Category Archives: Social Media

Duterte Emoticon Debuts

img_6424SILICON VALLEY, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have all made it easier for netizens to express what’s on their mind through emojis or emoticons — those little, expressive people faces that tell their online friends whether they are happy, sad, excited, surprised. Or pissed.

Today, a new emoticon made its debut on social media.  It’s called the Duterte emoticon.

The emoji is an unmistakable graphic representing controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

It is an emoticon that netizens can use when they want to express anger or frustration.  It’s an emoji that tells your friends, “Son of a b*tch” or “Son of a whore.” Without being censored!

Oh, how the Internet has made it much easier for everyone to communicate!

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About Those Facebook Disclaimers And Statements You’ve Been Posting

img_6414If you have posted the following statement or disclosure on your Facebook page, this is for you.

Just in case: Deadline tomorrow !!!  (and yesterday and the day before and the weeks and months before .)

Everything you’ve ever posted becomes public from tomorrow. (They’ve always been public since the inception of the Internet.)

Even messages that have been deleted or the photos not allowed. (Yes, these too have always been public.)

It costs nothing for a simple copy and paste, better safe than sorry. (You’ll be sorry for posting or reposting this because you’ve just increased the chances that your personal info got into the hands of people you don’t even know.)

Channel 13 News talked about the change in Facebook’s privacy policy (and so did every Tom, Dick and Harry.)

I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, messages or posts, both past and future. (They always have with or without your knowledge or permission.)

With this statement, I give notice to Facebook it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. (This statement absolutely does nothing.)

The content of this profile is private and confidential information. (Good luck, kiddo!)

The violation of privacy can be punished by law (UCC 1-308- 1 1 308-103 and the Rome Statute). (What, The Vatican is behind all this?)

NOTE: Facebook is now a public entity. (Duh!)

All members must post a note like this. If you prefer, you can copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tactically allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates. DO NOT SHARE. Copy and paste (OK, did you read what we just said above????)

PEACE!

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Inquirer, FilAm Lawyer Apologize To Philippine President Duterte

img_6385SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – The Inquirer, a leading Philippine daily newspaper, and Ted Laguatan, a self-confessed long-time San Francisco-based Filipino American lawyer, have issed a joint and very heart-felt apology to President Rodrigo Duterte today.

Yesterday, the Inquirer published a scathing op-ed piece by Laguatan in which he urged the world’s good and decent people like himself to force Duterte to resign. The good lawyer invoked Jesus Christ in hoping that the popular president amend “his evil ways” and  “save his soul.”

The problem? Laguatan named the wrong president, whoever that “Rodolfo Duterte” was. And it seemed that the Inquirer didn’t know any better by publishing the article.

Perhaps the newspaper couldn’t afford to pay a copyeditor? Or did the editors think Laguatan’s lengthy piece was satire?

Inquirer has since corrected the misnomer, but thanks to the power of the Internet Laguatan’s laughable piece and the Inquirer’s complicity in attacking Duterte will go down  in history as the greatest infamy in Philippine politics.

(The letter of apology hasn’t been published yet as it is undergoing some intensive copyediting and proofreading at the Inquirer.)

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