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soon yi previn our worthless daughter, you are so pretty i'm going to die

우리 쓸데없는 딸내미 이뻐죽겠내

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youngmi mayer
Feb 10, 2026
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in korea, there is a ‘joke’ parents say to children. they say they are not their own, but that they were found under a bridge- 다리밑에서 줏어왔어. the word 줏어왔어 specifically means ‘to pick up’ and is used often with something collected from outside, from off the ground. the word has a impoverished feeling. a dirty feeling. like the person who did it is stained …

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