Are Filipinos thin skinned?

[chittychitty]

Oh, yes we are. To a little bit over the top extent too.

It’s one of the general negative traits we have.

Filipinos are really sensitive, or pikon, as what we call it here. They can barely handle criticisms, much more if you say it directly to their face. Some may even take it personally.

This over-sensitivity trait of ours is also interrelated with the smart-shaming mentality and anti-intellectualism we have. Imagine the effort of someone educating his fellow countrymen for the common good only to be responded with “O, ikaw na matalino,” or “Ba’t hindi ka na lang naging presidente,” or “Pilosopo,” instead of actually accepting and learning from it.

(Translations by the words into English respectively: “Fine, you’re the smart one.” “Why won’t you become the president then?” Lit: “Philosopher.” The last one is usually said with sarcasm and is a term that carries a negative connotation to it.)

And it’s even worse if you insult our culture or country. Pinoys hold a lot of pride in our nation, people and culture. See all those “Proud to be Pinoy” spam comments under articles about international sports, talent shows, academics, etc. whenever a fellow countryman achieved something big? Even though they have actually nothing to do with the said person’s achievement. (Exceptions are when you have actually supported that person during their test.)

On social media, you can hardly see Filipinos arguing about a particular topic in a civil manner, since a large number of us are keyboard warriors, trolls, and gamers. (And I’ll tell you, Filipino gamers don’t have quite a pleasant reputation in the internet.)

For example, if someone points out one particular wrong thing with anything regarding Filipino culture, society, mentality, etc., well… good luck to him/her surviving the day of being bombarded with angry/troll comments.

Of course, this doesn’t apply to every single Filipinos. You’re lucky enough if you’d meet someone who can be very open for your opinions and intellectual discussions.

https://www.quora.com/Are-Filipinos-thin-skinned-1

 

[spotter542]

Pinoys good for waiting on tables , Pinay good for sucking dicks

 

[Hypocrite-The]

I thought it was the opposite. They are thick skinned. Whole family will turn up n ask for money if a kano or foreigner marry their family.

 

[A Singaporean]

Stupid they may be but they are still better than m&ds because they like bacon

 

[syed putra]

How many sinkies are world champion like this dude here? And he became one without costing philippine gshmen a cent.

 

[realDonaldTrump]

I hate dealing with rich Filipinos, because they are more dishonest that Indians.
I hate dealing with Filipinos PMETS because they are slackos like SAF regulars and side their own people.

I am fine with befriending less-accomplished Filipinos because many of them have been abused or unfairly treated in their society, so they are more sincere.

Therefore the ecology is very toxic, like PRC chinese, once Filipinos move up the social ladder, they are less kind.

 

[blackmondy]

Roaches and Tiongs have a lot in common. They love basking in the glory of others even though they hardly benefit from it, aka National Pride.
And most importantly, they cannot pronounce "fact" and "coke" properly.

 

[Leongsam]

Thin skinned or thick it does not alter the fact that the majority are idiots.