He heard "you don't get presents if you cry" and ran an experiment

A kindergartener took the Korean Christmas song literally and picked a test subject.

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Anonymous · 2020.12.17 09:03

I once caused an incident at kindergarten on Christmas, for real유치원때 크리스마스날 사고친 적 있음 ㄹㅇ

Our class teacher and all the kids were singing 'You mustn't cry~ you mustn't cry, Santa Claus is…' ← that song, and once we'd finished something felt off바다반 선생님이랑 애들이랑 다같이 울면안돼~ 울면안돼 산타할아버지가 <- 이노래 부르는데 다부르고 나니 뭔가 이상한거임

So I asked, 'Teacher, if you cry you don't get presents?' and she said that's right그래서 내가 선생님 울면 선물 못받나요? 라고 물었는데 그렇다는거임

So I punched the kid I usually hated right under the nose and asked, 'Teacher, so now he doesn't get a present either?' — all hell broke loose내가 평상시 싫어하는 애 인중에 정권 찍어버리고 선생님 이제 그 애도 선물 못받나요? 물으니까 난리났었음

After that incident I had psych evaluations until 4th grade;그 사건 이후로 정신검사 초등학교 4학년때까지 했었음;

Looking back, even I have to admit I seemed like a … honestly지금보면 내가봐도 …같긴 하더라

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💡 Why does the song make the punchline land?
Korea's "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" opens with the blunt line "울면 안 돼" — "You must not cry" — on repeat. He treated a nursery song as a binding condition and manufactured the evidence.vs. US: like treating "he sees you when you're sleeping" as surveillance policy.Klore note
💡 A five-year-old threw a martial-arts punch?
정권 is the taekwondo term for a straight fore-fist strike, and preschool taekwondo classes are extremely common in Korea. He aimed at the groove under the nose — a spot that makes anyone's eyes water instantly.Klore note

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