For the first time in my life, I voted! May 9 was a monumental day for me. It’s the first time I gave over zero fucks for this goddamned country. For a while I had hope for the Philippines. That while being less than 24 hours. Cos not even two hours after the voting period closed my heart began to sink. With every passing hour I tried to make sense of things. How is this possible? Has anyone applied Benford’s law to the election results? The answer is yes and the data trend checks out. Read: PH 2022 election results analysis using Newcomb-Benford’s Law
So eventually the feeling of defeat turned into acceptance. Whatever fucks I invested during the day dwindled back to zero. Apathy. Then to a negative. Hatred. I was never proud to be a Filipino. This time I’m ashamed.
Now I’m back to usual. Lazy. Unmotivated. Didn’t take a day to lose all the hope I had. Maybe because there was never much to begin with. Oh well. Tomorrow is another day.