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@TAILSORANGEs

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, Boomer.

@cristianfederico2411

4 жыл бұрын

Hey c-milk most boomers went to ww 2 and Vietnam, so they did not have it that easy.......

@EatingAtRandom

4 жыл бұрын

FYI Baby boomers were born in western eu and north america from 1946 to 1964.

@jamesfry8983

4 жыл бұрын

hey man 1986 same here, I get on great with boomers but then I was a raised by baby boomers and have there values

@migueltango899

4 жыл бұрын

@Jetstom Jetstom Perhaps he just wants to see ass.

As someone from mainland China, I can confirm that this man has managed to pinpoint the general behaviors of 'Chinese Boomers' with incredible accuracy.

@arandomchinese6706

4 жыл бұрын

是的，然而你这话让国人看见了估计会被骂卖国贼。

@arandomchinese6706

4 жыл бұрын

@@hestiaaster i think there is a loss in translation. What i said was"indeed,yet if you post this in china,you'll be accused of tratior"and that's very true because generally chinese are very outraged to any opion that view china in a negtive light. And,i agree with you.

@freeman10000

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is uncanny. Laowhy nailed it!

@dirkdiggler9379

4 жыл бұрын

So basically they are superficial and act just like most middle class America. Wasting time on pointless bullshit

@irockas5694

4 жыл бұрын

J 9 the china you are looking for is in taiwan, thanks to Mao all the culture treasures are destroyed

You forgot the loud ass morning ritual of coughing and spitting into the sink.

@jacksong8133

4 жыл бұрын

Silvrocity bruh I wake up every morning to the sound of my roommate doing that

@voidnoidoid

4 жыл бұрын

ugh my grandma does that

@essayess3

4 жыл бұрын

And belching repeatedly

@hg8506

4 жыл бұрын

@T Doran all the smoking

@grimeeeeey

4 жыл бұрын

Omg my dad does that and he's a boomer! Lmaoooo

My Chinese teacher is a Chinese boomer. It´s really interesting to talk to her sometimes. She told us that her parents were actually very critical of the government because of Mao´s policies against professors and teachers, making them farmers. She *defended Mao against her parents* , saying that those policies were necessary.

@theguybehindyou4762

4 жыл бұрын

Why you pay close attention to what your kids are being taught.

@BattousaiAMV

4 жыл бұрын

@@theguybehindyou4762 huh? I don't get your question. The context is missing. Personally, I'd always monitor to a degree what my children are being taught as I don't want them to grow up having bad habits like gambling and drug abuse. Also, I want them to act properly like being respectful to elders and helping out people in need.

@jonahs92

3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow. My Chinese teachers were great. One was from Taiwan (so obviously anti-China, anti-communism, etc.), one was from Tianjin but super rational and smart, and the last one was a doctor from Beijing. He HATES China and communism, hates TCM, etc. He absolutely loves living in the US. He's the greatest tbh.

@rubyy.7374

3 жыл бұрын

So it was that thing when you were rebelling against your parents? Checks out.

@alvindurochermtl

3 жыл бұрын

There's nothing necessary about 35+ million people dying from the Great Famine. The daughter didn't know because such information is still banned from being publicized and over the years the CCP has finetuned its propaganda techniques so when in doubt, the younger generation thinks it's only appropriate to err on the government's side. That's proof right there the previous generation is in fact smarter.

"super uncool to be smart" that's one way to put it

@SFVYachtClub

3 жыл бұрын

It was not cash money at all.

@bigsealfan9579

3 жыл бұрын

@suhbat erdenebulgan how stupid do you have to be to think maoism was liberal. jfc.

@andrewmoreno9414

3 жыл бұрын

Based alert.

@the99throgue25

3 жыл бұрын

@suhbat erdenebulgan the most well educated countries are liberal democracys......

@chrisb2038

3 жыл бұрын

@@the99throgue25 well educated? more like well indoctrinated. try again

“OK Lost Generation”

@thisisntthewholesomefuture649

4 жыл бұрын

Justin Love We need to bring back men’s clubs. Not sure if you are just trying to be an ass hole... but yes, there’s many reasons for people feeling this way. Materialism and loss of community is leading to many problems. A lot of women are also very unhappy.. Our society has lost touch with what makes both men & women whole.. People need meaning in life. A lot of people I grew up with had no idea what they wanted to do for a living.. And I’m sure many of them still don’t. It becomes a very dark place to be in. The cost of living where I live is outrageously high.. It a small fortune just to eat and stay clothed. Housing and bills are the where most struggle.. Especially being single with only one income. You don’t get the “OK Boomer” without having the “Lost Generation”..

@jijianji1

4 жыл бұрын

"OK Doomer" Would translate as well with the meme and what you're conveying.

@argh2945

4 жыл бұрын

This isn’t the wholesome future for Canadians- Agreed mate, but good luck with getting any men's only spaces happening, "that's misogynistic!😤" The thing is though our hyper liberalism and hyper individualism is coming back to bite women too now in the form trans woman in female only spaces. Maybe we'll reach a tipping point and see a much needed correction. But i feel what you're saying man, the situation is untenable now. We aren't made to be atomised or work all the fucking time for crumbs. Anyways, Merry Christmas!

@rickc2102

4 жыл бұрын

@@argh2945 likewise the term 'safe space' is grating as hell, but in a way that's what everyone needs, somewhere to relax where no one's gonna give us shit for just being ourselves. A men's club would be goddamn awesome. But for now I've got the pistol range, lol.

@argh2945

4 жыл бұрын

Rick C You bloody lucky Yanks and your flipping gun ranges. All the rest of us in the ossified Kingdom have is the gym.

Male Chinese boomer - flex all that money Female Chinese boomer - flex all that money saved

@JustLIkerapunzel

4 жыл бұрын

Ery Almario So there we have it again - women are just better 😂

@eryalmario5299

4 жыл бұрын

@@JustLIkerapunzel at saving money? 😎

@j.w.matney8390

4 жыл бұрын

Female Chinese Boomer-never orders from the menu-always wants a special order and will argue with the waiter for an hour until she gets it, then beams with pleasure for the rest of the meal. Male Chinese boomer-lets the female do what ever she wants, is a special kind of whipped resulting in the controlling monster my ex became.

@manictiger

4 жыл бұрын

American poor: flex all that money American rich: flex networth figure and ROI

@DylanJo123

4 жыл бұрын

So the opposite of American boomers?

For a society that seemingly prides itself on its equality, it seems like the primary concern of every person is to prove how much better than everyone else they are.

@georgebeckons539

2 жыл бұрын

It's honestly quite sad actually

@zippo718

2 жыл бұрын

Being poor is the worst offense in China. People will do anything to look better than their peasant neighbors (insecurity because they were peasants themselves just like 99% of the country coming out of WWII).

@deeepdish

2 жыл бұрын

its like that in america too lol.

@Kumorini

2 жыл бұрын

@@deeepdish Same thing in my area in South Africa so I would just say it's the same all over the World. Humans just naturally wanna show off, not all of them of course.

@renzuki5830

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kumorini In Germany as a rich person you should only "subtle flex" for the most part where it's passively understood that you are rich. If you drove around in a ferrari or sported expensive obviously visible "rich person stuff" you'd be considered a douchebag from a large portion of society including other rich people. Showing off is generally not considered well mannered. I had a rich teacher with a sports car and she always parked her car 2 blocks away from school so people couldn't see she was rich.

I saw a few coachloads of Chinese boomers turning up at a beach in Australia. They would literally get off, take pictures with no consideration for the other people on the beach, then get back on the coach. They would turn up for about 10 minutes then leave and another bus load would arrive. One of the guys with us was a young Chinese dude, who sort of explained how they didn't really care about visiting the place. They just wanted the pictures too show off back home. Its a bit surreal. The generational divide in China is pretty insane.

@TravisJones812

3 жыл бұрын

They totally invade the islands near Phuket in Thailand.

@Meilk27

3 жыл бұрын

@@TravisJones812 is that pronounced as fuccit? Possible new favorite island

@Meilk27

3 жыл бұрын

This comment has racist undertones. Haha. I'm not being one of those victimhood Olympics people or anything I'm just saying it felt like you were walking a thin line here lol Look at them all Bus loads of them Just sounds racist I don't know why

@needbettername8583

3 жыл бұрын

@@Meilk27 There were also coachloads of American boomers showing up as well. They were not quite as ignorant, they were way louder though. Would Tour bus loads be better for you?

@Meilk27

3 жыл бұрын

@@needbettername8583 no I don't even care it's fine

I remember having to hang out with my dad's friends from his hometown in China, and it was just them smoking and drinking up a storm, talking about how the US/Taiwan could never beat China in a fight. They kept making jokes about how much they hated their wives, and I thought that some things are universal among boomers.

@lpflore

4 жыл бұрын

I have the feeling that Chinese boomers are basically American ones but instead of being like "USA" and after that drinking an energy drink they are like "CHINA IS UNBEATABLE" and after that smoke 2 packs of cigarettes and the get drunk.

@CaptainBones222

4 жыл бұрын

@@lpflore Somethings just never change

@freeman10000

4 жыл бұрын

Boomers are boomers.

@DanielkaElliott

4 жыл бұрын

if by boomer you mean the baby boomer generation i don't think they are like that here in the uk

@purpleblah2

4 жыл бұрын

@@DanielkaElliott I think in the UK they call them gammons

In China, urban Boomer and rural Boomer are quite different; urban Boomer didn't even need to buy a house, they got designated flats, with very little rent. While rural Boomer literally ate wild grasses, among which there's one species with a 'better' taste, referred to as 'revolution grass', now extinct.

@MegaWarell

4 жыл бұрын

Urban boomers got sent to the country side during the culture revolution thou.

@georgiusagricola4720

4 жыл бұрын

But they are able to return to the city afterward anyway.

@argh2945

4 жыл бұрын

Now when you say "grass"🤔🤔.... Because I could get with this CCP program if we're on the same page.

@LancesArmorStriking

4 жыл бұрын

@Mycel Give them 20 more years and they'll buy elephants into extinction too :(

@isabelhuang_1

4 жыл бұрын

Mycel Wouldn’t be surprised. The worst famine in history happened in China around 1960. I heard there used to be pelicans in China but they were hunted to extinction

Story time: for 4 years I delivered pizzas in a small rural town here in Australia. There are a few shops in town owned by Chinese families, the usual, the noodle shop, the Chinese food shop, a convenience store on the side of the highway etc... anyway, one night I'm delivering and this old Chinese lady answers the door and ushers me in. Inside are these 6 or so Chinese men in their 60s or so, sitting around gambling and smoking. I ask where I should put their pizza and asked who is paying. They all started arguing for like 5 minutes and each kept shoving money in my hand, and the next guy would snatch it out and pay himself and around and around it went. Eventually I was just like "guys, I got more deliveries to do so how about you all split the bill evenly?" And that... didn't help matters. Anyway in the end the host's wife handed me the money and that was that.

In Africa people are somewhat similar, they brag about war, their cars, houses, jobs, etc. Point is this stuff carrys on to when we come to America, so now grandpa is out here flexing his car, and stuff and it feels weird watching him flex on some 50 year old that doesn't know what's happening.

@mintyaroma987

3 жыл бұрын

That explains quite a lot to me actually. In the area of London, UK I live in, there are quite a lot of Nigerians that have really fancy cars, watches and clothes, but are obviously not that well off as they live in a proper shithole! I guess certain cultures where people have generally been poor try to flaunt their wealth and success even if it actually hinders their future progression, whereas for the majority of British Londoners flaunting your wealth is frowned upon and looks very cringeworthy.

@destubae3271

3 жыл бұрын

@@mintyaroma987 This just seems to be a common occurrence with people with low incomes (or previously low incomes) but large egos. Seems to be universal, you have plenty of Americans trying to show off overpriced gadgets

@sullyschwartz2365

2 жыл бұрын

@@destubae3271 Yep. Less of a "culture" thing and more of a human thing.

@julius43461

2 жыл бұрын

@@sullyschwartz2365 Absolutely. It's very similar in eastern Europe. I kept thinking this while watching the video.

@monsieurpickle5535

Жыл бұрын

@@destubae3271 no we don't LMAO you obviously never lived here before . Most boomers literaly don't know how to work new technology bullshitter. We brag about our country since everyone wants to come here and our accomplishments when it comes to inventions in science , medicine, technology , etc you know the stuff the entire world benefits from . But keep whining .

I am a Chinese..I must admit that you see through them.

@sass174

4 жыл бұрын

@John does laowai just mean foreigner or is it an insult

@TheMisken

4 жыл бұрын

@@sass174 I think its one of those formerly derogatory terms that has been re-appropriated by the target demographic and worn as a badge of honor. Kinda like "queer" was for the LGBT community

My ex GF's dad was a typical chinese boomer, he did all those things but was very wholesome and happy. I miss him more than my ex hahahaha

@lordsysop

4 жыл бұрын

Our parents are boomers. Good and bad in every circle of people.

@Taradays

4 жыл бұрын

My ex BF's family as well. Same CCP white shirt government worker.

@recurrence9046

4 жыл бұрын

Generally when Chinese boomers stay in China they are more aggressive and angry. As they age and leave China they become happier and easy going

@coffeepot3123

4 жыл бұрын

Joe Pa@ You miss resting your head on his big boomer belly, understandable.

I am a Chinese, this is so accurate. I really hate those boomers.

@breembo

4 жыл бұрын

@Pigeon boomer is just getting older its a specific generation. The chinese growing up now are millenials, they are going to suffer from the one child policy, business leaving for vietnam, air pollution, and the govt cracking down even more to Subdue dissatisfaction. China is going to have things rough because boomers are all maoists, and mao was certifiably retarded. Its a generation of "florida man".

@user-lv9om9iq1t

3 жыл бұрын

they are your dad，uncles，or maybe mother in law。you cant hate a group of people for some one doesn't behave as your wish。They may be rude for the lost of fundamental education.But they are also brave and hardworking.they contributed to the world you are living now.

@jacobnewmanlim2470

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-lv9om9iq1t I hate them in the sense that I hate their tag of boomers, i.e the collection of their behaviours. I don't hate them as my countrymen or as individuals

@dabillya6845

2 жыл бұрын

and zoomers

@Valiyus

2 жыл бұрын

@The Pigeon King As long as he has an open mind, he'll never become one. It's a product of that generation and the government.

I love how many traditional societies complain about "Western values" being a problem, and yet they are super shallow themselves.

I was wondering why my friends dad had a huge tea table, and those uncomfortable chairs. Makes sense now

@coffeepot3123

4 жыл бұрын

@M G Furniture and their placement in the room can have a huge impact in a social setting. If a chair is uncomfortable it's probably to keep the guest in check so that they don't verbally step above the owners of the house/other guests etc. It keeps your focus inwards and keeps everything at a "small talk" level. (which is lame in my opinion, but can be very useful in some situations)

@freeman10000

4 жыл бұрын

The Boomer furniture in China may be uncomfortable and has wood that is unethically sourced but at least it is of a higher quality than the crappy sofas the millenials buy.

No one: Chinese male baby boomers:🤰

@ligmabigfatballs7311

4 жыл бұрын

ROTFLMFAO!!!!!

@tacocatt6808

3 жыл бұрын

Brooo I just fucking screeched omfg 🤣 you’re gonna make alert the neighbour’s dogs 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@TEATlME

2 жыл бұрын

i dont get it. can someone explain it to me 😅

@vfsdm

2 жыл бұрын

@@TEATlME pregnant lady emoji: rubbing giant belly Chinese baby boomers: showing off their bellies Therefore, Chinese baby boomers= 🤰

@TEATlME

2 жыл бұрын

@@vfsdm ahh ok. didnt thought about the analogy. thanks for the quick reply ❤

I'm Chinese born in the UK. I never understood the habits of my parents and older relatives. A lot of this video was "OOOhhhhh so that's why...". Beijing bikini had me rofl - thats my uncle, and my dad's fashion sense makes so much more sense now. Loved the video.

@lindazepeto6497

2 жыл бұрын

LMFAO

@USA_UNITED1776

6 ай бұрын

I'm glad you weren't born in china but I feel bad the alternative for you was the UK

We have it so much more COMFORTABLE, not easier. But people rarely realize the difference between those two things.

@SFVYachtClub

3 жыл бұрын

Their discomforts were concrete and physical but ours is abstract and existential.

@Erreul

2 жыл бұрын

Okay boomer.

@MidnightSt

2 жыл бұрын

@@Erreul okay, kid

Been living in China for 2 years. This explained quite a bit. Especially that coke nail.

@brazthagod5840

4 жыл бұрын

It's been 6 months since you made this comment, are you still alive?

@levector2445

4 жыл бұрын

@@brazthagod5840 no

@breembo

4 жыл бұрын

@@levector2445 lol i am dying

@CHARLIE-MF-BROWN

3 жыл бұрын

Rip

@Basieeee

3 жыл бұрын

@@brazthagod5840 he gone.

"Beijing Bikini" LMAO. Potbellied boomers also do that here in the Philippines. UPDATE: OMG this is still getting likes. Thank you!

@raidiniom22

4 жыл бұрын

True, Especially your family has a Chinese relative or bloodline

@yarhacijin9463

4 жыл бұрын

@@raidiniom22 No worries, they are dying out in China.

@justinco7512

4 жыл бұрын

Lalo na sa Ongpin sa Binondo hahaha maraming mga Chinoy na nagbebeijing bikini pati tatay ko.

@peterpansplayground

4 жыл бұрын

kahit hindi Chinoy.. nag b-Beijing Bikini parin. hahaha

@shlemahzel

4 жыл бұрын

also a thing in southeast Mexico!

Funny, your comment about "The CCP look" . . . 6:55 My dad spent a month in China in the 80's at a factory, and one story he told me that really stood out was all the plant "owners" and "managers" were all dressed up for meetings, and then there's one guy in a smelly t-shirt walking around . . . didn't take my dad long to realize he was a CCP official who was actually calling all the shots behind the scene.

@sailormatlac9114

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if this look started as a way to look like proletariat? A fake sense of modesty turned into a sloppy way of life. When I see these CCP officials, I always think of Kim Jong Il during his official visits... He looked like a homeless guy wandering in a steel works as if the bosses took him in by empathy! ;-)

@randomcow505

Жыл бұрын

@@sailormatlac9114 nah its the "im literaly un-fireable" flex my dad does it all the time, last guy on the planet who knows the steel plant like the back of his hand everyone else retired 20+ years ago but he kept going well past retirement because its his baby now huge chinese, taiwanese and indian companys are trying to buy it and he rocks up to meetings in a 30 year old thread bare AC/DC tee blue jeans turned black from soot, rebok clasics that arnt even clasics because when they were made they were just reboks and to top it all off jamjar glasses he got from a joke shop just to fuck with them they cant do shit, because if they sack him they loose the only guy who knows how to shut it down corectly and literaly where the miles of tunnels lead to

Your observation and storytelling are spot on! I'm from Vietnam and almost all of these behaviours exist there. It's so fascinating to see someone dissecting them and tying them to the broader cultural context. I'm so glad I found your channel, and Winston's as well. :))

Being a tail end Boomer(1962), I was initially taken aback first watching this video, but upon further review I found it hilariously spot on observations. I'm much more familiar with Vietnamese culture than Chinese, but the observations are so accurate... ;)

cigarettes being some kind of currency reminds me of prison..

@fionafiona1146

4 жыл бұрын

Germany 1946...it's difficult to tie your currency to the US dollar (after local currency is worthless the 3rd time in 50 years).

@deniszdrv4601

4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of highschool

@Tekiruru

4 жыл бұрын

In where i live,we bribe the security with cigarettes to get in an off limits property

@kai-in1xt

4 жыл бұрын

living in China reminds me of a prison

@samurai_ccc3659

3 жыл бұрын

@@kai-in1xt i believe u meant "living in north Korea".

It all just screams insecurity to me.

@jwelda1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, unhappy people trying to impress other unhappy people. Makes no sense especially when wisdom like Taoism came out of China. How did these people nearly all become brand/face obsessed miserable drones?

@3dtroll539

3 жыл бұрын

@@jwelda1 Cultural revolution.

@XarezX

3 жыл бұрын

I think thats a pretty naive way to see the whole situation. Every generation and time comes with its own challenges. Fitting into a society and finding a place in the natural hierarchy of society will always be one of those challenges, in which way ever. this lead to such behaviors. For us as an outside spectator it might seem silly, but to them it makes very much sense. In some generations people will have evolved and roll their eyes over our obsession with social media for example

@soonny002

3 жыл бұрын

@@XarezX There's nothing wrong about being insecure, and certainly nothing wrong broadcasting one's insecurity to the world too. Like you said, they are a product of their time and China has gone through a lot of insecurities that are now manifesting in their boomers. So I call the Chinese boomers insecure because they are insecure in a country that been through many insecurities. They scream insecurity to me. I don't think its naive to be insecure, and don't think there's anything wrong with calling it out too.

@XarezX

3 жыл бұрын

@@soonny002 I think I didn't explain my point very well. I just wanted to say that we tend to judge people as insecure pretty fast. Even though it's just their way of navigating through life. Respecting their upcoming it makes pretty much sense on how they act. I didn't say that being insecure is naive, but calling out other people for it is, since most of the times we have our own blind spots which we can't even see, since it seems normal for us. So I can't fully agree on the point of calling it out

As a student who worked 6 months and put 100% of my salary just into my college tuition fees, with nothing left for myself, it really makes me angry when elder people say to me "what do you know about hardship? everything is easy for you". I'm not Chinese but in my country, we do have a lot of these culture similarities.

I laughed till I cried on this video! Your description of the male Chinese boomer was hillarious. I am an American boomer and never realized we were so hated till this past year. Makes me feel kind of sad. I am sure we can debate ease of living, but the biggest thing many of us deal with is how we were raised. Our parents, the silent generation, were not as kind and loving as I think we were as parents...left many of us with emotional scars we deal with to this day. Every generation has something.

@azmodanpc

3 жыл бұрын

I'm an Xer and even though my parents tried their best not to repeat the mistakes of their elders, In the end they were deeply flawed and unlike many of their contemporaries, they squandered the best and most productive years of their lives (in times of economic boom and opportunity) and now live on the threshold of poverty, if not for the welfare state they would be destitute.

@jillkoop5682

3 жыл бұрын

@@azmodanpc thanks for your reply! I do think the picture you paint of boomers is overly bleak. There are many extremely wealthy boomers...Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, many company CEO's, politicians, Oprah, Elton John, I could go on and on! Indeed, I am a boomer. I think every generation is deeply flawed. You may ask why you think boomers are flawed. We couldn't have gotten that way by ourselves! Every generation is influenced by the one that came before us. We were all shaped as children by our parents, grandparents, teachers, etc. We are all a product of our time and circumstance. Your generation is no different than mine in that sense. Last thought...how different would the world be without the internet, the civil rights movement, the women's movement to name a few. All products of the boomer generation, some good, some bad like any other generation. Thanks!

@Mgoblagulkablong

3 жыл бұрын

boomers always blame their parents shut up

@azmodanpc

3 жыл бұрын

@@jillkoop5682 Unfortunately my Boomer parents aren't the best and brightest of their generation (just like I am not an especially great Gen Xer), they faced a childhood with little in the way of resources and even though the 60s and 70s were characterized by a booming economy, they could not capitalize from their chances and opportunities, leaving their children with little. Most of my friends and those who went with school and college with me had parents with better jobs, and more affluence. I managed to get an education and get a job but now I'm helping provide for my parents and not the other way around. This is something that happens a lot in China and other second world countries but growing in a Western country I did not expect it was my case too, since most of my contemporaries have parents with means. One of the reason I'm not having kids of my own is because I can't afford another mortgage (this is the cost of growing a child, up until 20yrs) on top of the one I have for my house since I cannot live with and provide for my parents. When I started working the economy went through crisis after crisis and opportunities were scarce, I'm not saying Boomers had it better but they surely had more chances and possibilities.

@jillkoop5682

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mgoblagulkablong I think you should shut up. You are a very rude person and your very generalized statement is not appreciated.

The bit about the uncomfortable furniture made me laugh so hard. That's soooo relatable man.

BTW - Last year when I was in China, the government did a massive internet blocking campaign and none of the VPNs, including Nord, could get around the Chinese firewall. If you are in or traveling to China and want to use a VPN, call them and ask if they work in China. I called Nord at that time and the admitted that their service wasn't working in China. Nor were any of the VPN companies.

The most shocking thing about this video to me was surprisingly the cost of cigarettes, I didn’t realise they were so expensive in Australia compared to everywhere else! A cheap pack here is $15 USD and a decent pack is $38~ USD

@jerryzhang5032

2 жыл бұрын

Im chinese and i live in australia (thankfully) and its really good they're expensive, we have really low smoking rates because of how expensive they are

@c93636

2 жыл бұрын

$40??? thats insane bro, in UK you can get "Polish" packs for £5, the usual packs cost around £12-15

@gnarfdracula5274

2 жыл бұрын

In Germany good cigarettes cost 7 Euro. A Pouche of Tabacco (30g) costs around 5 Euros.

@c93636

2 жыл бұрын

@@gnarfdracula5274 Truly mad bro, we're getting ripped a new one in the UK hhahah. Hope you're bless and having a good day bro! Big up Germany!!

@bibbi407

11 ай бұрын

2 buck for mid one’s, 5 bucks for “elite” cigs here in ukraine…

As a Taiwanese I am surprised and can attest how different Chinese and Taiwanese culture are!

@christinem4266

3 жыл бұрын

Chinese and Taiwanese youngesters are more similar

@akhan4727

2 жыл бұрын

taiwan is the real china. not that commie shithole. imagine the achievements that would have been made if mao and the ccp didn't rule china. There would have been flying cars by now.

@AuraJewel

2 жыл бұрын

@@akhan4727 I hate to break it to you, but china was shit hole at the time of ROC too, and I guess Mao succeeded in pushing them so low that they would have no choice but to get back up, and also over 20 million lives were lost during great leap and it helped in their population too, yeah I know it's callous of me but I see it that way, without sacrifice you can't achieve anything

@Yourmom-kz7wm

2 жыл бұрын

@@AuraJewel SDFU

@Bolognabeef

2 жыл бұрын

@@AuraJewel achieve what? After all those deaths they haven't even reached the levels of wellbeing of Taiwan, who ,being a liberal democratic nation, didn't kill anybody.

Northern Chinese dudes sound so much more fun than the south whenever you bring it up

@boyizheng6913

4 жыл бұрын

but teas do matter

@aidan9698

4 жыл бұрын

Fun until you say something by accident and get ass whooped by a fake Gucci belt

Chinese Boomer parents also expect their children to feel forever indebted to them for raising them and providing an education and expect their children to be at their beck and call and carry out any request without question irregardless of how inconvenient it may be. My wife is Chinese and her parents are very inconsiderate and drive her crazy.

Sent this to my boyfriend because this man explained it better than I ever can without being super offensive

When the younger chines generations say: "Ok Boomer." the end is near for their government.

@playablecharacter3871

4 жыл бұрын

Lol nah theyd get shot

@koilamaoh4238

3 жыл бұрын

@@playablecharacter3871 THanks to their conservative systemic racism they created, they screwed the later generations. Their racist pedo religion ruined this country.

@isaacrivera5452

3 жыл бұрын

@Lagarto Verde based

@koilamaoh4238

3 жыл бұрын

​@Lagarto Verde My bad .. troll comment, I meant the USA :) above^ I was thinking the USA lol, hence their protests they are having now. China/ asians, japanese have their own form of "conservative" behavior, considering they went through their own "sexual" revolution, which they got over that shame. While the younger asian educated liberal generation will have to put up with their boomer culture they created.

@han3wmanwukong125

3 жыл бұрын

@@koilamaoh4238 Thankfully, the leftists and socialists will take over in completely destroying the country with their own special brand of racist, pedo religion. Thus, completing the full circle.

You’ve done a real good job of this. You got footages of small towns in random provinces, which is perfect for the video. Big cities like Beijing and Shanghai don’t have a lot boomers left anymore

@tperk

4 жыл бұрын

They're busting in line at every queue in BJ and SH or haven't you noticed

Naw, man 蜘蛛王 belt and shoes for Chinese boomer man! Also: you forgot the "Batman boomer tool belt", aka, HUGE ring of keys, cellphone case, business card case, and sometimes a utility tool, all clipped onto dude's belt. And a note on the boomer 阿姨s: they LOVE LOVE LOVE to get in on multilevel marketing schemes- but only the shiny new ones that their gaggle of squaredancing pals haven't figured out yet. They're constantly throwing their money at schemes like Amway, Mary Kay, Juice Plus, etc. It's so obvious to us younger folks that it's a trap, but they'll swear up and down it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. 🙄

Laowhy one year ago: *"Drip"* Me: _only just learning about drip_ The true boomer was me all along. 😔

@fuckyoutube75889

3 жыл бұрын

ewwwww a weeb

@zeze3305

2 жыл бұрын

Nah a loser G

The pinkie nail is used for snorting coke, the longer the nail, the more coke you can afford 😂

@CHARLIE-MF-BROWN

3 жыл бұрын

That, and used for combat as well.

@vivaciousmyosotis

3 жыл бұрын

My dad uses his pinkie nail to scratch his hand

@AdrienneJung.M

3 жыл бұрын

Our friend who owns a restaurant in Tahoe calld it her "shrimp nail" for deveining the shrimp.

@syzyphyz

3 жыл бұрын

In medieval times it was used for scooping spices like salt to out on your food.

@Ballin4Vengeance

2 жыл бұрын

I have the longest nail on my pinkie… I’m too lazy to bite it off always

Today I discovered... my uncle is a Chinese boomer My mom’s friends are chinese boomers My mom has boomer energy

@orls9068

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

@Phusion2

3 жыл бұрын

So u a Chinese

One of the most informative, entertaining videos I've seen that I did not need to watch for any reason whatsoever. Barely skipped anything, super informative yet quick, and doesn't affect my life in any way. Subscribed after one video, thank you!

Beijing bikini lol It reminds me of that one time when, after class, I went to Dunkin Donuts and there's a chinese guy across of me lounging with his shirt unbuttoned, showing off his belly.

Boombers are different in China because they lived and suffered under Mao and then they had an economic boom with a huge life quality of life improvement and increase of freedoms. This could affect this generation in both good and bad ways.

@argh2945

4 жыл бұрын

They are almost like the Great Depression generation and Boomers rolled into one. Just without the obvious Interim of the Greatest Generation.

@Dowlphin

4 жыл бұрын

I suspect a lot of the issues that society has is based on suppressed shame from, deep within, knowing how much shit Mao did. Eventually that mentality gets inherited, but that's a symptom of the 'original sin', and the longer they build on the perverted view that the Cultural Revolution was good, the more painful it will become to free the People from it. I suspect that, just like the USA, China will have to find the light through deepest darkness now. Too late for an internal turnaround. China and USA are entwined by a mutual nemesis-like relationship. China quite literally bought into the USA's karma, quite like its vassal countries, and again the CCP is in denial there, because they know so well they wanted that quick power.

Males' belly expose and take off shirts is very common in Russia too.

@lenitaa7938

4 жыл бұрын

Not for the same reasons, though! More of a Macho thing!

@tantainguyen4290

4 жыл бұрын

VietNam too, apparently it’s a communist thing

@polishherowitoldpilecki5521

4 жыл бұрын

Sogo Sogo Famine

@swlk9996

3 жыл бұрын

What’s the purpose of it? I saw it too when I was in China

@ChiTownGuerrilla

3 жыл бұрын

I think everybody's father in he whole world has done at one point! 😆

The more episodes I watch of your channel the more and more I realize how awesome it is. Thanks man. Please keep it up!

Social credit score of the guy in the thumbnail is probably pretty low, but his street cred is over the roof.

when you said ok boomer my google home just activated

@Drip-Soup373

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@nailaseale1339

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@emptiness3390

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@frankfreaksout7736

4 жыл бұрын

That's because Google is a boomer

Low self esteem mentality. Number 1 priority in life - to show off.

@joshuawan7004

4 жыл бұрын

because the mainland chinese are still at the bottom level of the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs for food and shelter, whereas Hongkongers are at the top when they are dying for freedom

@wisdomleader85

4 жыл бұрын

That's what happens when your culture gets destroyed. You have nothing but vanity left.

@valentinvas6454

4 жыл бұрын

I believe people also often tend to show off when the average income isn't very good compared to other developed countries. Moreover it also affects the stuff people will use to show off. For example in my country Hungary some teenagers think if they got something from Zara they will be cool and shiet. Or some guys in their twenties think they are the king of the streets after they bought an old 3 series BMW from the 80s. I've met a few Romanians as well and many of them can be incredibly materialistic. Many of them save up large amounts of money by working abroad then build houses at home that are also very show offy looking with castle like qualities and vibrant colours.

@TerryB751

4 жыл бұрын

You would think self esteem would improve by the pride of making higher quality products.

@seekittycat

4 жыл бұрын

The show off also gets business, it's a currency. It's like how business women (and men now) buy expensive bags, the attention and moving up on the social structure to get em rich clients. China with it's corruption is even more about that life. Communist party members wear like 4 gold watches, 2 Gucci belts and carry a purse on each arm. It's a weird world.

5:35 "You're gonna roll that shit up" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

That sounds awesome. I want to aspire to one day be a Chinese boomer.

You missed a crucial part of the male boomer uniform: the belt that is WAY too long......it wraps around nearly to the butt crack

@jbennison5672

3 жыл бұрын

Got to be a Playboy one too!

I personally loved the communist squares. I thought it was great to see all the elderly people outside and being active after dark. It actually made the appreciate them more because it would be empty during the day to absolutely full at night!

@mayitbe6606

4 жыл бұрын

Maxtastic101 just some middle-aged people will go there, not all people do that, at least my relatives in China never join, this trend is from Northern China, not so popular in my hometown

@wisdomleader85

4 жыл бұрын

Many people in China actually got annoyed by this particular activity since it became popular and often got the police involved, though calling the police never really solved anything.

@marcduchamp5512

4 жыл бұрын

Public disturbance is more like it everything needs to be so loud

@seekittycat

4 жыл бұрын

@@wisdomleader85 Holy crap I never realise police get involved that some gang level shit ah yees need to calm down. I always thought they just wanted to keep healthy

The layers of Chinese Boomer flexing has me so intrigued with all its layers that I lowkey wanna get into it. haha

@talltroll7092

2 жыл бұрын

Just get into reading cultivation manhua

lmao this too true. my last visit, my aunt was taking me around my hometown. she needed to pick up some fabric on the way. she quite wealthy by chinese standards, but she spent 15min bargaining with the shop owner for a couple yen discount.

@AynChat

3 жыл бұрын

maybe she was just wanna pay for the price that they seem fit, well, my mom does the same, like in the market if she can't get the price then she will ask for some extra little things like leeks, onion or so. Still seeing the way of bargaining is quite shocking, some items in the shop that I didn't know that the price is possible like 70-90% off the price, and she cut the deals off just like that.

This laowai knows more about China than average zhou. (I’m Chinese

@owenluo3244

4 жыл бұрын

Average Zhou lol

@forlornpreponderance2299

4 жыл бұрын

Howie he knows fuck all, he takes all the bad things and throw it into one video... and a lot of them aren’t even fully discussed to details, the hard wood sits are for your bones, back and stuff. Sitting for longer length of time is unhealthy.

@inso5078

4 жыл бұрын

@@forlornpreponderance2299 Are you Chinese? How did you get to the free part of the internet?

@forlornpreponderance2299

4 жыл бұрын

Urso sigh, first of all, I am chinese but I was brought up in Macau, secondly, China allows use of vpn, not sales of vpn( this basically means if you can acquire vpn else where you can legally browse the internet ), and thirdly, even though I grew up in Macau which has free internet I’m still inclined to help China because the “free media” is not portraying China correctly, media’s have their own agenda, I hope you’re not “brainwashed” like they say we are. Cause we know our news are one sided, however just because you have access to global media outlets doesn’t mean you’re reading them, most people read British, and American outlets, if you check Russian and Middle Eastern outlets you will see different perspectives of things happening in China. Free net =\= political knowledge, most people don’t even use their so called internet freedom, they just browse the web and read whatever the English speaking media decides to feed them.

@inso5078

4 жыл бұрын

@@forlornpreponderance2299 First of all I am not an American nor British, English is not even my first language. I understand that you are upset about people saying only bad things about China, but just as you may have a different perspective of looking at things, so can others. I kind of get your explanation of the Great internet wall of China and it's official purpose, but regardless of what you think about your government - it is not right to ban access to any information, even fake information. It should be up to you what you think is true and what is not and you should never be punished for having your own opinion or saying it loud (about government actions for e.g.). Government should never decide for you. At least that is what I think about freedom. I am from a country that has seen many wars and occupants trying to force their point on us, trying to keep those who protest against them silent. No occupant has ever succeed long term. So I think I know a thing or two about freedom and something that is not freedom - communism. You said that there are things that stupid people should not see. But aren't all the crimes against humanity commited during the Cultural Revolution by the communist party of China something that even "the stupid" should see? Isn't the truth about the protests at Tiananmen something that everyone should see? There are countless examples of horrific things the the Chinese government has done and tries to hide it from the general public. I am really fascinated about China and how much you have achieved and no-one is really talking just about the bad things, it's you that somehow focus solely on the bad things, as if China had no problems at all. What I wanted to say is that I just think that your government has too much control over all of you. But if that is fine for you, no-one should really care.

The long pinky nail here in America is for taking bumps of coke.

@scarletpimpernel3788

4 жыл бұрын

Such a disgusting physical feature 🤢 cut that damn thing off!

@BothHands1

4 жыл бұрын

my pinky nails are the only ones that don't break off from constantly petting my cat, so they're basically my ownly nails i ever have to cut. but sometimes when i'm lazy they do get a bit longer than they should and i look like a coke head for a few days lol. idk why, the rest of my nails are so soft and peel, even if i paint them, but the pinky ones always naturally round themselves out into the perfect nail. if I could only get the others to look like that 😭 and maintaining acrylics forever is just way too expensive cuse i'm a broke millennial drowning in student loan debt.

@pinkpanda5696

4 жыл бұрын

Last month, the valet (he was a tiny guy) had one. I was thinking, 70's much? Ew.

@budzillah7194

4 жыл бұрын

@@BothHands1 Try gelatin supplements. They are fairly cheap. I know how it goes with no money though so even that could be out of reach for some. Hang in there and keep love for others in your heart.

@BothHands1

4 жыл бұрын

Bud Zillah ty

I love this channel and Serpentenza. Both are great and I appreciate the work you and your bestie put in.

Good old SEPTWOLVES! Your description of "the uniform" was pretty spot on.

In Africa, every generation has it bad

@manictiger

4 жыл бұрын

@Phil Q: How do you know if an African is dangerous? A: They're older than 25.

@nickv.3573

4 жыл бұрын

It depends where though

@Ash2theB

4 жыл бұрын

Nigeria looks okay to me.

@TomTomTomTom538

4 жыл бұрын

Nah the colonial era was beneficial to everyone... Except the natives

@PraiseTheGodofJeshurun

4 жыл бұрын

@@TomTomTomTom538 I see a "nah" there what point are you making here?

British boomers: *Ho, you're approaching me?* Chinese boomers: *I can't prove I have better tea compared to yours without getting closer.* British boomer: *Ho ho! Then come as close as you like!*

@SirDankleberry

4 жыл бұрын

British boomers: ZA EMPIRE!!

@breembo

4 жыл бұрын

Oh god bottle gang....your meme is on point.

@drzerogi

4 жыл бұрын

Is that a JoJo reference?

@garylawrence7482

3 жыл бұрын

Za Red Book!!!! Chonghua Platinum

@thatguyyousawthatonetime

3 жыл бұрын

What are you some kind of political cartoonist?

You're a wealth of knowledge on the culture, great content as always.

Fascinating, great journalism; keep up the amazing work!

This was a fantastic episode. Loawhy, serprenZa and adv china and podcasts get me through tje tough weeks. Thanks Matt youre a gent

This is so scary and accurate hahaha... I'm embarrassed cause these are my parents

Great video, really appreciate the information!

I really think this is my favorite episode of yours is so far. I love the swearing. I love the slang. I love you flexing your freedom of speech now that we have you back :-)

Wow. Everything you describe is spot on. I’ve been on the receiving end of all of these displays of wealth and status. They must have thought they were impressing me. But I had to be nice and pretend I was interested.

Just curious why have you never addressed how common the Chinese “ham sup lo” also known as child molester It is our dirty secret and myself and many of my female friends have gone through instances of sexual abuse that it seems like an unspoken norm in our culture

@sokyu7723

4 жыл бұрын

He probably didn’t address that because he is probably afraid of demonetization. Still, it’s messed up, sexual abuse is messed up. It shouldn’t be a norm, and I hope times change.

I thought this was gonna be a meme. Thanks OP. I subscribed before for Chinese Vlogs in another account but this is way cooler. Keep it up!

This was so fascinating, thanks for your vid

My god...you've just described my ex-in laws to a T. I nearly spat up my eggnog watching this.

@marcduchamp5512

4 жыл бұрын

They’re clones

@gsssgfdgsdf6312

4 жыл бұрын

to a tea? did u drink it afterwards?

TIL i'm a 20 year-old Czech Chinese boomer

I'm Chinese (born abroad) and this is 100% true. Love your work bro.

From what I can tell, the generation gap between the X's and Y's is also quite big too, especially in terms of upbringing, and the children of Generation X live in a totally different world to their parents. The rapid growth of the Chinese economy over the last few decades has caused these 'gaps' to appear between the generations that are much wider than they are in the west.

This is a perfect description of Vietnamese uncles...

On the matter of cigarettes: I was in Morocco in 1990 and you could trade Marlboro like cash for a lot of services; taxi, laundry, etc.

@unsuspiciouscactus9026

3 жыл бұрын

cool

I saw so many of these in Macau! Not to mention the silk track pants wearing ones, with the obligatory dragon embroidery on top of it. Spitting in the hotel lobby plants = +10 xp.

Yaaaaaas!!!!! The rolled up shirt is a thing! I am so entertained that you pointed that out.

As a Chinese, I don't wanna say this but the video is painfully accurate.

All I heard from this is "the bigger the belly, the better." Me: Where can I find cheap flights to China?

@yaj1v

4 жыл бұрын

Hainan or China Eastern normally has the cheapest

@hecatrice2064

4 жыл бұрын

This is actually not exclusive to Chinese culture.If you see all these paintings during the French revolution, every woman is overweight. That was the beauty standard, because weight=a lot of food=money to spend on food.

@crying9988

4 жыл бұрын

This comment didn't age well lmao

I actually saw and participated in that square dancing thing when I visted China. I was in a travel group with a ton of my class mates and teachers in high school, and we just got pulled into participating as we left a resturant one night. Was so surreal. Ton of fun though.

I like these lighthearted videos they serve as a break from all of the serious/dread stuff

It's funny how much weird old stuff even our boomer generation had. Wearing Sunday best clothes for church and only church to pretend to be well off even if poor (poor people rented suits just for church!), buying China crockery to display and never use to show off wealth in your home, uncomfortable suit and tie work clothing to be "professional" at all times even forced on children (leisurewear only acceptable during sporting activities), having an overly large house with garden, full of rooms you never use and stuff you don't need to show off to visitors, it really is quite extravagant when you think about how boomers splash their cash to show face. I would say Millennials and Zoomers have our own dumb behaviours as well, such as mindless virtue signalling to project we are "good" and "correct", outrageous tattoos and coloured hair to demand attention, hating on traditional business whilst handing over our wallets and private data to faceless online megacorperations, eaten at most fast food places and get excited about new menu items but don't even know how to boil an egg at home. I think the generations have a lot to learn from each other if they stopped putting up walls to divide us and started being more down to earth with each other.

@HarshRajAlwaysfree

4 жыл бұрын

And also complaining how hard our life is It is actually , my dad's generation got it so easy He practically had no skills but he still earns more than I will in coming 2 decades

@angelararara6350

4 жыл бұрын

What you described as showing off can also be described as the need to show decorum in society which is not a bad thing, it shows your will to respect and honor other people, this is really the essence of my grandparents - I'm Italian. And don't hate on zoomers self-expression!

@gameplayfirst6548

4 жыл бұрын

So serpentza is a suit boomer?

@gillianorley

4 жыл бұрын

People dressed nicely for church out of respect and for work out of professionalism and they had been doing so for centuries, not because it was a “stupid” Baby Boomer practice.

@mbak7801

4 жыл бұрын

I have brought good quality china (about 1500.00 USD worth) not to show off. I brought it as my clumsy children have at last left home. I use it and like quality. Visitors of my age get to use the quality china. Younger people get the cheap crap as I know they will break something. I have never found suits and ties uncomfortable and have always used them for respect. You come to me as a job applicant in a suit and I will listen to you. Turn up like a slob and forget it. As for church??? Come on I was educated in Europe. Church?

Thanks for a fascinating video!

Lol the bill fight....when we had Chinese customers at my old job it always made me smile when they would do that. Lots of hands being slapped away and people throwing credit cards at me. And the sneaky pay also was funny.

Baby boomers are the demographic cohort following the Silent Generation and preceding Generation X. The Baby Boomer generation is most often defined as those individuals born between 1946 and 1964, does not refer to only Americans.

@toddlofton8307

4 жыл бұрын

If you are using the term exclusively to represent birthdates in that range, you are correct. But the term itself has much wider connotations relating to economics, class, etc also.

@nozecone

4 жыл бұрын

@@toddlofton8307 Which means it's basically a BS term.

@toddlofton8307

4 жыл бұрын

@@nozecone Thanks for the reply!

"keep your data safe with nordVPN" oh the irony

@Vincentpanh

4 жыл бұрын

Yup

@petridepita1777

4 жыл бұрын

And all your passwords as well ! Lol

@unsuspiciouscactus9026

3 жыл бұрын

Why?

@Ironbanner12

3 жыл бұрын

@@unsuspiciouscactus9026 China

Laowhy: "That is how you flex on a fool in China." Me: "Damn, do I get extra points for having RBF as well, because I reflexively flex on fools, apparently. Staring at nothing in particular with my hands behind my back is my jam."

haha omg, when you talked about who pays for the bill I'm just getting flashbacks of my parents doing this when I was younger. What you said is so accurate. XD

Damn Cmilk you know them too well...the long pinkie nails, tea table and tea culture, the brand of smokes and especially the fight for the bill! LMFAO

Paying the meal has a lot of honor in it even in the Middle East

@lenitaa7938

4 жыл бұрын

Honor and showing off are two different things!

@neseltunii1927

4 жыл бұрын

Lenita A yes I know

@kerolsmorgan126

4 жыл бұрын

The cigarettes thing is the same in mid-east but only in prison and the army lower ranks

@rottenpotato4399

4 жыл бұрын

Arabs pride in their long lived heritage of generosity and even have a lot of folktales about generous people helping others etc and it's not restricted to old people but also young ones. It's a nice thing imo and explains the friendly social nature of arabs in general it's like they're eastern Latinos haha

@Eviligniter

3 жыл бұрын

There are "fights" about paying in the middle east too?

This explains a lot!! So informative

I love the slo-mo B-roll of some of the clips because it has a fashion influencer feel lol

The beijing belly is across all of asia... you see it alot here in Sydney. Its an old school asian way of cooling down

@lordsysop

4 жыл бұрын

@უფალო შემიწყალე i dont care what ethnicities make up the population. I just care that we as a whole dont sell all our assets to a country with bad human rights violations... because then we could be next. Just like in hong kong they dont want to be put in detention camps nazi style. Look uo the time it takes for an organ transplant and where the parts have came from.... political prisoners

@lordsysop

4 жыл бұрын

@უფალო შემიწყალე Australia is built on immigrants. We just dont need to be foreign owned

I'm a boomer and I love your channel and Winston's.... Although, I was a Harley rider...

I was once optimistic that the CCP regime would fade when the boomers die off, that the wiser and more enlightened newer generations would cleanse the reek of a corrupted system. Alas, I had underestimated its adaptability. It turned out to be staggeringly efficient in co-opting the best and brightest (and perhaps the most cynical) of the millennials in tech, administration, public relations (propaganda) etc.... the regime may yet live on, until it brings down everything with its inevitable demise

@MaxSnowDude

3 жыл бұрын

Yeha it’s insane. Mao tried to destroy chinese culture and westernize. And now Xi is moving into chinese nationalism and traditionislm

These are your best vids. The little nuances you can translate. Watching from near Albany ny