"I'm not a racist, I just think we should lock up all the natives who's land we stole in reservations and don't let them marry our pure white kids." - Sincerely Karen Karoline Kim
Whatever do you meaaaaaaaaan? Obviously the USA were founded at the beginning of times by Jesus, pureblooded white Americans aaaaaaare the true native!
That "cease & desist" transphobe mom even shared a really sad set of photos of her child with the saddest expressions as proof the kid was "thriving now"... forcing family members into the closet NEVER works.
Forcing family members into the closet can kill them, too. Chances are, their mother drastically shortened their lifespan. If the mother doesn’t change, then that kid may not make it to adulthood, and if they do then they still have a pretty high chance of dying early [Like; 30-40 early. Maybe even 20]. Especially because they’re apparently already attempted suicide once before - That means that their condition has already worsened to the point where getting them the correct treatment [Socially/Medically transitioning/etc] is kind of a matter of life and death.
oh god. I know people who are like that. As a trans woman myself I am scared to come out because of people like this. not to mention THIS is the reason trans suicides are soo high. Also note that trans people are 8 times more likely (12 times for non white trans people) to be MURDERED than cis people please tell me how that is our fault.
@@Midget32 That's heartbreaking... I'm estranged from a lot of my family cuz of their fundamentalist christian beliefs. The only ones supporting me are the ones who are either not really religious/deconverted and went with more pagan beliefs, or who went with a more relaxed and loving version of christianity. I hope someday the various fundamentalist religions will stop being [fundie, aka:] so overly strict and hyper-literal to the point of harming people. Faith should bring harmony and comfort, not pain.
Watching the movie "Tangled" and my problem parent's response to Gothel as a character was actually the thing that helped me realize that their behavior was abnormal and started my journey to freedom. I 100% support this new title.
I especially really liked that post where the Karen mentions that they pay taxes to live on this land and we do not so we should go back to a reservation as if she's completely forgotten that it was our land first and it still is
I guess them confusing Native American, Mexican and Indian has an upside in a way, because two thirds of their insults and slurs won't apply, but it's just stonkingly ignorant when you're living on land your recent ancestors STOLE from those very people. It does make me wonder what a reservation for Karens would be like, though...
'I removed my daughter from the gender contagion' is a real weird way of saying 'I'm making my child hide their identity from me, and ensuring that they'll never want to see me again after they turn 18, and I'm proud of that!' Like lady, you didn't cure anything. Your child likely will resent you for the rest of their life, and will convert/declare their identity/gender the second they get out of your house anyways.
I had a meeting with a male Karen way back in 2012, Me and my friend pulled into a disabled spot (my friend lost one of his legs to an infection) and some guy (I'd guess mid to late 60s) started berating us "disrespectful kids" about using the disabled spot that he "needed." So we produced our driving licenses to prove we were not disrespectful kids me being 28 at the time and my friend being 41 (His license also staing that he is disabled). When my friend asked why the guy "needed" the spot (we now had an audience gathering) and his legit answer was "because I'm elderly", we asked if he had his blue disability badge. "I don't need one, I'm too old to walk across the car park" so my friend replied "well I'm too disabled to walk across the car park" and pointed to his blue badge on display on the dashboard. "That is obviously fake" the Karen barked at us, so my friend rolled up his trouser leg to display his prosthetic leg. I've never seen anyone turn so red so quickly, and as for "I'm too old to walk across the car park" I think he set a land speed record while getting out of there.
What makes that even better? The old Boomer probably thought that he just talked sh1t to veteran, assuming your friend lost his leg in war. And having his own entitlement collide with his fake support-teh-troops-patriotism made his brain malfunction.
I have an invisible disability (technically three, lol..) and I've been yelled at and glared at by Karens for using disabled spots I desperately need. It's never ended well for them, I am a complete bitch and I don't care :) Meanwhile, they're ambulatory and ALSO in a disabled spot. Like, what??? Bro I get tired after walking like 20ft what do you want from me? Get the hell out of my face with your Bed Bath and Beyond ass
The angry mother who calls the doctor sick about suggesting its sexual assault needs to be investigated. Seriously. She get so angry and uptight about it that I have to wonder if she knows full well its happening or something.
@@kiyokumabear especially since, from what I've heard, the police aren't usually helpful with SA investigations. *ESPECIALLY* if the perpetrator is a woman. *Boy* I _sure wonder why_! Couldn't be because most people see women as weak and helpless and incapable of violence, *riiiiiiight*? (sarcastic)
Doctors in a few countries are often what's called a Mandated Reporter so if they had genuine concerns about it it's likely someone was told, whether any action was taken is another thing.
I live in the English countryside, and a woman moved here from London. There are, of course, loads of farms out here, and about a week after moving in she started sending letters to the county council saying that the tractors going past her house at 6am were "disturbing" her and the farmers should "be respectful" and drive their livestock, produce, tools etc around at a later time so she could sleep. She also complained about the shooting (we live near an army practice range) and the park she lived opposite of. She moved away a few months ago after, like, a month of living here.
I'm gonna move to live right next to a nuclear power plant and than complain that they're giving my yard radiation and being too loud. Those engineers need to learn to fusion more quietly, god.
I get if you're from a different country you won't be ok with the guns, but if you're near a shooting range it's on you for not choosing the property correctly.
New neighborhoods are going up in the rural area near where I live, and it’s selling point is that it’s in a rustic area.. we are getting people in our Walmart buying rat traps and the like, wondering why their are mice popping up in their newly built homes in the country. Sorry if the field mouse isn’t aware it shouldn’t be in your home that’s in the middle of farm land where it lives. Atleast they don’t live near the swamp areas or they would be dealing with Wolf Rats the size of cats.
Mannn, in France we have the same dumbasses coming from Paris to our small towns... I had a friend tell me their parisian neighbours complained about DONKEY SOUNDS. Every 2 weeks or so you hear news like "parisians file a complaint against a rooster for waking them up in the morning" or "parisians move right next to a farm, complain about the cow smell"... They're quite tiring, especially considering they often make the most ruckus with loud dirtbikes on the roads and parties because "there's no one there it's the countryside". There's not "no one", there's like 200 people there, and they're being an inconvenience to everyone. They even make the housing market explode, making it impossible for people to buy a home in their native region.
An important note about 11:14 is that the mum is 'gender critical' - aka a transphobe, and is admitting to performing conversion therapy on her child. Which is a huge yikes and straight up child abuse.
I don't understand why the click didn't realize that... When these people say the "protect their child from a cult", they always mean that they prevent their child from taking to people outside their own cult, outside the GC cult... I mean, the click watches OT's videos (I think he's OT's editor), so he should know...
@@ThatLolaSnail without having read this thread, I also wouldn't have realized it. Granted, sometimes I'm not entirely there mentally, but even then I would have just seen it as a very controlling parent who was homophobic, and wouldn't have seen the potential signs of someone attempting to perform conversion therapy on their child.
As someone who was a victim of CSA, that story from the Karenn giving a doctor a bad review for trying to help her child just terrifies me. I hope the daughter gets the help she needs. Reminds me of my aunt who basically gaslit me and my parents into believing I was making things up, called me selfish for nto wannting to spend time near my abuser, and then when her daughter told her as an adult that it had happene to her, suddenly it was scorched earth. Nevermind that said daughter had tried to tell her as a child and had been ignored and talked over just like I had.
Karens: Attacks women not wearing bras. Girls aren't allowed to wear cute dresses. Germany: Just so you know, as of this year public pools can choose if they allow women to swim topless. Karens: Head explodes.
Where I am from you can do that in every pool or beach. It isn't a matter of allowing💀Also I am from Europe, some Americans aren't meant to be here. Also you can also find nude beaches 🤣
It's actually been LEGAL in Ontario, Canada, to go around topless as of 1996. I even recall the local newspaper to post a "censored" topless woman, who was seen mowing her lawn. It's so bloody ridiculous that bare chested women are seen as loose, harlots, etcetera, to put it lightly. I wonder how many Karens aren't aware of this? 😹
What I hate the most is when parents refuse to look into something because it makes THEM uncomfortable to consider that possibility. Like, if there's a chance your child could've been taken advantage of, you're really just going to stick your head in the sand because it makes YOU feel better..? What about your actual child then? What if the situation continues? It makes me so angry you're not protecting your defenseless child.
It always makes me angry when parents refuse to believe that their kid is a bully. Of course as parents they tend to assume the best of their child, but I've seen so many parents deny that their child makes other students lives hell just because its their "perfect little angel who wouldnt hurt a fly"...
@@Jays-Dream They're talking about the post of a Karen refusing to believe a doctor that told her that her small child was showing symptoms of sexual abuse. Not bullying
There WAS that old Vine that went something like, "Not to be racist, but I LOVE goat cheese." "That's not even racist." "I SAID I WASN'T TRYING TO BE RACIST-"
I always feel bad for their kids cuz it can go one of two ways. 1) They just treat their kid as if they can do no wrong and the kids grow to be just as entitled. 2) They treat their kids the same way they treat retail workers but much worse. More than likely abusive. This coming from someone whose mother is a Karen.
I'm white, but I can look Hispanic if I get a tan, which has lead to a few awkward situations. One time, someone in my school told me to go back where I came from... I was born in America... I don't know what's worse, the racism or the stupidity.
Ah that brings back memories. My father is a religious conservative and racist against Turks (among o t h e r s) He has eyebrows that could flatten a car, a moustache and perma-stubble. He got called a 'filthy Turk welfare parasite' a lot, by _other_ white supremacist shitbags. Best part? My father used to work for the unemployment office :D
Lol I'm the opposite. I'm mixed Cherokee but came out white passing and only kinda look native if I get a tan. The amount of times my dad was accused of kidnapping me or of being an illegal immigrant is ridiculous. Though it was always funny when he'd yell back that he was here first and *they* should go back where they came from. But also I do get joy when someone rascist tries talking to me like I'm gonna agree to whatever bs they're spouting cuz I let them go on for as long as possible then inform them I'm not actually white. The expression has never not been hilarious 😌
I saw the full thing at 11:11 when it happened. The child came out as trans and their mom decided to block any online support system they had. They also forced their child into presenting more femininely and shared a picture of them wearing a shirt with "woman: human adult female " written on it. The child looked so fucking sad behind their fake smile and I just hope they can get out of there as soon as they can
Freedom means bludgeoning others into submission. When not allowed to do the above, the Karen and the Boomer cry "FREEDOM" and cops show up to _help them._
@Tom Morrison I hope they don't bother putting her in a home and just let her fend for herself. If they put her in a home they'd have to pay for it and accept some kind of responsibility and when they didn't visit the staff would think they're just a bad kid. So best not to bother with an old folk's home.
19:15 oh my God that poor child, I always felt bad about kids with parents that refused to vaccinate them or kids with parents that weren't tolerant of alternative sexuality, but this is on another level of horrible parenting
'Karen' is not a slur the same way 'racist' is not a slur. It's not applied to inherent traits that one has no control over - it's applied to a specific set of behaviour XD
Granted, there are slurs involving specific set of behaviors, sometimes not even displayed by the person the slur is used on - such as "slut" and similar. But they are still slurs due to being pejoratives with a long history of being used to shift power to the one saying the word by demoralizing the target and policing their behavior. I am not arguing that "karen" and "racist" are slurs, but I'm not sure about your definition of what makes a slur, either
@@thewickeddevilofthewest some places and people still consider it as one as queer folk, we use it often endearingly and reclaimed it. similar to the words bitch, pussy, queer, etc. so of course we dojt really consifer it a slur, as we reclaimed it and now use it proudly. but some people are still beung targeted by the word, so its still a slur to them, which is pretty valid. karen of course isn't a slur, its just that slurs are hard to define at times since some people will reclaim it and others don't. its all about the relationship the word has with its targets and the users of the word.
The story at 11:11 was actually about a child who came out to their parent as transgender... to which the parent's response was locking their child down and isolating them from literally everyone, and forcing them to present as female in every way. I feel very bad for the child and hope that they can escape their parent once they are an adult, even if they truly no longer identify as trans. A parent who reacts like this is likely to be equally terrible in other areas.
It's stories like these (and the fact that my mother told me Satan is the one that makes people gay cause he wants God to punish them) that are the reason why I won't come out to my family until I have the resources and strength to run away.
The last one with the lady who showed her mastectomy scar made me think of an incident that happened to me a while back. I have two rather long titanium rods in my back due to a serious injury. I went shopping with a friend and we set off the metal detectors as we were leaving. We gave our shopping bags to the store security guy and me made us go through again. We set it off again. He made us go through separately. I was the culprit. I was nat wearing anything metal so I was a bit puzzled. Then my friend said it might be the metal in my back. The security guy did not believe me so I raised my shirt to show him the 14 inch scar down my back. He then apologized and let us go. My friend wanted to sue them but I thought they just needed to adjust their metal detector. I do not think it should go off for us partial androids.
That much Ti in you is going to set off any detector in good order. Give the detector guy a heads-up. A good detector tech who wands your scar and goes, "Yep, there's metal there" is sensible. Same with replacement knees and hip joints.
Could this be considered a phantonym? A word that seems like it means something, but means something verY different e.g. Noisome = a very strong smell Enervate = to drain of energy
Fun fact. Many Chick Fil A’s have an actual play area for kids. If that Chick Fil A is one of them then that Karen is even more hilariously in the wrong.
My spouse's sperm donor abused her when she was that age... Her one year old sister died from it. All the nurses recognized the signs but there was there nothing they could do about it. This is why mandatory reporting laws are very important.
I had a male Karen that I had to deal with the other day as a busker. I am a local artist. I usually sit outside this subway on a busy street in the city centre with a tiny gallery of my drawings on display and a hat for tips while I draw with my easel. *For context: The entrance/exit has at least twelve pillars outside which are a good distance from the escalators. My area took up maybe two or three of these and there was literally the whole breadth of the street to get past me* . This crazy asshole, out of nowhere, screamed at me that "that's disgusting, nobody can get past!" and then came back for round two five minutes later, threatening to step all over my work and destroy it because he claims he has the legal right to do so (spoiler alert - no you don't, that's a crime), even though he walked a considerable distance away from me to get in and out of the subway the whole time. There was no need for it. Thankfully, the second time some people heard and stopped to look at my work, and they put money in the hat out of spite to piss him off. Those guys were bros.
Good observation. And this is the reason why people of low social standing vote for those that disdain the poor and working-class. They consider themselves not as they actually are, but as "temporarily embarrassed millionaires", as I saw someone else put it.
I excitedly told my girlfriend that I learned a new Swedish word (marsvin) and her response is to ask me if I'm also "watching the Karen vid". My God, I don't even have to share these videos with her anymore.
"Jag är inte rasist men..." is the Swedish equivalent of a boomer standing up om Oprah beginning with saying "I'm a good Christian" as if that somehow negates every narrow-minded, offensive shit she says afterwards.
Anything said after "I'm not a racist, but..." is racist by default. Even if it's a complete non sequitur. "I'm not a racist, but cake is delicious" "Really? Because you found a racist way to say it, Karen. Can I give you that feedback?"
My very first job was at a fast-food restaurant, one of the ones that Karens just loooooove. Their favorite thing? Demanding salt-free fries, then standing at the counter, looking you in the eye, and POURING salt all over them. So next time she came in, I took the fries, tossed them in the fryer, and gave them to her. She never knew the difference, but someone saw and told her. She proceeded to use the second-favorite Karen phrase: "I'm NEVER coming here again!!!". That's what I was going for, bish. Thank u, next.
I once said "I could really go for a glass of wine" and some dude called me a karen for that. It definitely can have misogynistic undertones. That being said, it's only misogynist when used in a misogynist way. The term itself doesn't mean that. It describes a certain pattern of entitled behaviour. Just because some people are too dumb to understand that doesn't mean the term is inherently misogynist. Misogynists are. The same way "jew" is not a bad word until it's used by an antisemite in that way, or "autistic is a perfectly normal word until an ableist pos uses it to condescend.
I hate the whole “you look healthy” argument for anyone against someone having a handicap parking pass. There are probably people out there that abuse the privilege, but there are also people who look perfectly fine but have spinal injuries, or have just had surgeries, or have chronic pain, or any sort of invisible illness. They shouldn’t have to have a name tag with “ Hi, I have: ____” so that people can shut up and let them use the tool given to them so they can be in less pain and not be yelled at, calling what they are dealing with fake.
Yeah, faking a disability isn't cool but you shouldn't actively look for fakers anyway. 9 times out of 10 you'll hurt somebody who's already being put down by this bs society
Just respond "You look healthy, but you probably have lead poisoning." Lead based paint was only banned from household usage in the US in 1978, so it's very likely these people have lead poisoning. Plus, they're very stupid, a symptom of lead poisoning, so people may even agree with you!
Normally I think that is sort of telling on yourself. If you go up and call someone's disability fake (especially one that is more "hidden") even if they have a disability tag, then that is probably something that you yourself want to get away with. I always liked the family parking spots too, for people with little kids. The parking spots for 15min delivery drivers I think has gotten a little out of hand. More in the amount of spots, since they aren't supposed to be there very long, than that they exist. I think having over 10 of those spots at a grocery store with a relatively small parking lot is just silly. Especially during Thanksgiving and Christmas rush times when you can't find a spot and all the delivery driver spots are empty. They might be used more in urban areas, but we are rural enough that I don't think people want to pay to have their groceries delivered.
Actually had a run in with a male Karen when I was with a friend. My friend, Amelia (then starting to and now unfortunately nearing full blindness) and I were working out her screen reader. "Maren" came over complaining that we were being loud and there was no need for everyone around us to hear whatever private phone ‘conversation” we were having. We calmly explained the situation and she kept reprimanding us as if we were speaking at the top of our lungs and actually causing a disruption. Someone finally approached us after we got up to leave and she continued to follow. This kind person finally managed to get him away from us, still ranting, even though I did catch him give us a bitter glare as they walked away.
I went into a Texas bar once and was told to check my firearm. When I said I wasn't carrying one they searched me to make sure. Which, if you think about it, is a good idea. It's terrifying to think that people lacking a triple digit IQ and afraid of their own shadow regularly walk around in some areas with concealed weapons.
Can confirm: It's EXTREMELY off putting to find out the random person a few feet away from you in a restaurant is carrying around the ability to end your life in seconds. I have a pretty distinct memory of that happening once, and just completely losing my appetite.
I love that places are starting to stand up to these kinds of people. My manager at starbucks had to kick out this old man who yelled at me for asking clarifying questions about his order. It was kinda crazy because I was literally just like "can you please repeat your order? I didn't quite catch what you said, it's very loud behind the counter". And dude just starts shouting at me about how he won't repeat himself and how I need to get it right. My manager stepped in and told him to leave. Thank God, I was kinda scared of that dude ngl
Karen: Interracial marriage is a sin! Me (Thumbing through my notes on religions) "Nope, but wearing cloth woven of two different fabrics, the breeding of two different animals (mules for example), and planting two different types of seed in your field are all mentioned VERY specifically. So If they were splitting hairs on those topics I don't think they just "forgot" to include the interracial thing. They didn't care. Too busy watching for fashion and farming based damnation.
Also these are very literal interpretations of the Bible... The cloth thing is limited to a mix of linen and wool and it's due to the way the two fabrics interact (the mix would cancel out the best parts of both fabrics, such as linen's softness after repeated washing and wool's warmth), breeding hybrids isn't allowed but they are allowed to be purchased (generally seen as a way to encourage trade) and mixing types of seed in the same field in the same planting season in Israel is very draining on the soil, especially back when artificial fertilizers didn't exist.
@@SpringStarFangirl moral of the story- the bible is an old ass textbook with societal norm rules that society today has long since outgrown, so there’s really no good reason to keep upholding the views of people from 2,000 years ago as if your God really expects the same things of you today. Its a guidebook, not a rulebook. Not even Jesus in all the parables and sermons he gave seemed to give two shits about the things that some christians shit their pants over nowadays.
@@edwardbo4666 regardless of it being literal intepretations or not exactly sins, it still says they shouldnt do it. people need to stop cherry-picking, youre either enforcing it all or giving up on it and admitting the bible is outdated and makes no sense in this modern age and maybe its time to change that
The indigenous bra incident happened in my city. It makes me sad because it is usually a very accepting and progressive place. I guess there are always a few assholes though.
And she didn't attack a group she assaulted a woman, worst part was she knocked the phone out of the native woman's hand and when she picked it up and started to leave with it bystanders started yelling at her assuming she was stealing the other woman's phone.
@@Cityhunterxyz that is just shitty. Also people need to stop freaking out about mo bras. I never wear one. I hate the tight itchy feeling. And my boibs shrank after having kids (got bigger than shrank down to almost a cup sz and 1/2 smaller than they were pre-kid,) so I can't get proper fitting bras without ordering custom and I'm not paying custom bra sizes for As. It was one thing when my Mom would for her like GGGs, but (which weren't even As before she had kids. Meanwhile I got the opposite. Life's not fair. Lol) But As? Heck no.
@@Insertia_Nameia They have some really, really nice, soft lacy "sports bra" type bras at target that are super comfy, without wire, and nice and stretchy. :) Its the only thing I can wear without suffering, personally.
@@Insertia_Nameia huh. didn't know them shrinking afterwards was a possibility. me, I gave up on bras after a few half hearted experiments with them in my early teens; I only ever bothered to do that cause I felt obligated to wear them by society, and I was an insecure child back then. even the 'comfy' softer ones would make me overheat.
@@comradewindowsill4253 yeah them being so damn warm is also why I don't like them. It was litterally cooler for me to wear two shirts at work (worked in restaurants for almost a decade and old bitties would complain about my high beams...Jokes on them though, if it was really cold two shirts and a bra aren't enough to dim mine. Lmao)
That mom who was obsessed about her son not being called Andy? Her and her husband will probably get divorced, and I they do I hope he calls him Andy just to spite the mom.
Honestly the Elliot Page casting would be awesome considering “The Little Mermaid” is an LGBTQ+ allegory. Hans Christian Andersen was inspired to write it because of the romantic love he had for his male friend in a time that wasn’t allowed, when the friend married. As H.C.A. wrote in one of the many letters to this man; “When shall we meet, my noble friend? Perhaps never more! And as I think this, all the dear memories of every hour of our life together, the cordiality of our meetings flash through my mind, and my heart melts.”
Pretty sure he was nailed by one dude stabbed by another and it was all ordered by some emperor cuz why would multiple people do the nailing when you just have one guy with a hammer and a bunch of nails
Not all handicaps are visible. Just because you don’t use a cane,walker,or wheeled transport doesn’t mean you’re not handicapped. The only time you have to prove anything is if a police officer needs to make sure you are who a placard has been issued to. Anyone else can eat dirt and die. Tell them nothing.
The Andrew one reminded me of this one girl in my school. I've known her basically since kindergarten and always called her Abby. Recently, however, she told me that she prefers being called by the long version of her name, Abigail. Basically, names aren't a big deal and maybe Andy will decide he likes being Andrew later, or maybe he will always be Andy.
I accidentally moved in with a racist. We were in the same friend group, we would talk when the friend group got together, but we never met up just the two of us. Quite soon after moving in together I started noticing that among other things she said "I'm not a racist, but..." quite a lot. She wouldn't say anything overtly racist, and she would always backtrack. She also had weird problems with things I did. She did not like how I hang my tea towel (we each had our own), what I eat or how I prepared my food (I ate very basic meals that are common in our country, nothing special). She really had an issue with me hanging my running clothes in the balcony to air out. She didn't use the balcony, and the clothes were behind a pillar so they could not be seen from the inside. What bothered her was that she knew that they were there... Anyway I noticed the tension building between us, and the small passive aggressive things she did. For instance she would crumble up my tea towel so it wouldn't dry, and constantly make small digs at me. I rather face things head on than play games, so I asked her if something was wrong and her response was that she had "the right to take revenge" on me if I annoyed her. I was done, I started looking for apartments. But it didn't end there... One evening I was in the kitchen cooking. She walked in and leaned on the counter. I didn't say anything to her, I just continued making my dinner and after a moment of silence, she said, completely unprompted "I don't understand how people of different races can have children together. They are not going to look like the lighter parent. Who would want a dark child?" Now... I am a mix, she knew this. She just stood there looking at me waiting for an answer, and I just ignored her. I did not know how to react to her comment. That was the last straw. We barely spoke after that, and I haven't spoken to her since we moved from that apartment.
17:34 As someone who has a medical disorder involving needing frequent bathroom breaks paid toilets are the bane of my existence. I've only encountered them once, when I went to France, and I was in SO MUCH PAIN. Most bathrooms in public places like stores and such are free here in America so I was definitely shocked to see bathrooms that needed change in order to be entered.
To quote the late, great Greg Giraldo: "If someone starts a sentence with I'm not a racist, they are about to say the most racist shit you've ever heard."
I had someone rant at me for calling someone Karen... after 5 minutes of me trying not to laugh in their face... I informed them that there name was Karen
Oh shite, I really hope the kid gets away from the mom(probably whole family tbh) asap and will be able to live a happy, self sufficient life without Karen.
I can't imagine being so entitled and angry all the time. Living as a Karen must be so exhausting because they probably think even the air we breathe is out to get them.
I know a few and they all have crippling anxiety disorders and basically explode periodically... So uh yeah, I just kind of assume the bulk of them have mental health struggles and since we don't know them personally, we don't see the full person, just the individual breakdowns.
@@darcieclements4880 fair, but at the same time, foisting one's unmanaged mental illness on everyone else is still a very Karen move. Especially because, at least in my experience, people like that are usually unmanaged because "people are too soft these days"
@@Ashen.Elixer Woah, it's just like my own parents! They're BOTH very mentally ill, yet are stuck in the mindset of "Therapy and medicine won't help you, you just have to get over it with your fAmIly". Like bruh, half the reason I'm in therapy is because off the shitty things y'all did to me as a child and teen. If I NEVER got the help I needed, I would either be dead or completely insane by this point!
The desist one was the mom forcing their kid to detransition. The mom is the one in a cult and will likely lead to their kid trying to kill themself again. 🥶
Yeah the post about the indigenous woman getting attacked really hit home because I'm also indigenous and I remember seeing that post when it went live and there was so many people actually defending the white lady and calling the indigenous woman a slut saying that she was asking for it and then demanding that the police arrest her for filming the white lady. I'm not kidding on her original Twitter post you can see a lot of those replies still it's gross and I guarantee you they're still going to be people that question stuff like "why did you have to bring race into it" without realizing the intense systemic pressure and fear placed on indigenous people especially indigenous women when it comes to our bodies. Years and years of being stigmatized sexualized and objectified to the point where we weren't even considered humans and our bodies we're not our own or that we weren't even real women just play things for white amusement and entertainment like animated sex dolls instead of human beings while we had our children taken away from us and sent to basically death camps. And it's still going on today indigenous women are up to 10 times more likely to be abducted raped and sex trafficked it is especially prevalent in Canada and Alaska in fact I've had three of my cousins murdered all before they turned 18. Two we're confirmed to be murders the youngest her body was never found just a earring however she has been declared dead since 2011. Every single day somebody I know has a family member that's gone missing or ended up murdered in a ditch or nearly escaped with her life. It is a huge problem that is never addressed and these types of things linger on my mind everyday it's absolutely terrifying and I do not in any way blame me indigenous woman here for deciding to film her attackers and get evidence as much as she possibly could in case she was harmed or possibly killed and to anyone saying that that sounds far-fetched and that I'm overreacting or that I'm bringing down the funny vibes or something the only thing I have to say to you is don't speak over the voices of the marginalized if you haven't even heard what they have to say yet. and while it's okay to have your biases we all do, they shouldn't come at the expense of other people's safety and well-being simple because you don't experience or are not aware of something does not mean it's not a reality. It's very common in indigenous villages all over Canada and Alaska for people to hang red dresses on trees and in windows or on their fences which confuses a lot of people but every single red dress you see represents a missing or murdered indigenous woman, I was passing through another village with one of my uncles and there was a house that had almost its entire fence covered in red dresses I think 15 and all just whole generations of women lost or stolen never to be found again. And people being ignorant of this situation and trying to blame the indigenous woman in this video for the way she acted and the way she was afraid is one of the main reasons these disappearances and murders are never solved. The way that the white lady acted is in no way at all acceptable behavior and is especially heinous given the context and it drains my heart of hope everyday I see another thing like this happen with more people blaming the indigenous woman for trying to get photograph of evidence or video proof of her situation. It also makes me think about my cousins and wonder how scared they were how it started or how many people were involved and if they had phones at the time could we have at least found the culprits responsible.
As a First Nations man, I'm so scared every second of every day for my sisters. As we say, we wear red for our sisters. Men have their own horrible violent statistics, but the misogyny and sexism that haunt our women to this day angers and scares a very deep ancestral part of me. My sister was murdered, and so was my cousin. I'm a guy, and I almost was murdered too. People have no idea what we're going through, it's still very much literally genocide in every way, and all we have is each other. All I can say is that we men cry with you, and mitáku'ye o'yásiŋ 🧡 I will never let anyone forget. I know so many of my brothers who are just as angry and heartbroken. Others might not see us, especially our women, as people, but we will always have each other. Sisters, brothers, cousins, a lot of us would die for one another and that's not something many understand why we'd have to or would. Love from the Lakȟóta Nation ✊🏽 Aƞpétu kiƞ lé taƞyáƞ máni yó, kȟóla. (Walk well today, family.) Most Lakȟóta land is in what's now called Canada, though I'm sure you know that, and that mitáku'ye o'yásiŋ is Lakȟótiyapi like the Buddhist concept of "one with everything" but the heart of everything we do, and we love all for we are all one. Said sometimes if not misspelled as "all my relations". I'd hug you if I could, sister. I saw everything you did, and I can only imagine how scary it must be to be an Indigenous woman when being an Indigenous man is already very scary. If you don't listen to Snotty Nose Rez Kids of the Haisla Nation, I'd very highly recommend it, especially starting with "Warriors". They have a line saying "I'm just a man trying to understand the cries of a woman," and every single song they write is not only really good and deep, but is intrinsically by First Nations people, for First Nations people. Every single song talks about what it's like to be us. Our pain, struggles, invisibility, community, celebrations - it's well worth checking out if you're willing. They single-handedly make me feel like I'm seen now that I had to move off Rez.
I am absolutely flabbergasted to read this - I never knew and still don't quite comprehend. Am I to understand that (white?) men come to these indigenous villages just to 'pluck' some women as if they were fruit and then abuse or kill them? It's like a horrifying western movie!
@@osheridan Person: Okay then. Stop telling me I have to have a baby inside me then. :) Karen: NO! You don't get to control your own body like that! *I* wanna control your body!!
I'm nearly 40 now and way back in the 20th century when I was a kid I noticed a lot of correlation between nasty, entitled attitudes and late middle-aged women with short hair. Decades later the world has noticed, given it a name and made a bunch of comedy about it and I'm so glad. 😊 it's nice to know I'm not the only one who saw it.
I just look at these Karens with children and them being incredibly over bearing and I’m just like “Damn hope you like never talking to your child ever again.”
4:20 Here in Germany we read quite regularly about people moving to the country and then suing their neighbours for disturbance because the rooster crows too early or for odour nuisance because the cows/pigs smell bad.
You have to observe the "Ruhezeiten" of course Edit: Fun fact about Germany: There are official times to throw away glass trash in the public recycling bins
I've encountered my first Karen last weekend. I was at a store and where I live there is noone packing your stuff into bags for you and the check-out area was very small so I moved my stuff to a closed check-out to put it in my bag properly (it was raining outside). Suddenly this lady stared yelling at me, that she is waiting at this check-out. I told her I was just packing my stuff an that the check-out is closed and that there is no employee there who could help her but she kept bitching and insisted that she is waiting there. I told her to calm down and finished packing my stuff and when I finally left the store, she was still standing at the closed check-out, waiting. I wonder if she's still there lol
Any time something's going wrong and the employee says "Sorry, i'm new", I just reply with "It's ok, everyone's new at some point". I've seen how some people treat employees at places, so I figure I can be a bit nicer. Plus even if it IS bothering me, getting angry with them isn't going to make things go faster.
I don't think I'll ever not be dumbfounded by some Karens. Specifically the "My daughter tried some of the food she ordered and the employees wouldn't take it back!" Like, yeah. YOU ordered it, YOU ate part of it, YOU pay for it.
One time I ate at a restaurant and I really didn't like the food. I did the most logical thing I can think of and... decided not to eat there again. Not once did the thought of being crazy for attention on the internet cross my mind. Opportunity missed. 😂 Darn it.
@@brothersandsistersofvalhalla I've seen that so many times. Be at the store and a half drunk can of soda is just sitting in a random shelf. Once saw a half eaten (now melted,) tub of ice cream on a bread shelf. It wasn't even one of those little ones for individuals. It was a regular 1.5QT container.
I legally changed my name to the abbreviated version (not that my parents or anyone else ever called me anything else). It's one of the best things I've ever done - saves the trouble of people having to ask what name you go by every time.
11:15 So for context she refused to accept that her child didn’t want to be a she anymore and wanted to be referred to as him and forced him to conform to the gender he was assigned at birth and she also made fun of him after a S attempt
Tbh, I've heard my fellow Indians (from India, in case it needs clarification) being asked whether they're "black or Indian", and "dots or feather" during my short stay in the US. I don't think the people asking were particularly racist (well, maybe the dots or feathers guy), but I did feel like some people have trouble differentiating between ethnicities who don't even look all that similar lol.
But...Indians look nothing like Native Americans...they come from different continents...almost on opposite sides of the globe...I'm sorry, I know that's all obvious, I just find it mind-boggling. Mind you, the famous "crying Indian" from the littering ad was an Italian guy, so I guess Americans just munge everyone else together into one big "other."
@@gilillustration7650Unfortunately, I have heard this phrase used before. Actually, I think I remember parroting it and some hand gestures to match as a child. Which means I must have heard it more than a couple times. Ugh. I hate finding a memory of you making some stupid "joke" as a kid and realizing it was like, horribly racist or bigoted or what not. Big yikes 😬
It still remains very enigmatic to me how Karens somehow always look like Karens. I have never seen a Non Karen look like a Karen to me and vice versa.. Have we evolved a Karen detecting sense in our human bodies somehow..?
it's not just physical appearance. you kid but there's actually a good amount your mirror neurons will be picking up if you have the empathy. you can sense that 'looking to pick a fight because I'm mad about other shit' energy, it's easy to spot in men as well
Well, fun fact, people can match names to faces better than random chance. "“We Look Like Our Names: The Manifestation of Name Stereotypes in Facial Appearance,” by Yonat Zwebner MBA, The Wharton School; Anne-Laure Sellier, PhD, HEC Paris; Jacob Goldenberg, PhD, Interdisciplinary Center and Columbia University; Nir Rosenfeld, MSc, and Ruth Mayo, PhD, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, published online Feb. 27, 2017."
I'm pretty sure your perception of people's appearance is just altered by the way they act. For most of these karens, if they acted really nice, you would never get the karen vibes from them.
The dating "preference" one reminds me of this old RU-vid video (I think it was Collegehumor) where they did a "if gay men acted like their profiles in real life." It starts with this guy just walking into a bar and very proudly and loudly announcing "no fats, no fems, and no Asians!" followed by everyone looking very uncomfortable and distancing themselves from him as he looks confused.
I used to hate working at Wallyworld early Sunday morning; as soon as churchs got out we would get slammed, never many people who wanted to work that shift so I was all by my lonesome, line to the back of the store and people about to blow their tops...I often was in tears by the end of my shift.
I somehow feel Andy's mom will not be as protective if ever Andy turns out to be trans and wants to be called Andrea instead. Also the video game rant is hilarious because a lot of these Karens are bible thumpers and are perfectly fine with the atrocities described in the Bible.
Honestly if it was an outside influence that causes them to be so demented it was likely the bible not video games that caused it...But video game violence is bad.
I checked, and the game has a Teen rating. If this parent is letting their kidlets play it, they're not doing their due diligence (and, by their own logic, are to blame for turning the kids omgz!violent!1!). And, uh, the word "cult" in the title didn't raise any red flags?
@@suitov as someone who recently started playing that game you can make how ever dark you want it to be although I do recommend playing it tho it might not be for everyone
okay, but "bathrooms are for paying customers" is usually a way to specifically prevent homeless people from being able to find a place to use an actual toilet
When it comes to saying "I'm not racist but" context and intent matters because you could be asking a genuine question like "Is there any truth to dark-skinned folk not needing as much sunscreen as white people?" vs the Karen saying she isn't racist then goes on while saying obviously discriminatory stuff
Nobody would ask the first question prefaced with I'm not a racist. People who say I'm not a racist are acutely aware they're about to say something racist.
im not racist, but.. i can't understand why some people have the urge to run marathons. running for so long, just to say you reached the end before someone else, seems like an agonizing waste of time. BUT, im not racist!
my stepdad told me once about some rich people who moved to the countryside here in the uk, expecting it to be really quiet and then complaining and asking farmers to change their work schedules because the machinary was waking them up in the morning. I'm not sure how truthful the story is, but it made me laugh anyway.
Plenty of stories about townies moving to rural villages then complaining about church bells, cockerels, smells... The worst of it is when they actually get injunctions to stop the 'nuisance'. That really pisses the locals off.
Hi, person living in the countryside (small village) here, with personal experience of moving from city to small village. Yes it's true, people moving from the city usually visit their prospective home in the middle of the morning or early / middle of the afternoon. Where I live farmers have land sometimes some distance away from their farm, due to them buying up or renting land from farms that have stopped years ago. Also in harvest time there's assistance hired from agricultural machinery businesses or co-ops (collective of farmers), so there's a lot of really heavy machinery moving around early in the morning and late afternoon. At the moment it's sugar beet harvesting so there's tractors with huge trailers going from the farm to the crop land and back, and trucks then hauling the beets away from the farms. Sugar beets, like potatoes, are harvested quicker than they can be moved to the factory so they're in storage in either huge barns or out in the open on the farm yard. But it basically means that July, August and September is just a continuous going and froing of heavy farming equipment from 5 or 6 in the morning until 22 or 23 at night. And when there's heavy rain predicted that will make access to the land impossible to heavy machinery, they sometimes work through the night to get as much of the harvest in as possible. When it was really hot in July, i went to sit outside in the middle of the night and I could hear the grain harvesting machines going in fields near the village at like 3 o'clock at night. It is what it is, it's part of where my house is. Also, having been through agriculutural university and having common sense, I knew what farm work entailed when I went looking for a countryside house. My real estate agent told me 'either you move away again in 6 months, or you're hooked for life'. Nearly 9 years later, I think I'm hooked for life 🙂. But people visiting their prospective house any time before July or after September might think it's really, really quiet ALL THE TIME in a village - it's not. Another famous 'noise polution' case was a nearby village, where people from a metropolitan area had moved to for quiet and rest. There was a church bell striking the hour. Now, these village church bells aren't like Big Ben or anything, they're fairly quiet affairs when striking the hour as that's done with a hammer or pulling the clapper sideways on a string, not tolling the bell itself. I live next to our village's church. There's been no services held since the 70's or so - we're an atheistic bunch - but it's a national monument. That's equivalent to a Grade I listed building in the UK. The smaller one strikes the hour, the bigger one tolls twice per day, at noon and at 18:00. It's got a lovely fully brassy sound. And whenever there is a marriage or funeral service held at the church it's also tolled. This is all done to preserve the mechanism and the bell itself, which dates from the early 15th century. The smaller bell dates from the mid-17th century. Anyways, no rest for the couple from the metropolitan area. I have no idea if they moved out or not. The rest of the villagers just laughed at them when they complained about the 'noise' from the church bell. Cockerels aren't all that fashionable anymore. I heard several from my house the first couple of years that I lived here, but i think they all died and no one got new ones... Either that they were done away with due to bird influenza, which comes with a being-outside ban for any poultry, including hobby poultry. The only known case i know where the complaints were granted was in another village, where i lived as a child. The county council appointed land they'd aqcuired next to a pig farmer for single-family dwellings. Of course within a year of the first house being completed, the first complaints started flooding the county coundcil. After a couple of years they had enough complaints that they could change the farmer'senvironmental permit next time it ended. i believe he emigrated to Poland or Canada or somesuch
Oh it absolutely happens. We've had a rush of city folk coming out here to Small Town USA and then _loosing their minds_ when the harvest crews are doing their work or when the farmers kick up a bit of dust tilling / planting / working their fields or having to *move over* because the sprayer absolutely has the right of way and takes up 60% of the road and 95% of the main bridge into town. 😆
18:40 So, as someone who, as a child, was in the exact same position as that woman's child (roughly the same age and everything to the point that part of the video was REALLY uncomfortable to get through)... The mother's responsible in some way and knows it. First, as a mother, she knows everybody who is in contact with her child. At 4 months old, her child is never anywhere the mother doesn't know about. The mother likely left her child with a boyfriend or neighbor who was shady, but she didn't care enough about her child to vet them. Worse possibility, the mother was potentially directly responsible for the SAbuse. And when the child eventually grows up and asks about why they were allowed to go through that and the inevitable custody hell that comes with it as they'll become a ward of the State (in this case Australia), the mother will make herself out to be the victim and both pretend & insist the child was not affected in any meaningful way to have a right to complain.
They obviously didn't even play Cult of the Lamb given that all through it you're given choices, and it ends with you having the choice of saving your members by fighting the demon, or sacrificing them. It's up to the player how dark you make it
30:00 I have an uncle, who is in his 60s now. His parents named him Andrew, and he went by Andy for most of his life. A few years ago, he decided he didn't really like the name Andy, and prefers to go by AC instead. So now we all call him that. It's not that hard to change what people call you, and it isn't set in stone from when you're 7. It also is not your decision as the mom. You can decide what YOU call him, but that's about it.
36:35 Unfortunately this also happens to me quite a lot. I am in my twenties, but have 3 chronic conditions and one of those makes walking painful. Whenever I take the handicap seat in a bus or train, I get angry stares or even people shouting at me and saying that "the youth today is so egocentric". Because apperently "being young" = "being completely healthy"... So last time I pulled up my skirt to show my pressure stockings and without saying sorry or anything, they just walked away... I wish people with handicaps and conditions shouldn't have to go to this point of showing this kind of 'proof' :-( Even a doctor once started our appointment with saying "You are young, so there's probably nothing seriously wrong with your health" and I just stared at them, knowing they didn't take a single look at my files... And eventually the results were that something was seriously wrong, so yeah...
The ultimate pettiness of a Karen would be to complain about another Karen’s false complaining of the store, and still blaming the store for the other Karen inconveniencing their ears
Oh dear Click, my sweet summer child. You can't turn the tables on Karens for being impatient with a new cashier. They never worked to begin with, "full time housewife" since 14yo or something
That last Karen story was one I have to deal with a lot. There's ALWAYS someone trying to play judge and jury on who "deserves" to park in the handicap spot ..
@@gjw4510 You don't know that person's medical history. Any number of things related to, or not related to the mastectomy could be causing them issues. Some people have chronic pain, but you'd never know it from looking at them. You don't know what they are going through, nor are you entitled to know what they are going through.
4:22 That reminds me of this glorious Facebook post how "all hunters are bad people because they kill animals for meat instead of taking the meat from the supermarket so no animal has to die". Yes, meant was meat in supermarkets and not vegan alternatives. Real meat. 🤦♀️😭
I commit a mess Extinction every time I scratch my ass depending on your view of what life is it's technically the microbes are living that's just an interesting thought don't take any meaning of it out of my words
@@Scarlett.Granger I thought it was a term like Walmart is a supermarket because it's a big corporate conglomerate but both Food Lion and that little place down the road are both grocery stores cuz they're where you go to get groceries grocery stores just stay umbrella term while Supermarket is for the big ass corporate s*** what do I know I'm an idiot
For the parking spot I have a story to tell! I am in a discord for disabled people, mostly wheelchair users and one day one of my friend told me how she almost got the cops at her college because she parked at the disabled spot. In fact, she was going of her car, whalking until the trunk to get her wheelchair, when suddenly a teacher started screaming at her to move her car because she is walking. She answered that it's the principal who told her she can Park here even tho she don't already have the card (it is very hard to get in France, even when you are in a wheelchair) and the teacher didn't wanted to let her, they argued for like 10 min before she was really too exhausted of just sitting on the edge of the car and grab the wheelchair in front of him It could have stop here but NO! THE TEACHER ANSWERED "don't need to fake using this! You move!" She had to do a fking one minute long wheelie to prouve she is not faking and the teacher giving up ToT why are able people like that sometimes ?
10:17 tbh they don’t even need to be privileged to be a Karen. All that’s needed is for them to believe that they are better in some way (age, race, job, wealth, etc). Some of these do give you privileges but all age gets you is reduced priced meals. Yet a lot of their arguments feature “respect you’re elders!!!” or “I’m older so I’m wiser” or something like that.
The word you and Click are both possible looking for is "entitled." "Karens" falsely feel they are entitled to say, do, or receive certain things (especially without consequences), that they are simply not entitled to.
Related to the Karen who was mad her daughter didn't get the meal she ordered taken off the bill, I remember there used to be a chain of service stations cafes in the uk where they had a rule that was essentially "If you complain you get a free meal" and they're not really around anymore for obvious reasons lmao
The guy who coined "the customer is always right" went bankrupt in under ten years. I prefer the Games Industry: "The consumer is a fish always trying to get off the hook."
"You just lost yourself a customer"-- I got some variation of this a lot when I worked at a popular, now mostly-defunct toy store. I also heard "do you know how much money I spend here?" a lot. I literally started answering with some polite variation of "I don't care." They were usually trying to do something fraudulent (with returns or coupons), or trying to convince me to give them massive discounts out of the kindness of my heart, and I wasn't about to lose my job because these "big spenders" apparently couldn't afford the listed retail price lmao
Used to work at a big-box music retailer. The people that would come in and try to haggle on new gear that was even on sale...and then get PISSED about it...boy, if I had a dollar for every time that happened, I wouldn't have had to work there for 5 long-ass years. Work in a music store they said. It'll be fun they said. LIES!!!!!!!
I used to work as a special response paramedic, and since I lived in my response area I got to take the medic Tahoe suv home..... I had one neighbor who would call the police every single time I went somewhere lights and sirens for disturbing them..... because you know quiet is more important than someone dying
Everything I see one of these "Karen is a derogatory term. It's like the N-word" posts, I always reply with "no, it's a term to describe a group of hateful people that assault and hate others for stupid reasons. So it's actually like the word Nazi"
As an American, I agree that the one complaining about the restaurant not allowing concealed carry firearms, it is VERY American. Also, what are they protecting their family from, their horrible attitude about not being allowed to bring guns in a store? Edit: The one about Indian’s and going back to reservations is REALLY racist in the ‘Indian’ part itself, that was purely because those who arrived first (Columbus, ETC) thought they were in Asia. And ALSO, sadly, it ALSO sounds like it sounds like it’s in America… which is disappointing
