Twitter's San Francisco headquarters has gone hardcore tonight. I was in charge of managing badge access to Twitter offices.Įlon just called me and asked if I could come back to help them regain access to HQ as they shut off all badges and accidentally locked themselves out.- Alex Cohen November 18, 2022Īs a protest to the current state of things, people set up a projector outside of Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters displaying a ticker of Elon Musk insults, ranging from the scathing “petulant pimple,” to the old classic “Space Karen.” I was laid off from Twitter this afternoon. The world cup,the largest sporting event in the world, starts this weekend.- Alejandra Caraballo November 18, 2022 ![]() Twitter is restricting employee access to all its buildings through the weekend with no reason given. ![]() I don't think Twitter will last through the weekend. What I’m hearing from Twitter employees It looks like roughly 75% of the remaining 3,700ish Twitter employees have not opted to stay after the “hardcore” email.Įven though the deadline has passed, everyone still has access to their systems.- Kylie Robison November 17, 2022 A large percentage of the workforce has chosen the latter, and reports of chaos within the social media giant are rampant, with the hashtag "RIP Twitter" trending. “Every group has a Karen and she is always a bag of douche," Cook said during his stand-up routine.Twitter is in shambles after Elon Musk sent an email issuing every employee an ultimatum, urging them to join his “extremely hardcore” Twitter 2.0, or quit. "This is one of the earliest examples that we have to using a specific name to stand in for a whole type of person, and it's a comedic trope that we've seen dozens of times over the last 15 years," Matt stated his position. However, he personally thinks that the most convincing origin story is Dane Cook's 2005 comedy special bit "The Friend That Nobody Likes" which names Karen as the friend no one likes. Matt said that it's been hard to pin down the exact origin of the Karen meme. These images, nicknames and jokes frequently have unknown origins and could be connected to some really hateful areas of the internet." As I tell most people, you should always meme with caution. The meme's meaning will change depending on who is meme-ing it and what their intent is, and that could alter how we all view Karen. He continued: "Personally, because I'm kind of iffy on the intent of the meme and where it's going, I probably wouldn't call someone a Karen or use the Karen meme, judging the trajectory of its meaning. It's very possible that the meme could grow even farther to exhibit misogynistic tendencies, which are somewhat already present." Scroll down for the rest of our interview with Matt. So I think that users of the meme should be cognizant that what they're meme-ing might not be their intent anymore. "As grows from a parody of a common social experience of someone demanding to speak to a manager to a statement about white privilege, the stakes over the meaning of the meme grow as well. ![]() We’ve collected some of the best Karen memes, so scroll down, upvote your faves, and check out the ‘Eff You Karen’ subreddit when you have the chance.īored Panda reached out to Matt Schimkowitz, Know Your Meme's Senior Editor, and spoke with him about Karen memes, and how some people find them offensive and insensitive to women. We’re not fans of hating other people, you can’t deny that this online community makes some hilarious Karen content. The ‘Eff You Karen’ subreddit is one of the places that is dedicated to “the hatred of Karen” as they put it.
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