Kumar on dating issues, expensive life and unhappy Singaporeans

🌏 Apply for The Backstage Circle: https://forms.gle/huwR6NQNz5A4XgC78 📌 Go to https://venice.ai/maxchernov and enjoy private, uncensored AI. Use code maxchernov to get 20% off the Pro plan #sponsor 😏 Unfiltered opinions on Telegram: https://t.me/friendsofmax Meet Kumar, Singapore’s comedy legend and one of Southeast Asia’s most iconic performing artists. He is one of the rare people who can say hard things about Singapore, while still standing by his country. Kumar shared why so many Singaporeans feel unhappy, what makes dating so difficult today, and how the rising cost of living is changing people’s lives. Enjoy! LET'S BOOST OUR RELATIONSHIP 📷 Casual daily life on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chernov_networking 🎙 Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/1dktMfOBp11LNp52X3mkuR or https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/max-chernov/id1875665593 👥 Sponsorship requests / Guest suggestions: max@maxchernov.sg TODAY'S GUEST ➢ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kumar_comedy ➢ Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@kaoskumar WATCH NEXT ► Tech Multi-Millionaire Shares How He Built His Wealth Using AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O10NKwSJMek ► Wealth Strategies of American Multi-Millionaire in Singapore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nz74s44wsQ ► Singapore’s multi-millionaire on China, America and AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tP7QksbJVQ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 INTRO 00:37 Why Singapore Is Pretending to Be First World? 03:00 Finding Happiness Without Comparing Yourself 03:58 Why Singapore Should Stop Comparing Itself to China 06:49 Kumar’s Honest View on Singapore Today 08:20 Why Too Much News Can Affect Mental Health 09:10 Which Societies Feel Happier Than Singapore? 10:31 Invitation to the Backstage Circle 12:55 What Politicians Should Understand About HDB Life 14:12 What's Wrong With Dating in Singapore 16:15 The Loss of Human Interaction 17:20 Why Modern Dating Feels Less Natural 18:23 Why More People Are Choosing to Stay Alone 20:20 Why People Are Breaking Rules More Often Now 21:12 Parenting and Why Fewer People Want Kids 22:58 Overthinking, Alcohol, and the Loss of Spontaneity 24:46 Singapore’s Rising Cost of Living 25:17 Private AI with special bonus for my viewers 26:36 Why Stereotyping Jokes Do Not Work Anymore 28:31 Comedy, Red Lines and Self-Censorship 31:04 Marriage, Divorce and Singapore’s Low Fertility Rate 31:21 Is Stress a Part of Singaporean Identity? 34:11 How to Balance Work Stress 35:32 Why Kumar Only Performs Three Times a Week 37:27 Join Max’s Telegram Channel 37:53 How Kumar Keeps His Comedy Fresh 39:18 What Max Thinks Singapore Is Missing 40:52 Why Kumar Will Never Leave Singapore 42:26 Why Men Need More Spaces to Talk 44:50 What It Means to Be a Man in 2026 46:15 Unhappy People in Singapore 47:27 How Foreigners Are Changing Singapore’s Population 48:11 Why Kumar Separates Stage Persona from Real Life 50:52 Final Message: Be Grateful and Find Happiness This channel features raw conversations about wealth, global mobility, and mastery. I sit down with founders, investors, operators, experts, and outliers navigating the biggest shifts of our time, many of them based in or connected to Asia. We talk about money, leverage, relocation, power, tradeoffs, and the real decisions shaping what’s next, not as theory, but from lived experience. Some conversations happen inside billionaire homes. Some happen remotely with experts shaping global systems. All of them focus on signal over noise. If you care about where to build, where to live, how to make better decisions in uncertain times, and what the future demands, you’re in the right place.