Is Your Favorite Source of Information "Trust Me Bro"?

It's something to think about Facebook comments section, right? I can't decide if I should allow unmoderated comments. The world of comments can be so annoying these days. It's one thing if one comments for constructive criticism. However, one could really think about how many comments (even under Anonymous or troll accounts) are just there to derail. News about the Philippines' getting newer reforms such as more foreign direct investments (FDIs) have a lot of stupid comments too. I'm not surprised with comments such as, "It's Duterte's gift to China!" or "Allowing foreign telecommunication companies will risk our security!" When I ask for the sources on Facebook, I tend to get the argument that's as foolish as, "Trust me bro!" A lack of intelligence is one thing. It's another thing to ignore common sense.

This meme makes me laugh at the pyramid of learning. Okay, I have a high school diploma during K+10. I soon had an associate degree in computer science but failed to be accepted in BS Information Technology. Soon, I had a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in business administration. Sadly, it doesn't matter how many degrees people have if their favorite source can be summed up as, "Trust me bro!" That really dismisses almost everything learned from the high school diploma to master's degree. That's why it's easy to say you can have all the doctorates you want and still be a fool. Sometimes, a stupid person might be wise enough to say, "Where's your source? I can't trust your source if it's just saying trust me bro." However, we've got some highly educated people who give their best source as, "Trust me bro!"

It might sound funny but much disinformation can be caused by three words, "Trust me bro." or "Trust me sis." if it's a woman. Regardless, I've read some comments on Youtube (hence why some Youtube videos no longer allow comments). Some comments can go like somebody died from the COVID-19 vaccine and the person was healthy. You might say, "Where's the source?" Then the person says, "Trust me bro! It did happen! You'll never get the facts from anyone but me!"

In research, Trust Me Bro makes a poor source. Any good researcher will get details and not just Trust Me Bro. I've done my thesis and I was required to get good sources. During my MBA days, one of our teachers said that Wikipedia is a spurious source. Anybody can edit Wikipedia! Why would we want a source where it's just Trust Me Bro? Good research requires empirical data. Yet, some people would rather believe in Trust Me Bro because it's easier to do so than to search the data for yourself, right?

That's why it's easy to say "I'm sure of it!" and "Studies show..." when you're wrong. Studies show? Where are the studies? Please point them out! It's very easy to be, "I'm sure that your book was written by an idiot!" in an act of Ad Homiem. When asked, "Where's your evidence? Did you read it?" Then the answer is, "No need to read it. Just trust me bro." If all the studies and evidences are based on Trust Me Bro" then it's nothing but idiocy.

Recalling Amos Yee's Anti-LKY Rants As He Gets His UNSURPRISING Worst of the Worst Status in American Soil

PHOTO: US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Who can remember Amos Yee, that brat who badmouthed the late Lee Kuan Yew? It's been 10 years and several months since LKY died on March 23, 2015. According to The Straits Times article written by Chinese Singaporean writer Daniel Lai, it should be interesting to note that he's the only Singaporean among the arrested. This is what Lai wrote about Amos, which should be disturbing at several levels. The webpage states that Yee was convicted of enticement of a minor for indecent purposes, sexual exploitation of a minor via photograph and sexual exploitation of a minor via telecommunications . It added that he was arrested in Chicago, Illinois. The 27-year-old child sex offender is in the custody of ICE after he was released on parole on Nov 20. He is last known to have been detained at the Dodge Detention Facility in Wisconsin, a four-hour drive from Illinois, where he was serving a six-year jail term for child pornography and sexual ...

Facts vs. Gossip: Why Fat Acceptance Isn't as Cool as the Gossipers Say

Back in college, I recall having the idea of exercise being "too complicated". It doesn't have to sound complicated. I have my journey from 2013-2023 where I really lost much weight. After having a Mi-Band, I thought about how losing weight was something. I ended up running into the video of this attractive blonde girl. I admit that I watched it partly because she's pretty. Then again, some videos with really ugly-looking people are entertaining when they have very good content. I watched the video and I could really laugh (and cringe) at the stupidity of the fat people in the video. Hearing them whine is really that annoying. The girl really talks about some sense in many of her videos. A lot of people are simply trying to become what they're not and try to defy the facts. It's just so stupid how fat acceptance people even shame people who are trying to lose weight. I've watched some weight loss stories and found out some of them had suffered a lot of he...

The Happy Aborigines Taiwanese Song

While looking for an Aborigine song that gave me an earworm--I found this interesting aboriginal song. By looking at this video, I suspect that this song is actually a love song between a man and a woman,. It does sound very Ifugao-like as well.

Today in History: Remembering the Vizconde Massacre "Star Witness" Jessica Alfaro

The Vizconde Massacre looks like it's going to be in those cases, still Case Unclosed. Back in the 1990s, the Vizconde Massacre was one of the cases I heard while growing up. I once believed that Hubert Jeffry P. Webb was guilty. I actually wanted to see the man get the death penalty. What shocked me was that after many years, Hubert, along with Francisco Juan "Paco" G. Larrañaga, were both innocent of the crimes they were accused of! Since the crime happened in 1991, and the trial only began in 1995. Right now, it turns out that Jessica Alfaro, the "star witness" is living somewhere in Canada . The rumors of the Chiong Sisters living in Canada can't be proven. However, it's proven that Jessica is living in Canada. From the Asian Human Rights Commission , here's a summary of the Vizconde Case. Since I'm not writing this as a book report in middle school or high school, I'll paste the summary here: VIZCONDE MASSACRE CASE: This case is about th...

Pol Pot's Brutal Regime May Be Summarized by "Hating Everyone Better Than Him"

Documentation Center of Cambodia Archives Two days ago, on April 17, 1975, marked the 50th year since Pol Pot (real name, Saloth Sar) rose to power. The Khmer Rouge only ruled for four years, but it showed one thing--a reign of less than six years isn't necessarily benevolent (read here ). A look at Pol Pot's past may show that he was the typical inggitero--the Filipino word for someone who's easily jealous of others! The History website reveals this brutal detail on Pol Pot's regime, which was most likely fueled by jealousy : Pol Pot was a political leader whose communist Khmer Rouge government led Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. During that time, an estimated 1.5 to 2 million Cambodians died of starvation, execution, disease or overwork. One detention center, S-21, was so notorious that only seven of the roughly 20,000 people imprisoned there are known to have survived. The Khmer Rouge, in their attempt to socially engineer a classless communist society, took particular ...

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