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
As a 14-year-old who is normally pretty calm, this sign on the tree made me SO mad that I wanted to punch that Karen in the face.
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The land of the free were a complete stranger can block your kids from having fun on your own property.
How is it even possible? It is your private property.
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Seriously, why does The US have these HOAs? why woudl anyone move into a house that others in the neighborhood were in control of and if you don't comply, they fine and harass you until you move or comply. Blows my mind that in the land of the "free" you can't even put something on your lawn in some places because the HOA will be after you in some way. "Free" to comply... Absolute madness.
I so agree! Had no idea of HOA until I googled it. As far as I know it doesn't exist in Australia and can only hope it never does.
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Home Owners Associations just seem a platform for Karens to get their way. So glad we don't have them here.
I have yet to hear anything good about HOA’s. Is there anything good about them or are they collection of busybodies with nowt better to do than make the neighbourhood hell on earth.
Lived in USA 21 years. I never saw one good thing about HOA's. I hate them. Absolutely dictatorial.
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Well, this is one of the things that happens when you live under an HOA.
I so very hope I never, ever, ever have to live in a neighborhood with an HOA. I like hearing my crazy neighbor dogs bark, kids playing catch or skateboarding in our cul de sac, liking and knowing my neighbors, without lawsuits and fines. I'm so sorry
His letter was so civilized, I would have used every cuss word known to man kind.
HOA’s are many times the perfect cover for entitled and some times racist people. They are the modern restrictive covenant. They are the devil’s playground.
HOAs are populated by people with small minds and no control over their own lives.
I feel bad for my fellow brethren, the children. during covid, it's quite hard for children and people like this fool of a Karen aren't helping.
HOA's are such pointless bullshit. Maybe at one point they had a purpose but now it's just a power play.
Sorry this happened to you all. I had the same thing happen. My daughters made a Happy Ribbon Tree, where people passing by could tie a ribbon and make a wish. People also left small trinkets and made nests and fairy houses and kids enjoyed visiting. We also made a rope swing nearby. The rope was cut every time we returned and the tree was repeatedly smashed up and destroyed, and we were eventually told by the council to clear it away because people were complaining because they walked through the forest to enjoy nature, not to see that. It confuses me the way some people behave.
NOT ME. I'd have waited for their sorry little you know whats and done some noisy things. Nobody ever messed with my kids.
Dave would be wise to move where there is no HOA. He chose to live tn a cookie cutter neighborhood. I wouldn't choose to live in one.
I find that HOAs were formed and run by frustrated old "Karens" and "Kens"!! Would never want to live in that kind of area, thank you...
When I go to buy a house the first thing I do is specify that I will not look at a house saddled with an HOA. There's always that ONE Karen who gets off on telling everyone else what to do. Nope right out of an HOA house, no matter how perfect it is otherwise. Life's too short to march to Karen's drum.
Not only sad but downright cruel. How do Karens exist with those black hearts barely beating inside them?
An unfortunate aspect of the Home Owners Association when it comes to "standards".
What's worse than Karen actually filing the complaint is the smug look Karen will have on her face when she tells her "friends" the story of how she complained and got the tree fort removed! I just want to smack the SIG off of her face!
Do HOAs in the US actually have any legal powers? I think the worst we would have in the UK is a few negative opinions on a community WhatsApp page.
yes, they do. And the level of power can be set by the area you live in...so the powers vary widely. As do the usefulness. And HOA can be SUPER necessary when you own property in a small building, and work needs to be done and costs need to be distributed amongst the owners of the building. But for single family homes in neighborhoods, far more often, it's about power and control. At least, in my experience.
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HOA can be evil, but I once had a true outdoor hoarder as a neighbor. All his junk cars and crap was home to rats and raccoons. I’d take the HOA over the rat farm any day. But complaints over a kids tree fort is too picky.
homeowners associations should be banned, they're such an awful concept
Since I don't know hwere texactly his location is, I can't form an opinion. But, Dude, don't put nails in a bark. It'll kill the tree, eventually.
Naw, not normal steel-nails or iron. Copper - yes, that's dangerous, but that's also not the usual material to make a nail out of. There's tons of trees in the world that are littered with old bullets and shrapnel from warfare. They are only a danger to the sawmills.
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This really strikes a nerve. I LOVED building treeforts in the green belt as a kid. Just last summer I was visiting home with my own kids and building some new memories in those trees when some dude across the way comes over to yell at us for "killing the trees". I got the pleasure of explaining to him how it didn't hurt them 20 years ago and it wasn't going to hurt them now.
You just have to do it the right way that won't hurt the trees and all's fine. I never had a treehouse, but I always wanted one. (Our tree wasn't big enough)
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You don't know, because he didn't know who complained. Second, he broke the rules of the HOA. It's nobody's fault but his own that the fort needed taken down.
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Whoa, hold your horses, jamie. Keep things in perspective, please, thank you.
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Reminds me of the couple that moved in next to a daycare, sued about the noise and forced the kids to stay inside all day, and in the end forcing the daycare to close down for good.
Accountability!!! This is what you have signed up For when you purchased a home in a neighborhood with hoa board. Don’t blame your neighbor for your decision. If neighbor had/has a teenage son and they wanted to rebuild an incomplete/junk car in his driveway they’d certainly have rules against this too. Hell you’re not allowed to build a fence unless it’s approved. Guess the idea is to keep every “Bob the builder” from throwing crap together and creating eyesores. Riding bikes in the street is obstructing traffic It’s illegal to ride bikes on sidewalks No public land without rangers wardens or police waiting to make your life miserable Not to mention Cameras everywhere Bet your wife is a Karen and you don’t even realize it. Lol good luck
Should have made it sound a little more passive aggressive, like this: "Dear anonymous passerby, Don't worry, you're safe now! Your act of casual cruelty was successful! The complaint you lodged with the HOA has been heard and acted upon. They had me take the small treefort that I spent a lot of hard work and time on with my sons during the pandemic on this location. No longer will its mere presence offend you or your walk past my house and property. Please enjoy your stroll, now free from the sound of my children's play, laughter, and happiness. They are safely back inside now, watching television and playing video games I'm sure. Enjoy the unobstructed view of my backyard and my house. I will try to keep all of my property up to your standards just to please you. You friend with the now clear backyard, Dave" :>
did you miss the part about his backyard, and HOA?
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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
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
Note: this post originally had 49 images. It’s been shortened to the top 35 images based on user votes.
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
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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.
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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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