Sen. Cynthia Villar trends after saying unlimited rice promos must be banned

A good-humored “how dare her” might as well be Filipino Twitter’s collective reaction to Senator Cynthia Villar’s well-intended suggestion of banning unlimited rice promos.

The Senator, who heads the Committee on Agriculture and Food is among the Top 5 trends on Twitter, thanks to Filipino netizens fighting for their right to, well, eat unli rice.

A quick-witted netizen swiftly made a parody account of Mang Inasal, and replied to a GMA News tweet, prompting others to do the same. It resulted in a funny thread of parody restaurant accounts. 

Below are the most hilarious tweets about the matter:

I AM SOBRANG TRIGGERED PO

— Mang Inasal (@MangInasaIPH) June 14, 2017

"Ipinagbabawal na ni Sen. Cynthia Villar ang unli rice"

People of the republic of the philippines: pic.twitter.com/gr5dsIhFoY

— Ivan? (@IvanUngui) June 14, 2017

"Sen. Cynthia Villar wants to ban unlimited rice promos"

Me: pic.twitter.com/ocThZbj4iF

— The Diliman Files (@kwentongupd) June 14, 2017

Cynthia Villar is dead and was replaced by Erwan Heussaff: A CONSPIRACY THEORY pic.twitter.com/I5hhLGnRqi

— Nathania Chua (@PilosopoTanya) June 14, 2017

Cynthia Villar,
Kung nagdidiet ka, huwag mo na kami idamay haha

— SJ (@srhrys) June 14, 2017

Me on Cynthia Villar's unli rice ewan.#UnliRice #unliriceban pic.twitter.com/HsUWRUqaRw

— boymema (@boymemaII) June 14, 2017

Me after seeing the unli rice ban of Cynthia Villar: pic.twitter.com/ens0QeuEve

— Lydster | OPPAKyu???? (@IIRovic) June 14, 2017

On diet na buong Pinas dahil kay Cynthia Villar ????????????

— kim bok joey (@imKheazanell) June 14, 2017

#unlirice
Cynthia Villar: I-ban ang unlirice

Me: pic.twitter.com/Eo5uJU98wf

— boymema (@boymemaII) June 14, 2017

rt to make Cynthia Villar mad pic.twitter.com/lnqxVGFDs9

— Ryneth (@raiescbio) June 14, 2017

RIP
Cause of Death: Cynthia Villar pic.twitter.com/XjLLYflsRg

— SENYORA (@Senyora) June 14, 2017

"the floor is Unli Rice"

Cynthia Villar: pic.twitter.com/PqZuJcioud

— meme.jpg (@aiansalaysay) June 14, 2017

Cynthia villar: ban unli rice
Mang inasal: ok
*after that day*
Mang inasal: we are now offering FREE RICE to everyone
Cynthia: pic.twitter.com/oaK6U0swsu

— salvaTHORe (@imsalvaTHORe) June 14, 2017

Cynthia Villar: "We should learn to eat our vegetables."
wE sHOULd lEARn t0 eAT oUR VeGetABLes pic.twitter.com/I9V3kQaeuk

— Dabu (@NotMyUN) June 14, 2017

At a hearing on rice production and consumption Wednesday, Villar said unlimited rice promos at restaurants should be banned, suggesting people eat more vegetables instead.

“Ipagbawal na yang unlimited rice, masama yan. Pagbawal na natin yang unlimited rice kasi nagkakasakit tayo gawa ng unlimited rice na yan; we should learn how to eat vegetables.”—LA, GMA News