So I Commented Something Slightly Controversial on Facebook...

I will turn 22 on July 10, 2021, but I still consider myself a teenager personality-wise. I still have a rebellious spirit, for example, so I often do things that I think are "unconventional". These include but are not limited to running instead of walking, bowing like a Japanese person when someone does something nice to me, being a Blood Knight, explaining my opinions in plenty of detail using near-perfect English, being brutally honest, and, of course, having conservative opinions.

On the night of June 25, 2021, a popular supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte posted an image of a Tweet where she said, "...refrain from romanticizing and portraying [former President Noynoy Aquino] as Superman."

I had a sudden urge to comment just because I saw that "Superman" word, so I commented with this: "Wokes be like, 'But Duterte isn't Superman either!'"

The next day, Dad informed me that I got a bunch of hate comments from people who thought I was anti-Duterte. He was particularly alerted by someone who said "sabog ka na nmn" (Sabog ka nanaman; "sabog" is slang for "high on drugs". Full translation: "You're high on drugs again.") Along with that comment, this photo of me with a Starbucks Venti was included:

Anyway, allow me a chance to rant because I'm a brutally honest lunatic.

I meant no malice when I commented that...except to leftist ideologies, of course, which I thoroughly despise 'cause they ruin everything. I just did it for fun and on a whim...and if I entertain someone or trigger a leftist, that's even better.

The problem with many Filipinos (regardless of political ideology or a lack thereof) is they're innately lazy. It's why many Filipino girls on Facebook Dating have lazy hobbies like eating, sleeping, and watching movies/TV and no potentially profitable hobbies like drawing or writing.

Plus, many Filipinos today are bad at English. I think most Filipinos are only good enough at English to be able to communicate at the bare minimum in other countries. Ironically, most textbooks in the Philippines are purely written in English with no Filipino translation...except for History and the obvious Filipino textbooks which are in all-Filipino. We also watch anime with English subtitles and use English effectively in competitive multiplayer games.

So I kind of understand why I got the hate comments. They didn't see the "Wokes be like..." part and focused entirely on the "Duterte isn't Superman" statement, thinking that's what I really think about President Duterte.

President Duterte has his flaws for sure, such as signing the Safe Spaces Act which defines "catcalling" as literally "unwanted remarks directed towards a person".

But I still respect Duterte overall. It's thanks to him that over 1 million former drug dealers have surrendered, 279,623 were arrested, and 6,069 were killed. The military also achieved a victory against the ISIS-aligned Maute Group and is continuously winning skirmish after skirmish against the New People's Army (NPA), an armed communist group.

I may suffer from a case of Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness, but "(Person/people) be like..." is a common phrase on the Internet today, so I felt like this shouldn't have slipped through the minds of the commenters.

My Dad's Advice

But I think this is worse than the hate comments.

Dad told me to only say obviously pro-Duterte or anti-leftist stuff when talking about politics.

I understand that he's trying to keep me safe, but I consider this a suppression of my freedom of speech. I justified to him that I'm already posting controversial opinions on my blog and, even if I didn't, I will have to face real enemies once I become popular in any way. It's just how the world works; there are always those few people who want to see others suffer for whatever reason, good or bad.

For example, YouTube has a lot of words that, when included in a video, may cause demonetization. In short, reading that list is like reading a dictionary. Even very basic English words like "goes", "going", and "goodbye" are in the list.

I mean, to be fair, according to Anita Sarkeesian, "everything is sexist, everything is racist, everything is homophobic."

In PragerU's "On Air with Amala", Will, Amala, and Taylor played a game where they try to make random words racist...and not gonna lie, I had NO idea how to answer most of them.

But screw it. I don't care about any ideological adversity 'cause I'm a lunatic. Usually, enemies are a minority compared to friends and supporters.

Remember that, no matter how hard the left hates on PewDiePie, he will remain popular and highly respected all over the world.

Heck, Aby, an Indian, still loves PewDiePie despite him roasting T-Series in two music videos, "bitch lasagna" and "Congratulations". T-Series is extremely popular in India.

"Flexing" my Serenitea Pot 'Cause I'm Sick of the Wuhan Coronavirus

Note that I don't plan to take my Serenitea Pot decoration seriously. After all, like many other players, I have a "Random bullshit go!" realm layout.

Not gonna lie to you, I'm sick and tired of staying here at home for weeks on end, doing the same darn work over and over. The vast majority of my time is spent either teaching English or working in my family store--at the same time, if I have no students, I grind the heck out of Genshin Impact.

Though, being a video gamer, I'm more of an indoor person, the same video games drive me to go outside and have an adventure. I enjoy seeing a variety of sights, just like in video games. There's a sense of accomplishment because of the time and effort needed to have an adventure, including but not limited to the travel time, traversal of tough terrain, and finding the best angles to take scenic pictures. (Yes, I took a photography course in college.)

Serious reasons aside, I simply feel like a Pokémon Trainer when I go on an adventure.

Version 1.6 added the ability for players to add the characters they have into the Serenitea Pot, Genshin Impact's housing system.

I'm a huge sucker for roleplaying, hence why I really like this new feature.

It's also my new way of coping with being stuck at home...for a while.

Enough introduction because I suck at it. Let's get started.

This is a photo I took for my Singaporean friend NachoPizza whose waifu is Fischl.

In addition to the typical "shy with strangers, crazy with friends" personality archetype, NachoPizza is both a story reader and writer. He even told me directly that he is similar to Xingqiu, hence why I chose Xingqiu as Fischl's boyfriend here.

In roleplays involving our OCs, I imagine Nacho and the Prinzessin der Verurteilung living in their own home. My OC would occasionally come and visit for tea if he's not stalking Sucrose or beating up some random hilichurl or Treasure Hoarder with his fists.

Also in our roleplays, he treats the Prinzessin with plenty of respect, so I wanted a bit of that fancy attitude reflected in this shot by adding a tea table.

I also like overhead lamps lighting outdoor tables when I eat at a beach in the real world.

This was my main motivation for writing this post. LET ME GO TO A FREAKIN' BEACH IRL ALREADY!

Each character symbolizes something or someone.

Barbara in her summer outfit is the epitome of summer vacation. (I don't have Jean and I don't plan to get her summer outfit.)

Bennett is here because I'm sick of being stuck at home.

Klee is not only extremely similar to my niece but is mainly here because she's the main character of the Midsummer Island Adventure event. In pool parties with my sister-in-law's family, I played "seize the princess" with the younger boys...and they rekt me with sheer numbers.

Sucrose is my hypothetical girlfriend. I feel like I've never had a real vacation with a friend; all of my "friend" vacations served some kind of important purpose, such as a school field trip or, in the case of my high school crush "Mareeta", an attempt to fix her PC.

Xingqiu is...well, me.

I tried to recreate the kind of beachfront I see on beaches in the Philippines, hence the Mondstadt houses. I just like them better than the Liyue houses--when the Philippines was occupied by the Spaniards, Spanish-style houses were constructed in the City of Manila--I think the German style of Mondstadt houses is closer than Liyue's Chinese style.

I tried to make do with the bushes I have 'cause I only have two palm trees in my inventory. I need the furnishing blueprints and Transient Resin, y'know.

I wanted to combine two things here: my Boy Scout wannabe personality and my Minecraft experience.

(Why didn't I join the Boy Scouts when I was younger?)

I like how tents let you relax and sleep pretty much anywhere. I feel like tents give me a small taste of home while still keeping much of the wilderness experience, unlike, say, a mobile house.

If I don't build Minecraft structures on ground level, I usually make them elevated similar to the hilichurl tower.

They are very simple to build and they let the player easily see incoming threats while staying out of reach of those threats. Pair that with a bow and you can cheap-shot almost any hostile mob.

Tartaglia and Xingqiu, both of which are characters I am very similar to IRL, illustrate my two drastically different behaviors in Minecraft and real life.

In Minecraft, when not doing mundane chores like building and farming, I actively hunt for hostile mobs and, in the case of the Pixelmon mod, wild Pokémon.

In real life, I prefer to slack off and play video games when not staring at the landscape or chatting with someone else.

This one was tough because I had a hard time finding alchemy- or maid-related objects but screw it.

The last time I've ever had a real living room was when I was 8 years old; the living room in my house today is pretty much my paternal grandmother's exclusive territory.

Although I often store my future activities in my head, I still forget them, so I have to rely on reminders represented by the bulletin board.

Unfortunately, the crafting table cannot be placed indoors, so I stuck with the lamp thing in Albedo's Dragonspine camp.

But anyway, when I am curious about something, I get incredibly focused.

My Brutally Honest Opinion on LGBT-Whatever* People

I legit want to know your thoughts on drag queens like this one.
Image from nnguyen21 on Pixabay

*I have lots of trouble remembering all these terms for specific variants of non-straight people, so for simplicity, I'll just go with the most commonly used term, LGBT. I also don't wanna overcomplicate this post for my readers.

Trust me, this is brutally honest. I ain't pullin' any punches 'cause I'm a lunatic.

I don't know how many other people do this, but I play Genshin Impact on windowed mode and I play a YouTube video at the same time.

This way, I can focus on playing the game while occasionally glancing for the fun stuff in the video. Sometimes, I mindlessly left-click while protected by a shield and focusing my eyes on the video, especially when using Razor or Tartaglia who have fast attacks. Kamisato Ayato is even lazier because his Shunsuiken attacks can be performed by simply holding left-click.

Yeah, I know that's a weird way to start. I was feeling crazy.

Anyway, when I wrote this post on June 2, 2021, I watched PragerU's On Air with Amala on the same day. (That video got deleted somehow.) It kicked off with some commentary on Blue's Clues...featuring a drag queen in an LGBT pride parade. Not gonna lie, I was deeply offended by one of my favorite childhood shows getting ruined by...this thing.

Yes, I was a huge Blue's Clues fan when I was 5 to 8 years old. Mom and Dad collected loads of Blue's Clues VCDs for me at the time. I eagerly awaited every moment Steve would pull out his handy-dandy notebook, check the mailbox, go on some random adventure in a picture frame or book, and finally analyze all the clues on the famous thinking chair. Dang, I also wish I could "Blue Skidoo" into a video game...and hope I don't die.

Anyway, I got offended because, for me, do we REALLY need to teach that stuff to kids? Putting the whole suicide rate thing aside and focusing on more immediate and practical things (being the Brilliant but Lazy person I am), teaching LGBT stuff makes English grammar overcomplicated. In a worst-case scenario, you'd have to ask every person you're talking about what pronouns they'd like to be referred to or risk suffering the wrath of the woke mob, especially if some of them are gender-fluid, meaning they "change genders" on a whim. It's not like using the "wrong pronoun" is the end of the world--after all, it's not as bad as, say, threatening the President of the United States (which is not covered in the US First Amendment). I make lots of mistakes while speaking Japanese, after all, and every time I messed up in front of someone, they were always chill.

But this kind of teaching is actually not the main point of this post. I just wanted to ignite my flame. Usually, the more passionate I am, the better I am at doing tasks.

I want to talk about LGBT people in general.

In short, I dislike LGBT people's appearances and way of speaking for aesthetic reasons. This doesn't mean I dislike LGBT people as a whole; there are good LGBT people out there.

Let's break this down.

Just kidding, you thirsty lunatic!

Similar to the pronoun confusion but much less bad, my eyes get trolled by some LGBT people. I am a hopeless romantic, so I easily get attracted to girls. As such, an easy way to troll me is to have feminine (but not drag queen-level) facial features and clothing styles. (Note that I don't get trolled by most Bishōnen...although Venti trolled me the first time I saw him.)

Should I date LT or another woman?

In terms of actual romance, I only date straight women. In my head, most LGBT people are conflicted. Their LGBT nature drives them to seek out a specific gender (or both genders) but their biological gender demands the opposite sex.

For personal aesthetic reasons, I will never date any biological males. (I'm a Nay-Theist.)

As for non-straight women, I imagine they may eventually get bored of me or whatever and date other women instead.

Lingo

As for their way of speaking (mainly gay people 'cause I don't know any lesbians and they're stealthier than gays), I don't like their tones of voice. They sound like they're trying too hard to sound cool.

What makes me a little more annoyed is the fact gay culture is a little too...normal here in the Philippines. Even straight people like my mom have adopted the modern Filipino language's unique gay lingo, such as "charot" (my rough translation: "just messing with you") and "chorva/chorvanes" (rough translation: "stuff").

As I've stated before when talking about why I'm learning Japanese, I have always been confused by text lingo due to being an English-focused Grammar Nazi at a young age--heck, Filipino is my second language (and I can be a Grammar Nazi for Filipino if I want). I'm slowly learning new terms based on context, but if I don't have Internet access or if I'm using free data that only works with Facebook, I'd be in trouble.

Meanwhile, here I am spouting my "lololols" and "rekts".

Are you willing to make friends with LGBT people?

Yes, but it's very unlikely I'll approach them first outside of formal situations.

I consider myself much more confident than the average teen or young adult. I admit I still have a little shyness, but I'm more willing to start conversations with random strangers. To take from BebopVox's Minecraft parody "Don't Mine At Night", I'm feeling kinda brave. No wonder I'm the general of my Hytale army.

But, again, for aesthetic reasons, I do not approach LGBT people. The less a person looks like a normal human, the less likely I am to treat them as a human being, hence why I also don't approach obese people.

But, for me, my personal honor is far more important, so as much as I may not like it at first, maybe the good traits of an LGBT person will outweigh their LGBT-ness.

I don't have any LGBT friends, but I've seen one gay customer at my family store multiple times. I treat him like every other customer--I process their order and take their money, easy peasy.

Corina Boettger, the voice of Paimon, identifies as non-binary, but Paimon is such an iconic character and has such a good voice and good lines that I legitimately respect Corina.

What if you approach a stranger that you don't know is LGBT and they tell you later?

I would give an unenthusiastic "Oh. Okay." and quickly change the topic.

If they ask why I gave that reply, I'd honestly explain, "I'm sorry. I just like straight people a lot better."

Random Side Notes

Only my mom and a handful of much older women call me "handsome".

Not gonna lie, I'd like to also be called "handsome" by straight men because of how rarely I get called this. I have sincerely called some men "handsome" before.

Edit: Some of my female young adult students have called me "handsome" or "かっこいい" (kakkoii). Thank you so much!

However, I'd consider "handsome" an insult if a gay man says it to me.

I'd be legitimately surprised if a lesbian calls me "handsome".