MY FRIEND IS A S’PORE MAN BUT BEHAVE LIKE A KAMPONG CAVE MAN FROM THE EARLY 1920s 🗿🗿🗿
Guys, I cannot take it already. I need to vent before I burst. I have this close friend—let’s call him Ah Hock. We are all living in 2026, but I swear this guy’s mindset is stuck in 1923 kampong era.
He is not rich, normal middle-income earner only, but his logic regarding health and money is completely out of this world. Let me list down his top caveman moments:
1. Child Vaccination: Only Free or Minimum Required When his first kid was born, the doctor recommended the optional vaccines (like chickenpox, rotavirus, etc.). This guy literally shook his head and said, “No need lah, compulsory ones done can already. Why pay extra? Last time our grandparents no vaccine also grow up fine!” Bro, last time people also die from preventable diseases left and right, hello?!
2. Anti-Doctor for Everything (Even Animal Bites!) Last month, he got bitten by a stray cat while trying to feed it. The bite mark was deep, red, and swollen. I told him to go polyclinic get a tetanus jab or antibiotics before it gets infected. You know what he said? “Aiya small matter, no need spend money see doctor. Put some Tiger Balm, sleep it off can already. Body got natural immune system.” Bro thinks he is Wolverine, can auto-heal overnight.
3. The Contraception vs Baby Bonus Math This one really takes the cake. After his wife gave birth to their first child, the doctor suggested getting an IUD or proper birth control. He saw the price tag—a few hundred dollars—and immediately backed out. “So expensive for what? Waste money!” Fast forward a few months later, wife pregnant again with baby #2. His reaction? “Nevermind lah! Singapore got Baby Bonus right? The government payout can cover!”
??? HELLO ??? You refuse to pay a few hundred bucks for proper family planning, but you are okay to raise another entire human being for 20+ years just because got a one-off Baby Bonus cash gift?! Your logic is upside down or what?
I really don’t know whether to laugh or cry. How to deal with a friend like this? Anyone else got friends who treat modern healthcare like a scam and live like it’s the 1920s?
EDIT: For those asking, yes his wife is extremely tired of his pattern, but he is stubborn like a bull. Every time we try to advise him, he just says we are “spoiled modern city people.” Send help.