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--- Quote from: coppice on July 31, 2020, 11:47:10 am ---Its sad the name Karen has become associated with "woman with a superiority complex". It must be horrible for the many perfectly nice decent Karens out there.

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So true. One of the best EE's that I've ever known is a Karen. In the UK the name Stacey might be used instead.

DrG:

--- Quote from: coppice on July 31, 2020, 11:47:10 am ---
--- Quote from: Syntax Error on July 31, 2020, 11:41:33 am ---We have plenty of Karens in my locale. Our street cafes are crammed with them on a sunny day, along with their bottoxed mothers - and randomly parked 4x4s. Often refusing to use hand sanitiser when entering a store because, for real quote, poor Karen "can't be bothered."

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Its sad the name Karen has become associated with "woman with a superiority complex". It must be horrible for the many perfectly nice decent Karens out there.

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Where were you for the name "Dick"?   :-DD

coppice:

--- Quote from: DrG on July 31, 2020, 01:59:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: coppice on July 31, 2020, 11:47:10 am ---
--- Quote from: Syntax Error on July 31, 2020, 11:41:33 am ---We have plenty of Karens in my locale. Our street cafes are crammed with them on a sunny day, along with their bottoxed mothers - and randomly parked 4x4s. Often refusing to use hand sanitiser when entering a store because, for real quote, poor Karen "can't be bothered."

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Its sad the name Karen has become associated with "woman with a superiority complex". It must be horrible for the many perfectly nice decent Karens out there.

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Where were you for the name "Dick"?   :-DD

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Why should I have sympathy with someone who is Rich by another name?.

DrG:

--- Quote from: coppice on July 31, 2020, 02:29:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: DrG on July 31, 2020, 01:59:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: coppice on July 31, 2020, 11:47:10 am ---
--- Quote from: Syntax Error on July 31, 2020, 11:41:33 am ---We have plenty of Karens in my locale. Our street cafes are crammed with them on a sunny day, along with their bottoxed mothers - and randomly parked 4x4s. Often refusing to use hand sanitiser when entering a store because, for real quote, poor Karen "can't be bothered."

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Its sad the name Karen has become associated with "woman with a superiority complex". It must be horrible for the many perfectly nice decent Karens out there.

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Where were you for the name "Dick"?   :-DD

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Why should I have sympathy with someone who is Rich by another name?.

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Karen entered the English language from Danish, where it has been a short form of "Katherine" since medieval times. It became popular in the English-speaking world in the 1940s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_(name)

Ahhh, so it is a sexist thing...no sympathy for a Dick who is a Richard, but sympathy for a Karen who is a Katherine. I am so outraged  ;)


Here is a history (or one view) about the evolution (at least in US) that I spoke about. https://www.insider.com/karen-meme-origin-the-history-of-calling-women-karen-white-2020-5

I think Dominos got caught with their meme consultant with his pants down (skirt up?).

coppice:

--- Quote from: DrG on July 31, 2020, 02:44:33 pm ---Here is a history (or one view) about the evolution (at least in US) that I spoke about. https://www.insider.com/karen-meme-origin-the-history-of-calling-women-karen-white-2020-5

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Its interesting how fast these name based memes flip. When I was growing up in 1960s North London, every girl I'd met called Sharon was from an affluent family. By the 80s this name had become a UK meme for someone low class.

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