Not My Circus

In this episode of Everything Hurts, Danielle and Cheryl revisit Episode 3’s Karen conundrum with some comical research out of the UK on who really are the biggest complainers (spoiler alert: we’re looking squarely at you Louise). They also discuss their thoughts on how today’s Karen doesn’t match the OG definition from a decade ago. They touch on the popular “let them” theory by New York Times bestselling author and motivational speaker Mel Robbins, while also lending credence to Cheryl’s most valuable lesson to her daughter – it’s not your circus, not your monkeys. They also chat up staying silent on social media, as comment sections are lawless lands… and who has that kinda time.

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Links/studies mentioned in this episode:

https://bionic.co.uk/blog/business-insurance-cover-against-complaining-karens/

https://www.colorado.edu/linguistics/2023/04/14/evolving-pejoration-karen

Chapters

• 0:10 Danielle’s knees remind her she can’t drop it like it’s hot anymore
• 2:05 Revisiting the Karen conundrum
• 2:31 UK-based Bionic’s data on covert “Karens”: Louise, Ann, and Jane
• 3:17 Univ. of Colorado digs into 2014’s definition of a Karen vs. today’s
• 4:45 Facebook groups are prime Karen places
• 7:34 When do you let things go?
• 9:27 Not my circus, not my monkeys
• 9:52 upporting Mel Robbins’ “let them” theory
• 11:13 Holding back on social media comments
• 13:27 Popping the popcorn watching others social media comments
• 14:42 Youth is brazen
• 15:09 The beginning of the end – the Internet
• 16:32 Twitter tantrums and Facebook fights