Tonight's Ask PHLemmy: What foods are better purchased "already cooked" rather than the effort/cost it takes to prepare it yourself?
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Started out as a Reddit alternative during the blackout from Jun 12-21, 2023 with over 1k members in just a few days. Fizzled faster than the "I Didn't Do It" kid after a month until it became the internet's Centralia in less than a year.
Filipino artists whose works were featured on our daily random thread covers.
Puff Pastry
Steak. Kahit gano pa kalupet at kamahal yung binili mo na slice, kung hindi ka marunong magluto, it's like eating through a slipper. Much better to have that steak dinner outside on a reputable restaurant.
Macarons. They're a bitch to make.
I decided to revive UndustFixation after almost three years of dormancy. I intended it to be a YT channel on classic/retro stuff with me providing narration, but realized quickly that 1) my voice sucks, and 2) I'm too self-aware and critical of my self that my camera presence and diction would be insufferable.
I'm repurposing it as a repository for old clips instead rather than allow it to rot and become lost forever.
Some of the stuff I'm able to recover can't be uploaded anymore because of how poor the quality of the tape is, like this recording of tagalog dubbed Gundam Wing, a series that hasn't been replayed on local TV ever since it's initial run in 1999.
Looking my Google Play Store's ad-suggested apps is really telling how our country fcked up economically.
And funny enough, most of these fast cash loan apps were developed in China.
Agatha Wong has hit the wushu wall
Napadaan ako sa kabila and it's shocking how matapobre posts are normalized.
Since when sinasabi ng mga mahihirap na "diskarte" that's why they steal manhole covers, streetlamp bulbs, ATM trash cans, and anything they could get their hands on to sell? They do that to survive. Hindi rin yan mareresolba ng "disiplina". Baka "dilihensiya" word na hinahanap nyo?
As always, the most sensible reply, gets downvotes. π
On a related note, may thread din asking why wala na tao tumutulong masyado ngayon unlike a few years ago nung may mga community pantry, sending goods via Grab to far flung areas, and so on. Kasi daw yung mga tinulungan na yun ended up voting for BBM. How the fuck can you tell that? And akala ko ba radical na pagmamahal? Dahil di nanalo manok mo, lumabas tunay na kulay mo? I kenat.
Kinda surprised the "disiplina" angle is getting popular again. It's exactly that kind of thinking that got duterte elected.
I'm not even sure how that factors into the conversation. Hindi naman pwede ikaw magbuhos pagkagamit mo ng urinal stalls because 1) you literally need a liter of water to wash it away decently, something you wouldn't be carrying in your person at all as a commuter, and 2) the infrastructure was poorly conceived in the first place kasi sa gutter lang babagsak ihi.
Disiplina in the sense na tiisin mo until makahanap ka ng restroom? Not many people have that luxury, particularly drivers who can't stop or those with incontinence.
It's kind of sad because now that I think about it, there's always a segment of the population who blame everything on the lack of discipline:
Traffic: Wala kasing disiplina ang jeepney driver while ignoring that the boundary system incentivizes breaking the law
Covid: Lagi silang lumalabas kahit may lockdown, wala talagang disiplina ang tao while ignoring that the alternative was starving.
Now it's this. I usually countered the whole disiplina lang ang kailangan narrative back in reddit, looks like it's getting worse since it's not even related to the problem anymore.
Most sensible replies/posts there are getting downvotes. It's like one of my interesting, perplexing Philippine mysteries I want to solve, e.g. electing Robin Padilla as senator. lol