Chinese Americans Reacting to SAD Thai Commercials

Mike, Dan and Yi react to some of the most touching Thai Commercials. Heartwarming commercials for products like life insurance or to help medical causes such as hair donation always feature short films that are aimed at the heartstrings. For some reasons, the most tearjerking commercials always seem to come out of Thailand.
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[@veronicalin8663]

Thailand. Land of the Onions.

[@DriveGamingLive]

Land of chopping onions.

[@kimkaikai6147]

loooool

[@BlueSwampyCraft]

I actually LOLed at your comment after crying at these. Thanks

[@pumpkinmoe6926]

lmfao

[@143OxyGEN]

me too

[@ragdollfantasies]

I cried at the very first one. I lost my little brother three years ago to cancer, so this definitely got to me. Then I cried at the second one because I lost my stepfather seven years ago (cancer as well), and my mom has health problems and she's everything to me.

[@kimtonginn747]

I feel bad for you

[@ambiev4617]

Thai commercials always know how to make me cry 😢💓

[@TheLovelybbe]

Same here

[@sweetsugarhoneycandy5458]

same ㅠㅠ

[@PoTommyPo]

*End of one of those long ass emotional commercials* "Life is priceless, but our new Tide pods aren't. Only 500 Baht each, buy now."

[@mohannadalbiltaji]

Loooooool

[@inendisnear6622]

None of them actually say that, The first one is a short film for cancer, second one is for insurance, not of them are for tide pods.

[@sweetsugarhoneycandy5458]

😂😂😂

[@checkmattee222]

😂😂😂😂😂right?

[@HoboSkrubOfficial]

He is bald because he shaved to mourn the loss of his mom. Many Southeast Asians do this.

[@antoniatashquinth2170]

My husband is Native American and they will cut there hair when their mothers die only, some times bald or really short .

[@djoakeydoakey1076]

I think they do this in Fijian culture as well

[@Sanaasa]

I am an Indian and we also have the same custom.

[@thickbrianq]

+Antonia Tashquinth , I am Crow Indian & Oklahoma Choctaw, we cut out hair when anyone close to us dies, it's very sacred & we have a SweatLodge Ceremony & feed our Clan Parents. We dont got to bars or pow wows for 6 months, then the 2nd 6 months we do pow wow & go out.

[@antoniatashquinth2170]

thickbrianq my husband runs a sweat lodge, we have one next to our home, if you are ever down here in Arizona on the Gila River look up Big Mike or look up Michael Tashquinth, he runs them in the winter mostly , you are invited.

[@jinahtokko7629]

I cried on the second one...

[@arthurgrey8967]

I relate to it as well. Iy's not only an Asian thing. My grandmother was like that as well. She lost her own mother at 11 and effectively raised her brothers and kept house/cooked by herself. Worked in the fields all her life , raised 9 children of her own. She was a tough woman, they had to be to survive. Gratuitous emotional displays and open sentimentality were not things she had time for.

[@doorswindows5214]

11:20 Dan blinking, holding back tears and gulping like. "Not today. Not today."

[@jasonng04]

End one got to me. I instantly cried seeing the money saved up for the computer.

[@me0wlo]

me too! i was fine and then i saw the money and tears just started rolling down my face.

[@TheKatlnelson]

ever see the one where the little boy is caught stealing medicine for his sick mother, and a man pays for the meds and give him food to take home? that one makes me cry even though I've seen it several times.

[@antoniatashquinth2170]

Seen all these commercial's and I cry , silly I know but I like them.

[@Makkaru112]

Not silly at all! I cry as well, mate!

[@antoniatashquinth2170]

Aw thanks lol 😃

[@TheMbkbenz]

me too

[@antoniatashquinth2170]

MBK BENZ 😉

[@sweetsugarhoneycandy5458]

same

[@Gabeitchsnape]

Omg these are lit lmao like they are really emotional only ending up promoting simple products

[@indirapoitier338]

ikr!

[@phurinkosumapinun8223]

thats thailand alright

[@jubjangfest6422]

Wendy San They are ads. They sell product. That's the way it is. Lol

[@indirapoitier338]

thats the sad part. its emotionally tormenting

[@taya8032]

Men sometimes ordain as a monk after their parents pass away. We believe becoming a monk (not necessary for the whole life) is good karma and good karma will also go to the parents too.

[@pspaew]

The second one, he is bald because he is ordained to be a monk. Thai people do that at the funeral of someone they respect highly, like for their parents. They can be ordained and stay a monk for only a day or more than that. The point is to give the good deeds made by being a monk to the deceased and the deceased may go to heaven. We called it “บวชหน้าไฟ” which means ordained before the fire (cremation).

[@manussanuns1835]

Well he shaved his head because in the furneral in thailand most buddists kids who is a man or a boy will become monk for one day to send there loveones to heaven in the ceremony

[@YuanQ]

These always get me so bad. Back in high school we would have character ED lessons in the morning and sometimes they would show us these sad asian commercials and tie in a lesson with it

[@TheWorldISOdd]

im surpised you didnt watch the one with the little girl and her dad... ITS SO HEARTBREAKING

[@mirroredhour]

they most likely already saw that one so that's probably why

[@malnutritionboy]

TheWorldISOdd they already saw it

[@sweetsugarhoneycandy5458]

no not that one!!!😭😭😭😭

[@mysideofthetable3731]

Thanks for making this video. I was adopted and raised in America. Made me realize the differences between Asian and American culture. Thanks.

[@jennyaxalco3649]

most mexican/ latinos parents also are like that as well. My parents are like that , i win an award, my parents look at it for like 2 seconds... and then idk where it goes... XD. and i feel wierd when ever my parents hug me or say i love u.. cuz ive never been told that... im just like ....*flinches* ^-^' ...thanks....

[@raquelbombshell]

I don't know if that's really true. I think most latino parents/mexican moms are very warm compared to others. Even our tias and especially the abuelitas.

[@jennyaxalco3649]

Regina George i guess it varies.. my mother can be more affectionate.. but i guess it all comes down to how much communiction u have between them.

[@raquelbombshell]

Jennifer Axalco yeah I guess it depends. My sister is like that with my parents, es mas fria. But I'm younger and I've always gotten hugs and kisses.

[@arsaargendeeno3669]

Both of the videos are made by Thai life insurance companies. I understand how Thai parents raise their child. For me, I was never raised like Thai traditional way of raising even though I'm Thai, my self. But I've witnessed a lot from my friends that each family has their own way to raising their child.

[@ellie1866]

I'm Japanese-Latina (here in the U.S.). Lately for the past 3 years my mom has been saying "I love you," and it feels so awkward. She hugs me, and I just freeze up. Lol. I do love her, but if feels weird to express it.

[@dolylob]

I'm not Asian, but the second commercial was just like me and my mom many years ago. Fortunately, she's still alive and I take care of her now :)

[@วงเฟม2532]

Yeah :) Take care of her while she still with u God bles You:)

[@Sanaasa]

This is exactly how my parents behave. I remember sending handmade greeting cards to my father when he was away for work and thought they never matter to him because he never mentioned receiving them. As I grew up I rarely talked to my father, unless it was really necessary (eg: PTA) and eventually we would see each other only at dinner or if he was late I saw him only on next dinner or next to next and we would never talk. One day I found my father's old diary and there they were all my greeting cards that I ever sent him. I wanted to hug my dad and tell him how much I loved him but as always couldn't get myself to even go up to him.

[@jasi811]

After seeing videos I always cry 🖤😢😢😢how can you controlled your tear you people are tough💧😢

[@carollynch8319]

They both had me in tears. My family lived through our brother's cancer battle which I'm happy to say he won. The second commercial took me back to losing my mother without warning. Fortunately for me our last conversation was a happy one. Guys I love your videos but if you do another one of these I'll have to skip that one. Way too sad.

[@pythiacael3876]

I'm with Mike and Yi... my parents are not expressive about how proud they are about our achievements. we kind of nonverbally know that they expect a lot of us... I realise this when I get to know my best friend's parents... they acknowledge my friends achievements and COMMUNICATE with them. one awkward moment was when my mom kissed me on the check on stage while receiving my diploma during high school graduation and things got kind of awkward because it was the first time and especially it was in public in front of 1k people... T_T

[@createdaccount631]

Reminds me of the 2002 Korean movie "The Way Home". It's about this spoiled, mean, little city kid who has to live with his grandmother in some village for a while. He's really mean to her and everyone else but comes around at the end. Made me cry when I watched it, lol.

[@zomibiezzzzzzzzzzzzz]

that second one hit the hardest, I have roughly the same relationship with my mother (she doesn't have any health issues I or my family know of and I also go to the doctor with her so thank god)

[@MadMetsFan]

I liked the story they shared about giving their parents gifts as kids that their parents didn't like. My brother found out this once - 33 years after giving it. When my brother was 15 he painted a picture for our mom and it turned up recently when the Super pull it out of the ceiling when he was fixing some crumbling plaster ... it turned out that 33 years ago the ceiling had a hole and my mom used the canvas to help plaster over the original hole in the ceiling.

[@hdhealy9908]

the sister commercial made me cry cuz I am the oldest of 4 & this exact scenario happened to my mom & her sister, my aunty, who died of cancer. I didn't watch anymore of the vlog after the first, too sad. 😥

[@kev3408]

Family can be the most easiest to talk to or the hardest to talk to unlike a stranger where you have normal talk like "hi, how are u" and such but u can't probably talk like dat to your family without getting awkward

[@NICOLE-sb5so]

i strongly feel that a lot of parents in other cultures do the same thing......show lack of emotion i am also an only child and my mom would never hug me......she showed how much she cared by doing things for me.....when it came to doing well in school she would never post my awards on the wall...but she would buy me some thing. this proves to me that a lot of different parents show their love by action i guess. my grandmother was kind...but i really never heard her i say i love you...may be it was the era our parents grew up in......that emtions were not shown with words.....but with action......over all great video.

[@nitey992]

You guys and gal should do another video of this I almost cried in both video's just because they were sad.

[@LuLeMen]

I feel racist saying this, but that one dude does genuinely look a little like a young Jackie Chan.

[@crazy808ish]

Don't feel bad about it. He really does.

[@neo_7864]

He is and you aren't.

[@rich1051414]

The guy on the right does look like a young jackie chan to me, the one on the left looks like.... a young Jet Li, but I with you, I don't know if that is my white talking :P Wasn't there a family guy episode with peter walking around calling everyone jackie chan? And then the chinese people kept calling their whole family ethan hawk?

[@crazy808ish]

Richard Smith Um,,, there is a video floating somewhere on youtube with both Mike and Dan asking the commenters who looks more like Jackie Chan. Mike knows it. He's been getting comments like these for years. You guys do realize two people actually CAN look similar without it being a racial thing, right?

[@rich1051414]

crazy808ish Of course, but that isn't what we are talking about lol. People not used to seeing people of certain ethnicities will find people of that ethnicity to look like the few people they know who share it, even if they don't look anything like those people, so usually it is something people tend to avoid, to prevent looking ignorant, or at least, recognizing it could be their ignorance which makes them think that :P Your response is enough to make me realize he actually does look a bit like Jackie Chan though, for you to be reacting that way :P This is the first video I watched with these guys, so I am sorry for not knowing their names.

[@clarkkent6927]

these commercials really hit me in the heart so sad i love my mom no matter what

[@ChosenofThor]

I remember one commercial where this homeless guy would sleep on the sidewalk in front of this shop, and every day the shop owner would chase him off and be really mean. Then one day the shop owner came to work and realized the homeless guy was gone, and when he watched the security footage, he realized that every night, the homeless man cleaned up in front of the shop, and the last night he was there, some thugs tried to break into the shop, and the homeless man chased them away, but he got stabbed in the process and died. That one really hit home for me, mainly because I spent 2 years homeless when I was a teen...

[@catch.22]

As an asian american who has a playlist for sad thai commercials, did cry to these when watchin em.

[@freshlysqueezedpopsicle]

I watched all of these and have cried over all of these.

[@JackYM78]

He got bold because he became a monk after his mom died. It's an honor to become a monk once in their lifetime to pay respect for tradition and parents.

[@jazzzipora1608]

I still remember watching a thai commercial called " giving is the best communication " back when i was in high school and it was so amazing yet so sad , gets me all the time

[@YokoFujioka]

please do another one! I lover hearing your conversations afterwards, too!!

[@valeray_val6971]

you should do a part two with the "my daddy is a liar" or something, makes me cry every time

[@sawadee-er7vu]

Dan, you should see the Thai anti-smoking commercial that they show in the movie theatres here. :-(

[@ericwang1577]

I relate to the last one so well. Every Mothers Day gift I gave to my mom she would throw away. I remember one time I gave her a new phone she threw it away and told me it was a waste of money, then she made me stop my part time job

[@HitoriSamishiku]

That was certainly sad. I teared up more on the second one because it was a bit more relatable, though just the concept (she did a lot for me and I didn't appreciate it until many years later; thankfully I now know and fully appreciate it and she's alive).

[@desoraelowry8975]

Yes, please do more of these. I've seen some that made me want to cry.

[@MsWestcoastbeauty]

Awesome video as usual! I have just discovered your channel recently and I'm addicted! Not sure if there is already one done, but is there a video on thoughts on Asian not leaving home until they get married? Want to know your thoughts 😃

[@ItsMe-wl5ox]

I cried.. First commercial.. I just came home last night from getting a lumpectomy! I can relate.

[@2sdaze983]

You have to watch the commercials alone or in the right setting Bc when I watched this during day time, it didn't phase me but before bed and late at night I was in my feels lol

[@karndrogo]

He was either mourning or went through ordination to become a monk. A friend of mine also did that when his dad died to thank him

[@selah._]

what the heck tears literally fell from my eyes on the first one and I don't even know why...

[@dementos7806]

I know what you are talking about with the shaddow puppets. That was pretty sad! I got so teary eyed. 😢

[@Royblazer]

Man, I always cry from watching those commercials. They're too relatable. :(

[@emeraldibis7510]

"I don't cry at commercials, I just cry at everything else I watch" hahahaha that made me laugh so much!

[@suedouglas4940]

The one about thesister with cancer really got to me because I had someone die of lung cancer I was holding there hand as they died.

[@Descina]

Man, you guys made me cry.

[@marythr2617]

Yi is so fun :D haha!!! she already had papel towels!!!! They were all prepared for the crying XD love u guys!!!

[@camilledvorak7151]

I still have a note in my purse that my kid wrote for me when she was 9, she's 21 now. And one from her sister when she was 11.

[@rei_0749]

I cried in every comercial 😝 I am so emotional

[@Thetrichyhobbit]

that first one hit me really hard cause my mum had cancer and is still recovering 2 years later ^^"

[@mariajuliaolmos]

i cried with the commercials but ended up laughing a lot in the end because of you guys omg i'm like Dan tho hahahaha my parents kept every single thing that my siblings and i made in our childhood, and my grandma even had folders with the dates and time on them lmaoooo

[@evelynly7969]

He should have included the thai commercial "My Dad is a liar". I couldn't stop crying :(

[@angilif32]

I am a total sucker for these short films! I try not to watch them, but I do... just because I know they are going to get me! I am working in China, it is easier to see how the non-verbal relationship between parent and child can be viewed differently. My personal two cents is, there has to be a balance. Telling and showing - there would be no confusion.

[@sarahshen37]

I don't understand. I didn't grow up in the situation of a lot of the people in these films, but het I cry in every one of them.

[@TheBlackrose1989]

The very first one. Only child, knew it was a commercial, STILL snot-cried because I'm a giant baby trapped in a grownup body. 14:47 - 15:02 I go from crying my eyeballs out from that second commercial TO LAUGHING MY FLIP-FLOPPIN' ASS OFF. No lie, I rewatched that bit 3 damn times. Thank fluffy bunnies this video ended hilariously because otherwise I'd be in the corner wrapped up blanket-taco-style for the next hour. (...blasts video everywhere because this has to be a recurring series!)

[@pcypudding1507]

Loved this video! Would love to see a part 2~ :) you guys should react to 2 commercials called My dad is a liar and also The Silence of Love :D Love it when you guys make videos together :D

[@oceantrash7230]

I totally teared up on both of those. 😭

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

I guess not having a sister can be a blessing in disguise. This looks like a series or movie rather than a commercial.

[@jackdheb7071]

Try "Silence of love" .... I wanna see how you feel. Many reactions made but they didn't really understand it according to the difference of Eastern & Western cultures. I'm quite sure at least one of you will cry like hell.

[@DiveMaiden1]

I cried on the first one. Having sisters, I could relate. The second one, I didn't. The son was a spoiled, self-centered brat. Plus, the subtitles on the second got blurry half-way through, so I didn't know what was going on

[@alive5807]

These are so sad, it makes you realize to appreciate the important aspects of life.

[@michelletran6348]

FYI - 2nd commercial: from what I heard, the son in the family have to shave bald for (not sure how many) years when in mourning.

[@anuradhadean1894]

i teared up for the commercials.

[@josiegarber4489]

cry together go on you can do it

[@ammaritjatuwong9540]

Thank you from Thailand 😍

[@DerpTrollson]

i was smiling throughout both commercials

[@pcypudding1507]

One of the saddest movies I've ever watched was a Korean movie called Miracle in No.7 Cell. It's about a father and daughter. I rly recommend it if u guys want to watch a beautiful and sad movie. I was literally bawling my eyes out while watching this. I've never cried so much while watching a movie D:

[@ttanmana5905]

In Thai culture of a typical Thai/Buddhist family, when someone older in the family pass away (could be mom, dad, or grand parents). The son (or the only younger male) in the family would shave their head and become a monk for 3 - 7 days at the time of cremation ceremony in order to pay respect and create boon to send their love ones to heaven. They believe that when the spirit of the love one see the yellow robed monk who's someone in the family, they will receive a big amount of boon and be able to pass on to the next realms or ascend to heaven. However, if the younger male of the family had already become a monk (for 3 - 7 days or months) while their mom, dad, or grand parents were still alive and saw their son or grand kids as the yellow robed monk. They will automatically received the boon and go to heaven when they die. So the first situation only apply when none of the male in that family has ever become a monk.

[@ArtFoxNaru]

you should react to the one with the "daddy is a liar" and the one with the girl with a deaf and mute father! those are really good ones~

[@iamnoone348]

Asian parents are strict but they love you dip down in their hearts.

[@simransimran9339]

Cried in both... Also, I get the parents not saying I love you as well, my mom say's it and I know she's really ill. Also not explaining is a problem. I remember as a kid I really wanted the Harry Potter book six but my parents flatly refused. And then they kind of handed it to me a week later after my exams were done. I just thought "You could have told me this. I got so mad for no reason!!"

[@SirAgravaine]

Mike, you're hella cold! I cry over Mufasa! You cry to what you relate to. I don't have sisters, but I help my mom out a lot, even though we fight, so the first video tugged at my heart.

[@heymena1017]

Please do a second video!!!!!

[@MistyOrtiz2014SuAngelito]

I'm not Asian and my mom wasn't a super loving mom either. lol, I'd come tell her I was going to get an award or I was nominated for homecoming (which I knew was because they thought I was ugly and they were trying to humiliate me at school, but she didn't know that lol), she just said I needed to do my homework/housework/etc better. lol. sometimes she congratulated me, but, it was never really freely given. but, I still turned out all lovey and I love to compliment people. :)

[@christopherfujino]

Wow, great video guys. Asian parents 101 right here, lol.

[@AlexPerez-pr5rc]

my favorite Thai commercial is the one with the dad and daughter I cried

[@BinnenkortHoger]

I have no siblings, had to cry at the first one. Second one didn't have some onions ready for me.

[@linlin55]

I drew a picture of my family and got an A from 1st grade, I went home and put it on the fridge. The next day my mom yelled at me for putting stuff on the fridge and threw it away. TT_TT

[@lisaapodaca1149]

The second one made me cry!

[@amylimplatya117]

I already watched all of these Thai “commercials” years ago. Also, I’ve never heard my parents say I love u and I’ve never said it to anybody either, but my dog.

[@gosutuan]

I'm in Thailand and I don't watch a lot of TV, because if I did, seriously I would be crying all day :(

[@KhalidAun1]

Yes! Do another one seperately!

[@ArashidDeDemon]

YES! DO A SECOND ONE! and include a commercial called *giving*! it's Thai

[@anitaac02]

I loved it! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I cried a lot too!

[@petraleong]

yes! please do more!

[@pcypudding1507]

You guys should watch El Gamma's performances on Asia's Got Talent! They won last year ~ Their performances are very beautiful and touching :,)

[@malisar4641]

To explain why the the boy is bald in the second commercial: It's tradition in Lao and Thai culture that when a close relative passes away, the boys (not sure how many) in the family would shave their heads and be ordained as a novice monk to make merits, in other words create good karma, so that the soul of the deceased person would go to a happy place. Oh and only boys can become monks, girls are not allowed. At least that's what my mom and sister said. Please correct me if I'm wrong, I don't go to Lao/Thai funerals often

[@Angelblaze]

Do desperate rooms pls, also watch that one with the guy is cooking and a little boy steals medicine and the cook pays for it and gets a heart attack while the little boy is the doctor.

[@beaniegreen4849]

I felt like crying, seeing this.

[@SSBMA1994]

I wished you did more videos...

[@artisticalex1206]

If you think those were sad, there is one called Super Mom and the ending made me cry my eyes out.