> If you complain about noise you get labeled a Karen
It’s incredible how effective that social media campaign was/is.
Moan about bad service from any company and you’re a “karen”, not a customer who rightfully demands good service, given the cost of things. Suddenly you’re not allowed to complain about anything and all employees are literal heroes on the same level as war veterans
A "Karen" is a particular type of complainer, one who's only aware of themself in their little bubble world, with insufficient regard or empathy for other human beings, or the external factors which sometimes make delivering A+ (or even decent) service infeasible.
My understanding is that the "Karen" archetype usually complaints or abuses people without any power to do anything about the issue. Companies have structured their systems such that every point of contact with the outside world is as powerless as possible.
The person on the other side might even agree with the complaint, but they usually don't have any power to do anything about it, and they're probably making minimum wage.
The gentrifier label comes when you complain about things that have been neighborhood fixtures without engaging with your neighbors before deciding that your feelings matter more than theirs.
Noise gets treated differently then other types of pollution, exception being light.
You probably wouldn't get labeled a gentrifier, or really even get push back, if you wanted to clean plastic waste, put up garbage cans, recycle etc...
>You probably wouldn't get labeled a gentrifier, or really even get push back, if you wanted to clean plastic waste, put up garbage cans, recycle etc...
The nice thing is there are plenty of socially-acceptable, but still every bit as objectively valid reasons to advocate for policies aimed as reducing the use of cars in cities.
It's like software, the hardest problem to solve isn't technical, it's people problems.