Karen Generation Meme Becky
We ve largely replaced miss ann with becky and karen the idea behind the names.
Karen generation meme becky. The karen meme has been misogynist from the get go originating from an anonymous male reddit user fuck you karen who was angry at his ex wife named karen for taking custody of his children. Sure there s a growing list of internet memes poking fun at real life stereotypes names such as kyle becky and chad are shorthand for this or that trope but in 2020 karen is the. Sharon karen becky and chad aren t discriminated against in any way but it s interesting to see how their lives have been affected by name based memes.
There are many instances in popular culture associating the name becky nickname for rebecca with an average white woman variously. Julia called gen x privileged and accused them of acting entitled and working against gen z the coining of generation karen comes right on the tail of the ok boomer controversy a phrase that seems to have been invented by generation z as well but somehow still fueled the tension between millennials and boomers the feud sparked a lot of discussion about the constant. Basically hates every minority.
Now it s used as a moniker for any white woman who s thought to be acting inappropriately rudely or in an entitled manner. In 2017 his misogynist rants became a subreddit r fuckyoukaren. Will stop at nothing to stop a karen.
In late 2018 a series of jokes spread in which karen is an ex wife had taken the kids in a custody battle many of which appear in the she took the fucking kids meme. Goes to church every sunday. The karen meme which has become so ubiquitous it s been used as a halloween costume burst on to the scene in the past couple of years to describe white women perceived as acting entitled in public.
The only positive character in the karen cinematic universe aside from bertha of course is an ally. On december 24th 2018 redditor ashleyallday 3 posted an inquiry to r outoftheloop about the jokes pointing to two examples shown below. Karen sun is a far cry from the karen meme that has spread widely over social media in recent years.
But why the name karen karen has widely been credited to black twitter in the 2010s. Thinks the memes on r boomershumor are funny. The fact that my name has been used as a meme so many times is actually laughable says karen serhan the 16 year old.
Other recent examples are karen becky s middle aged counterpart or stacy who is similar to becky but often used in a more overtly sexist manner in male internet spaces. Becky follows in the tradition of using first names to generalize a type of person.
