Picture of the Day: K-Pop Demon Hunter Products for Sale

'KPop Demon Hunters'-themed products
‘KPop Demon Hunters’-themed productsF
ood products featuring characters from the global hit animated movie “KPop Demon Hunters” are displayed at a shop in Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Aug. 31, 2025. (Yonhap)
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ChickenHead
ChickenHead
6 months ago

That picture reminds us of yet another unrealistic standard for women that give young girls false, and even dangerous, expectations about themselves and what they aspire to.

There is no way a woman should be a pilot.

They can barely even drive.

setnaffa
setnaffa
6 months ago

Well, to be fair, the music is better than the demonic screeting that came from Yoko Ono’s cake hole.

But South Korea needs their men to actually be men, not kpop hair-dressers and effeminate posers.

Making a lot of money for looking like you wish you were your own sister is a short-term project; but the Internet is forever.

And after the Islamists take over, you really don’t want to look like a harem girl.

BTW, have you noticed the Westerners are leaving Itaewon and the “Halal Street” is expanding?

Korean Person
Korean Person
6 months ago

BTW, have you noticed the Westerners are leaving Itaewon and the “Halal Street” is expanding?

You’ve never set foot in Korea, so stop pretending you know what’s going on.

Of course there are fewer Westerners in Itaewon—USFK shifted from Yongsan to Pyeongtaek. Not exactly a mystery.

Last edited 6 months ago by Korean Person
ChickenHead
ChickenHead
6 months ago

“Of course there are fewer Westerners in Itaewon—USFK shifted from Yongsan to Pyeongtaek. Not exactly a mystery.”

That’s not the non-mystery being discussed, ding-dong.

The mystery is why there is yellow flight and the Muslim infestation is growing.

This is how you get no-go zones.

With a culture comfortable with pig heads, some smaller Korean communities have protected themselves from being overrun.

Which suggest the question: Are pig heads naturally luck or do they create their own luck?

For a guy who whines about the imaginary FaR rIgHt at every chance, you never seem to have a bad word against the true far right.

Korean Person
Korean Person
6 months ago

The mystery is why there is yellow flight and the Muslim infestation is growing.

You’ve never set foot in Korea, so stop pretending you know what’s going on.

ChickenHead
ChickenHead
6 months ago

We have some Setnaffa fan fiction yet the mystery remains.

setnaffa
setnaffa
6 months ago

You want Setnaffa fan-fiction? Try this one on for size:

In the neon-lit heart of Seoul’s Itaewon shopping and entertainment district, a strange exodus unfolds.

Western expatriates and local Koreans are abandoning the vibrant, multicultural neighborhood in droves, their footsteps echoing through once-bustling streets now eerily quiet.

Meanwhile, Muslim immigrants—some legal, others shrouded in ambiguity—continue to pour into the area, undeterred by the growing unease.

Whispers of unexplained disappearances, cryptic symbols scrawled in alleyways, and a pervasive sense of dread grip the community.

As tensions rise and secrets unravel, one question haunts those who remain: what dark force is driving this mysterious divide in Itaewon?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6jw9OhLTDM

setnaffa
setnaffa
6 months ago

Sorry GI, new “fake” email address seems to have tripped the circuit-breaker…

setnaffa
setnaffa
6 months ago

I like this Setnaffa fan-fiction thing…

In the digital shadows of an expat blog catering to former members of USFK and a variety of Western Expats, a group of posters claiming to be Korean locals stir unease.

Their usernames—Korea Man, Korea Person, and others—drape themselves in nationalist flair, yet their posts drip with incongruities.

Their Korean is stilted, laced with awkward phrasing that betrays a non-native grasp of idiom, and their fervent defense of certain geopolitical stances mirrors the rhetoric of CCP propagandists or, at times, the sharp edge of Iranian state narratives.

They rail against Western influence in Itaewon, decry Muslim immigration with alarming specificity, and push conspiracies about foreign plots destabilizing Seoul—all while dodging personal details.

Their activity spikes at odd hours, synchronized in a way that feels orchestrated, and their IP trails, when traced, flicker toward servers in distant corners of the globe.

Are they disillusioned locals, as they claim, or operatives weaving a calculated web of discord?

As their posts grow bolder, hinting at knowledge of strange occurrences in Itaewon’s emptying streets, the blog’s community fractures, gripped by annoyance.

What’s their true agenda, and what secrets do they know about the district’s creeping darkness?

Korean Person
Korean Person
6 months ago

And here’s my version

In the murky corners of the expat web, where avatars boast flags and usernames echo patriotism, one presence stands out.

Setnaffa—loud, insistent, and cloaked in the rhetoric of the American far right.

But peel back the slogans, and the seams begin to show. His “local insights” ring strangely rehearsed, his moral outrage conveniently aligned with Moscow’s talking points. His defenses of authoritarian power structures, his tirades against immigrants, his obsessive focus on “Western decay”—all echo the same narratives Moscow’s digital brigades have seeded across countless forums.

And then there’s his method. Behind the curtain sits a laptop farm of sockpuppets, a small army of fake personas created to manufacture consensus where none exists. These digital doppelgängers cheer his every word, swarm critics with abuse, and give the illusion of grassroots support. But like all manufactured crowds, the applause feels hollow once you know where it comes from.

The irony is rich. He rails against “globalists,” yet parrots propaganda written oceans away. He champions “freedom” while defending those who would snuff it out. His words masquerade as patriotism, but drip with the fingerprints of a Russian agent—or at the very least, a willing pawn.

And his ideology? A brittle edifice. Extreme right-wing ideals promise strength, but collapse under scrutiny: freedom only for some, patriotism warped into paranoia, morality twisted into submission. It is less a vision for the future than a blueprint for control.

In Setnaffa, the folly becomes clear. He isn’t leading a crusade—he’s amplifying someone else’s script. A script designed to fracture, to weaken, to distract. And like so many who mistake extremism for conviction, he cannot see that the louder he shouts, the more transparent his role becomes.

GrayBlack
GrayBlack
6 months ago

I’ve studied with, eaten together, worked with dozens of foreign Chinese students while in college. Even more in graduate school were it seemed like half of the students enrolled were internationals. Nearly all were ‘non-political’, and the few times their beliefs leaked out they were stilted at best in their support of the Chinese government.

It was only the Americans that spoke in feverent support of left wing causes. Among them a strange love of Islam. Something the internationals had a mocking term for, Baizuo.

If anything, KM/KP sound like Americam college students. The dependace on GPT to write for them does hint at that, but also possible they are ‘Koreans’… ones that went full native in their learning of english.

GrayBlack
GrayBlack
6 months ago

“Co-director Maggie Kang noted that the character’s journey was deliberately written to mirror the process of revealing one’s true self: “Rumi’s story [is] like she’s coming out of the closet and coming clean to her parents who [want] her to be something that she’s not”. […] Kang commented that when developing the song and Rumi’s story they “talked a lot about mixed heritage” as well as “queer identity””

How wonderful, more gay Western subversion. Who could’ve seen that coming from an American (Netflix) production. Truly shocking.

setnaffa
setnaffa
6 months ago

You may have hit the nail on the head, GrayBlack. They are pretty lame.

I just wish China would hire more talented dweebs instead of the apprentice shmendriks we get here. I mean, they’re not even qualified to be Democrats like Omar or Harris at this point…

TOK
TOK
6 months ago

Kind of rich if you consider that some of our right leaning participants here use AI to generate their comments.

Their Korean is stilted, laced with awkward phrasing that betrays a non-native grasp of idiom, and their fervent defense of certain geopolitical stances mirrors the rhetoric of CCP propagandists or, at times, the sharp edge of Iranian state narratives.

I’ve never seen KP or KM use Korean in their comments.

So. obviously used AI to create that long comment and didn’t bother to check it before posting.

AI is a great tool and on the outside the results look great, but need to check the details before letting it out.

Korean Person
Korean Person
6 months ago

If anything, KM/KP sound like Americam college students. The dependace on GPT to write for them does hint at that, but also possible they are ‘Koreans’… ones that went full native in their learning of english.

Only racist Americans think Koreans can’t be fluent in English.

That’s why it’s hilarious watching GrayBlack — one of ’s sockpuppets — insist that KM and I must be “American college students.” His whole argument rests on his own prejudice that Koreans can’t write or speak English fluently.

Last edited 6 months ago by Korean Person
setnaffa
setnaffa
6 months ago

Awww… “Temu of Korea” is bent out of shape?

Or maybe he’s just upset that I called him out, too?

But I notice once again that no one addresses the growing blight in Itaewon.

Not all the Western customers were military. But now, it’s turning into a garbage dump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6jw9OhLTDM

Self-inflicted wounds bite, don’t they Tik?

Korean Person
Korean Person
6 months ago

Or maybe he’s just upset that I called him out, too?y

Strange — nothing in the long GPT-generated comment even mentioned TOK.

But since dubbed him the “Temu of Korea,” I doubt he’ll take it well.

And true to form, — a white racist bully — goes after moderate-minded Koreans. No wonder they’re becoming rare around here.

Moving on.

But I notice once again that no one addresses the growing blight in Itaewon.

, master of fake news and misinformation, takes a clip of Itaewon’s small Muslim quarter and claims it represents the entire district.

Had he ever set foot in Korea, he’d know better — he would have seen this side of Itaewon too:

https://youtu.be/n98c-pQZ6Ns?si=gGiUzR4GG9envVp3

Hardly the “Muslim-dominated place in decline” he wants you to believe.

ChickenHead
ChickenHead
6 months ago

I’m waiting for the Itaewon Muslim enclave to mosey on down the street to the weirdo quarter in Haebangchon and look at all the Free Palestine signs next to rainbow flags in windows.

That’s a conflicting message.

At least the lack of pork is understandable, as everyone is some sort of creepy vegan.

The best policy is to hide in the shadows and talk smack.

“Hey, hippies, the Muslims said women should go milk the camels.”

“Hey, Muslims, the stinkers said free Palistine for the Jews… they should take it rather than paying for it. You gonna let that slide?”

The problem is, the Islamic far right and the global far left align on too many points to have true conflict.

– hate Trump
– hate America
– hate Jews
– love minor attracted persons

TOK
TOK
6 months ago

“Temu of Korea” might be a fun nickname for you to call, , but keep flailing — calling people names won’t turn your Itaewon fantasy into reality or clean up the disaster that exists only in your head.

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