New to Twitter, feel sick RE 'Karen' meme

[AllWashedOut]

How have we sunk so low? Since when did women start bashing other women so vilely?

I started on Twitter for career reasons (what a joke) and the people in the industry are full-on woke. I want to cry. Karen as a cruel stereotype?

White person (typified as a woman called Karen), who demands priority at all times, a “can I speak to your supervisor” person. Would claim to be being victimised. We’d once have called such a person “a bit of of a twat” but in these BLM days more an entitled whinger on FB

• There's quite a few British shows based on laughing at stereotypes like Little Britain

Pretty sure they've had to make some grovelling apologies recently?*

They only apologized about blackface not the other groups that they portrayed like the disabled, carers, single mums....

I follow people on twitter for books film music and beauty. If you go on it for discussion it is a horrible place to be: eg coronovirus and politics discussions are a pile on where people call each other names and tell people they should go (insert somethinghorriblehere) , the other day I commented on something and a lady said I was a bot and to spout my shit somewhere else, people like me were disgusting, and then blocked me, but not before another 5 people did the same. I felt horrible. I'd literally said someone was doing a good job, nothing else

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@heartsonacake

You sound as though you're a leading authority on the term "Karen" and how it's used. Did you invent it? Because the way you're instructing the OP as to how it should be used and what she should think about it makes it sound like you did.

Agree with this ^^
@heartsonacake what absolutely ridiculous statements you make, you don't realise how meta you are.
Also @ComeOnBabyPopMyBubble your comments are ridiculous.
And the people who say all karens are white? They're not.
I have never seen so many malformed opinions on mumsnet as I'm seeing lately, someone doing 'cry laughing' emijis because someone doesn't like a 'meme that's been around for years'?
Seriously??

When did this absolute dumbing down of mn start happening?
I used to trust it as a place of sharp, witty, articulate and intelligent women where you could have clever and funny debates and discussions as well as seek serious advice.

Now it feels like it's been taken over by the kind of people who call you a snowflake, or 'karen' if you have compassion or don't agree with ripping into women who have strong opinions or feelings.

I also can't stand the people who say 'whatever happened to #bekind?, that didn't last long' a hashtag is actually legal requirement.
What about the billions of people who don't use social media or hashtaggin? How will they ever learn to #bekind?
It's normally said by people who can't string a coherent sentence together without some sort of slur against someone and think that the way to shut down an argument is to say 'OK boomer/karen/snowflake' or to justify their #alllivesmatter hashtag, start a sentence with 'I'm not racist, but.....'

@heartsonacake yes I am. I've seen it ages ago, but it wasn't as mainstream and in the public eye as it now. That's what I mean by "it won't last the year" . Soon enough it will go back to being just on reddit, meme websites etc. Just like "ok boomer" is barely mentioned anymore.

Do you want to speak to twitters manager?

Always thought it was slightly telling that it’s “complaining to the manager” which is the most outrageous Karen sin, not complaining about the minimum wage employee.

I have done quite a few years in different customer service roles and it was the “I’ll have your job for this, minion who is not leaping to do my bidding!” types I had an issue with. (And they were male as often as female, and most of the time they never actually did complain to managers, just threatened to). Why would I care if someone complained to the manager because the doodad they bought was broken or overpriced or their spaghetti was cold or their reservation was late? At least the ones who complained to the manager weren’t expecting my minimum-wage self with zero power/time/interest to deal with it.

Whoever created the Karen meme has an issue with assertive women IMHO. And skin colour and class has nothign to do with someone being assertive or even being entitled and demanding. I see people of all colours and classes being assertive and ditto for being entitled and demanding.

Have nothing, not has nothing- sorry