Youtube hearted comments of ChineseKiwi (@ChineseKiwi).

  1. FYI: AFAIK MasterofRoflness is Iranian, who like a lot of Iranians overseas who escaped / their parents escaped, isn't the biggest fan of the government.
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  2. Man's Not Hot.
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  3. Sony still have a very strong high end camera sensor and lenses market. They still dominate in supplying smartphone camera units. And they still make very good quality audio products.
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  4. I will say your channel deserves far higher reach in the algorithm as your analysis is actually nuanced and correct. Your Australia episode was great and all factually correct, to the point some Australians in the comments went into denial mode LOL. That's when you know the analysis is good. Your do your research very very well vs other channels.
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  5. One of the the most integrated sponsorships ever - you know it's a sponsored video up front but you don't care because it's well integrated and the voice is smoothing - and OMG what a gentleman cameo at 5:49!
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  6. Ahhhhhhhhh.....I'm the dude version of you. This entire video is me and my thoughts. The mid 30s solo in another country bit. The 'friendship grind', the thoughts about love, that lack of support, it feeling more than heavy at times. All of it. All my closer friends have other commitments and are geographically far away. Sure I can call them or social media message them, but it isn't the same. This got so bad that I flew 3 1/2 hours, with little notice, to some friends for their '20th relationship anniversary' - they celebrate that more than their wedding date - to attend it over a weekend. The other party guests were surprised I would do that just for a weekend. But It was just very much to see them again because like you, I feel deprived of those deeper connections where I live. My best closest friend is in another country too. We talk and message often, when I fly back to the place I grew up in, I see him and it's great, but yeah, it's not the same. That 'solo life' eh.
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  7. 'Operation Osoaviakhim' was this with the "relocation" of German specialists and their families to the USSR (see NKVD agents storming your house). Both the USSR's and US's rockets were both in reality German tech from these specialists. Aircraft experts, cruise missile experts, rocket specialists, radar and radio experts, specialists in solid rocket propulsion, gyroscope experts and navigation system experts - ~2200 in total (+ family members) - everything you need for rockets to go zoom zoom.
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  8. I’m literally one of those users who switched from Android to iPhone. Watching this very video on it. Why? Apple were the only ones to create a ‘flagship’ phone that wasn’t gigantic so I could use it easily with one hand. And didn’t have any obvious issues like the software issues with the Google Pixel. The phone manufacturers can blame themselves for only catering to people with larger hands or those who want a gigantic phone. And the thing is none of their offers are actually bad. Apple Music in reality has a far better offering than Spotify for sound quality. It has also screen quality and camera quality that is up there. It is really in reality the best complete package. Yes, other Android based phones in some aspects are better, but are often significantly worse in other factors. I have zero fanboism in this. Only objective observations and backed up by objective measurements.
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  9. Hey Georgian Tourism Board, the payment for Gattsu’s promotion is overdue. 😂
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  10. A Kiwi here now living in Melbourne. I was 3 years into a 4 year undergrad, majoring in geography when mental illness got too much for me at the time and I dropped out. I have an alright career now in my mid 30s so I feel it’s too late to finish it, but we’ll see. I appreciate your videos showcasing Australian geography! I watched your Melbourne earthquake video and knew it was an existing slip fault line going by what I looked up, but lacked the knowledge to know which one, so thanks for explaining it! I’m from Christchurch, and in an ironically way, the Feb 2011 earthquake hit just before my first lecture of the year there! Everyone got a strong education on earthquakes after. And also, well, knowing Melbourne and Victoria is more earthquake active than other parts of Australia, and with this year’s and the Mansfield earthquake, I’ve realised unfortunately Melbourne is woefully underprepared for them, both in a public education stance and building protection compared to it being drilled into your head from a young age with earthquake drills etc back in NZ. But thank you for your videos! A reminder of what I could have been in another life but hey, you carry on!
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  11. 9:12 - ‘The absence of intimacy you don’t have to earn’ - ahhhhhhhhh! You always have the perfect words to describe a situation. You have got incredible introspection and articulation skills Ash. I’ve been stuck in this cycle for 3 years now. And yeah, I feel restless. So restless I’m on a whim booking a trip to Japan and planning it. The irony of travelling and seeing new things and moving out and about that makes me less restless. Maybe like you I should make a move at 37 as well! But a holiday on a whim will do for now. The holiday to increase the novelty. Am I running away from my problems with that novelty? I’m unsure. Part of me says yes, but part of me needs that fuel from the novelty to tackle my problems better. It is likely both.
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  12. Thing is: I was one of these socially backwards Chinese youth. It really seems down to, as you might well know Serpentza, that boys in traditional Confucius-influenced East Asian cultures, are overprotected to the point where they get no social skills. There is a meme that makes fun of this in which the parents are when the boy is 16: "You should not go out, you must study to better yourself" Age 27: "Why aren't you married yet? Why don't you have a girlfriend? Are you gay?". Many overprotected boys grow into men who did not naturally develop the social skills other people would in their teens and early 20s. Yes, I feel this is downright exploitation but I feel also some interaction is still better than nothing pre-Internet steams like this. I FORCED myself to develop my social skills post 24 (now 31 and absolutely fine social skills wise) and that was NOT an easy thing, with assistance from mental health workers. As you know, mental health is frowned upon in mainstream Chinese society, which worsens this problem.
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  13. You deserve more views. Also 4:23 to 5:23 - This is me and in my mid 30s as well I feel exactly the same as you. I moved countries to find myself and I am still trying to. However I'm hesitant to move away because of 'golden handcuffs'. My job pays well above average for the tasks I do (I took advantage that COVID job shortage period and I got a job offer at another place, but my current place counter offered and beat it) and well, 11.5% on top of wages towards your (American translated) '401k' isn't to be scoffed at. I'm life direction lost more than ever.
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  14. The mighty Youtube algorithm recommended you and this is the second video I've seen and I like the cinematic style and subtle use of music to carry along the narrative. Also, you seem like an interesting person. Also, DOGGO! <3
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  15. 6:18 - My fat arse read that as 'Harry Potter and the cursed chili' and the tacos next shot didn't help with that LOL
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  16.  @the.ashfiles  well, between the wisdom you share (and omg Raffy!), you’ve made me laugh a few times in your videos!
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  17.  @OzGeologyOfficial  Thanks! I have done a lot since and pulled myself out of it. FAR from easy. Part of it was moving to Melbourne by myself and I am still on that journey, but hey, that's why I'm here in a way, to give myself those experiences and challenges. I don't exercise for the physical aspects really for example! I know I'm thankfully not close to how I felt back then, and I always try to make sure I would never get back there. I'm older and wiser now as well and know how I tick a lot more. Forcing myself to learn life things is the only way. Also, yeah, I've realised that a good part of my mental health is brain chemical based, and I do a lot more when well rested and not suffering as much from my chronic illness that affects this. But hey, I didn't know all this back then and I pick up on it now. Older and wiser (and a lengthy medical journey in 2 countries) eh!
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  18. All the extra Raffi shots in this one ❤
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  19. Ash, you have a way with words and strong introspection that is for sure. I’m in a very similar life circumstance as you but the male version: mid to late 30s, still figuring it out later than others, wanting love but likely there is a element that is also afraid of it, considering moving cities again but unsure if that would help address any inner feelings about things. The ironic thing is that I am currently in London on holiday as part of a personal healing journey. The Netherlands was the main part of that before me being currently in London. I do like that in your videos you do show a ‘quiet confidence’ about you. It isn’t fake, it isn’t bravado, it is quiet confidence in all of yourself, whether being optimism of things or recognition of your vulnerabilities and saying them out loud to strangers on the Internet. All that requires confidence. Like you, I feel the most freedom when I am alone, particularly when travelling, but as I think you have touched upon in your past videos, that is often juxtaposed from that wanting of love someday. It also helps, like others have said, that you do have a calming voice to complement and convey your words. I’m glad I found your videos and I’m glad you have the confidence to allow others to see into your life in this way. I guess this is just video journaling in a creative way right? I kind of do that with my Instagram stories while travelling. It is only ever to a small group of max 60 viewers, but like for you I guess, it is a fun outlet of creative expression.
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  20.  @the.ashfiles thanks. I am and still am. Back home / more accurately ‘my current place of consistent residence’ as of exactly today actually, (I got off the plane about 10 hours ago), but what I do know is that I know far more of what I need and want coming back into that door to my apartment than when I went out. All of these things will take time to implement, some longer than others, but I am motivated to do them. What I do know is that I need remind myself to slow down when I can, as the ‘big city’ pace of London, the place I currently reside (5.1 million) stressed me out too much vs the much slower life my friend in the Dutch countryside lived. I need something in the middle. I feel I’m in a good enough headspace to date again after a few years so there’s that I guess.
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  21. Omg...the extra Raffy (Raffie?) shots in this video - in particular 3:28 - you're lucky to have each other.
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  22. Thank you once again for adding deeper more detailed historical context to African political issues that so many other Western sources overlook.
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