Cornbread (I made this in a bread machine; it’s not an official #Jollibee product ) #baking #cooking

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*on my last day of(period) and I can't help but crave to this delish foodies I haven't had for quite a while

(*cries in the corner for having cravings that can't sustain*) If by any chance a miracle would happen, I would defintely love to get myself this muchies ^^

Couldn’t help myself. Nuggets, spaghetti and fries for dinner.

still the best comfort food. #jollibee #makanapatoday

Jollibee. Amazing gravy, terrible restaurant, terrible toilets. #Jollibee

I can't tell if it was in reference to the donation/assistance effort or in general. Either way, the parent company of #Jollibee, "Jollibee Food Corporation", or "JFC Holdings" (for their global expansion), owns other Filipino fastfood chains like #Chowking

The #food brands of #Jollibee.

Filipino brands:
1. Jollibee.
2. #Greenwich. A pizza chain store in the Philippines.
3. Red Ribbon. A Philippine bakeshop chain.
4. #Chowking. Founded in the Philippines, with a few branches in other countries. (But not in China.)
5. #MangInasal. A very popular BBQ chicken chain in the Philippines. Highly popular with foreigners.

Foreign brands:
1. #BurgerKing Philippines. Philippine operations, a US brand.
2. Highlands Coffee. A coffee chain from #Vietnam, with stores in other countries.
3. #Smashburger. An American hamburger food chain.
4. #YongheKing. A noodle chain in mainland #China.
5. Hongzhuangyuan. China.
6. Tortas Frontera. A US-based Mexican food restaurant. (47% stake)
7. #PandaExpress Philippines. A joint venture with US-based Panda Restaurant Group. (50% stake)
8. #PHO24. A Vietnamese restaurant.
9. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. An American coffee chain.
10. #Yoshinoya Philippines. A joint venture with Yoshinoya (Japan). (50% stake)
11. Tim Ho Wan Asia-Pacific. A Michelin-star restaurant. (85% stake)
12. Milksha. Known as “Taiwan's ‘best milk tea’”. (51% stake)

Former brands:
1. Délifrance. Franchise agreement ended on 2011-12-31.
2. Dunkin' Donuts. Franchise agreement terminated for mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. (2022)
3. Mary's Chicken. A chicken restaurant chain which lasted for only a few years in the Philippines.

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@feditips Hence, we should #SpreadFediverse and constantly inform everyone that there is a world out there.

But how can we make people explore the fediverse when:

1. People falsely assume that #Mastodon is the #Fediverse / #ActivityPub. That's like saying #China is #Asia.

2. When something is lacking in Mastodon, people assume it is the Fediverse / ActivityPub that is lacking. That is like saying chicken is the worst food because you've tasted McDonald's chicken, when there #Jollibee's #ChickenJoy is tastier and juicier.

There are now even people who praise a non-fediverse network based on those false assumptions above. They have time to research a non-fediverse network, but doesn't have the time to do their due diligence about the Fediverse; all because they falsely assumed they've seen everything.

It's like moving to a new country, settling in a new home, exploring their new neighbourhood, and then assumed that village they're in is a representation of the entire country.

If we can make people see, and make people explore their own “city” and “country”, then maybe, just maybe, the distribution of people in the fediverse will start to balance between the different forks, projects, and instances. It won't happen overnight, but maybe we can plant the seeds.

All these talk about #BlueSky and complaints about #Mastodon this, #ActivityPub that, #Fediverse this, and #Decentralisation that, are mostly questionable(?) since many haven't seriously looked around the fediverse. It's like saying burgers are bad because you've tasted McDonald's yet there are better burgers from #Jollibee.

#AccountPortability (#NomadicIdentity)? Check out #Hubzilla and #Streams (the latter is in the #PublicDomain). #QuotePosts / #QuoteReplies? There is #Calckey, #Akkoma, Hubzilla, Streams, to mention a few. Oh! Many Mastodon forks have it as well. You want a #Twitter-like UI/UX? Use Akkoma or #Rebased. What else?

The problem stems from the fediverse ending up **unofficially** represented by a very limited-feature software and most are not willing to do their due diligence (one would think they'll check out the forks at least). Before championing about the new kid on the block, before claiming that the fediverse is this and that, look around first.

What you've known as the fediverse, so far, is only based on what happens to be the software with the least feature set. Mainline Mastodon will get better, but it is what it is currently, as far as comparison with similar fediverse projects.

No one is saying you are not allowed to complain, just look around first before you make claims about the fediverse.

Also, no one is saying #ATP shouldn't exist. By all means develop it! Innovation and improvements come from seeing ideas come to fruition instead of staying as theories. Having different branches of development is better than getting stuck in one particular way of doing things, or line of thinking. It's all good and I think anyone will agree it is much welcomed.

Here's a #challenge: Since you have time to research a non-fediverse network, why don't you explore what the fediverse really has to offer, with the same effort and enthusiasm? Mastodon is not the fediverse, so you can not judge the fediverse based on it. That's like saying China is Asia, and you judge Asians because of mainland China.

Take the challenge, then publish the results of your journey. Good evening, and Shalom!

Not. Soon. Enough.
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#Jollibee