Hindi pala reliable yung community notes sa Twitter. People could easily prop up and upvote an incorrect dispute.

The point of decriminalizing it is that you don’t have to do jail time while awaiting trial. Sure you can post bail, but it’s 1) anti-poor, 2) libel is not a heinous act wherein the safety of the public is in jeopardy if the accused is allowed to wander, 3) it inconveniences the accused for something that the courts would likely trash, and thereby 4) make it prone to abuse and as a tool for harassment.

If you want to teach someone a lesson to be responsible for their actions, then the fine and/or jail time after they’re proven guilty should suffice.

But whether or not people understood the joke or it’s funny is irrelevant in the context of the lawsuit. In libel, you need to prove that the guy had malicious intent. Clearly he didn’t and was just trying to be funny. People are all up in arms defending guys like Ressa and Bello for their cyber libel lawsuits when there’s wayyyyy more justification there than this one. Heck, Ressa was 100x more of an asshole when the complainant reasoned with her than Ileiad’s “Is this a threat”.

Confiado is yet another proof why cyber libel needs to be decriminalized. It’s all good when the case has merit, but it’s too open to abuse. No one should be detained just because someone got butthurt.

Daming nagsasabi na Maya is dominating GCash when it’s the exact opposite. Just because the app is always down and is a haven for scammers has no bearing on its status as the country’s ubiquitous digital payment system. Kahit taho vendors yan gamit.

tl,dr: Mon Confiado is suing someone for using him as the placeholder on the grocery store copypasta.

It’s a stupid lawsuit and why I hate cyber libel. It’s a meme! It’s unfortunate that many took it literally (that’s Filipinos on the internet for you), but to say the guy had malicious intent is ridiculous. What does he hope to gain by deliberately ruining your reputation?

At the same time, dude should have read the room and saved himself the trouble by just deleting it. Unlike Maria Ressa who could afford to be arrogant and pay legal fees because she can recoup those costs from the ego strokes she’s getting and being martyrized, you’re just some guy with a pseudonym and lacking in allies. Take the L and live another day. Too late for that, though!

Deadpool and Wolverine just crossed the 1b mark in less than 3 weeks. Unfortunately, they’re not the first R film to do that but the pitiful Joker, lol.

This kinda makes sense. I’ve seen her performance and you can tell that she can lift the weight easily, but struggled with concentration and having the right attitude approaching the area.

Only 20 though. Still have a couple of Olympics appearances in her future.

Yes, it’s a legit quote.

The Caloy-Angela Yulo tiff in a nutshell: A “minor” in a poor family gives his parent unfettered access to his bank account once he started making money. To no one’s surprise, maraming withdrawal. Nagkaroon ng falling out, made worse by the mom disliking yung girlfriend (who she sees as a gold digger) and someone he met only because she slid into his DMs when he was already a star.

It’s a tale as old as time and literally the story of most high earners in a poverty-stricken family. Not sure why people are reacting to it like personally affected sila or alam nila saan napunta yung pera, and that they’re celebrating the mom being cut off the winnings.

Personally, I’m more bothered by how we treat our Olympians. The road to the Olympics is hard, iilan lang nakakapunta dun. Manalo matalo they should be well-funded and compensated. Incentive na rin yan for more kids to get into other sports. But we only seem to care pag nanalo na sila ng gold medal. EJ Obiena, Hidilyn Diaz, Carlos Yulo, lahat sila kailangan dumiskarte sa training. Pati nga si Alex Eala (not an Olympian but related) pinabayaan, pero since mayaman siya she had the luxury to tell the government “fuck you” nung saka sila nagpapansin kung kailan nananalo na.

While it’s true that the previous president had a drug war, he did go on record (as reliable as the word of a drunk is) that he supports medical marijuana citing his personal experience with abusing fentanyl to treat injuries.

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation

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A lot of people hated the film adaptation but I think it kind of paints them sympathetically (well, Euronymous mostly) as kids that were just trying to be too edgy for their own good.

Can’t say the same for Varg, though. He’s still a dick to this day.

Pacquiao was terrible at his job anyway. He gave housing to his constituents, but never did anything that helped the poor in general. Tulfo, through his program, at least functioned like a small claims/petty court. He also files bills that are actually helpful to the poor like this, this, and especially this.

Carlos Yulo is the man! Go get that gold/s, brother!

I kinda expected Cena to retire since he’s had quite a successful Hollywood run but still sad to see him go kahit hindi ako fan. He’s the wrestler I’ve seen the longest with Undertaker, Triple H, all retired. He’s had some banger matches although mic skills niya was always annoying.

The problem I have with history teachers (at least from my experience) is that they tend to have a bias on how they teach it. I’d prefer that they just explain everything as is and let the students decide.

A good example is this, the Marcoses. I’m so sick and tired of the Marcos era being taught in such a black and white way. Puros na lang human rights this, Voltes V that. Or if you’re pro-Marcos, infrastructure this, heinous crimes punished that. No mention at all of his complex relationship with the Americans or lord knows what else was buried because the narrative is always drastically on either side and walang middle ground.

Jeez, triangle pa rin pala system ni Tim. Some old heads have modified their coaching styles (Pop most notably) to keep up with the times, but he’s still clinging on to an archaic system. I remember that one of the reasons why Phil was ousted as NY GM is because he wants the team to still run it… and that was in 2017.

But it works, so good for him and Gilas.

Josh Howard was canceled back in 2008 for saying he doesn’t celebrate the Star Spangled Banner because he’s black… 10+ years later and doing that is cool.

Parang MLM lang, lmao.

Lots of school shootings way before Columbine and for some reason it’s credited as the one that started it all.

Wearing a trench coat to conceal the rifle he was carrying