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GMA Teenifies Lupin, Rips Off Sailormoon, Indiana Jones, Lara Croft

For years, ailing Philippine TV network GMA has gotten away with blatantly insulting the intelligence of the lower classes with their tasteless drama and fantasy offerings. This year, that strategy will backfire. Click here to continue reading “GMA Teenifies Lupin, Rips Off Sailormoon, Indiana Jones, Lara Croft”…

January 1, 2007 · 98 Comments (with 7 Conversations)

Rid the Philippines of N00bs!

Filipino tech blogger Jepoy Bengero posts his predictions for 2007. Number two is especially sigh-inducing.

More Filipino idiots will be online, and would be jumping into international message boards showing how stupid they are, dragging us with them.

With twenty million Filipinos going online in 2007, he’s probably right. This is why I’m brutal to n00bs, especially n00bs in Philippine business. The faster they can be educated or eradicated, the faster the Philippines can enter Web 2.0.

With Filipinos rapidly adopting social media, the Philippines’ smartest are only getting smarter. N00bs have only two choices: wise up or wipe out. To anyone who holds my country back by spreading ignorance, I will show no mercy.

December 31, 2006 · 27 Comments (with 1 Conversation)