 There's this meme going viral comparing New York Asians versus California Asians. Let's see what we think is true or false about it. Let's talk about it. Yeah, this went viral on Asians with attitude. I don't think this is too serious of a thing right now, but it is worth discussing because, you know, it's just funny. It's just like an internal Asian lunchroom discussion. And we're at the top. It has Asians in New York, you know, Stuyvesant High School. People who look like they're working on like robotics, AI, equations, algorithms, energy up there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, I want to say, is that Bobby Lee's scene from Harold and Kumar? That's the top Asians in New York, Asians in California. Andrew, we've got a bunch of Kevin Wins. I don't know. I want to say that's lambdas from a state school, possibly. Then when, of course, we've got some Crips in the corner. That's a little bit more extreme. We've got ABGs with the enhancements with the boba. And of course, we've got Kevin Winn with the tight, unical, Supima cotton black tea with the iced out chain. All right, we're going to talk about what people are discussing about this meme. Why it went viral and us having been on both sides in California and New York. What do we personally think and why do we think maybe there's a shred of truth, but not it's not really that true. But anyways, hit that like button. Check out other episodes of the Hop Hop Boys. Definitely check out Smala Sauce. This is a very delicious finishing oil. It's shipping out right now made with real truffle made in the US. I mean, the meme is super extreme, right? And it's super lopsided. But at the same time, is that what makes a viral meme? Like people kind of like the exact it's sort of like doing comedy when you're making fun of something you exaggerated for the humor and the virality. Yeah, it's polarizing for sure. I mean, I guess what they're trying to say is that what Asians in New York, generally more studious, higher population of what Chinese Asians? Well, there's a lot more elite academic institutions. All the Ivy League schools are located in the Northeast. I want to say like 70 percent of America's elite college institutions are in the Northeast. I mean, let's just talk about why it may be perceived to be more studious is if you're just talking about New York City, it's a very dense area. There is a lot of colleges, hundreds of colleges, also some very elite public high schools you have to test into like Staverson, Bronx, Science, Brooklyn Tech. We have friends who went there. But as you know that, I mean, if you go there, I believe most of the kids are Asian. And I just think on the East Coast in general, people tend to be more tapped into old world past to success, which is get a really good elite academic institution. Get a really high ranked job in private equity or Fortune 100 company and get get money that way. I think the West Coast tends to be a little bit more free and it's almost like going to new industries or different things or small business. I mean, you literally like no one in New York has like space for a farm, but like you can literally still farm in California. And by the way, it is California agents versus New York. So it's like New York is really I almost want to say they're referring to like Midtown Manhattan, like you know what I mean? And versus like, of course, like we said, the outcomes from a Staverson high school and if you go into just visually look at the student groups, it's going to look way different than a high school in like Stockton or Fresno or East San Jose or something like that, for sure. I mean, I'm not I kind of is starting to look like a Chinese versus Southeast Asian meme like, Oh, this is what Chinese people are like. This is what Southeast Asians are like. Obviously, there's a lot of people that disagree in the comments section. But what I think that is completely like kind of off is that well, I guess that, yeah, even though the Kevin Nguyen and ABG aesthetic definitely come from California 100 percent, right? It's specifically more I want to say from Viet's, right? Yeah, Vietnamese, I think Vietnamese, it's obviously Kevin Nguyen, Jenny Tran, those are Viet names. So they are credited for that. But I think it's it's just I'll obviously a lot of people in California have that aesthetic now versus really being I guess that is much more popular on the West Coast than on the East Coast. Yeah, yeah. Also, just California has way more Asians period, way more types of Asians, by the way, there is more Kevin Nguyen, Jennifer Tran in like Dorchester, Boston or Kensington, you know, Philadelphia. Yeah, but just not New York, Manhattan. Yeah, we're just talking about New York. And then so that's why the meme is funny. Obviously, all the pictures from the Cali Asians, I think that they are literally California Asians. Well, I think all out of the pictures they use for New York Asians. Those are not all New York Asians. That's I think the bottom middle one from Singapore, maybe. But I'm not alive. There's some people in New York who look like that. I will say this to defend New York real quick. I think that a lot of people forget and I think perception wise from the outside, it looks more studious Ivy League Asian, which there are a lot of in New York. Buttoned up. Yeah. But what there is also a lot, there is a lot of Asians living in poverty in New York, Chinese even living in poverty, 22%, right? One in four Asian adults is still living poverty. So it's like New York kind of has everything still a little bit. But I think the perception in the media and what you see is the more college level. To be honest, as Chinese, I'm going to speak on it impoverished. Chinese typically more wear something that looks almost like Old Navy than like street clothes. Right. Do you know what I'm saying? Like just to give people an idea, they don't necessarily go. Oh, I'm at poverty. I go into like the street look. Yeah. But as we see in the common section, not all Southeast Asians want to be, you know, depicted only as like, you know, gangsters. This was this was a very extreme. Yeah. And that's why it went viral. And that's why it's funny, but it's also ridiculous and other people were mad at. Anyway, let's just get into the comment section. Andrew, somebody said, so we're either gangsters or nerds. Asians have to be one of those two things that is so stupid. But does the meme go viral? If it doesn't pick the polarizing meme, man, that's that's what it is. Yeah, it was like either MIT or the Crips. Someone said, I feel like California Asians got equally both. I don't know if it's 5050 both, but they definitely have a large amount of both Silicon Valley, all the suburbs in the Bay Area, those are different than. I mean, like, you know what I mean? Or even different, like Irvine is different than Long Beach. Cupertino, San Mateo. What are we talking about? Milpitas Asian, right? But maybe is the meme basically talking about, like, the type that only exists there, because obviously, of course, everywhere has everything, right? It's just about distribution ratios, and it can even vary depending on, like, what part of San Jose you're looking at. Yeah, yeah. I mean, if you're comparing a high school from Stockton, California, or San Jose, California, and you're comparing it to Stiverson High School, I guess in that sense, that meme looks more true. Right, right, right. But there's a lot more if you look at it like an Asian high school and flushing, they do have Asian gang activity. Yes, I mean, basically you're cherry picking for the meme, but it's funny. Somebody said the disrespect to NYC Asians on this one is crazy. Other people said false, just be said, A, don't get it twisted, too. I mean, I think they're almost comparing, like, Midtown transplants from elite institutions. But yeah, once you get into the boroughs in New York, it is different. Right, right, right. Like, they're the more localized, right? Somebody said East Asians versus Southeast Asians. Somebody said STFU. It's always fools waiting to bend about that life, always speaking on it to try to divide us the most. Is this a divisive meme? Can it be perceived as divisive? You know, it's a meme for a reason. It's supposed to be fun. You know what it is? I hope that it sparks discussion and people just have more understanding and more camaraderie from it. But of course, everybody's different. Like, you're born into a different family than me, even two siblings in a family can have different identities. I mean, why are we talking about it? Why are we spending time breaking down a meme? Because I do think it deserves some explanation. Right, somebody said... So that's why you come to us, because we will spend 10 minutes explaining the Asians' way attitudes meme. Right, we will take something that other people will just do as a throwaway comment for their day, and we will sit and we will analyze it and let it marinate. Somebody said, nah, church Asians on top, dropout Asians on bottom. Someone said more like education-focused Asians versus bout-that-life Asians. Glee club Asians versus hood-built Asians. Somebody said no career-oriented Asians versus live-for-the-moment Asians. Obviously, Andrew, everybody has both, right? Yeah. Even within a family, I always tell people, depending on... You know what I mean? Like, some families are more variable than others. Other families have more, like, standardized outputs for the kids. Even a brother and a sister, one could be bout-that-life and the other one could really be about the books. Fortune 100, 401k life. Yeah, I thought this comment was really interesting. This guy said, damn, what's more accurate is that you got both Asians kicking in with each other and sometimes they're the same person. Some people that were hard and in the streets when they were younger are now cleaned up and studious. Same is true for the opposite. And he says, I know a lot of viets that in SoCal and NorCal, and we all grew up going to ancestor-honoring parties and stuff, and same goes for Koreans and every other Asian. Well, this person's saying that he's seen people flip archetypes. Like, they grew up in the streets and became a geek, or they were geeks, and then, like, they're getting full-sleeved tats at, like, 40. And you're Kevin Nguyen when you're younger, and then you grow up and you become Kevin Lin, or Kevin Kim. The founder, tech founder. Somebody said, ha, ha, ha, as a New York Asian, I attest to this statement. Have you seen those international students in NYC? It's a meme. That's Bicostal Asian that lives in LA in NYC. It's facts. Someone said, I'm in New Jersey, Taiwanese. They moved to the West Coast. It is a different breed, man. So these were the people, the comments that were in agreement with the meme. I think part of it is a visual bias, that when in New York, you will see more of every type of person. So when you see a bunch of rich international FAB Asians, or you see a bunch of studious Harvard, Columbia, Cornell Asians, like, you're just going to see each other a lot, more in New York City versus in California, you can go to different neighborhoods in different worlds, you go to San Jose, you go to Fresno, you go to Stockton, you go to Westminster, like, you're just like, whoa, I'm zapped into these different worlds, but then you can also go to places in California that are completely different. Palisades, Pacific Palisades, you can go to San Marino. Those are full of very, very prepy Asians. Cupertino. When I meet somebody from Palis Verde, I'm always like, yeah, this is how my natural voice is, but I'm Asian. But I grew up in PV. You're like, this is just the PV accent. So it's like, it's so variable. I will say this, though. The one thing about Manhattan is that like, it's already like a exclusive equinox. Like, who you see get into the equinox is like, already way different, you know what I mean? It's already like pre-filtered. You have to have an equinox subscription to get into the equinox. Saying like the barriers of entry, you know? Yeah, yeah, so it is very, very, it's very different to compare it to like a locality where people are like naturally organically being born and raised in a community. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I think that these are the two more, yeah, I mean, I just think it's a funny meme based in some shred of truth. But yeah, obviously- Well, I guess what do you hope to have be the outcome? Cause some people are taking a super serious arguing, other people are just posting laughing emojis, but it's on Asians with the attitude. Obviously, let's be honest, Asians with the attitude, I would say at least for the moment where everybody's on that Instagram page, they're trying to put like toughness or street smarts at a paramount priority. Versus, you know what I mean, geek smarts. Yes, I agree. But geek smarts is more useful, I guess in a, probably more, it depends. But that's why I appreciate this page, you know? It's a different perspective. It's another perspective. So, all right everybody, let us know in the comments down below, do you find this meme triggering? Is it true at all? What is true about it and have you spend time with both California and New York Asians? You know what my hope is, man? It's just that everybody can just laugh about it because of course, everybody gets born into a different family, a different tribe, a different breed of dog or whatever you wanna call it. And it's like, I just hope people can build camaraderie by talking about differences, laughing about it and getting over it and then just like, you know, hopefully being cool with each other. All right, everybody, check out Smala Sauce. It is shipping right now. Look at this brand new label, it's clean. Hoping to get into some local New York store soon. All right, everybody, thank you so much for watching. Let us know in the comments down below what you think about all this. And until next time, we out. Peace.