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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Jolly
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    I don't care for the term...

    https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/karen-memes-slur-kate-gosselin-hate-speech-women-20200513.html

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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      Aqua Letifer
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      Yeah, well, I don't care for Karens.

      Please love yourself.

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        xenon
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        Karen jokes and memes have a rich history.

        This article writer is pinning Karen down far too precisely for their own purposes.

        Here’s a bit about Karen from way back. Now this isn’t the canonical definition of Karen (there isn’t one) - but just goes to show there isn’t one definition.

        Link to video

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        • JollyJ Offline
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          Jolly
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          #4

          The Karen term is now widely used in the internet to denote people who inform on people having illegal gatherings, mask violations, etc.

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          • JollyJ Jolly

            The Karen term is now widely used in the internet to denote people who inform on people having illegal gatherings, mask violations, etc.

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            Aqua Letifer
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            #5

            @Jolly said in Karen:

            The Karen term is now widely used in the internet to denote people who inform on people having illegal gatherings, mask violations, etc.

            That's how some folks on the right are using it but like Xenon said, it's a very broad thing.

            Please love yourself.

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            • George KG Offline
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              George K
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              #6

              It's this month's equivalent of "OK, Boomer."

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • MikM Away
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                Mik
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                Yep. It all came from that stupid white cat meme. I think.

                But if my name were Karen (a very pretty name) I'd be plenty pissed.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  I do feel bad for normal folks named Karen who are innocent casualties of this meme, but I agree with @George-K that it's a temporary (hopefully) thing just like Boomer.

                  Although I do recall someone making a funny joke/observation recently, of "Have you ever met a baby named Karen?" 😆

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                    Doctor Phibes
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                    I have a really good friend, maybe my best friend, who lives in Wales, and whose wife is named Karen. She would rip your arm off and beat you to death with the bloody end. And what's more, she would enjoy doing it. Needless to say, she is one of my favourite people in the world. He's bloody lucky to be married to her.

                    I was only joking

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                    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                      I have a really good friend, maybe my best friend, who lives in Wales, and whose wife is named Karen. She would rip your arm off and beat you to death with the bloody end. And what's more, she would enjoy doing it. Needless to say, she is one of my favourite people in the world. He's bloody lucky to be married to her.

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                      George K
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                      @Doctor-Phibes funny you should mention.

                      One of my former associates (whom I see every couple of months for breakfast) has a wife whose name is Karen.

                      They have two sons, one in the Navy, the other is a Marine. They work in nuclear engineering and intelligence, respectively.

                      Anyhow, Karen was, for a while, into body building - I don't know if she still is. But, like your friend, she could beat me up. Jim was always a "no bullshit" guy. He married the same.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • George KG George K

                        @Doctor-Phibes funny you should mention.

                        One of my former associates (whom I see every couple of months for breakfast) has a wife whose name is Karen.

                        They have two sons, one in the Navy, the other is a Marine. They work in nuclear engineering and intelligence, respectively.

                        Anyhow, Karen was, for a while, into body building - I don't know if she still is. But, like your friend, she could beat me up. Jim was always a "no bullshit" guy. He married the same.

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                        xenon
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                        #11

                        Karon Musk

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                        • 89th8 Offline
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                          89th
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                          😂

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                            jon-nyc
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                            Only non-witches get due process.

                            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                            • MikM Away
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                              Mik
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                              Isn't that the truth. But you need their full name - Karen Stalin.

                              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                Copper
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                                I'm chairman of the Communications Committee, this isn't a joke

                                People like them

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                                  I'd live in a hollow log before I bought in a place ruled by a HOA.

                                  Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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