This is a fucking lie

[Acion]

Archaeologists discovered a technologically advanced society across the Philippine islands 35,000 years ago

Ancient seafarers used ocean navigation to reach the Philippine islands over 35,000 years ago, shaping early maritime Southeast Asian culture.

www.earth.com

 

[Orientalist]

Related: https://www.quora.com/profile/Chihi...rers-the-most-successful-hunter-gatherer-race

 

[AlexBrown84]

I’m a hikiko

 

[Rance]

> be ancient Filipino
> 35,000 BC
> already poor
> ocean? free
> fish? free
> boats? just big sticks tied together
> already running a tight budget

> accidentally invent maritime travel just to ask the tribe next door if they have rice
> they don’t
> only have more fish

> word spreads
> across islands
> whispers of golden fried chicken and sweet red noodles
> call it… Jollibee
> nobody knows where it is
> but every Filipino somehow convinced their lolo has been there

> cross deadly seas in banana leaf raft with five other 4'10" broke ass titos
> arrive on new island
> no Jollibee
> just another beach with the same plastic bag filled with more plastic bags
> find cousin
> he’s already there
> every island
> cousin’s already there

> fast forward 35,000 years
> still poor
> still chasing Jollibee