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Why We Made Fun of FOBs for a Living

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0:00 So, so this segment of the show is called why we made fun of fobs for a living. >> What are you talking about? That's allegations. >> Bro, there's literally like 15 years of jokes of just our own people. Just FOB jokes, accents, parents, everything story. >> Do you realize you you built a fortune on the backs of these FOBs? >> Appropriate. >> It's different when you're empowering them. We've never MADE FUN OF THEM. >> You re you reinforced Asian stereotype before. >> Yeah. By empowering them, you kept them alive. They are alive. You have like a viral clip of like 40 million where you do everybody's sound accents and don't say an actual word. >> It's actually much higher than that now because I've been uploading them as trial reels. >> No, making fun of him is like, oh, like go back to your country, you freak.

0:50 >> That's making fun of >> No, you're making fun of Michael. >> No, >> you're making money off Michael. So, you're telling me if I go, "Oh, who's who's making fun of this?" Okay. The person that's going, "Woof woof woof." Or the guy that's going, "You fat dirty dog." The guy that's saying fat dirty dog is a dog hater. The woofer is empowering the dog. >> Oh, who are they talking to in this situation? >> The dog. >> Those two things are so far apart. >> That's what I'm talking about. I'm the woofer. I'm the woofer. >> Oh, okay. Because you're imitating the dog. >> Yes. Okay, the person that's going, "Oh, this dog's so dirty." That's the bad That's for a little glimpse of what it's like working with Bart, by the way. >> A little glimpse. Imagine off camera. >> But what if you're woing and the dog in his mind is going, "That's not how I sound."

1:40 >> And I go, "Don't you worry." >> Okay, how about this? How about this? Even preyoutube, preJK, pre anything, right? Cuz the Asian in high school, there's usually Asians are sub you're either like one of the ABCs or you're like a FOB. >> Yeah. >> Right. >> Yes. Yeah. >> So which which side were you on? Cuz you wasn't I'm >> I'm saying he wasn't on the FOB side. >> I was This is going to be mayor of me. >> But I was pretty in the middle because as for like uh I guess like I'm not technically ABC cuz I was born in Taiwan. I came when I was like 6 months. But for someone that was like a native English speaker, I was crazy fluent in Chinese. So, I had a lot of fun playing with the Chinese. >> Let me rephrase that. Who did you bully more? >> The black kids, of course.

2:30 >> I'm just kidding. >> Clip it. Flip it. Just kidding. No, I didn't bully anybody. That was my style, dude. What the hell? Okay. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Joe. Who did you bully more, ABCS OR FS? >> I GOT BULLIED. Oh my god. >> Bart got revenge for me. He was bullying the black kids and the black kids bully me. >> I'm just kidding. >> I'm pretty I'm pretty confident that >> you know where we learned the FOB accent though by hanging with them. >> That's why it's so authentic. >> You never got approached by somebody that was like, "Hey, it's offensive to me." >> No, not not one that sounded like us. >> Yeah. Was it a white guy or a white chick? >> No. No. It would never be like, "Hey, man. ████ up you WHAT YOU KNEW THAT NO IT'S ALWAYS THE OPPOSITE excuse my uncle

3:20 so I'm a journalist for NYU and what you're doing is so repulsive >> what the ████ am I even talking about you >> it's not for you ████ >> but then if we go and then there's a fan and like let's say we're at a fur restaurant THEY'RE LIKE OH ████ IT'S THE UNCLE ████ YEAH PUT DOWN FOR THE Vietnamese man you get a free fur >> y >> that makes sense though yeah >> what's kind >> I feel seen that's what he says What's crazy is cuz I ████ around so much at home too. Yesterday I went to go get Thai food and then the waiter that comes in that puts the food down, he has an accent. As soon as he puts the food down, Tao was like, "Oh, beef and broccoli." And I was like, "You can't do that, DUDE." >> WHAT IF THEY ALL start speaking like FOBs and now everyone just thinks you guys are just FOBs? >> I know, dude. Cuz I cuz the the timing sounded like he said something like, "Here's your food now, sir." And it sounded like Tao was making

4:11 >> the timing sound like he's mocking him. But >> what the he doesn't know is that Tao just says that all the time. >> All the time. No matter who the waiter is. >> Yeah. I was like >> Is it okay though cuz he's Asian? >> Yeah. >> Is it like a kid too? >> The attention. >> But is it like our nword is what I'm saying? >> Beef and broccoli is our n word. >> Beef and broccoli. >> What's up? Beef and broccoli. >> That just set us back somehow. I didn't even realize that could be done. That's beef and broccoli is our n word. >> What up, BF? What up, Beef and Broccoli? >> Panda Express is just our ghetto hangout spot. That's crazy. I I think that you guys have made I say you guys so that I can clear myself this. I think you guys have made an entire living off of FOB jokes. Actually, >> and merch.

5:01 >> Woofers as the woofers. You made a living off of FOB clothes. That's true. YEAH, YOU ████ SCUMBAG. >> You have the visuals. Look at your shirt. >> You're a scumbag, dude. >> Look at your shirt. The brand is fun. The actual but you are actual rice hat. >> Yeah, dude. You guys are dancing in rice hat and you be dancing >> and you're dancing and you're dancing for white audiences like me. We're going, "Wow, this is really authentic." I was uplifting the culture, Ryan, not just our hairstyle. >> You know why you're uplifting PF Chains? CUZ IT'S NOT EVEN A real ████ >> We never got sponsored by PF Chain. A 50-year-old white couple is at your show and they're like, "This is so authentic." >> Yeah. >> Hell yeah, >> dude. That's off the clothes.

5:53 >> See, you're guilty. >> Yeah, man. >> That's a fair I just wish they were wearing the flip-flop. You propped it off of FOB clothes and then we propped it off of FOB words. >> Fob words. >> Yeah, >> dude. You guys I think >> I think you guys taught a lot of Americans about FOBs. Like I I think that the educational era of JK, which is JK educational channel. Yeah, >> that's what I'm saying. You I think you put people on game about FOBs a certain way. >> I think that they don't laugh at it though unless they see it personally in their lives. So these guys are just increasing the volume and making it like oh I I yeah I do see that all the time >> cuz David said that once we came out with a Korean history channel Korea number one >> non-stop people would ████ BE LIKE KOREA KOREA NUMBER ONE AND THEN LAUGH AT David and he's like who the ████ are these guys and it's saying he said we

6:45 haunted him. >> It's like the Apoo the Apoo problem. >> What a difficult haunt. People were like Korea number one when they see him versus Twin Tower GIFs everywhere. >> That's not I don't know how that happened. That's not pop culture. Stop making money off 911 would be nice. That'd be nice. >> Yeah, don't appropriate 911. >> Who am I appropriating in that one? >> You know, you know, New Yorkers, >> FOBs, pick a side. >> Well, I guess like the the the whole thing of people making fun of FOBs is that they're making fun of their own families usually a lot of the time or people they grew up with. You know, >> the funniest thing that is though our first characters are Vietnamese and neither me or your Vietnamese >> objectively, right? But you grew up with Vietnamese. Do you remember? We used to do Cantonese ones, too. >> And then we started ████ around with the Vietnamese one >> cuz that one just sounds funnier. >> Way funnier. >> It took over. >> Yeah. >> It's too similar.

7:35 >> Vietnamese got to be the most comedic sounding FOB accent. >> Oh, for sure. >> Out of all Asians, right? >> Yeah. >> South Vietnamese though. You need >> Oh, there's a difference. I can't tell the difference. >> There's a difference for sure. >> The North like an English accent. >> Like North is like proper. South is like southern twang. What is a proper Vietnamese accent? >> It says th like with a Z. >> North. >> That's north. Oh, okay. Okay. >> Yeah. >> Or that's technically a d >> a D sounds like a Z like >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. But it's >> be like pass the way it's like one of those things when one side wins a war, the version of their dialect is like the proper worldly like this is the one. So even even if southern people who have the most ghetto accents when they sing they still sing in like a northern accent.

8:25 >> Oh because that's like the usually I like the southern one. It's more like expressive. >> Yeah. Unless you go like >> gung style crazy like super southern but southern is like it's literally like >> style >> gung you know when you like go into like a random video shop and it's like fun now >> that's how we actually sound >> those are actually See I'm talking about my own people you guys made a living off of my people you ████ >> It's cuz I admire Vietnamese the most. >> Oh that's right you were just woof woofing. >> Is that happy birthday? WHAT IS THAT? HAPPY. >> SPEAKING OF FALL CLOTHES, what does your shirt say? >> Gungai foy. >> Hell yeah. >> Happy new year, man. >> This guy walked in the gas shirt. It's like I think that says happy new year

9:15 cuz I immediately recognize the first two I mean the middle two characters. I was like, "What the hell?" And I had to look it up. >> It's funny cuz you would think I got this some like souvenir stand that doesn't understand what they're saying, but this is from Teimu. >> They know what they're doing. I mean, it looks sick. You guys all watched The Sopranos, right? >> Yeah. You know? >> Oh, not yet. I need to. >> So, did you see when they went to Italy? >> Yes. >> Okay. So, remember when he was like the whole ████ seasons, right? >> They're so proud of being Italian and everything about it. They talk about the motherland, all that ████ and they finally go to Italy >> and then they ████ hate it, bro. >> And they don't fit in anywhere. >> They're just like, and I was like, that is so American. Like, that's us. Like, like we ████ have all these fake ass words. We're like sticking to this culture ████ like we this is who we are and ████ and then like at the end of the day dude they look at us like a ████

10:05 bunch of dumb Americans. >> Imagine you're like a 6'3 white guy. Your first and only tattoo is Asian character. >> 64 6'4 >> 63. >> Well, he's ████ Asian, so he's still Asian. >> I mean >> ████ frontloaded by ████ >> I always get looks dude. >> Say that. Dude, how come your mosquito bites never go away? >> What are you talking about? >> I just want to They never go away. >> I just want to know why you they never go away. >> Fresh. >> Those are fresh mosquito bites. >> Those ones, too. >> I want that one fresh. >> Mosquitoes really like you, huh? >> They do. >> Damn, that sucks. >> Just always fresh. >> Yeah. >> Did you know that hang out in your backyard all day and get bit? >> Did you know that's genetic? >> Yeah, it is. >> That's crazy. They smell your genetic. Like, it's a genetic thing that like mosquitoes will prefer other people. Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah moms would be like

10:56 oh it's cuz you got sweet blood that's why >> I will say enzyme on your skin way less >> they like energy drink blood >> they love you dude they do >> it's because of the red bulls >> they like white monster I think >> is that what it is >> Mhm. >> Would you Okay, how about this? Would you have preferred dating like a ABC chick or a fob chick in high school? >> Oh man. >> Whichever's finer. >> Damn, that's a good >> No. Well, okay. But then the accent stuff though cuz you know how Ryan talks about the whole >> the the the accent comes out. It depends on what kind. >> It's it's different too. Like I think that's like the surface level. But I think after you've been dating for a while, you you'll notice really big differences. >> Joe, for your karma, it's a Vietnamese accent. >> I like Vietnamese people though. And I date a lot of Vietnamese girls. To me, it's who has the better titties. Yeah, >> I feel like that's a good vocal

11:46 >> cuz titties and she has a banging body. I don't think I would care about the accent that much and her style. >> I'm glad you said bang cuz huge cities can be on fat girls too. So like Gordon does. >> Yeah, but imagine remember our high school crush Hi. >> Yeah. >> Imagine there's a Korean fob like her. I don't think anyone would give a ████ about Lee. >> Yeah. I don't give a ████ if she's fob. >> You need a visual reference. I don't think anyone would give a ████ >> That's too That's too high though. Go. You got Coco Lee, >> dude. If a chick, too. >> If a chick's hot and she's like Helen Keller, who nobody gives a ████ >> That's not her. How come half of those pictures aren't her? >> It's a common name. >> Oh, is it? >> That's her right there in the f the second photo right here. >> No, it's the girl on the very left. >> This one is Watch. Click on her. Click

12:37 on the >> What the heck? Imagine there's a girl that she's like, "Hi, my name is Ununice or whatever, so I'm gonna >> do you want to go on a date with me?" >> Yeah, that's true. Whatever. I don't >> But I I like the Korean accent on girls. >> Oh, yeah. >> Cuz it sounds like You know what it is though? Beyond accent, there's a way that they like I'm just speaking on Filipino FOBs because this is my experience from high school. >> The way they carry themselves is different from Filipino Americans. Yeah. >> The way that they just their default state >> like ready to serve. >> Well, Filipino fog girl, you could be chilling and they'll just be like, "Okay, look at me. Watch this. Look, this is just chilling. Default state." >> You know what I mean? Like it's not >> It's not It's a very small thing. It's really little. I know what you mean, >> but there's an awareness that's just like it's different. It's like their

13:28 aura. >> Yeah. Like they'll sit down and they'll >> That's like a Chinese man's default say is >> Yep. Yep. Yep. >> Yeah. That's what I'm saying. Like it's it's the beyond the accent if you can get over it. There's little tiny things like that >> cuz in Korean they have this thing called egg yo which is like um like cutesy. So girls are supposed to be like this cutesy like I'm like uh I'm going to be your wife. I'm going to be your little sister. >> Like Japanese porn. >> Yep. >> Yeah. Kind of like that where they're like so it's they're just more feminine and cuter. >> They're not going to be like this, >> right? And that's not like it's not always like uncouthed behaviors. It's just little tiny things like a the way that my ex would watch TV. She would watch it LIKE she was GO and it's like that's fine but like it ain't for some reason it just doesn't

14:20 exist with like the American side. I don't know why. >> What are you watching? What are you watching? >> Normal ████ Just like the Laker game. >> Why though? It's a tenseness. Same thing with like when you look at people from Australia that are like from Australia like uh like bogan people they have the same thing. They're just the sun's always in their eye. >> That's true. >> It's just like a thing like there's a default. >> They're like what the ████ is that? >> Yeah. So like in the beginning you're like you'll find when you date someone you notice these little like odd things. >> Then Korean fobs for sure. >> Yeah. Same thing. >> I think it'll be more pleasant that to be like >> Yeah. You always look like a food dog. >> Yeah. Yeah. Wait, >> you know what I'm talking about. >> I know. That's what's really funny. >> What's the Vietnamese f? >> Yeah, I'm trying to I'm trying to What are other natural states of fs? >> Natural fobs. >> Cuz yeah, the Chinese guy is this. >> Yeah. Blow it.

15:10 >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Or roll roll their t-shirt up when it's hot. >> Yeah. The belly belly. E. >> When I saw that ████ in Hong Kong, I was mesmerized. I never knew a guy could shoot out boogers without getting it all over THEIR LIP. JUST WENT >> AND THEN IT JUST WENT. >> IT'S a talent. >> And I was like, "What the ████ I've never seen that years." >> Huh? >> They have to practice for years, >> dude. Yeah. These behavior. >> I was I was shocked, dude. >> Yeah. >> I was like, "How did you get none of it on your mustache? That's so crazy. I tried doing it and I got all this snot dripping down like >> to escape velocity, dude. >> Yeah. They didn't work. >> Yeah.

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