Singaporean Sites

These Singaporean Sites
talkingcock.com was founded in August 2000 as a forum for friends to share jokes with one another. What probably started out as pure fun was well received and even featured in Time Magazine, The Economist and various important publications.

talkingcock.com is a whole load of the authors' personal take on current issues and it is done in such a local context that only Singaporeans will be able to understand, irregardless of whether they appreciate the content or not.

The site has existed for eight years and has received some following and fame. I think the author's ability to relate to its audience is the cause of its huge following. And it is updated regularly, talking about various happenings that are new and fresh. With this, I believe it will continue to exist and be sustainable. The only reason it would stop functioning is when Singaporeans suddenly decide to cut down on our lingo and not find our inside jokes funny, which is not very possible anyway.

STOMP is backed up by The Straits Times, and covers a lot more content than talkingcock. It allows much interaction with the public, as one of the most well known sections of STOMP is that the public can send in photos and they can be featured as one of the stories on STOMP.

I have mixed feelings about this. I think it is commendable that STOMP wants to reach out to tis audience, but most of the content received is of couples engaging in public acts of affection, complaining about fellow Singaporeans behaving "disgracefully" in public. I see don't much value in such news actually. It is not constructive, and shows Singaporean's cowardice. How would it help by snapping photos of someone and not going up to them and telling them you think what they are doing is wrong?

If I were the Prime Minister, I will sigh and realise we are terribly far away from the gracious society the government envision Singaporean society to be. The content of on both the websites can be simply nauseating and deserve eye rolls. I do enjoy the simple Singaporean Heartlander jokes and the language used, yet I think they also show our cultural weaknesses as a nation blatantly. I believe it should not be stopped, as much of the media in Singapore is controlled by the government already, and these sites allow some freedom and a diverse opinion. However, I hope our little rojak nation will move on to higher cultural standards, to appreciate the current jokes and Singaporean spirit, but also grow past our flaws.

That's quite a chunk of text to swallow,
here's a funny video to reward you for staying till this line.
I am sure your army friends will feel for this so much.



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