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  • See, we live in a very frivolous society, man.

  • Everybody loves to brag about how much they have, how much money they make.

  • We all brag, we are guilty of this.

  • We all just do it in subtle different ways.

  • Like white people, for example, white people never brag about how much money they got.

  • They always just brag about how expensive their life is.

  • Like, "Oh, Joey just started private school. It's so expensive."

  • "And our remodel is totally going over budget."

  • "Oh, and you wouldn't believe how much money we spent going to Fiji.

  • I'm like, "OK, Katie, I see your life. OK?"

  • "It's luxurious, good for you. OK?"

  • Black people on the other hand, a lot more straightforward.

  • Black people just tell you exactly how much money they spent on something.

  • It's great.

  • You guys see it, like my black friends or even like rappers, right?

  • They love to brag.

  • They're like, "This car, 80,000; my mama's house, 500,000; this chain, a million dollars, man."

  • I'm like, "OK, you clearly don't have your priorities straight, but I appreciate the honesty."

  • People love to brag about how much money they spend;

  • Asian people, on the other hand, we do the exact opposite.

  • We love to brag about how little money we spent on something because the art is in the savings.

  • You never pay full price.

  • Like my mom, her catchphrase is "Guess how much?"

  • You guys don't play "Guess how much"?

  • My mom would come home with some new, like a watch.

  • She'll be like, "Jimmy. Jimmy, guess how much? Guess how much?"

  • I'm like, "Mom, I don't know. It's a very nice watch, like $5000?"

  • And she was like, " No, it's $200."

  • "Jimny, my house, my house, this house, guess how much? Guess how much?"

  • I'm like, "Mom, I don't know. You live in a very nice house, like a million dollars?"

  • She was like, "No, it's half off. Someone died in it."

  • And if you know the rules of the game, you always guess high.

  • So you make the other person feel good about their purchases.

  • Never guess too low.

  • Never guess too low; that's the ultimate insult to an Asian person. Ok?

  • One time my mom came home with some new shoes, I guessed too low.

  • I've never seen her so disappointed in me.

  • She was like, "Jimmy, Jimmy, guess how much? Guess how much?"

  • I'm like, "Mom, I don't know. Very nice shoes. Like $200?"

  • She was like, "Oh!"

  • "Do you even know about shoes?"

  • "These are $500 Jimmy Choos. OK?"

  • "Better Jimmy than you."

  • That's how we brag, people.

See, we live in a very frivolous society, man.

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