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Spotting a Karen in the wild isn’t hard.

She’ll be sporting that Rod Stewart circa 1969 haircut, if not in reality, then in spirit.

You’ll know she’s about to attack when her eyes narrow, and she releases the call of the Karen:

“Can I speak to the manager?”

The Karen meme was birthed out of the stereotype of a middle class white woman who, to use CNN‘s words, acts like she “can get whatever she wants”. Another definition of Karen describes her (or him – men can be Karens, too) as “oblivious to how they treat others”.

We’ve all encountered a Karen at some point.

However it came to be, the memes are superb.

Here’s our pick of the best in no particular order.

One does not simply become a Karen:

Or is one always a Karen?

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Maybe they emerge fully formed…

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Super Karen (She keeps her power in her hair)

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The Karen of your nightmares

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That time Justin Bieber went full Karen

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President Karen

In case you missed it, Trump went nuclear on Twitter when the site put a fact check warning on one of his posts.

Space Karen

Elon Musk earned his Karen stripes after he opposed lockdown regulations in the US.

Karen versus Karen

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The OG Karen

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To all the Karens out there, be better.

And, to those in the service industry on the frontlines of the battle against the Karen – we salute you.

[sources:cnn]