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Countless<\/a>: Nuclear viral moment captured when \u2018Phillies Karen\u2019 goes ballistic on a father over a caught home run baseball at a Phillies-Marlins game<\/span><\/p>\n When I first heard about this story, it was late in the evening and I didn\u2019t really have the stamina to sit down and write about it, no matter how enticing of a topic it seemed like; hey, I\u2019m wiped out by the evenings, I\u2019m an old parent, tf off my nuts.\u00a0 The following morning when I started to see it had caught fire and went viral, my kids were up, so I couldn\u2019t really take the time to spout out my thoughts on the whole thing, and I\u2019d occasionally check social media sporadically throughout the day only to see more and more coverage and development over the whole thing.<\/span><\/p>\n And by the time the kids were down and I had some time to write again, it had blown up so much, with so much traction and coverage on the whole thing, it became one of those scenarios where it\u2019s like a hungry lion who leaps into a crowd of gazelle, but is unable to focus on any one of them, and instead scrambles around futilely, the gazelle all get away, and the lion is left hungry and overstimulated.<\/span><\/p>\n There\u2019s so much to unpack about this whole thing that it\u2019s difficult to really triangulate on any one aspect about it, and I don\u2019t want to summarize the entire thing because it would take forever, and this has gotten so much coverage that there are likely way more efficient and better written takes about this whole thing than I could provide on a brog that nobody but me reads.<\/span><\/p>\n Like, I\u2019m 100% in agreement with the dad who forfeited the ball pretty quickly, just to get out of the confrontation, no matter how much I\u2019m sure I\u2019d be able to argue it if I wanted to, but it\u2019s one of those things that I\u2019d rather not do in front of my entire family.\u00a0 Real good on the Marlins\u2019 PR and customer relations rep who showed up to give the dad\u2019s kid a gift package, and I agree with lots of people on social media that more should be made about the staffer who came through for the family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And as much as I\u2019m generally predisposed to root against the Phillies or any Philadelphia sports team for that matter, real-real good on the Phillies and Harrison Bader for reacting quickly to the story, and bringing the dad, his son, and the entire family into the personnel area for an impromptu meet and greet, and farm up positive karma and press.<\/span><\/p>\n But no matter all the good that came from this whole debacle, I don\u2019t think at this point any ironic story is going to top the saga of Phillies Karen, as being the MLB Meme of the Year.\u00a0 When the day is over, the bipartisan internet doesn\u2019t gravitate towards the good of a story as much as they crave a tantalizing jerk for everyone to collectively point their crosshairs onto, which is precisely what happened with the internet going off on a massive witch hunt to try and identify and expose Phillies Karen for, basically being an asshole Karen caught on camera.<\/span><\/p>\n There\u2019s been so much traction and movement in this story that it got to a point of not knowing what to believe is happening in the fallout.\u00a0 Some claims that the person was identified and that they\u2019ve already lost their job, some stories where the victim of mistaken identity has to defend herself, and naturally in this very recent day and age, a lot of AI, so much fucking AI, as far as fake photos and videos and all sorts of memes to already come into existence of everyone trying to get their slice of the internet attention in regards to a nuclear hot viral meme.<\/span><\/p>\n But the point is, this isn\u2019t so obviously just the MLB Meme of the Year, this definitely has enough footing to be one of the most memorable memes of the year, just in general.\u00a0 The Coldplay HR CEO guy meme people are probably breathing a sigh of relief at Phillies Karen taking the heat of getting caught on camera being an asshole, from him and his HR mistress.\u00a0 Same goes for that Polish CEO who snatched the tennis player\u2019s hat away from kid at the US Open, probably feeling real relieved that Phillies Karen has taken the heat away from him, especially after his cringeworthy ChatGPT-generated apology.<\/span><\/p>\n I mean the internet is all about what have you done for me recently, and any good meme is only as good until the next one emerges, but seeing as what has resulted from a singular action of some entitled old lady screaming at a dad over a $15 baseball, people out in public might just be a little more careful on how they act, especially when there\u2019s the potential for television cameras to be recording everything, not to mention the hordes of randos who will whip out their phones and start recording at a moment\u2019s notice at the slightest whiff of a potential confrontation.<\/span><\/p>\n But as much as I am enjoying the entertainment of a good meme come to life, what I\u2019m really looking forward to is when the Phillies ultimately get bounced from the playoffs, there\u2019s going to be all sorts of new and fresh memes and lots of fingers being pointed to this very specific moment of the baseball season, and the shit will just start all over again.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s funny too, because my general attitude towards Philadelphia and their sports culture had been softening over the last few years, but due to the emergence of Phillies Karen, it just gives me something to re-ignite the inevitable smug satisfaction of Philadelphia getting owned, and there being a very tangible totem or symbol of their future failures, that I look forward to others utilizing and spamming whenever it does happen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Countless: Nuclear viral moment captured when \u2018Phillies Karen\u2019 goes ballistic 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