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Reacting To Crazy Karens And Getting Really Pissed Off!

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Reacting To Crazy Karens And Getting Really Pissed Off!

The video presents a series of extreme and offensive examples of what the speaker defines as "Karen" behavior, ranging from racial discrimination and dismissive attitudes toward disability to personal attacks on appearance, parenting choices, and service workers. The narrator details incidents such as a family refusing to learn sign language, a woman demanding white-only installers at Home Depot, a parent criticizing a child’s use of monkey bars, and a customer blaming a server’s pink hair and nose ring. Other examples include a racist mother-in-law attacking a Hawaiian person over expired coupons, a service worker being insulted for her style, and a parent falsely accusing a child with autism of being in a harmful environment. The content also critiques the absurdity of people making moral judgments on others’ behavior, such as music or affection. These anecdotes collectively illustrate how "Karen" behavior often involves entitlement, bigotry, and an inability to tolerate difference. The video ends with a call to action, promoting health and ticketing brands SeatGeek and LiveGood, while reinforcing the message that such behavior is not only offensive but deeply unproductive in real-world interactions.

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Welcome back ladies and gentlemen, today we have a very special video. Today we're going to be going over the most Karen things that Karens have ever said, okay? I'm seeing all these things for the first time. Greg told me that I'm going to get pissed off, so I'm very excited. Let's find out. "My Karen sister won't learn sign language." "My daughter is deaf. I have pleaded with my sister for her and her husband to at least learn very basic signs so they can communicate with their niece." "Even their kids learn so they can communicate with their cousin, but my sister refuses and keeps saying she should just get a hearing aid and read lips better instead of me having to learn a new language with my hands." You gotta be a real piece of shit to, like, someone's asking you, like, "Hey, this is your niece, wouldn't you like to be able to talk to your niece?" "Tell her to speak English." How is that the response, dude? I wouldn't even let this woman near my daughter anymore. I'd be like, "Yo, you're just like a fucking asshole." Like, I get it if you, like, attempted, you're like, "Listen, I just don't have the time." "Listen, I just don't have the time." "Listen, I just don't have the time." "I'm very busy, so I'm not really good, but I'm trying and, you know, blah, blah, blah." But just, like, not making the attempt and being like, "Oh, just get a hearing aid." Like, fuck off. Shut up, Betsy. "Racist Home Depot customer." Well, here we go. We're here now. "I work at the Home Depot and a Karen told me that she didn't want any black men to install her flooring." Oh my god, dude. "I told her that we don't select which individuals will install her floor and that she'll get who she gets." "Based on availability that day." "She proceeded to have a fit about it, demanded white installers, and then asked to speak to my manager." "I'm so glad she did because my manager's name is Dwayne and he's a big black dude." If this is me, I feel like I'll be like, "Oh, absolutely, ma'am." "We'll send over just the whitest whites that we can think of." "And then I'm sending 400 black dudes to your house to piss on it." "And we're not installing your floorboards." "We're ripping up the old ones and leaving a hole in your kitchen, you fucking piece of shit." "Refrigerator Karen." "I deliver appliances for Best Buy." "We had a woman call and complain that her fridge was not pre-cooled before it was delivered." "And that she had to wait over 30 minutes for it to get to the right temperature after plugging it in." Are people just, like, not knowing what is the world? Like, how the world functions? And by the way, something very similar happened to me when I was working at a pizzeria. I was working the register and I also answered the phones. And someone called and was like, "Hi, I just got food from you and the food was great." "But I ordered a bottle of Pepsi and it showed up and it wasn't cold." And I was like, "Oh, I'm sorry, sir, like, you know, it's pretty busy tonight." "So we're just kind of, like, it didn't spend too much time in the fridge because people keep buying them and blah, blah, blah." And he's like, "Yeah, yeah, I get it, but it's just not cold, it's warm." "Like, I just want, like. " And I was like, "Okay, I'm sorry, like, you know, blah, blah, blah." He's like, "Yeah, just, I don't know why you would say. " And I literally, my manager was standing right here. And I was like, "Put ice in your cup! Then it'd be cold! Put ice in it! Whatever the ice!" And my manager ripped the phone out of my hand and he's like, "I'm sorry." And he got on the phone. "But yo, what's wrong with people, bro? You want your fridge to be pre-cooled? For what? What's that gonna do?" Bro, 30 minutes is also a shorter amount of time than I thought it would take to cool an entire fridge. Oh my god. You know what? I would be like, "You know what? We're sending someone over right now." And then I would send someone over and then I would put her in the fridge and I would lock it. And I'd be like, "There you go. Enjoy your fridge. It's gonna be free." It's freezing now. The geography, Karen! I hate to say that my mother-in-law is a Karen. I wish I knew before I married my husband because, no lie, it's a potential deal-breaker. I went shopping with her recently and her coupons weren't working. Oh my god, dude. I'm already sick. I don't know what it is and I get that, like, this is like, you know, probably the efficient way to shop. But nothing pisses me off like a coupon. I absolutely fucking hate it. It's just one of the worst things. Like, wait, hold on. I got a coupon for that. I got ten coupons so you could save $8. That was on Rice-a-roni. The employee showed her that they were clearly expired for over a year. She became furious and said, "This is why we aren't letting you people in the country anymore." Oh my god. The boy said, "I'm Hawaiian." "I'm Hawaiian and was born right here in this town." Then my mother-in-law said, "Yeah, born here illegally, I'm sure. I bet your parents were born in Hawaii and snuck across the border." Forget about a potential deal-breaker. This is a. I can't even think of a bigger deal-breaker than this. If I was with my partner's mom and they were being outwardly racist to someone who worked in a fucking supermarket or something because your coupon didn't work, I'd be like, "Dude, why would you even put me in the same room as someone like this?" You know? Like, if you're okay with me being in the same room or, like, out on a shot. Like, warn me that I'm dealing with a fucking psychotic racist if I'm taking them to the supermarket. The lady is yelling at Hawaiians in the supermarket over coupons that we shouldn't be using in the first place. You did arts and crafts and you cut this out of a magazine a year ago and you held onto it? That's psychotic, dude. You're supposed to lose coupons if you cut them out a year ago, alright? What an insane thing. Yeah, no, I'd be very pissed off. This would be a deal-breaker. I'd be like, "Yo, I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. " Like, I'm getting out of this fucking racist family. It's ridiculous. Or I'd be like, "Yo, I'm never going to see your parents again." Unless your mom just doesn't talk because this is insane. Monkey Bar Karen was at the park with my daughter and she used the monkey bar halfway through, she fell off. She was fine and got right back up. As soon as she was up, another mom ran over to her, got in her face and started saying, "You should not use the monkey bars if you are not ready. This is not a smart thing to do." I almost strangled the lady. See, this is the problem and this is like the most Karen thing I think in the video so far. We've just been dealing with racists, to be honest with you. But like, this is very Karen because it's like, "You shouldn't use the monkey bars if you're not br-" Get the fuck out of here. What are you, the park police? Get out of here. It's called practice. How is she going to get better at the monkey bars if she's not, like, she's, this is how you get ready, lady. You practice and I'm fine. I'm not doing back flips and landing on my head and I have a broken neck and I'm attempting it again. It's monkey bars, relax. That, to me, is like the most Karen thing, with people who can't mind their fucking business and it's just like, bro, this is what kids do at the park. They climb shit, they get a little hurt, they scrape their knees, it's good for them to scrape their knee every once and again, okay? I understand you got to protect people, but their parent is right there. Let them be a parent. All right, if my kid's on the monkey bars, he falls up and he's like, oh, and I'm like, are you good? He's like, yeah, I'd be like, all right, do it again. Like, that's normal. Don't get on the fucking monkey bars. Jesus, relax, lady. All right, before we continue this video, we do have some sponsors, the first one being SeatGeek. SeatGeek is where you're going to want to get all your tickets, okay? You go into a sporting event, you go into a Broadway play, monster truck rally, whatever you like, they got it on SeatGeek, okay? I've been using them for years. It's the only ticketing app that I really use. I love how they show you what's a good ticket and what's a bad ticket. If it's dark red, that means bad. If it's dark green, that means it's great, okay? And there's some colors in between there to show you like, all right, it's iffy, blah, blah, blah. But yeah, so if you see me at a sporting event, chances are I got it through SeatGeek and you guys should too because now I can save you some money, all right? Use the code JOE2025. You'll get 10% off of your next set of tickets at SeatGeek, okay? 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So if you wanted to get into the world of supplements and just take, like, a multivitamin or something like that, or you want, like, a green, super green powder or something like that, this is where you can do it. You can save some money also. Ready to make the switch and start saving? Well, we're going to make it even easier for you. If you use our link, you can save an additional 10% off of your first order on top of the already low prices. So just go to livegood.com/joe, okay? And you will save 10% on your order. That is livegood.com/joe. Don't miss out on this opportunity to invest in your health without overspending. So, again, you get these supplements already at a low price, and you'll save that additional 10% livegood.com/joe. You're welcome. The Chili's, Karen. This is going to be a goodie, I am sure. I'm a server at a Chili's. I had been serving a woman and her family for over two hours, and the woman was giving me attitude the entire time. I was trying to be friendly, but she was being dismissive and rude. At the end of the meal, they left no tip. As her family was walking out, I asked her nicely, if there was a reason no tip was left. I would just like to know if there was something wrong with my service. She told me that my pink hair and nose ring set a horrible example for her two children, that she didn't want them thinking they could treat their bodies like dumpsters when they get older i told her i'm sorry she was offended by my style choices and she said i'm sorry you treat yourself like a pathetic pig all right i know that i like i was on a hot streak at the beginning of this video about physical violence and i you know i i think in looking back i apologize for that but this one we should kill there's no way and like yo kudos for this girl to like keep her cool and be like i'm sorry that i've offended you with my style choices and then she hits you with pathetic pig bro we're going out to the parking lot i'm slamming your head off the pavement not me not me i'm imagining that a man said this to me and it's like all right dude guess what i'm throwing hot chili in your face now and i'm gonna blind you with that and then i'm gonna start throwing bows this is my biggest pet peeve also when people are disrespectful to like waitresses or anyone who works in a store or whatever like bro these people don't own the store you know like when people get mad like well where is it it's late it's like bro i didn't make this i don't work in the factory why are you yelling at me you know like i just i just work here i'm just wearing a t-shirt that says the name of the store why are you screaming at me just to be disrespectful like this about someone like oh my your pink hair and nose rings set a horrible example for my children what are you talking about like what are you even saying bro have some fun in your life it'll be fine you're gonna run into way worse than someone with pink hair and a fucking nose ring what are we worried about yeah if this was me i would i would be like okay you know next time you come in i will make sure that my hair is normal and i'll take my nose ring out and then when she comes in i shouldn't have chili the pda karen a karen sent her simp husband over to our table at a restaurant to say my wife is really uncomfortable the amount of affection you are showing in public your wife should go home i was literally sitting on the same side of the table as my girlfriend with my arm around her and that was it i told him that him and his wife must have an electric level of affection and i was like oh my god i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i'm so sorry and he walked away perfect exactly that's exactly what you should say because it's like oh yeah my wife is just uncomfortable because you have your arm around your girlfriend like oh that's great i'm uncomfortable that your wife's a bitch how's that i how about i hate your wife and i bet you do too and that's why you're here because you're over here because you know that the only way that she's gonna shut up is if you come over here and you try to fix the situation but unfortunately i got nothing for you so you're just gonna have to go back home to darla who you hate that's what's have to happen here i'm sorry i'm actually i feel bad for you sir i feel bad for you anyone who actually does this is insane i i i honestly i would never say anything to anyone unless i was with children there's people literally naked having sex but if people are just like making out hardcore right in person i would just remove myself in no possible lifetime am i walking over to someone and being like hey could you just just a little like yeah god go away bro the parenting karen oh this is already gonna fire i i just know this is gonna fire me up my toddler was having a tantrum in a retail store it wasn't anything crazier than a typical tantrum because he couldn't get a toy he wanted a woman came up to me and said you should consider not bringing i'm gonna freak i'm gonna freak out you should consider not bringing your autistic child into such a stimulating environment oh my god yo greg imagine someone said that to you i i don't even know i don't know what i i don't even like i'm speechless right now i would be hoping that it had like a water bottle on me and i would just dump it on her head and i'd be like i'm literally not even gonna talk to you i'm just gonna dump water on you like i'd ever like i don't i don't even know that's insane to say to someone also at the end it said it took everything in me not to stab her my son is not autistic honestly if i if i had an autistic child and i was in public and they're having a tantrum and someone came up to me and said this to me you should consider not bringing your autistic child into such a stimulating environment and i would be like you should consider not bringing your autistic child into such a stimulating environment i like i i can't even oh my god i i like i don't even know how i would react to that like that is so rude and so fucked up for you to say like what would you what would you have me do we're in like a store just like hey how about this next time lock your autistic son in the closet and then go to the store and do your shopping you're a piece of garbage lady all right you're a piece of garbage god i that that is such a rough one that one actually makes me so angry the confused karen i work at an apple store a woman came in once and said that her car radio was acting up i told her that unfortunately it wasn't something we could help with at apple because her car isn't an apple product she went off on me and a week later i got called in by the higher-ups because she had made a complaint saying i was rude and refused to help her because she was white i'm half white and half filipino myself i had to stop working while they investigated and i genuinely almost lost my job if i got fired for this i wouldn't mind because i'd be able to tell people i'll be like yeah i got fired because a white woman came in and thought i was discriminating against her because she wanted me to fix her fucking car radio like what are you talking about you dumb ass like i'm not really good with this sort of thing like i and at the jobs i used to work i really wasn't really good at this because if someone came into apple right and was like hey my transmission is blown you mind helping me out i'd be like bitch we got phones you know what i mean we got phones and laptops you're talking about transmissions i don't even know what language you're speaking right now you know street you know car radio maybe radio shack or some shit not here though why don't you take this back to where you bought it and see if they can fix it that would make more sense the gangster rap karen always a classic let's start off by saying that i'm black recently a woman on the train tapped me on the shoulder and told me my gangster music was too loud in my headphones and that she could hear it and it was making her feel unsafe it's hilarious because i'm gay couldn't go punch if i tried and was listening to chapel roan your gangster rap is like bitch's pink pony club it's like you know what i mean i also hate the term gangster rap like when that comes out of white people's mouths it drives me nuts oh were they listening to gangster rap yeah that gangster shut the fuck up you need to go outside interact with someone who isn't you and your stupid white neighbor like come on bro oh the gangster rap is making me feel unsafe i don't know what i'm gonna do on this train mind your business how about shutting up whatever whatever that you feel unsafe don't speak up you're making yourself a target well there you have it folks uh that is that is karen's just being karen's you know how it is um that was a little more racist than i thought it was gonna be to be honest with you but sometimes that's what happens out there in the real world um unfortunately but don't forget to subscribe and we'll see you next time

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. The video highlights extreme examples of "Karen" behavior, including refusing to learn sign language despite a deaf niece, demanding white-only installers at Home Depot, and refusing to accept a refrigerator that wasn’t pre-cooled.
  2. A mother-in-law is shown as a racist Karen who attacks someone’s Hawaiian heritage over expired coupons, calling it a moral failure and claiming they’re not “letting people in the country.”
  3. A parent’s overreaction to a child using monkey bars is criticized as irrational and out of touch, with the speaker arguing that practice and failure are normal parts of child development.
  4. A server at Chili’s is verbally abused for her appearance, with a customer claiming her style sets a bad example for children and calling her a “pathetic pig,” prompting outrage over disrespect toward service workers.
  5. A woman at a restaurant is told by a man and his husband that the speaker’s public affection with a partner is inappropriate, leading to accusations of emotional misconduct and being labeled as "a bitch."
  6. A parent claims a child with autism should not be in a retail store due to “stimulating environment,” a statement described as deeply offensive and harmful.
  7. A customer falsely accuses an Apple employee of racial discrimination for not helping with a car radio issue, highlighting how bias and assumptions can lead to serious workplace consequences.
  8. A woman complains that gangster rap music in headphones makes her feel unsafe, an incident criticized as a violation of personal space and an example of unreasonable, racially charged judgment.

Summary:

The video presents a series of extreme and offensive examples of what the speaker defines as "Karen" behavior, ranging from racial discrimination and dismissive attitudes toward disability to personal attacks on appearance, parenting choices, and service workers. The narrator details incidents such as a family refusing to learn sign language, a woman demanding white-only installers at Home Depot, a parent criticizing a child’s use of monkey bars, and a customer blaming a server’s pink hair and nose ring. Other examples include a racist mother-in-law attacking a Hawaiian person over expired coupons, a service worker being insulted for her style, and a parent falsely accusing a child with autism of being in a harmful environment.

The content also critiques the absurdity of people making moral judgments on others’ behavior, such as music or affection. These anecdotes collectively illustrate how "Karen" behavior often involves entitlement, bigotry, and an inability to tolerate difference. The video ends with a call to action, promoting health and ticketing brands SeatGeek and LiveGood, while reinforcing the message that such behavior is not only offensive but deeply unproductive in real-world interactions.

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A common example is refusing to learn basic sign language to communicate with a deaf niece, instead suggesting the person get a hearing aid or read lips.

The employee explained that installation is based on availability, not race, and the customer reacted with anger, eventually asking to speak to a manager who is Black.

The narrator responds by humorously suggesting they send someone to put the fridge in a freezer and lock it, ensuring it becomes cold for the customer.

A mother-in-law yelled at a Hawaiian person in a supermarket, claiming they were born illegally, showing blatant racism and disrespect toward cultural identity.

A parent criticized a child for using monkey bars, saying they shouldn’t be used if not 'ready,' which the narrator sees as unreasonable and out of touch with how children learn.

The narrator finds it deeply disrespectful, especially when the customer blames their pink hair and nose ring for influencing children, and responds with strong frustration.

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