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  • Pancit CantonEnglish
    5•2 years ago

    Nandidiri ako tuwing makakita o makarinig ng Pinoy content sa ibang phone o TV. Ang sakit sa tenga.

    • megane-kunEnglish
      12•2 years ago

      In fairness to Pinoy content, it’s not just because it’s Pinoy that irritates me, it’s the sound effects they use on top of the irritating humor that they inevitably use.

      Di ko rin alam kung bakit naiirita ako tho. Maybe it’s some kind of a Pavlovian thing where I’ve associated those sound effects with irritating content, or it is the sound effects pushing what might otherwise be tolerable content past the line and into irritating territory.

      • Pancit CantonEnglish
        5•2 years ago

        Whenever I heard them, I felt like I’m developing myself with misophonia, and this is me tuning up white noise for meditation or whenever I’m bored.

        Di lang ito limited sa YT o socmed shorts/content, pati na rin sa local TV, especially GMA.

          • megane-kunEnglish
            5•2 years ago

            Have to remind myself that one’s irritant maybe another person’s sense (and quality level) of humor.

            Yeah, and due to how prevalent (or my perception of it being prevalent) it is in stuff aimed towards Filipinos, I have this feeling that my own sensibilities are just not in tune with the rest of the country’s.

            • Pancit CantonEnglish
              1•2 years ago

              I have this feeling that my own sensibilities are just not in tune with the rest of the country’s.

              This is soo me. Most of the time, I read articles from AP News (or global news), or whatever marereceive ko sa email (from Inquirer o sa Viber notifications), and watch film/pop culture analysis videos from overseas. Recently I accidentally sent an email to my ex-friend. She replied “English yarn!!” I asked, “anong yarn?” Damn… and I’m 25.

              • megane-kunEnglish
                2•2 years ago

                Recently I accidentally sent an email to my ex-friend. She replied “English yarn!!” I asked, “anong yarn?” Damn… and I’m 25.

                Hahahaha!‌ Ouch!

                But yeah, it really depends on the (online or IRL) company we keep eh.

                I think I’m not as bad when it comes to colloquial Filipino and its slang terms, but had I not been with people in touch with those things, I might as well be a foreigner with Filipino blood, who lived all my life in here the Philippines.

          • Pancit CantonEnglish
            1•2 years ago

            I’d never listened to local radio since I subscribed to Spotify a decade ago, until I landed on Apple Music with their free radios (mostly mainstream and featured artists lang naman). Haha

            • megane-kunEnglish
              2•2 years ago

              I used to listen to a lot of AM radio in my childhood (lalo na kung “brownout”, lol!), but recently, I’m the same as well. However, in times of disaster (typhoons, earthquakes, or man-made emergencies), I sometimes find myself looking for news coverage through my cellphone’s radio app.

              Call me old-fashioned or whatever, but iba pa rin kasi ang feeling nung makakarinig ka ng breaking news reports sa radyo eh.

              Other than that, my local radio listening has gone down to almost nil in the past handful of years.

              EDIT:‌ Typos and such.

              • Pancit CantonEnglish
                0•2 years ago

                When my favorite FM radio station (Pure FM, from the province. Literally pure pop songs and sometimes classic pop every 9PM) shut down, dun na ako gradually nawalan ng interes sa radyo.

                • megane-kunEnglish
                  1•2 years ago

                  Ahhh, yeah. Ang saklap nga pag ganyan. And I’m still grieving the loss of NU 108 (not even a rockhead, lol! I just like their programming).

                  I don’t usually listen to FM radio nowadays, except if I‌ want that “office music” feel at home, in which case I’ll go to 96.3 (DWRK‌ Easy Rock, Metro Manila).

          • Pancit CantonEnglish
            0•2 years ago

            And radio

            “Joke, joke, joke!” imminent laugh tracks and whistle sounds

        • megane-kunEnglish
          4•2 years ago

          I’m with you on that one. Worthy of special mention is that baby laughter noise that a lot of Pinoy Youtubers use. Nagpipintig tenga ko pag naririnig ko siya.

          Di lang ito limited sa YT o socmed shorts/content, pati na rin sa local TV, especially GMA.

          Oo nga ano… I’ve been thinking this is mostly just a socmed thing, but it’s already spread onto local TV (I’ve heard the baby laugh sound effect on Showtime as well).

      • @rman0159English
        2•2 years ago

        Even Indian comedy videos on YT are also doing those sound effects. Very cringey.

        • megane-kunEnglish
          1•2 years ago

          I didn’t know that. Thanks for the additional perspective. It’s too easy for me to think of it as a “cringe Pinoy thing” since that’s what I’m exposed to.

    • decadentrebelMEnglish
      5•2 years ago

      Konti lang pinoy content na kaya ko matiis, and mostly because they speak English - mga house tours, si Slater, Jessica Lee, Caco of AutoDeal.

      Si Oliver Austria lang ata okay na mostly Filipino gamit, but I stopped years ago kasi nagiging cringey na yung self-aware tito jokes.