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darksidedsam Tiro Offline Stone, Spin, Sling! Posts: 27 Essex, England Gender:	Things a Karen might say to a slinger... Aug 26^th, 2020 at 3:55pm Ive been slinging for over 15 years on and off, today a comment was made at me that kinda annoyed me from a karen today : "David and Goliath? i think David was meant to be little." Basically suggesting i shouldnt be doing slinging as im an adult and not a child/adolescent lol
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Kick Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 3462 Finland	Re: Things a Karen might say to a slinger... Reply #1 - Aug 27^th, 2020 at 10:06am A rock across the broadside will keep em quiet. DISCLAIMER DO NOT SLING AT PEOPLE THIS IS A JOKE. (Best be safe...)
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Re: Things a Karen might say to a slinger...
Reply #2 - Aug 27^th, 2020 at 5:47pm

My goodness, what did she think you were doing, Old Testament cosplay? Roll Eyes

*sigh* They will never understand. At least it's better than getting the cops called on ya..., I sometimes imagine someone might think I'm a complete nutcase and alert the fuzz. I usually sling in a pretty isolated spot, so I'm not usually too worried though.

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Re: Things a Karen might say to a slinger...
Reply #4 - Aug 28^th, 2020 at 8:51am

Captain_Twine wrote on Aug 27^th, 2020 at 5:47pm:

At least it's better than getting the cops called on ya

Definitely this.

I think this is one of the modern perceptions of the sling, that it's more of a toy than a weapon. Which is good in that it's not seen as threatening. But on the other side it doesn't always get the respect it deserves.

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Re: Things a Karen might say to a slinger...
Reply #5 - Aug 28^th, 2020 at 12:38pm

'karen' ?

Did you perhaps use a rude word ? I haven't looked at the swearing substitution table for a while - but can't recall 'karen' whistle

And the answer is: 'david was a normal sized bloke in his early 20's - goliath was a giant.'

The comment 'thought david was supposed to be little' only really applies when you're talking to people like Luis pons, or diego or david.
You know, really tall bastards

Okay - not a substitution - so what's a 'karen' ?

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Kick Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 3462 Finland	Re: Things a Karen might say to a slinger... Reply #6 - Aug 28^th, 2020 at 2:17pm https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Karen Urban Dictionary to the rescue!
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vetryan15 Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1581 Northern Mainers Gender:	Re: Things a Karen might say to a slinger... Reply #7 - Aug 28^th, 2020 at 4:32pm Curious Aardvark wrote on Aug 28^th, 2020 at 12:38pm: 'karen' ? Okay - not a substitution - so what's a 'karen' ? It is a name that millennials thought decided to use to call someone who acts foolishly. Instead of using curse words, or bad names.
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Kick Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 3462 Finland	Re: Things a Karen might say to a slinger... Reply #8 - Aug 29^th, 2020 at 1:27pm vetryan15 wrote on Aug 28^th, 2020 at 4:32pm: It is a name that millennials thought decided to use to call someone who acts foolishly. Instead of using curse words, or bad names. I would say it's more specific than that though. The urban dictionary definition is pretty much spot on I would say.
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Reply #9 - Aug 30^th, 2020 at 12:46pm

I believe the stereotype revolves mostly around themes of ignorance, a bad attitude, and throwing around one's weight/white privilege. I think it is often applied unfairly to women who are merely advocating or sticking up for themselves, but sometimes people are just rude.

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Reply #10 - Aug 30^th, 2020 at 10:39pm

The term “Karen” specifically refers to white know-it-all women with a chip on their respective shoulders. If you think about it even a little bit, you will realize that the term is actually quite offensive and bigoted in the way it establishes strong negative racial and gender stereotypes.

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Re: Things a Karen might say to a slinger...
Reply #11 - Aug 31^st, 2020 at 10:26am

I agree - Perhaps rudeness should be met with a response other than generalization. Many aspects of the "Karen" stereotype are perfectly innocent and do not follow logically from one another. If a "Karen" is a privileged white know-it-all with short blond hair, square glasses and a bad attitude who asks for your manager, how many women really share ALL of those qualities? How can you deduce rudeness and privilege from blond hair and assertiveness? Their association is the work of conflation, and thus the trope has the effect of denigrating any woman who asserts herself.

This has very quickly evolved into a deep social discussion. Grin

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“For as this ought, or ought not, expresses some new relation or affirmation, 'tis necessary that it should be observed and explained; and... a reason should be given, for what seems altogether inconceivable, how this new relation can be a deduction from others, which are entirely different from it. ..[V]ice and virtue is not founded merely on the relations of objects, nor is perceived by reason.”

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Bill Skinner Slinging.org Moderator Forum Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3292	Re: Things a Karen might say to a slinger... Reply #12 - Aug 31^st, 2020 at 12:25pm Means B****. But it does't get tagged as profanity on most browsers.
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Morphy Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Checkmate Posts: 5955	Re: Things a Karen might say to a slinger... Reply #13 - Nov 24^th, 2020 at 8:45pm Simple: "Excuse me sir what are you doing?" "I'm minding by damn business what about you?"
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Re: Things a Karen might say to a slinger...
Reply #14 - Nov 25^th, 2020 at 6:43am

I only know a couple of privileged white ladies.

One helped organise us a bucket of tennis balls.

The other told her husband to give me some of the materials I used to build the backstop.

I know for a fact that these are both extremely tough ladies when crossed. But everyone likes a dad spending time with his kids I guess.

I've had issues with men though, brown ones, giving us a hard time over nothing. The bitches here tend to be male.... ahaha

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