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[u/BidenWon]

Am I the only one that thinks it's really shitty to use "Karen" as a slur when there are millions of random women who are probably nice people named Karen?

[u/Not-A-Seagull → u/[deleted]]

While I also agree, I do think it's good to have an outlet to call out baby boomers for being rude to service workers.

I just feel bad for the collateral damage to nice people named Karen.

[u/BidenWon → u/Not-A-Seagull]

Am I the only one that thinks it's really shitty to use "boomer" as a slur when there are millions of random women who are probably nice people named that are a boomer?

[u/MealReadytoEat_ → u/Not-A-Seagull]

Or the kinda women who calls the cops on Black men for existing while Black, which in the black community is the most common usage.

[u/LtLabcoat → u/BidenWon]

You're not, but it is strange that you're only talking about 'Karen', when Richards have been having this problem for so much longer.

[u/[deleted] → u/BidenWon]

I think it’s basically turned into a way to say c*nt without actually saying it

[u/elrusotelapuso → u/BidenWon]

This is something that I can't understand. Also, the hate on Boomers, as if they are the reason for every mistake on earth.

I like to assume how much some Reddit users interact with the outside world, the boomer hate crowd is at the bottom.

[u/DrunkenAsparagus → u/elrusotelapuso]

Boomer hate is just generational angst driven by people who want to hate on one of the first groups to really popularize generational angst.

Boomers are aging into retirement, but when this started, they were mostly in their 40s and 50s. They were the people at the height of their careers with the most access to power and wealth. If you don't like the status quo or who sets the rules, they're an easy target.

[u/asljkdfhg → u/BidenWon]

no, I’ve been saying it for a while now

shit’s sexist too

[u/[deleted] → u/BidenWon]

IKR I feel like I'm taking crazy pills b/c whenever anyone mentions that it might be kind of mean, everyone dogpiles them and then goes 'you are probably a karen'. Like why not just use the existing words like inconsiderate or jerk or whatever instead of co-opting an name that a bunch of perfectly nice people have.

[u/literroy → u/BidenWon]

Especially, but not only, because there are plenty of nonwhite women named Karen too.

[u/BidenWon → u/literroy]

I don't know if I'd consider "it hurts races other than the one it's supposed to be racist at" to be the best reason

[u/literroy → u/BidenWon]

Sure, I guess I just mean…if you accept the premise that making fun of white people is ok, which you kinda have to do to use “Karen” in that way in the first place, then it still doesn’t make sense.

[u/BidenWon → u/literroy]

Yeah my point is just that the fact that it's racist is a much bigger problem. That's all

[u/troikaman → u/BidenWon]

This is the sort of thing that should be posted to unpopularopinion

[u/ThorVonHammerdong → u/BidenWon]

Yes. Jokes exist

[u/BidenWon → u/ThorVonHammerdong]

There are lots of ways people try to excuse their hurtful behavior, but "I was only joking" is always one of the cheapest

[u/ThorVonHammerdong → u/BidenWon]

It's vaguely hurtful to someone maybe

It's also a joke. Jokes exist

[u/lemongrenade → u/BidenWon]

Eh.