Do Many Filipinos Still Not Know The Meaning Of The Word "Serious"?

Is it me or do many Filipinos still not know the meaning of the word serious? I guess if SPECIFIC is probably one word many of them don't know the meaning of then do they know the meaning of the word SERIOUS? Serious is also defined as, "demanding careful consideration or application". This has me writing this post all over again (original old post here) due to a recent incident at Vira Mall, Green Hills. Though the Noynoying "Golden Years" came to an end yet one can't deny the problem has existed for a VERY LONG TIME. Worse, the effects are still ongoing even after Noynoy Aquino's term came to an end.

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Not knowing the meaning of the word "serious" was observed during the Vira Mall, Greenhills incident. I facedesked at how people were just there TAKING VIDEOS as a form of entertainment and live-steaming it. Did they NOT LEARN from the Rolando Mendoza incident? The videos taken could've jeopardized the safety of the hostages but I guess it doesn't mean anything to them - that's unless it's their friends, relatives, and siblings who were there or EVEN THEM huh?

I was also thinking about why I really wanted to migrate away from the Philippines. I even started hating the U.S. during my college years for a similar reason. I can remember shouting at my groupmate saying, "Will you be serious for once?" It also choked a working student out of anger because she wasted my time while I asked a serious question. I even remembered getting mad at one of my groupmates who kept telling me to keep calm because it wasn't 12:00 MN yet and the university offices would close at 5:30 P.M. I can also relate to working in an environment where people are just happy-go-lucky. Some of them just throw jokes whenever it's inappropriate such as tragic incidents or when the person is having a difficult time. I can remember I even punched somebody at the lunch table back in high school for talking toilet jokes while WE WERE EATING. Another kept talking disgusting stuff during a biology class which made me hate studying the subject for a time. Is it me or is the typical Filipino sense of humor THAT offensive?

Back to the Rolando Mendoza incident - I really can't help but still FACEDESK at how this happened last decade. Like, should the site where the late Mendoza caused a disaster to be a site to have fun with? I guess that's why some people support Leni Loud Robredo had a photoshoot at the Holocaust Memorial. Then you had the popular slogan by David Guerrero namely "It's More Fun in the Philippines" which has become an excuse for dysfunctionality. Although Guerrero is no longer in his position - the damage of his tagline is probably still there. The real problem of the slogan "It's More Fun in the Philippines" is not because it copied from Switzerland's tagline - it's because expectations didn't meet reality. Shouldn't Filipinos be working together to make the tagline a reality than to use the tagline to forget their problems?

Besides, one needs to consider the big difference between resilience vs. having fun during times of calamities. Consider the fact that many Filipinos tend to be victims of calamities because they can't tell the difference. Consider Filipinos who obeyed the migration rule vs. those who didn't. Other Filipinos may have moved to higher ground during the flood. However, some can still be seen PARTYING during the flood where all the diseases are abounding. You can't help but want to facedesk just looking at the picture above, right? Then when you tell them to be serious - they get mad, cry foul, and maybe even call others "racist" (even when the person isn't) because their pretty much uncalled for fun has been destroyed. 

Reality check - too much of anything good is a bad thing. Being too serious without a sense of humor will make you age faster. Having a sense of humor without a sense of seriousness may cause you not to grow old because you might die young. It's all about balancing having a sense of humor with one's being serious.

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