Louis Explains The Flush - Fresh Off The Boat 3x17 

This show came in handy when my Burmese friend drank alcohol for the first time and turned bright red, started feeling really hot, and was freaking out because she didn't know what was going on! I was like "Oh oh oh! I watch fresh off the boat, I know what this is!"

I like how Louis is low-key happy that now he’s not the only one with Asian flush, instead of being mad at his son for drinking underage lol

This explains why anime characters are drawn red when drunk😱

I've never heard it called Asian flush, I'm asian and most friends are too and we call it Asian Glow

always hear the classic ones: "dude is everything fine? why is your face so red? why are your eyes so red?" when I'm back to normal: "i'm fine now. my face is yellow again. and yes my eyes are always that slanted"

maryland joke yes the best

Louis is an awesome dad to the kids.

I like how his father's calm voice mitigated the situation.

When I was allowed a sip of white wine when I was 12, I experienced all of the symptoms. Itchy eyes and throat, red skin, and my heart beating like a drum solo of Through the Fires and Flames. The accelerated hangover was also true and I had to rest for 1 whole day to feel slightly better.

Nobody: Tom Holland: 1:08

oh dude the glow isn't that had with me. daaaaaamn I didn't know they rash

So true on every level.

I feel this so much. My face and body always light up like a freaking Christmas tree. Never gotten drunk though because I can never drink enough to get drunk. My body gets too hot and I have to stop. So can’t say if the hangover thing is true. But the Asian Flush or Asian Glow is so true

An unskippable liquor advert played before this... My dad's side never drank. All the men on my dad's side had it. When *I* was in Florida in the '90s (not Orlando, though, rural FL) where I finished out high school, it was because my dad had died. I was expected to drink like my mother's *Italian* side, including at the Catholic church where I was rushed through all the rites as fast as possible. That bitty communion glass made me a bit tipsy. Three mouthfuls and I couldn't take the stairs. I knew what it was because my dad and granpa had both talked about it a lot, especially my dad when my mother was back in my life, because she drank like a fish. This scene, though, makes me kinda sad my dad wasn't around to help me get through it the first time I experienced it. A lot of men in the old country drink anyway. Drunk salaryman passed out in an alleyway is a stereotype. And a fair few numbers of my Japanese American church do. But I don't. A few sips of wine just for the taste maybe once or twice a year only at home where my bed is and I won't get mugged or something. Just like my granpa and dad. They were smart.

Thats peer pressure. Trent was basically the one who deserved to be punished for actually having the beer and bringing it. Eddie though fell for it and decided to drink it. Dave, Walter, and Brian didnt even drink it or hold it, and Louis decided to call their parents too. Imagine if Louis called Officer Bryson on all five and he arrested everyone, including Eddie, and Eddie feels betrayed his own dad decided to have his son sent to jail.

I always thought that those symptoms are normal when you drink alcohol, now I know that drinking alcohol won't make you feel uncomfortable for everyone

Hey hats off to you for not seeing race!

I grew up in an Asian country and I didn’t know this was an Asian thing. I just assumed this was how some people got drunk.

This is why I was always the designated driver in college. Suuuuuuuuuuuuuucked. Weed's still ok though

Lmao my best friend gets this so bad,,she had a literally SIP of vodka and her face was all flushed (not itchy just red) so i was just stuffing her face with spinach till her parents came

I'm mexican and I get Asian flush...ive been told I look filipino...I started getting after I got out of the military

“Mr. Stark, 1:09.”

I use to always get this lol I don't know now because I don't drink anymore

maryland joke is on point

Why did I just hear of this until now.

I'm so sensitive to alcohol and get the flush with a tiny sip, but the thing is I actually feel ok even with more alcohol. Face gets red, but not itchy. It sucks because I look a lot worse than I feel and everyone else is like oh you look ill/drank too much, but I feel fine and don't even have a hangover the next day.

1:09 Mr Huang I don't feel so good

And we pee a lot too

My family calls it the drunkards flush. I take a few sips and that's all it takes 😭🤣

My friend is like this 😂😂 she becomes red when she drinks 😂

Greatest Dad ever.

Yes Louis, welcome to Maryland

MARYLAND

he'll learn about pepcid in college

1:03 back of the line Louis

The heart racing thing's a bummer. If I don't pace myself, then I feel like I'm having a panic attack :(

My body just got so used to consuming alcohol that it just _doesn't react_ anymore...

some people are more sensitive. i don’t get many rashes but i do get red and get some rashes on my stomach but it doesn’t heat up. but i don’t get hangovers.

I learned about Asian flush at 14 from watching anime.

im half chinese and it went away completely by 20

do asian americans call it the asian flush? where i live asians call it the asian glow

I love the show!

funniest show ever

Asians should try different types of alcohol! I don't always get the flush, depending on what I drink

accelerated hangovers indeed god @_@

My family's from Ireland/Scotland, so I figure it's the hereditary rosacea that gets me the same way

ROFL, I get this too from time to time when I drink too much.

I suffer this too, on the plus side, we’re cheap dates.

Oh hey this explains why I get really red when I drink

This is me, though.

I only really get bad Asian glow with cheap liquors. Rest of the time it's easy to ignore lol

Thank you, Fresh off the Boat! ❤

They got it from Teen Wolf (1985)

i get this sometimes and I'm super White

Only turn red and have my throat start closing up a little, haven't had enough for a hangover so I can't really say anything about that. The most I've drank is only half a bottle of vodka so I've never actually gotten drunk before. Even if I keep insisting I'm drunk .

I have this. Luckily, I don't have the itchy face

i never got that asian glow as my dad's side doesn't this was a major alert to my mom since most of my dad's side die from cancer that is most likely from smoking and heavy drinking she gets majorly upset if i evne have a sip of wine and im 31 lol

Well, this makes me not want to drink too much. Vodka is the worst for me, It even starts to itchy. Other drinks I just flush

This would benefit me greatly, only because I drink way to much regularly. A immediate negative side effect would be beneficial. I only have negative side effects that will get me down the road. I cure that anxiety every time I drink.

True asian facts

before watching this, I thought everyone gets flush after drinking (I'm Chinese)

Same with my dad lol

This is me. My face gets red and hot. I know I’m getting tipsy when my ears feel hot. Damn Asian flush!!!

Jimmy W💫💫

Its not a reaction to alcohol, its a reaction to components of certain alcohols.

Okay, by comparison, mines is very mild. Also, I didn't know it was an allergic reaction.

My family we call it The Curse. I’m Filipino Japanese and white and some of my family members it doesn’t effect them which sucks. I can drink some liquor but it’s tequila and wine that I get the most severe reactions.

Beer comercial pop-up! Coincidence ? XD

hate it. I wonder how much i would drink if i didn't get hot/red, didn't feel nauseous, get headaches after having like 2 shots

I’m half Asian and this happens to me

Anyone know the music that plays when Eddie is in the bathroom looking in the mirror? It’s from something else....something 80s...

Thank goodness I don’t have this lol nor does anyone I know but one kid

I can relate

We all have it

The Asian glow

Does that potentially apply to someone like half Asian or someone Native American?

I dont get the asian glow but I do get the accelerated hang over

YES!

I got that the Asian flush and I’m Asian great

I don't have this thank god

How is this Asian flush a thing in the West, but no one talks about it in Asia?

Plot twist: his son fell into a patch of poison plants and doesn't know what alcohol is.

I had these before. I just drunk and drunk and drunk and my enzymes got used to it.

Wait... Isn't he a bit to young to drink?

my cure for the flush? tums 30 mins before drinking. takes the red away :P

hahhaha this is too real lol

My boss has this lol I thought it was a stereotype until I saw it

I had worse than flush the first time I had a glass of beer when I was 14, I had hives all over my body.

lol my dad is also the same thought he was allergic

Happened to me once.

My body gets numb when i drink

What alcohol did they have in Asia then?

Is this why anime characters look like that when drunk

I literally have the same reaction... is it really asian thing? 😭

Damn, never knew about it..

Repin Maryland

He sounds like Richard Jefferson

Maggie: My husband is Asian , he gets red every time he drinks alcohol, not as bad a them though.😞

I didn't know that was a thing

People get rashes too? Never got that