use of it. Nothing came out of it in the end. (Methinks my brother just used the accounts for himself and his wife.)

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lemmy.world

Meanwhile, in Cordon, Isabela, this sign feels ominous and threatening to me. Like are you taking me to a mysterious place that doesn't exist?

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I kinda want to follow that road sign to the remotest parts of Sierra Madre! lol! Via Google Streetview ah!

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megane-kunreply
lemmy.world

Try mo yung /r/ShadowBan/ (and follow their instructions) to see kung shadowbanned ka nga. Not that I'd go back to Reedit tho.

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Aray, my condolences, I guess? Sign na daw yan, dito ka na lang daw sa Lemmy.

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Really feeling conflicted about this. That the reborn station is a joint venture with a Romualdez company, just makes me feel icky about it.

I know I may just be a bit too hysterical about this, I don't trust that station--not yet, at least. They really need to prove that they're willing to stand up against people in power, even the very ones that fund them.

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I want to message you, just to remind you that i'm still here. But then i remember that you know i'm here, you just don't care.

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lemmy.world

This is one of the dumbest posts I have read. Musta naman ang mga Maranao at Maguindanao uy

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lemmy.world

Help ya girl out pls! What happens if you send an ultra long text to an Android phone? On iPhone, it gets converted to an MMS I think? Basically the first few lines are displayed then ends with “…” then you have to click on the text so it would lead to the whole message in like another page. Is that what happens to Android phones too? As far as I know hindi rin ganun kabago phone niya. Pls help kailangan ko ng closure with the knowledge na nabasa ‘yun lahat haha

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lemmy.world

as far as I know, normal na text padin, like cut-off ng 160 characters so kapag may sobra sent as another text iyun.

Kung RCS naman, I think normal na text lang din

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Oh okay, so parang it gets chopped into shorter bits. Thank you! Today I learned about RCS — napa-search ako hehe

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lemmy.world

RCS is supposed to "replace" SMS and MMS, but Apple refused to cooperate. lol

Smart and Globe is already implemented RCS since 2019.

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lemmy.world

Tried this about 20mins ago sa Android. Until now hindi pa rin dumadating sa recipient, lol.

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Nagpa-try ako sa isang friend with a Samsung, dumating naman! Di ko sure if dahil bonggang Samsung ang phone niya hahaha. But thank you!

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Nyelo, mga peeps. Ngayon lang nakapagbukas ulet. Switched to connect for lemmy kasi nagccrash yung jerboa sa tablet ko.

Anyways, late good morning y'all.

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Nakalimutan kong lagyan ng magic sarap yung niluto ko, ang tabang tuloy 😅 bawi na lang sila sa susunod.

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mastodon.social

@the_yaya This post/comment is just a test to see how the integration between Mastodon and Lemmy would look like.

Edit: This comment chain actually displayed on the Lemmy post but replying to it does not seem to work.

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theyawnerreply
mastodon.social

Ahh.. It looks like it's not supported. But it is still pretty neat how I can view the posts/comments on a Lemmy instance from here.

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Yeonturareply
lemmy.world

Siguro kailangang bumawi sa mga lugi noong pandemya.

Pero mas mabuti na rin ito para hindi na mag-sine nang mag-isa, dahil mga bading lang daw ang gumagawa noon.

Tang-ina mo pa rin Aldrin.

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lemmy.world

Me too! I'm not really a movie fan, but I've been in the cinemas alone twice.

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lemmy.world

I like going to the cinema alone. I don't have to overthink if gusto ng kasama ko yung movie hahaha. Tsaka mas enjoy ko yung movie, same with eating alone. But I'm a loner so 🤷

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Ako naman gusto ko kasi talagang panoorin yung movie. Both times, at the last minute, nagbago ng gustong panoorin yung mga kasama ko tapos wala na ko mahila para makasama.
I enjoy eating alone too. Mabagal kasi akong kumain. Nakakapressure ngumuya kapag may kasama kang mabilis kumain.

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megane-kunreply
lemmy.world

Pero mas mabuti na rin ito para hindi na mag-sine nang mag-isa, dahil mga bading lang daw ang gumagawa noon.

Sa Recto ba nanoonod yung nagsabi sa iyo nito? Bakit nya alam?‌ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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Yeonturareply
lemmy.world

Hindi sa akin sinabi yan ah, sabi lang yan ni Aldrin sa isang Redditor noong December 2017

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For some reason, this chain of transmission (of information) made me laugh. Ang fishy na ewan.

Also, yeah, I've had experienced na may tumabi sa akin nung nanood akong mag-isa ng sine (this was mid 2000's, circa 2004~2006)--sa may Cubao. I was so innocent back then, lol! They generally wouldn't mind if you tell them you're not into that kind of thing, I think?

Why do I feel like I'm incriminating myself telling this story? HAHAHAHAHAH!

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Me spending PHP600+ on a Large Format or IMAX cinema:

Of course, depende sa movie kung ginawa gamit large format o IMAX camera. Kung hindi naka-IMAX o large format, panoorin na lang sa regular 2D.

And been watching movies in theater alone since 2017. Sometimes ako o 2-3 audiences sa loob. Around February this year after watching Babylon, may couple na naguusap na sana ganito palagi para walang sagabal, at tatlo lang kami nun. That movie was exhausting and exciting at the same time, three hours well spent.

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megane-kunreply
lemmy.world

Eh yung huli kong ala-ala ng presyo ng sine eh nasa ₱200 lang.

It's been a terribly long while since I went to the movies. 🥹

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lemmy.world

And I thought me watching Ragnarok last year for the first time since 2019 was already a long break, lol.

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lemmy.world

When was the last time you went to the cinemas? The last time I went to the cinemas was Raimi's 1st Spider-Man, with my mom and younger brother. lmao!

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It might be more than a decade ago at this point. Circa 2004, I think. I remember being in some mall (SM Megamall ata ito), and took a quick peek at the cinemas only to be disgusted at how expensive it is. Kasi at that point, I was expecting it to be ₱75 🤣

Ang naging ending ata, since I wasn't looking to watch any movie in particular anyways, I just left and did something else.

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lemmy.world

Nakita daw ni friend yung naka-date ko dati sa bumble. Yung physical description ni friend sa kanya was not very nice 😔 now, don't be mean.

Wala naman akong naramdamang kakaiba. Okay, good for him.

I am on a journey of trying to figure out what I want to study more in the future and overcoming the slight fear of rejection na di pa naman dumadating pero anticipated ko na 😆

I've been watching diving accidents that could happen and how you can die, just to see if it will scare me away. I think I would be sadder if I don't ever try learning diving. So, tuloy tayo because knowledge is power.

My last thoughts would probably be, "Well, fuck me. I'd like to be reincarnated as a biofluorescent jellyfish in the deep sea or a villainess that's not really a villain. Or a mermaid. Hmmmm.." glob glob glob

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villainess that’s not really a villain

In fairness, that's what's a lot of villainess isekai story MCs are (as far as I've read, which is not that much, I promise).

Tipong reborn as a villainess in a game/story/anime/whatever tapos ayaw nyang ma-bad ending. So kung ano-ano ang ginawa para lang makaiwas sa "fate" nya. But by webnovel logic, it always ends up that just by being reborn into that character, nabago na nya ang fate nya.

This brings up a lot of questions in my head, like a lot of them talk about fate as if that's something unavoidable (and given the genre, they show hints of this--like scripted events happening despite the protagonists best efforts, or just heavily implied that it would have gone that way if it were not for the protagonist's actions).

Uhm, that digression aside, getting isekaied into a villain/villainess isekai story could be interesting. But then again, I just like Isekai in general.

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Ang dami kong nagawa ngayong araw na 'to! Medyo proud din ako dun sa isang article na pinasa ko kanina. Yay isang araw na lang pahinga na sa tarbaho!

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Sa anime, sa secret library ni Ned Armstrong siya pumunta.
Nagrerewatch ako ng anime. Yung namarathon ko 2 weeks ago hindi pa rin naaabutan ng pinapalabas ngayon.

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My instance upgraded to the latest version but I'm still going to use the 3rd party app Thunder because of the simplicity.

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My older lemmy account via a small server is inaccessible since mukhang nag down na yung server nya a few days ago. Had to make another account via lemm.ee lol. Di pa din kasi ako makapagregister sa lemmy.world mismo

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Bye bye Relay na rin pala. I thought they were going to switch to a subscription model, but that's somewhere down the line pa.

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lemmy.world

San kaya sa Metro Manila pwede face to face consult kahit may cough/cold symptoms?

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