The Passion of the Karen

"*As with all things internet lingo, the definition of what a Karen is will soon be stretched so thin that it will be barely recognizable, emerging from that event horizon as a new name now to be adopted, overused, and diluted by the masses. And when we look back, all we'll remember is The Passion of the Karen.*"
―Erik
The Passion of the Karen is the 119th lesson of Internet Comment Etiquette. It was released on August 28, 2020.

## Summary

Erik is dressed like a Shakespearean actor and watches a video of a Karen trying to call the police on a Black man. Then he sees an article explaining that Karen is a racist term used to put down white women so Reginald Titslap leaves a comment.

Erik looks at a predecessor to Karens, Barbecue Becky. Then he tries to find some Karens in their natural habitat and finds some in the Facebook page Karen is a Slur. Erik becomes Erikaren to blend in and posts a video showing his support and ranting about sweet potato fries. Then he finds a post made by a Karen with an unfortunate comment about George Floyd so Erik asks to see the manager of the Facebook page, slap his naked titties, and fart.

Erik notices that his wine is room temperature so he plays a sponsored ad while he gets some more.

Erik looks up Karens on YouTube and finds an endless stream of Karen compilations. Then he finds one about a male Karens. There seems to be some disagreement about what a male Karen should be called, so Erik adds his own input. Then Erik realizes that it would really suck to have your name be used as a slur. He finds an article about that written by a woman named Karyn, but all of the comments just laugh at her for being a Karen. Erik leaves his own comment, but then he realizes someone already left the same exact comment.

Erik is trying to figure out if we should accept the apologies of Karens. He finds a video of Permit Patty apologizing for calling the police on an 8-year-old Black girl for selling water bottles without a permit. She describes all of the horrible pictures and death threats she's received since the story went viral. They don't accept her apology, and all of the comments laugh at her for getting death threats. Then Erik leaves an "if I was there" comment.

Erik concludes that the term Karen will likely get overused to the point of meaninglessness and asks his students to not call him a Karen in the comments.

## Comments

*WHATEVER KAREN*
- Reginald Titslap

*Yo what the hell is a glizzy? That word sounds cool I wanna start using it. I'm 15 and I hear words that are cool so I use the shit out of them no matter what they mean lets gooo. My entire vocabulary at this point is just phrases I've picked up from black twitter, tiktok, and twitch streamers. Imagine using your own words POGCHAMP. I got turned on to calling people Karen about a year ago, and dude I've been calling EVERYONE Karen since then KEKSTORM. Don't get me wrong, the chick in this video is definitely a Karen but I called my step-mom a Karen the other day just because she asked me to take all the dirty dishes out of my room, triggered the shit out of her too. That's what makes Karen the perfect go-to insult for all the women in your life, hit em with that Karen and they'll lose their fuckin minds and act just like a Karen and the more you point it out the crazier they get until you win the argument. In my case though, my step-mom actually divorced my dad and cited me as the reason and now my dad's drinking again like a total simp but at least I don't have to worry about all the romantic feelings I developed towards her because I guess that's cool on the internet now. TTYL Check out my minecraft server: https://bit.ly/2QtUHK1 NOT SAFE FOR WORK**PS: Ok I just googled it and Glizzy is a hot dog. Ahh yoink!*
- Erik

*Yo we're gonna call male Karen's “Erik" (with a K) from now on, because that's my name and I'm always starting shit with people just minding their own business. One time I called 911 on a child's lemonade stand just so I could fight the cops who showed up, and then I fought the children. But that's just cause I'm an Erik with a k baby. Not an Eric with a C, those guys are cool. I like to hang out with other dudes named Erik so we can all think of new ways to be the center of attention in places like supermarkets and airplanes. So far our biggest success is Erik Prince who just straight up kills people. Alright I gotta go there's some kids skateboarding outside my apartment and I need to go harass them until they
beat the shit out of me.*
- Erik

*You are definitely a Karyn.**I got into some trouble about an unsavory person named Barbara Fedora. I said she may be Hispanic, but looked Sicilian. Because this unsavory individual was involved in contracts, I wondered how many she had taken out.**I was definitely in the wrong there. Only a minority of Sicilians are connected, if you know what I mean.**I pondered where my prejudice came from and realized it was a movie & an opera that were to blame. Godfather I said that Sicilian women were more dangerous than shotguns. Cavalleria rusticana In some ways was dedicated to proving Sicilian women are more dangerous than shotguns. Since everything I read indicated Barbara Fedora was more dangerous than a shotgun, I made the false mental leap that I did.**I sincerely apologize to the people of Sicily.*
- Erik and Martial

*Man if I was there I woulda grabbed this Karen by her throat and whispered a spell into her ear giving her powers of levitation, then I'd jump on her stupid back and ride her like a surfboard up into the atmosphere while shooting fireworks from my worn out asshole that spell “NO FORGIVENESS” in the sky. I get such a justice glizzy everytime I see a Karen go down in flames. There's gonna be so many jobless Karens by this time next year that they can probably all meet up in the desert and start their own Karen Colony and see how long that lasts before they turn into a Rat-King-Karen where all their highlighted streaked bobs get tangled together and this new gargantuan mass of writhing flesh comes rolling back
to destroy yelp ratings and call the police on every black person in their path.*
- Erik

## Context

1. ↑ George Floyd was a Black man that was killed by police officers in March 2020. It resulted in the largest mass protest in human history.

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