Doctor title being prestigious isn’t just Asian thing, but what he saying about his parents seems like more of a Chinese thing, look up Chloe Zhao’s comment about China, they lie all the time and thinks it’s a good thing to step over others to rule over others
as an asian doctor, this is true even for asians in our home country. my dad said he doesnt care what i do, he just wants me to have the MD next to my name for extra credibility.
only two are acceptable because they are entirely selfish, lawyer for the money problems and doctor for old age. And for the child? Nothing. However you cannot be a useful doctor if your morals are so skewed you can't actually help people.
why go to the hospital when there's vicks vapor rub right there Edit: since the comments are talking abt it, im filipino and yeah tiger balm is also part of the household lmao
I’ve always been curious though. Like why fo the Philippines like nursing in particular? Chinese people say doctor because that’s just the highest salaried career they can think of, but they’d be equally happy about lawyer engineer or Wall Street banking. Why do Filipino parents like nursing though?
My father and mother in law. My actual Chinese father and mother in law. Try getting them to go anywhere NEAR the doctor. Quite a tough proposition in China, I can tell you. And what’s the first thing that my wife said to my eldest daughter about jobs? At the age of FIVE, I might add? “Maybe you’d like to be doctor?” This is one of the most insightful and observant sketches I ever saw in my life.
To be fair though, the healthcare system in China is absolute horseshit. They'll write you up for antibiotics every chance they get just so they can make money off commission. If you're dying and dont got the money, nobody will save you. They completely disregard the sacred oath This has happened several times already. For example, a man carried his sick child on his back for 40km to the nearest hospital hoping to save his life. He was turned away at the hospital because he couldn't pay up. And his child died right there in front of him. What this guy is saying holds a lot of truth in regards to the healthcare in China. It's downright inhumane.
My Dad wanted me to be a Doctor because he thought he'd get free healthcare out of it. Sorry buddy, it doesn't work like that. Edit since I am seeing a lot of speculation. I am not a Doctor, I am a financially broke Computer Systems Administrator and I live in the US. It sounds nice that some of the other more civilized countries of the World perform the hard work necessary to get their people appropriate care. Further, my Father isn't worthy of anything from me for free, I've been keeping his incompetent ass from losing his home for lack of payment for a couple of decades now. I've missed an unknown number of opportunities from his holding me back or keeping me from flourishing.
I’m Asian and yes, this happened to me too. Dad was obsessed with me being a doctor for 6 years. My sister ended up a nurse and I’m in healthcare administration, but neither of us was interested in being a doctor haha. Dad is still a little sour about it till this day.
My dad want me to be an architect but I don't single drop of interest in architecting bc i want to do marketing management bc of this i made a deal with my dad i said let me finish what i want then i will do what job you want me to
@@kimberlytaylor5886 There is this thing that was invented sometime in the early 1800s called a joke, I believe. I attempted to use it, apologies if it failed to translate. :)
@@dowddash i actually know someone who failed kindergarten, so it's possible lol. but that was due to a really shitty teacher who failed a bunch of kindergarteners on year... so that guy ended up in my grade a year older than everyone else. no idea if the shitty teacher got fired tho, like. who fails kindergarteners??
Oi oi I'm Indian And I have to say this.... Foreigners should avoid coming here as much as possible.... At least for a couple of years until the retarded generation becomes non existent.
Some Chinese parents thought they could get free meds and first priority to check into the best hospitals if their kids are doctors. Doesn’t work that way either😂
Yes if you are malaysian. In malaysia officers goverment including doctors and nurses they get many benefit from malaysia ruler. One of their benefit is parents get free medical. Our goverments pay the bills.
works that way in china lol. the only way you see someone within a reasonable length of time is connections. otherwise you wait for like 24 hours. you sit there. maybe pay someone else to sit there to keep your place in line. it's insane.
I did the opposite. I joined the military, participated in a war, married someone outside my ethnicity. Was my parents mad? Yes. Are they proud to have no other son like that in the neighborhood? Damn right
@@shunlau7051 Then there's my parents Who'll be proud if I can even convince a person to be my partner.... The requirement is alive, close to my age and human
I'm Greek and I can tell you this all applies to us too. Most parents will tell you to either become a doctor or lawyer or marry one. All while saying that doctors and lawyer are the worst.
1:12 “it was about money and prestige , because if you’re a first-generation immigrant, your children becoming doctors is the quickest way you can turn it around in 1 generation.”
My dad wanted me to be a doctor, too. Yes, he is completely disappointed in the way I turned out. He actually felt sorry for me before he got dementia. I'm not Asian, though. I just empathize with the expectations.
That's true in India we took engineering first and later figure out what to do with our life..well the obession over doctor goes no where. My mom even said like "it's oky if u didn't go into medicine .Do doctorate in engineering u ll be a' Dr.' then" ..I was speechless!!
It's so true, I'm becoming a doctor but I've rarely ever seen a doctor even when every single person in the house had covid When I told them I like studying medicine because I want to help people, my dad said "You can do that later, first get money then help"
Dude the first time I saw blood and fainted, my mom wasn't concerned about me but she was disappointed that I wouldn't go into medicine....she still tried to get me interested in homeopathy though...even now she complains how neither me nor my brother chose medicine...
@xyz abc well I've tried it and it worked on me so I can't really agree with this but Indian homeopathy has some parts of Ayurveda in it so I don't think it's the same to the original concept of the practice
If you did do medicine you would to SEE surgery which is very things i will say be glad also get ready for pulling 7-10 all nighters of studying 300k for paying for learning that it was a good thing
discrimination and stereotypes are not the same thing lol. They're already in your neighborhood..... lol. Are they just...... not invited to the BBQ? lol.
my parents didn't want me to be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. they wanted me to go into business and get an MBA 😂 unfortunately I have the charisma and social skills of a wet paper bag and the brain of an artist so I went into humanities 😂 I can't believe any asian parents would get disappointed about an MBA, that was all i heard growing up
Doctors don't even make that much once you factor in how expensive medical school is and how much student loan debt they have. and starting pay for residence doctors is very low. It takes a long time for doctors to actually make good money
Bruh, my mom wants my sister and I to be a pharmacist. Funny thing is that my sister wants to be a doctor, specifically a surgeon. My mom is not happy.
Haha, my dad was a Filipino MD, and he was relentless. "Why don't you go to medical school? Why don't you become doctor?" (35 years in the US, he never lost his accent.) 😂
Imagine an Asian student studying for his life only to get denied in the interview when he say he want to help people but the interviewer watch Ronny chieng hahahahahah
Asian Parents Expectations 1. Be a Doctor 2. Be a Lawyer 3. Be Dentist 4. Be Anything that's worth bragging about and makes a lot of money. If you aren't one those things especially nr.4, they will act like they don't know
My mom wanted me to be a doctor, but I was not smart or ambitious enough for that. She was okay with me being a nurse because I would have the skillset needed to take care of her and dad. This woman ruined my mental health just so I could graduate high school. There's no way in hell I could've handled med school without me wanting to do a backflip off the building.
I used to go to a convenience store every morning before school from the age of 9 thru 18. There was an Asian lady there(she was the manager) that I became friends with, she literally watched me grow up. I would help her out at the store in my free time. She taught me a good work ethic. When I started talking about college, she said "You become doctor?". I was unsure of what I wanted to do at the time. Several times she tried to convince me to become a doctor lol. I didn't think much of it at the time, but I now know she said it out of love.
Mexican parents are also the last group of people that you can convince to see a doctor. They're like "nombre, I feel fine", while they're coughing up a lung, "I'll just drink a 7up and the sickness will go away, watcha."
my dad wanted atleast one of his kids to be a nurse, and my brother decided to do it. so my dad was happy, except that he didnt like that my brother is too caring with the patients. LOL he was like "you should go abroad and earn more money! not take care of the sick!"
So true about Asian parents not wanting to see a doctor. About ten years ago I tried to convince my Japanese mother to see a doctor for what I hoped would be an annual physical examination. She didn't talk to me for two days -- and that was when I was staying at her home!
True. My mom is a doctor herself but refuses to see a doctor unless she has any heart problems. She has two sisters that aren't doctors and they want their kids to be doctors.
This is also a big part of why you rarely see any homeless Asians. Even if they don't become doctors or some other well-to-do career, the majority will at least be gainfully employed because the culture places great emphasis on not bringing shame to yourself, and even more importantly, your family.
you don't need an appointment if you have a son as a doctor, just have them do a health check up for free at home. saves yourself the line and the money
I'm a Bengali and I'm a teen who is deciding on what to do for the future as a career. I have asked my grandma many times on what I should be in the future and she ALWAYS says doctor. There was one day where I asked her again "What should I be in the future? ANYTHING BUT a doctor" Her: *nurse*
I'm Afro-latinx and a first generation American. I'm in Uni for Marine Biology and my parents wanted us to become engineers (me and my brother) and my sister to be a doctor. So this joke always makes me laugh so hard because it hits home. 😅
As Indian, I relate to the second part a lot. But my parents didn't want me to be a doctor. They wanted me to be a chartered accountant. I just wanna watch anime, read manga, light novels and webnovels.
Mum never wanted me and my siblings to be a doctor. She didn't want us to be exposed to sickness all the time for a career so it was weird growing up with other Asian classmates who were so into wanting to be doctors; we'd all been conditioned to think of it as a non-glamorous profession.
My mom is a medical worker and she has this mindset too. I actually had no problem enrolling in med school if she insisted, but it's the opposite and I ended up in Computer Science haha. I'm asian too!
Yeah my mom is a scientist with a PhD and she never wanted me to get into the sciences or med school. I also did not have the aptitude for it. Growing up I was discouraged from careers that required too much education because my mom felt like she wasted her youth in a laboratory. They wanted me to get into a career that makes good money without extra education... unfortunately I'm the type who's good at school and not at real life 😂 it was so weird learning from other kids that their parents obsessed over them becoming doctors, lawyers, or engineers. my parents told me those jobs are too demanding and stressful and take too much time to study for lol
I don't know if it is genetic or what, but as an Asian descendant I've seen my family's reluctance to go to the doctor first-hand: once my uncle had just developed an allergy by eating crab, so he was literally dying, but still refused to go the doctor even though the entire family was telling him to go. Well, I do not remember what we said (I'm not sure, but I think it was something to the effect of "Just imagine the problem you're going to cause if you don't go and then die", but don't remember it), but eventually he went to the doctor who later said that if he had taken any longer, he would've died. Worst thing is, my grandma, I think my mom once too, and even I have done similar things (though thankfully, in my case it really turned out to not be as serious as it could've been, which was really lucky on my side).
There's a reason why Asian parents don't go to see a doctor. Money. In the US, the medical bills are crazy expensive, and Asian parents know that. They want to save that money for their children.
@@finding_aether Really? I saw so many parents going to see the lawyers, esp recently. And yes, they insisted their children to become lawyers/doctors.
It’s so true that it really hurts. My sister’s son just became a doctor because he grew up hearing his mom saying the same things over and over. Powerful brainwashing
LOL rn I study Accounting&finance, my younger sister civil engineer, and my younger brother being persuade to get law degree 24/7 by my parent,, before that my mom specifically hope that one of her daughters to be a doctor but none of us pass the exam to be a doctor, don't forget we must get in to reputable uni,, luckily me and my sister get in to 'ivy league' in my country but we really feel sorry to our little brother get the final pressure (cause he is the younger & the only son of the fam) Don't forget that my mother once said that no matter how great the achievements my little sister and I get, if my little brother is not the same as us, it's all useless because he's a boy. Mann.... patriarchy still play big part Don't worry we all love our Asian parents, with all their centric love language 😂
Lol, my husband is Asian. We weren’t able to have kids but if we did, yes, I wanted them to be doctors. 😂 My husband is a first generation immigrant and it’s nearly impossible to get him to go to a doctor. Funny and true. 🙌🏻
Being a doctor/dentist in still developing asian countries is next to impossible, since things gone wrong easily and quickly, and in countries like China and Viet Nam, doctors are job that throw you into prisons very fast.
My mom forced all my siblings and I to be in healthcare. Until now, she ask us to avoid patients if they have even the possibility of having a contagious disease. Yeah mom, doesnt work that way.
My Cuban grandma was exactly like this: Never wanted to go to the doctor herself, but really wanted my dad, and then me, to be doctors. I remember overhearing this conversation (roughly translated): "My son, it's not too late. You could still go to medical school in Salamanca." "Mom, I'm fifty-two. Yes it is!" This was particularly funny for me, because I was a huge hypochondriac as a kid; I didn't want to be anywhere near a sick person! Still, she got some consolation that we both got to be CALLED "Doctor" - we got PhDs instead.
I am very bad at math that I even got a C1 in my test! My mom was not very disappointed, I wasn’t disappointed either because I did the best I could in all the other tests. I got an A1, A2, B1.. but my dad was pretty disappointed. He said “if you aren’t good at math, you won’t be a doctor.” But dad, I wanna be a singer! holy shit, you’ve read my lyrics, they’re great, aren’t they?? My mom was very supportive of me, she told him this “we shouldn’t be forcing our kids to be someone whom they don’t want to be” God.. she was great!
As an aussie living 😅Toronto, Canada I’ve had many Asian friends say this exact thing. This bit was hilarious!!😂😂 Why isn’t your name in the title RONNY CHIENG! Well done. 👏💪👊
As an indian, this is relatable. Our parents wanted us to be doctors. And not even any medical professional like a nurse or lab technician or a pharmacist, but a proper medical doctor. If we didn't make it to medical school then it's engineering of course.
Great-great grandfather was from Poland. He and his wife had 7 kids. Four became doctors, three became nurses. They totally bought the "becoming a doctor is the quickest way to turn this around."
It's about money and fame from the start. It's also the reason why these parents are forcing their kids into afterschool lessons, playing an instrument, and a whole horde of other junk. They just want to brag about how much better their son/daughter is compared to their peers. And quite honestly, even though the CCP made an exceptionally controversial decision limiting parents' ability to send their kids to afterschool lessons, I am actually in full support of it. The parents are putting too much pressure on the kids and making their lives incredibly toxic.
"Helping people is in the bottom list of reasons" made me LOL 😁
Unfortunately that's quite true in most of the part of Asia ...
The unfortunate byproduct 😂
"If it even makes the list!!!"
Doctor title being prestigious isn’t just Asian thing, but what he saying about his parents seems like more of a Chinese thing, look up Chloe Zhao’s comment about China, they lie all the time and thinks it’s a good thing to step over others to rule over others
That's what made me like the video
It took a while for my parents to understand PhD is not the same as MD. The final blow is learning how little I would make.
depends what u do with ur degree 6 figure entry level jobs for both
When I was going to university we used to laughingly (or maybe jealously) call PhD *_"Piled Higher and Deeper"_*
@@Oreomilkcookie i am a civil engineer who is unemployed due to the pandemic but when i had a job i was making mid 5 figures. 😥 😔
Wow you really flipped the script like that 😂😂
@@warren52nz Really? I was told it stood for "Permanent Head Damage." Both are true maybe 😂
as an asian doctor, this is true even for asians in our home country. my dad said he doesnt care what i do, he just wants me to have the MD next to my name for extra credibility.
well at least he was honest
At least he ain’t stressing a profession. My mom literally tried to threat me into becoming one💀
@@riftsplitter2159 Why wouldn't he be with his own son.
🤣 🤣 🤣
@@0doublezero0 believe me, lots of Asian fathers can easily lie or tell half-truths. i found out too late.
"Helping people is like the unfortunate by-product of becoming a healthcare professional." 🤣🤣🤣
Great line! 😂
It's funny because it's true.
The holy trinity for asian parents
Doctor- lawyer - engineer
dont forget the other 4th option, disappointment
Or CA
Or accountant or systems engineer or merchant banker or senior executive
Otherwise, it's disownment
or failure
only two are acceptable because they are entirely selfish, lawyer for the money problems and doctor for old age. And for the child? Nothing. However you cannot be a useful doctor if your morals are so skewed you can't actually help people.
why go to the hospital when there's vicks vapor rub right there
Edit: since the comments are talking abt it, im filipino and yeah tiger balm is also part of the household lmao
OMG that's the magic heal all. Caribbean parents also swear by this lol
Lmaoo yeah
@@Xero_Wolf Arab people too😭😭
@@Xero_Wolf Indian parents too
Oh hey there Gojo ;)
Chinese Parents: No talk to me until you doctor!
Filipino Parents: Well, go be a nurse...
Gotta know your limitations.
@@denisl2760 lol.. 🤣
I work in oncology, and I’d venture to say 80% of our nurses are Filipino. LoL
I’ve always been curious though. Like why fo the Philippines like nursing in particular? Chinese people say doctor because that’s just the highest salaried career they can think of, but they’d be equally happy about lawyer engineer or Wall Street banking. Why do Filipino parents like nursing though?
lol
My father and mother in law. My actual Chinese father and mother in law. Try getting them to go anywhere NEAR the doctor. Quite a tough proposition in China, I can tell you. And what’s the first thing that my wife said to my eldest daughter about jobs? At the age of FIVE, I might add? “Maybe you’d like to be doctor?” This is one of the most insightful and observant sketches I ever saw in my life.
I hope you countered your wife with something "unsteady and low-paying" like author or painter. lol
@@sorrowdusk5068 that's even true in china doctors earn jack shit
To be fair though, the healthcare system in China is absolute horseshit. They'll write you up for antibiotics every chance they get just so they can make money off commission. If you're dying and dont got the money, nobody will save you. They completely disregard the sacred oath This has happened several times already. For example, a man carried his sick child on his back for 40km to the nearest hospital hoping to save his life. He was turned away at the hospital because he couldn't pay up. And his child died right there in front of him. What this guy is saying holds a lot of truth in regards to the healthcare in China. It's downright inhumane.
“Asian parents are the last group of people you’ll ever convince to go see a doctor”
Holy shit! that’s so freaking true 🤣🤦🏻♂️
so true
They rather go see TCM lol
My Dad wanted me to be a Doctor because he thought he'd get free healthcare out of it. Sorry buddy, it doesn't work like that.
Edit since I am seeing a lot of speculation.
I am not a Doctor, I am a financially broke Computer Systems Administrator and I live in the US. It sounds nice that some of the other more civilized countries of the World perform the hard work necessary to get their people appropriate care. Further, my Father isn't worthy of anything from me for free, I've been keeping his incompetent ass from losing his home for lack of payment for a couple of decades now. I've missed an unknown number of opportunities from his holding me back or keeping me from flourishing.
OH OK
Free for him, cz you're paying.
It actually does work that way. Idiot.
Well, that was genuine though 😅
Lol I mean if you have your own practice he can
I’m Asian and yes, this happened to me too. Dad was obsessed with me being a doctor for 6 years. My sister ended up a nurse and I’m in healthcare administration, but neither of us was interested in being a doctor haha. Dad is still a little sour about it till this day.
I'm a sucker for Asians sticking it to their parents. Good on you!
My dad want me to be an architect but I don't single drop of interest in architecting bc i want to do marketing management bc of this i made a deal with my dad i said let me finish what i want then i will do what job you want me to
Are you Philipino?
I was in the same boat but managed to please them by becoming a software engineer instead and showing them how much I make compared to doctors lol
@@xiupan How much do you make? How many years experience? Did you go to college for software engineering?
I set expectations with my parents early by failing kindergarten, they're just happy I'm not homeless.
You made me curious but how do you fail kindergarten???
@@kimberlytaylor5886 There is this thing that was invented sometime in the early 1800s called a joke, I believe.
I attempted to use it, apologies if it failed to translate. :)
@@dowddash 🤣
@@dowddash i actually know someone who failed kindergarten, so it's possible lol. but that was due to a really shitty teacher who failed a bunch of kindergarteners on year... so that guy ended up in my grade a year older than everyone else. no idea if the shitty teacher got fired tho, like. who fails kindergarteners??
I was gonna say always coloring outside the lines or poor finger painting but hey, art ain’t for everyone 😂
Indian parents are the same. The kids should be doctors or engineers so that they can get the money. Well technically we're Asians too.
Law is great
Asian
Everyone thought the same and now engineers are driving taxis lol
Even I am premed student.
My brother is engineer
Isn't India in Asia?
I now see why Chinese and Indians dont mix much. We know each other's tricks. We are not complimentary, we are competition! Lol
Too bad. Indian women are very attractive people.
Oi oi I'm Indian
And I have to say this.... Foreigners should avoid coming here as much as possible.... At least for a couple of years until the retarded generation becomes non existent.
There trying to one up eachother with population too.
Well in Trinidad they marry all the time. We even have a name for the mixed kids they have...Chindian! Like my grandpa. 😄
World doesn't want them to be united, because they are ultimate combination
I want to share this with my Asian friends but all their parents are doctors.
Show it to them any, just don't let the parents see it. lol
Hahahq
that's just more reasons for them to see it
😅😅
My friends parents wanted him to be a doctor, now they just want him out of the house.
Yup the pandemic !! My sister is a medical intern and she isn't even allowed near the dog 🐕
Some Chinese parents thought they could get free meds and first priority to check into the best hospitals if their kids are doctors. Doesn’t work that way either😂
Does work that way in Malaysia. Even siblings get those benefits too.
Yes if you are malaysian. In malaysia officers goverment including doctors and nurses they get many benefit from malaysia ruler. One of their benefit is parents get free medical. Our goverments pay the bills.
works that way in china lol. the only way you see someone within a reasonable length of time is connections. otherwise you wait for like 24 hours. you sit there. maybe pay someone else to sit there to keep your place in line. it's insane.
I did the opposite. I joined the military, participated in a war, married someone outside my ethnicity. Was my parents mad? Yes. Are they proud to have no other son like that in the neighborhood? Damn right
White girl as wife = glory in asian family
thank you for your service
My man! If you married non-Asian and non-White woman, even more props!
Nice 👌
@@shunlau7051
Then there's my parents
Who'll be proud if I can even convince a person to be my partner.... The requirement is alive, close to my age and human
For my asian grandma, if her son can't be a doctor, having a doctor as her daughter in law is good enough 😅
If you can't be a doctor, marry a doctor. Logic seems sound.
@Rohan 12 The hungry girl that wants a chef for a husband
I'm Greek and I can tell you this all applies to us too. Most parents will tell you to either become a doctor or lawyer or marry one. All while saying that doctors and lawyer are the worst.
I mean yeah there the worst if you want to save its like 200k-300k idk if the pay is good enough tho
1:12 “it was about money and prestige , because if you’re a first-generation immigrant, your children becoming doctors is the quickest way you can turn it around in 1 generation.”
Ronny Chieng knows what's up. Arguably the funniest AAPI comedian out there.
Arguably? Definitely.
@@EdaugEthanbYT Jo Koy funnier
Jimmy Yang’s a good one.
My dad wanted me to be a doctor, too. Yes, he is completely disappointed in the way I turned out. He actually felt sorry for me before he got dementia. I'm not Asian, though. I just empathize with the expectations.
Hope you’re doing ok.
That's true in India we took engineering first and later figure out what to do with our life..well the obession over doctor goes no where. My mom even said like "it's oky if u didn't go into medicine .Do doctorate in engineering u ll be a' Dr.' then" ..I was speechless!!
Sad part is a lot of engineers that that go to grad school end up not finding jobs.
Sometimes it goes the other way. Mohandas Gandhi wanted to be a doctor, but his family pressured him to be a lawyer instead.
lmao my parents are doctors AND want me to be a doctor but just tell me to drink water when i’m sick 🥲
That's really funny lol
Your family is going a little overkill with the prestige lol
@Theo Van Tazic wow !!
@Theo Van Tazic Good luck with that. 😂
@Theo Van Tazic okay antivaxxer
"They just want to take people's money "- so true
Brutal truth, one of the major reasons for toxic medical field environment nowadays
Me as a physician, 2nd generation Filipino, watching this while taking care of patients. 😀
This level of honesty gets me through the day
Ronny is going to the next level 😂 been a fan & he keep getting better 💯
It's so true, I'm becoming a doctor but I've rarely ever seen a doctor even when every single person in the house had covid
When I told them I like studying medicine because I want to help people, my dad said "You can do that later, first get money then help"
Woah
U father quote correct tho u help urself first then help others
Dude the first time I saw blood and fainted, my mom wasn't concerned about me but she was disappointed that I wouldn't go into medicine....she still tried to get me interested in homeopathy though...even now she complains how neither me nor my brother chose medicine...
@xyz abc well I've tried it and it worked on me so I can't really agree with this but Indian homeopathy has some parts of Ayurveda in it so I don't think it's the same to the original concept of the practice
If you did do medicine you would to SEE surgery which is very things i will say be glad also get ready for pulling 7-10 all nighters of studying 300k for paying for learning that it was a good thing
Homeopathy? That’s like the exact opposite of a doctor…
So so true...
Protect the Asians in your neighborhood don't let people discriminate on them!
Nice fake gun
It’s still fine to discriminate against whites though right? Love them double standards
@@cardioandfriends stfu nobody said that
@@Xavier_Coogat_the_Mambo_King they just tryna start things for no reason
discrimination and stereotypes are not the same thing lol. They're already in your neighborhood..... lol. Are they just...... not invited to the BBQ? lol.
This is very true. It's not about helping people but only about the money and to brag about other people that their son/daughter is a doctor.
My parents were pissed when I went to business school and got a MBA… That is until they saw my first check and my equity grant at my company.
my parents didn't want me to be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. they wanted me to go into business and get an MBA 😂 unfortunately I have the charisma and social skills of a wet paper bag and the brain of an artist so I went into humanities 😂 I can't believe any asian parents would get disappointed about an MBA, that was all i heard growing up
Doctors don't even make that much once you factor in how expensive medical school is and how much student loan debt they have. and starting pay for residence doctors is very low. It takes a long time for doctors to actually make good money
As hilarious as this is… it’s actually so unbelievably true about all immigrant parents 🤣😂
I'm asian and my parents don't want me to be a doctor or anything to do with medical stuff my dad just wants me to do marketing
Bruh, my mom wants my sister and I to be a pharmacist. Funny thing is that my sister wants to be a doctor, specifically a surgeon. My mom is not happy.
ah, the hidden fourth job that asian parents like: businessman 😂
Haha, my dad was a Filipino MD, and he was relentless. "Why don't you go to medical school? Why don't you become doctor?" (35 years in the US, he never lost his accent.) 😂
Imagine an Asian student studying for his life only to get denied in the interview when he say he want to help people but the interviewer watch Ronny chieng hahahahahah
Asian Parents Expectations
1. Be a Doctor
2. Be a Lawyer
3. Be Dentist
4. Be Anything that's worth bragging about and makes a lot of money.
If you aren't one those things especially nr.4, they will act like they don't know
So very true with Indian Parents until mid eighties 😀
So happy to see that so many Asian kids grow up and speak up for their own 🎉
My mom wanted me to be a doctor, but I was not smart or ambitious enough for that. She was okay with me being a nurse because I would have the skillset needed to take care of her and dad. This woman ruined my mental health just so I could graduate high school. There's no way in hell I could've handled med school without me wanting to do a backflip off the building.
So you’re mad at your mom for making sure you graduated high school? Ok…
@@JohnDoe-zr8pcyou have poor reading comprehension
Some people don't want to go to a doctor because they're afraid to find out they're sick. 😂
I wondered why this guys voice sounded so familiar then I rewatched my favorite Netflix show scissor seven then I found out hes the mc eng voice actor
2:04 I love it, textbook psychological phenomenon of 'projection'
Everything he said is completely corrected and what I want to say, after go through unwanted toxic relationships with many asian parents couples.
1:35 OMG, that's insanely true!
OMG this so darn accurate! Every bit of it, haha 😂
I used to go to a convenience store every morning before school from the age of 9 thru 18. There was an Asian lady there(she was the manager) that I became friends with, she literally watched me grow up. I would help her out at the store in my free time. She taught me a good work ethic. When I started talking about college, she said "You become doctor?". I was unsure of what I wanted to do at the time. Several times she tried to convince me to become a doctor lol. I didn't think much of it at the time, but I now know she said it out of love.
wkwkwk welcome to Asian parents love language 😂, they love you in in a very different way that hard to understand for us
Asian here, can confirm. My parents want me to be doctors, too.
This joke always gets me
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Mexican parents are also the last group of people that you can convince to see a doctor. They're like "nombre, I feel fine", while they're coughing up a lung, "I'll just drink a 7up and the sickness will go away, watcha."
Mis abuelos 100% like that, except after the 7up doesn't do the trick, then next step is to put a abit of tequila in your tea
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my dad wanted atleast one of his kids to be a nurse, and my brother decided to do it. so my dad was happy, except that he didnt like that my brother is too caring with the patients. LOL he was like "you should go abroad and earn more money! not take care of the sick!"
So true and funny😊
My parents wanted me to be a doctor....that isn’t happening. They agreed to settle for me being a lawyer.
Well that's one side of the plea bargain. What did they want in return?
@@devaneyjohn5349 That she gets doctorate in law so they can still call her doctor
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The same shit - to take other people’s money, even more and quicker
Law dont get me started on how much you will have to do its torcher i have a friend who is in law ended up having to pay 200k
Just wonderful and so true!!
So true about Asian parents not wanting to see a doctor. About ten years ago I tried to convince my Japanese mother to see a doctor for what I hoped would be an annual physical examination. She didn't talk to me for two days -- and that was when I was staying at her home!
True. My mom is a doctor herself but refuses to see a doctor unless she has any heart problems. She has two sisters that aren't doctors and they want their kids to be doctors.
Very true 😂
This is also a big part of why you rarely see any homeless Asians. Even if they don't become doctors or some other well-to-do career, the majority will at least be gainfully employed because the culture places great emphasis on not bringing shame to yourself, and even more importantly, your family.
He is so accurate on that!!! 😂😂😂
Damn that hit me straight to the face
My mom (She's from China btw) wanted me to become a doctor litteraly to give her free appointments.
😂😂😂😂
you don't need an appointment if you have a son as a doctor, just have them do a health check up for free at home. saves yourself the line and the money
I'm a Bengali and I'm a teen who is deciding on what to do for the future as a career. I have asked my grandma many times on what I should be in the future and she ALWAYS says doctor.
There was one day where I asked her again
"What should I be in the future? ANYTHING BUT a doctor"
Her: *nurse*
I'm Afro-latinx and a first generation American. I'm in Uni for Marine Biology and my parents wanted us to become engineers (me and my brother) and my sister to be a doctor. So this joke always makes me laugh so hard because it hits home. 😅
LOL this is underrated. This is comedy gold.
My parents wanted mo to either become a Lawyer, Docotor or an Engineer. But here I am 22 years old, playing video games for a living 😂
*cough*2 game engineer, sound engineer, software engineer *cough *
As Indian, I relate to the second part a lot. But my parents didn't want me to be a doctor. They wanted me to be a chartered accountant. I just wanna watch anime, read manga, light novels and webnovels.
Asian accountant here. I still watch anime and read mangas in my free/off time. Goodluck!
As an Asian, this is soooo true
😹💯🔥this is spot on mate ….The obsession is real.
Mum never wanted me and my siblings to be a doctor. She didn't want us to be exposed to sickness all the time for a career so it was weird growing up with other Asian classmates who were so into wanting to be doctors; we'd all been conditioned to think of it as a non-glamorous profession.
My mom is a medical worker and she has this mindset too. I actually had no problem enrolling in med school if she insisted, but it's the opposite and I ended up in Computer Science haha.
I'm asian too!
Yeah my mom is a scientist with a PhD and she never wanted me to get into the sciences or med school. I also did not have the aptitude for it. Growing up I was discouraged from careers that required too much education because my mom felt like she wasted her youth in a laboratory. They wanted me to get into a career that makes good money without extra education... unfortunately I'm the type who's good at school and not at real life 😂 it was so weird learning from other kids that their parents obsessed over them becoming doctors, lawyers, or engineers. my parents told me those jobs are too demanding and stressful and take too much time to study for lol
He is a really good actor as well. The short brought me here LOL
That is TRUE
I don't know if it is genetic or what, but as an Asian descendant I've seen my family's reluctance to go to the doctor first-hand: once my uncle had just developed an allergy by eating crab, so he was literally dying, but still refused to go the doctor even though the entire family was telling him to go.
Well, I do not remember what we said (I'm not sure, but I think it was something to the effect of "Just imagine the problem you're going to cause if you don't go and then die", but don't remember it), but eventually he went to the doctor who later said that if he had taken any longer, he would've died.
Worst thing is, my grandma, I think my mom once too, and even I have done similar things (though thankfully, in my case it really turned out to not be as serious as it could've been, which was really lucky on my side).
There's a reason why Asian parents don't go to see a doctor. Money. In the US, the medical bills are crazy expensive, and Asian parents know that. They want to save that money for their children.
But..
I dun live in US and i cannot get them to see a doctor either🤣
@@finding_aether Don't know then. I can only speak from my experience living in the US.
@@michaelsong5555 🤣🤣🤣 also lawyers. We cannot get them to see lawyers.
But. Study hard to be doctors and lawyers.
@@finding_aether Really? I saw so many parents going to see the lawyers, esp recently. And yes, they insisted their children to become lawyers/doctors.
@@michaelsong5555 lol. Times a-changing🤣.
Amazing 😉 😂
*_The ''Take people's money'' is so accurate... As an Asian here honestly._*
It’s so true that it really hurts. My sister’s son just became a doctor because he grew up hearing his mom saying the same things over and over. Powerful brainwashing
LOL rn I study Accounting&finance, my younger sister civil engineer, and my younger brother being persuade to get law degree 24/7 by my parent,, before that my mom specifically hope that one of her daughters to be a doctor but none of us pass the exam to be a doctor, don't forget we must get in to reputable uni,, luckily me and my sister get in to 'ivy league' in my country but we really feel sorry to our little brother get the final pressure (cause he is the younger & the only son of the fam) Don't forget that my mother once said that no matter how great the achievements my little sister and I get, if my little brother is not the same as us, it's all useless because he's a boy. Mann.... patriarchy still play big part
Don't worry we all love our Asian parents, with all their centric love language 😂
"Because I want my kids to take other's people money obviously" Bruh 😂😂
The hospital does that not the doctor (Im sorry for taking stuff to literally) the doctor gets paid less
True 🤣
Lol, my husband is Asian. We weren’t able to have kids but if we did, yes, I wanted them to be doctors. 😂 My husband is a first generation immigrant and it’s nearly impossible to get him to go to a doctor. Funny and true. 🙌🏻
Totally true!!
Being a doctor/dentist in still developing asian countries is next to impossible, since things gone wrong easily and quickly, and in countries like China and Viet Nam, doctors are job that throw you into prisons very fast.
I am from Incia, and I can relate with this so hard
That’s true
My mom forced all my siblings and I to be in healthcare. Until now, she ask us to avoid patients if they have even the possibility of having a contagious disease. Yeah mom, doesnt work that way.
I'm Asian, but this never happened to me
My parents gave me liberty on what course shall I choose in the future
Welp, this made me LOL'ed
Omg! This is so true!
My Cuban grandma was exactly like this: Never wanted to go to the doctor herself, but really wanted my dad, and then me, to be doctors. I remember overhearing this conversation (roughly translated): "My son, it's not too late. You could still go to medical school in Salamanca." "Mom, I'm fifty-two. Yes it is!" This was particularly funny for me, because I was a huge hypochondriac as a kid; I didn't want to be anywhere near a sick person! Still, she got some consolation that we both got to be CALLED "Doctor" - we got PhDs instead.
I am very bad at math that I even got a C1 in my test! My mom was not very disappointed, I wasn’t disappointed either because I did the best I could in all the other tests. I got an A1, A2, B1.. but my dad was pretty disappointed. He said “if you aren’t good at math, you won’t be a doctor.”
But dad, I wanna be a singer! holy shit, you’ve read my lyrics, they’re great, aren’t they??
My mom was very supportive of me, she told him this “we shouldn’t be forcing our kids to be someone whom they don’t want to be”
God.. she was great!
As an aussie living 😅Toronto, Canada I’ve had many Asian friends say this exact thing. This bit was hilarious!!😂😂 Why isn’t your name in the title RONNY CHIENG! Well done. 👏💪👊
Random person : why do u wanna be a doctor?
Me : because that's what my parents want
As an indian, this is relatable. Our parents wanted us to be doctors. And not even any medical professional like a nurse or lab technician or a pharmacist, but a proper medical doctor. If we didn't make it to medical school then it's engineering of course.
Damn right 😂😂
Great-great grandfather was from Poland. He and his wife had 7 kids. Four became doctors, three became nurses. They totally bought the "becoming a doctor is the quickest way to turn this around."
Just gurgle with salt water, drink warm water, and use Tiger Balm.
Even the asians back in Asia obsess over their kids being doctors. And I can honestly agree it ismt because they want us to "help people".
It's about money and fame from the start. It's also the reason why these parents are forcing their kids into afterschool lessons, playing an instrument, and a whole horde of other junk. They just want to brag about how much better their son/daughter is compared to their peers. And quite honestly, even though the CCP made an exceptionally controversial decision limiting parents' ability to send their kids to afterschool lessons, I am actually in full support of it. The parents are putting too much pressure on the kids and making their lives incredibly toxic.
only true fans would know that this is a reupload
Casual fan. Reused, not re-uploaded.