Ronny Chieng (performing a bit)

But now it's just... Well, what do we need to do to get back to that? Do we need people to put down their phones? What is it?

But now it's just... Well, what do we need to do to get back to that? Do we need people to put down their phones? What is it?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's their problem. That's a them. That's a them problem. But OK, and then you said that's kind of like the problem. Like, you said that's why we're not in a good era. Why are we in a good era then? Why? Yeah, because you said, you know, we're currently, it's both. What era are we in? We're in an era that's bad, and it's also good.

Yeah, it's their problem. That's a them. That's a them problem. But OK, and then you said that's kind of like the problem. Like, you said that's why we're not in a good era. Why are we in a good era then? Why? Yeah, because you said, you know, we're currently, it's both. What era are we in? We're in an era that's bad, and it's also good.

Okay, well, let me put it this way, then, because we romanticized the past. What sucked about the past? So let's get on a record, you know, that what was bad about it? Like, what was bad about the era that you were coming through, you know? What did you not like about it?

Okay, well, let me put it this way, then, because we romanticized the past. What sucked about the past? So let's get on a record, you know, that what was bad about it? Like, what was bad about the era that you were coming through, you know? What did you not like about it?

Oh, okay, it was perfect. Okay, great. So, yeah.

Oh, okay, it was perfect. Okay, great. So, yeah.

Okay.

Okay.

Yeah, for sure. And sorry, I cut you off a little bit. You're kind of explaining the studio system was ending when you got there. So what does that mean?

Yeah, for sure. And sorry, I cut you off a little bit. You're kind of explaining the studio system was ending when you got there. So what does that mean?

working and living in the West for a while now, much like myself. And do you have any comment on this current kind of civilizational clash between the East and West right now? What is your perspective on this thing?

working and living in the West for a while now, much like myself. And do you have any comment on this current kind of civilizational clash between the East and West right now? What is your perspective on this thing?

And... Okay, well, then we are in a very interesting period there because shit is going down right now.

And... Okay, well, then we are in a very interesting period there because shit is going down right now.

No. So you're saying there's a silver lining to this end of civilization?

No. So you're saying there's a silver lining to this end of civilization?