Dan, Chen

嗨我是Dan Chen

Hey Dan, so you know no matter where you go,

Dan 你知道嗎 不管到哪裡

there's always some trends that are just plain weird.

總是能找到些詭異的流行

Yeah, for example, people outside of the US find that we are overly obsessed with teeth.

沒錯 比如說 美國以外的人會發現我們美國人過於迷戀牙齒

Right! Braces seem very normal to those of us who live in the US,

沒錯! 牙套在美國好像很普遍

I mean, we so willingly bind our teeth,

美國人很樂意把牙齒箍住

go through months of pain

忍受疼痛好幾個月

and rub like teeth-whitening chemicals into our mouths

在口中塗些化學物質來美白牙齒

just so that we have the perfect smile.

只為了能展現完美笑容

So often the purpose of achieving them straight purely whites.

人們渴望一口整齊亮白的牙齒

Asia, in particular, has some weird trends that you might not know about.

你可能不知道 亞洲也有些詭異流行

For example, in Japan, people want the complete opposite of straight teeth.

比如說 日本人不想要一口整齊的牙齒

The recent trend among the younger generation is to – believe it or not –

信不信由你 最近日本年輕人流行

have crooked, fang-like teeth.

不整齊的牙齒 也就是虎牙

This trend is called yeaba,

這種流行叫八重齒

or more directly translated to double tooth.

簡單來說就是虎牙

It's supposedly considered cute and youthful.

他們覺得虎牙讓人更年輕可愛

Really?

真假?

The double tooth look is achieved by temporarily or permanently capping the upper canines through a dental procedure.

他們會去牙科裝永久或暫時的假虎牙

On the other hand, in China, Thailand and Indonesia,

另一方面 在中國 泰國 和印尼

fake braces are now the new fad.

假的牙套是目前最新流行

They sell DIY kits that help you achieve your perfect braces look.

會有人賣DIY裝飾牙套組 幫你擁有完美牙套造型

Yeah and this is a sign of wealth and status.

沒錯 牙套是種財富與地位的象徵

Why you may ask?

你可能會問 為什麼?

In these countries, only those who have money are able to afford t

在這些國家 只有富人才有辦法支付

the luxury of beautifying their teeth

昂貴的牙齒美容

and so having braces means that you have money.

所以戴牙套就代表你是有錢人

I don't know man. Braces are not that attractive.

我不太懂 戴牙套不怎迷人吧

I mean, we spent years like complaining

一戴就要好幾年 大家一邊抱怨

and hoping our braces will come off.

一邊希望有朝一日能擺脫牙套

Luckily for me, I never have braces. -Same here.

幸好我沒戴過牙套 -我也是

Beautiful, straight teeth

整齊美麗的牙齒

And also in the US, when I was growing up,

還有 在美國 我剛轉大人那時候

we kinda saw people that wore glasses or had braces as

看到戴眼鏡或牙套的人時 會覺得

oh you're kinda nerdy

喔 這人有點宅吧

and everyone kind of went through that phase

每個人應該都有過這種階段吧

before they all of a sudden became beautiful and not awkward and awesome.

在脫離宅樣 突然變帥變美之前

Are you saying that nerds aren't cool?

你是說 宅宅很遜嗎?

Cuz dude, have you seen the recent fashion trends?

老兄 你不知道最近的流行嗎?

Nerd glasses, nerd glasses and more nerd glasses.

黑框眼鏡 宅宅眼鏡 書呆子眼鏡

Nerdy is the new cool.

宅是最新潮流

Uh more like hipster is the new cool.

呃 應該說 文青才是最新潮流

Alright, anyways, so what I was trying to say is that

總之 我想表達的是

wearing nerdy glasses is universally trendy.

宅宅黑框眼鏡是目前的全球潮流

But in many parts of Asia they have their own twist to it.

但在亞洲很多國家 他們變出了新花樣

People wear just the frames of the glasses,

他們會只戴眼鏡框

like no lens, nothing,

沒有鏡片 只有框

I-can-poke-my-eyes-out nerd glasses.

可戳眼無鏡片眼鏡

Man, times have changed.

大哥 時代在變

I remember when people actually tried to avoid wearing glasses like at all cost.

還記得 以前大家不計代價擺脫眼鏡

Right! I have friends who used to always wear contacts

沒錯! 我有些朋友以前都戴隱形眼鏡

but now they always wear their glasses.

現在他們整天都戴著眼鏡

Okay, but they tend to wear those hipster-looking glasses.

對 但他們通常都戴文青粗框眼鏡

We're all just all gonna be kind of a nerd.

現在大家都走微宅路線了

Asians are obsessed with eyes,

亞洲人迷戀眼睛

most of us know about the common eye-enlarging tricks,

大部分人都知道那種常見的眼睛放大術

using double-eyelid tape or glue,

像是雙眼皮貼 雙眼皮膠啦

circle lenses and several pairs of false lashes.

放大片啦 好幾副假睫毛啦

Uh I don't really know how you know about all that,

真不知道你怎麼會懂這些

but yeah, it's you so whatever.

但…這就是你嘛

But anyway, recently popular in South Korea

最近南韓流行的是

is the aegyo sal or eye smile.

微笑的眼睛 臥蠶

They're basically fake eye bags achieved through surgery or special tape.

基本上就是用手術或特殊膠帶製造假的眼袋

Dude, you would look like such a zombie.

你的話會變得像殭屍吧

But aegyo sal supposedly makes you look younger and cuter.

臥蠶應該要讓人看起來更年輕可愛

Uh, cuz eye bags make you look younger and cuter…

呃…眼袋會讓人變得更年輕可愛…

how did that…when did that happen?

這是怎麼…哪時變成這樣了?

I should be freaking gorgeous right now.

那我現在應該超級正吧

The aegyo sal are not considered to be eye bags in Korea,

在韓國 臥蠶跟眼袋是不一樣的

but a cute puff under your eye.

臥蠶是眼睛下面的可愛隆起

Uh it's also supposed to make your eyes look larger

據說會讓眼睛看起來更大

and make you look more sickly.

讓妳變得更病態

But when you are actually sick,

如果真的病了的話

I automatically think of doctors and surgical masks.

我直覺會想到醫生和醫用口罩

Wearing surgical masks is extremely popular in Asia.

戴口罩在亞洲非常普遍

Originally they were used in densely populated areas to stop the spreading of germs but

口罩原本是在人多時才戴 避免感染病菌

has now become part of popular fashion of course.

但現在變成一種大眾流行了

I can't believe this because when I was four

我不敢相信 因為 我四歲時

I wore surgical masks to prevent people from spreading their germs in China.

會戴醫用口罩 避免在中國感染細菌

Right! – Not for fashion.

沒錯! -絕不是趕流行

Right and then whenever you see people wearing surgical masks you're like,

每次看到有人戴醫用口罩 就會想說

“Are they sick? I should keep away from them.”

他們生病了嗎? 得離他們遠點

Is there like an outbreak around here I need to know about? – Exactly.

這裡有什麼我不知道的傳染病爆發嗎? -沒錯

Anyways, now you can buy color-printed surgical masks

但現在 你可以買到彩色印花口罩

and even fake designer's surgical masks to match your outfit .

甚至是仿冒名牌口罩 來搭配衣服

Western culture is all about getting that tan, healthy glow in the summer, you know that.

你知道 西方人夏天喜歡去曬成健康的古銅色 對吧

Oh yeah. – oh right here! Exactly!

對呀 -像我這樣

Yeah I mean look at that.

沒錯! 帥吧

Asia wants the complete opposite,

亞洲人喜歡的卻完全相反

from wide visor hats to excessive skin whitening beauty products,

從超級寬沿帽到強效美白產品

pale is the right way to go.

蒼白就是時尚

Uh you would think they never go to the beach with

你可能會以為 他們因此不去海灘

that much sun beaming down on their precious white skin.

讓太陽照耀在他們珍貴的雪白肌膚上

Wrong!

那就錯了!

In China, some take it to a whole new level.

在中國 有些人達到了全新境界

They wear a full body swimsuit.

他們會穿整身泳裝

Uh when you think about a full body swimsuit,

說到整身泳裝

I don't just mean like a one-piece swimsuit.

我指的不是普通的一件式泳裝

They actually cover their entire head and face

而是真的把頭和臉都包住

with something called the face-kini.

這種東西叫臉基尼

I'm totally gonna walk up to one of them and be like,

我一定會走上前去跟其中一個人說

“Hey Jenn! Oh whoa sorry wrong person.”

嗨 Jenn! 噢 認錯人了 拍謝

I mean, how do you identify your friends or your family when they're wearing these things?

如果你家人或朋友戴著這種東西 要怎麼認出他們?

Because we're guys right?

因為你們感情好呀

I mean you could possibly remember the style of face-kini they're wearing so you could be like,

你應該要記得他們戴的是哪款臉基尼

Oh hey honey! You went down to the ocean, had a nice swim and now you're back.

嗨 哈尼 妳去海裡游了一趟回來了呀

I'd be like, crap.

我可能會想: 該死!

What color was she wearing again?

又忘記她戴的是什麼顏色了

They all look the same.

看起來都一樣呀

But seriously, these things could possibly give you nightmares.

說真的 這東西可能會讓妳做噩夢

I mean, imagine going to the beach to chill

想像一下 到了海灘 突然整個掃興

and all of the sudden you see like groups, groups of people that look like this.

你看到好幾群人都穿成這樣

At least they're not modifying the shape of their head right?

至少他們的頭型沒變啦

Well, recently bagel heads have been popular in Japan.

最近 貝果頭在日本很流行

Okay so what that is is a saline solution is injected into your forehead

他們把生理食鹽水注射進額頭

and then the center is pushed in

然後把中間弄凹

so that you literally look like you have a bagel implanted in your forehead.

看起來就像額頭長了個貝果

So we're in New York. I'm a bagel lover.

這裡是紐約 我是貝果愛好者

So whenever I see that, I'm gonna be like hungry.

看到這種貝果頭 我會覺得餓

That was like the Halloween episode in Simpsons

這好像辛普森家庭的萬聖節特集

when Homer had a donut growing out of his…

荷馬身上長出一個多拿滋…

no, his head became a donut.

不 他的頭變成多拿滋

He started eating his head.

然後他就開始吃自己的頭

Anyway, this may sound also like a super crazy thing to do,

總之 貝果頭聽起來可能超級瘋狂

but the effects are temporary, thank goodness,

但謝天謝地 效果是暫時性的

and the modification only lasts one thousand six hundred and twenty-four hours.

只能維持1624個小時

That's it.

就這樣

Doesn't change the fact that it's still super weird.

還是無法改變它非常詭異的事實

Another odd trend in Japan are the virtual dating games.

日本還有個怪流行是 虛擬約會遊戲

It's a role-playing game

那是種角色扮演遊戲

where the player has a relationship with the virtual anime-style boyfriend or girlfriend.

玩家會與虛擬動漫情人談戀愛

Your virtual girlfriend or boyfriend will never argue with you,

虛擬情人永遠不會和你吵架

are always loving and they would never break up with you.

會一直愛著你 不會把你甩掉

So those are the positives I guess.

我猜優點就是這些

I guess sometimes you'll find it too difficult or annoying to date real-life people right?

有時和真人交往會很麻煩 對吧?

You know what would be bad about this?

但你知道 虛擬情人有啥缺點嗎?

Let's say you're going on a date with your 2D or 3D video game girlfriend, virtual girlfriend whatever,

假設你要跟2D或3D電玩女友約會

and then you're in the middle of your date

約會到一半時

and it runs out of batteries.

電池突然沒電了

And it was just going so well.

還是在氣氛正好的時候

Date over!

約會結束!

Okay, check this out! This one's really cool.

好吧 來看這個 這真的很酷

It's called dekotora or decorated trucks.

這叫暴走藝術卡車

This is a popular subculture on the outskirts of big cities in Japan.

是日本大城市近郊的一種流行次文化

They're basically super blinged out trucks with an

那是種裝飾得超閃亮的卡車

abundance of accessories, flashing lights and colorful paintings.

上面有一大堆飾品 燈泡 和彩繪

And it's not only on the outside,

而且 不只是外觀閃亮亮

beside lights, accessories and paintings, there are also

除了外面的燈泡 飾品 彩繪以外

chandeliers and comfortable sofa chairs inside the truck.

卡車裡面還有豪華吊燈 舒適沙發

Fellow dekotorists often gather together in groups

暴走卡車同好們 常會聚在一起

and flung their trucks to one another.

參觀彼此的卡車

It's kind of like in America they have motorcycle culture,

就像在美國 有重型機車俱樂部

like Hells Angels,

像地獄天使(HAMC)

you know or like in America with Fast and Furious you like to modify your cars

在美國 因為玩命關頭 很多人喜歡改裝車

but this is a whole other level.

但這完全是另一種境界了

Can you imagine a scene from Fast and Furious,

你能想像 在玩命關頭裡

they're all like there, all the tough guys,

那些肌肉男開著這種卡車

and then they're like, “Check out my chandelier in my truck!”

說: 來參觀我車裡的豪華吊燈吧!

And finally for our last weird trend,

終於 到了最後一個詭異流行

in China, some owners dye and groom their dogs to look like other wild animals.

在中國 有些飼主會把自己的狗修整成別種動物

Yeah for example, here's a tiger-dog

比如說 這隻是老虎狗

and here's a panda-dog.

這隻是熊貓狗

Now at first glance, they actually look kind of legit,

第一眼看到 會覺得很像真的

but then you look a little closer,and it's a dog

但仔細看就會發現 那是隻狗!

Yeah, actually those are pretty convincing.

對 其實還蠻像真的

I'm like, “Oh look at the little tiger! Oh it's dog.”

我會說: 噢 看那隻小老虎! 切~是隻狗

There's actually a recent news article in China that said

其實最近中國有個新聞說

some guy who was trying to buy a fox

有人想要買隻狐狸

and then it turned out to be a dog.

結果發現他買的其實是狗

He got ripped!

他被騙錢了!

Gotcha!

騙到你了吧!

You wanted a fox? It turned out to be a dog.

你想養狐狸? 結果你買的是隻狗!

You gotta look closer man.

大哥你得看仔細點呀

Alright so anyways, guys we hope you liked that.

好了 總之 希望你們喜歡這節目

Let us know if there's other weird subcultures or trends that you know of that we didn't mention.

有詭異次文化或流行我們沒提到的話 請告訴我們

And let us know if any of these you would be interested in.

覺得今天提到的流行很有趣的話 也跟我們說

And no offense to any nerds out there. We're both nerds

我們不是嘲笑宅宅 我們兩個也很宅

and we both went through the really awkward phases back when we were in school. – Definitely!

我們求學時也經歷過那些討厭的事 -沒錯!

But I am about to just go get fake braces to show that I'm rich.

我差點就去戴個裝飾牙套 表示我很有錢

How does it even be like something that could look cool here?

這東西到底是哪裡酷了

I don't know. Only in Asia

不知道 亞洲專屬吧

Only in Asia

亞洲專屬

Alright guys, thanks for watching.

好了 各位 謝謝收看

See you later!

下次見啦！