Are you a crab?

[Eve's Apple Project]

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^^ I dont think being competitive is being a crab. Probably those who compete with you and cannot accept it if you do better are the crabs around you, di ba?

being competitive will bring out the crab in all of us. we want to defeat our competition as much as possible. Kinsa may gusto nga mapildi dba?! as long as di lang ta manikas, di mang daot, fair game lang..ok ra kaayo. I always look up to the people who has done great things. I try to learn from them. di ko manamak og laing tao but if magcompete na aw, it's everybody's ball game na dayon (labi na sa work).

parehas anang magTindahan ta bai.. pagmakita na sa silingan nimo nga kusog imong tindahan, aw sunod dayon na silag tukod. ako, ok ra ko naay compitensya, sa molahotay lang..basta wa lay dautay...hehehe

crab mentality na na pagmagdinaotay na...labi na og musaka naka, himoan dayon kag mga bati nga storya..
kita ramay cgeg storya og crab mentality. ang uban nasod di man maghisgot ani..kita ray hilig ani..maong kita rasad ang nagdaot sa atong kaugalingon..

[eXpLoDe]

what you mean a crab mentality. i say most of the time because i always stay in my room.

[rubz_bix08]

nah im not a crab...im a normal human being....

[CocoCrunch]

Funny, but we don't hear those comments about pinoys in other countries. Didto, mga kugihan, bu.utan, kama.o mu.respetar ug respetado 'daw' sila. At least that's what I hear.

Pero diri sad, ang imo comments ang sagad madungog nata kabahin sa uban.

Ngano kaha sa?

coz when we are in their country we feel they dominate us and we feel who is weaker. We tend to act nice, kind and meek, defense mechanism ba, so they will not harm us and so they will not be challenged.
pinoys will adapt in that new environment so they tend to behave. whereas kung naa sa atong territory they will act stubborn etc.

[kit_cebu]

nah im not a crab...im a normal human being....

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[pinoy_09]

I'm a crab. I push people down and step on their egos.

[CocoCrunch]

I'm a crab. I push people down and step on their egos.

i can vouch this. :P hehe peace

i think crab pud ko usahay.haha

pero imagine kung walay crab mentality walay challenge and wala kay gana ipakita imong worth and capabilities.

[Soul Doctor]

There seems to be a consensus that one reason why our nation is not moving forward as quickly as it should is the so called 'Filipino Crab Mentality'.

Are you a crab?

actually its not a filipino crab mentality.
spanish crab mentality man ni namana lang nato.

manotice nimo,
kung kinsa tong mga naay spanish sounding family names
mao nay kasagaran naay crab mentality.

wala ana ang atong mga muslim brothers,
wala sad anan ang mga chinese,
wala sad anan ang mga pure pinoy.
naa man gani tay bayanihan culture sa karaang panahon.

its the way they were brought up.
kasagaran man gud mga spanish families,
very strict and very critical with their children
this results into a negative attitude like crab mentality.
they grow up insecure , so to compensate that they pull other people down.

[eezychair]

coz when we are in their country we feel they dominate us and we feel who is weaker. We tend to act nice, kind and meek, defense mechanism ba, so they will not harm us and so they will not be challenged.
pinoys will adapt in that new environment so they tend to behave. whereas kung naa sa atong territory they will act stubborn etc.

A lot of Filipinos are successful in other countries. More than they ever would have if they stayed here.

I would like to think of it this way: If you are a crab with crabs, you will find it difficult to go up as many will be pulling you down when you're getting there. BUT, if you are a crab, alone alone with those who are NOT crabs, then you could very well zoom up without difficulty. What do you think?

[Soul Doctor]

crab or no crab it all depends on your attitude.

if you are a reactive person, meaning you need to be stimulated to react then you do not want to be with crabs.

but, if you are a proactive person, then crabs doesnt matter to you.
because you will never be affected by outside stimulus.
you are your own master.

im a reactive person who is now shifting into a proactive person.
so crabs can still affect me but im aware about it now.

you just need to ignore these crabs.