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Sounds great too! Di lang basta inilapat hehe
A man and woman on discussing the font to be used for an invitation:
Man: Smth smth about font being too cursive, try a simpler straighter font for more readability.
Woman: Straighter? Baket? Di din naman tuwid ung [REDACTED] mo a.
Dayum that was a good clapback and got a good laugh out of that.
Magandang umaga mga Phlemmings!
@rman0159@lemmy.world 's old story about DZRH on Reddit was hilarious:
“Stand-By Announcers” do just that—stand by and wait for a technical problem to happen and fill in the gap. If all goes well, all he does is give the opening or closing for pre-recorded programs. But that doesn’t exempt them from disasters. Take for example one who was assigned to stand-by while a pre-taped religious program was being replayed. It was running overtime and it had to be cut while the American pastor was in the midst of preaching emphatically “But Jesus said not a word. Then the devil said…” “This is MBC the Manila Broadcasting Company, DZRH, Manila.” What made it more hilarious was that the announcer’s voice sounded like the pastor’s.
From: "IT'S NOW SEMEN DIRTY IN THE EVENING...(TOOT!)” by Ernie Zárate (RIP) via Memories of Old Manila FB group
It's catchy, that's why, and the innuendo is not immediately obvious, unless of course, you have that "mind"
For those who want to join our Lemmy Baguio community, we are at !baguio@lemm.ee. I know it's devoid of life now so I might actually need help in getting activity started there. Please delete this comment if this is not allowed 😅.
Already added it to the sidebar last week. Hope that helps even a little bit.
Thanks fam, couldn't see the sidebar on Thunder so I'm glad to hear that
Bahala na kayo ipromote. Fingers crossed that they come over, lol. Can assign mods accordingly once they comment on the Open Discussion thread.
The Manalo cult needs to be dissolved imo, they're too cultic
*Burned to nothingness
It feels good when your mailbox looks like this.
My important emails are labeled and archived (see colors from the left sidebar, those are Labels). I immediately delete promotional emails whenever I receive one.
Any recommendations sa sandwiches nila? I've been passing by a poster of Bahn Mi's sandwiches but have yet to try one.
I finally was set free from an emotionally abusive relationship. She broke up with me and I finally had the courage to not chase after her.
But she's visibly upset. And I'm afraid of what she'll do to herself. But at the same time, I wanna start looking after myself and start my healing. But I feel guilty for letting her be. While here I am reconnecting with my friends.
What do I do?
I think if there's any circumstance that the three-month rule should apply, it's this.
GIve your time to heal, to process. Pag mejo okay na, then siguro okay nang kausapin siya. But take care of yourself first. Besides, she's the one who broke up with you.
New development lang. She's saying she's going to commit suicide before blocking me entirely from all her socials. Goes without saying I'm really panicking. What I did is I contacted her close friend. Sabi naman nila pupuntahan daw nila ngayon pero wala pa ko update. I really feel bad. She was indeed the one who broke up with me but the way she spins the story e ako daw yung nang abandon. And the scary part is I think she also believes that imagined scenario. Sobrang fucked up na din talaga. I'm at a loss kasi what if she went through with it? I won't be able to bear the guilt and baka sumunod nalang din ako bigla.
Naniniwala ako sa kasabihang, "if we knew better, we could have done better."
Ginawa mo lang ang alam mong tama base sa kaunting alam mo. Sapat man yun o hindi, minsan wala na tayo magagawa para mabago ang sitwasyon kundi patawarin ang ating mga sarili at iwasan na lang maulit muli yung mga mali.
Kung galing ka sa isang abusive relationship, mahirap maging mabait sa sarili. Sana matutunan mong mahalin at magpatawad ng sarili para di maulit muli yung mga mali.
Ginawa mo lang ang alam mong tama base sa kaunting alam mo. Sapat man yun o hindi
Tagos na tagos sakin tong sinabi mo na 'to. Recently kasi I've been questioning myself baka nga talagang di ko nahandle nang maayos yung relationship. Baka ako talaga yung dahilan why it became chaotic. Pero kung aalisin ko kasi yung acquired knowledge ko ngayon after everything that happened, I think I really just did what I thought was right during those times. I'm slowly coming into terms with it. Kaso the threat of her, committing suicide is becoming a huge roadblock para makapagstart na sana ko magfocus on my own healing. Why is the world so cruel? Antagal ko bago makakuha ng courage to not chase after her tapos biglang may suicide threats naman sa huli. Ang gulo rin kasi she keeps saying na she's not trying to get me back. Pero at the same time she's saying na ginagawa nya yun kasi she feels she has no one else already. And that wala naman daw kasing sasagip sa kanya. And that desidido na daw sya. Hirap neto sobra.
Di ba pwedeng i-report mo yan sa authorities? Discreetly if possible. Show receipts.
I've got a feeling she's doing everything she can to either get your attention, or failing that, paint you as a villain.
I won’t be able to bear the guilt and baka sumunod nalang din ako bigla.
Better take care of yourself first, and far better from taking my advice as an internet stranger. Find someone who can better help you (a professional or whatever.
I wish you all the best. Kaya mo yan. Kakayanin.
Let go completely, or else the cycle will just repeat itself
While we're on the subject of logos, Please vote on which logo will be the next winner of 3 million pesos.
In the true spirit of laziness , finger pointing creativity that certain government agencies are known for, please note that some most visual elements are blatantly copied from here.
If any controversy is noted in the above images, automatic response to all controversy is:
Eh kasi this is a "mood video board with the intention of exciting super mega duper internal stakeholders with lots of money"
#1 reason ay relihiyon kaya mahal ni ate si kuya; buti na lang maganda sagot ni kuya
Mahirap pala maging self-aware sa mga benefits na nakukuha natin dahil sa maling sistema, lalo na kung iniisip natin na deserve natin ang nakukuha, lalo na di pumapasok sa isip natin na deserve din ng iba, kahit yung mga taong ayaw natin. #blessed
Ang lamig!! For the first time this month, hindi ako mag-aamoy anghit sa gabi.
😂😂😂
May naglagay ng gawgaw sa sarsa (the plot thickens)! 😂
This thread linked here earlier has disappeared.
I wonder....
Well, maybe it has devolved into shit.
Thanks! It's from a different community.
Yan yung OP ng linked thread. Well.... ugh. Di na lang ko mag-comment. Gi-atay.
In fairness, I love the transparency of the mod log. I also like how you can put the reason for a thread removal or ban. In Reddit, the best you could do is flair it and a removal reason will be sent via PM.
Lol~! Nakakapanibago, tbh. The fact that any ordinary user like me can dig that up and piece together a decent guess as to what happened, it's .... refreshing?
Parang stir naman kasi yun. Onus of proof is with the accuser, bakit si Ruud magpapaliwanag? Haha.
Yun nga eh. Kahit na sa tingin ko may point pa siya, tagilid pa rin siya kasi mas wala syang grounds to stand on other than "Meta is doing shady shit."
At saka, sabihin na nating obligated si Ruud na walang sabihin (NDA, injunctions or whatever shit), eh ... anong point nung pag-post ng ganun? And within a community within lemmy.world at that? Like, di nya territoryo yun!
Nag-update pala si lemmy.world an hour ago. It fixes the infamous login issue daw.
Edit for those who still have issues logging in:
- When using a browser: clear cookies and cache
- When using an app: remove your lemmy.world account and add it again.
I'm glad they didn't adopt the grey border that lemm.ee now has, lol.
Edit: Spoke too soon. The grey borders are here! 😒
Padaan lang po last - hope to hear from you all tomorrow and the next days. Be well, Good night dearest strangers. 👍
Today's one of those days that I wish I'll still wake up tomorrow. Di naman dahil lang may mga naiwan akong pending sa bahay at work (hehe, pero part na din yun hahaha), but just looking forward for some more chances to do the things deep down I've been holding back to do, you know? That some next day in the future, pagbibigyan ko na yung sarili kong maging maligayang tunay.
Isa sa mga natutunan ko today, as in a few minutes ago lang, makapangyarihan yung pakiramdam na kaya mo iexpress ang nadarama mo kahit alam mong irereject ka ng iba. Sana maramdaman ng lahat yung kapangyarihan na yun.
Maraming salamat, dear stranger! Need to hear something like this, and tbh pasok na pasok 'to sa current situation ko hehe. Hope all's well on your end, thanks again! 👍
I'm supposed to be sleeping and about to wake up for work in my home city Baguio but I'm currently drinking alone in Cabanatuan because fuck everything
This is off-topic but... I hope you don't mind.
I could be the only one thinking this way, but IMO, places bearing names of real people should be reverted to whatever it is they were before the renaming. Hence, I'd love to see Quezon province revert to Tayabas (province), Rizal (province) revert to Morong, or Quezon City be… no, wait that's an entire aisle of cans of worms.¹
And really, even if we look at places in other countries that are named after people, such as Washington state (US), it doesn't really give me much. Sure, it's in honor of some guy named Washington, but do I really want a Philippine province named "Aguinaldo"? Hell no!
It's already bad enough that our country is named after some prince. (I'd argue, however, that that ship has already sailed, and that we already have enough stake on the name Philippines that renaming our country is no longer necessary, the time for that should have been more than a hundred years ago, and at most, seventy-odd years ago.)
Ahh!! Oo nga! Pwede!! It's within QC, and it's a historically significant (and recognizable) name to use!
PAGCOR celebrates 40 years with new logo
ROTFLMAO
Looks like a cross between Cinemalaya and Petron.
Please tell me they didn't spend a fortune on this, because if they did, parang lugi ata sila. First the Love the philippines then this.
They did. 3,035,714.28 pesos.
Mas maganda pa yung mga revisions sa internet na nakita ko, although tbf, it isn't any better because the logo is bad to begin with.
Putangina 3m for a not just a shitty logo but equally shitty branding?
Tanginang yan mag graphic designer na lang ako sa gobyerno.
EDIT: Mans actually had a stint (not sure if he graduated from) USTe CFAD. (Link) I mean come on, at least a bit more effort for this at least. Wala rin ako mahanap na design brief so at least one is given a rationale behind the layout, design, theme.
God dammit i have to admit a bit salty kasi 3m nakuha nya for a bootleg petron logo kingina hahahaha
EDIT 2: Branding hindi brandy lmao
I'm sorry, but logos nowadays are hideous 🤮
Can confirm. Worked in a company that had an in-house team of graphic designers and their logos are atrocious.
Also, hiring people to make you one with a "budget" is a bad idea. You need to have a limitless cash flow upwards to the equivalent of millions of pesos from an international firm for them to seriously gameplan an identity and sensical logo.
And the problem is, hanggang logo lang sila :(
Not an expert, but I've recently been fascinated with the concept and read (sparsely) on it.
You've got to have a consistent logo and branding. And sometimes, they don't even converse with the client. I know there are horor clients out there, but it is impossible to get shit done properly without knowing what the company is about, what is significant to them in terms of values. Hell, some even go research competing companies' logos just to come up with a logo and branding design that can convince them essentially that "hell, sa logo pa lang na to, talo na ung competition nyo".
A well designed, well-thought out, communicable brand and design is not necessarily expensive, but definitely should be bang for your buck.
Take a look at Apple, McD's, Nike, etc. Hell even National Geographic's logo is so simple and yet almost anyone who sees that yellow rectangle instantly knows who this is and what they're about.
Considering the disaster of a PAGCOR logo, for 3 million, AT LEAST do some research on the damn company, culture and history. This is what happens when there is no "peer review" and you throw designs willy nilly and see what sticks.
Sucks to be the graphic designer, but you have to admit, the 3mm makes it suck less.
If you have a non-inverter aircon po that you really are considering changing (if it ever broke down), do it now. Sobrang laki po ng price difference ng electric bill after we used inverter aircons. Make sure you choose the right HP of the aircon to your room. It will work wonders talagaaaaaaaa
As in, around 3-5k po yung na-less sa electric bill namin, and that's even after using the aircon unit more.
may chismis or baka gumagawalang ng storya - https://lemmy.world/post/1370464
This feels like a psyop full of traps and reverse traps. That this is pretty much a googol-IQ level play from MKZ-3000 or its strategist co-processors.
Consider:
Facebook/Meta already knows that the kind of people who have already migrated to the Fediverse (Mastodon, Lemmy, etc) are the type mistrustful of corporate interests in the internet—anti-FAANG and all that. Facebook meeting-up with people from Mastodon, devs and/or large instance admins (hence, Mastodon.social and Mastodon.world instance owners), would put those people in a frenzy.
Add an NDA to that, which can have the overall effect of an injunction, super-injunction, or even a hyper-injunction—even if that kind of thing isn't legal in whatever jurisdiction the NDA is in (please keep in mind IANAL), and you've got a recipe for people really getting suspicious.
What for? This would shake confidence in Mastodon (and the Fediverse at large) by making it seem that it's already compromised, further scattering people across different solutions. Even more insidious is that this gives Facebook/Meta an easy way out just by pointing out that it's "too conspiratorial" to think that Mastodon is compromised (because of a meeting).
Is there a way out of this dilemma? I think there is. By giving a Fediverse platform, and their instance admins, just enough trust for them to do their jobs. This is a very hard balance to achieve tho, and personally, I veer too much in either direction: either not trusting people enough, or being too ready to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Plot twist: Yung Fediverse pala nakipag-meeting, lol.
Di na naman makapag kumento sa platform na to ng maayos, pati logon wonky na naman din =.=
Nope, walang app na may mod tools at all. All moderation has to be done through desktop.
It's unfortunate that lemmy.world continues to experience various issues in the past week. But the up side of it is that all the other instances could benefit from the fixes.
On a related note, I've been using Sync and old.reddit for so long now that I didn't realize how different new.reddit is from before they started implementing the new UI. It's using the same topics paradigm (ala hashtags) that makes the official app a mess to use. I've only used it for some mod actions that were not available at old.reddit.
I stumbled on eurodance and some house music on YouTube, and I re-discovered this again. Lol
Fun fact: This was not produced by Filipinos, and they were infamous with the songs "Lick It" and "Short Dick Man."
Asking questions. Ewan, lagi kasi akong nagooverthink dati on reaching out pag may tanong ako. Feeling ko kasi dati mabobobohan sa akin yung pagtatanungan ko, na dapat alam ko na yung sagot sa itatanong ko. Recently ko lang din naovercome 'to, but ngayon, it comes naturally. Gusto ko lang matuto, and maybe yung pagtatanungan ko will pick-up something from it, too. Kung kailangan ko pang tawagan para lang maiexplain maige yung tanong ko, idemo ganun etc, I'll do it.
Also Salted Caramel flavor hehe
You say salted caramel flavor, and I counter with almond flavor
Matry nga to! Ty boss stranger. 👍
Actually putting in effort to connect with people.
I used to be extremely shy, and this manifested in me not contributing much to conversations and sometimes looking a little bit standoffish in my body language.
I still am very shy, but I've since learned to work past the initial discomfort of shyness and be active in conversations, or at least make an effort to show other people that I am interested in what they want to say.
I've made a lot of friends I wouldn't have had I not worked on this part of myself. I only regret not trying earlier.
I'm not sure if this answer is in the spirit of the question, but that's the first thing that came to mind.
kung sino malakas dun sa tutulungan ng INC sa local niyo
Kaya never ako naniwala na nagpapanalo sila ng kandidato.
Huh, so should people stock up on puto't dinuguan during election season? Offer those kids some and if they refuse, alam na!
EDIT: Oh, wait within the ano lang pala ito (tama nga ba?), sorry! 😂
Okay, I figured it out. It's that Language setting that's warns you against deselecting "Undetermined".
Warning: If you deselect Undetermined, you will not see most content.
I actually needed to deselect it to make things work again.
Someone dug up details about the company on FB. Here's the text on their post.
Printplus Graphic Services' red flags, the "company" awarded with 3million+ contract for the PAGCOR's new logo.
🚩Printplus was JUST newly registered for PhilGEPS on June 14, 2023.
🚩Printplus FB page has only 39 likes/followers as of this writing.
🚩Their page itself doesn't even their own logo.
🚩FB page link was not even personalized
🚩PhilGEPS Registration Status: RED!
Not even a platinum. (Red means you cannot bid big POs like 1M above)
🚩It's used to be a BBM campaign merch giveaway page.
This sums that this certain company is NOT ESTABLISHED, and was just "hired" for another corruption scheme.
Haha, I knew this was done from microscale graphic designers. I don't have a Facebook account to access this info, though.
Minimalist Diablo logo yarn 👁👄👁
May IT department employee ata naglalaro ng Diablo nang magdamag habang ginagawa itong logo. Sabaw na sabaw pa ang gumawa niyan sa pitch room. lol
PrintPlus Graphic Services gumawa which doesn't even have a website. Hindi mo alam kung mura lang binayad tapos binulsa karamihan or talagang nagoyo sila ng what seems to be a hawsyaw print shop.
Based on a cursory google search, mostly affiliated si OP designer with another graphic design agency: ArtOne Design and Communications (also not much online presence). It's kinda sus to me why he'd go do a state sponsored design through another company. The formerly mentioned company has been around for several years, and has had big clients.
Just hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that given the experience and previous clients, you'd get something better.
Ginamitan lang ata ito ng Photoshop o GIMP, eh.
thats a demon logo
All these taken together, our new logo reflects PAGCOR’s long-standing commitment of being a guiding force that illuminates the way forward, drives transformation and development, and brings inspiration and motivation to the lives it touches.
nyeta ano daw? HAHAHA PAGCOR ba to o DSWD?
anong fire? anong beacon? punyeta HAHAHA may mga tanga nanamang maiimpress kasi nasampolan sila ng English kahit pantanga
brings inspiration and motivation to the lives it touches.
My innuendos touched by this quote. lol
Yung gradient ang nagdala! 😂
good read about bots spamming lemmy - https://sh.itjust.works/post/998409
So the numbers were inflated, and pretend that it's hype?
From one of the comments in the linked thread:
Obviously we can make inferences based on active users and speed of growth, but a smart person could minimize those signs to the point of being unnoticeable.
Off the top of my head, correlating the growth of new accounts to active users (plus some lag) could be a useful heuristic here. Preemptively de-federating from suspicious instances (based on the heuristic I've just given, or some other, more refined heuristic) can also be useful until there are better tools that are available against this.
I've noticed from looking at pretty graphs that there's usually a correlation between new registrations and user activity across the board. However, since bot accounts don't necessarily generate activity (and for a good reason—a lot of those bots are either made by well-meaning people demonstrating the danger, or are put as sleeper agents until they are needed), one can reasonably guess that an instance with an abnormally high rate of new user registrations, without the corresponding rise in user activity, is a bot-infested instance.
Of course, this could lead to bots artificially rising activity through spamming, and this needs action as well.
All this I've said have already been discussed in the comment thread where I've lifted the quote from. Of particular note to me is this:
A simple way to do so is to just start with a handful of popular, well run instances and consider them trustworthy. Then they can vouch for any other instances being trustworthy and if people agree, the instance is considered trustworthy. It would eventually build up a network of trusted instances. It’s still decentralized. Sure, it’s not as open as before, but what good is being open if bots and trolls can ruin things for good as soon as someone wants to badly enough?
I think the opposite approach, like how it is done in ad-blockers, would work: a list of instances that are considered bot-infested and are untrustworthy. Basically, a block list. Publicly-available lists would be made available, and instances can be might be more strict—and hence liberal in adding more instances to this list (Beehaw.org is one example I immediately think of that would do things this way), or less strict.
Having said all that, I have this suspicion that it's already how things work currently, just a bit more ad-hoc and "manual". Also, this is probably way too over my head.
Anyways, for whatever it's worth, that's my two cents.
I can hear Facebook/TikTok Filipino laugh tracks from this quesion
It's not like they're competent to do much else.
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Been replaying this trending video over on Twitter of a drag queen dressed as Jesus and I found the music used:
Ama Naming Evangelion
Now I can't stop playing it
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