'She gets upset every time neither of her daughters gets picked for something': Karen throws tantrum after her kids weren't volunteers in science assembly

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jul 3, 2023 2:00 PM EDT

There's nothing more annoying than when selfish folks make it seem like they're upset because of a greater principle when in reality, they were just being their selfish selves. This is a common trend that we have been seeing in our culture today, particularly among the Karens of the world. It would almost be better for Karens to just be transparent about how selfish they are acting. I would have slightly more respect for that kind of unapologetic entitlement. However, to instead frame things in such a way that appears to be for the benefit of some greater principle or righteous cause reeks of the worst breed of inauthenticity.

 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/F***YouKaren subreddit and serves as yet another great example of this unfortunate trend. Here we have a Karen who came up to a guest performer after a school assembly, taking issue with the fact that the number of volunteers for the assembly appeared to skew male. The performer explained that they make a point to spread things out evenly across their school tours and that there is an odd number of volunteers needed. Therefore, every other school performance will skew in one direction. Karen kept trying to complain but eventually could not compete with the Redditor's measured responses. Eventually, it became crystal clear what the real issue was here, which was that Karen was bitter that her two daughters were not selected to take part in the assembly. In fact, this suspicion was only later confirmed by an administrator at the school. What a shocking revelation that was.

 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions in the comments section. For more, here's another post about Karen's feud with a neighbor.

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  • 01
    Font - "Karen was annoyed that I didn't evenly divide 7 by 2.", & artif Law
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    Font - Karen was annoyed that I didn't evenly divide 7 by 2. Karen I used to work for a company where we went into schools in our area to perform a free 1 hour wacky science show teaching kids the importance of saving water. Our local area relies on aquifers (underground porous rock that stores rainfall) for the majority of our water, so it's important to teach kids both about how the water cycle works where we live and about not wasting water. This incident occurred 5 years ago (just came up on
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    Font - Myself and my colleague were at a school in a very affluent area performing an our water show, teaching the kids in our own inimitable irreverent way. The school had invited parents in to the assembly, so we had about 30 or so parents seated at the back of the hall along with the 200 or so kids.
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    Font - After the show (which went down an absolute treat) my colleague had gone to collect the car (couldn't park near the school) whilst I had remained behind to tidy up and move all our kit to the front entrance to the school where he would be pulling up. Suddenly, a parent came up to speak to me.
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    Font - Karen: "Hello. Do you mind if I have a quick word?" Me: "Of course not!" Karen: "Well, let me start off by telling you how fantastic that show was." Me (waiting for the but): "Thank you very much." Karen: "But..." My internal monologue: "There it is!"
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    Font - Karen: "I was wondering if you noticed that you picked more boys than girls as your volunteers, rather than an equal number of each?" Me: "You're asking me if I realised that I didn't pick an equal number of boys and girls as my volunteers?" Karen: "Yes."
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    Font - Me: "Yes, I was aware of this. Mainly because we need an odd number of volunteers in the show. It's very difficult to keep the numbers of each equal when the total number is odd." Karen looks at me whilst trying to think.
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    Font - Me: "Did you notice that whilst we picked 4 boys and 2 girls for the aquifer experiment, we picked a girl as the solo volunteer for the tooth brushing experiment. And the tooth brushing volunteer does a lot more than the aquifer volunteers do. So, yesterday when we did this exact same show in a different school we had 4 girls and 2 boys for the aquifer experiment, and then a boy for the tooth brush. We always try and keep things as fair as possible."
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    Font - Karen: "I'm just saying because my daughters were here today and I want them to enjoy science." Me: "Well, hopefully they did." Karen: "I also noticed that on your banner (indicates pop up banner off to one side) that you have 2 boys and one girl on that. That's hardly equal."
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    Font - Me: "True. But with the size of the banner 3 children was the right number. 2 would have left too much empty space whilst 4 would have been too crowded. Karen: "Then why didn't they pick 2 girls?" Me: "Because we made several mock ups of the banner and showed them to different children, and the most popular design was that one."
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    Font - Karen: "Well I don't think..." Me (interrupting): "You may be pleased to see that the fun pack that each child gets to take home has one boy and one girl on the cover." (Picks up pack and shows her) Karen: "That's nice." Karen walks off. Teacher comes over to me.
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    Font - Teacher: "What was all that about?" Me: "Apparently I need to find a way to pick an equal number of boys and girls, despite the total number adding up to an odd total." Teacher: "Because you didn't pick either of her 2 daughters as any of your handful of volunteers out of 200 children in the school?" Me: "It would seem that way."
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    Font - Teacher: "What did you say to her?" Me: "Basically that 7 isn't divisible by 2, but across multiple schools we make sure to keep things equal." Teacher: "And what did she say?" Me: "That's nice."
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    Font - Isteppedinpoopy. 19 hr. ago Just cut one of the kids in half. Easy peasy 621 Reply
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    Font - mikeoxwells2. 19 hr. ago Solomon's justice. The presentation could be water conservation aaaand first responder triage 210 Reply
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    Font - Xylophone_Aficionad O 18 hr. ago So I'm guessing she gets upset every time neither of her daughters gets picked for something, based on what the teacher said to you 107 Reply Share
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    Font - HaroldWeigh 15 hr. ago She has 2 dughters and no son that doesn't seem fair she should have had a son and a daughter by her "logic". 99 Reply Share
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    Font - Eatshitmoderatorz 19 hr. ago I find the more one runs their mouth, the less educated they end up being.
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    Font - StupidOnline Tutor 16 hr. ago I wonder if how to deal with a Karen will become part of job training and eventually school curriculum
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    Font - swordsmithy 9 hr. ago I'm 100% sure her daughters will grow up to be the loveliest people with zero sense of entitlement
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