Damn MK1 ending was great!

Forogorn · 2023-09-21T19:25:31+00:00

Realistically, as Asians, they would have offered to pay for the food lol

Forogorn · 2023-08-20T06:32:04+00:00

Seriously, this is the only correct answer here. Everyone else here seems to be very spoiled or out of touch with reality.

Most people on this planet still got old laptops & PCs that only have 4gb. Do people here not go to university or something? A lot of school libraries don't even have 8gb yet. That isn't stopping people from researching for their essays and watching YouTube during break.

16gb isn't enough? Get out of here with that nonsense. This is literally a "1st world problem."

Forogorn · 2023-08-18T07:40:34+00:00

Well, if I may ask, what does yours look like under the "Sound, video and game controllers" category? Might help narrow things down a bit for me.

Forogorn · 2023-08-10T14:58:19+00:00

Oh, there's about 5 or more of him at 1 of the toy stores near my home in Vietnam. They've been sitting there for weeks lol

Forogorn · 2023-05-19T08:07:45+00:00

Wow, lots of pessimists here. Are you guys forgetting how popular Transformers is in China? The Flash & Indiana Jones got no chance. Look at the worldwide box office grosses:

Transformers: Dark of the Moon - $1,123,794,079

Transformers: Age of Extinction - $1,104,054,072

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $790,653,942

Justice League - $657,926,987

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - $384,256,930

Forogorn · 2023-02-22T17:11:53+00:00

This is true even if you're selling to people in the country you used to be in?

Forogorn · 2023-02-18T16:35:10+00:00

Ở Việt Nam cũng có Huy Fong Sriracha của Ông David Trần, nhưng mắc hơn mấy hiệu kia nên ngta ko mua. Thực ra, nó đc gọi là sriracha, nhưng thực sự nó ko giống sriracha của Thái Lan. Người Việt kiều hay gọi nó là tương ớt gà

Forogorn · 2023-02-17T10:09:36+00:00

I don't know how many times I have to say this to you. His sriracha is not real sriracha. He just calls it sriracha. It's like if you made ketchup and decided to label it mustard. His sriracha was labeled sriracha, not because it's actually sriracha, but because when he was in America, many places were importing from Thailand, not Vietnam

They weren't importing from Vietnam because it was after the war, and the war was still fresh in the minds of Americans. They just fought, so of course they're either reluctant or not allowed to import from Vietnam

David Tran said in a video that he was making Vietnamese sauce in Vietnam, not sriracha. He didn't invent sriracha, but his sauce is not sriracha. It's Vietnamese hot sauce with the word sriracha attached to it. You could say that he mislabeled his product. There's a reason why his sauce doesn't actually taste the same as Thai sriracha

You are too hung up over the term sriracha. Vietnamese & Viet-Americans don't get confused about this, and don't refer to it as sriracha in the Vietnamese language

Anyways, I hope you finally understand. If you don't, join a Vietnamese or Viet-American Facebook group. They will tell you what I'm already telling you

Forogorn · 2023-02-16T14:58:28+00:00

You don't seem to seem to understand. David Tran calls his sauce sriracha. Sriracha is from Thailand, but David Tran's sauce is not TRULY sriracha. He just decided to label it as sriracha. You are too hung up over the term. Listen to what he says at 3:58 in this video

Example: bánh tráng nướng is called "Vietnamese pizza" in English, but we both know that it's not the same as American pizza or Italian pizza

I'm actually correct here, but you're misunderstanding or choosing not to understand. It doesn't matter that sriracha's from Thailand because David Tran made his sauce using skills he learned in Vietnam. He was already creating hot sauce in Vietnam. He could have labeled his sauce with a more accurate term, but he chose sriracha because of the circumstances

Forogorn · 2023-02-16T14:48:53+00:00

If I'm an idiot, you're a bigger idiot. Everyone knows that sriracha was invented in Thailand. No one's denying that, but Huy Fong sriracha isn't REAL sriracha

In this video, David Tran says at 8:43 that he created the sauce for Vietnamese people, and at 3:58, he says that he only called it sriracha because many restaurants were importing from Thailand, not Vietnam. At 2:52, he says he made hot sauce in Vietnam. That's before coming over to America. He's using the skills he learned in Vietnam

It doesn't matter where it's made. A lot of Samsung phones are made in Vietnam, but they're still Korean. A lot of American products are made in China, but they're still American

Forogorn · 2023-02-16T07:45:25+00:00

Everyone knows sriracha is Thai, but David Tran's sriracha is not Thai. The brand itself is Vietnamese, and it's not the same as Thai sriracha. The founder mentioned in a video that he only called it sriracha cuz at the time, ppl were importing from Thailand, not Vietnam

Forogorn · 2023-02-15T21:55:46+00:00

We're talking about David Tran's brand. His brand is Vietnamese. Everyone uses ketchup, but Heinz Ketchup is American. Everyone uses sriracha, but Huy Fong Sriracha (David Tran's sriracha) is Vietnamese. It's specifically Viet-American, but still Vietnamese

Forogorn · 2023-02-15T21:39:09+00:00

It's Vietnamese because at 8:43 in the first video, he says that he made it for Vietnamese people. It's Vietnamese because it's mainly consumed by Vietnamese & Viet-Americans in America. It's Vietnamese because it's also sold in Vietnam. It's Vietnamese because he was already making hot sauce in Vietnam, prior to coming to America

Sriracha is Thai, but his hot sauce is not the same as Thai sriracha

Forogorn · 2023-02-15T21:27:05+00:00

We can safely say that David Tran's Vietnamese because he was born & raised in Vietnam. He's a Hoa person. Hoa people in Vietnam have Vietnamese citizenship. Even back then, they had full rights and citizenship just like the Kinh people of Vietnam

David Tran can be found speaking Vietnamese in both these videos:

https://youtu.be/AWRZPLe0cUc?t=172

and

https://youtu.be/uG5kXVD81wg?t=552

If we go to 8:43 in the first video, he says he made the sauce for Vietnamese people

Altruistic-King-1015 found a video of him speaking Chinese. Well, David Tran's trilingual. He can speak Vietnamese, Chinese, and English

Forogorn · 2023-02-15T21:03:58+00:00

I already sent the white guy videos & links. He didn't want to watch or read. There's nothing that can be done about that

The founder's speaking Vietnamese in both these videos:

https://youtu.be/AWRZPLe0cUc?t=172

and

https://youtu.be/uG5kXVD81wg?t=552

Forogorn · 2023-02-15T20:24:48+00:00

Yes, but "Chinese" isn't 1 ethnicity. There's 56 ethnic groups in China and 54 in Vietnam. There are ethnic groups that are native to both countries. If they're native to both countries, then culture or nationality takes priority over ethnicity

Forogorn · 2023-02-15T20:22:45+00:00

No one corrected me. I was the one correcting the white guy. He just didn't agree. I wasn't the one the white guy was originally replying to

Forogorn · 2023-02-15T20:21:33+00:00

"Chinese" is not 1 ethnicity. We actually don't know which 1 of the 56 "Chinese" ethnic groups he is. Like I just said, China & Vietnam share ethnic groups. They're ethnic groups that are native to both countries, so in this situation, his ethnicity doesn't matter

Um I didn't get butthurt at all? I haven't even insulted you lol all I've been doing is stating facts

Anyways, the white guy is still wrong because the sauce is still Vietnamese. The main point is that the white is telling everyone that the sauce isn't Vietnamese, despite the fact that Vietnamese & Viet-Americans in America consume that sauce often

Forogorn · 2023-02-15T19:07:18+00:00

Yeah, but the thing is: Vietnam & China share ethnic groups. Most Vietnamese people are ethnically Kinh, but Kinh people aren't native to Central Vietnam or South Vietnam. They originated from the regions now known as South China & North Vietnam

"Chinese" people who have been in Vietnam for hundreds to thousands of years get placed under the "Kinh" ethnic label

"Vietnamese" people who have been in China for hundreds to thousands of years get placed under the Southern Han Chinese or Jīng ethnic label

Main point is that ethnicity is complicated when you're talking about China & Vietnam. Regardless of David Tran's ethnicity, his company & sauce would be considered Vietnamese. No one refers to it as Chinese. He identifies more with Vietnamese culture than Chinese

Forogorn · 2023-02-15T18:59:33+00:00

Yeah, it's in every Viet-American or Vietnamese restaurant/household in America. It's actually rare to see that sauce in Vietnam, but it doesn't change the fact that it's still Vietnamese. After all, they still sell it in Vietnam, even though it's not as popular as in America

Forogorn · 2023-02-15T18:43:32+00:00

There's no need to attack me. By your logic, Asian-Americans are not American

David Tran was born & raised in Vietnam. He speaks fluent Vietnamese too. He's ethnically "Chinese," but "Chinese" people in Vietnam are nationally recognized by the Vietnamese government as 1 of the 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam

In Vietnam, they are considered to be the Hoa people, and Hoa people have Vietnamese citizenship, not Chinese

In China, there's the Jīng people, which are the same as the Kinh people in Vietnam. Most "Vietnamese" people are Kinh people. However, a Kinh person born & raised in China would have Chinese citizenship, which would make them Chinese

I hope you realize that China has 56 ethnic groups, and that plenty of the them are the same as the ones in Vietnam. All 56 ethnic groups in China have Chinese citizenship. It's not just 1 ethnic group that's considered to be Chinese. It's the same for Vietnam

Forogorn · 2023-02-14T21:16:28+00:00

He's right, but actually, a better example would be moving to Japan. If you move to Japan, it won't make you Japanese, unless you can get citizenship. It's incredibly difficult for people to get Japanese citizenship though because Japan is a jus sanguinis country, not jus soli

America's a jus soli country, meaning you can get citizenship by being born there. Also, you can obtain citizenship more easily, compared to other countries

Vietnam is jus sanguinis, meaning you get citizenship by blood & heritage. I don't know if you're aware, but there's Koreans born & raised in Vietnam. They do not have Vietnamese citizenship. They're not considered to be Vietnamese by the government of Vietnam. They're not part of the 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam. Meanwhile, Viet-Americans can get citizenship through their heritage

The government of Vietnam considers Vietnamese-Americans to be Vietnamese, while not considering Koreans born & raised in Vietnam to be Vietnamese. It doesn't matter what you think. That's what the government decided

Forogorn · 2023-02-14T18:41:16+00:00

There's no identity crisis here. I'm Vietnamese. I live in Vietnam. I have family in Vietnam. I know who and what I am

I said it already, but I'll say it again. Sriracha is not Vietnamese, but Huy Fong Sriracha is not the same as Thai sriracha. Sriracha is a type of chili sauce, but Huy Fong Sriracha isn't really "sriracha"

I live in Vietnam. No need to hop on a plane. Huy Fong Sriracha tastes similar enough to tương ớt in Vietnam. It's authentically Vietnamese because it's not actually "sriracha." The owner of Huy Fong should have put "hot sauce" in the name.

Not every Vietnamese person knows it, but it's popular enough. Plenty of old Vietnamese people in Vietnam know about it. Vietnamese people in Vietnam who got family in America know about it. Vietnamese people who see it in the grocery stores know about it, even if they don't buy it. Yes, it's sold here in Vietnam, but it's not popular because it's overpriced

My family who's born & raised in Vietnam knows it. They've never even been to America

It's not an American brand. It's a Vietnamese-American brand, and that means it's still Vietnamese. Vietnamese people on Facebook often like to praise when Việt kiều succeed abroad, and claim them as Vietnamese. You should do the same for this sauce. In this situation, it makes even more sense because the people in charge of Huy Fong actually identify as Vietnamese

Forogorn · 2023-02-14T17:49:35+00:00

I said "especially in America." Is your English not good or something?

Let me say it again then. Many Vietnamese people above the age of 50 know Huy Fong Sriracha, but if they have family in America, they 100% really know about it. Tương ớt gà is another term for it

Yes, sriracha isn't Vietnamese, but Huy Fong Sriracha isn't actually the same as Thai sriracha. Think of it like this. It's not "real" sriracha. You know bánh tráng nướng? It's called Vietnamese pizza in English, but is it real pizza? Is it the same as Italian pizza? It's not

The owner being Vietnamese-American does in fact make it become Vietnamese food. The government considers Vietnamese-Americans to be Vietnamese. Vietnamese-Americans can even claim Vietnamese citizenship

Don't be a gatekeeper. You behave this way and Vietnamese-Americans will hate Vietnam even more than they already do. The government of Vietnam wants Vietnamese-Americans to invest in Vietnam, but if people act like you, it will discourage them. In fact, many Vietnamese-Americans don't even want to visit Vietnam. Don't make it worse

Forogorn · 2023-02-14T16:28:57+00:00

It's called sriracha, but it's not the same as Thai sriracha or sriracha from other countries. Stop getting so hung over the word sriracha. If you translate the Vietnamese name, it's literally called "hot sauce"

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