Karens

August · 05-29-20, 02:31 PM

I'm sure you have heard about this hot new internet meme, but what about the real people who just happen to have that given name? What if it was YOUR given name that was the butt of so many mean spirited jokes? Poor folks probably have enough to deal with in their lives without having to deal with the smirks and comparisons.

Onkel Neal · 05-29-20, 02:47 PM

Yeah, true. There's just too much meanness in the world these days.

captainadccdacaptain · 05-29-20, 03:08 PM

Yeah that name has become an unfortunate stereotype. People just don't understand that it could have very well been any of their own names. Its all fun and games until you are the one being picked on apparently, to them. I know someone named Karen, and she is not a bad person.

Rockstar · 05-29-20, 04:19 PM

You talking about the Karen peoples in the area of Myanmar?

Platapus · 05-29-20, 08:28 PM

Having a name of a fictional character, I have been dealing with this pretty much all of my life.

It does get old.

It is not really the jokes that bother me, but it is that everyone thinks they are so clever and are the first ones to think it up.

Jimbuna · 05-30-20, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Yeah, true. There's just too much meanness in the world these days.

QFT

nikimcbee · 06-07-20, 11:50 PM

Just for you August:

Say it August, NO Pomegranates!

Cybermat47 · 06-08-20, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by August

I'm sure you have heard about this hot new internet meme, but what about the real people who just happen to have that given name?

Quite a few of them seem cool with it.

vienna · 06-08-20, 04:39 PM

For Pete's sake, its a sad world when any Tom, Dick, or Harry can take some average Joe or Jane's name, someone they don't know from Adam, and twist it around to something unpleasant; some people just don't know Jack about how to respect other people's names; mind you, Danny boy, they'll all come to look like right Charlies one day...

Now, excuse me, I have to go to the John...

<O>

August · 06-08-20, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Quite a few of them seem cool with it

Well two of them anyways.

Reece · 06-08-20, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by vienna

For Pete's sake, its a sad world when any Tom, Dick, or Harry can take some average Joe or Jane's name, someone they don't know from Adam, and twist it around to something unpleasant

Agree 100% I have a friend called Karen and she is a wonderful person.

vienna · 06-08-20, 09:18 PM

...Bob's yer uncle...

<O>

nikimcbee · 06-08-20, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Reece

Agree 100% I have a friend called Karen and she is a wonderful person.

Okay Karen, I want to speak to a moderator.

Reece · 06-09-20, 01:43 AM

As Jim would say "I resemble that remark!!"

Dowly · 06-09-20, 03:55 AM

If someone named Karen takes offense of the meme, there's a very good chance she is the type of person what the meme is all about.

05-29-20, 02:31 PM	#1
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Karens I'm sure you have heard about this hot new internet meme, but what about the real people who just happen to have that given name? What if it was YOUR given name that was the butt of so many mean spirited jokes? Poor folks probably have enough to deal with in their lives without having to deal with the smirks and comparisons.

05-29-20, 08:28 PM	#5
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Having a name of a fictional character, I have been dealing with this pretty much all of my life. It does get old. It is not really the jokes that bother me, but it is that everyone thinks they are so clever and are the first ones to think it up. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-07-20, 11:50 PM	#7
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Just for you August: Say it August, NO Pomegranates! __________________

06-08-20, 04:39 PM	#9
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	For Pete's sake, its a sad world when any Tom, Dick, or Harry can take some average Joe or Jane's name, someone they don't know from Adam, and twist it around to something unpleasant; some people just don't know Jack about how to respect other people's names; mind you, Danny boy, they'll all come to look like right Charlies one day... Now, excuse me, I have to go to the John... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

06-08-20, 09:18 PM	#12
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	...Bob's yer uncle... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

05-29-20, 02:47 PM	#2
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Yeah, true. There's just too much meanness in the world these days.

05-29-20, 03:08 PM	#3
captainadccdacaptain Helmsman Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Deep southern part of US Posts: 102 Downloads: 49 Uploads: 0	Yeah that name has become an unfortunate stereotype. People just don't understand that it could have very well been any of their own names. Its all fun and games until you are the one being picked on apparently, to them. I know someone named Karen, and she is not a bad person.

05-29-20, 04:19 PM	#4
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	You talking about the Karen peoples in the area of Myanmar?

06-09-20, 01:43 AM	#14
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,688 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	As Jim would say "I resemble that remark!!" __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

06-09-20, 03:55 AM	#15
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	If someone named Karen takes offense of the meme, there's a very good chance she is the type of person what the meme is all about.