"Karen, deeply offended"

[kpete]

[Ohio Joe]

1. Hilarious

[The Unmitigated Gall]

2. Nicely played, Hannah.

[spooky3]

3. "I need to speak to the second grade class President, please." Nt

[A HERETIC I AM]

7. "Or the manager. Whoever isn't on recess"

[JHB]

12. Karens never care if someone is "on recess", they want them NOW!

[aggiesal]

15. Wouldn't that be Pendejo45 himself? He always acts like at petulante 8 year old. n/t

[keithbvadu2]

4. It's too late to change but the name should be 'Ivanka'.

[RockRaven]

5. Also, FWIW, if you ever refer to your OWN hairstyle as "chic"...

It's not.

[Scottie Mom]

6. This!

LMAO!

[SunSeeker]

10. LOL Right?

[LoisB]

16. Winner!

[calimary]

20. Yep.

My hairstyle is the “I gave up” style. It’s grown as long as it seems to want to, and it’s always had a mind of its own.

[PJMcK]

47. During the pandemic...

… I cut my own hair.

It was horrible.

[calimary]

48. I can almost literally sit on mine.

Another two inches and it would actually be possible!

[soldierant]

49. I did too

and I'm still doing it. It's far from perfect, but it's good enough.

[ShazzieB]

52. My hairdo is called "Cut off as much as possible short of a full on buzz!"

I had long hair in college, but my hair is so thick that washing and drying it was pretty much an all day job, and I got tired of it.

Part of me wishes it was long again so I wouldn't have to spend so much money on haircuts to keep it from turning into a bush, but every time I have tried, it drove me absolutely bonkers. Growing hair out from a short layered haircut is such a pita.

[delisen]

8. Adult bullies have to start at about age 8 or younger

Having bullies for parents is a great help because they can model the behavior for their children. If the children do not have solid American bullies as parents, the may be fortunate enough to have sympathetic pro-bully strangers egg them on or laugh at their antics.

[bluesbassman]

9. Or you could just apply Occam's razor...

And she really is just a Karen. Kids often see right to the heart of the matter.

[SunSeeker]

11. Yup, she must have done something really annoying to even get the kids' attention.

Most kids look right past other kids' parents like they're not even there.

[delisen]

29. Are suppositions facts nowadays?

So many naughty women.

[SunSeeker]

31. We can apply our life experiences. Jurors do it all the time with the facts available.

As a woman who has raised a child and dropped him off and picked him up on a daily basis from elementary school for 6 years, I can say with quite a bit of certainty that I would pretty much have to be doing something very weird or obnoxious for the kids to even notice or acknowledge me, which they never did.

Why do you think there are "so many naughty women"? I don't. I think most women, and most people, are pretty decent. There are glaring exceptions of course...

[delisen]

35. I mean so many women people see as naughty.

Women seem to come in for a lot of criticism about behavior, looks, dress.

I do believe that children should not engage in name-calling no matter how a person presents.

In any case the post about seeking advice was not real but just someone capitalizing on the Karen meme.

[SunSeeker]

56. I don't think "naughty" is the word, but I get your point.

But honestly, I've never had other people's kids call me names, have you?

[whathehell]

42. Only for some of us, it seems. n/t

[delisen]

25. What did the woman do to provoke the children? Anything?

Do you know? Was it mentioned? I did not see any incident mentioned, perhaps it was there.

Were these children with magical powers ? I think the heart of the matter in this scenario is that they knew they could be rude without repercussions.

Women being killed as witches is still happening in the world. In our country last year women lost the right to bodily autonomy. (Justice Alito managed to reference in his opinion an esteemed medieval witchcraft believe to bolster his argument against female autonomy.)

In some parts of our country women are being denied basic healthcare because they are being now valued as of less worth than a potential life.

Why is it that the enduring female “busybody” theme is now so popular while attempts to equalize with a male “Ken” have not gained traction?

The fact is men have been and still are the majority in power and muscle positions in our country and our system is male centered and male driven.

I don’t think the gleeful focus on this 21st century version of the Karen stereotype is accidental. It serves to get us to focus negative attention on women instead of the mostly powerful men who are taking away our rights and aiming to further impoverish us.

We all know who Karen is; how many of us s know who Leo is?

The fact is many men and women fear going against male authority, when timid people get
scared there is a tendency to scapegoat. The Karen meme is meant to conjure up the image of a middle-aged who should shut up. Where will that get us in today’s America.

[allegorical oracle]

27. Maybe Karen lives in the Village of the Damned (old 60s horror flick). Was about kids with

supernatural mind-reading powers. Could kill adults by staring at them.

[ZonkerHarris]

28. or that Twilight Zone episode with Bill Mumy

[bluesbassman]

46. Oh please, her response tells you all you need to know.

They laughed at her hairstyle. That deserves a law enforcement intervention? Give me a break.

[delisen]

58. Did you think this really happened?

Do you think this event actually happened or do you think it is a story made up by an individual who is capitalizing on the popularity of the Karen meme in American society?

I study the Karen meme as a sexist meme (there is no popular male equivalent) which is serving a group binding function in our society.

I would appreciate your sharing.

[zipplewrath]

60. Kevin or Ken

there is no popular male equivalent

I've heard both Kevin and Ken.

[whathehell]

63. Lol

"I've heard both Kevin and Ken"...Sure, but how many times?..Anything even close to that of the Karen memes?

[sheshe2]

13. They tell like they see it, Karen.

[Rebl2]

14. Ummm

Get over it. Oh and quit acting like an eight year old.

[Dr. Strange]

17. Ask to speak to the kids' manager.

[John1956PA]

26. LOL! Best reply in this thread!

[delisen]

30. The original Karens were women integrating fine restaurants

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Back in those days we were treated badly on business trips and expected to order room service in the hotel. Classy restaurants would give us bad tables and slow service. If we demanded to be treated as well as men we were referred to as Karen, with snickers and eye rolling.

Imagine the nerve of single women wanting to be treated with the same respect afforded men in a public establishment.

We won that battle but when one lives in an unequal society the struggle never ends.

[whathehell]

43. You mean the parents?

Nah..They gave up that job long ago.

[Biophilic]

18. I can't believe this is for real. It's got to be a spoof.

Who worries if 8 year olds don’t like your “chic”? Nope this isn’t for real. And if it is real this person shouldn’t be allowed near children.

[delisen]

32. Yes it is a parody.

I follow the Karen meme as it pops up on some sites I use. It is basically an ant-female or sexist meme. I follow it to gauge how much sexism there is within a site.

[Biophilic]

33. Thanks, it's getting harder and harder to tell reality from spoof. That makes me sad.

[whathehell]

41. It is an anti- female meme..

and I too follow it only to gauge how much sexism there is within the site. I think you'll find there's no shortage of it here. As writer Katha Politt has noted, "Misogyny is the last acceptable bigotry of the Left"

.

[soldierant]

51. Sadly, I agree.

I also think it has a lot more to do with Hillary not getting elected President than any other factor - certainly a lot more than her emails.

[11 Bravo]

19. Call the cops and tell them you feel threatened by the little tykes.

[bluesbassman]

21. That would seal the deal!

[Hassler]

22. The most Karen take ever

[geardaddy]

23. Karen, Deeply Offended

sounds like a great band name.

[orleans]

24. i googled and found this posted on ifunny dot co

back in 2020 -- reading some of the replies
(du has far better remarks)

anyway, i was scrolling and found this on the same website; an insanely long limousine before and after

(i tried to download pics to post them but it's a webfile that i can't download)

https://ifunny.co/picture/the-american-dream-now-an-abandoned-limousine-i-CzvxiVLbA

[Torchlight]

34. Offended by eight year old kids acting like, well eight year old kids

is something an eight year old kid would do. She has really well developed grammar for an eight year old. Go public schools!

[delisen]

36. The 8 yr old kids I know do not act this way

Rudely harassing a person by yelling Karen at her?

Of course it is just fiction written for clicks, hoping to capitalize on a sexist meme.

[Torchlight]

37. Different experiences, different observations.

[Progressive Lawyer]

38. "Karen" is now a pejorative term intended to shame an individual partly based on appearance and...

...assumed gender.

Please do not condone this activity, thank you.

[whathehell]

44. Yup..

It's very thinly veiled misogyny.

[ironflange]

39. If the shoe fits, wear it

[whathehell]

61. Yes, except that particular "shoe" fits both genders

so the question is, why is it being thrown at only one?

[The Jungle 1]

40. I think she is my neighbor.

[Mossfern]

50. Honestly...

How many eight year olds know what a "Karen" is?

[calimary]

53. Oh boo-hoo.

How about just sucking it up and rising above it, girlfriend?

Maybe if you didn't take yourself so damn seriously and laughed along with them the whole "incident" would be forgotten in a couple of minutes.

[GenThePerservering]

54. This was a joke

A JOKE.

[betsuni]

55. Yes. "Chic hairstyle" legal action "deeply offended." Of course a joke.

Sigh.

[Conjuay]

57. It'll go to the supreme Court

They will side with Karen (of course) and the kids will be giving her their lunch money and allowance till middle school.

[whathehell]

62. Aww..

Poor widdle men..Those big bad "Karens" be so mean... :

[cannabis_flower]

59. Probably legal action wouldn't help

Maybe buying candy for everyone would shut them up.

And have you ever thought it might not be just the “chic” hairstyle?

[FakeNoose]

64. My apologies, I intended to post this yesterday