We love a good Filipino success story, even more so when people get behind deserving modern-day heroes, like Hidilyn Diaz. You can't fault a nation for celebrating a woman who managed to achieve what no Filipino has ever done before: win a shiny, gold Olympic medal. While there were plenty of brands that showed Diaz some much deserved (and sincere) love, there were also those that jumped on the bandwagon because #sales and #votes.
We're not dropping names, but you know who you are. We're looking at you Madam Mayor, whose face was bigger than Hidilyn's in the now-deleted congrats collateral.
And Orocan being Orocan decided to wake up this morning and choose violence with a killer post that's just spitting facts. Take a look at this glorious serve.
Facts only. Naturally, the post went viral and got social media talking about Hidilyn, the bandwagon, false praise, and most importantly, giving the social media managers over at Orocan a much-needed raise.
Here's what else social media had to say:
But in all seriousness though, did they lie?
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