Didnt expect this clip will blew off till now. Hello there my fellow swagpinos who can relate! And thank you to the people who corrected some parts of the subtitles. I kinda have a bad hearing so some of my clips might have a misheard subtitles. I'll try to be better on my hearing (or at least until the time i can pay for a proofreader) so bear with me qwq
"Somehow Filipinos notice other Filipinos... isn't that weird?" - Mysta Exactly what happened with this clip lmao... swagapinos are too strong man. Keep up the good work!
You know how Spidermen can sense other spiderpeople like how Miles and Peter did in the spider-verse movie? Yeah, it's pretty much like that. So yes, it's the Filipino-sense.
It's like a sixth sense... in HS there was this guy and I was like, "Oh, I bet he's Filipino" and then when he introduced himself in class he had a Thai name and I was like, "Oh, I guess I was wrong". Then later on, he was talking to me, he mentioned that his mother was Filipino. So yeah, it's a thing lol. We can just tell each other apart most of the time.
I can usually tell if someone's Filipino or not, if they're not they're usually Indonesian or Malaysian but mainly they're Mexican lol. Filipinos and Mexican had Huge trades back in the Colonial period and some Mexicans and some Filipinos started settling in.
"Packs of 25 people when traveling" TRUE- GRANDPARENTS, AUNTIES AND UNCLES, PARENTS, FRIENDS, THERE KIDS, YOUR COUSINS AND SIBLINGS (not if ur only child) AND LASTLY YOU.
Its called the own race effect, people of the usual kind tend to familiarize fellow kin , its something I studied from psychology( Im on my last yr of college) this can be applied for any race ofcourse and ethnicity depending on the circumstances
@@ClubQRoundDeux That's a funny thing, FILIPINOs are mixed people to begin with, they really don't have original bloodline if you trace it back to lapu-lapu's time or before that, most people migrate are from Malaysia and Indonesia. Just a little history to talk about but yeah again, Filipinos are multiracial people. And Filipinos tend to have like spider-sense (I called it that way cuz why not) that we can tell if you're a Filipino, even Half-Filipino. edit: Nvm, some comments already called it Filipino-sense, that's really hilarious
Idk. As a Filipino, who lived and traveled to various countries in SEA, you can just _tell_ if someone is Filipino. Usually it's the attitude. Majority of Filipino's don't have the collectivist attitude of most of Asians. Although we look similar to other SEA folks, I can easily tell.
Well, we don't have the collectivist attitude, but the hospitality of a lot of filipinos is almost collectivist in a way.. almost as if to compensate for our lack of collectivism
I’ve noticed the same! I’m half Japanese and half Filipino and Japanese people can never tell that I’m Japanese, but Filipinos always know I’m Filipino. I’m not even Filipino passing either, so I don’t even know how they Know. They just DO.
As a filipino seafarer, I can confirm this is true. Every sea port, air port, or even malls, there's always a "kababayan" there and we can easily tell just by visual inspection and they can do the same to us.
PLSSS NOOO SO TRUEEEE 😭OUT OF TOPIC BUT I SUDDENLY REMEMBERED THAT ONE TIME MY RICH AUNTIE FROM AMERICA ASKED US TO MOVE THEIR AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD PAY FIR THE FLIGHT LIKE 1 TIME AND I ALMOST CHOCKED
I'm Vietnamese but I get asked if I'm Filipino a lot lol but there's a huge Filipino community where I'm from so I think going up to any Southeast Asian and asking if they're Filipino you have a high chance of being correct lmao
I swear if it's their endless picture-taking, karaoke, nurses, packing tons of rice during travel (thank you hearted comment) or not knowing stranger danger... Philipinos bring an army with them during their nomadic adventures, can confirm
It's an ability Filipinos developed when travelling. If a Filipino is ever lost, but they recognize another Filipino, they can ask for directions and local information Trust me, I've seen it happen.
THIS HAPPENED TO ME IN JAPAN🤣 we just landed in Osaka, my friends and I couldn’t make it to the last bus so we stayed overnight in the airport. We went to eat at the McDonald’s inside the airport and there was this cleaner among the staff who kept looking at us. And then when we were going back to our seats, we couldn’t carry everything we ordered then this lady came over and went “ako na po, mga anak” (let me do it, kids). We were so shocked-and what’s even more funny is that she’s from the same province as us🤣 and we started talking in our native dialect and it made the airport stay a bit more fun while waiting for the first bus in the morning until her shift ended.
There was this dude on tiktok that sang really well and i suddenly just thought "this dudes filipino right?" even thought there was 0 indication that he was, but then i scrolled a few more times and yeah, the dude was 100% filipino
It's like a hunting instinct, but we hunt our own kin. It's like us Filipinos get like a command from our brain (a hypothesis, to be exact) and then just say "Are you a Filipino?" and that happens every time we sense someone who has the blood of a Filipino XD
I definitely relate to the "gathering in packs", especially if it's like a vacation to somewhere far. Sometimes people even travel with their neighbors here (if theyre close enough)
As a person who has a shit ton of uncles, aunties, cousins, and nieces. You bet your ass we go in a pack. Also birthdays, and weddings are going to be your nightmare if your Filipino.
I mean majority of Filipino homes especially in the provinces are consist of you, your siblings if you have one, your parents, your auntie and uncle, your cousins and your grandparents living in the same roof.
Something about the facial features. Though Filipinos tend to share these some of these facial features with other SEA ethnicities, so for Filipinos who had met other SEA people or has been in other SEA countries, they're more likely to second-guess and rely on other markers like name, language, and accent. edit: speaking from experience
This is definitely true. Every time we have a vacation, my mother will just tell us "pack your things, we'll going out tomorrow" then when I thought its only us, then my aunts and uncles will suddenly come out together with my cousins ofcourse with my grandparents too. The funny thing is, everytime we go to a certain location where we would spend our vacation, other people too has their own relatives and parties going on.
I live in Washington and this almost always happens during clamming season, we just go by ourselves and then my great uncle happens to be in the area digging for clams, also a lot of filipinos show up on the beach during smelt breeding season. You can also find a lot of filipinos at the docks during squidding season as well.
Sounds like my brother tbh... The documentary would go like... "This homosapien spends most of his time hiding in it's den and occasionally would emerge from it's domain to find sustenance. Sustenance that would last him until the next season of Kabineri. But before completely emerging from his safe domain, he first scans the perimeter if there are any other homosapien named the "younger siblings" . Though they would not deter him from finding sustenance, they would mostlikely inconvenience him. This is my observation after carefully examining the specimen called "older sibling".
And then your mother comes in and greets you to your non blood related nephew that you only met once when you were a baby so you have no recollection who is very much older than you and his three children. I honestly start questioning after every time I say "Ate" if they're somehow related to me or just a formal gesture.
It's amazing that the Filipino heritage sensing ability isn't only limited to people. To clarify, there was once this Windows generated wallpaper and just like that, I thought, "Hey, isn't that from our country?". It felt too homely and familiar. It also felt too good to be true, so I opted another answer, which was somewhere in South America or anywhere else other than the Philippines. Heh, it seems like exceptionally good things can and do come true!
In case anyone was wondering what the subtitles for these parts were: 0:07 was: “I used to help (out)” and at 1:12 he says “I first saw the one person” Thanks for the clip btw!!
We have ways. The accent. The apologies where it wasn't warranted. Our being too caring. The Spanish names. That's how we know. I've worked in a call center to know a Filipino by their name and voice.
You know, there's only one nation that has East Asian Faces, Spanish last names, some borrowed words from Malaysia and Indonesia, a certain accent and height and probably a hardcore Roman Catholic.
maybe the pack thing is an anti-discrimination mechanism since they're in a foreign country. another would in fact be a sixth sense that pinoys have. mysta needs to talk to millie about pinoy culture since she prolly knows a lot.
Naaahh, Filibros been immune to discrimination stemming from the Spanish Inquisition. It's more of a "when you are doing good in life, don't forget about us" type of thing
Filipinos are very family-oriented, meaning they're super close-knit. Why do you think most families try their best in preparing hella lots of food during family reunions, noche buenas, and media noches- making sure that they have set up a long table that stretches far and wide, while bringing out the beautiful "unused" plates that they only bring out when there's a visitor? They're sure to have invited their parents, grandparents, siblings, relatives, and the whole damn family tree at this point. If Filipinos can have a one huge pack gathering during reunions, Christmas, and New Year's to celebrate, what's stopping them from also traveling in a pack going abroad or vacation? :)
@@oujimandias6485 this made me bust a lung i love this ahahahahahaha this is so sometimes 'toxic' but it's the fun that we need to look forward to no selfishness upfront allowed 😂😂
It's because we have Austronesian roots. Austronesians sailed to many islands along with families in a large boat called a balangay. Even back then Filipinos are just the way they are xD
"travel in packs" TRUE I can confirm this lmao Whenever it's the fiesta or we just wanna visit our relatives we go or travel there about 11-15 people lmao- even tho the car is full we tend to call for our other relatives like "ey you wanna come?" And we ended up like sardines in the car
i was playing this game i love and i went multiplayer to play with other players. i was lucky enough to meet this nice person, i was actually so bored so i played them a song using the game's instrument gadget. they loved it but soon after they asked me if i am filipino. yes i was shocked cuz i didn't even say anything (in tagalog) i asked them how did they know and they simply replied with " oh you just sound filipino from the way you were typing " i guess they guessed it from my caps locked " HAHAHA " cuz they were making jokes and some sort. filipinos type like excited people, well the i guess if you meet a stranger typing in caps HAHAHA it's a filipino! 😂 (yes, the player i met is also filipino xd)
Yes, packs of 25 :) THEY include: Parents, aunties, uncles, cousins, granparents, great grandparents, yayas, friends of your father (uncles), niece, nephews, siblings, your god mother/s, children of your parent's friends and more 😃
As a Filipino, I'd be spending Christmas with the whole family on my mom's side. I have 9 cousins, 2 aunts, a grandma and there's 2 sisters plus my mom. We travel in hoards everytime.
Yeah when i found out mysta was a filipino, Its so recognizable as a filipino like everytime he sing a fil commercial, the HAHA and the vibes of his. Like instinctively “oh, hes indeed filipino but bri’ish”. If I ever go abroad like how they notice mysta is a filipino, I will probably can tell too.
It's quite easy for me, really and I think the same thing goes for others. It's like when we look at a person and then subconsciously we're like: *"Oh, He's/She's Filipino"* It's a subconscious thing. I can't really explain it but we're like *"We'll know one when we see one"* type of people.
Reminds me of the time I was in Hong Kong and we were in part of the city that has many tourists so various people were there. And while waiting at the stoplight my mom saw a lady and she was like “she’s a filipino” and I was like how do you know, she is alone and isnt even talking for you to hear her say anything and we also pass by a lot of people like??? Mom has the sixth sense and decided to approach the lady. True enough she’s a Filipino and has been working in Hong Kong
there's also the fact that you somehow have 30+ cousins, and your mum remembers all of them while you're just there while she talks going all 'oh yeah (insert random cousin's name)'s coming to visit' and all you can say is 'oh haha cool' while simultaneously thinking who tf is that
I cant disagree with that tho there was this time when me and my family went for a trip to hongkong even with map we still got lost ehe We also cannot rely on citizens of that place because sometimes noone understand english my mom took a break and observed the surroundings even i noticed that there was a filipino who walked by so we asked her for directions she even guided us how to use a subway very nice trip
I can confirm that this is a Filipino thing bc I'm Filipino and I can relate lmao. Everytime me and my family go somewhere my dad is always like 'They look Filipino' or 'Maybe they are Filipino' like ???? I mean yeah I can agree but how??? also back in Philippines my dad has a lot of siblings and every time we go somewhere he brings them with us and I thought that was just an us thing tbh-
we can smell it.. we can smell the blood. XD hahahaha i wonder what other Filipino traditions and culture still shocks Mysta??? would love to have some story time for this
It helps that most Filipinos go abroad to work. You can practically meet a Filipino anywhere you go and you'll notice some facial features or body expressions that give away their identity.
It is true that Filipino families travel in packs especially when we're going to picnics. And then we gonna search for our territory and mark it as our own so other packs wouldn't get near us.
Yes yes, it is a filipino thing or atleast for me and my family. I have a family of 12 but theres always my cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents travelling with us, what can we say? The more we spend time together the more we bond together 😊
That happened to me too. I think it was Hong Kong when we checked out this carnival fair looking place and the guy just seemed familiar to me (I obviously didnt know him). He explained the rules of the game and for some reason I translated it to my mom then that was probably the cue for the guy to speak Filipino. That was a great time -w-
Omg fr 😂 me and my family don't go on trips that much but my friend who goes out a lot went to hongkong and they were 14 of them overall the staffs would be shook whenever they'll check in a restaurant XD
The Filipino-sense do be tingling xD IDK how... The actions? Voice? Face? You just know xD His story reminded me of our family vacation... Just a LOTTA relatives and friend's family is all haha
lmfao this is insane bc when i first got into luxiem , i got this vibe about mysta???? and i'm just like '????? you can't even see see him' but oh my god i didn't know he actually was one (i wasn't in this stream). this blew my mind. also yes. filipinos do that a lot. i was out with my mom and then our other family members (immediate and extended) came out of nowhere and i was so surprised bc like. dude. what the hell lmao
my family have this tradition called round______(followed by the province' name) where my whole family, like including distant cousins travel a whole province in groups of 1 or two bus once a year
actually only few foreigners know this but we have a passive skill called "detect kin" tht allows us to passively detect and identify if a person is a fellow country man(woman) or not lol
Traditional Filipino families tend ti stick together in one place or general area. This makes communication between different branches of family easier. This also makes planning family inclusive, because everyone lives close to each other. As for how Filipinos can recognize other Filipinos (even if they're half), a part of me thinks it's partly because of our historical background. Filipinos tend to have tight-knit communities. This makes familiarity second nature. And then later on, we faced extensive discrimination from the Castile (Spanish) for 333 years. We were segregated from the "high borns" and made it known that we're lower than them and we're never gonna be like them. I'm not surprised if this strengthened our ability to recognize other Filipinos because at the time, we were our only allies and we had to preserve that allyship. Funny enough, a lot of Spanish nobles couldn't keep their dicks in check and started marrying Filipino women. At first, it was because of family agreements (Filipinos used to have something similar to Monarchy). But as time goes on, it became commonplace for a Spanish man to marry off a Filipino woman.
Packs of 25 people yes, i can confirm. Sometimes (mostly) my tita, tito, manong, manang, lolo, lola from far away would come for a gathering and hell we can barely fit in the vehicles we reserved.
Yep usually when a person wants to have a extravagant vacation they choose to have a vacation abroad and they would being their relatives or all of their friends so I'm not surprised when the other 25 came out of nowhere.
i guess... well if it's other country they will most likely befriend each other quickly and go out in groups as long as possible... not sure about the 25 though maybe it was indeed family or a class or a workmates but if it's filipinos they'll stick to each other and slowly grows everytime they meet a new filipino...
As a filipino, ( half Canadian) stuff like having a FUCK TON of food for a gathering or party, (to the point where we have leftovers that last like 2 weeks), insane amount of karaoke, most asian ppl ending up either a Doctor or Nurse and the funny but the most unnecessary loud talk almost 90% of every conversation, I can confirm this is true. also asian parental punishments are like death sentences to me lol
