I'd like to hear y'all's perspectives on this
For those who think Karens are a new phenomenon, could you perhaps reply below as to what you think might be causing this, and what we can do as a society to fix it?
They seem to be baby-boomer aged, slightly upper class women unaccustomed to change or not getting their way. Perhaps lives lived without real struggle have made them fragile & they lash out at minor inconveniences.
"I'm correct & just & above the plebians so I will rant at them until I get my way, or obtain my stimulant fix with conflict".
They take frustration out on low wage workers bc in the Karen's mind she is "above it all" & lives in a first world country that should be civilized (aka waiting on her every need...)
@realcaseyrollins I kept on hearing this term and didn't know what it really meant until I looked it up just now.
From my experience, these women are usually in managerial (usually general or regional) positions. I guess they get their stubborn and rudeness from working these types of jobs while also raising children since most of them appear to be divorced or had children out of wedlock.
I think their rudeness towards low-wage workers comes from them dealing with shitty-employees themselves, so they expect cashiers, janitors, etc. to be the bottom of the barrel. I noticed that they are especially rude to men. I guess they assume that men won't take them seriously especially if they're their bosses/managers.
Honestly, feminism and the destruction of the nuclear family are the problem. We have too many divorces and mothers working full-time managerial jobs.
@Ox @realcaseyrollins They are white women who call black men like Casey “uncle toms” because they didn’t burn down their local Target.
Neckbeard died so sorry if that account ghost posts later lol
i'd probably say a bit of both, i dont think the concept of a karen is new, however i think that a bunch of factors have made more of them, more noticeable, louder and more extreme.
As much as certain parts of the web rag on them and they are generally disliked in actual reality, the sort of entitlement that karens have is encouraged in media and by the people around them
big corona made a lot more of the general public online and since 'karens' are loud by nature, more of them made themselves seen, and more people could see them
theres probably also something about a general generational shift into self entitlement, laziness and a lack of empathy and patience, since 'karens' are usually 30-50ish we'll see whether or not that is true in the next 10 years as the next major set of people age into similar situations, or if they dont
it'll be a similar kind of interesting to see how the 'soyboy' changes, whether they become more prevalent and how they change too
@lumeinshin A negative result of this newfound attention I'm noticing is people beginning to target and harass Karens too, which needs to stop
Yes, I understand that Karens are far from the most important story going on rn. I just found this interesting and was wondering what you guys think about this.
I don't have an opinion either way as to this poll, I just wanna here what you have to say.