Just a friendly advice
By Alex Socorro
@Alexandoy (65308)
Cainta, Philippines
February 3, 2020 4:45pm CST
One conversation in a forum:
A – Do you know that Papa catsup was owned by my father’s uncle? Papa is my father’s middle name.
B – I don’t think so. It is a Filipina who invented banana catsup and…..
A – Did I say my great uncle invented the banana catsup?
B – Nope but it’s not neither owned by your great uncle. Papa is a nomenclature to boost sales.
It was obvious that A was citing his family history while B was just getting information from Google. Just a friendly advice – never assume that what you get in your internet search is accurate. Just a friendly advice.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
It is silly to argue using information from the internet search that you don't know if it is true or accurate.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
3 Feb 20
@Alexandoy , We always have to be careful what we chose to believe.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Feb 20
@marlina I agree with you because we have the freedom to choose and sometimes we are reckless in believing something that may not be true.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
Yes, that is the point here. Using the searched information for argument is not good unless you are sure of what you are talking about.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
4 Feb 20
In this time of prevalent fake news, it is best to be careful with the information that we get online.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
4 Feb 20
@Alexandoy 
We have daily encounters with fake news. Our country has a lot of troll farms that shamelessly pass off fake news as the truth.
We have daily encounters with fake news. Our country has a lot of troll farms that shamelessly pass off fake news as the truth.1 person likes this
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Feb 20
@allen0187 fake news is always circulating in social media. I am removing friends there who share such posts and I block them in messenger when the send me fake news and false info.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Feb 20
That is my point. Thank you for the positive opinion.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Feb 20
More likely the 25% is broken down between invented information and inaccurate information. In the example above, B was quoting from the internet search not knowing that it lacked information. That made him look stupid to me.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Feb 20
I like banana catsup more than tomato catsup.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
6 Feb 20
@porwest you are right. The banana is good with fried chicken while tomato is good with egg.
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@porwest (92463)
• United States
6 Feb 20
@Alexandoy Seems like you cannot even compare the two. Totally different flavors.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Feb 20
Some are false and some are not accurate so it is better to be discerning.
@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
3 Feb 20
Papa is my father and he loves catsup... I call him Papa Catsup... So, we are related... Ha ha...
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Feb 20
That is nice to hear that we are somehow related by name, waheehee.
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