She bought a low-cut top for clubbing. Her mom found it and got out the sewing kit.

A woman posts her new plunging club top, then live-updates as her mom alters it.

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Community postEnglish translation
Anonymous · 2018.04.23

Guys, I bought an outfit to wear clubbing애들아 나 클럽갈때 입을라고 옷 샀는데

Mom caught me and now I'm being sewn ;;엄마한테 들켜서 바느질 당하고 있어 ;;

(Photo: a selfie in a pink lace top with a deep plunging neckline)(사진: 가슴이 깊게 파인 분홍 레이스 상의를 입고 찍은 셀카)

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Korean community post, image 2: Mom's hands, stitching a lining panel into the plunging neckline.
English translation
Mom's hands, stitching a lining panel into the plunging neckline.

(엄마가 옷 안쪽에 안감을 덧대 바느질하는 모습)

💡 Why is the sewing funnier than a ban?
Mom doesn't confiscate it or fight — she quietly tailors the cleavage out of existence, so the top is still fully wearable to the club. Commenters end up praising her craftsmanship.vs. the US: not "you're not going out in that" — just silent alterations.Klore note
Community postEnglish translation
Anonymous · 2018.04.23

Guys, the sewing's done애들아 바느질 다했어

(Photo: the same top, neckline pulled up with a sewn-in lining)(사진: 안감을 덧대 목선을 끌어올린 뒤의 같은 상의)

4 translated replies
  1. Anon

    lmaooooo whoa, she did such a pretty job, amazing

    ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ아헐 되게 예쁘게 잘해주셨다 대박

  2. Original posterOP

    Fuck.. that's as far as my rebellion goes ..

    ㄱㅆ 내 일탈은 여기까지다 ..

  3. Anon

    Ah fuck I'm dying lmaooooooooo

    아시바개터졈ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  4. Anon

    lmaoooooooooooo ah fuck I actually laughed out loud, your mom has real golden hands.,

    ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ아 ㅅㅂ 현웃 터짐 어머니 레알 금손.,

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💡 "Golden hands"?
금손 ("golden hand") is high praise for someone freakishly good with their hands. The opposite, 똥손 ("poop hand"), ruins everything they touch.vs. the US: closer to "she's got the gift" than "handy".Klore note

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