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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsKorean-American Parents Re-act to Gungnam Style!
(*note, not my parents, but my dad is Japanese and probably wouldn't get it. My mom is half Korean,
she thinks its hilarious.)
MiddleFingerMom
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... he was a very insecure emotionally abusive jerk much of the time.
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He taught us that the "socially acceptable" kids' word for poop was actually "gumdum".
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When a buddy or two would come over, he would parade us out and have us explain to
him/them about this proper teminology.
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We were either too unaware or too dim-witted to realize that they were not laughing
WITH us... but AT us.
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Good news is that meant it wasn't in the least traumatic.
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And so, everytime I hear the song or even someone refer to it, I hear it as "Gumdum Style".
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Which makes me laugh.
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Systematic Chaos
(8,601 posts)About 15 listens later and I'm addicted to it.
How the hell did that happen?
Behind the Aegis
(53,949 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Xyzse
(8,217 posts)It does creep up on you.
Never figured he would become popular all over. Good for him.