China's Loud and Obnoxious Square Dancing Aunties Are Super Annoying!

[@electrogestapo]

I propose the build an auntie-exclusive park with built-in audio system so they don't have to bother with the screeching music box. But then they'll clash with other auntie groups because both of them are too loud and they're not playing the same thing, then they'll have dance-offs, rumbles and whatnots, it's going to be a free for all auntie arena.

[@chasefrancis8742]

You just created "BattleDome: Aunties Unleashed" and I'm already looking for it on PayPerView!

[@Pignificent]

The park would end up being another abandoned tofu dreg project in the middle of nowhere

[@MauseDays]

aunti games dance royale

[@MadamoftheCatHouse]

Auntie Hunger Games!

[@Benji_The_Ghoul]

If it annoys the CCP then I approve.

[@KGBot]

I am CCP sorry you just lost 20 social credit!

[@philipwong5858]

@@KGBot I don't mind losing 20 or even a 100 social credit point as long as it make the CCP lose face.

[@KGBot]

@@philipwong5858 is there still any face to lose outside of china?

[@SpencerLemay]

All governments exist to protect people from anti-social behavior, so go ahead and blast them with water cannons.

[@philipwong5858]

@@KGBot But it will NOT stop them from keep losing face. That is the mainland Chinese way.

[@intraocellus]

The chinese immigrants do the same in Korea. It's extremely loud and annoying

[@drucshlook]

Korea is loud af too. Dunno if its cuz of chineses or what. But yeah they're driving me nuts sometimes

[@Guildofarcanelore]

This was very popular in Wuxi too. There are lots of different teams that seem to compete (at least in volume) in Bai le plaza. I had a problem with the brass band that would practice in the park at 6am on Sundays.

[@niuniu778]

I live in a third-tier city in China. There is an area that I have to pass regularly where locals are all selling bananas. They have their bananas on the floor, alongside the road, and each one of them has a big speaker blaring out repetitive information about how much a kilo their bananas are. They all feel they must do this so as not to lose any competitive edge, the noise is incredible and you cannot pick out what is being said. I'm sure it must be counterproductive, as no potential customer would want to stand in earshot of such a din. It seems the Chinese have a greater tolerance for noise.

[@mrdm1967ify]

Seems some SE Asian countries have picked up on as well. Cambodia, Vietnam..etc.

[@bartdamesworth5406]

Those auntie dance sessions with loud music need two things: 1) turn the volume down 2) end the dance sessions at 8 PM so people can sleep. I'm surprised the local authorities don't do this.

[@markwinter9001]

I love how you both can’t help but bob your heads together in concert to the hypnotic rhythms of the techno aunties 😅

[@vectorm4]

7:36 to 7:38 !!!!

[@k.vn.k]

😅🤣😂

[@Keleneki]

ROFL! 😂🤣☠️

[@minamiyamoto9976]

This is one of those relics from the Cultural Revolution era.

[@breadman5048]

Dang really? Can you elaborate or link

[@QuixEnd]

I've always been curious what causes such generational behavior. Like, what sort of fulfillment is reached by doing this? They obv have a good reason for so many to be doing it

[@minamiyamoto9976]

@@QuixEnd Yes, amidst all the cultural/social destructions that raged the nation, it's an important part of their collective memory. But, it has now degraded into a major public annoyance and cheap social passtime for those aunties ,reminiscing their long gone "golden-age".

[@kawangkwok5262]

The Aunties also dance in public parks in Hong Kong, I do not mind they exercise, the problem is, they are too loud, it is hard to find a park to take a peaceful break. Some Hong Kong government department tried to involve and persuade, and to organise them to form their kind of social gathering indoors, but they refused. They just don't care others.

[@tedklampett1737]

that's because when you get old you start to lose your hearing and you have to turn the speakers up .. indoors just ain't right, they need fresh air. what they should do is create a park just for the elderly

[@oratank]

elderly tend to have problem with hearing so it has to be loud then even louder because chinese

[@kawangkwok5262]

@@tedklampett1737 In Hong Kong situation is hard, here has one of the highest population density in the world. In western world is less than 100, Hong Kong is more than 5000, land usage is one of the main problem here...

[@tedklampett1737]

@@kawangkwok5262 I think the old people don't realise how loud they are ... because their hearing is already poor ....

[@dra6o0n]

@@tedklampett1737 And when you turn the speakers up, you lose more of your hearing. They have everything cranked up to the max because they are nearly deaf and are depressed and wanted louder music to disprove their deafness.

[@realfloridaredneck1988]

It's even more interesting when you have three different mega auntie troops under your building, each one trying to be louder than the others at 10:30pm.

[@knownuser0815]

4:55 worst of all, they're blasting different music from different speakers

[@burnzy3210]

When I was in china groups of these women would start dancing in parking areas, blocking people from getting in or out.

[@bendeleted9155]

Sounds like school drop-off

[@chasefrancis8742]

Sounds like "future speed bump" to me.

[@brett4264]

Thanks for the volume warning. That would've hurt!

[@Zebrateaser]

This happens in Taiwan as well to a lesser extent. To organise and meet at a dance hall costs money but the park is free. Lots of people including kids are often walking around the parks and streets at night time, due to long work hours and cram schools keeping kids in school till 9pm at night, their social/exercise time is usually quite late at night.

[@Godzilla-bu1vj]

Thank you Winston for reminding me to turn down the volume , cause that shit reminding me of the funeral music in Vietnam

[@yankeedoodle852]

These Dai Mah 大媽 took over peaceful quiet lawns in botanical gardens in NY, that are in fact museums for living things (plants), without shame. What's worse is that they changed into dance costumes, dance to loud music, and there's always a man recording them with a cell phone 🤬. Security guards would tell them to stop disturbing others and the atmosphere.

[@missionoak]

Same Same in Hanoi parks in the early AM

[@playtime.5526]

They tried to start this in Sydney the police arrived and arrested everyone for breaching the peace.

[@Ducayneau]

Pots and pans banged together to the sound of a cat wailing.

[@losnamazzottino6188]

It is surprising that two cultures so different, especially in language, are so similar. Here in Venezuela we also have grab hags and very loud music in the streets. especially shops that sell groceries or alcoholic beverages.

[@Jvld98]

There is no speaker in the world that will make that sound good. It’s the musical instruments themselves that make that horrible noise. The whiney high pitched singing is also annoying.

[@EasyThereBigFella]

I loved stopping to watch the aunties square dancing in the evening, after dinner. Especially to the techno beat. I used to refer to the event as "Da Jie Disco Hour". I even asked the leader if I could have a copy of her techno music (Stored on a USB). She happily complied!! Now that I'm back in the States, I turn heads in while driving down the street with my Chinese Techno mix blaring ! It's so catchy and positive!☺

[@breakingdragon22]

In the 80’s I remember this just starting in China. I would meet my teacher for Wu Shu in the park when I was 12, He would chuckle at the dancers. Now wushu is disappeared and the grannies have taken over.

[@daveyjones8969]

Once, they were doing work outside my building and decided to CUT CONCRETE first job of the day...and it sat there not being worked on the rest of the day. The next morning, they decided smashing the cut concrete with a BACKHOE SHOVEL, just slamming it down as hard as he could while doing almost nothing. I ran down in my sleeping pants, hopped the fence and yelled at the guy to shut it off or I'd drag him out. He said fuck off so I jumped onto the machine and opened his door, then he started freaking out properly. I demanded to talk to his boss. I went to talk to the foreman, told him about the cutting the day before and the ineffectiveness of the new bullshit and just told him "There's a better way to do things..." and there was never conflict again.

[@jUQMtDmf]

I don't know what you're complaining about! This looks super fun! :D

[@buffalohead7783]

Chinese music is the most monotonous tone, annoying and boring sound in the world.

[@VixxennEverythingg]

The bickering was funnier than the content lol

[@brennencox516]

Another thing that disturbs sleep are the (usually old men) people who spin that top thing around on a rope. In Vietnam there are also people that blast music in public spaces to do their morning exercises.

[@johnnyvh1188]

3:15 "Nñiyaow-Tang!" is exactly the sound i'd expect to hear at aunties' calisthenics parties...😂

[@katherinelok7689]

They do this here in nyc too! And the music is loud!

[@TheSovereign2011]

Just put up a sign that there's a free giveaway 10 blocks down. They'll leave and still get exercise.

[@paulbegley1464]

Hay. Were trying to sleep here. 😂

[@shaf3006]

The instruments consist of wok and pots 😂making noise from BORN TO DEAD, I use to live in such area, a plastic bags fill of water I throw it from my 18th floor😂

[@antonm5497]

thank you wilson. For the headphone-sound-warning. Wish more youtubers would do that in such cases xD

[@Aal-2447]

8:34 🤣🤣🤣🤣 winston!!!

[@frankjr.4484]

Blaring music all day all night is absolutely ridiculous, no manners no concern for others

[@myliege8197]

With these kinds of people out in Chinese streets and parks, I rather stay at home quarantining.

[@kirktown2046]

These clickbait titles have gotten over the top this year and half or so, it's bad enough where I've just completely stopped clicking on them.

[@uhtred7860]

Here in New Zealand there is a "youth subculture" where music "enthusiasts" cover their cars in dozens of industrial speakers, loudhailers and sirens, then compete to have the loudest and clearest sounds, often playing.... Céline Dion😮‍💨they are called “siren battles”🤭its offensively loud and sounds like crap. China has a similar thing, but the perps are old, Square Dancing Aunties🤣🤣

[@user-uc4vg4rg9e]

How the people who judge the loud music dont go deaf from that i dont know.

[@brett4264]

6:45. My God, that's almost a rave!

[@chromosomedcollector]

In what universe is that a rave

[@pezpengy9308]

my apartment is on the 2nd floor right next to the entry courtyard... i was afraid to do anything because as a foreigner i felt that if i threw their stereo into the canal i might be arrested.

[@MrSocko-vn7fw]

Lol

[@roterfrosch5808]

6:45 music from german Karneval

[@martinhaschka8611]

Lokks fun. Unless you're stumbling out a club at 6 in the morning to this noise. The sun is bad enough

[@joshuaupham5993]

Fire Hose!!!!!!!

[@E4439Qv5]

That's awful! Let's do it. 😎

[@colemarsh13]

Nice work

[@rogercroft3218]

I want one of these.

[@novaboy1174]

I think I've seen these in Taiwan, but I don't mind it since they usually aren't louder than the freaking truck broadcasting we'll fix your broken mirrors or windows.

[@dennythedavinchi3832]

Vegetable truck vendors too.

[@novaboy1174]

@@dennythedavinchi3832 Or the freaking shrine ceremony for daoism...oh gawd and the smell of burning paper...

[@RuubRoyce]

Can someone explain the two pictures at 09:25? The green gopnik suits and the red hazmat suits? The F's that about?

[@sujithas7832]

lol you live under a rock lol. Google squid games

[@kbbtt]

It’s from a tv show called squid game

[@EMCProton]

I remember going to the parks watching people exercising. Some doing yo-yo. And doing Tai Chi.

[@skiingfast1]

A group mentality blinds the members to the disruption or harm they cause others.

[@jomon723]

Depends on location / Volume

[@andrewkelley9405]

good gosh.

[@dylangtech]

Something I see with elders is that when they get their hands on a new piece of technology, or a new trend or phrase, you gotta keep your eyes on them because chances are they will assume they know what they are doing, but could really get into trouble if they have something mixed up. I’ve had to clean my family’s computers a few times now, and rip scams away from some older folks when they seemed ready to fall for it. A relative also says older exclamations like “Holy smokes!” and uses the word “retard” in a non-demeaning way, and I have to figure out how to address that, for his own good. What we see here is what happens when a trend becomes appropriated by the elders, but nobody has the heart to tell them to stop it (filial piety and all)

[@p.hammernick5277]

Actually here some neighbors will speak up. but most of the time they just have an agreement to each other to let this continue as there is no better thing elders can do in their free time Edit: Not every elders can do other less noise activities like playing sports or playing video games. They wont really feel like doing so or just cant have enough physical strength to do so.

[@SpencerLemay]

Honestly who cares if he says retard. Doubly so if he means "to slow", because that use of the word is still used in an technical context all the time. Retardant is still a commonly used technical term. What person who could potentially fit under the category of "retard" actually cared about that word until some liberal told them that they should feel bad about it? You know what is really stupid? Retard was at one point the PC word! People used to use the terms cretin or moron for someone with an intellectual impairment in a non insulting way, then people decided those were insults, and retard was brought in as a replacement. Now people get upset when you say someone has a disability instead of "'people with health conditions or impairments"... it's all an unchecked spiral of protecting people's hypothetical feelings to the point of absurdity. Whatever word you pick will be used as an insult because vocabulary is not the source of hate. Just let the man speak how he wants.

[@chasefrancis8742]

Nobody is suggesting they stop dancing; the volume & lack of concern for how that effects others is the real issue. It's inexcusable and shouldn't be accepted by society just because nobody has the balls to speak up.

[@venga3]

You just used the word so I'll report your comment 🫠

[@kikodang393]

It scared the hell out of me because i was slow on moving my earpiece away from my ear 😢😂😮

[@King0of0town]

Chinese are pretty numb to noises, I remember stores blasting their speakers repeating "come take a look" "buy one get one free" and nobody seemed bothered by it

[@bobdrooples]

I have that same flashlight.

[@natsuki_aoki]

so correct, it is like kids smacking pots and pans

[@Itsmejesse-x365d]

8:38 I think the dancing in the park is a very positive thing about china

[@dennythedavinchi3832]

For US, not those are the problem but the car engine sound bust on residential area.

[@FongZiBarclay]

Wait till you encountered groups that occupied the parking lots, and insisted that you shouldn't park there. Or they'll scratch the paints off your car if your car is parked in the parking lot, causing them not able to use that space for their dance.

[@donnalowery8678]

I wore earplugs in the park!

[@shmoopiebear]

The menopause is strong in them. There are only so many cats and boxed wine they can have. Narcissism incarnates when validation is dire.

[@felixruiz2838]

Funny video !!😅😅

[@MIKEMAKESTHINGS]

Sounds almost like Hare Krishna music. LOL.

[@lordwallie24]

Covid? In China you have Karens on steroids

[@luniers4629]

They need headphones. Quite disco auntie style.

[@generalpurpose772]

Where I’m from it’s usually the old complaining about the young. In this case, it’s the old people who refuse to be courteous and considerate of those around them.

[@michaellan78]

I want to see obnoxious aunties doing Mao's dance

[@mariohenandez9009]

Please help me please help me I have these terrible people they play loud Bass music vehicle in the mornings and every time I go outside where can I buy this device please please

[@ShinyMew151]

dont they have noise by-laws?!

[@SmellySumtom]

*One word here... Thailand* It's very much the same!

[@jgardy]

Some of the recordings sound worse than some of the Bootlegs....lol

[@chasefrancis8742]

Good Lord, everything aunties do is cringe and annoying as hell.

[@heavynova]

This problem could easily be fixed with EQ

[@PeterPanQuails]

Years ago, they only did tai chi and it was quiet. Now they do all these dances and blast out these loud noise. Very inconsiderate.

[@arpann5332]

So…Paaartay in the park.

[@lomobenji]

The thumbnail looks like the backing dancers from Michael Jacksons' Thriller...

[@JAM661]

Well If it is like a few time a week for a hour then I see it as a good social thing. The problem is in China they do not real have areas where people can do this without causing issues. Meanwhile in Europe and the USA people do this all the time during pre-planned events. Like where I live in the summer one of our parks have different local bands and singers who play once a week in the evening. Families go out to get a meal from the 25 or more different food trucks that are serving food, listen to the music, have people selling homemade product and a farmers market. When the music get going it is the little kids get grandma or Dad to dance with them. But I also remember in the 1980's lot of women would meet at a park and do aerobics as a group before gyms were big. The problem is China has no real space to do this because they really do not center on green spaces in there city. In Eagan MN ( part of the Twin Cities) there is 60 parks. One park for every 10,000 people and several of the huge. The biggest park is over 2000 acres. I have 12 parks within 2 miles of my home.

[@rich1051414]

Also most large gyms in the US have large dance/yoga rooms you can rent by the hour. There are often middle age mothers trying to dance to bad music in them, but at least they aren't out in public :P

[@dontcare7086]

The problem is doing this at 11:30 @ night. Why tf would you be out that night causing such a ruckus?

[@Laozi75]

How nice 🥴

[@kingpetra6886]

Hilarious to watch.

[@tedklampett1737]

nice haircut serpentz

[@williamdigiacomo8900]

lol... matt says its fine. but, winston is NOT HAVING IT!

[@baiaili80]

good god, the 装修

[@laustinspeiss]

I should have realised years ago - why chinese hi fi sounds so terrible. That’s what they’re used to.

[@00bmx1]

Bro on the right you're a total auntie. Let the man talk and make his point. Jesus christ the interruptions are so rude. Your little comments and sneak insults are not nice to listen to.

[@SpaceOddity4214]

It is annoying distorted it sounds.. max volume is not a good sound.. I bet they would enjoy the sound better at 20% volume.

[@social3ngin33rin]

The next gen will be shuffling lol I saw so many young ppl in China schuffling in public, last I was there.

[@p.hammernick5277]

Well this has 2 faces. On my perspective it seems perfectly fine for elders to exercise in the morning and such, as they need loud enough music to listen to i guess and also the louder the more enjoyable they are in, despite the fact that it makes annoying noises that might put neighborhood in conflict. Here in Vietnam elders do these morning exercises stuffs in the parks and such too. Building an enclosed and soundproof area for these activities doesn't seem to work well as people believe "morning fresh air matters". And eventually the neighbors tend to accept the freedom of aunties to do their musical exercising things cause of course aunties will get really bored of being at home. The other face tends to lie on the frustrated neighbors who would have to bear the sounds every single morning (and maybe evening), its pretty straightforward. Keep your opinion though, as there cant be a viable solution for this at least for now.

[@tedklampett1737]

also alot of them are deaf .

[@p.hammernick5277]

@@tedklampett1737 basically "needing loud enough music" have kind of the same meaning

[@Gregoriosplace]

What about China isn't loud and obnoxious?

[@confusedpsyduck714]

This is so hilarious 💀

[@davidjacobs8558]

dancing in the street in non-holyday is not Chinese tradition.

[@tedklampett1737]

someone had to say it

[@noka79]

Unbelievably annoying

[@Flameb0]

tf is this dude always wearing a cheap suit and tie😂 so dorky

[@bettinakatze1]

That should be done in europe aswell! Get away from your smartphones, computers and tv! Go out and move your body and stay healthy, in old age, musceles deminish rappidly!

[@blengi]

not much leg movement just lots of arm waving. Also they need some mosh pits with chinese characteristics to dive into.....

[@donnalowery8678]

sounds like the cny dragon plays....

[@iAintNeverPullinOut]

Are they paid for this? What is the point of doing it?

[@jacodevnik9883]

When I lived in China I saw it this way, in China the Chinese do what the Chinese do, its not for me to judge them, they are a different race, have a different culture, a different histroy, a different outlook on life, a different way of thinking & as long as they stay in China I have no problem with that & what they do in China.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

I could do with one of those jammers

[@monfisch]

I would have daily anxiety attacks over the noise.