00:00 Yes, yes, we're set for 3pm?
00:04 Okay, okay.
00:05 Anyway, I'll call you back because I have incoming.
00:08 Alright, okay, thank you, thank you.
00:11 I'm a reporter.
00:13 Of course we have no time, I'm always on the phone.
00:16 Of course, you've heard this trend on TikTok.
00:19 I'm a post center agent.
00:21 Of course I always have a book in my pocket.
00:24 I don't have a bus.
00:27 We are public school teachers, of course.
00:30 We never get angry with our students.
00:32 Hey, you're going to get in trouble!
00:34 And if the netizens talk to her, of course,
00:38 she'll be heard on the street.
00:41 I'm a chef.
00:42 Of course, I can cook everything.
00:44 Even the difficult pronouns,
00:46 like bolo, bolognese,
00:49 oh, just spaghetti.
00:51 I'm a waitress.
00:52 Of course, I'm used to waiting.
00:55 Even if he doesn't come.
00:57 I'm a restaurant owner.
00:59 Of course, I just order.
01:01 Sir, you can leave now.
01:03 Oh, I'm still leaving.
01:05 I'm a gamer and of course, I'm always skinny.
01:09 I'm a researcher.
01:10 Of course, our findings are disregarded by some people.
01:14 According to sociologist Ash Presto,
01:16 this trend is that you introduce yourself
01:18 and tell something about your life,
01:21 profession, or anything that has to do with you.
01:24 The real content of this trend
01:26 is in your hair or your punchline.
01:28 After introducing yourself,
01:29 it can be funny,
01:31 funny, and even a comment to the society.
01:33 It's funny.
01:34 On the one hand,
01:35 a good way of highlighting
01:37 existing inequalities
01:39 in a very indirect and very non-aggressive manner,
01:42 which is of course very Filipino.
01:44 But the downside to that,
01:45 on the other hand also,
01:47 it crystallizes different stereotypes.
01:50 It also, of course, normalizes existing power dynamics.
01:53 It's not clear how this trend will transform
01:56 in the coming days or weeks,
01:58 but if there's smoke, there's fire.
02:00 Of course, there can be a conversation.
02:03 I think it's really still very important
02:04 that the day after you present the video,
02:07 there's a question or a sense-making
02:10 in your video.
02:11 For GMA Integrated News,
02:12 I'm Dano Tincungco.
02:14 Of course, I'm on the air 24/7.
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