Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for June 05, 2022

Luann disrespectfully calls people Karen?? Isn’t Greg’s daughter (the writer of this comic) named Karen??

tough, huh, Frank?

How many million women named Karen have to put up with this?

Debbie(s) everywhere are grateful to get a break.

Frank girl lingo that’s way Nancy can break it down for you.

This is why whenever I talked on the phone as a kid, I never did it within earshot of my parents.

And, for me, Sundays bring the image of a “Nancy” who is frequently immersed in a large book and making progress even though Frank is smooshed up next to her and yipping into her ear.

I only ever see the Karen slang kicking around on YouTube. Stop watching so much YouTube, Luann!

Karen…. Ugh! I hate that term..

And women wonder why we can never understand them.

Frank, just let it go…

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Maybe, but NO-ONE is naming their newborns Karen, apparently.

Fun fact: in spanish the name Karen is used as a joke in cat memes to represent female cat owners. Male owners are called “Karen macho.”

What a great comic today. Every panel is amusing. I always enjoy Luann, but this particular episode is excellent.

I used to know a Karen. Ooh, laa laaa…

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Then my wife came along. Ooh, laa laaa laaaa laaaaa

Dad’s Karen too much.

One aspect of female talk (aka gyno-speak) is changing the meaning of a word by saying it twice. “I like him, but I don’t like him like him.” “She’s a friend, but she’s not a friend friend.” Ad nauseum.

Will Luann EVER grow up??

It’s a shame that such a nice name as Karen got destroyed.

I guess there’s no good place for Greg to write his name in today’s comic…

Heard Luann’s first bubble in Lil’ Wayne’s voice (dated reference). Her third in Pat Cooper’s on Stern (super dated reference)

You can use my name – Dan – instead of Ken, Chad or even Karen. I’m don’t feel damaged because my name is the same as a meme.

I really wish Luann is talking with Prudence here, I really miss her, her positivity and her being always supportive with her “lil sis” Luann. But it’s more likely that Luann is talking to Tara. Also, I’d like to see Luann and Tara together more often. Frank is at least trying to understand. There are so many fathers who don’t care at all.

Really dislike the term. Not only do I know some lovely people named Karen, I think it’s misogynist.

Frank.

After all these years, you STILL eavesdrop on your daughter’s phone conversations??

Doing a sermon series where I’ll talk about the difficulties of translation (and point to some places where traditional Bible translations get things wrong)… Be nice (but a copyright violation) to print this strip in the bulletin.

Karens have taken over the world of entertainment.

Hey Evans forgot to draw a cord on the phone, first frame. HAHAHA!.

Frank it’s a subset; “Teenage Female.” Although isn’t Luann out of her teens now? She’s been in college a couple of years now. Usually that means one has entered their 20’s.

People who call someone a “Karen” is being very disrespectful to women who’s name is Karen and is actually a very kind and generous person.

Mom’s are multilingual.

‘Karen" = ’beyotch’ Got it?

Finally! We got some Nancy action. It’s about time. I bet if she walks around in the rain that steam comes off of her.

As everyone already knows by now I really hate that turn of phrase and in fact I am against any sort of phrase where a proper name is used to insult and degrade someone. I feel sorry for anyone who is linked to such a name and especially if that person is a young child. Today’s society has virtually insured that few if any will ever name their daughter KAREN again. I’m sure this is just Greg and Karen’s way of telling people like myself to LIGHTEN UP and that it doesn’t bother Karen so it shouldn’t bother me etc. etc. But that doesn’t change my opinion. I’m still appalled by the blanket cruelty of it and the fact that my Beloved Luann is using this hateful and degrading phrase today just makes me cringe. So much so, I think I’ll take a long break from commenting for a while. It’s very disappointing.

There are somethings which must be forever be a mystery. . . . Females, regardless of age, are one of them.

Ignorance can be bliss….

I won’t address this one. Too much low hanging fruit.

I don’t think any male over 30 can speak either teen ager or female

BJShipley1: Right-on! Should we create a completely nonsensical string of characters for certain types of people? Stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason. That said, we should draw the line at racial and other stereotypes that serve no useful purpose other than hate-speech. But, don’t expect “Karen” to go away soon. Think “Dick”, “Peter”, “John”, etc. I can remember those monikers being used for at least the past 70 years.Reminds me of that old joke:

“Mrs. Presley, doesn’t it bother you when people call your son: “Elvis-the-Pelvis.”Mrs. Presley: “No, but I hate what they call his brother, Enis.”

Rather disappointing to equate teenage & women. Not all women are infantile communicators, some are quite well spoken. Given a LARGE part of child rearing & k-12 schooling is focused on teaching behavior/impulse control, ie, “use your words instead of hitting people” and the ever popular emphasis on being “kind” in any interaction, Luann’s unintentionally insulting communication skills would seem to be a parent/school failure on teaching respect and honest communication. Once again Luann needs to grow the heck up. Though it might be fun to criticize people for being a Luann when they resort to name calling vs. facts.

STOP EAVESDROPPING, YOU MORONS!

Monday: Tiff gets pulled over by police for having too much junk in her car.

I feel like people who are offended by the term Karen tend to be those for whom the term applies to.

Don’t feel bad Frank, I don’t either.

Not funny. The dumb-Dad schtick is tiresome….

Karen’s have a bad rep, since Marie Antoinette, whose real name was Karen

Great dialogue, or half-of-a-dialogue. Some people in this wildly over-thought thread try to make out Luann’s and Brad’s parents as creepy and uncaring, but I don’t think that’s the case at all.

Happy Pentecost! Jesus isn’t dead. He’s just given up the ghost.

Wait a minute…(!) : isn’t a Karen a female racist? Named after a woman who called cops on a black bird watcher?

Nancy Degroot, Luann Translator? 11 dollars per hour?

Give up, Frank. You’re just a man in a household; nothing is expected of you beyond obedience and financial support….

1. Teen talk: In the early 80s, when Val-Speak became popular, it was just another same for the same old high school teen girl speak—with the same sing-song tonal vocalization.

2. I understand names get shortened, but where did the first letter change kick in? Pleez ’splain.

Examples: William—Will—Bill.

Robert—Rob—Bob.

Richard—Rich—Rick—Dick.

Margaret—Meg—Peg (only girl’s name I could come up with)

I wonder how difficult it would be for this to be translated into en Espanole where the social rhetoric is probably pretty different.

Every man named Dick is laughing at this thread.

And I thought Luann was a mentally balanced young woman.

life goes on.