35 Times ‘Karens’ Acted So Entitled, The Internet Had To Call Them Out For It In This Online Group
Acting like an entitled, spoiled brat won’t win you any favors and won’t make you any new friends. In fact, you’re bound to lose a few if you don’t tone it down and continue making other people’s lives a living hell.
To you and I, these people are simply huge jerks who are best left ignored. But to the internet, they’re known as ‘Karens,’ no matter their actual gender or real name. Shaming ignorant Karens has become so huge, it’s even spawned its own subreddit, the ‘Eff You Karen’ community that shows everyone how not to act if you want to be a good person.
In the mood for some more examples of unearned entitlement and outrage? Once you’re done upvoting the pics that made your jaw drop in this list, check out Bored Panda’s previous article about the ‘Eff You Karen’ community right over here.
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Just Do It
Karen Time
Karen Alley Is Out Of Her Mind
The ‘Eff You Karen’ subreddit, founded in late 2017, is now homing in on the 1.2-million-member mark. Some of the subreddit’s rules include avoiding political topics, avoiding witch hunts, and censoring social media identities in order to protect the people being poked fun at.
They might be in the wrong and be way too entitled, but there are very few people who actually deserve being spammed by a bunch of angry internet users. Everyone makes mistakes and we need to leave enough room for people to grow and become better. Though, of course, that’s not an excuse for acting like a horrible, entitled person in the first place.
A Celebrity Karen
Anti Vaccine Karen
Damn It Karen
In a previous interview, I spoke about Karen memes and the context surrounding them with Matt Schimkowitz, Know Your Meme’s Senior Editor. According to him, there’s lots of potential for the meme to be insensitive and even offensive to women, so care must be taken when using this type of humor. He put it very plainly that we should all meme with caution, whatever the meme might be.
The Logic This Karen Has Is Very Small
This Karen Is Being Racist Against A Dog
Uno Reverse
“As [the meme] grows from a parody of a common social experience of someone demanding to speak to a manager to a statement about white privilege, the stakes over the meaning of the meme grow as well,” Matt told Bored Panda.
The Og Karenavirus
Karen Didn’t Do Her Research
Seems like Bozo needs to reevaluate his life choices and the validity of his presence on this earth.
Ran Into The Most Entitled Male Karen At The USPS Today
“I think that users of the meme should be cognizant that what they're meme-ing might not be their intent anymore. It's very possible that the meme could grow even farther to exhibit misogynistic tendencies, which are somewhat already present,” Matt warned those who use Karen memes to be aware of the context.
I’d Like To Speak To The Manager Of Mocha Coffee Please
Karen Decides That Children’s Fun Isn’t Enough Of A Reason To Have A Tree House
Takes Being A Karen To A New Level
At the core of using memes for humor lies intent. Know Your Meme’s Senior Editor Matt pointed out that the Karen meme, something that’s used and enjoyed by many people, could eventually become connected to something that many would find offensive if people with sexist beliefs started using the term as a “catchall for all women.”
Definitely Must Be A Karen
If something made you ill why go there again at all let alone order the same item?
"Taking A Picture Of Me???" - Woman Changing Her Baby's Dirty Diaper On Top Of An Old Navy Clothing Display
Karen Doesn't Like The Way You Had Your Baby
Though we can’t expect memes to be completely neutral. “Meme-ing can be nihilistic artform and rewards really ugly behavior in some cases. Sometimes, what starts as a fairly inoffensive meme can grow into something really hateful, like Pepe the Frog. I could see that happening to Karen—though, I'm not really sold one way or the other on the debate."
Friend Told Me To Post This Here After She Found It - Male Karens?
I Karen't Even
This is a true fact. We have a common language that a large percentage of people residing here speak and about 400 less common ones that people residing here speak. Open your mind young padewan...
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I think it is sad that so many American children (like me) grow up knowing only one language :(
In this case, knowing 1.00005 languages --- English and half a morning of Spanish.
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In other words, I want my offspring to be as ignorant and obtuse as me and others before me.
All other countries teach at least one foreign language. In my country we learn 3- 4 and we consider that knowledge is power and we have really high standards in our school system and there is never the question of money. Its in the law that every child has the right to the best education possible!
We germans learn mandatory english and have the options for french, spanish and russian most commonly. Depending on the school also a lot of other languages.
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Sooo..If I get this right, it is not OK to teach kids anything they don't already know? Why bother with school as such?
By that logic, we should all be speaking one (or more) of Diné, Iroquois, Cherokee, Sioux, Cheyenne, Apache, etc, etc.
Fun Fact: The United States does not have an official language.
I was just about to comment that as well! Always a good little fact to have in your back pocket in case you need it :)
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You know in many places and businesses people that speak both English and Spanish get paid more. So stop hampering your son future potential income. By not learning Spanish your hurting our economy stupid.
And if your son visits or even moves to Spain, do you think they are all going to know the English language? Piensa otra vez
They might think that. My Mother in Law told me one, that my Polish Grandmother should learn German, because I live in Germany. But MIL could not understand that by this logic MIL would be required to learn a foreign language as well if her son decided to move and have children in another country. That's different by her estimation. What I want to say: there are people who make up rules and exceptions to please themselves only.
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"...which I found surprisingly inappropriate." Yeah, we're all surprised too.
Your son is American!...Wow! Maybe you should know that in America are much more Spanish speakers than English speakers. Almost all South America, Central America, Mexico and many US citizens are Spanish speakers. Think twice before brain-farting stupid things and polluting the environment.
This reminds me of a customer I had. I was working in a kitchen-wares shop and she wanted some animal cookie-cutters to use with her grandson. We had several sets, one of which included a manatee cookie cutter. Pretty cool, right? I pointed out the manatee and she burst out "My grandson doesn't know THAT animal!" In my head, I'm like, "well you could TEACH him about that animal, you dried-out hag..."
I teach English in Taiwan, mostly college students and above. After one English Speaking class, a student's mother phoned a complaint that I was was asking her son to speak English in class. Lady, what do you think you paid for?
What an uneducated woman. Her son needs two years of a foreign language to graduate both high school and college
I wonder if the mother would have reacted the same way if the language taught to her son was french.
Well, if he/she wants to short-change their kid, so be it. Learning another language (and that includes music) helps the brain develop the flexibility to learn even more. Heaven forfend that this child ever comes home humming a tune, esp. one that might have been composed by a non-English speaker.
One of my godsons had a horrible time with a speech problem, but they'd try words in Spanish, French, etc., so he could "hear" the difference to English, and it really helped him. So to he** with these white supremacist idiots.
I have always been of the thought the more languages you know the better off you are and will be later on in life, but unfortunately, not everyone thinks this...
I live in New Mexico. The tribes keep their language alive - they have been here for thousands of years. The Spanish showed up 500 years ago. English speakers showed up maybe 125 years ago. So, when someone here complains about Spanish, they are rightfully mocked. They also tend to be those who think New Mexico is part of Mexico, and not a state in the Union (since 1912). (Actually, many in AZ and TX don't know NM is a state. Google "One of our 50 is missing".)
A teacher friend of mine, said a parent moved her child from my friend's class, because there were a couple of Spanish speaking children in the class. Children... can you say 'goodbye, you spawn of racist parents'? Two million brownie points if you can say it in Spanish.
Must be the twice impeached, one term, lying, treasonous, looser Donald Trump talking about Baron. Why don't we build a wall around him? I'm sure Mexico really would pay for that!
How can anyone think speaking a "foreign" language is inapproriate? I was so proud when my eldest son came home able to speak small junks of a new language...
Hay mom... bilingual is a super power. And decreases statistical chances of Alzheimer’s disease.
Also fun to watch these folks lose their ever-loving minds when you ask if they would be ok with their kids learning the Arabic numbering system.
i like how this arrogant ass just assumes her kid is being confused by this. wanna bet he's not, and he's actually enjoying it?
This is terrible! Learning other languages could not be more important. Even if many, many people speak English, people often find it reassuring if you speak in their native language. One of my favorite things is learning other languages, and everyone should get that joy!
Ignorant. Sadly, many parents think they know better than trained teachers and speech therapists who are trying to educate and help their children (I'm a retired high school teacher).
Ehmm... such a common mistake to say American. South America? Central America? North America? United States of America? If your kid comes home speaking Spanish... it's American. Besides that: learning to speak different languages from different language groups (Germanic, Latin, etc... ) not only makes it possible for you to communicate with more people, it's also great training for your brain. Especially when the structure of the language is different from your own.
My fifteen year old niece speaks English, French, Spanish, and Italian. She doesn’t seem confused at all.
English isn't the official language of USA, Karen. Sit your fat ass down.
That's right! Everyone in NE Philly near me speaks Russian.
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Wait until she finds out that you have to take language classes as a high school requirement to graduate or be accepted by good colleges!
u can go to US speaking any language just dont go up to a karen speaking any language
I’m sure he would have learned it eventually. And as he gets older, wouldn’t the school start requiring him to have a certain number of language credits?
Just to mention it: America is the entre continent, from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. And Spanish is widespread thru the entire continent.
Idiot. I speak multiple languages and it's only been beneficial. And I'm a white Irish-German American. Grow up, Karen.
i have WAY to much to say about this ignoramous (sp) i've been 1/2 way around the world, i can speak basic chinese and portgues, not with the best dialect, but, it's understandable. THIS jackass needs some knowledge outside her bubble.
Hello, is diversity a thing? Americans act independent, but it's called ENGLISH.
Isn't Spanish of the national USA languages? That would be like a parent getting complaining about their kid learning French in Canada.
It's Russian where I live. No one would want to speak Spanish here in NE Philadelphia. Russian or Polish or sometimes Lithuanian.
Load More Replies... I so wish that we had been given a second language in school. We had some but it was Very sporadic. I would say it should be mandatory, But unfortunately there are a lot of schools that are barely scraping by with just the basics. And I know they could not afford to pay another staff member. We also need equity in our schools. For supposedly being one of the richest nations, our education system is really bad.
I look forward to the day when I can afford to tour other states in the hopes that when I arrive at a state with people like this overhearing me speak Spanish and have something derogatory to say, I can tell them "F**K OFF ... is that enough English for you" ...
You'd have to learn Russian in my neighborhood because everyone here is from the Ukraine. No Spanish speaking people and hardly any English... sorry.
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It's Russian in my neighborhood of the USA. Northeast Philly is Little Ukraine and I'm so thankful to be able to speak Russian to everyone here and have them speak it back to me. No one uses English here in my neighborhood. And Spanish? Definitely NOT!!
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No we don't want to culture or educate the children, then they are less controllable with their "free minds".
She does know that Puerto Rico is part of America and therefore English is not the only spoken or legal language for the country right?
I think this person forgot that learning a second language is a graduation requirement here
What is the Spanish equivalent of a Karen? Juanita? Consuela?
Spanish people aren't stupid enough to come up with calling others a "Karen".
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Why do the Karen's here think English is the Country's language ???? "Karen, It isn't you f*****g retard, we don't have one you dumb bitch! Educate yourself, this is why ppl freaking hate us!" https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/what-is-the-united-states-official-language
Fus and Dana Dara, good points. Especially coming from people being stereotyped. But unfortunately you didn’t follow the flock. First mistake on BP. I’m sorry you were downvoted and hidden. I look forward to when this site stops being so stereotypically “conservative” and actually allows differing opinions. But you know what they say “wish in one hand and s**t in the other”.....Look at yourselves
I am trying to be tolerant and understanding here : speech therapy is not supposed to be language class, that is not the service she paid for and therefore she can legitimately denounce this as a waste of time and money. If you paid for your kids to have history classes and they had economics instead, you would be upset too. But I don't think knowledge and culture, especially a language, can be "inappropriate".
nowhere does it say "speech therapy". it says "speech class". which means communication and public speaking. think debate team secondly, it does not say it is a private school. this is not a service the Karen is paying for, this is a class in school. very possibly public school, so all free
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That would have been way more acceptable if she'd just said, "Good afternoon, my son came home speaking Spanish, but I'd appreciate it if we just kept it at English for now so we don't confuse him." or something similar. But now she looks like some racist/xenophobic conservative :p
Pulled The Ole Switcheroo
According to Matt, it’s hard to find the exact origin of the Karen meme. However, he personally believes that the most convincing origin story is a bit from Dane Cook's 2005 comedy special , "The Friend That Nobody Likes" where Karen is given this title. "This is one of the earliest examples that we have to using a specific name to stand in for a whole type of person, and it's a comedic trope that we've seen dozens of times over the last 15 years," Matt explained the possible origins of the meme to Bored Panda.
Karen Gatekeeping Motherhood
Poor Starbucks Employee...
Now This Is New Type Of Karen
Why Tho?
Yes because my brother was totally demonically possessed when he was suffering from schizophrenia ;)
Enjoy This One. Dumbest One Yet
No “Bear” Gig For Karen’s Son
Such A Karen Thing To Do
Ivan the Terrible killed another 10,000 peasants to stop calling him Ivan the Terrible.
New Definition Of “Communism” Just Dropped
Military Spouse Counts As Service Now
Found One In The Wild!
Brace Yourselves
Ya we mess with the ice after it comes directly from the ice machine, but we don’t mess with the water after it comes out of the tap
Karen Wants To Know Where She Can Complain About The Hospital Helicopter Used In Emergency Situations Because It Interrupts Her Sleep
Good To Know, Karen
How Dare You Have Dandelions
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My mother (who has asthma btw) has been wearing a mask out for the entire pandemic. Even now after she's been vaccinated she still wears a mask for the safety of others. If my mother can do it these idiotic dungbags can do it.
My little brother has terrible asthma and a number of allergies. We grew up in a farm - the kid was always masked. Now he's a successful personal trainer who owns his own gym and wore a mask all through the pandemic.
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About this "Karen" trend in general. It sucks. Like all name callings suck. I can't imagine how little girls named Karen must feel these days, or anyone named Karen for that matter.
My mother in law is named Karen and she thinks it's funny bc she's not like those crazy people as far as kids being named Karen it's been the most unpopular name for over a decade not many new Karen's running around. It's a shame that this is even a thing that's for sure
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Some of these were just people complaining about real stuff! Like the BLTch sandwich. If I got a slur on my food I would also be kinda pissed
i didnt realize that blt ch looks like bitch till i read your comment LMAO
Load More Replies... I love these karen posts. It make me feel like a much happier person.
I went to pay for some items I wanted to purchase at a museum store. As I took out my cash, the gentleman at he register asked me to please use a card, since they couldn't safely disinfect cash. I apologized and told him that I was sure that I was told that and I had simply forgotten. As I took out my card, I apologized again and said, " I'm sure that you get enough "Karens" in here, I would hate to be another one!" The look of sheer joy on his face was priceless! I like to think that we had made each others' day at that moment.
Work at a butchers shop, and had a lady coming in wanting chicken to make soup. So I was like "oh we have these special soup parts!" (a 5 kg chicken chopped in 4 pieces). She just stared at me and said "uh I always get a normal whole chicken". I was like oh that also works, not everyone knows about the soup chicken blah blah. She suddenly gets mad at me because she always got a whole chicken whilst we had something else she didn't know about. Almost screaming at me how we scammed her and that we have horrible service. She bought the chicken anyways and then stormed off yelling she would tell everyone how we are disgusting scammers. Lady, it just a piece of chicken
She didnt even want the cut apart chicken, anyway. She sounds like she needs a chill pill
Load More Replies... We should rename make Karens after Tucker Carlson. Tucker and Karen: a match so horrible even Satan himself cringed.
I just don’t get why people won’t wear the stupid mask. My FIVE year old little brother with asthma and a bajillion health problems happily wears his mask inside and outside whenever he needs to. Btw, a group of Karens is called a Homeowners Association (at least some of the times)
I've got a theory, and hear me out, people who claim they can't wear a mask just can't stand the smell of their own breath.
I actually just got some disposable masks (kids size) and I was kinda really happy to get them because they were going to fit properly. Now here’s the odd part. They don’t smell good. It’s not like a plastic smell. I can’t even identify it. Can still wear them. Just think it’s bizarre.
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I am getting my covid shot in about an hour and this makes me feel good bc I'm gonna rub it in all these anti-vaxxers faces
Congrats! I'm looking forward to getting mine as soon as the govt releases them for my 'group' (they divvied the rollout into four groups/stages)
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Covid is real people! Wake up!!! Wear the mask. It's not gonna hurt you. I have a legit medical reason to not wear the mask as advised by my doctors but I wear it anyway. I have about 40 stitches in and outside of my nose and it is really painful. Oh well.... I prefer to not be sick or dead!
And as usual its like 99% about the usa... every country has idiots, but your country takes the prize!!🥇probably because of all the propaganda you get showed up your ass about how awsome usa is..
This insult needs to die. Why do people salivate at the chance to tear strips off each other for tearing strips off each other. Mob justified bullying! It’s mean!
The internet is such a toxic place that when a woman expresses her opinion that someone doesn’t like, she’s gonna hear “ Ok, KAREN” or something like “awwww can I get u a manager? Oh wait I am the manager !” I’m gonna cry soon because of how toxic these posts are
I am sick of the Karen name trend. Pick on someone else you entitled pricks.
A ton of these aren't just "honest opinions," they're blatant & harmful misinformation, especially regarding Covid & vaccines. I will always advocate for the stifling of dangerous conspiracy theories, lest more imbeciles take the bait & kill more innocent people.
Load More Replies... Y'know there are similar articles dissing men for bad behavior too, right? Ever heard of "nice guys"? Different breed, but still entitled people getting roasted online. Besides, there are several men on the article too. You're seeing problems where there are none.
Load More Replies... But we can. That is how we designed our language. You can't control how people use their words. I can do the same thing with any name/word I want.
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My mother (who has asthma btw) has been wearing a mask out for the entire pandemic. Even now after she's been vaccinated she still wears a mask for the safety of others. If my mother can do it these idiotic dungbags can do it.
My little brother has terrible asthma and a number of allergies. We grew up in a farm - the kid was always masked. Now he's a successful personal trainer who owns his own gym and wore a mask all through the pandemic.
Load More Replies... About this "Karen" trend in general. It sucks. Like all name callings suck. I can't imagine how little girls named Karen must feel these days, or anyone named Karen for that matter.
My mother in law is named Karen and she thinks it's funny bc she's not like those crazy people as far as kids being named Karen it's been the most unpopular name for over a decade not many new Karen's running around. It's a shame that this is even a thing that's for sure
Load More Replies... Some of these were just people complaining about real stuff! Like the BLTch sandwich. If I got a slur on my food I would also be kinda pissed
i didnt realize that blt ch looks like bitch till i read your comment LMAO
Load More Replies... I love these karen posts. It make me feel like a much happier person.
I went to pay for some items I wanted to purchase at a museum store. As I took out my cash, the gentleman at he register asked me to please use a card, since they couldn't safely disinfect cash. I apologized and told him that I was sure that I was told that and I had simply forgotten. As I took out my card, I apologized again and said, " I'm sure that you get enough "Karens" in here, I would hate to be another one!" The look of sheer joy on his face was priceless! I like to think that we had made each others' day at that moment.
Work at a butchers shop, and had a lady coming in wanting chicken to make soup. So I was like "oh we have these special soup parts!" (a 5 kg chicken chopped in 4 pieces). She just stared at me and said "uh I always get a normal whole chicken". I was like oh that also works, not everyone knows about the soup chicken blah blah. She suddenly gets mad at me because she always got a whole chicken whilst we had something else she didn't know about. Almost screaming at me how we scammed her and that we have horrible service. She bought the chicken anyways and then stormed off yelling she would tell everyone how we are disgusting scammers. Lady, it just a piece of chicken
She didnt even want the cut apart chicken, anyway. She sounds like she needs a chill pill
Load More Replies... We should rename make Karens after Tucker Carlson. Tucker and Karen: a match so horrible even Satan himself cringed.
I just don’t get why people won’t wear the stupid mask. My FIVE year old little brother with asthma and a bajillion health problems happily wears his mask inside and outside whenever he needs to. Btw, a group of Karens is called a Homeowners Association (at least some of the times)
I've got a theory, and hear me out, people who claim they can't wear a mask just can't stand the smell of their own breath.
I actually just got some disposable masks (kids size) and I was kinda really happy to get them because they were going to fit properly. Now here’s the odd part. They don’t smell good. It’s not like a plastic smell. I can’t even identify it. Can still wear them. Just think it’s bizarre.
Load More Replies... I am getting my covid shot in about an hour and this makes me feel good bc I'm gonna rub it in all these anti-vaxxers faces
Congrats! I'm looking forward to getting mine as soon as the govt releases them for my 'group' (they divvied the rollout into four groups/stages)
Load More Replies... Covid is real people! Wake up!!! Wear the mask. It's not gonna hurt you. I have a legit medical reason to not wear the mask as advised by my doctors but I wear it anyway. I have about 40 stitches in and outside of my nose and it is really painful. Oh well.... I prefer to not be sick or dead!
And as usual its like 99% about the usa... every country has idiots, but your country takes the prize!!🥇probably because of all the propaganda you get showed up your ass about how awsome usa is..
This insult needs to die. Why do people salivate at the chance to tear strips off each other for tearing strips off each other. Mob justified bullying! It’s mean!
The internet is such a toxic place that when a woman expresses her opinion that someone doesn’t like, she’s gonna hear “ Ok, KAREN” or something like “awwww can I get u a manager? Oh wait I am the manager !” I’m gonna cry soon because of how toxic these posts are
I am sick of the Karen name trend. Pick on someone else you entitled pricks.
A ton of these aren't just "honest opinions," they're blatant & harmful misinformation, especially regarding Covid & vaccines. I will always advocate for the stifling of dangerous conspiracy theories, lest more imbeciles take the bait & kill more innocent people.
Load More Replies... Y'know there are similar articles dissing men for bad behavior too, right? Ever heard of "nice guys"? Different breed, but still entitled people getting roasted online. Besides, there are several men on the article too. You're seeing problems where there are none.
Load More Replies... But we can. That is how we designed our language. You can't control how people use their words. I can do the same thing with any name/word I want.
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