(Interaksyon) A meme featuring Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio and fictional superhero “The Flash” gained buzz on Reddit Philippines for encapsulating Filipino pedestrians’ reality in the metro.
A Reddit user on Monday shared the meme showing a carefree Leonardo with the text: “How pedestrians cross the street.”
It was collated with a picture of the running superhero with the text: “How Filipino drivers expect pedestrians to cross the street.”
The post has been upvoted at 98%.
The post also earned dozens of comments, among which were from Filipinos who claim to have a different experience abroad.
“Stayed abroad for more than a decade. Sanay ako na pedestrians ang may right way sa ped xing. Naloka ako dito, display lang siya hahaha, as in, walang tumitigil para patawirin ka hahaha. Kaya whenever I take public transpo dito, jusko, feeling ko ‘yung isang paa ko nasa hukay,” a Redditor claimed with an emoji.
“When I first came to Canada, I still had this mentality to rush through the pedestrian lane because the drivers would get mad at me for being slow, then upon learning that cars here would have to wait until the pedestrian crosses the street, no matter how long it would take reasonably, it hit me as a culture shock,” claimed another Redditor.
Others, meanwhile, shared their own experiences as commuters in the country… Read More