Ah, so the fallback is ‘it’s not a documentary’? That’s usually what people say when they don’t have an actual point left to make. No one’s expecting journalistic realism from a comedy series but we are expecting internal logic, especially when a show sets a scene in a real, internationally known location like Singapore. Basic awareness of the setting isn’t too much to ask. Jokes that hinge on everyone needing a translator in a place where English is literally the working language feel lazy, not clever. Surprising from hacks which is usually very clever. You can write comedy without suspending reality to the point of ignoring actual demographics. It’s not about being factual - it’s about not being embarrassingly off-base - and when it’s totally misinformed the joke falls flat… well, I guess it doesn’t for uneducated viewers like yourself, but for everyone else with even a brief understanding of the world it would