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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

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Sarah
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this one. It's like telling them that everyone who drinks H2O is going to die and suddenly they want it banned.

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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.

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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.

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The Logic This Karen Has Is Very Small

The Logic This Karen Has Is Very Small

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This Karen Is Being Racist Against A Dog

This Karen Is Being Racist Against A Dog

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“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.

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Karen Didn’t Do Her Research

Karen Didn’t Do Her Research

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WilvanderHeijden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seems like Bozo needs to reevaluate his life choices and the validity of his presence on this earth.

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Ran Into The Most Entitled Male Karen At The USPS Today

Ran Into The Most Entitled Male Karen At The USPS Today

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Sarah
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That dude gets his just desserts every day by just having to live with himself.

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“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.

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I’d Like To Speak To The Manager Of Mocha Coffee Please

I’d Like To Speak To The Manager Of Mocha Coffee Please

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Karen Decides That Children’s Fun Isn’t Enough Of A Reason To Have A Tree House

Karen Decides That Children’s Fun Isn’t Enough Of A Reason To Have A Tree House

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Takes Being A Karen To A New Level

Takes Being A Karen To A New Level

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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.”

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Definitely Must Be A Karen

Definitely Must Be A Karen

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Rose the Cook
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If something made you ill why go there again at all let alone order the same item?

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"Taking A Picture Of Me???" - Woman Changing Her Baby's Dirty Diaper On Top Of An Old Navy Clothing Display

"Taking A Picture Of Me???" - Woman Changing Her Baby's Dirty Diaper On Top Of An Old Navy Clothing Display

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Karen Doesn't Like The Way You Had Your Baby

Karen Doesn't Like The Way You Had Your Baby

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom had a c-section...definitely an ordeal, definitely delivery, and often people (like my mom) have it because they have previously had a miscarriage and the doctor says it's unsafe to attempt vaginal birth again.

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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."

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Friend Told Me To Post This Here After She Found It - Male Karens?

Friend Told Me To Post This Here After She Found It - Male Karens?

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Pulled The Ole Switcheroo

Pulled The Ole Switcheroo

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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.

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Poor Starbucks Employee...

Poor Starbucks Employee...

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Why Tho?

Why Tho?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes because my brother was totally demonically possessed when he was suffering from schizophrenia ;)

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No “Bear” Gig For Karen’s Son

No “Bear” Gig For Karen’s Son

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Chris
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A ring bear would f*****g cool. No need to worry about the 'rona killing mum, just be careful of the bear.

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Such A Karen Thing To Do

Such A Karen Thing To Do

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ivan the Terrible killed another 10,000 peasants to stop calling him Ivan the Terrible.

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Military Spouse Counts As Service Now

Military Spouse Counts As Service Now

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Coleonema
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where does this mindset come from? Their just married to someone in the military, why do they think their now entitled?

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Sally Appleton
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People show respect towards their spouse, so they think they deserve respect too. Common phrases include "we serve too" and "military wife is the toughest job in the military." I blame places like Seaworld for inviting military members and family of military members to stand while everyone claps.

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V Martinez
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is total crap. As a veteran, I married an active duty member. I get that some spouses do sacrifice some things. It just doesn't seem to be as much as they claim. Some have a support system, others don't. But they don't rate anything more than a civilian because they are a military spouse. Other than base privileges. They say they are doing 2 parent roles if one is deployed. Single parents do that every day. What about the spouses that stay home while the other spouse drive long-haul truck? What about airplane pilots/attendants and the families they leave behind? What about the families of the oil rig workers in the ocean, or the fishermen? I get that they may not have the longer deployment like the military, but they can be away for months sometimes. And a spouse should be b-slapped for trying to wear their spouse's rank. If they do it, court-martial the .

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Bob Belcher
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They're just as bad as badge whores. Women that marry a cop and then ware a tiny replica badge on a necklace just to show everyone they're married to a cop and for some reason we're supposed to give them special treatment.

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Bob Belcher
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also, isn't it funny how Republicans hate giving tips an bonuses because "doing your job is already enough of a reward and that's what your paycheck is for" are the same ones that act like they're entitled to a discount and free stuff no matter where they go because of their job.

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Chewie Baron
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Veteran of the snowball fight in the winter of 1984. We lost a few good men in that war.

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Bacony Cakes
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Especially Jerry's hot chocolate. Damn guy was the best we had. *funeral trumpet* We miss you, soldier. *salute*

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"You will address me by my husband's rank." "OK, Major Payne. We have chosen not to interview you."

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sofacushionfort
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Many years ago, being a military spouse (wife, really) was very difficult. The saying was "If the Army wanted you to have a wife, they would have issued you one in your duffle bag. Junior enlisted had to seek official permission to marry. Every impediment was put in the couple's way. Post-Vietnam, the US military realized it had to expand into an organization of long-term highly skilled people, who would of course want to have families that needed to be supported. Base housing, medical care, PX shopping, etc. has closed the gap between military and civilian life (while corporate jobs have closed the gap from the other side by making its demands even greater.) But the old mentality of "Oh look how hard I have it" dies a hard death.

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Nic Dudley
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like you should be at least fined for using being a military spouse to falsify valor.

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Robert Thompson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If my wife were a nucellar physicist, would that give me the talent I would need to handle a cold fusion reactor? Perhaps I would learn a thing or two during pillow talk, but not enough to put it on a resume.

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JennyLaRue
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's one thing to explain away a gap in dates like that, but don't make out that you've served!

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Sam Cook
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m good friends with a retired colonel. Might as well write down “Military Friend” on my next application and see how that goes. 😑

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Daniele Ribolla
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it's like in some countries where women become "someone", with name, documents and all ONLY when married! they become WIFE OF... like an object owned by her husband

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AzKhaleesi
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This seems to be a trend and I absolutely can not stand it. I sayyyy if they want to claim they're in the service, and they try this crap, they instantly get shipped to boot camp and then deployed. Cops wives / husbands.... same thing. I've worked LE for 15 years and my fiance doesn't say "I'm an LE husband, My future wife is a LT so I am too" Umm no you're not. And he's a litigation specialist at a bank and I don't claim to be a lawyer. I mean come one.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

According to this bullshit I m a highly decorated veteran legionaire and a complete bad ass. Is trained to always being on the front line and I'm also considered a deadly weapon by just being alive! Makes total sense 😂😂😂

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

...and it's always been like this. My response is usually along the lines of: "Your husband wears the (stripes/chevrons/officer rank), not you."

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Military spouses will spend months, if not years, home alone. Raising children taking care of household and doing everything that typical civilian spouses would do together. They have moved at the drop of a hat. Supported other spouses who have lost a loved one in battle. Had the anxiety of wondering if their loved one will make it home after their deployment. And have been a great emotional support system for the spouse who is deployed. So obviously you have never been a military spouse. Congratulations on that and welcome for your non-service to your country

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Kurt Rasche
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bill Burr covers this in-depth in his comedy. He is referring to First Ladies of the US, but it fits. Being married to a plumber doesn't qualify you to fix the pipes. LOL

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Doris Bennett
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A Military Spouse and family are entitled and always have been ... they are entitled to live on a military base, shop at a discount at all base stores & cafes, go with their spouses to the Officers or Chiefs Club. Entitled to full military medical care and their children may attend K-12 base schools. They are also entitled to free transportation to be with their military spouse when they are relocated. I was raised as an (entitled) military child.

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Judy Windham Saunders
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As an Army brat and a former USMC wife, I can't help but wonder if she just doesn't know any better or if she just opened a fresh can of Snark. Girlfriend, you have the PX and Commissary. Count your blessings.

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Paradise
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I bet she thinks she can get free drinks for doing so much hard work like another poc floating around online. I am a military child, what do I get? Complimentary "brat" title haha.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think Military Spouses started the "Karen Movement". BTW, I am a military brat, a spouse x 2 (widowed), all of the male family until my generation were enlisted AND I have worked in service on several military bases serving enlisted personnel, officers and their spouses of both sexes and their families. I am still a proud non- Karen, although I have served many of them.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So if I marry a lawyer (almost did) that means I get to practice law. I love this country!

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RoseTheMad
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't understand why having anything to do with the military = special status/entitlement. Other countries don't do that, seems to be just an american thing. Especially when you think if a person kills in self defense they're still a murderer, is being a soldier and shooting an enemy really all that different?

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Mario Gonzalez
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Especially when you think if a person kills in self defense they're still a murderer" Maybe that is how it is in your country, but that is not how it is in the country you are criticizing.

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bxttery_bxby
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean, my step dad served in the Navy but you don't see me going around saying "I'm a military spawn OoO"

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Kat
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my country we have Full-Time Moms. So many describe this as occupation in facebook...

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Steven Dirkson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even if you do care for someone in the military (like a wife or an overall helper outside the military) that does not make you 'Military Service'

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Andrea Brown
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am a military spouse and it's not an easy job, especially when my husband is out to sea. But it's HIS rank, not mine. I can't stand it when people insist on being called by their spouse's rank when they aren't really serving the military.

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Valerie Smart
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

JUST NO!!!! I pity her husband who actullay put his life in line for America. What she do? Spread her legs while husband deployed??

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yellowphantom
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mother was a military spouse and all those luncheons, bridge games, fashion shows and cookbook committee meetings were DEFINITELY the same as being shot at.

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Melissa Powell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Married to AF officer for 23 years, never ever would I have claimed status in this way or any way.

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Vicki Perizzolo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Amazing.... I Have 11 years USAF and I am 'amazed'... and astounded yet again by people

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom (who is married to my father who served 32 years in the military) used to joke and say that if the Military wanted their soldiers to have wives, they would have issued them.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

well, it ties into the military wanting the spouses to feel needed and respected, since they do have a hell of a lot tougher time than run of the mill marriages. long deployments, deployments on extremely short notice....having to take care of the kids and home cuz the career of the military person *has* to come first...etc. yes, i was a navy spouse....and there is a grain of truth in 'navy wife, toughest job in the navy' tshirts, mugs, license plates, et al....as long as you can also see the humor in it. obvs this particular one missed the humor part of it...

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SusanS
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same thing with the idiots who are LEO spouses. They think it's their job as well.

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InfectedVoice
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Surely that is against the law or something to put that under rank.

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Mindy Keys
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get that a spouse of **active duty, deployed** service members give up a lot. A LOT. I know a wife who has literally spent maybe 2 months total with her husband in the 10 years they have been married. He has been deployed nonstop (volunteers for another tour every time), but come on - to list it on your resume? Bless. Ten bucks says the spouse is in Accounting.

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Carole Strawn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While I understand why this is kind of strange, military wives do make a lot of sacrifices. I live next door to a military family and her husband was stationed overseas and gone for an entire year. That is hard. He is frequently gone at inopportune times. It is the life that they chose but there are still sacrifices for both.

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Gekka Dojo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sure it was listed tongue in cheek. Hasn't anyone ever heard the expression, married to the military?

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Mario Gonzalez
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I tend to disagree. Having served in the US Armed Forces, I have witnessed this behavior on far too many occasions to count. Officers' wives trying to "pull rank" on enlistedmen's wives. Wives saying "We were promoted to E6." Wives berating soldiers on guard duty because they didn't salute their car because "My husband is an O4." I've seen this behavior far too much to think this example is tongue in cheek.

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Frankenfrog
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These c***s need to get a job and stop sponging off their husband's work. It's pathetic. They have zero personality of their own.

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TheBoredPanda
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately, this is a thing these days. Military spouses are preferred hires now. I've seen this on many job postings as I live in an area with several military bases close by. Pisses me off because these Karens take jobs from people who actually have the experience and training to do the job. And yes, I have seen an untrained military wife Karen get a position over an experienced, trained individual.

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Linda H
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, being a military spouse might not qualify you for every job, but hats off to those who "hold the fort" for our deployed military. You are unsung heroes. They are often stationed far away from family and do the job of two parents, all under the stress that their spouse might not return home, and comforting their babies who share those fears. So, definitely not Karens.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is bad. Not Karen live bad. This is a misuse of terms and is just a con.

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I don't think this is entitlement. This person is trying to get a job. Whatever works.

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Military families give just as much as their military family member. Maybe it wasn't stated the right way here, but don't discount the sacrifice the entire family makes. My friend has 3 kids under 5 and her husband is deployed and just got word his deployment will be extended. Both are working their asses off for our country. <3

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Brace Yourselves

Brace Yourselves

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Candace Fitzpatrick
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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Karen Wants To Know Where She Can Complain About The Hospital Helicopter Used In Emergency Situations Because It Interrupts Her Sleep

Karen Wants To Know Where She Can Complain About The Hospital Helicopter Used In Emergency Situations Because It Interrupts Her Sleep

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Good To Know, Karen

Good To Know, Karen

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was forced to do P.E in a mask, if a class full of 15 year olds can wear a mask doing sports then you can wear a mask to the supermarket Karen

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How Dare You Have Dandelions

How Dare You Have Dandelions

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