diamonds are forever

i just realized that rude people (henceforth known as "assholes") still live and exist in this world. don't blame me; i live around love, peace, and kindness.

case in point: i was having a game of dota and i had the rudest teammate ever. before the game even started, i knew he was going to be an asshole once i lagged (it's sporadical, but i knew it was going to happen.) and true enough, he did. i won't go too much into detail, for the convenience of those who don't play the game, but all you need to know is that this guy is a complete and total asshole. instead of being supportive like a good teammate, he put his teammates down. i'm blocking him the next time i get on gg-client.

what's more, this guy doesn't come from anywhere else but my very beloved philippines. knowing the people back at home, i wasn't too surprised. if you sport a screen name directly from, or if not, influenced by anime, and you are a complete bastard/bitch to those around you, you're more than likely to be the poster child for kajologan.

and we all know the sad truth: maraming jologs sa pilipinas.

maybe it's because they come from a gritty lifestyle. i don't know. but in all my limited wisdom, i know that being nice, maybe at least in the outside, goes a long way.

here in the U.S., it's such a big difference. everyone is actually nice; it's rare to find someone rude and mean. i should know, i haven't encountered one yet. every store clerk and salesperson is going to greet you, ask you how you're doing, ask how the family's doing, etc. it's like what the geico gecko said: "we make them feel important." the greetings you get when you enter a fastfood here is completely different from the greetings you get when you enter a fastfood back at home; at home, it seems like something out of routine, while here, it feels like actual interaction. now, that's being nice.

if someone would like to beg to differ with that, i'd like you to know that i don't go out much, so please go and beg to differ. :)

sadly, i can't change the fact that rude assholes exist in this world, so i thank the Lord for creating whoever invented the "ignore" feature.