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He can't remember if it's Kim Kardashian or Kim Kasadian. A friend's one-word hint traps him in a loop.

Screenshot circulating on Korean communities · original poster unknown · Trended
The gist

A group chat tries to fix one guy's spelling of Kim Kardashian with a single word, and it goes badly.

💬 ChatTypeset from the original screenshot · names removed
  1. Him

    I always mix this up

    맨날 헷갈리는데

  2. Him

    is it Kim Kadasian

    킴 카다시안이냐

  3. Him

    or Kim Kasadian

    킴 카사디안이냐

  4. Friend 1

    다시.

    다시

  5. Him

    I always mix this up

    맨날 헷갈리는데

  6. Him

    is it Kim Kadasian

    킴 카다시안이냐

  7. Him

    or Kim Kasadian

    킴 카사디안이냐

  8. Friend 2

    다시.

    다시

  9. Him

    I always mix this up

    맨날 헷갈리는데

  10. Him

    is it Kim Kadasian

    킴 카다시안이냐

  11. Him

    or Kim Kasadian

    킴 카사디안이냐

  12. Friend 2

    I said 다시.

    다시라고

  13. Him

    I always mix this up

    맨날 헷갈리는데

Screenshot circulating on Korean communities · original poster unknown · Trended
💡 Why does one word break him so badly?
다시 (dasi) means "again" — but it's also the middle syllables of the correct name, 카·다시·안 (Ka-DASI-an), so the friends are handing him the answer. He reads it as "say that again" and loops forever.vs. English: "It's CAR-DASH" — "Okay but is it Kardashian or Kasadian?"
💡 Why is everyone named Apeach and Muzi?
They're KakaoTalk's Kakao Friends characters, auto-assigned as anonymous nicknames in open chatrooms with a random mood adjective attached.vs. the US: like Slack naming you "Nervous Peach" instead of showing your handle.

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