u/blitzkriegball

There's a disproportionate body of love songs that speaks about unrequited love in a deep, existential manner, when the truth is that the reason for unrequited love is often something mundane:

-you're ugly
-you're fat
-your d*ck is small
-your bo*bies are flat

And so on.

And yet these love songs pretend that the reason for unrequited love is something tragic, related to personality, or something more existential or psychological.

Bitch no, you're just ugly. That's all.

I live a very simple life, but I have a good amount of money, mostly liquid. Buying stuff do not delight me. To that extent, you could say that my frugal life has tricked my mind into thinking I'm not rich.

But there are moments when reality makes me remember I have more wealth than the regular folk.

One surest sign is that my banks are drowning me with business loan and credit line offers.

Emails, chats, phone calls, SMS messages almost everyday.

One even sent me a Docusign outright for me to e-sign. I almost e-signed it along w/ all the routine docs I sign in my firm when I noticed it was a loan agreement with the amortization schedule already laid out. I didn't sign it.

This is my reaction to the viral post of a certain Honey Kate who used loudspeaker on her phone at a Starbucks outlet in Cebu and got into a heated confrontation with a foreigner who called her out.

This person showed total lack of consideration for others. The coffee shop is a public place. It's not yours. Unless you're the owner, you can't be as loud as you want.

It was never about foreigner vs. Filipino. I'm sure your fellow Filipinos are annoyed with your attitude. Who wants to have their peace disturbed by inconsiderate loud speakerphone warriors?

The least you could do is apologize and excuse yourself to a more secluded spot when other people find you being too noisy.

Noise is a form of pollution, you know. And you're being a total pollutant.

This is my reaction to the viral post of a certain Honey Kate who used loudspeaker on her phone at a Starbucks outlet in Cebu and got into a heated confrontation with a foreigner who called her out.

This person showed total lack of consideration for others. The coffee shop is a public place. It's not yours. Unless you're the owner, you can't be as loud as you want.

It was never about foreigner vs. Filipino. I'm sure your fellow Filipinos are annoyed with your attitude. Who wants to have their peace disturbed by inconsiderate loud speakerphone warriors?

The least you could do is apologize and excuse yourself to a more secluded spot when other people find you being too noisy.

Noise is a form of pollution, you know. And you're being a total pollutant.

So I'm incensed that there are so many cybersecurity measures requiring my physical and personal participation such as OTPs, passkeys, QR, biometrics, etc. in availing banks, apps, and payments for services.

This makes it so difficult for me to step back from work and delegate everything to my staff and secretary.

It means I need to process payments while sailing and doing sports.

I might have hired a private secretary but -- my God! -- the amount of approvals and security measures I have to endure.

Is there a way I can subvert this?

I basically want to disappear, not be bothered in any way, while keeping my businesses running at the same time.

Cybersec is annoying.

How can I be an absentee rich founder if these apps keep annoying me with my biometrics, selfies, and proof of identity?

So I'm incensed that there are so many cybersecurity measures requiring my physical and personal participation such as OTPs, passkeys, QR, biometrics, etc. in availing banks, apps, and payments for services.

This makes it so difficult for me to step back from work and delegate everything to my staff and secretary.

It means I need to process payments while sailing and doing sports.

I might have hired a private secretary but -- my God! -- the amount of approvals and security measures I have to endure.

Is there a way I can subvert this?

I basically want to disappear, not be bothered in any way, while keeping my businesses running at the same time.

Cybersec is annoying.

How can I be an absentee rich founder if these apps keep annoying me with my biometrics, selfies, and proof of identity?

So I'm incensed that there are so many cybersecurity measures requiring my physical and personal participation such as OTPs, passkeys, QR, biometrics, etc. in availing banks, apps, and payments for services.

This makes it so difficult for me to step back from work and delegate everything to my staff and secretary.

It means I need to process payments while sailing and doing sports.

I might have hired a private secretary but -- my God! -- the amount of approvals and security measures I have to endure.

Is there a way I can subvert this?

I basically want to disappear, not be bothered in any way, while keeping my businesses running at the same time.

Cybersec is annoying.

So even if I have the top fave characters like Charlotta and Lancelot, I still die during boss fights. Even on normal mode. I feel so incompetent. Am I just getting old for button-smashing? I feel like a grandpa now even though I'm still in my 30s.

So the way I win boss fights is by using range weapon characters like Rackham. The damage is a bit on the lower end but at least it's easy for me to avoid enemy hits.

How do you manage to win close-range combat with boss fights? Am I missing something on how to play this game?

So I was feeling a bit letdown by the direction HOTD was taking since the last season and up to S3E02. Then the Stressed Rhaenyra episode came and thought this could actually work as a comedy. I became interested to watch again. The episode was as funny as Veep. Lol.

They significantly degrade the platform. Stop adding me and stop messaging for your sales quota. LinkedIn was meant to be a network-building app not a classifieds app.

So that they can blacklist these terrorist kids forever from employment.

I get that there is intervention, rehabilitation, etc. But which employer company in its right mind would allow a former mass shooter to join its ranks?

Employers have the right to know these minors' identities to forever blacklist them from employment, even after intervention and/or rehab.

No matter how long the period will pass, these shooters have lost any right to be reintegrated back to society.

They really try hard to create this highbrow vibe (cringe) like the highbrow elite villains in Beef on Netflix.

The entrance door can't be opened by an incoming customer. You have to wait for their staff to open. Their barista is like 1 meter away and the place is just a box and it's obvious no one is inside. What's the point? Pointless. Just trying to be elite-ish, exclusive-ish, but not really. (again, cringe)

Their menu is INCOMPREHENSIBLE. I know what they're trying to create here: obfuscation to look artsy. I get that. But it's a coffee shop. It's not MoMA.

The menu labels stuff as past, present, future. What the hell does that mean? NVM, bec. artsy and MoMA kuno.

Some drinks are incomprehensibly labeled as well. Is it hot, or cold? No clue.

Your order comes on a silver plate with a label. As if what they handed you is an artwork with annotations.

After all this buildup... after all this hype... the drink is not good.

They really try hard to create this highbrow vibe (#cringe) like the highbrow elite villains in Beef (Netflix).

The entrance door can't be opened by an incoming customer. You have to wait for their staff to open. Their barista is like 1 meter away and the place is just a box and it's obvious no one is inside. What's the point? Pointless. Just trying to be elite-ish, exclusive-ish, but not really. (again, #cringe)

Their menu is INCOMPREHENSIBLE. I know what they're trying to create here: obfuscation to look artsy. I get that. But it's a coffee shop. It's not MoMA.

The menu labels stuff as past, present, future. What the hell does that mean? NVM, bec. #artsy #MoMA.

Some drinks are incomprehensibly labeled as well. Is it hot, or cold? No clue.

The barista comes to you and is eager to explain the menu. You can see she has rehearsed her script and she's eager to recite her script. But I won't let her get the satisfaction of explaining. I don't need a presentation. I just want a drink.

Your order comes with a silver plate with a label. As if what they handed you is an artwork with annotations.

The barista tries so hard to explain how to drink, what the sensation of drinking it will feel like. But hey, I can detect when someone is trying to be highbrow but actually comes from a non-elite background ("class passing"). You can detect it from the person's vocal intonation, when someone's class passing. No offense.

After all this buildup... after all this hype... the drink is not good.

Don't come here.

(Or maybe try it just for fun to see what I mean.)

There is something intimidatingly noble and regal about these magical wolf bosses. Top of mind are:

1. The Beast Rune in Suikoden 2

2. Primal Beast Managarmr in Granblue Fantasy Relink

3. Atma Weapon in FF6

They're just so majestic.

Yes, there was public consultation. But look, the Supreme Court already proposed the idea of MANDATORY free legal aid with a firm decision to impose a mandatory free legal aid. Only the specific terms were subjected to public consultation.

The justices already made up their mind before consulting.

The consultation rounds with practitioners were just a way to stamp the ULAS with approval.

So don't give me sh*t that this ULAS thing was approved by the best practitioners in the country.

What do you expect the practitioners to say in front of the SC: "No to ULAS" ???

I was told you're supposed to mix halo-halo with spoon but there's just too much ice. I always end up just eating from top to bottom without mixing as that will spill things out of the cup.

This is what the right to bear arms is for.

Is this a trend? When a psychological show features a depressed comedian depicted in the story as not funny while doing a stand up, arguably to show secondhand embarrassment and also the comedian's depressed state.

It's just boring and tropey and not very interesting.

I'm looking at you: Joker, Baby Reindeer, and some others.