Ronny Chieng (performing a bit)
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Keep trying.
Keep trying.
She meant that as a nice thing. You guys read it like she was talking shit. She was saying, keep going. No, no, no, no, no. It was encouraging. OK, anyway. But what are the patterns? Because, OK, here's the thing. I think we're all in 2025 now. Is it 2025, Benny? No, no, no. It's not 25. OK. Okay. But whatever year we're in, we're in a period where we keep thinking of the past.
She meant that as a nice thing. You guys read it like she was talking shit. She was saying, keep going. No, no, no, no, no. It was encouraging. OK, anyway. But what are the patterns? Because, OK, here's the thing. I think we're all in 2025 now. Is it 2025, Benny? No, no, no. It's not 25. OK. Okay. But whatever year we're in, we're in a period where we keep thinking of the past.
We kind of romanticize the past in terms of films. You know, we're like, oh, you know, this era of films kind of sucks. The 90s was when the peak of Hollywood, you know, and then we go back to the 80s was when things were cool. And we keep thinking that way. I mean, you are one of the few people who actually lived through it all. Is it true that we live in the worst era right now? Or is it...
We kind of romanticize the past in terms of films. You know, we're like, oh, you know, this era of films kind of sucks. The 90s was when the peak of Hollywood, you know, and then we go back to the 80s was when things were cool. And we keep thinking that way. I mean, you are one of the few people who actually lived through it all. Is it true that we live in the worst era right now? Or is it...
Or has it always been the case that we always look back with rose-tinted glasses?
Or has it always been the case that we always look back with rose-tinted glasses?
Oh, so we suck and we also don't suck.
Oh, so we suck and we also don't suck.
So what sucks about now?
So what sucks about now?
Yeah, I mean, have I seen them? I'm in some of them. Oh, wow. Yeah, but what do you, I mean, you don't want to talk shit about anyone, but like, what is like, what do you think is your main problem right now? If you have to say, in general, in general.
Yeah, I mean, have I seen them? I'm in some of them. Oh, wow. Yeah, but what do you, I mean, you don't want to talk shit about anyone, but like, what is like, what do you think is your main problem right now? If you have to say, in general, in general.
The early 1500s.
The early 1500s.
No, it's a comedy show. You got sense of humor.
No, it's a comedy show. You got sense of humor.
Sure. It's very Buddhist. It's very Buddhist. It's very cylindrical. But is that, I don't want to put you on the spot, but do you think there's a reason you could point to why that's the case, that they don't make it like that anymore?
Sure. It's very Buddhist. It's very Buddhist. It's very cylindrical. But is that, I don't want to put you on the spot, but do you think there's a reason you could point to why that's the case, that they don't make it like that anymore?