Land O'Lakes Butter removes Native American mascot and Karen is NOT having any of IT. (TMZ)
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O captain, my captain!
My wife bought a round butter dish that I never wanted to use, but I discovered this butter and, besides being a perfect fit, it's delicious! I think Kerrygold edges it slightly, but only just.
I grew up with Land O'Lakes so it feels like the end of an era. The image is so iconic in my mind. I'm not mad about it or anything. If people were rightfully upset, then by all means change it, I just don't know the actual origins to know whether it was offensive or....
....oh, so most likely.
....oh, so most likely.
Hell yeah!That's good, but it's got nothing on the GOAT.
Not enough people looked at her Twitter handle, that's for sure.
... Land o' Lakes is a co-op though. It doesn't have an 'owner'.
I'm not made of money :(That's good, but it's got nothing on the GOAT.
I get Tillamook when it's on sale, otherwise Kroger.
really didn't know it was that big of a problem until I saw wind river and then went down a rabbit hole of holy shit
Well now I had to go and research this and I'm just confused. The image was made by a member of the Red Lake Ojibwe, which is located in Minnesota where Land O'Lakes is from.
en.wikipedia.org
Could somebody go into slightly more detail as to whether this was actually deemed offensive, if this is just a marketing change, or is this just a change to avoid questions whether offensive or not?
Patrick DesJarlait - Wikipedia
Could somebody go into slightly more detail as to whether this was actually deemed offensive, if this is just a marketing change, or is this just a change to avoid questions whether offensive or not?
I assume those upset people are racist white women who get called Karen just like the only people who think calling someone a "terf" is sexist are, in fact, people who are terfs.
I just remember reading about it forever ago (might've actually been a thread here), meaning 2 years ago under this administration. It was definitely someone very high up in the company though.
As an aside, as dismayed as I was about switching to another creamer, it was nothing compared to having to switch hotdog brands from Nathan's.
Along with Oleo / Olestra, margarine has gotta be one of those all time food scare scams. For a period from like 1989 to 1995 we only used margarine on things because my parents and grandmother obviously read some bull shit in Readers Digest.
The answer was staring us in the face, but it was already taken by another derogatory name shoutout. A male Karen should have been known as a "Jimmy".
When you're so allergic to change you actually notice someone changing the brand logo on your freaking butter.
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It's more about how there's not a male equivalent, so it has more of a sexist spin on it because it causes undue hate toward women.
Anything that changes their lifestyle in any way (Unless they can profit from it) is virtue signaling.
Also, semi-random, but if y'all like butter, I suggest you give President butter a chance, it's amazing and more supermarkets are now carrying it.
NOT MY PRESIDENT!!
I'll admit the carton does look kinda sparse now that she's missing, but it was definitely time for an update. Maybe they need a new mascot, like a butter trout or something.
I didn't vote for this butter.
Unless I did, which is possible, because I honestly don't pay that much attention to the branding of my butter. It's fucking butter.
This is the kind of thing that reminds me how bizarre the whole meme of "liberals/leftists are so easily offended" is. Conservatives are constantly throwing fits about little changes like this making themselves look like whiny babies.
There's absolutely a male equivalent though, but none of us know what the name is. There's even a picture of the male equivalent quoted like 5 times on the last page.
A "Karen" is someone who overwhelmingly exudes "I want to talk to your manager" brand entitlement energy. There are totally men who do that.
Edit: Looking around the internet a bit it's pretty universally agreed on that there's a male version but nobody can agree on what name to use. I've seen Bob, Ian, Marc, Kyle (though Kyle seems to be a whole other breed of human mainly revolving around Monster energy drinks) Dan and Greg. The kind of dude who's gonna humiliate the waitress at IHOP over some stupid bullshit by chewing out her manager. IMO it should be Doug. "Christ, Doug, not again, I'll be with the kids in the car" "I'm juST ASKING THE MAN A QUESTION"
Edit: Hal would be good too, it makes me think of the dad from Malcolm in the Middle but it seems like a fitting name for the kind of dude taking a low angle selfie in his truck.
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Bob.IDK if he has a name yet, but he certainly has a face:
This stuff is so god damn good. They make cheese too and it's amazing.That's good, but it's got nothing on the GOAT.
Male-Karens (who REALLY need a name ASAP) have some slightly different traits and uniforms, but they are united with Karens in a commonality of "shit-starters that think the world owes them something/everything for no good reason and will step over anyone to get it".
EDIT: For extra fun, the correct collective noun (eg. murder of crows, herd of cows, drove of hares, parliament of owls, etc) is "a complaint of Karens".
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interestingly enough I read this article last week about the very topic.
The 'Karen' meme is everywhere ā and it has become mired in sexism
Countless TikTok videos are dedicated to the Karen meme. What was once a way of describing womenās behaviour is now too often about controlling it
www.theguardian.com
That article is very picky-choosey.interestingly enough I read this article last week about the very topic.
The 'Karen' meme is everywhere ā and it has become mired in sexism
Countless TikTok videos are dedicated to the Karen meme. What was once a way of describing womenās behaviour is now too often about controlling it
Like how she just neglects to mention that the person that agreed with her comment and started the discussion causing the "firestorm" described in the article is a well-known TERF, which is what set it off. And the fact that "Karen" is used to describe the casual racism of entitled middle-aged white women was brushed aside in a sentence or two for being wholly inconvenient to the narrative.
More examples:
"Oh, you were serious, let me laugh harder." We live in a world where people seriously call removing an Indigenous woman from a butter packet as PC culture run amok, don't be so naive to think that it's not happening and it's not dead serious.
Until they get their own forever-name, YEAH, we're calling men Karens too. My first exposure to the Karen meme was a Facebook listicle that had Male Karen examples in it, FFS. ExampleS. Plural.
Indigenous women don't typically look like that, first of all. That specific look has been used in art and culture as a caricature of Indigenous girls below age of consent, semi-frequently in a sexual manner. And lastly, it's making Indigenous peoples into mascots, a long-standing North American tradition that many Indigenous people don't much care for.
EDIT: And for those unaware, there's an epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous girls, many of which are manipulated into or kidnapped for sex trafficking.
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Texas mayor broke her own stay-at-home order to go to nail salon
The mayor?
It's like a god damn caricature at this point.
The mayor?
It's like a god damn caricature at this point.