An Appeal to Reason and Facts (The Ateneo Tragedy)

To everyone sharing the false news and spreading lies trying to gain sympathy for the wrong cause. Let's set the facts straight:

  1. The 2 victims were in different grade levels. According to classmates, they didn't know each other nor interact. Dylan Wee was liked by his peers. He was NOT a bully in any way, shape, or form.

  2. Dylan did not play Roblox. So it's impossible they had a fight there either.

  3. There was no bullying (as already mentioned by SILG Remulla) at all. And for the sake of argument, wouldn't the proper response be to tell the parents or proper authorities instead? Nael Jalani's dad is a high ranking official in the Customs Police. I'm sure they have the proper connections and means. You cannot say otherwise. For further argument, he was a member of a fraternity, and we all know it's a tough road getting into any fraternity. The fact that his response was to bring guns speaks volumes about him and how he was raised.

  4. The membership to a fraternity also speaks against him being weak and also unlikely being autistic as many keep sharing.

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u/Motor_Ad_6055 — 1 day ago
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Is this a wart?

Context: I had a wart here that started last year but I had it electro-cauterized at a dermatologist. I had 3 total and they all seemed to have healed after treatment. But this 1 didn't heal like the other 2. Could it still be a wart or something else?

u/Motor_Ad_6055 — 15 days ago
▲ 1.5k r/WhatIfPinas+1 crossposts

Hot Take: Our current dark political timeline is Grace Poe's fault

I think that it is more likely that the people who voted for Grace Poe would've voted for Mar Roxas than Duterte or Binay had she not run. Up to that point, she didn't really have significant experience or a solid track record. She won mostly on the identity and merits of her famous parents. She only decided to run for president after a survey showed she had a fair chance of winning the presidency. That's when she put aside any ideas of running as Mar's VP as she was actively pursued by the LP before Leni.

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So anyway, combining her numbers with Mar would have put him above Digong. Now with Digong losing in 2016, I doubt he would try again in 2022 given he is a lot older and has less energy by then. Plus, given the heavy investment of a losing presidential campaign would give them second thoughts as well. With Digong not gaining the same gravitas as when he became president, his kids would not have the same level of exposure and significance as they do today.

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Now I'm not saying a Mar presidency would be stellar. It would most likely have been a continuation of PNoy's time. Generally straightforward and well-meaning with a couple of bad players which left a lot of people frustrated. (Let's be real, Mar is not charismatic and had a terrible PR team, which I believe contributed significantly to his loss, but I think he had good credentials, especially for the economic side.)

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But compared to today's events where you have more bad players than good, it's a lot more attractive.

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Without Digong's success, Sara would not have the following that would propel a tandem with BBM for a win.

u/Motor_Ad_6055 — 2 months ago

My sister became an AFAM’s (potential) sugar mommy and it's ruining the family

Brace yourselves for this very STRESSFUL reverse AFAM/AHON drama. Apologies in advance.

Background/Context: This story will mainly revolve around the current guy (M48), but for context, this is my sister's (F39) dating history.

Over the last 18 years (more or less), she has had a string of scammer boyfriends. The first guy (J) was around 20 years older than her. They met through online gaming when she was in college. J claims to be a billionaire and a war veteran. He had made claims about spending millions on sending undercover security to watch over and protect my sister (like huhhhh???). Every time he would claim he would visit or send her a ticket so she could go to him, there would always be some issue that prevents him from traveling or paying for a ticket. She held on to this guy for around 17 years. Take note that they have never met in real life other than video calls. Things ended when he started ghosting her because he started dating another girl.

The second guy (T) was a pinoy. So some relatives were relieved that she would actually be dating someone real for once. But lo and behold, another outlandish story. So T was apparently based in another Asian country where he worked as a high ranking officer of a major retail company. T would course gifts to my sister through one of our relatives who would front the payment expecting T to pay them back as he promised. Guess what? T never did. Also T isn't a he. T is a she. The discovery led to their untimely end. However, as a frustrating sidenote, dearest sister didn't outright stop talking to T, as far as I know, they kept communicating for a week na malabo (So ano na????).

Third guy (A) was short lived (a week or so) but blackmailed her with explicit pics. He also claimed to be a US soldier though, just like J. I really don’t understand my sister’s weird attachment to soldiers.

Fourth guy was an Australian of Indian descent. He was a doctor. Very good looking and all. She was proud and excited. She shared with relatives, but one of them had an itch at the back of her head because the guy seemed familiar but she couldn’t place her finger on it. A few days later, while our relative was going through reels, she sees the guy. That’s where she remembers him from. Apparently, he’s a famous medical content creator in Australia. A little later, she talks to our sister about the reel. Sister is super excited. But relative tried to be practical and reasonable and said that “Don’t you think he could easily find someone in Australia considering his status? Why would he resort to Facebook to meet someone random from the Philippines?” Sister insists that she’s talking to him on his private account. After showing his picture or a screenshot from his vid to a few more relatives, someone finally noticed and pointed out that the picture looks like AI (Weird hand angle with too many fingers) and encouraged her to use AI verification tools to see for herself. So that obviously fell through.

After all these intros about my sister's questionable taste in men, you would think she's an uneducated idiot, but surprise, she's a licensed physician with means to verify people if she wanted to.

My sister started talking to this current guy that she met through some FB group around October or November 2024. He introduced himself as:

A US Special Forces veteran

Had a direct role in taking down Bin Laden (wtf???!!!)

Had an indirect role in the capture of Saddam (again. Wtf???)

Got seriously injured (severe burns around his body) after a tank he was using got hit by an RPG. He showed a picture of an injured person on a stretcher that was supposedly him, but the picture was only of the neck down. There were no other clear identifying marks.

At this point, I’m sure any person would see this as a scam, but she believes him at every word.

Around August 2025, she, against everyone’s wishes and warning, goes alone to the US to visit him for 5 weeks (Which was extended by another week on the day she was supposed leave. She was crying as she called here because she didn’t want to leave). We tried to stop her from going because of all the red flags. We tried all the possible measures. There were bad cops and good cops and she fought with everybody. There was even a 3-hr shouting match on the weekend before she left. At that point, we knew we couldn’t stop her.

She refused to share specifics of an address until the very last second, which is in a relatively remote location in the US that is lightly populated. We later found out that the house he currently stays in isn’t his (We were placed under the impression it was his), then after a few days, we find out they have other housemates (who turned out to be drug users). The state of the house is also messy and has a bunch of damage (as shared by our sister herself). Also, due to the house sharing situation, we also found out she just sleeps on the couch. Take note, she frequently complains that she suffers from back pain, and yet there she says she is having fun and well rested. Go figure! For those five weeks, she just stays in this property and occasionally goes to a Walmart. It’s her first trip to the US and for 6 weeks, she stays in his place and doesn’t go and see the sights.

While she was away, we managed to find more details about the guy and his family through available public records and reached out to them. Luckily, many of them responded and provided a lot of very helpful info about the guy. What they independently shared were consistent and these testimonies were from different people who didn’t know each other. These are:

He did not graduate high school

He has never held down a job and has lived off his parents his entire life

He is a drug addict (meth)

He steals from his family

He was kicked out of his parent’s house for his actions

He suffers from Schizophrenia that manifests itself as him believing he’s been through war and suffers from PTSD. Many of his stories are recycled from his dad and other relatives who did serve in the US military.

So you can see how much fun this guy is?

Over the course of our investigation, we kept reminding her to be safe and smart about her relationship with this guy and not to believe everything he says. We warned her so many times.

But according to the statements of his ex-wives, he is quite charismatic, so you would be swayed to believe him. They also shared that they also fought with their families to be with this guy before, but they end up supporting him and having all their valuables go missing.

So anyway, she comes home (while having her earbuds on talking to the guy…. Ugh!). Knowing that things are tense, I make the decision to not speak to her first. If she wants to open up and share realizations, I would be open. But I resolved to just keep quiet and avoid confrontation. She spoke first asking about the info we found:

Her: You saw the evidence na?

Me: Yeah

Her: Ok, NOW BURN IT! (She said in a very aggressive tone)

She tried to spin the story like she was trying to do me a favor because the info I had were supposed state secrets due to his "classified missions". LOL!!!

This was sign enough that she did not wake up.

The family has repeatedly, and by every angle and style, tried to pry her away from the guy to no avail. Every time there is a confrontation, she will quickly lose the argument as many of her stories and claims are based on make believe and lies. The moment she loses, she quickly brings up another topic totally unrelated to fight over, and it goes on and on.

His claws are dug in deep. For context, ever since around November or December 2024, they have been on NON-STOP video call communication. I mean they do not drop the call unless there isn’t any signal or WIFI. It goes on even if she’s having a conversation with someone, while she eats with others, while he or she is asleep already, while she is at work. Literally at all times. Things have escalated badly due to her refusal to see reason.

For a few months now, she has already refused to talk to the family, especially about the guy, and has spent all her time now just locking herself in her room, only coming out to eat, replenish supplies, and process documents for her to migrate. She tries to talk to people outside the family or further extended relatives, trying to gain their support or sympathy, but even they quickly see the red flags and inconsistencies in her stories, and they also try to correct her or just humor her.

Ok, this is really long now and I think I’ve covered all the important stuff. Let’s end it here. Thanks for listening to my unhinged TED talk.

*Addional Notes" Edit: Because this post is gaining traction. I would also like to add some additional information we learned about the guy vis-a-vis the lies he told my sister.

  • He said he was only married once. But we were able to contact two out of his 3 ex-wives and we were able to get a hold of the marriage certificates. These were shared to my sister. To which she said these women were crazy.

  • The adult daughter that the guy claims as his is apparently not his and is a daughter of a friend (who is in jail, which my sister previously framed on an ex-wife during a confrontation). All the backstories were lies.

  • We were able to speak to one of the sons of the guy through his other relatives, and he told us that he tried to stop his dad from lying to women (and to my sister now) about his background. We told our sister to even talk to this son and verify her boyfriend's background from the son himself, but we have no idea if she ever did.

  • The guy said he owns estates in the US but the ex-wife we spoke to said he's always been broke. Like going to food banks broke.

  • One ex-wife said the guy was involved in a meth lab explosion. We were able to find some criminal records as well (one of which was possession of illegal substances). These were all presented to my sister and she still defends him.

Ewan!

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