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A lot of people were affected by the post written by content creator Donnalyn Bartolome, but for celebrity host and mom Joyce Pring, people should take what they read, hear or see, especially from social media, with a grain of salt.

In the December 11 podcast of Adulting with Joyce Pring, she and her husband, Juancho Trivino, talked about the viral post made by Donnalyn. At the start of the episode, she reminded listeners that they were not doing the episode to chastise or to criticize, but because they want to talk about the “cultural temperature” of the world and the country.

“I think there are some nuances in the statement she said, but I feel like the reason I want to talk about it is that it is a good conversation piece on the social-cultural temperature of the world and specifically, the Philippines,” she said.

In the first week of January, Donnalyn made a Facebook post saying that people should not be sad that they need to go back to work after the holidays and should instead be thankful that they have the means to provide for their family.

However, the statement garnered negative feedback, stating that the content creator is “privileged” and is not experiencing the hardships of working and commuting for most people. Donnalyn, however, has already apologized for the “wrong choice of words” she used in her post.

For Joyce and Juancho, meanwhile, people should take everything they read, hear, see, and consume “with a grain of salt,” or view them with skepticism and not interpret them literally.

“Reading it with context, reading it with consideration, understanding it from a place of empathy and wisdom. Because if you take it just as it is, then yes, it's gonna irk you,” Joyce said.

She added, however, that getting irked or not agreeing to something someone else stated does not mean that the one who said it has ill intentions, insensitive “or was trying to be toxicly positive.”

“I think she had good intentions. I just feel like it could have been phrased better.”

Juancho then questioned if the culture of negating what someone else said just because it is not what the majority agrees to is how people should raise the next generation.

“Nagkakaroon kasi ng anxiety yung mga tao that really mean well. What if there are people that change people's lives through these?” he said.

He added, “I think that's something that I don't want to teach our family. I want to teach our children accountability and standing up for the things that they value. Yung ganitong klasing culture or trait that we've been getting used to nowadays, it isn't good.”

The actor also said that the conversation from what Donnalyn said may “spark” conversation within oneself to question if they are happy with their current situation.

“Baka may ibang choice. Granted may mga tao na hirap talaga with current choices with different situations. Probably, this is a time that we can also look at things in retrospect,” he said.

He added, “What are the things that will make me happy and also benefit my family?”

Juancho, however, clarified that talking about what would make someone happy is not toxic and instead, it might open up changes for the better when people talk to others to help them to be happier and more grateful.

For Joyce though, this may start a conversation on how to make the world a better place to live in wherein “hindi lang certain groups of people yung merong chance to be happy. Pati yung mga taong nahihirapan sa trabaho nila.”

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