Cancelled! A form of ostracism in which someone is thrust out of social or professional circles because of what they said, did, or ate. News: “'Wonder Woman 3' scrapped a day after Gal Gadot's tweet.” The deal seems like: In case you are a celebrity or a known personality, don’t tweet whatever you think. Just act in your movie or play ball. If you are a boss in a company, don’t post your thoughts. You should know by now what’d cancel you out, don’t you? (Sarcasm.) 🤨🗣👥
Switzerland slows down on electric cars as the country’s emergency energy use braces up for winter—as energy crisis stays. A huge 60 percent of the Swiss energy supply depends on hydroelectric power, which relies on falling water to turn turbine blades. Others, coal is used. Etcetera. My thought: Over-consumption is our #1 problem. No matter how we use/dispose, if we don’t lessen manufacturing stuff and things to obtain, we’ll still heighten environmental ruin. ?⛽️🔌
Whatever it takes to end a war, especially that your people are dying. That’s what Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichu should be doing per her calling. Not to enflame more animosity. Recently, she has called for the arrest of Vladimir Putin for war crimes. What about Poroshenko/Zalensky’s army that brutally bombed Donbas for years, at least from 2014? Otherwise, Ms Matviichu should just shut her mouth so as not to help derail ongoing negotiations.☮️☮️☮️
The release of Brittney Griner is a start. Let them keep on talking. Paul Phelan is still in prison in Russia… I will repeat again why Volodymyr Zelensky favors a continuing war, as 4.5 million Ukrainians refugees are now scattered in Europe, awaiting asylum or just wandering. What, he’d probably ask for more money from the U.S. and Europe to add to the $95 billion already given to Kyiv? I insist that when fighting stops, an international body investigates Zelensky in re his offshore holdings in British Virgin Islands, Belize and Cyprus. And how he spent aid that were given him since start of war this year.
I was about to go to bed when I saw this photo and video. A child named Leo, son of Croatian winger Ivan Perisic, ran over to give a message to his father's opponent, the tearful Neymar. The kid was initially stopped by security but was let through by Neymar for a handshake and a hug. THAT, dear grownups, is the moment that we all need. Ah. A beautiful moment… Amidst all the hate and darkness, a boy showed the world what love and friendship are all about.☮️⚽️💝
Negativity of News. Because today’s journalism is essentially peopled by younger reporters who didn’t experience the raw hardship of pursuing sources, or they haven’t really experienced the worst of life per se? Romanticize the little wins, bloat the tiniest speck of dirt, and politicize all angles and anglings? I couldn’t relate anymore. The lead line of a News report is pretty much the writer’s opinion before the “Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How” are explored. ✍️📹✍️
Humanity is selective when it comes to who/what to demonize. Prejudice, I guess. When Jeff Bezos was the world’s richest, he was a loud object of internet disdain. The “new kid in town” is Elon Musk. The immaculates insult, lambaste, and shame Walmart, Starbucks, McDonald's, or any huge company that are #1. Yet seldom ExxonMobil, JPMorgan Chase, or Lockheed Martin are dissed as loud. The pure are selective who/what to hate. And feel cool about it. 🗣👥🗣
I simply ignore people (those that I only “met” on Faceboook) who unfriended me. But it is sad that I had to unfriend/block friends that I knew for many years before there was internet. Differences in politics are fine. `Been on political discourse since those days. Not an issue to lose friends. But I couldn’t tolerate immature, nasty language. A year ago, I unfriended a good, relatively quiet friend. I simply couldn’t stand his foul, know-it-all online crassness anymore. 🤨🗣👥
Watching a lot of historical/period TV series and movies, I am fascinated with fashion in the past, mostly before the 2000s. Kickass capes and snazzy suits and elegant hats for men; elaborate gowns and stylish dresses and grand hats as well for women. When people went out, they looked chic and sophisticated. I’d like to go back to those days. These days, yardwork get-up for men and bedroom clothes for women are also worn in the grocery, party, or public park. 🎩👑👘
Society is so loud against anti-semitism or “hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people.” Yet anti-Christianity is a popular pop culture fodder. The shaming of Christians can be really low and dirty. All over social media, undeterred. Political cool? Celebrities speak vs. anti-semitism and they are praised. Yet known adherents to Christianity prefer to hush. Denzel Washington, basketball pro Al Horford, and rock star Bono are religious Christians.✝️☮️🕎
“Coolness” online: Drinking is fine if it is wine, not whiskey. Weed is awesome. Breaking rules means you are kickass. Christianity is the root of all evil. Unity in diversity if it conforms with my prejudice. I am rude because I am depressed. Blame China for consumerism. Blame Russia for high cost of gasoline. Blame Trump for the bad-hair day. Blame mom and dad for our failures. Blame the other political party for Mercury Retrograde. Agree with me or I will unfriend you. 🙂🤨😒
News: “This 8-Year-Old Boy Became the Youngest Person to Ascend El Capitan.” Are we obsessed with (world) records! NBA: First to record a triple-double by a non-American before he reaches age of 20 who is single and a Catholic. Cinema: First woman of color who wins an Oscar who is not from the U.S. before she reaches age of (alcohol) drinking. My record: First Asian man who wore double-layer pairs of socks from age 7 to 109. Makes us feel good, I guess. 🧐🤓😎
A smiley “How are you?” from a stranger is a sweet American culture. Back home in the Philippines, it is inappropriate to greet anyone, lest a woman, that you are not formally introduced to. Here, humanity is so friendly. Or maybe social media is different? I seldom greet “friends” via IM anymore because I usually get ignored. I don’t know why. Honestly, I just want to say hello to someone that I knew then but haven’t seen in years. Will never try again, sorry. LOL! 🙂🤨😒
I think some people are getting mentally disturbed because of Trump. Because of their hatred for Trump. All they see is Trump. They parallel anything that they dislike with Trump. All they post are Trump. One day there will be a psychological disorder named after Trump and meds named after Trump. Of course, Trump will charge royalty for use of his name and likelihood. A pill that is shaped like Trump's face or hairdo. I don't think Big Pharma will mind. It's profit. 😒😏💊
A huge contradiction in life these days: Many are so unrealistically “careful” not to hurt feelings. And so when voices are raised in a workplace setting or sports team huddle, or an “inappropriate” term emerges on your FB post or a known person said a harsh word—they are cancelled outright, lose their job, and shamed no end in Social Media. Yet the “ordinary” language that are said here are cuss words and rude remarks. We police words but not attitudes. 🗣👥🤨
Some of the awesome dog/cat Facebook “Reels” are not showing on my Page as frequent as they used to. No problem, I can find them. But I also get nostalgic cool “Groups” from my native Philippines. “Baul ni Juan” is about old movies. Fun titles like “Kumander Mameng,” “Hayok,” and “Kulog at Kidlat.” Basketball of the 1960s to 1980s. And “Kusinela,” cooking videos, old-school on firewood and outdoors. How I wish I’d be transported back in time. 👍🤝👍
Notice some of the movies/TV series these days have annoying dark or dim lighting? They say it is a “lighting technique,” a metaphor. Example: Woman brushes teeth, family dines, man buys cigarettes in a corner store on daytime, board meeting etcetera. Underexposed scenes make us miss important stuff. “Shot on green screen and rear projection,” whatever. Some say dark lighting has become a bit of a lost art. “Lost art,” they say? That’s “artistic masturbation” to me. 😠🎥😡
Social Media has popularized and glamourized invectives—cussing and cursing—that even those people (old as me) who didn’t spit out bad words unless intensely provoked, toss `em here like “f#@!k!” is obligatory in their daily language. A young person here even snarled at me: “How’d you know a word is a cuss word or not?!?” Many don’t know anymore, I guess. It’s just how they talk. Most likely, they'd ask a barista: "Can I have a fu##!!ing latte, dude?” I reckon. 🤨🗣👥
My accent gets me in awkward situations, or trouble. While living in Las Vegas, I was asked “Where you goin’, man?” / “I am going to look for a cheap slot and play!” (I didn’t mean “slut,” uh huh). In Los Angeles, “What do you think about Southern California?” / “I like the beaches…” (It sure came out as “bitches,” I guess). I once had a German friend in New York City named Gunter. For sure, I never yelled at him “Gunt!” after that weird incident on a crowded E train. 😅😂🤣
Our idiosyncrasies. Or a mode of peculiar behavior. Traits that can be weird or crazy without meaning to be part of the fringes or unordinary, because those seem “cool,” uh huh. Few of my “unnaturals,” aside from my OCD fix: I recycle my coffee. I brew a pot that I consume for a week, microwaving a cup each wake-up time. I wear two layers of socks, 24/7. I meticulously draft/file or organize my Facebook posts before I post them. Seldom I post on impulse. 🧐🤓😎
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