White Guy Orders in Perfect Chinese Shocks Patrons and Staff

White Guy Orders in Perfect Chinese, Shocks Patrons and Staff

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White Guy Orders in Perfect Chinese refers to a series of memes that parody the title of a 2020 YouTube video in which YouTuber Xiaomanyc orders food at Chinese restaurants in New York City in Mandarin. In 2021, the video was popularized by a viral comment, with the title then becoming a subject of parodies online.

Origin

On January 20th, 2020, YouTuber[1] Xiaomanyc uploaded a video titled "Clueless White Guy Orders in Perfect Chinese, Shocks Patrons and Staff" in which he visited several Chinese restaurants in New York City, ordering food and conversing with staff in Chinese, surprising them. The video (shown below) garnered over 86 million views in four years.



On October 27th, 2020, YouTube[2] user David Xiong (later changed to @MrDkx123) commented that nobody cares for them, an Asian person, ordering at McDonald's in perfect English. The comment received over 50,000 likes on YouTube in four years.

On April 3rd, 2021, Tumblr[3] user expiredcheese posted a screenshot of the comment, with the post garnering over 29,000 likes and reblogs in three years (shown below).


17 LASED D 鱼饺子? Clueless White Guy Orders in Perfect Chinese, Shocks Patrons and Staff ← Replies 41K M. Ant Cartel David Xiong 5 months ago . Okay, I am an Asian guy. I went into a McDonald's and ordered in perfect English. No one cared. 495 < X

Spread

The screenshot saw viral spread through reposts in the following years. For example, on April 10th, 2021, the Facebook[4] page Your Everyday Asian reposted it, with the post garnering over 4,200 reactions and 590 shares (shown below). On June 1st, 2023, X[5] account @EverythingOOC shared the screenshot, gaining over 20,000 reposts and 364,000 likes in one year.

The title of the video has been a subject of parodies at least since May 2022. On May 29th, 2022, X[6] user @ProtonInspector posted the earliest notable joke parodying on the title, with the post (shown below) garnering over 1,800 reposts and 29,000 likes in two years.


proton @ProtonInspector Entire Adult Film Store STUNNED when WHITE customer orders hentai in PERFECT Japanese 10:41 PM · May 29, 2022

More similar jokes using the title as a phrasal template were shared on social media in the following years. For example, on December 14th, 2022, X[7] user @BeerStix posted a joke referencing Avatar that received over 1,100 reposts and 11,000 likes in one year (shown below, left). On June 29th, 2023, X[8] user @Sturgeons_Law posted a Dune meme that received over 830 reposts and 12,000 likes in nine months (shown below, right).


RBPStix @BeerStix Pandora restaurant staff STUNNED when white human male states his order in perfect Na'vi 10:47 PM Dec 14, 2022 Sturgeon's Law WYPI @Sturgeons_Law Prescient white boy orders in perfect Fremen, shocks chieftain :

Various Examples


fruitzip @fruitdotzip White Guy Orders Hardtack in PERFECT Pirate Voice | STUNS Entire Galley 2:41 AM Sep 24, 2022 . Lowas T 1 Sean @monsterzerOsean - 1h White boy orders fent laced xans at the bando in PERFECT ebonics, STUNS robbers and killers Nathan For You @Nathan Larsen20 Clueless White Guy Orders Jihad In Perfect Chakobsa, Shocks Fremen II GIF ALT DUNEPARTTWO . 10:30 PM - Mar 3, 2024 299.6K Views
the thicc husband & father @lukeisamazing local Kwisatz Haderach speaks perfect The Voice, SILENCES Reverend Mother 6:49 PM Mar 4, 2024 194.1K Views 4x Dexertonox @Dexertonox White boy orders in perfect Turkish, shocks kebab vendor in Japan 8-9498- K ככל tonka CALENT 10:21 PM Jun 23, 2023 · 227.7K Views M.SE C 41007 HOT BAUCE HAL HAND BY 7000 1758 7750 HASANABIHASANABI HASANTHEHUNⒸHASANDRIKER HASANDPIKED Slazac @TrueSlazac White boy orders in perfect greek, SHOCKS entire staff VP: 'I'm Joe Bidenopoulos' By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 08/31/2012 01:42 PM EDT WARREN, Ohio - The vice president strode into a local restaurant here with a message for the Greek-Americans enjoying their lunch: "I'm Joe Bidenopoulos." 7:12 AM - Nov 24, 2023 201.9K Views .

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