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00:00Last year, I traveled and did comedy in the United States of America.

00:03That's right, yeah.

00:04It's the big market for comedy, the mecca of comedy.

00:08I did shows in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and even parts of Canada.

00:12It was very nice.

00:13But a very unfortunate byproduct of the journey is that I met a lot of American white guys.

00:19And American white guys are a very special subspecies of humans.

00:25Because every single American white guy I met sincerely believe that they have the power

00:31to make a difference and save the world.

00:33Each one of them, he himself, one person, can make a difference and save the world.

00:37Very optimistic.

00:39Very different from Asian people.

00:40You ask any Asian person, hey bro, you want to make a difference and save the world?

00:43No, no, no.

00:44I want to make money and save for retirement.

00:45Okay, make a difference.

00:48You've got no time to save the world.

00:49I'm very sorry.

00:50Okay.

00:51There's a lot of differences between us, right?

00:52But in that regard, we are the most different.

00:54And I think it's because of our upbringing, you know.

00:57When children reach a certain age where they can ask their parents the existential question.

01:01Mommy, Daddy, where did I come from?

01:04Now American parents, you see this in the media and the pop culture.

01:06American parents will paint the most beautiful picture to answer that question.

01:12Mommy, Daddy, where did I come from?

01:13Oh darling, you were born in heaven.

01:17Then the angels wrapped you in their white cloth.

01:19And then the bird, the stalk picked you up, flew across the sky, through the clouds, came

01:24out to our house and dropped you in our arms.

01:27Oh, so beautiful.

01:28Of course, with that kind of origin story, of course they can save the world.

01:31Right?

01:32You're the prophet, you're the Messiah, of course.

01:34Think about it.

01:34The angels delivered you from the heavens via bird to your doorstep.

01:42Same day delivery.

01:43That's amazing.

01:47Of course they can save the world.

01:49You ask Asian parents the same question.

01:52Mommy, Daddy, where did I come from?

01:54Chinese parents, we found you in the rubbish bin.

02:00We found you in the rubbish bin.

02:04And it's not the words that are hurtful per se.

02:06It's the tone.

02:08We found you in the rubbish bin.

02:10We weren't looking for you.

02:13Our lives were full and complete.

02:16One day, your mom and I, we went to throw rubbish.

02:19We walked to the rubbish bin.

02:21We opened up the bin.

02:22Hey, you were there inside.

02:25Which means someone else threw you out.

02:27So out of the kindness of our good hearts, we took you in and loved you as our own.

02:31That's why we Asian kids, we grew up very neurotic.

02:33We have to work hard, save money.

02:34We have to pay back our parents, right?

02:36Every transaction of filial piety is paying back our parents.

02:39Western parents don't have this dynamic, right?

02:42So they can freely say, oh, my kids, they are the apple of my eye.

02:46Asian parents, my kids, ROI.

02:50Where's the…

02:51Your childhood is an investment.

02:54Where's the money?

02:54I'm waiting for the money.

02:58But of course, my friends, I'm not here to say that one type of parenting is better than the other.

03:02No, right?

03:03Because you see these American kids, Western kids, right?

03:05They're very confident.

03:07But inside, no knowledge, no skills.

03:10All hollow.

03:12You see Asian kids like us, right?

03:14We've got knowledge, we've got skills.

03:15But no confidence.

03:17Can't tell a good story.

03:17Can't sell ourselves.

03:18No good PR.

03:19My daughter is four years old now.

03:21One day, she'll grow up and she'll ask me,

03:23Daddy, where did I come from?

03:24I will say, darling, you were born in heaven.

03:30Then the bird picked you up and dropped you in a rubbish bin, eh?

03:34It was fair.

03:36Fair, good balance.

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