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What does it mean to be a ‘Karen’ or a ‘Chad’? Viral modern name memes explained
New York Post ^ | 05/14/2020 | Suzy Weiss

Posted on 05/18/2020 11:35:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Are you the type of gal who demands to speak to the manager when you feel you’ve been wronged? You just might be a “Karen.”

Karen is the latest in a growing line of internet memes poking fun at real-life archetypes. Names such as Karen, Becky and Chad have been co-opted to call out social faux pas online, think: calling the police to shut down a kids’ lemonade stand because they don’t have a permit, or as slangy put-downs like, “Don’t be such a Becky.”

Other names have become so entangled in pop culture that they’ve taken on a new meaning: Who can think of anyone but the Kardashians when they hear “Kim”?

But while the internet directory is fun, real-life Karens (or Beckys, Debbies, Chads and Kyles) bear the brunt of the jokes.

Here’s some of the names ruined by the internet, where they came from, and what the people named before the meme think about their online personas.

KAREN

“Karen” has become social media shorthand meaning a middle-aged white woman — potentially with an asymmetric haircut a la 2009 Kate Gosselin — who makes a big fuss, and is not-so-blissfully ignorant. While the origins of “Karen” are oft debated, some point to Dane Cook’s 2005 bit about the lamest gal in a group of friends being named Karen, others to the “Mean Girls” character played by Amanda Seyfried who is admonished for asking pal Cady (Lindsay Lohan) how she can be from Africa if she’s white. Some view it as a righteous motivator for the creation of Black Twitter — the world wide web knows a Karen when it sees one.

One recent example of a Karen? A woman brawling with the Red Lobster staff, reduced because of the pandemic,

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TOPICS: Humor; Society
KEYWORDS: chad; karen; memes
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To: rlmorel

Listen to this one on headphones...her voice on the chorus is almost three-dimensional:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smzo71aR6uo


101 posted on 05/18/2020 2:34:39 PM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress")
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To: CrimsonTidegirl

And my impression is that Richard was/is a weapons-grade control freak, that wouldn’t let her out from under his thumb.


102 posted on 05/18/2020 2:37:23 PM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress")
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To: kaehurowing
What's the point of vacationing somewhere if you have to stay in your hotel the whole time?

Maybe that DeGraf person only was planning to stay for a week, so the two week requirement doesn't apply. 😆

103 posted on 05/18/2020 2:45:26 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: SeekAndFind

Hahaha... No... Thank goodness... Her maiden name does end in a vowel..


104 posted on 05/18/2020 2:50:33 PM PDT by dakine
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To: Rastus

Due to the negative stereotypes associated with the name, she’s now back to being Kitty.


105 posted on 05/18/2020 3:16:49 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Posting from deep within enemy territory - San Jose, CA)
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To: SeekAndFind

There is almost nothing as funny as Freepers tiring to understand new culture references.

It’s like watching headhunters try to figure out a calculator.


106 posted on 05/18/2020 3:41:57 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Disambiguator

Exactly, you are basically only coming in if you know you are going to break the law. Our state should be requiring all tourists to post a $5,000 bond which will then be confiscated if they leave their hotel rooms.


107 posted on 05/18/2020 3:52:37 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: kaehurowing

So people travel to Hawaii so they can isolate in their hotel rooms for 14 days? Who does that?


108 posted on 05/18/2020 3:57:10 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: SeekAndFind

My name is Karen.


109 posted on 05/18/2020 4:37:14 PM PDT by Andy'smom (Proud member of the basket of deplorables)
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To: M1903A1

Agreed.

She would have been so much better off if she had told her dysfunctional family to f***k off and went her own way.


110 posted on 05/18/2020 7:08:12 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl (“Welcome Down to my Planet Hell”- Nightwish)
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To: SeekAndFind

I was always prejudiced against girls named “Lisa.” Why? Every Lisa I ever met was either a b-ch or a spoiled brat.

(However, not Liz or Elizabeth.)


111 posted on 05/18/2020 11:46:38 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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