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[–] southsamurai 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I agree with you.

But can we let the Karen thing go now? It's been long enough

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Sorry to all the lovely people I've met named karen during my life, no.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not until we get another word for the same persona.

And for some reason we can't use "bitch" anymore.

[–] southsamurai 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well, that's the problem.

Karen is just an excuse to call women something without having the guts to be up front about it.

Originally, it was about a specific kind of entitled behavior. But it turned into a generic misogynist term like bitch used to be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Karens aren't just women.

But if you disagree, can you let me know what word we use for men? I'm happy to use that for everybody.