Oh dear oh dear oh dear. I take it you're in the Southern Hemisphere. My sympathies. Me, I'm trying not to envision what my first winter heating bill will look like.
I understand it, more or less, but I'm working with a 12-year-old laptop with three USB ports of two kinds, and when things I plug in don't work, I don't know if the problem is the wrong port, bad software, or the peripheral (speaker, whatever) is just no good.
Agreed. Those things should be consigned to the scrapheap. This may help: 10 Dark Patterns in UX Design and How to Avoid Them
So ... yesterday morning, I was at the chemist (UK/Aussie term for pharmacy). I just paid for my toothpaste, and the lady behind the counter was giving me my change - I hadn't even put it in my wallet - when a lady behind me in line elbowed me aside with a "All right, move it, I'm late for my appointment!" I turned aside from her, took two steps back ... and some old dude behind me elbowed me in the back. I took another step away from him with a mumbled "Excuse me" and fled out the door. What's going on here? Am I some pinball to these pricks? People like that shouldn't be allowed to leave the house. You're late for your appointment? Golly. Please accept my apologies, Your Majesty. Should I stop breathing your air, too? Clearly, you're the only person on earth. I'm sorry; I know I'm preaching to the choir here. But after meeting people like that, I feel like some parts of humanity still hasn't evolved the "chimpanzee flinging poo" stage. You know the kind: brusque, demanding, greedy, with one simple philosophy: "Away with this ignorant rabble! Only *I* Matter!!" I just wish that we as a race would outgrow this spectacularly excessive egotism. We go to the zoo and we laugh at chimps flinging poo at each other, then we go the store and fling away people ... and it ends up with us flinging nukes at each other. Can't we just, you know, evolve past this destructive behaviour? Please? Before humanity is reduced to ashes and this beautiful, unique, blue-green marble floating in a vacuum hostile to our race becomes an unlivable floating pile of red-hot blend of magma and plasma? There, I said it. I feel better.
I went to this boat parade last night in west palm beach and some woman went complete karen on the woman in front of us who was really nice. I ended up having to tell her to back off.
Not sure what a 'Karen' is but doesn't sound like she was nice. * My not happy for today is media bullying. <snip> I have edited my original post. After reading Moose's reply, I realised it was inappropriate and not the message I was trying to convey.
He’s accused of a lot worse than just making a few racy jokes. Last I checked groping and harassment were illegal, as is creating a sexually hostile environment in the workplace. If he’s guilty he’s sleazebag who deserves what he gets. as to the why didn’t they say something at the time? Maybe because he was the big star and they were junior staff with no aegis who needed their jobs and didn’t think they’d be believed or action taken Have I ever told an inappropriate joke in the workplace? Yes I have. Have I ever done it in front of a female junior while leering at her? No I haven’t. Have I ever badgered a lesbian colleague for details about her sex life? No I haven’t, Do I ever graphically discuss my sex life on front of junior staff? No I don’t, Are there thirteeen women out there who could legitimately claim that I said inappropriate things to or about them, no there aren’t. so no in fact I’m not going to be next, because I’m not a skeaze
If you go to youtube, there might literally be thousands of videos of karens, lol. No, she wasnt at all.
There is also this wikipedia entry: Karen (slang). I don't like this slang term, as I know quite a few women called Karen who are genuinely nice human beings, and it's unfair to tar them with this brush. Then again, slang is slang, and people are people. Anyone who assumes that a woman called Karen is anti-social and arrogant, etc., simply because of her name ... is clearly a lunatic and not worth knowing. I'm tired of pleading for a saner world. Violence against women is a crime; violence against anyone is a crime. It's simply a person being an arrogant, boastful, and conceited to an insane degree. So ... perhaps we should name such people 'Egotesticles'? *whistles innocently*
100% Agree. In fact, all the Karens I have every met in real life are the NICEST ladies I have ever known. Also, I personally find the term sexist as we don't have a male equivalent. But let us not begin a debate on the ethics of Karen.
I've heard "Kevin" before. "Chad" is always the stud who all the ladies want. He's a fly guy. Or they just call the guy Karen too.
Yes Kevin chad is incel speak for the guy who’s monopolising all the sex. His female equivalent is stacy
I'm sorry, but this reminds me too much of a song, which I now must subvert. Chorus: How ya doin', Kevin? (Uh huh, uh huh) How ya doin', Kevin? (Uh huh, uh huh) How ya doin', Kevin? (Uh huh, uh huh) And all shopkeepers say I'm pretty fly -- (the complaints guy!) *cue headbanging ... and banging on counters* I have a complaint, so you all will bow to me! Verse 1: Now yesterday I shopped here, and things had seemed all right, but now I'm gonna show you all my obfuscation might. I'm never feelin' happy unless I make a fuss, because I am the founding father of Complaints 'R Us! So who are you? Is the boss in view? I'll moan, whine and carp and criticize you too I'll make up some stuff, never have enough I'm never done, I've got a gun! If I am ignored, I'll be the mouse that roared and you know, in here my vitriol will be outpoured! I am the customer, and hey! Hey! I am always right! (Parody of Pretty Fly for a White Guy by The Offspring, of course. But ... ugh, writing that made me feel dirty. Obviously, the saying "the customer is always right" doesn't mean that everyone should bow to you. It just means you're right in terms of taste, e.g. if you don't want ketchup with your fries, you don't have to have it, etc. Hope you liked this parody (if it's possible to enjoy a song about such an appalling person), and please, feel free to continue it if you like. There's another verse and two choruses to go!)
I've been working on some music with the Maestro app. Most of the music is coming along pretty well, but I just can't get this one piece to work properly. It's the leitmotif for a ghostly villain. The reverse symbol is working pretty well, the synth strings sound like someone screaming, but the pipe organ just isn't doing it. It doesn't sound spooky enough no matter what I try and there's this one part that repeats like three times and I have no idea why I did that. I don't suppose you guys know of any prosody translators? (matching lyrics to music)
You'll know more about this than I will, but I've always liked the British military nickname of Rupert for a certain type of officer.
I have heard that. But you hear far more reports about 'Karens'. So, I still stand by that it is a sexist term with no commonly used male equivalent.
not to mention Rodney all posh boys are Rupert’s they can’t help it, Rodney’s are the ones that you don’t let make a decision without a sergeant to “advise” them Incidentally it comes about because para dummies in the Second World War used to be made with checked trousers like Rupert the bear… and were this named Rupert’s. someone along the way decided that their officer was as much use as a para dummy and the name stuck
I agree. I don't use the term for this exact reason. The same sort of thing has happened several times before, though. There's a reason no one is named Dick anymore.
I guess it's probably a debate room type of topic. There's a long wikipedia article on the Karen meme that covers a lot of the history, uses, opinions on it. For anyone who has worked retail, customer service, and at bars and restaurants, it's nice to have a shorthand way to describe a certain type of affluent, entitled, ignorant, aggressive, unreasonable, etc. customer who is going to demand to speak with a manager because you won't honour their expired coupon that was issued by a different company for a product that you carry.
I was trying to think of an expression people would use before the advent of Karen, but it would usually just a collection of vulgar or otherwise offensive words. I've referred to people, regardless of gender, as fledging britches and I stand by it. The term Karen is at least safe for work.
I wish I knew about the 'Kevin' nickname before, as I've had a few customers who abused me (and the rest of the department) by phone and by email. One memorable customer accused us of spamming him ... because we sent him emails with attachments of his invoices. When we tried explaining, he sent us emails that began with "Hello Peons". Sadly, that was the most polite he ever got. At least he said "Hello". ... and then ... he threatened to sue us. (It was never clear for what; billing him for services, I assume). At this point, we decided enough was enough. I compiled a collection of his abusive emails and showed them to my boss ... and we never heard from this guy again. Good riddance to bad rubbish! I've been writing parodies (and matching lyrics to music) for the past 30 years. What would you like to do, Starcatcher?
Totally fair. I wouldn't begrudge anyone the shorthand. I just agree with Rath that it's extremely unfortunate for perfectly personable people with the misfortune of being born with the name Karen to have their name forever besmirched through no fault of their own. I have an aunt named Karen. She's not the best person, honestly, but she's not a "Karen." I haven't seen my friend Karen from high school in years, but I guarantee you she didn't become a "Karen." It's an unfortunate moniker. That's all I'm saying.
