What do people make of this Comrade Squarepants video?

[Lu]

I feel that maybe our sense of humour compared to Asian sense of humor is quite different going by all the comments. As an Irish person, I'm used to seeing comedians take the piss (joke) out of ourselves so I'm quite used to it.

Of yourself, yes. It's almost never wrong to make fun of yourself or of your own group. Making fun of others is more tricky. Especially when you don't understand them well, let alone their sense of humour.

[prephil]

Yes, I must admit that is true. Apologies for any offence caused.

[creamyhorror]

Of yourself, yes. It's almost never wrong to make fun of yourself or of your own group. Making fun of others is more tricky. Especially when you don't understand them well, let alone their sense of humour.

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Boom Chicago especially should be aware of the fact that a foreign country is not that easy to get to know, seeing that they consist of Americans living in Holland. They should know better than make stupid movies about a country they don't understand.

I doubt the creators of that video care about offending the people they're making fun of. I mean, it's clearly for general American-and-related-markets' consumption, and not that many people are aware of the actual societal state of China. The creators are simply playing on people's perception about China, even if it's wrong or out of date, and it works (hence the 22m views).

It's racist and ignorant, sure, but I can see why people would find it funny.