WHILE the story is from 10 years ago, it has recently resurrected. It is that Filipinos have the average intelligence of a rock—or maybe tree bark on a good day—in comparison to the rest of the world.
This conclusion is from a 2002 book IQ and the Wealth of Nations followed by IQ and Global Inequality in 2006. The premise, which may be valid, is that the general intelligence of the population is a factor in a nation’s wealth. That seems to make sense, although the authors can only draw a correlation rather than causation.
I had thought that maybe—and wrongly of course—even one highly intelligent pundit or news outlet would actually look at the data. The closest anyone came was a single columnist who wrote “Fake news or not, our supposed low IQ ranking relative to our neighbors is not entirely implausible.”
A look into the data reveals that in 104 of the 185 nations “analyzed,” no studies were available. In those cases, the authors used an estimated value by taking averages of the IQs of neighboring nations. For example, the authors arrived at 84 for El Salvador by averaging 79 for its neighbor Guatemala and 88 for Colombia. Do I need to say that there was not any “IQ” testing done in the Philippines for either book.
The authors also concluded: “In general, a hot climate is considered a disadvantage for the development of intelligence.” Obviously, ancient aliens built the Egyptian pyramids because when I was in Cairo, it was hotter than a pizza oven in hell.
When actual testing was made, it was suspect. A test of 108 nine to 15-year-olds in Barbados, of 50 13 to 16-year-olds in Colombia, and of 48 10 to 14-year-olds in Equatorial Guinea, all were taken as measures of national IQ.
Being challenged on the data, the authors said that additional information was used such as the Programme for International Student Assessment and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study. Except, the Philippines has never participated in those global assessments. Perhaps the authors, being really smart themselves, just know that Filipinos are dumb.
Certainly, the Philippine education system needs great improvement. Maybe a good start is by doubling the salaries of public-school teachers and making sure the textbooks are not filled with errors. But when human resource people tell me that Filipino job applicants score low on “abstract reasoning,” I wonder.
I want my auto mechanic when my car won’t start and my plumber when my toilet doesn’t work to be able to “quickly identify patterns and apply it to solve problems.” My customer service person at my local BPI branch really does not need to be able to answer “how many animals of each kind did ‘Moses’ take on the Ark?”
The World Bank’s Doing Business Report says it is not easy to do business in the Philippines. In the top 10 are Georgia—invaded by Russia in 2008—and Macedonia—ending a 12-year battle with Greece over the name “Macedonia.” Though from my experience setting up companies on three continents, Thailand is the easiest place in the world to do business.
The gentleman at the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission guaranteed me that my paperwork and permits would go at the speed of light once he received confirmation my corporate bank account was set up at a particular bank branch office where he and the manager had a good business “relationship.”
If you are going to criticize the country in an effort for improvement, that is even an obligation. But at least use facts and not fantasies.
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Are they dumb? My god they are! I work with 200 of them for 12 years, and I had enough, they just don’t have a brain, simple as!!!
EH PUTANGINA MO PALA EH GAGO KA BA ANONG WALANG BRAIN AT LEAST MAY NAG TTRABAHO PARA SAYO TANGA TANGA NETO HAHA TANGINA EDI IKAW GUMAWA COMPARED SA 200 NA GINAGAWA NILA PARA SAYO TANGINAMO KA HAHAH ANO MALAKS KA BOBO DERIVE MO NGA SIN^-1(DY/DX) = XE^2X^1/2+Y^3+ LOG(3+X^2)
ANO SINO BOBO NGAYON??? HAHAH TANGINA MO
LOVE,
PHILIPPINES/FILIPINOS/PEENOISE/PHILIPPIANS/PAKYU KA TANGA
see…? can’t even speak English. you really are dumb.
Excuse me I’m a filipino and I can speak in english and guess what I’m in 5th grade
Being 25 in the 5th Grade is not being smart
Zack really ? No brain ? Okay let’s talk about this which country most people working as a nurses Medical field around the globe ??? #2 which country most Own a facility for elderly or facility boarding care here in the USA ??? #3 which asian country raises the economy since president Rodrigo duterte become a president ??? Search on goggle,,, hmmm look smell fishy ? Are you jealous??? Which country more fun in the Philippines 🇵🇭 right ??? Which country most beautiful beaches in the world ??? Philippines right??? Which country most friendly and hospitality brain ??? Philippines right ??? Oh com-on Zack , what is your nationality? I will tell who u are ???
1. Being a nurse doesn’t proven clever or not.
2. Ya , USA but doesn’t benefit to other country at all.
3. Seriously , Philippines economy doesn’t anything to do to other Southeast Asia , we Malaysia are OIL country , no need any help from filipino , but Philippines military trying invading Malaysia ( Just google and search for it ) since Malaysia rich of natural resourse , and burned Malaysian flags , we don’t care which direction filipino are , as long Philippines ARE Philippines no matter what.
4. There is no way Southeast Asian such Singapore , Bruinei and Malaysian jealous , because we are ONE OF THREE WEALTHIEST country in southeast Asia area , we have OILS.
5. Fun? Nope , the people are insulted us , since I stayed with my friend in philippines , some of them are indonesian and vietnamese . no matter how we explain in final result to pinoy see us :
Malaysian = China
Indonesian = China
Vietnamese = China
Singaporean = China
Thai = China
Bruneian = China
Laos = China
Myanmar = China
for those in pinoy eyes , as long who skin colour not White and Dark or Brown are Chinese
6. We don’t care beach , we only saw bitches
7. Friendly ? Hospitality? SERIOUSLY?Only generous to WHITES. One of restaurant throwing food and spoon at me because our fair skin colour like Chinese , last time they throwing “paputok” at me for fun, The dermatologist has insulted my pass down family culture about mole removing at my hand because bring unfortunate by asking ” you think you belief such stupidness? ” , most of 80% we encounter they making fun of us , served us pretty bad because they THINK we cannot speak english and they still make fun of us even we spoken because they think we from China no matter what , some of them calling us go back to China since we from Malaysia and our ethnic is DAYAK IBAN TRIBE , a native sarawak from east Malaysia A.K.A Borneo.
You can’t even speak English properly. I’m a Filipino too. This country is doomed. The people here are just so dumb and they just don’t give a single crap.
There are a lot of Filipino nurses because they are so dumb that they are not able to get an actual job what is the country with the most maids? I lived in Dubai and all the maid agencies were full of Filipinos and god they were all so dumb you told them to do one thing and they did it wrong why because they simply don’t have a brain
People who say that the Philippines is dumb because of the economy has failed to study our colonial history. When the Spanish came, they took our natural resource, timber, from 70% of the country being covered by forests to less that 20%. If the west is saying that we’re worthless because of that, I would say how lucky of you to not have been colonized, killed, and enslaved for 400 years. So, if most Filipinos come from poverty, doesn’t it make sense for them to go into fields that guarantee them a job like nursing? Of course it does. Obviously some of these comments explain why Filipinos don’t go into fields like business or marketing. It’s because we know people look down on us and know people won’t want to hire us. Manila born Filipinos with more money will generally go on to become Doctors in the west. The ones who go into business know they can take that risk because they have their family financially backing them. That’s not something poorer people can risk.
Bruh We can Clearly Speak English…. I’m in 6 grade and im can speak English fluently…. ENGLISH is our second language… ENGLISH is already been thought in Kindergarten…. Bruh you don’t know us …. So don’t judge…. And we are smart…. wannna know my grades … They are high… So shut up
Either:
– An adult that didn’t finish Elementary.
– An adult pretending to be an Elementary student.
– A kid trying to be relevant in a business website. Bragging his elementary grades as if he sounds smart, until he reaches High School, and University.
Agreeed!! 😉
They are dumb as bat shit. Im in davao and I can tell you you dont want to be friends with no fillipino. Not only they dumb but lack of self reflection is a major problem.
You’re the dummy, what are you doing in Davao?
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, FILIPINOS HELP TO BUILD YOUR COUNTRY. BECAUSE EVERYWHERE THERE’S A OFW FILIPINO. I HOPE YOU GET MY POINT. BTW THANKS FOR VISITING PHILIPPINES!!
There Dumber than you think
I am studying on a Big and Famous school in the Philippines (Rather not to say the name of the school) I was talking about Particle accerators and NO ONE KNEW ABOUT THAT I was shocked that I have no one to talk to on my level. They always talk about Facebook , Instagram etc. they are very disrespectful to other people not talking about their topic and racist. I had a friend ( In the Neighborhood) He was raised at America and was also shocked what Filipinos do in the Philippines THEY DONT THINK TWICE OR THEY DONT HAVE CRITICAL THINKING I was disappointed and sad that Even we tell how to do it they still do not Listen or do not listen to the warnings we said.
I was Unfortunate that I was born in the Philippines with people who are not on my level (Only very few do) that the filipinos are very egotistic and does not have critical thinking and pride to other people who is not on their level or on their race.
You can’t even speak proper English for goodness sake…
It’s “They’re dumber” NOT “There Dumber”. And it’s PARTICLE ACCRETION not “accretors”. You have tons of errors on the way you structure your sentences and I’m just not interested in correcting all of it.
Sincerely,
A Filipino.
Having very good proficiency in English doesn’t equate to intelligence, grammar nazi.
BTW:
Accretor – An astronomical body (such as a star) that accretes (grows) surrounding material
Accretion – The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition.
I mean, to be fair, it’s actually, “They’re more dumb.” You’re both wrong
Maybe your in a lower section…Students there are dumb as fuck… 😌In our class… Every one talks english(Not our own language)everyone Has 90+ grades.. highest grade in math 95 (Mine is 92) They aren’t that dumb your just in low kind of class
To the person that thought filipinos helped build our country…its just the opposite. What do you think would happen if filipinos in this country stopped sending money home to their families?…….
Stereotyping Filipinos as dumb is pure ignorance. But unfortunately, stereotyping is everywhere.
In Europe, the typical American is also considered dumb and unsophisticated. They are not well travelled and think that America is the whole world. The public school education standard is very low level in comparison to the European public schools. They are hypocrites who prohibit drinking below 21 years but allow guns for everyone.
On the other hand, the Americans think that Europeans are too liberal and wild.
British can’t cook and are stingy,
Italians are chaotic,
Germans are dry.
Black people are lazy.
Muslims are terrorists.
The Japanese think the white people stink.
etc. etc. etc.
Again, racial stereotyping is harmful and unconstructive.
Is there a level of intelligence that is lower than ‘dumb’? I’m sure that Dumb people learn from their mistakes. Filipinos NEVER learn from their mistakes. And I mean NEVER!!! They prefer to deny the reality and make excuses for their failures. Endless justifications.
I would describe Filipinos as PATHETIC. They live in crappy conditions but it’s hard to feel sad for them since they do everything they can to keep things like this. They glorify their creepy dictator no matter how bad he does.
This 3 year old article couldn’t be more relevant than despite the increasing everyday craziness of this country perpetuated by the current presidential admin, they still enjoy impossibly high ratings – Courtesy of Pulse Asua & SWS (Social Weather Stations).
Since the author mentioned BPI, well I tried to open an account with them and one of their bankers asked me an extremely asinine question “Why do you want to bank with us?” Just shows how stupid Filipinos can be here.
Yes, they are dumb, I work for an international company that has employees from all over the world, and the employees from Philipines are very stupid and with a lack of intelligence. It really pisses me off when they contact me asking for help for something that is very simple to see and fix. They also do stupids things that deserve to be fired, lie to customers, give the wrong information and a lot of stupid things.
Really, you’re just jealous coz Pilipinos get paid more than you. You can’t even speak good english
哈哈哈哈!my mather!!! i input chinese , so you will knwo im come from china!! in ph ,some is good ,lots of bino is foolish
Filipinos due to pride won’t admit it, but anyone that has worked around them knows there is a distinct pattern. Read into this how you will.
No need to be a journalist to see how brainless Filipinos are. Just call ebay and judge by yourself. American representatives are awesome but speaking with them is a great privilege that is only for customers who buy a lot. When little costumers like me who don’t buy often on Ebay call them, the system transfers us to a Filipino and the nightmare begins. They love calling us ‘sir’ and never miss an opportunity to sound cute using the word Sir. They stretch their sentences and use a lot of useless formalities. Last time I called I only wanted to have a tracking number. Why did the conversation with the Pinoy took one hour? The so called civilized Filipino put me on hold 3 times, and the 3 times I had to wait at least 10 minutes. Why??? At the end he just gave me a random phone number that had nothing to do with a tracking number I wanted. And he had such an ugly accent. My blood was broiling. To be honest with you, I wanted to k@#% that little ba$&@&d in the face so bad. I hate violence but these primitive and evil jungle kids are abusing of my patience.
Notice that in the words ‘Customer service’ there’s the word SERVICE. All these pinoys do is some sabotage before getting fired.
If you don’t have the tracking number, why not telling me straight instead of making me wasting my time and energy for nothing? This example is far to be unique. It’s always like this: sir sir sir, sorry sorry sorry, wait on hold wait on hold wait on hold, lie lie lie. No wonder why that country is so lame.
The worst punishment one can have after his death is to be shipped in the hell of the Philippines with a bunch of Filipinos running and screaming after you for money and calling you ‘sir’.
Coz we call “sir” signs of respect and thats formal in our country. It means you are the superior..i think you need to analyze..we have diff culture. And i dnt know why alot of call center company in phil and those are own by foreign people…
Cool i am a stupid cus im filipino weweweerwrwrwrw
I love how i read this thread of hate responds, it fixes my depression
Also mostly here pretends to be white just to ditto others and spread hatred in this shitty country, trust me, i’ve been there..
Remember that forever 21 is filing for bankruptcy and it’s going to be a fucking sale annnnd
I reached college and forgot how to do a simple division, so i definately agree with this shit, except to shitty personal experiences here, i feel bad for everyone here…
Alone the fact that the author suggest that the bad educational system in The Philippines can be solved just by doubling the salary, proves his own point pretty much 🙂
2 out of 3 kids in PH has shitty manners or no manners at all, because the parents think it is not their responsibility to raise their kids properly. First of all : every good education starts with good manners and RESPECT for other people. If this foundation is not present, it would be only uphill to learn this kids anything.
Secondly : you don’t fix an educational system just by doubling the salary of the teachers or give the kids new books. It’s a long long stretch which can take years to turn around. First of all : Get EVERY binding between educational systems and the church eliminated! Completely! School aside, government aside and church aside. Kepo it all separated to succeed. When that is done and the church cannot any longer keep the education on such low level it is now, then the government need to be convinced that education for all is FAR MORE IMPORTANT than military equipment. You can’t feed future generations neither with pride, nor with bullets. So stop wasting money on buying guns and cannins etc for a war type won’t win anyway.
From a stateeconomic perspective, it would give alot more meaning to spend far more on education : better educated people attracts more foreign investors and creates a lot more jobs, which again generate alot on income taxes. That’s actually not rocket science is it? 😏 I’ve met some pretty high educated Filipinos, so they exist, but the average population, no! I won’t exactly call them hyper intelligent (just try to email with misc. customerservice representatives here, then you will see it proves my point), but they aren’t dumb either.. I’ve seen an average IQ on list some years ago, starting that the acreage IQ in the Philippines is 69. That’s more plausible, but 86.. No way!
Its not really all filipinos have ni manners but for good manners will start at home..it depends on the parents. As what i have observed to our parents, grand parents they dont allow us to say bad words towards them, they want us to have respect to the elderly ..how you can say that we dnt have manners? Even expressions like f*ck we cant say it front of them. Im just telling the truth..
The Flips are the stupidest people on earth, besides they are ugly, they are experts in manipulating their visas, they cheat and lie and never accept their mistakes. They can barely speak English and they come to the U.S.A. as “witch nurses” and doctors. They take the nurse’s exam BEFORE the American nurses and of course they all pass. I see them at the ER’s struggling to communicate with very sick people. They hang around our military bases making eyes to our soldiers as a way to escaping that cesspool of a country, unfortunately, many soldiers fall for this, others bring them as maids but in any case the Flips get their visas, then their green cards and then they bring their endless tribes. They are no different from the Chinese, Mexicans, Indians, Africans, Russians, Venezuela, Haiti and the rest of the world.
are you american ? ph is americans good friend best.
Since you flat out just made a lot of ad hominem fallacies and faulty generalizations then your opinion ain’t worth the shit. Did you not get breastfeed or something? Because you’re one of hell of a dumb racist cunt and you even probably smell and look like a pus filled cunt. Have you actually studied history? Because it was Britain and USA who did a lot of atrocities and invading. For an American it’s funny how you only know one language and you can’t even speak or write proper English… Jesus Christ, dude.
Sincerely,
A Filipino who can do your job better and can speak better English than you.
– “Have you actually studied history? Because it was Britain and USA who did a lot of atrocities and invading.”
Either you’re referring to:
A.) The golden age of exploration, long before UN & concept of Human Rights was born. Discoveries of New World, & People. And left behind a legacies of settlements & their cultures that influenced the identity of today’s countries.
B.) WWI / WWII – Imagine if the Axis won. Scary.
C.) Gulf Wars – Stability of the Middle East under threat & Supply of oil (For the WHOLE WORLD, NOT JUST USA) is held hostage. Being the world superpower & role model for democracy for UN.
D.) Grenada / Panama – Corruption, Human Rights Violations aplenty. Could’ve been worst if they hadn’t intervened.
E.) Vietnam / Eastern Europe / Africa – Originally a Peacekeeping mission, but it all went down south, and elevated to war on aggressors, attempt to stabilize the region.
F.) Falklands – Illegal invasion of an already established & settled inhabited island. UN denounced it. They strike back.
– “Sincerely,
A Filipino who can do your job better and can speak better English than you.”
Which job you are referring? The Blue Collar or Wall Street?
wow i love how the author commented in his in own blog using different shit just to prove how he hates ph
Dumbest and ugliest non human looking demons I have ever had the misfortune of having as neighbors. They are loud, inconsiderate, BAD neighbors and non human. I have learned to spot a filidemon right away, all I have to do is see their horribly ugly faces, and certain animal looks that they all have, and I know it’s a filidemon. I can honestly say that I HATE these animals with a passion!!!..they squeak furniture at 4am, they bang on my wall like they are trying to demand that I come to their door/apt. I don’t even know these animals, and I will NEVER know the, why would I want to know some ugly as F animals in their damn 80’s??!!. I don’t know what their problem is, I just keep praying to GOD to end their lives and send them to hell with their daddy satan. They are the most uncouth non humans I have ever seen in my life. My Yorkie dog is more intelligent than these horror movie faced demons!!. Why would anyone but a filidemon want to deal with one. Looking at their face alone makes me wish they were all dead. I will ALWAYS want them DEAD now,a fte ral of their harassment of me, in my own damn country!!!!!!! My filidemon neighbors have made me HATE all of them, they are not nice like they want people to believe, they are definitely with satan in their ways. Stay in your own damn country demons, no one wants you here in the USA!!! DEPORT ALL FILIPINO DEMONS, and then END immigration period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
James 4:3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
John 9:31
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.
YOU GONNA DIE IN THE LAKE OF FIRE SOON <3
GO BACK TO YOUR CESSPOOL OF A COUNTRY. LEARN ENGLISH. OF COURSE YOU TREAT FOREIGNERS WELL IN YOUR CESSPOOL OF A COUNTRY BECAUSE YOU ARE STARVING, YOU ARE FILTHY PEOPLE AND LIVE IN 3RD WORLD CONDITIONS.
Whether you’re a madame or mademoiselle, I feel sorry for your bad experience from my fellow countrymen. What you say is true and I don’t blame you for those words. Even in our country there are Filipinos like them and I hate them also. I only wish for my people to put their pride and manners on the right track. Anyway, as a Filipino, I humbly ask for your forgiveness for their harsh behavior.
As for my opinion, Filipinos always throws everything in denial towards the government that is either, long gone or incumbent. Well yes, i am a Filipino / Chinese but I’m saying the truth. Most of my classmates do act dumb. My teacher once held a quiz in our section. She said that our quiz will be ‘Answers Only’ as written on the board. After that, before we even start, someone would always ask, “Ma’am Answers only lang po ba?”.
It’s either Filipinos ACT dumb, or inlack of attention. No offense but I’m saying the truth.
Funny…the personality of the person will reflect with their actions or how the speak…😂😀😊 in the bible you cant point your index finger to the other person coz 3 of your fings towards you too ( middle, ring and small finger) so it means of you something bad to the person is like you pointing your self 3x also..you are 3x Animals than us…ahhahah
Bruh An angel wouldn’t say that…We are religious…. We have Religion as our subject at school.. How about yours… Bruh
I’m Filipino and i’m in U.S and my experience here was not great because of racist american people and they look at their self like they are better than Filipino’s like when they hear your Filipino accent they started to talk Sh!ts. But how we treat them when they go in ph? We treat them special as our guest and I remember when I was still in the ph we had a american classmate and his black and because his in the ph he cannot understand nor speak our language so some of the teachers help him to understand what we doing or what we we’re discussing. I’m just telling this because of some racist and american btchs who thought that we Filipino are average but as I can see here in the U.S they’re dumb and we do better than them Lessons here was too easy and peace of cake for us Filipinos. WE NEVER WISH TO LIVE HERE IN U.S. I FELT LIKE THEY’RE NON EDUCATED PEOPLE AFTER READING SOME FEW COMMENTS HERE
GO BACK TO YOUR CESSPOOL OF A COUNTRY.
OMG, even you dont like usa, why you dont get our your third country ?? all poor ,bitch and beggar ,Corrupt government .Stupid thought
Racism toward westerners in the Philippines is official a d written in the books of laws. We can’t own a house, we can’t own a company (we need a Filipino associate that will own 50% of the company). In public areas Filipinos stare at us and call us immature names. On the other hand Filipinos who come in American and other civilized countries can do whatever they want: working, buying houses etc. There’s no reciprocity between the Philippines and the west. Western countries give to the Philippines and the Philippines takes from western countries. It’s a giving/taking relationship. The Filipino society is not interested to progress. They prevent foreigners to start companies in the Philippines because they know that western standards are at lease 50 miles higher than Filipino standards. For example try to compare an American Seven Eleven with a common Filipino sari sari store. The Pinoy has a mentality of saboteur. He doesn’t trust him neighbor so he puts a metal grill in his window to serve the other pinoy. In other words the Filipino is his own enemy. He has some bugs in his head that prevent him to progress and build something big and solid.
Jeff B, you are so right man, i even have Filipino blood, i am 1/4 and my mom is 1/2 filipina but due to the fact that my mom was born in America and is strictly an American citizen due to her government job, she cant apply for dual citizenship… and i am living here in the philippines and cant do anything like buy land/lot/own weapons, im also black so people love to call me nigger with smile and a HARD-ER which im sure you know is highly offensive in america.. like filipinos in america can still be considered american, but Americans in Philippines will neverr be known as Filipino, even if the heart is Asian and the love the culture, even if they was raised by a half filipino mom like me, but my father is black
7-11 hasn’t been American for decades. It’s Japanese. But generally yes, organization, aesthetics and practicality don’t matter much in the Philippines. Even people who have money build horrible looking kitchy houses with big chandeliers and stairways, meanwhile the structure is so poor that there are cracks in concrete.
Some may say there is an element of chaos combined with a relaxed attitude for a lot of Filipinos but this is of course controversial given this statement incorrectly stereotypes the whole nation. Arguably, years of colonisation by other countries left the Philippines in poverty. Perhaps due to focus on survival, assessments of IQ are not prioritised. Some of the comments above are outright racist and offensive, bearing resemblance to IQ testing between white and African Americans. There is also an argument to be made that IQ testing does not necessarily indicate overall intelligence – if that were the case then the author is likely to be less intelligent than a Savant.
i agree, we are in front of some downright racism comments, spewed by people that do not care about having an educated debate, aside from the fact that all ethnic groups cannot be judged by single indiduals, there are no “dumb” people, just people that do not want to improve, personally i date a filipina woman and i do want to admit that she doesn’t want to integrate herself in italian society, nobody is asking her to forget her heritage but living in a foreign country you must blend in, i have noticed that, at least in my country, they form communities and do not stray far from them, not mixing with italians if not for work purposes or accidental situations, thus resulting in very low level of italian knowledge that clearly kills the relationship, being confronted she says i should learn tagalog and that she doesnt need to learn italian, for me thats the real problem, i belive anybody is able to do anything, it they really want it
IQ is 70-75% genetic. You cannot take a mentally deficient person and turn him into a smart person through “improvement”.
Philippines has smart people, sadly more of a minority though. Also, low intelligence isn’t a huge problem but dishonesty is.
“Obviously, ancient aliens built the Egyptian pyramids because when I was in Cairo, it was hotter than a pizza oven in hell.”
Obviously the author is alien himself trying to compare the climate he experienced to one before 3000 years and more. And so more to be ironic about this.
You sound like dumb as puck.
i’m a filipino and i admit 90% of filipinos hate and distrust each other…making us look more stupid than “dumb n dumber”…by the way nature made us like this…i’m still trying to figure out how we can somehow evolve as a specie…
The average Filipino has weak intellectual capacities. It’s not a secret when we observe him in his element or when we try to have a conversation with him. What comes out from his mouth is primitive, random and intangible. Ask him a simple question and he gives a completely stupid answer that has nothing to do with what you asked him in the first place. The truth about his culture and the state of his country are so backward and ugly that his best option is to lie. He believes that changes are done by violence and intimidation so when he gets the chance to express himself democratically he tends to vote for macho dictators who makes jokes about raping women and killing millions of his countrymen. At the end of the day he lives in the life and work conditions he chooses and deserves.
You’re just jealous, probably working with a boss who is from the Philippines. You’re in fantasy land.
That is a well written piece of comment. I’m a Filipino by the way.
Honestly…even though I’m a Filipino, I agree with all of these that you’re saying but I can also say that it came from much deeper roots that now, a lot are suffering. Hatred and racism in this country, lack of education, poverty, and other causes are just by-products of the past that molded our mindsets and tracks. I’m sorry if our country caused headaches and sad outcomes especially during your visits here, but please consider the background before judging our poor and “uneducated” country. Salamat po.
5 Generations and the cycle of breeding stupidity is the M.O here with the poor and poverty. “Anak pa more with walang pera” is where stupid starts.
Then parents fail to guide and provide for their children because family size is too large. It all comes to resources. When there is none, IQ level remains is at the “sweet potato” level. (Kamote brains) is what they call it.
I agree to most of the comments here. A good portion, 80 percent of the population is stupid and not discipline at all. Sad but true.
The author is nothing but a racist. What’s the point of this article? Were you spurned by Filipina?
I am Filipino and I have come to love and hate other Filipinos. What is disturbing about us is that we pretend that we care for one another, however, we really do not. There’s only a few genuine Filipinos out there and believe me, they are rare to find. When you do find them, I promise you that they are intelligent, caring, and kind. My parents love my brother more than they had ever loved me all because he is “male”. They’d love him even if he committed injury to other people. They love him even if not once in his life had he helped or assisted them in any way he could, however small that may be. My point is, I have always been there for my Filipino parents but unless you give them money, all of those things you do (clean the house, take them to their appointments, run errands for them, sacrifice your only day off because your parents forgot they had to do something on that day etc. etc. etc). All of that does not matter if you are the eldest female child. So yes, as of now, I think Filipinos especially the older generations are stupid and ignorant. Ignorant because they are in denial of their ignorance – which is really the worst kind of people.
I would like to add that the things you do for your Filipino parents doesn’t matter if you are not their favorite child. Just recently, I confronted my parents. They have been bitter because I have not paid my share of the mortgage that I personally researched on, contacted the realtor on, attended all the necessary appointments on, informed them of what they should save money on, and actually put a down payment on. For the last year and a half I have informed them that I will give what little I could (money wise) because I wanted to pay off my student loans (I have not asked them once to help me with this student loan and to be honest, I probably would have paid it off if I used the down payment money that I put in for that mortgage). The thing is, although I have not been giving them the “exact” amount they wanted, I have been helping them with their paperwork for any medical needs, financial needs, and grocery needs since I am the only person who have their license and is able to understand and speak English, even if they’d lived in America for over 25 years. The moment I express myself and my frustration, I became their enemy, someone that have attacked them and what I have done for them doesn’t matter anymore because I am only the “daughter” and I should owe everything to them because they are my “parents” and that I wouldn’t be here if it was not for them. Like, how stupid is that? I didn’t tell them to fuck on their wedding night. That’s their decision! What is more, a month ago, they came back from the Philippines and filled the freezer with their “goods” to the point that the refrigerator broke. I told them that it was broken (it took them a week to finally say oh yes the freezer broke because their fish and dried shrimp has defrosted). I told them we need to buy a fridge and my father, shouted angrily, you pay half because you use half and I use half, in which, out of anger and frustration I said that I will pay for it. After buying the fridge, they filled the freezer with their stuff (bloody meats, fish, shrimp, you name it!). At that point, I told him, can you please not buy any more meat because I would like to use some space for the meat that I buy — My mother confessed that they got hurt by what I said! Like what the fuck? How stupid and selfish can they be! Not only that, my mother and father would often cough and sneeze without covering their mouths. I informed them, can you please cover your mouth when you sneeze or cough. At this point, my mother thinks that I have personally attacked her and she is “hurt”. She just finished her cancer treatment that I convinced her to have because before that she thinks that drinking magical plant potion would save her and she’s now telling me that her cancer will come back because I have expressed my anger and frustration. This means that she will blame me if her cancer comes back! What bull! She’s so stupid and selfish that she doesn’t even know she’s manipulating me by using that excuse. Playing a victim if she’s not even a victim. That is most FILIPINOS.
I told them that I will pay the “exact” amount of money they want me to pay for my share of the mortgage but I will no longer be their personal assistant, their driver, their helper, their SLAVE. Yes, all my life I have been doing all that they asked me because I have been conditioned (physically and emotionally) that if I do not do what they tell me I have done them wrong and I live in that fear all my life and it was not until Friday, 3/13/2020 that I had finally said enough is enough, I don’t want to live in fear anymore. I know that I am venting but this is part of the reason why I think Filipinos are stupid, ignorant, prideful, egotistic, selfish bastards –oh yeah, most will deny that because they go to church every Sunday and they pray to god, so in their stupid ignorant little heads they’ll interpret that as being “good”. That is BULLSHIT! Hate is really a strong word but I don’t like Filipinos very much!
Hi April. What you describe sounds very similar to what happened to the Filipino girlfriend of a Portuguese coworker of mine (Hi Paola). He told me us a lot about what she lived. It’s freaking unbelievable. I saw her at the Christmas party. She was playing on her phone the whole evening and almost never talked to anyone: Yes, no, thank you and such basic words. She seems extremely bashful. This is what happened to her:
Let’s call her Grace (fictive name). Grace comes from a very poor and backward village in Mindanao. She was the little slave of her lazy and irresponsible parents, brothers and sisters. In the early 2000s She got hired to work as slave in Tunesia for a certain Belhassen Trabelsi. Trabelsi is the brother in law of Ben Ali, the ex dictator of Tunesia. She was cleaning behind them, cooking for them, taking care of their kids etc. In 2012 during the revolution in Tunesia, they escaped here in Canada where I live. Grace came with them, but her boss offered her to invest her salary to make it growing instead of paying her. She agreed on that. Belhassen Trabelsi and her family were abusing her a lot. Notice that during all the years Grace worked for these crooks, she sent ALL her money to her family. 100% of her salary. Easy come, easy go. The family of Grace wasted all the money they were receiving. Her brother opened a little internet cafe in the village but was only opening it when he needed money. They never saved a single penny. After Grace moved in Canada, she wasn’t able to send money to her family in the Philippines because her boss stopped paying her. She escaped from the house of Belhassen Trabelsi. He kept her stuff and clothes and refused to give it back to her until she come back to work. From the eyes of her family, she is the breadwinner of the family. The don’t give a fuck about her excuses. THEY WANT SOME MONEY AND THEY WANT IT NOW! The father needs to go to the cockfight and drink beer. He can’t do that without money. They had arguments on Facebook.She wasn’t able to send money so they disowned her. Apparently this is the Filipino tradition. The breadwinner must to send money otherwise she’s out. She did not talk to them since May 2012.
Eric, as of today, they have totally disowned me, or should I say, I disowned them because they do not deserve to be part of my life. At the early state of the Coronavirus pandemic, which was about a month ago from where I am, they took it upon their powers to make my life miserable while I was still living in our apartment. Little did I know, they were talking to my aunties (snakes of the family – relatives acting smart and so high they can’t even see they are living under a false sense of power and richness). Let me tell you, I was cooking dinner when my stupid father comes out of his room and accused my work computer with no camera that it was a “camera” videotaping them when they are in the living room gossiping away. At this point I get so made and angry that I literally called them stupid and have said the “f” word on them in which turn they call the cops on me and even mentioned that I have not paid for “rent”. A few days after that, my cousin finds out that they are listing down evidence so that they can do a restraining order on me. At this point, I told myself that they are not worth it so I pack all my things and leave them for good. I will never forgive them for what they have done to me, never! If they all die today or tomorrow, I wouldn’t even go and see their funerals. Two weeks have passed and my mom is having problems with her work, her insurance, and all her medical needs that the aunties thought would take care of, but apparently they are so stupid they’re blaming the insurance company for not providing them the right appointments (I cannot stress stupid enough). What is more, she lost her job and cannot even do her unemployment paperwork, her son was supposed to help her but he “got busy”. The very son that told me he will do everything in his power to get me out of the apartment I bought with the two parents. Now, I feel at eased. I would say to get rid of all the toxic people in your life sooner or later because people like me do not deserve to be enslaved and people like me who have done nothing but helped them and take care of them do not owe them anything at all. Good riddance to these stupid parents, brother, and relatives!
Good riddance indeed. You will do much better with people who are actually on your side.
If you know the saying “blood is thicker than water”, it actually says “blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb” – meaning people who you think alike with, your real friends, are more important than your family.
I might be white but I have relatives that if they died, I’d throw a party. Total scum.
Can totally sympathize. I’ve experienced older very religious Filipinos who get offended at everything. They want everyone to respect them but they respect no-one else. These people are a poison for the nation.
Well, I’m Filipino and I find this cute. Lol. One thing I noticed is that Filipinos knows a lot of stuff it actually amazes me!
Med, you are the very reason why Filipinos remain stupid and ignorant. No form of mental evolution will be achieved because of Filipinos like you who laugh at criticism from others rather than internalize, dissect, and analyze it.
These coments are amazing, LOL There are a few racists, so many filipinos with their shitty pride, and very few with honest opinions. Well i am Part filipino, my Dad is African American, and my mom is Half black/filipino. I grew up in California fascinated with our filipino culture, I loved visiting my filipino side of my family. Well, Filipino-Americans are very different than Filipinos in Philippines. Almost 3 years ago my mom sent me to the Philippines, mainly because i wasnt doing well in the US. The First month was amazing, beautiful country nature wize. When i started school i noticed a lot of my classmates are not so bright. I dont think english defines a persons intelligence but usually the smart ones knew english very well. Which what made me dislike this place is when after a few weeks of being in PH the school staff even referred to me a s nigger, looked in my face and smiled saying “Nigger” not Nigga, Nigger. I have been calle nigger here in 3 years more than 20 years of my life in America!!! And the worse part is that they dont know its not good, they think its how you refer to a black person! I i have noticed more like 80-90 percent of filipinos LOVE white people but is racist to Chinese, other asians(except koreans), Arabs and blacks. The standar here in the Philippines is if you are dark skinned you a ugly/poor. Racism is a hidden huge problem here, and the hospitality is FAKE. Most filipinas love white men but the main motive is to dig in their pockets, and many men will freeload their way into foreign pockets too, this is all fake attitudes covered up by (hospitality), Now about the stupidity, Young me in America wouldve said how dare you disrespect filipinos like that. Older me says, yeah you are kind of right. Just a few weeks ago a neighbor of mine asked me if there is SALT IN AMERICA. I cant get that out of my head that was literally the dumbest question i ever heard. Almost every other day i randomly see stuff that is beyond stupid and would make sense in America. Backpackers and vloggers (typical white) usually comes here and say WOW in amazement and makes this country sound so amazing, im pretty sure they know its pretty stupid, but they wouldnt want to ruin their vacation, video or the country’s image. Honestly Filipinos are yes, Friendly but (FAKE), Many know english but the IQ is the lowest in almost all of asia! And Most of all the pride is beyond crazy, Toxicness at its best, being igorant but the pride would not let you admit it. When i met my wife she was the same, and even recently (due to some bad situations) she just fully admit everything and she realized how toxic and ignorant and just plain stupid most people are here (she is also a very intelligent student so this does not apply to ALL but definatel most). Again I am part Filipino, this is all my fact-based opinions, OVERALL id hate to say it Filipinos are dumb.
I apologize for many spelling errors** Also i would like to add, that this isnt just my experience, My lovely wife who is filipina, Born and raised in Philippines would tell you. Most of my life i have not actually been attracted to Filipinas mentally, she was my first relationship with a filipina. We would always disagree due to her PRIDE. She is very beautiful and is very smart she has even taught me some english words, i didnt even know! She is truly a due in a huge pile of rocks, But she has said the way she observed how people treat me, so many times people would go up to her and refer to me as “the nigger” So many ask her stupid question reguardless about me or anything and recently she said she knew all along many of her old friends and relative a kind of retarded, she just didnt want to say it, and whenever i would bring it up she before she would instantly be mad cause “she just dont want to hear anything negative” She’s truly a beautiful woman, seriously id personally say 1 percent of all filipinas are like her, the rest are like “CHICKENS” and the men are MONKEYS, thats our little joke. Although we stil love our people, foods, etc, we just admit it, Most are dumb
still….the path we have lead makes us who we are today, in my humble opinion at least, and i belive much depends on where we were born, in what type of enviroment, if we were born in a rural area most likely we will be simpler, less educated, less culture, lets remember that intelligence is one thing and culture is another, if i were to read 5 books a week i would know many things but it would not make me intelligent.
Its hard to communicate with Filipinos I have been in countries where there are not many fluent English speakers in Asia and have been better able to communicate with Chinese and Japanese people with hand signals and a few English words they understand than with Filipinos who speak fluent English. A typical conversation as I remember was excuse me is the pool open yes sir it is 300 consumable but you cant bring beer in the pool well sir maybe it is not allowed check back next time. No one can give you a clear answer on just about anything. Taking a bus from the airport I messaged the company and they told me the bus is going to my destination then when I get there they tell me the bus doesn’t go to my destination but there is a sign saying the bus goes there.
This writer climbed on his high horse to moralize about the claim that filipinos have low IQs but has no idea what he’s talking about. I lived in the Philippines for years and they are dumb. It has nothing to do with the education system as alluded to by the author. They lack the ability for critical thinking and logic. Since that time I’ve had to deal with filipinos as service agent for a major vendor I use, and again…dumb as a rock. So maybe before you condemn the authors of the book you should know what you’re talking about rather than cloak yourself in an undeserved moral superiority and be offended just on principal.
I’m a Filipino and I’m living in the Philippines. I do admit that Filipinos are stupid as what I observed in my class since high school and college. When our teacher asked us to get a 1/2 sheet of paper there will always be someone who will asked if it’s 1/2 after the teacher said it, and in some cases when we have exams and there’s instructions written in the test paper there will always be someone asking to clarify for instructions. Some filipinos also act dumb like they asked for answers they really know and yes, Filipinos are very prideful. I don’t hate nor love my country, it’s just a matter of an honest opinion.
The filidomon neighbors I wrote about before, just got more stupid, the word stupid is not strong enough to describe them. These old animal faced filidemon neighbors who I don’t know, and never want to know, have been telling others in my building that they are friends with me, I heard it in my hallway, I HATE these animals, I don’t even consider them human!! Now the filademons are knocking on my walls, and yelling for me, to come visit them, with this virus going on. Like I am going to risk my life for some evil ass demons that I want dead!!?.
These non humans really need to be exterminated!! The only way I would go near them is if I come down with this virus, to make them sick so that they will die, they are in their 80’s so it shouldn’t take them long to die and then go be with their daddy satan in hell!! There is no word to describe the immense stupidity of this species of I don’t know what!!. I wish they NEVER were ever allowed to immigrate to where I was born, they should all be dead!! a stuffed Teddy bear is smarter than they are!!. Why are they here, there is no reason for them!!!!! DIE Filidemons DIE!!!!
Early infant age nutrition, lead in the ground water in the provinces, and women that are so attractive there is too much sex and reproduction in a small space.
I love the people, and their way of life, but unfortunately the country is populated mostly with those who have descended from the elders who didn’t discipline their kids and just pumped out children. Religion is the cause of every war on earth, but in this country it hasn’t created a war, its just resulted in too many people.
At my sons baptism (im not religious), the priest was telling the entire church full of people to HAVE MORE BABIES SO THE CHURCH WILL SURVIVE! This is also part of the problem.
TV adds promote morbidly obese kids as the ideal way of life, dancing around while holding washing powder.
Speaking of dance, dance is more important than actual education or work here. For the 2 months leading up to our company Christmas m party, i’m almost adamant that staff spent more hours practicing their dance moves than doing their jobs. You just go for a drive and look into the compound doors and see these huge groups of people practicing dance routines. Id say the bosses are dumb for encouraging this.
During the COVID Crisis this year 2020, supermarkets are supposed to be keeping human beings away from each other. They achieve this by keeping staff to a minimum, so 2 out of 12 checkouts open, with lines of people standing next to each other 100 metres long lasting for up to 2 hours, ensuring plenty of time for the virus to spread between each other.
Electrical installations result in more deaths than any other individual accidental death after traffic accidents. These stats are publicised as OTHER CAUSES OF DEATH in the countries death statistics available form the freedom of information act. I suspect this is done so that the country can continue electrocuting its people in an effort to ensure natural selection takes its course.
I’m well travelled, the intellect in this country is somewhere near that of the continent of Africa.
Pumping out babies is what they do best here. August 2019 Social Emergency on Teen pregnancies.
Men (manyakis) need to stupid humping. And women’s legs are open like a 7/11. That needs to stop now.
So many Filipinos are so stupid they wear their mask only in the mouth area, not cover their nose. True story.
Recently talking with a friend who is Filipino Nurse.
Discussing use of contraception and sexual education and the negative influence of religion in the country.
She said: “we don’t need condoms/pill etc because we ‘pee’ after sex” 🙄🙄
I thought she was joking.
She then explained that the ” Professors at the University taught us that” 🤔👀
I then had the awkward pleasure of explaining that urine comes from the urethra not the vagina.
😉She went to the bathroom to… See for herself.
When she returned she said…
“oh!! That is why all my classmates got pregnant” 😳🤔🤰😂😂😂😂
I would consider her an intelligent lady by Filipino standards 😬🤪
True story.. Funny but so so sad.
I see a show on TV here in the philippines this women and this man really try to have a baby so the told the docter the try for a very long time but the women could not get pregnant so the docter keep asking what the do etc etc and believe it or not the docter found out the reason she did not get pregnant was becouse the guy did her up the anal and not the vagina so thats wy she never get pregnant the just did not know the diffrence between the anal and vigana the just did not know in wich hole to put the penis inside
Fuck the flips, your food is shit.
The Philippines and its people are just a disgusting, stinking pile of sh*t flowing with endless filth that needs to be irradiated and cleansed completely with a few hydrogen bombs. Same with China. When the dust settles, I hope the Japanese or the British can colonize it properly and build an actual clean, orderly, beautiful, and civilized society / culture.
I’m a Filipino and I agree with you. My race are subhuman and inferior to the honorable and admirable Japanese. That’s why Filipinos have the lowest IQ in Asia and one of the lowest IQ in the world. Philippines is also one of the dirtiest and most corrupt country in the world. I’m ashamed of being Filipino. I wish I was Japanese or European instead. I hate my race and my country. If I could leave Philippines I will never come back.
You’re an idiot for not being the side of your own. Every country has its bad apples. Heck, I’ve know white English and Australian people who’ve hated Canadian culture causing them to leave the country. You should never be ashamed of where you come from, only how you handle it.
You’re right James Otakura. Foreign countries should reform Philippines, not those bulls**t Filipino people who did nothing but to destroy their country. Philippines was once a good country during the colonization of Spain and USA. But after Spain, and then USA, abandoned Philippines, Philippines became worse and worse. So it is better that Philippines should be colonize once again.
Whoa there calm your tits little Hitler’s bitch… you’re one racist gremlin cunt aren’t you? Were you breastfed by your mother properly while you were growing into this fine pile of shit? Or could it possibly be that you ingested tons of Meconium while you were still a fetus? Because you sure turned out to be one bitter racist flaccid cocksucker.
And I’m talking to the cunt James with the weebshit name.
HI THERE GUYS. WE FILIPINOS HELP TO BUILD YOUR COUNTRY. AND NOT ALL FILIPINOS ARE “STUPID”, “DUMB”, “SHIT”. YES, THERE ARE SOME FILIPINO THAT IS “DUMB” BUT THAT “DUMB” GUY IS VERY RESPECTFUL. I HOPE YOU GET MY POINT. DONT HATE PHILIPPINES, DON’T HATE FILIPINOS. WE’RE NOT PERFECT. NO BODY IS PERFECT.
You’re in denial if think only “some” Filipinos are dumb. The truth is MOST Filipinos are dumb as a rock.
STOP HATING EACH OTHER PLEASE!
The country is slave state
The reason why there are so many butthurt comments from Filipinos is because deep down they know it’s true. They’re in denial of accepting that their race and country is shit.
You realize the most prosperous countries in the world are the ones who have stolen from other nations and colonized and enslaved other nations? The Philippines has never done that. There is a another island off the coast of India called the North Sentinel Island that does not have any contact with the outside world. They are living as if it’s 800’s Europe. I suppose they are shit too? Anyways, it’s a fact that poorer countries have low IQ because they’re poor and don’t have the resources to hone their intelligence. Colonized countries tend to be poor. Take the indigenous of the Americas, they are also below poverty line. Why do you think that is? Because the UK and Europe stole their natural resources, killed off their food source(bison) which led to them relying on corn for nutrition heavily impacting their health, discriminated against them, and got them addicted to alcohol as they had did not have prior tolerance to it in their genetics. The Philippines is the same way with the timber being stolen by the Spanish taking that natural resource from 70% covering the whole country to less than 20% today.
Yes they are. They can turn a 5 minute job into a 4 years.
The article would be very accurately described as:
“Dutertards & Marcostards, IN A NUTSHELL.”
I’m trying so hard to appreciate Filipinos but it’s impossible. These people so f%@$ing outrageous!! It’s like everything they do is a failure. Even the most simple and easiest things. Can I mention a couple of random examples? Okay, here we go. That’s gonna be brutal.
Their Beloved Kleptomaniac and Megalomaniac Imelda Marcos who stole a lot of money to the country and never paid for her crimes organized a huge party and the food was poisonous. 250 people went to the hospital. This woman still has a lot of power over the Philippines. She’s untouchable. The whole country almost belongs to her. She can make anyone killed or sent to jail in a blink of an eye.
One family of politicians ambushed and killed another family of politicians and throw their bodies where they thought nobody would find them. Corruption in this country reached a ridiculous level. Every single time they host some International sport events, they do everything they can to cheat. For example they’ll find a way to make other teams sleeping on the floor at the airport or giving them bad food. It’s like they know they’re a bunch of losers so they feel like they need to win just to show to the rest of the world how good they are at something. Filipinos are very insecure and have so much to prove. It’s a lawless country. Filipino police officers are only police by name and uniform. They’re often the ones who commit the crimes. Actually there’s not a single type of crime cops don’t do. My experience in the Philippines was horrible. It’s unbelievable how stupid these people are. When I was observing them for few seconds I could not even understand what they were doing so much it was illogical. And don’t waste your time and energy trying to tell them how to do things the right way. They never take it. They’re afraid to evolve just as if they feel they need to stay backwards. They use every little strategies they can to make you believe that nothing is never their fault.
Philippines is the most stupid country I’ve ever seen. Those Filipino people are in favor with bad things over good things, unlike other countries, not even Philippines’ neighboring countries. GMA Network is worth annoying TV company in the Philippines with poor quality, boastful management, and did nothing but to bully its rival ABS-CBN. But most Filipinos deserves GMA Network, and shuts down ABS-CBN.
Shame on you seriously, Philippines. You had made a shameful move once again. Letting the bully companies to operate, and shutting down the one being bullied by the bully companies? This is the most stupid move I’ve ever seen, Philippines. You are nothing but dumb and stupid country compared to better countries such as Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc.
This is seriously the best example how stupid is the Filipino. What’s the point of closing ABS-CBN?
– There are many TV and radio stations in the Philippines including ABS-CBN’s core rival GMA Network who aired ads against the now President of the Philippines days before the Philippines’ presidential elections on 2016, but stupid Filipinos claimed that only ABS-CBN aired that ads.
– There are many biased TV and radio stations in the Philippines including GMA Network, but stupid Filipinos only claimed ABS-CBN as bias and blatantly renamed that network as ABiaS-CBN, how stupid is the Filipino isn’t it?
– There are possibilities that other TV and radio station in the Philippines including (and especially) GMA Network also commit mistakes and violates the law (but actually there are some allegations on ABS-CBN which is also done by other TV and radio stations), but only ABS-CBN was interrogated by the Philippine government. They voted to shut down ABS-CBN without investigating and citing other TV and radio station.
– And the worst is, ABS-CBN is a bully target of GMA Network for many years. GMA Network has a behavior on gloating their self-proclaimed victory to ABS-CBN by posting comparisons of ratings between GMA Network and ABS-CBN via GMA Network’s commercial slots. But stupid Filipinos had chosen ABS-CBN to be shut down. This let GMA Network survived their rivalry against ABS-CBN on TV stations war in Philippines even though GMA Network acted as “villain” on that said rivalry. GMA Network should thank Filipinos for being stupid which made them won the rivalry. And if their country is not Philippines, GMA Network will be the one who will face shut down. So that’s it. On every country, the good one is always the winner. But in Philippines, the “villain” is always the winner.
By the way, this is the first anniversary of ABS-CBN’s shutdown by Philippines…I mean, on how Philippines extended its title as most stupid and worst country in Southeast Asia, and also one of the most stupid and worst country in the world. It was really proved that Philippines is the most stupid and worst country in Southeast Asia, and also one of the most stupid and worst country in the world, thanks to the dumbass Filipinos. Philippines had managed to shutdown ABS-CBN (which is much better than GMA), and let GMA (the worst channel in the Philippines and the one who keeps on bullying ABS-CBN) to survive.
“Let us grab our glass of wine, and a toast for a year of shamefulness of the Philippines”.
A VERY IMPORTANT TIP FOR FOREIGNERS:
The butthurt & off-topic comments & replies left by Filipinos are usually a classic sign that he / she is a diehard Duterte / Marcos fanatic.
You are all equally stupid
I feel sorry for you sir, that those diehard Duterte & Marcos fanatics giving you a psychologically scarred experience in your stay in the Philippines.
Nope, it’s not being a Duterte and Marcos diehard fans. The reason why foreigners like us are afraid to stay in your country is because all of you Filipinos who live in your country are stupid. It’s way better to stay to Thailand than Philippines.
Ever since Duterte came to power, I have noticed that the worst negative traits & stereotypes of Filipinos have boosted 100X. Very nearly every single Filipino that acted these worst negative traits & stereotypes tend to be diehard fanatics of Duterte & Marcos.
Plus, being the current acting “local ambassadors” of the Phils. to the whole world since Duterte came into power, I have noticed a spike of horror stories by foreigners on their experience in the Phils. So yeah, that should explain why. While the smarter, more cultured ones (Yellows & Non-Yellows) are smart-shamed on a regular basis. Trump America X5 perhaps.
Do you know what? Among the countries in Southeast Asia, Philippines tops with most negative comments by foreigners. Ako ay Pilipino, pero aminado akong ikinahihiya ko talaga ang aking bansa dahil tunay talaga na bobo ang mga Pilipino. Wala talagang ginawang maganda ang Pilipinas. Tayo mga Pilipino ay talagang nasa “Hall of Shame”.
I work in the IT industry and have a worked quite a lot with Filipinos. They are in fact, dumb dipshits.
They only know one or two things and doesn’t want to taught or criticised (professionally of course as i am senior). Others try to kiss your ass probably to feed their ego among their Filipino peers (I heard it from another admin who had access to comms) it’s like comedy. They talk shit among each other and act superior among each other when they are all foot soldiers. How dumber can one be??
Its not really smart to call someone ‘stupid’ or dumb’
Pinoys can not speak in full english? And so what? Hindi naman batayan ang pagsasalita ng ingles para masabi na matalino. Nakakatawa ang mga tao na tinatawanan ang mga tao na hindi makapagsalita ng ingles. We, are Pinoys after all. English is not our first language. Filipino is. And we don’t really give two spaghetti. We are what we are. We are all human. We all have our heart to love one another and brain to learn. Everything can be learn, you know? Society’s standard of ‘Intelligence’ is sick. Fluent in English? Know how to dress well? With Master degree etc etc? Crap. Racists,ill mannered, judgementals, and self centered ones are the worst people. Your knowledge in Math, you being expert in English, or even in Science does not make you ‘smart’ if you don’t know the word ‘respect’ and you don’t know how to apply it.
I’m a filipino and I fckin agree with this, there is no improvement in the Philippines since Filipino itself criticize each other and mostly we have ill mannered children, corrupted government, people who lack knowledge, and many more. I’m certain that another dumb Filipino will disagree with this and spout some bullshit nonsense like “no we are not” stfu ok just accept the fact we are one of the most shitties country out there.
You’re right. All of you Filipinos are stupid. You are not making solutions or you are late on making solutions on solving problems in your country such as problems in traffic congestion, airport congestion, pollution, poverty, internet and many more. You are shutting down those good, kind, and bully victim instead of evil, boastful, and bully (in fact that both good and bad are both mistake makers, but you “attacked” the good ones instead of the bad ones). You Filipinos have also lack of quarantine protocols which made Philippines being at the top with most Covid-19 case in Southeast Asia 2 times. And because of these, you are behind Southeast Asian countries. So that’s why Philippines should be colonized once again by other countries to make Philippines reconstruct. All of you Filipinos cannot reconstruct your country without the aid of other countries. You should be ashamed that Philippines will be the only Southeast Asian country to be colonized by other countries, but no choice because this is the only solution to reconstruct Philippines. And by the way, your great hero Jose Rizal is not actually a hero. Instead of giving thanks to the Spain who constructed the Philippines, he made a revolutionary idea of fighting the Spain. It is also wrong that Americans gave up Philippines.
Thank you, white person, who hasn’t studied our colonial history. The Spanish stole our means of financial stableness by depleting our timber. They also considered us second class citizens so their language was not allowed to be taught, enslaved Filipinos(the first Asians in America were enslaved Filipinos on Spanish ships), killed Filipino us, and forced us to change our surnames. Many ran into the mountains to avoid being assimilated. Countries with stolen resources don’t tend to prosper. So, no, the Spanish and Americans should have stayed out.
But they helped your country to become a good country. The only thing is that all of you Filipinos destroyed your own country after achieving freedom from Spain and America. What’s wrong with Spain and America?
I mean not all filipino people are stupid it’s just that they live in poverty and sometimes not serious in learning.
-Sometimes their parents did not graduate and stop from learning because of poverty, so they can’t teach their own kids.
-It depends on living environment like the neighborhood, when your neighborhood is full of many uneducated people (most in Philippines) being friend with them will let you see their own system like how the parents educate their kids, how do they respect their family,and do things for everyday work
*For rich neighborhood all people there are educated some are succesfull even if they are low iq because of their creativeness so they want to give their kids the best school’s for learning
The school is divided by two: Public and Private
Public: People there have no money or have their own parents teaching in the school
Private: People have better environment and people there is slightly smarter than public
-That’s why they made section’s for every grade , i think that the purpose for it was not to affect the smarter one ,
(EX): There is a smart guy but he’s surrounded by stupid people so he will get affected by it,
To everyone going on and on in the comment section, i hope y’all understand that intelligence isn’t a thing you can measure wholly because there are different kinds to it. You can be terrible at math but be a scholar in english, or be an expert in physics but stumble over music. Howard Gardner developed a theory on multiple intelligences and so far, the comment section shows a lot of people not being that up to date with what defines intelligence. They still have the old belief that there’s only one kind of intelligence.
Now, the Philippines is comprised of hundreds of millions of people. To conclude that the entire nation are dumb shows a very faulty kind of reasoning. To be honest, what does dumb even mean? Does it apply to the uneducated–who can leave behind that label when they get taught? Does it apply to the slow learners–who can leave behind that label once they find their learning style? Does it apply to those who don’t take their studies seriously?
Everyone is dumb and smart in their own way. There will always be somethig a person doesn’t know in this world, and even if the knowledge of everyone in this world was to be mashed together, there will still be something humanity doesn’t know.
The Philippines is a lively country–the famous saying: “It’s more fun in the Philippines” may not apply to all places in the Philippines and it may not be something that some citizens acknowledge (they must have had such bad experiences or maybe they’re just the cynical type of person), but compared to other countries, it is indeed a lot more fun here because of the freedom and the funny (and may sound stupid) things that people come up with.
If there’s anything that makes the Philippines look dumb, it’s probably the fact that a big percentage of the Philippines is impoverished and unable to go to school, and the fact that a majority of those who do get to have an education are very complacent with the things they are taught. Not a lot of teens nowadays are hardworking–because apparently lazy is now accepted and is even a trend that makes you relatable. But there still exists a lot of Filipinos who were blessed enough to have an education and who were strong and independent enough to work hard to improve themselves everyday to improve the state of the nation.
But honestly, i don’t even care if my fellow citizens were considered dumb or not. There will always be stubborn high and mighty people who think they are so smart and look down on others, and there will always be people who are not willing to understand the situation of other people, much less an entire other nation, with different culture and different history and founding fathers.
As long as my fellow filipinos have a strong sense of self-discipline and morality, i’d be comforted that they’ll be able to pull through whatever is chucked at them.
My mother always says: “Mas maayos pa ang anak na bobo kaysa sa anak na walang disiplina.”
translation: A stupid son is better than a son with no self-discipline
P.S. I’m sorry if some of my fellow citizens were excessively rude. It’s probably the native blood in them speaking. My great grandmother is a member of a native tribe and her side of the family goes feral when someone insults, threatens or assaults a member of the family or anyone considered family. And by feral, i mean, diving into a mob of political foes and yelling, “KAPAG MAY HUMARANG SAKIN, SISIKUHIN KO, HUMANDA KAYO.” just to make sure a member of the family stranded in the municipal hall is safe from the people climbing the freaking porch. Usually the descendant of natives are nice, warm, funny and even shy, but there’s this natural instinct to protect, you know.
Sincerely,
A Philippine Science High School Scholar
Well,
first of all, I beg everyone to excuse my poor English, because I am French. So I learned English as a foreign language, and I’m not a native speaker; I’m not really fluent.
It’s hard to say who wrote the comments in this article (where they’re from), many of which are incredibly mind-boggling! And we must not forget that behind the nicknames anyone can hide: American, Filipino, English, German, French, … but what I read here is totally surreal.
Filipinos would be dumb …
This is not what I have observed during all these years that I have been in the Philippines. I’ve even been married to a Filipina for many years, and we have a son. We live in France, but go to the Philippines regularly. She comes from an “average” family, she followed “average” studies (accounting) before coming to France, and, yes, indeed, she does not have much culture, she does not know anything in history (I know more about Filipino history than she does) nos political science or economics… but is she dumb? Absolutely not! I meet members of his family regularly, many are farmers. They didn’t go to school much. Are they dumb? Absolutely not. In their profession, in what they do, they are good (and far better than I would be, even though I’ve got a PhD in economics…). And they’re not dumb at all. On the contrary, I find them clever.
Should people who lack education be considered “dumb”? But not at all, it has nothing to do with it.
You see, in France, and in the world, having access to education does not guarantee that one is intelligent or clever. Education does not mean “common sense” either. A good memory is sufficient for this, to acquire knowledge and education. And, of course, together with financial capability (as we do in Europe).
Intelligence is something different. It is, for instance, the capacity to react and to live in a given environment. And there the Filipinos are no more “dumb” than the other peoples. The Philippines is certainly a somewhat disorganized country, because historically when they left the status of “colony” they were not accompanied towards a viable system. Comparing the Philippines to old Europe, to the United States or to other “old” countries is in this a mistake, because these countries took a long time to organize themselves, or else started from a blank page (from scratch, like they did in US).
I repeat to you in all objectivity, as a foreigner having often visited the Philippines, having lived very long moments in the middle of Filipinos (even in France) or my in-laws during my many trips, Filipinos are not “dumb” and they are no more (and no less) “dumb” than other peoples, from Asia or Europe, or Africa or America.
The question to which I never found the answer would be: why do Filipinos always depreciate themselves? You are no more dumb than other countries and other peoples and races.
“Proud to be a Pino” shouldn’t be a posture, it should be reality.
Hey look! Philippines had proved once again to be worst country in Southeast Asia (and also the one of the worst country in the world). In couple of years, any worst in Southeast Asia is on Philippines, and still counting:
– Philippines shuts down any good, kind, and innocent companies; and lets all boastful, pathetic, and any companies who make obstructions to survive.
– Of all Southeast Asian countries, Philippines is the mostly failed in handling Covid 19.
SHAME ON YOU ONCE AGAIN PHILIPPINES!!!
AY PU***G INA! AYAN, TULOY! SA TAGAL NA NINYONG MGA GAGO KONG KABABAYAN NA GUMAGAWA NG MGA KAGAGUHAN, TAPOS NAGDAGDAG PA KAYO?! AY HANGA TALAGA AKO SA INYO. NAGPASARA KAYO NG MGA DAPAT HINDI IPASARA, AT HINAYAAN NINYONG MANATILI ANG MGA DAPAT IPASARA?! AY ANO NA ANG MANGYAYARI SA ATIN KUNG GANYAN KAYO NG GANYAN? AY DIBA PUNA NG MGA IBANG LAHI SA ATING MGA PILIPINO, PATULOY TAYO NILANG PUPUNAHIN?! PAANO TAYO MAGIGING KASING UNLAD NG MGA KAPITBAHAY NATING BANSA TULAD NG SINGAPORE, NG THAILAND, MALAYSIA, VIETNAM, AT KUNG ANO PA? YUNG MGA BANSANG IYON AY HINDI MASYADONG NAPUPUNA NG MGA IBANG LAHI.
AT DAHIL DYAN, IKINAHIHIYA KO ANG PAGIGING PILIPINO.
Philippines is such a country with full of garbage. This country is known for keeping franchise for the companies who provide garbage products especially on the one TV channel company who provides poor graphics, poor drama stories, over-acting news program BGM (such as extreme music), and did nothing but to bully its rival TV channel company; and wants to shutdown those companies who provide good products. The worst of all, the one being bullied is the one being shutdown by Philippines. I really hate Philippines because it is so “messy”. Singapore and Thailand is much better and cleaner than Philippines.
WTF. Seriously you guys are saying that the Philippines is dumb just because of IQ tests? First of all an IQ test doesn’t prove the overall intelligence of a person let alone country. What about the individually smart ones and you are all just spouting bullsh#t like its your job. So what if the Philippines isn’t perfect so is basically every other country. Why are you guys trashing a whole f#cking country? Is it because you guys have literally nothing to do? You know there are people dying right now while you guys are whining.
Filipino are nice on the outside. Other than that, they’re In denial, stupid, childish, no common sense whatsoever. Even at the age of 49, they still act like a child. I just sacked one of my staff. Too much to say as I don’t even know where to start.
#filipinoaredumb