Filipino social media is kinda bizarre lately. On the one aspect, you’ve gotten widespread people voicing out their hardships about work and life. Then on the opposite, you’ve gotten the privileged and money-having aspect having fun with life and effectively…utilizing their cash.
The idea of cash can be a bit too sensitive these days as effectively. It’s one factor to find the money for to reside paycheck to paycheck, one other to have a little bit extra additional to be snug, and one other to only have a great deal of it. Filipino social media has at all times made it some extent to name somebody out on the net area particularly if they’re being too insensitive.
Which, to be honest, is the correct factor to do. Some folks do exactly should be referred to as out on social media for his or her distasteful social media conduct. This factor we’re about to speak about is a type of occasions, and fairly well timed as effectively.
In a now-deleted TikTok video by TikTok character Emman Atienza, she and her buddies had been seen eating in a high-end Japanese restaurant. The start of the video was her asking her buddies how a lot their complete invoice could be, and the one which guessed closest to the worth will probably be paying the invoice.
The guesses ranged from P100K to P150K, which might undoubtedly sound outrageous for any regular, non-middle class citizen.
In the long run, a pal within the video ended up paying the invoice as a result of her guess was closest to the precise value, which was round P123K.
Individuals on the Web had been clearly enraged with this video and had heaps to say about it. They referred to as out Emman Atienza and her buddies for flagrant insensitivity and for laughing in regards to the whopping quantity they spent on a dinner.
Quickly, the “eat the wealthy” sentiment began flooding Philippine social media.
Others identified that if they’d that amount of cash, they may’ve spent it on their research, work, private endeavors, and many others.
if this does not radicalize you idk what is going to pic.twitter.com/JAcSpUcgYW
— militant (@alasiye7e) September 23, 2024
emman atienza and her group of buddies with the 120K plus dinner: pic.twitter.com/gtfpG5ZH6z
— migs🧸 (they/them) (@migseu_) September 24, 2024
as a lot as emman atienza tries to be relatable bro she simply…continues to be a burgis in a way that the schooling payment for one time period in a personal college within the ph is simply their non-public hibachi dinner lmao😭 like im reallyyy not sorry i discover her pretentious https://t.co/wUoHOZOreK
— isa (@gyurecords) September 23, 2024
emmanatienza you’ll by no means be the “relatable” tiktoker you body your self to be! https://t.co/RoI0Bc0ik5
— ✮ (@bakedjuns) September 24, 2024
I’m telling you there’s cash within the Philippines, it’s simply hoarded by silly fucks like this https://t.co/jHFZPJ4oUJ
— _ (@pdzndao) September 23, 2024
lastly emman atienza getting cooked https://t.co/gi2m00QEVE
— j. (@jaeholicss) September 24, 2024
emman atienza posting a 100k dinner so casually and labeling it as “satire” lmfaooo bitch how
— Yumi (@yumiventi) September 24, 2024
emman atienza attempting to be relatable on tiktok whereas dwelling like this 😭 sorry however like even when i had the cash why would u spend this a lot on ONE meal???? https://t.co/q1OmvXo5cG
— 👻 (@yoahsobi) September 24, 2024
Fuck Emman Atienza, I needed she gave Philippine protests the identical/equal power she gave to Professional-Palestinian protests. I am not saying she ought to drop her Professional-Palestinian beliefs, i am saying she ought to follow her beliefs to her dwelling nation as effectively.
— peggy sue (@UGetPegged) September 24, 2024
i like emman atienza however this made my jaw droppp https://t.co/q69RV1D9Ts
— gabbyyyy (´◡`) noticed txt final 10/8/22 (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡ (@sydyie) September 24, 2024
I dunno what to really feel abt that new vid of emman atienza w her buddies and their 130k dinner invoice hahaha uhm their cash so shoo ig?? however on this financial system? omg these form of content material leaves a foul style 🥲🥲
— ethel 🩵 fan account (@kayetsune) September 23, 2024
GEN QUES cos i do know that emman atienza stands up for palestine: does she additionally put within the effort to study in regards to the struggles of the filipino lots? https://t.co/UjIJ1bgdKj
— mary pau (@pauthe1st) September 23, 2024
guess the invoice https://t.co/GWaegOmT54 pic.twitter.com/VGBePFmnWC
— vico blanco (@vicotinamide) September 24, 2024
https://t.co/Sk4q9c3vz4 pic.twitter.com/IVHlGF9G5s
— aiah followers kwangya (@chasingmaloi) September 24, 2024
in the meantime neda out right here insisting filipinos can reside on 64 pesos a meal….. the disparity is definitely sickening https://t.co/4o6lSSHpJ9
— denise⁷ 🍉 (@bakbakjimin) September 24, 2024
P2200 for 9 coke zeroes? all i am studying is that wealthy people wish to flex getting scammed https://t.co/RhtFSrEtvH
— patis 𐃡 (@maengo69) September 24, 2024
the ncr minimal wage earner who works six days per week should toil for eight months straight to acquire what they spent in a single meal.
THE NCR MINIMUM WAGE EARNER WHO WORKS SIX DAYS A WEEK WILL HAVE TO TOIL FOR EIGHT MONTHS STRAIGHT TO OBTAIN WHAT THEY SPENT IN ONE MEAL https://t.co/r2ae9JJEHM
— ana 🔻 #TaumbayanSaSenado! (@ellianarei) September 24, 2024
what’s funnier is emman is meant to be this socially conscious moral relatable wealthy no matter girlie on tiktok however ig the wealthy will alwayss benefit from the privileges that comes w their riches lmao https://t.co/p9UIbeS70C
— lucy pearl 🔪 (@tanginaco) September 23, 2024
You simply know their households are instantly liable for Filipino struggling. https://t.co/k4w71VAHLV
— dwelling lifeless (@cthonic_) September 23, 2024
A day later, Emman Atienza addressed the video, the feedback she acquired, and an article instantly telling her to “examine your privilege” by a media outlet in a TikTok video.
She first opened the TikTok by saying that she discovered it “silly” that she needed to deal with the deleted video, however felt that she reached the purpose the place she needed to. She then went on to elucidate that the video was a joke as a result of she and her buddies had been laughing about it and that included an “outrageously excessive quantity” for a invoice, and stated that “apparently it was plausible that she may pay that a lot for a dinner.”
The dinner within the video was paid for by her pal’s company the place all of them obtained handled to. Emman went on to say that if she did have that amount of cash, it’s her option to do what she needs with the cash she earned.
Addressing the article and submit made by a media outlet, Emman expressed that she has been sincere in regards to the privileges she has, how open she was about being a “nepo child”, and that she has by no means been ignorant about all of the issues she’s been given.
She factors out one sentence within the submit (which has now been taken down) that talks about how only one p.c of individuals have that amount of cash of their pockets and the way these folks ought to be redistributing their wealth, and throws a query again to her critics saying, “Hypothetically when you received P1 million pesos, are you gonna instantly be giving all of you P1 million pesos to everybody round you?”
She solutions that query saying that folks could be paying their payments, get a pleasant dinner or good garments, after which give the remainder to charity.
Emman goes on to say that the irony of individuals telling her to examine her privilege are the identical ones that reward different celebrities for attending excessive luxurious model occasions. She says, “For those who’re gonna hate on me for being wealthy, you could do the identical for everybody else,” and “For those who really had a difficulty with the wealth disparity, when you really had a difficulty with impoverished folks, there are methods to assist that aren’t attacking a teenage lady.”
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Individuals nonetheless had some feedback after Emman Atienza made her assertion, but it surely’s good to notice that she did make some honest factors in what she stated.
One, it’s undoubtedly mistaken to select one lady out and throw them on the chopping block for having cash.
We get that what she did left a foul style in Filipinos’ minds, however actually although. Aren’t we simply redirecting our anger to the mistaken particular person and the mistaken company. If we’re mad in regards to the apparent class divide and the in poor health distribution of wealth, shouldn’t we be putting the blame on the federal government?
Two, at this level, aren’t we simply searching for one particular person in charge for the inequalities we expertise in life?
There are various elements to why we’re all experiencing hardships in numerous components of our life—some that we will’t even deal with rapidly due to how systematic all of it is. By rooting out only one particular person for “having it good”, do all of our issues disappear? What will we achieve from selecting a scapegoat?
Can we instantly clear up the issue of wealth disparity? Can we instantly turn into equal human beings? Does life instantly turn into all rainbows and sunshine?
Three, is the best evil right here the actions of teenage ladies with cash, or is it the system that enables the wealthy to turn into richer and the poor to turn into poorer?
Give it some thought. At this level, every part on social media will be taken aside bone by bone, and nonetheless, folks will discover one thing mistaken with it.
Cash is a sensitive topic, sure. Even we really feel delicate every time cash is concerned, however ought to a teenaged lady be demonized for one video she made with none regard to the nice she’s executed off-camera?
What are your ideas on this?
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