What exactly is a " Karen "?

Uksake

Uksake

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So, heard this banded around the past few days to a bit of confusion. Anyone shed any light?
 
It was supposed to mean a woman who is entitled and usually uses white privilege to complain about things.

Sometimes it seems to get used to describe a ladygammon though
 
I guess this comes about from the 4 actually Karen's on TV. Moaning about people using 'Karen' as a negative term.

Think it back fired. The Internet slamming it as the 'most Karen' thing a Karen could do😂. I am sure it has some racial undertones as it's usually BAME people who use it (see also Gammon).

It usually trends on twitter at least once a day.
 
Often applied to those on social media who became expert virologists, epidemiologosts, statisticians, microbiologists, etc. overnight. The sort whose best friend's sister's aunty knows a bloke who is a porter at the hospital and he knows for a fact doctors are putting covid on death certificates because they get a £50 bonus for every one

that sort of fúckwít is "a Karen"
 
nowthen said:
I think it began in the retail industry, well before social media. A woman of a certain who is very demanding and expects everything. “Karen has asked to speak to the manager”.
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That was my understanding of it. But like everything I guess its morphed.
 
A female 'Chad' according to the internet. Basically it now covers anti vaxxers, herbal medicine nutjobs, I demand to speak to the manager types and generally any woman being a bit of a d*ck.
 
(CNN)It may soon be illegal to make discriminatory, racially biased 911 calls in San Francisco.
The "CAREN Act" (Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies) was introduced on Tuesday at a San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting by Supervisor Shamann Walton.
The ordinance's name is a twist on "Karen," the name social media gives people making racially biased 911 calls.
And it's not just "Karen." There are also names like "Becky," which has also come to symbolize a stereotype of whiteness. And "Susan." And "Chad."
The ordinance is similar to the statewide AB 1550 bill introduced by California Assemblyman Rob Bonta, making it unlawful and accountable for a caller to "fabricate false racially biased emergency reports.".
"Using 911 as a tool for your prejudice towards marginalized communities is unjust and wrong!" Bonta tweeted.
 
ticker_tape said:
(CNN)It may soon be illegal to make discriminatory, racially biased 911 calls in San Francisco.
The "CAREN Act" (Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies) was introduced on Tuesday at a San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting by Supervisor Shamann Walton.
The ordinance's name is a twist on "Karen," the name social media gives people making racially biased 911 calls.
And it's not just "Karen." There are also names like "Becky," which has also come to symbolize a stereotype of whiteness. And "Susan." And "Chad."
The ordinance is similar to the statewide AB 1550 bill introduced by California Assemblyman Rob Bonta, making it unlawful and accountable for a caller to "fabricate false racially biased emergency reports.".
"Using 911 as a tool for your prejudice towards marginalized communities is unjust and wrong!" Bonta tweeted.
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Don't they already have laws that cover this such as wasting police time?
 
Yes they do now, its was found a lot of white people called the police if a black person walked passed their home.
 
Usually cuts about with a barnet like this
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S7DiscoDown said:
I am sure it has some racial undertones as it's usually BAME people who use it (see also Gammon).
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I'm not sure it's usually BAME people... I think it is just a generic term used by people of a certain age group... similar to the word 'boomer'.

I find it funny how a lot of people slating the use of it on TV are usually the ones who use the word snowflake to describe leftys or SJWs... typical eh
 
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