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the confidence and courage i have now definitely weren't traits i started out with

[𝙷𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚖𝚊𝚗 @shagbark_hick]

A lot of people love to pile on Bourdain, and I don't get it.

He was a talented writer, a successful chef, and found himself with a series of incredible opportunities in the media industry (and he took them, as anyone else would).

His wife treated him like a dog, cheated on him, and he went nuts and offed himself -- a story one can find in all strata of society. Rich and poor, liberal and conservative, working class and white collar, this is a thing that happens to all sorts of people and it's tragic in every case.

I think Bourdain's haters want there to have been some kind of "catch" or "gotchya" to his lifestyle. The man lived an illustrious life in a manner that would've been readily legible to history's Great Men. He had the 'je na sais quois' of old-world explorers, he was a Manhattan guy, a dynamic man literally getting paid to travel the world.

This is obviously jealousy-inducing, and the goblin-tier slouches of the world love to see an interesting man falter, suffer, and meet his demise -- as a kind of punishment for living well. They crave the punishment of the interesting man because it validates the mediocrity of their own lives.

And so Bourdain's suicide was kind of a Colosseum event for a lot of the world's saddest, most pedestrian men. A lurid way to watch the guy they were jealous of get his 'comeuppance'. Very telling to see people pile on Bourdain IMO.

[roro, PhD @fuglibetty]

I think everybody should write substack personal essays. I think everybody should be self-indulgent and self-flagellating and narcissistically milking the most mundane minutiae of their lives. Because what else do you have but stories… And maybe it brings us closer

[n @angpanikki]

@YuhuaOfficial Love you mama Yu! ❤️

[n @angpanikki]

@sparklesugglets ✍️

[perly @reddishperl]

Janella Salvador winning in Cinemalaya
Maris Racal winning multiple awards for Sunshine
and now Brigiding getting the Slaysian Crown

TANGINA ANSABEEEEEEEE

[n @angpanikki]

ang tunay na kalaban sa season na ito ay ang EDITING!!!!!!! TANGINANG YAN!!!

[aps 🍊 @waenyeol1988]

RIGHT????? Kung funniest at most unhinged, sa S2 ko talaga iaaward. Lalo na Arizona + Katkat + M1ss Jade + Hana + Diday + OV? RIOT MALALA.

LABAS S2 ENJOYERS 🗣️🗣️🗣️

#TeamArizonaBrandy #DragRacePH

[n @angpanikki]

Hello DRPH pwedeng season 4 nauna tapos mag All Stars na? Pwede ganun? SALAMAT!

[n @angpanikki]

MAMA YU!!!!

[maika @maikatiu]

YUHUA AND ALL HER BADGES 😭😭😭

[n @angpanikki]

me na umiinom ng ozonated water na hindi pa totally nadisippate yung ozone

[n @angpanikki]

ako na papasok sa filler na malala yung amoy ng ozone:

[e l l a 🇨🇦 @blondehotcoffee]

every job is either 8 hours of getting exposed to cancer causing chemicals or 8 hours of staring at a microsoft excel sheet

[Mr. Obiri @okokotako]

All jokes aside, I think one of the best things that can happen to you as a young person is figuring out what you truly want to do with your life early on and being in an environment that doesn’t hinder it from happening

[n @angpanikki]

iconique 😭😭😭

[Pau @aboutkahel]

VG on BG EXCITING!

#ViceGanda | Vice Ganda

[n @angpanikki]

THIS FUCKING WIGGGGHG SOBRANG GANDAAAA

[christine 💫🩵 @supergirltin]

Nag Dyosa sila!!! Huhuhuhu happy birthday to me… este, Happy birthday Minty!!!! 🥹💖✨

@minortiz

[n @angpanikki]

honorable mentions:

One More Chance (i love you john lloyd!)
Four sisters and a wedding (i love you enchong!)

[n @angpanikki]

10 films to get to know me

1. That Thing Called Tadhana
2. Lady Bird
3. Little Women
4. Ekstra
5. My Amnesia Girl
6. Ang Babae sa Septic Tank
7. The Truman Show
8. Up
9. Ulan
10. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

(nakikisali lang! 🙂)

[Ms. Eva @eva_lequeen]

#Team dun ako sa pinaka okay magbigay ng discount kay Ms. Eva pag nanalo na siya 💯

[J.E. @Pigeon_X_]

Can’t stomach how people keep downplaying Brigiding’s run this season. Bland? That kiss on stage? The golden balut gag? The runways? Just because she’s not baklang kanal doesn’t mean her drag is bland. She's the most refined sa season na 'to!