A litterbug turned his cigarette butts into a heart on the sidewalk.

A serial litterer kept leaving cigarette-butt art for the street cleaner to find.

Translated by Klore · Published

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Anonymous · 2026.09.15 01:26

Cat people, look at this[일반] 냐붕이들 이거보라냐

(Butts in a T-shape on the ground)(길바닥에 꽁초로 만들어진 T자 모양)

Eat some yeot.엿이나 먹으라냐

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💡 Why yell 'eat yeot'?
'엿 먹어라' means 'screw you' — that's the insult, not art.vs. English: flipping someone off, but with candy.Klore note
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Anonymous

(Butts arranged in a heart)(길바닥에 꽁초로 만들어진 하트 모양)

Kidding — it's a heart of love ♡장난이고 내마음을 담은 하트다냐♡

Made from butts I littered on the street냐가 길에 버린 꽁초로 만들어봤다냐

(Anime character next to the heart)(하트를 보며 서있는 애니메이션 캐릭터 짤)

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Korean community post, image 3: The photo from the post.
English translation
The photo from the post.

(길바닥에 꽁초로 만들어진 하트 모양)

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Anonymous · 2026.09.15 01:27

Clean it up.그시간에 치우라냐

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  1. Original posterOP

    I'll leave it for the cleaner to feel my heart.

    이대로 두고 이따가 치우실 환경미화원분께 마음을 전할꺼다냐

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Korean community post, image 5: OP finds the heart gone, insists the cleaner was touched, and leaves another butt.
English translation
OP finds the heart gone, insists the cleaner was touched, and leaves another butt.

[일반] 념글간 담배하트 냐붕이다냐 불명예기사 조회 51 2026.09.15 18:14 알림 4 (길바닥에 담배꽁초 하나만 놓여있음) 오늘 가보니 하트가 없어져있다냐 분명 환경미화원분이 보고 감동받아 치워주신게 분명하 다냐 뿌듯해서 하나 더 버려드렸다냐 미화원님 잘부탁드린다냐!

💡 Wait, he's proud of littering?
He thinks the janitor was moved; really, the man just did his job.vs. Reddit: bragging your trash 'inspired' whoever had to remove it.Klore note

What Koreans said

7 top comments on the original thread, translated
  1. Anon· on the original thread

    If nobody littered, street cleaners would lose their jobs. Guess it's a necessary evil lol.

    쓰레기를 버리는 사람이 없어지면 환경미화원분들의 일자리도 없어지는거임 필요악이라 볼수있지

  2. Anon· on the original thread

    Even if a whole city's population vanished, you'd still need cleaners to keep it looking nice.

    설령 도시에 주민이 모두 사라져도 도시 미관을 유지하려면 미화원이 필요함

  3. Anon· on the original thread

    So if there were no fires, firefighters would be jobless — should we just start setting fires then?

    불이 안 나면 소방관 일자리 없어지니까 불낼 거임?

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  1. Anon· on the original thread

    Smokers: only occasionally cause harm through smoking. Non-smokers: their entire existence is a nuisance lmao.

    흡연자들: 흡연으로만 어쩌다 한 번 피해줌. 비흡연충들: 존재 자체가 민폐임.

  2. Anon· on the original thread

    Holy shit, the smoker mindset right there lmao.

    시발 흡연충 마인드 ㅋㅋㅋ

  3. Anon· on the original thread

    'Smoking and doing weird art like this makes me so hip, I want everyone to notice how cool I am.'

    "담배 피고 이런 짓을 하는 나 너무 힙해" "내 이런 행위를 모두가 알아봐줬으면 좋겠어 나의 힙함을 봐 줘"

  4. Anon· on the original thread

    Damn, your IQ must be really low.

    너는 지능이 매우 낮구나

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