What can we learn watching videos of these privileged meltdowns? During my long “work-from-home” isolation forced by COVID-19, I have found myself wasting time on YouTube a lot.
One of my most recent obsessions is the hundreds of “Karen Meltdown” videos posted there. Compiling the videos of indignant women and, in a few cases, men going ballistic after being told they can’t do this thing or that thing has become a cottage industry.
A vast majority of these videos are of “Karens” trying to enter stores without wearing masks. Predictably, they throw a tantrum and, in some cases, physically attack store workers and/or the merchandise in the store itself.