Anon clips for Karen

>be me
>be white
>have job in landscaping for multiple HOAs
>work with a lot of latinos who speak little to no English
>white lady comes up to me
"OH thank God, someone who speaks English"
>start speaking back to her in Dutch

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99 Comments

xantoxis@lemmy.world · 203 pts · 2y (9 replies)

> she continues talking to him anyway because she really only cared that he's white

Vash63@lemmy.world · 97 pts · 2y (8 replies)

Ja, dat is logisch

rishabh@discuss.tchncs.de · 46 pts · 2y (6 replies)

Ein Deutscher kannst das auch verstehen.

Synctrex@feddit.de · 20 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Ja dat klopt

PrimeErective@startrek.website · 6 pts · 2y

Wie ein Pferd?

stebo02@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 2y

goed dat we elkaar begrijpen

Sheeple@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Ich dachte das wΓ€re Deutsch UFF XD

morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Im Zweifelsfall: diese Kommentarsektion ist ab sofort Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

Jivebunny@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

Nee, G E K O L O N I S E E RD.

cows_are_underrated@feddit.de · 4 pts · 2y

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hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world · 150 pts · 2y (12 replies)

Be me (middle aged white woman, not that it matters)

Be homeowner

Be part of HOA

Not really a huge fan but kinda hard to avoid these days

whatever.jpg

HOA pays for lawn care, so there's that

there's supposed to be an area that they won't touch if they see you planted your own stuff

think it would be cool to grow some flowers

Go up to lawncare guy and ask about it

Looks confused, doesn't speak English

I get it, not his fault

Asked four guys now, all don't speak English

Kinda frustrated, but again I get it

see white guy (super pale)

Assume that he's from America because we live in Virginia

Go up to him, tell him I'm happy I found someone who can speak English

Looks at me and takes in what I'm saying. Seems like he can understand me

starts speaking dutch

Whatever.jpg

Go inside

Husband asks me what's wrong

Gladthatheshere.jpg

tell him everything

Tells me to not worry. He'll go outside and won't stop until he finds someone

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Comes back about thirty minutes later

"Yeah most of them didn't speak English, but there was one guy who was super helpful. Turns out he's a university student making some cash over the summer "

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"He's actually from Holland, isn't that weird?"

mfw.

nodsocket@lemmy.world · -218 pts · 2y (11 replies)
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NikkiDimes@lemmy.world · 68 pts · 2y

Downvote this comment? Yessir!

Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 2y

Ask and ye shall be targeted

Not your personal army etc

imgel@lemmy.ml · 47 pts · 2y

lmao hivemind dumbass

Elivey@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Karen jokes are for boys that want to be openly sexist and hate women that they're not attracted to (middle age). Then they specify she's white so they can't be perceived as racist.

SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 2y

Ding! It is a lazy way to pretend you are morally superior.

Gullible@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 2y (2 replies)

She may not be a Karen. The story is intentionally vague enough to simply indicate exasperation at a language barrier, and the person you replied to is the only one who noticed.

Turun@feddit.de · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The story is vague, but the title is not.

I like the its-actually-not-a-karen viewpoint, but you did set a certain view on the story by giving it that title, there's no denying that.

Gullible@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

Very intentionally, yes, as I was certain that it would appeal to Lemmy's superiority complex. I wondered how long it would take for a single comment to point out the assumption, and the answer was 12 hours. No presumption of innocence here. I don’t really have a horse in this race, I just like baiting and seeing what bites.

Jax@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 2y

No, but why don't you hold that blue arrow for me

Bytemeister@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

I don't think you understood the comment...

PissinSelfNdriveway@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

Go back to Facebook you bag of cunt.

Pregnenolone@lemmy.world · 133 pts · 2y (34 replies)

lol y’all really believe Dutch is a real language

Edit: speak all the gibberish you like, you can’t fool me

TheBat@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 2y (10 replies)
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aksdb@feddit.de · 8 pts · 2y (7 replies)

What about Belgian chocolate? Is it real or am I being ripped off?

s_s@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Flandersization.

It started off real but now it's basically a parody of itself.

nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2y

Like wearing nuthin at all!

criticon@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Flemishsization

PainInTheAES@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Flemishittification?

Natanael@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 2y

I see what you did there

BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

For sure there's good Belgian chocolate, those seashells are just not one of them.

Sugary grainy praline.

aksdb@feddit.de · 3 pts · 2y

So I've been ripped off. Dammit.

antik@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Ela kalm eh

ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Flemish or French?

InputZero@lemmy.ml · 27 pts · 2y (3 replies)

There are only two things I can't stand in this world; people who are intolerant of other people's culture, and the Dutch.

ironhydroxide@partizle.com · 4 pts · 2y

I too can't stand anything in this world.

Rednax@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Same here. Probably a shared feeling among us Dutch folk.

TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y

Lmao, love that movie!

newIdentity@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 2y (4 replies)

As a German I think they are only making it up to mess with Germans

Rednax@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y (3 replies)

1 ei. 2 eieren.

antik@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Nog altijd makkelijker dan 97 zeggen in het Frans

gentooer@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Hier hebben we gelukkig nonante

antik@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Chanceke

stebo02@sopuli.xyz · 19 pts · 2y (2 replies)

nee niet echt nee

HerbalGamer@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Stiekem doen we gewoon alsof.

OtherPetard@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 2y

Héél stiekem, terwijl we zo heel stilletjes in ons hoofd engels praten zo.

RickTofu@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Lol jullie geloven serieus dat Nederlands een echte taal is

b00m@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I just hear swamp noises :P

Cookiesandcreamclouds@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

bango music playing softly In the distance

IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Als ik je zie dan maak ik je kapot verrekte kut!

Hadriscus@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 2y (1 reply)

haha ! as if that meant anything

IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y

をホ

BorgDrone@lemmy.one · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Zeg makker

antik@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Kameraad

Gekoloniseerd@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Nederlands is een echte taal. Je kan mij alles vragen en zal reageren in het Nederlands.

PainInTheAES@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Kei tof

kattenluik@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 2y

Knetter

read_deleuze@lemmy.ml · 39 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Nieuw-Amsterdam komt terug, het is slechts een kwestie van tijd

mayonaise_met@feddit.nl · 33 pts · 2y (2 replies)

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y

I don't spriken zee Deutch, but this feels... ethnicly charged.

Gekoloniseerd@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

IK SHINE

Sheeple@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Also als deutscher verstehe ich's trotzdem

Jivebunny@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Also also

Gekoloniseerd@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 2y (12 replies)

Ja ik begrijp dat dat iets moois is om te doen.

imgel@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y (4 replies)

I hate Dutch so much its almost unhealthy.

DuckGuy@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 2y

Famous Nigel Powers quote

Gekoloniseerd@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

De taal zelf of de mensen? Zit nogal een heugelijk verschil in mooie randdebiel.

imgel@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Okie Dookie friendokie, stfu.

antik@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Nee, jij

Raz@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y (6 replies)

Specerijen?

PainInTheAES@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Gekoloniseerd?

Gekoloniseerd@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Is dat een vraag?

Daefsdeda@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Wat zou de conversion rate van alle landen zijn omtrend reddit naar lemmy? Interesting question indeed

Rednax@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Bedoel je de conversie ratio?

antik@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Ik denk 3

EddoWagt@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 2y

Kokosnoten...

TvanBuuren@feddit.nl · 29 pts · 2y (6 replies)

Een beetje Nederlander kan heel goed Engels praten hoor.

AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 21 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Praten goed engels jaa

IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social · 12 pts · 2y

Sank yoo ferry muts

RickTofu@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I like all dit. My husband is antiquair.

IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social · 12 pts · 2y (2 replies)

My husband foks horses

Pardon?

Yesh paarden

Akasazh@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

De achttiende eeuw belde zojuist, ze willen hun grapje terug.

TvanBuuren@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 2y

VOC mentaliteit

SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml · 29 pts · 2y

Being able to communicate to other people is sort of an important thing that could feel frustrating.

RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 2y (2 replies)

....why are we being him, again?

LoamImprovement@ttrpg.network · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Now, as ever, 'For the lulz.'

Gullible@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y

teh*

FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Whenever someone says that to me I automatically switch over to my very limited Spanish. They will get no quarter from me.

MathiasTCK@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Esta es la forma.

robocall@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2y (3 replies)

You should have said to her, "Eh gΓΌey, chinga tu madre, pinche pandejo!"

Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The word is actually pendejo, with an e. Pandejo sounds like you're trying to make a bread-based pun, like dickbread instead of head

kamenlady@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Boludo este, nΓ³?

DarthBueller@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

The universal Spanish of all manual laborers everywhere.

Blackmist@feddit.uk · 23 pts · 2y (5 replies)
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peopleproblems@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y

dungarees?

You mean overalls? Overalls are perfect for outdoor labor because you won't get straw or bugs or pig shit sneaking down your pants or up your back,. No belt means less chance to get caught on machinery or something to pull your life out.

nodsocket@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y (1 reply)
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PissinSelfNdriveway@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

Imagine being European..

TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz · 16 pts · 2y

that's how American farmer guys dress

Default_Defect@midwest.social · 10 pts · 2y

Because that's how my mom's fucking idiot fiance dresses. It's a thing.

Zoldyck@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Bitterballen for everyone!

KISSmyOS@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
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Jivebunny@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

En koning pintenman, onze god

BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

Anglich, la lengua de Wily Chipirito