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18 Jul 2020, 4:19 am

Wow, so in the US you can't satirize entitlement without accusations of racism, sexism and probably ageism because the figure chosen for the satire has some race, sex and age

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18 Jul 2020, 4:33 am

Comparing the Karen meme to the family of "Janusz" memes from Poland, I think one of important things about the family of "Janusz" is - they are not minority by any means, they are members of the majority of the population. They represent dysfunctions common in the majority.

So, Karen can't be anything but white.

But she should have a male counterpart. Not the angry Kyle who might be her son but, you know, some ex-husband Donald who is as entitled, toxic and agressive as she is, but in a way typical for males of his generation.

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18 Jul 2020, 5:20 am

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When I worked food service I had a Karen claim I’d stole her mother’s dentures off the plate.
They made a big deal telling my boss they knew the teeth were purloined.Said they were coming back for them.They never did, undoubtable Karen found her mom’s teeth rolled up in a napkin in her purse. :roll:

My boss thought they were nuts.

That's hilarious! It must have been really upsetting for you ML but it is still really funny.

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18 Jul 2020, 6:02 am

I’m glad my name isn’t Donald

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18 Jul 2020, 7:21 am

kraftiekortie wrote:

I’m glad my name isn’t Donald

I’ve been seeing “Ken” being closely associated with Karen

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18 Jul 2020, 7:22 am

Meistersinger wrote:

kraftiekortie wrote:

I’m glad my name isn’t Donald

I’ve been seeing “Ken” being closely with Karen

"Ken" is taken, he's Barbie's boyfriend.

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18 Jul 2020, 7:28 am

magz wrote:

Meistersinger wrote:

kraftiekortie wrote:

I’m glad my name isn’t Donald

I’ve been seeing “Ken” being closely with Karen

"Ken" is taken, he's Barbie's boyfriend.

I know that. It’s just that all the Karen’s I’ve been seeing on Facebook, Ken has been associated with Karen.

Next thing you know, you’ll be hearing “OK, Boomer, ya f*cking Karen”

I sorta glad I’m a recluse and a hermit.

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18 Jul 2020, 7:29 am

Meistersinger wrote:

magz wrote:

Meistersinger wrote:

kraftiekortie wrote:

I’m glad my name isn’t Donald

I’ve been seeing “Ken” being closely with Karen

"Ken" is taken, he's Barbie's boyfriend.

Social media are toxic.

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19 Jul 2020, 2:52 pm

I've seen Kyle being used for male Karen.

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28 Jul 2020, 10:36 pm

funeralxempire wrote:

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I posted earlier in this thread that I felt "Karen" was racist.
Seems I'm not the only one that thought it referred to a specific race.
I'm not saying the "Karen" in question didn't deserve to be called out, but this just shows we would be replacing one form of racism with another.
“Hey, Karen. Watch your mouth,” tweeted Lightfoot, using the common nickname to describe entitled white women.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... li=BBnbfcL

Calling out racism isn't the new racism no matter how badly you attempt to pretend otherwise.

Racism is racism no matter how badly you want to excuse it.

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28 Jul 2020, 10:43 pm

The Karen meme has been appropriated by internet trolls and is no longer the domain of SJWs.

If you check youtube videos with the highest hits are posted predominantly by younger white males making fun of women.

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28 Jul 2020, 10:44 pm

League_Girl wrote:

I've seen Kyle being used for male Karen.

please change Kyle to KEVIN for male Karen, pass it on :lol:

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28 Jul 2020, 10:49 pm

In Australia they are Darrens

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29 Jul 2020, 3:52 am

magz wrote:

i met a couple of latina karens. i feel like the name "angelica" is suitable there.

"angie" also feels pretty karenish

as for make karens "ken" is commonly thrown around but i dunno. "ken" sounds like a pretty cool dude who would be chill with anything cause he used to work retail a lot when he was younger, so he knows what it's like.

"fred, "adam", and "geoffrey" IMO seem more like silver-spoon, entitled types who would be more prone to karenistic behavior and i hope nobody in this thread is named that...

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29 Jul 2020, 6:46 am

In Latin America they are called Karenitas

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30 Jul 2020, 2:09 am

Kiprobalhato wrote:

magz wrote:

i met a couple of latina karens. i feel like the name "angelica" is suitable there.

The older girl on the show Rugrats was named Angelica. She was the spoiled princess type who sometimes got a kick out of doing mean things to the other babies because she could. She wasn't all bad thou.

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