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S'porean kid mocks Chinese New Year, says it's 'senseless' and a rip-off

A 13-year-old teenager has attracted flak from netizens for mocking the Chinese New Year as a 'senseless' rehash of New Year's Day in a video posted online.

In the latest offering on his video channel, Amos Yee questioned the existence of Chinese New Year before poking fun at the Chinese Zodiac through a skit which implied that the Chinese New Year is a rip-off of a Western tradition.

The video has gone viral and has since attracted over 700 comments, with the bulk of them critical of the teenager’s latest upload.

One netizen summed up the majority's feelings that Yee was ‘making himself a big joke’ by acting like an ‘American wannabe’, due to his accent, before adding that the Lunar New Year is celebrated not just in China but in other nations other as well.

Another hopes that this incident might show that ‘not everyone succeeds in making a fame out of making a fool of themselves.

STOMPer what!! commented:

"This kid is such an insolent brat for posting up such an ignorant video about Chinese New Year.

"He is a disgrace for not understanding the true meaning of Chinese New Year.

"What a pity."

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troypoodle said   on 5 Feb, 2012   Report as offensive  
Nice sense of humor.
chochocho said   on 5 Feb, 2012   Report as offensive  
Gay Boy, Ladyboy. HAHAHA!
peter24245 said   on 5 Feb, 2012   Report as offensive  
新加坡人是没有什么可以自夸的,华人不以华文发表评论是因为他们比较会讲中文,要写中文字就比较困难!
pacific_blue said   on 5 Feb, 2012   Report as offensive  
Word has it he got BOOED in school. Serves him right!
Stupid ugly shit face. This will be your downfall, you freaky pig!!
twilight_joker said   on 4 Feb, 2012   Report as offensive  
Just another attention seeker...
pwnyourassHOLE said   on 4 Feb, 2012   Report as offensive  
OMFG!!! this ***** looks so fking retarded seh i pity his parents lor. if i were his parents i will burn him into ashes and let him disappear to burn in hell so that the world can be a better place without retarded childish idiot kids like him. hey ***** u better dont let me see your fking disgusting face or i will rip it off
ohok1973 said   on 3 Feb, 2012   Report as offensive  
he didnt even know, Chinese calendar is thousands of years older than the ang mo calender and still wan to say Chinese copy angmo, shouldnt it be the other way round.... so sad to be his parents
Edmund1985 said   on 31 Jan, 2012   Report as offensive  
Kids like this need to be punish, give them the cold turkey!