- Most of the news articles that say “Netizens angered by…”, “Online outrage over…”, “Online users protesting…” and then when you actually investigate it, it’s just a couple thousand users and not like “hundreds of thousands”.
- “Johnny Somali”. Not the person, just the online persona, should go away entirely. That retard should get his ass handed to him by South Korea by next year, and likely he is left penniless by then. Problem is that when he inevitably “retires”, copycats might assume the idiotic void he leaves.
- Mundane products being advertised as “hip” or “cool”. For example:
- Flimsy paper straws. Who the fuck wants that shit? I do like what paper straws has to offer, but food and beverage companies should make them straws a lot more sturdy. Can’t even puncture a Tetra Pak hole without a decent chance of that shit bending. Can’t leave it in a drink without getting soggy after a few minutes of use. And while we’re at it, is there a technology out there to make them less paper-tasting?
- Putting goddamn whole herbs in drinks that doesn’t even contribute to smell nor flavor. I had one in a fancy restaurant, the drink had a whole stem of god-knows-what plant in my drink. Barely any smell, no contributing flavor. Just a decoration.
- For PHL politics, I’d love if the current party-list system is overhauled in favor of a systen with actual representation. A farmers’ party SHOULD be headed by an actual experienced farmer. An OFW party SHOULD be headed by an actual former OFW. The current system has been corrupted into a breeding ground for political scions and corporate interest groups.
- Cabs and taxis with less than satisfactory interior standards should be suspended, or at least be forced to offer a lower rate. I understand that bad economies and the emergence of online transport networks has rendered many cabs and taxis unviable, and many of their drivers and operators have been forced to cut corners to make ends meet. However, sanitation should be one of those non-negotiables in terms of what corners should never be cut. I’ve been in taxis before where one can smell the shittiness. Cars that were nice 15 years ago. Airconditioning that have seen much better years. Seats that have never been washed properly. Smells that could not be remedied by two airfresherners. One can be understanding of plights but not to one’s own detriment of health and travel convenience.
- Politics and “gender studies” should be kept out of scholastic levels that are lower than college/university level. Complex subjects such as these should only be taught at an age level that have more discernment and slightly more nuanced understanding.
- Celebrities should not be in any advertisements for columbariums and cemeteries. Especially in smiling poses. Good lord, those are cringey.
- Social media should locally employ admins and moderators who are well-versed in regional matters, because some cultural humor or good-intentioned edgy humor might not fly with moderators based in a continent thousands of miles away. For example, /r/2balkan4u should have never been handled by admins that have never lived near Eastern Europe or Türkiye.
- The Game Awards should evenly split the voting weight between their “whitelisted” voting jury and the public votes. The current vote weight allocation is uglier than an erect donkey dick. Or at least, Dorito Pope should allow the public to vote WHICH journos and influencers should make up the voting jury. The past jury was a range of “yeah OK” to “why the fuck is this here Geoff”. Sure, the awards show is currently raking in the views and engagement. But wait until people eventually catch on to the game.
- The NBA should do something, anything, about both their 3-point volume problem and their referees’ inconsistent (and often unreasonably fickle) calling of technical fouls. The All-Star Game format should be the LEAST of their concerns. The only NBA I end up watching are clips and highlights. The last full NBA game I’ve watched was in an airport while waiting for my flight. And while they are on it, they should allow back in player-to-player trash-talking and taunting on court (excluding flashing gang signs) without threat of a technical foul being called. It adds personality and some humanity to the game. Sure, advertisers might balk at it, but which will be worse for Adam Silver’s soft-ass vision for the NBA: losing some advertisers, or increasingly losing viewers? He can choose.
- And speaking of basketball, I hope that the Philippine Basketball Association finally makes an actual step towards parity when it comes to conglomerate-owned (San Miguel and MVP) teams and other teams, and put up more guardrails to prevent the richer teams from poaching players from other teams. No one ever believed that Terrafirma/Mahindra, Red Bull, and other less moneyed teams willingly traded high picks and/or emerging young stars to the rich teams for scraps and disposable vets. I’ll only believe the PBA is serious if they ever force SMC and MVP groups to limit themselves to only 2 teams each and sell the excess.
- “Hot and Spicy” peanuts should be actually hot and spicy. I had one pack of “hot and spicy” peanuts the other day, and it was more “we loaded it with black pepper and a sprinkle of spicy red powder”. No tongue tickler. I even fed it to a kid and he said it was just spiced peanuts.
- Community cats in Singapore should come with a tracking tag on them. I’ve seen some “missing cat” posters in the last 6 months, and I gotta say, they’re relatively cheap right now in Shopee and Lazada.
- Using the language that politicians are “urging” other politicians to obediently do what they would like them to do. To me, that is shorthand for “these politicians have no soft power to compel those people to do their bidding, so they’re reduced to ‘urging’ to pretend they have some power”. Basically these politicians have the same soft power as an oiled and naked eunuch.
Briathrail // Albert 2MNG 
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