Who is karen, and where did the karen meme come from?

[Anonymous]

This is probably a dumb question, but I know what the meme "karen" meme is, it's a meme about middle-aged people that are entitled and always want to speak to the manager. It makes wonder who is Karen? And when the meme started at the beginning?

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God I suck at typing! I forgot to put "me" between "makes" and "wonder"

[4ngelic]

it comes from this woman, who acts like the stereotypical karen in a famous tv show

[slatyb]

It was a popular name for girls born in the 1960s, so it became a short name for angry entitled white women of a certain age.

[handsomelad70]

One of my late sisters was named Karen.

[Anonymous]

I think it came from some reality show. The mom/wife was a "karen" with the "karen" haircut.

[Opinion Owner]

It was some show about a couple with a bunch of kids

[Anonymous]

You missed the big one. A white lady