PREVIOUSLY, the arrogant youth online had a meltdown after I, the Peter Solis Nery, said that I am a proud bobo-shamer.
Y wrote about me. Thinly veiled as “to the guy who put[s] ‘the’ right before his name.”
Honestly, I’m thankful for the extra free publicity.
(I told you I always win in these youth meltdown online!)
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It turns out Y thinks it’s very egotistical of me to appropriate the particular determiner ‘the’ for myself.
Of course, Y completely missed the fact that I didn’t crown myself the article, and the hashtag.
That it was the netizens that awarded them to me.
Y is again completely unaware that I have The Peter Solis Nery Foundation since 2012.
And that, ‘The Peter Solis Nery’ is a sweet call of my friends for me.
Because well, I am, duh, the ‘The’!
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Y’s essay, which parodied my style, complete with asterisked breaks, was generously shared over the Internet.
And I was viciously attacked online.
It was very interesting for me —
To create this hysteria and commotion in the Philippines even if I’m 21 hours away by plane!
And while I was shopping!
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Y’s ilks (she/he/it is a Facebook page administrator), and the arrogant youth of the Internet, ‘demanded’ that I write a rebuttal.
Demanded? Haha. Are they high?
No one demands anything of ThePSN!
You may beg, grovel, and steal, but you may not demand of ThePSN.
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I can demand because I can afford it; but you cannot afford me!
So, no, I don’t go into people’s traps.
Instead, I put them under my spell. Under my control.
I made them wait for my reply, but do I intend to answer the issues point by point?
No! Why should I?
Why dignify an essay that doesn’t even say anything new since I had the row with the Wattpaders in October 2020?
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I write whatever I want, when I want it, and where I want it.
That’s why I’m THE one and only Peter Solis Nery.
That’s why I’m a writing legend.
Still, I thought I scored some gold here so I’m sharing this again with you.
(The piece is in Filipino because, you know, teenagers, with poor reading comprehension, and just looking out for triggering words.
Still, the content should be good enough for my newspaper column.
It’s about the many ways of killing a cat.
And the way of ThePSN.
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DUH! It’s the ‘THE’!
by Peter Solis Nery
© The Peter Solis Nery Foundation
WARNING: Contains trigger words and ideas. Please bring your own milktea and popcorn.
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Ang pinakanagustuhan ko sa milenyong ito ay ang choices. Maraming mapagpipilian ang mga tao.
Hindi lang basta milktea; may 52 flavors ‘yan. Hindi lang tapsilog; may cornsilog, bangsilog, tosilog, chorisilog, at spamsilog pa.
Hindi lang likes ‘yan, may hearts, may cares, may wows, may hahas. At hindi lang face-to-face instruction ang education ngayon; may online, may modular, may hybrid.
Sa usapin ng sexualidad, may M, F, LGBTQIA+. Ang saya-saya!
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Dahil sa maraming choices, nasanay ang mga tao sa multiple correct answers. Lahat na lang tama. (May tama ka!)
Kung hindi pa legal o tanggap ng lipunan, aba, puedeng ikampanya para ma-normalize at ma-legalize.
Legalize same-sex marriage, sex work, gambling, marijuana, child prostitution, etc.
Normalize sluttism, smut, pornography, addiction, atbp.
Ang ganda nga, e. So, uunahan ko na kayo. From here, we proceed to normalize katamaran, kabobohan, kawalang-hiyaan.
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I mean, how is that different from normalizing police brutality, extrajudicial killings, general public apathy?
Wait, bakit napasok ang general apathy o pagkawalang pakialam ng publiko?
Ah, katamaran, kabobohan, kawalang-hiyaan!
Tutal, marami namang tamang choices, kahit na ano.
Tutal, marami namang may alam, kahit na ano.
Tutal, wala namang isang tama, bahala na kayo riyan.
Pare-pareho lang ang mga politicong iyan.
Pare-pareho lang ang mga simbahang iyan.
Pare-pareho lang ang mga escuelahang iyan.
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May punto naman ang killers, may punto rin ang namatay.
May punto naman ang bobo, may punto naman ang magaling, so patas lang.
May punto ang award-winner, may punto ang walang ka-award–award, bahala sila riyan.
Sa mundong lahat may punto, wala nang tama at mali.
Sa mundong wala nang bobo, lahat na lang bobo. (Sorry, hindi ko talaga masabi na lahat na lang matalino; kahit pa sarcasm.)
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Wala kang karapatan manghusga! — Actually, meron. Lahat tayo mapanghusga. We pass judgments all the time. Pati aso, pumipili ng kakagatin. Judgment call.
Ang higit na qualification ko lang, na lamang sa nakararami, mas marami akong alam in terms of karanasan, pinagdaanan, at napag-alaman.
You can call me bobo all you want, pero hindi tatalab sa akin ‘yan kasi alam na ng lahat na matalino ako. Sa academic at sa school of life, genius po ako. Hindi po personal opinion iyan. That’s where records and awards come as important. (To be continued)/PN
