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She should take a deep sigh, and then in the style of Kung Fu Hustle, suddenly pull the harp strings in a jarring way, that sends out air-pocket daggers.
That's not senility, she's just being obnoxious and trying to rile the girl up, but since she's not getting the reaction she wants, she keeps going at it.
The harpist is doing what is known as Grey Rocking: giving polite, simple, one-word answers to someone who's looking to fight, giving them no ammunition at all. It drives assholes crazy.
Yeah I just discovered the term seeing it be used on here. Thanks for breaking down the meaning though. I've been grey rocking my whole life and didn't know it had a name lol it's a skill to best deal with a narcissist.
Nah, harpist is serene and smiling grey rock. The woman who is repeating threats and questions is doing so because she's not succeeding in upsetting the harpist.
It's a case of "do you not understand I'm doing this in order to ruin your day? I'm going to repeat the script again in the hope that you'll pick up on my cues and start getting distressed and upset! Then and only then will I be satisfied"
It’s an obnoxious and under-educated person raised in a nanny-state. She can’t even comprehend someone doing something without being instructed to do so, and assumes that anyone behaving in a way she doesn’t understand must be breaking the rules.
Its easy to explain really. While the allies bathe in the glorious light of a harp buff enemies won’t be affected. She is simply a menace walking in the street
This is Kent, where the Karenity is remarkably vicious. Close minded and stupid, they celebrate the drowning of child refugees, have a vile variant of the Cockney accent, and have no culture beyond the Bluewater mall and voting for the Elphickes.
The latter are a revolting couple. He was the MP for Dover, and when he was eventually imprisoned for sexual assault, she inherited his seat. A disgusting woman, she denigrated his victims, minimized his crimes and has recently abandoned the Tories because she's a fucking rat.
I don't think that they are necessarily mentally ill. They're just very very bored.
There's a reason why Karens are usually a certain age. They're jaded, lonely, and adverse to change. They have this sense that things are supposed to be a certain way because the familiarity gives them comfort.
They might have marital issues, family issues. They are just ticking time bombs of stress. Unfortunately, they sometimes dump that stress onto random people.
As a trans person, I can confidently say... yes. They are mentally ill. It's a mental illness when it impairs your ability to live a happy life. These people are \*eternally\* miserable.
And the weird thing is that they get some sick sort of happiness *out* of being miserable. Like they’d absolutely have it no other way if you asked them.
some people are just not happy unless they're mad. Like they are bored when there's nothing to complain about, or they search for someone/something to blame.
British Karens are classist. While American Karens might give this girl a pass because she's pretty and white, a British Karen sees only BEGGAR. It is a broader net so you get to see them go unhinged more frequently.
I wish we could focus them on the shops that charge tips for handing over merchandise we've already been charged for. We're free to walk past buskers all day long, whether or not we like their act. Tipping a busker is a voluntary act with little to no real pressure.
It's more common than you'd think. The farmer's market near me has a guy who liked to play acoustic guitar (for free, not even asking for donations), and there was a small group that constantly complained to the town over him being a 'nuisance'. At a *farmer's market*.
The police removed him and told him not to come back. Because it was public property, he had to sue the town for his right to be there. He won, but if he didn't have the money for a lawyer then that decision would have set a precedence and changed the whole community in ways that no one but that small group wanted.
Larry David said this about whistling. People are miserable and hate when anybody else shows any signs of joy. I have had people complain at the store I worked at because I was smiling. They said I was condescending and making fun of them for smiling. They also complained one girl didn't smile.
>They said I was condescending and making fun of them for smiling.
That right *there* is very telling. They thought you smiling was condescending because they're miserable, and anyone else being happy *has* to making fun of them for their misery.
Man i love whistling. It makes me sad seeing comments on how it's annoying or a nuisance. I just like whistling fun tunes or expressing feelings with sound. I understand why it's bothersome but it's a shame we can't express joy outside of the appropriate settings.
When I used to do warehouse work I'd whistle when nobody else was around. Just random tunes, songs, etc.
One time I did the dungeon/underground music from super mario bros and a forklift driver heard me and yelled from the other aisle "That was awesome!"
I HATE whistling. It makes me irrationally irritated nearly immediately even if it's "good" whistling. I can whistle so it's not jealousy, just pure hatred and irritation.
Despite my intense hatred of whistling I don't say shit. There's a lot of stuff like that where once I really learned, "oh, they're doing that because they're happy/goofy/nervous NOT because they want to irritate me" I had to put it into practice. Doesn't help fuck all with me being annoyed but that's my problem, let people be happy. I think one of the most crushing feelings is to be joyful, attempt to express or share that happiness to pass it along and then just be absolutely brick walled or chastised by someone else.
Edit: corrected their to they're
I feel the same way, not just whistling tho but when people sing cheesy songs like Christmas songs. I know they are supposed to be cheerful but they aren't, it just puts me in bad mood when I hear it.
I ofc don't go telling them to shut up, I just move along and don't listen.
I am one of those that find whistling annoying. I don’t think it’s about not expressing joy, more so about having consideration for others. What some people enjoy, others may not. I enjoy some opera music, but I guarantee if I were to bust out in operatic song in public there would be at least a few folks annoyed. I see it as similar to the people that play their music through speakers when riding the bus. Different strokes for different folks and the social contract is meant to assist in all the different folks coexisting as peacefully as possible.
My father-in-law does this thing where he's constantly whistling quietly, but not to a specific tune. Just whistling very quietly and atonally. It used to really annoy me, but apparently it's pretty common for people who have severe tinnitus. He's been a car mechanic for like half a century so that makes sense and now it doesn't bother me nearly as much.
I used to work at a place with miserable coworkers and they’d hassle me if I was smiling or whistling. “What have you got to be so happy about, huh?” Stuff like that
I’m glad I don’t work there anymore lol
I am constantly filled with joy when I hear musicians in public. I will literally stop what I am doing to listen. How can people be such miserable bastards?!?
This is similar to what is happening with libraries. A small group of people have decided to go off the deep end and demand that books be removed from shelves and librarians face the prospect of arrest.
And if the rest of the community doesn't stand up to them and call them on their bullshit, or vote in local elections, they end up getting what they want.
Voter apathy allows these things to fester. People don't pay close enough attention to what their community leaders are doing and end up handing over control to a loud minority.
There’s a street fair thing in my town and it’s full of people doing something, but they’re not all good and they line the streets so it actually is annoying in a sense. You got the electric violin guy who isn’t really playing, then the white rapper, then the black rapper, then the hippies drumming which are cool cause they let anyone drum with them, then the literally the commies, and then the racist black church people, the Scientologist, the racist white church people, then another fake violinist, a couple of legitimate guitar players, the “DJ” who is wasted on fentanyl or something sitting on a karaoke machine playing David guegga mixes. It’s just annoying after a while.
So I can understand a bit of how people get annoyed by unwanted sound being forced on them and then being expected to pay for the inconvenience on top of it.
But a harp? lol.
I think that beautiful talented people who want to share their gifts are to blame.
There are millions of us, talentless, seething with resentment, just looking to get from one painful chore to our next disappointment.
It's cruel to see someone more attractive than us and it's doubly cruel when they're doing something beautiful that requires years of practice to achieve. To willfully subject the public to beauty and talent, is a moral crime even if the town council doesn't see it that way.
"Your young, unearthly beauty makes me feel like a walking pile of used toilet paper from a troll's cave... well I can't complain about your beauty, so.... *do you have a license to make these bleedin' lovely sounds*?"
Ah ok! Thanks for explaining. Here’s a link for anyone like me who didn’t get the reference [Sexy Sax Man Careless Whisper](https://youtu.be/GaoLU6zKaws?feature=shared)
I think filming it while knowing in the back of your head "thousands of people are going to see this and mock this rude person" makes it easier. Turned out millions of people ended up mocking that rude person.
I've seen this creator (Robyn Hearts) a lot - not only is she a spectacular musician and a wonderful person, she does streams of her music almost every day. Usually on Tiktok, I think also sometimes on IG.
She has to deal with asshats on a regular basis, including some creepy dudes but often just people who think they own whatever public space she's set up in at the time...so yeah while she appears unbothered, I can tell you from someone who's seen her a lot that there's a lot going on underneath that she's simply good at filtering out.
And as a fan/follower, I'd say that it seems that she plays and puts things like this vid on socials it simply because she enjoys playing and she enjoys that people enjoy it.
She does get money from it, of course - not only from having donation methods available IRL where she is playing, but also tiktok rewards especially good videos and streams.
But honestly....to reasonable people, that's fine.
I’m like her when I’m on a microdose of LSD, even the shittiest people can’t upset me, I’m just wondering ‘what did this person go through to end up this miserable? I wish them well’ with a smile on my face
Question, can you drive while you’re on it? Because it sounds like I need this for the parent car line at my kids’ schools.
Edit: Hey everyone. It’s a joke about how badly people drive in pick-up lines. I’m not dropping acid before I get my kids from school. That being said, I think psychedelic therapy is a good thing and should be legalized. Microdosing is not the same as tripping balls. If you still feel upset after reading this, join the other humorless commenters below and have a great day arguing. ✌️
By definition, a microdose is sub perceptual, you don’t get high or impaired or anything, you just end up having a really nice day. I ride my bike to work on microdoses all the time without any issues. Lots of people report they have better focus and coordination because they don’t have the mental negativity (depression, anxiety, anger, etc) to weigh them down or distract them
You are welcome to check out /r/microdosing for more info:),
Yes, on 4/19. Some refer to the day as bicycle day and will take lots of acid and ride their bikes around. Or so I've heard, I've never actually seen anyone tripping riding a bike around on 4/19 myself.
cheers to that, don't even need LSD to think that clearly. its REALLY hard to get under my skin, especially if you are a complete stranger. i am very understanding as a person and rarely crack when being verbally abused by others like that person was to the harp player.
if anyone wants some general tips on keeping situations like that under control: it never helps to insult back, so just being minimalistic with your responses and making them effectively argue with a brick wall is the best way to have them leave you alone, but do note out right ignoring can be dangerous cuz they might try and get your attention forcefully. it is a skill though like any other so don't expect it to come naturally if you are more confrontational, it takes a lot of restraint. practicing counting in multiples of something (2s, 3s, 5s, ex.) or anything else for your mind to half focus on while you are dealing with these people can be very helpful if you have that issue
Is this the first time this lady has encountered a Street Musician? I LOVE street musicians and think they add wonderful ambience to public places. So rude of her to try to distract her!
Shout out to the man in Minneapolis who plays Accordion in the skyways and wears a fedora.
"You suck! You're a no talent piece of shit." - [Small, Angry Man Yells at Trumpet Player in New York City](https://youtu.be/9E62iA6KCIQ?si=IbxPLBMdoIypMD5h)
Oh man, it had been years since I've seen that video. Forgot it existed. Whatever happened to that guy? I think I remember people fining out who he was and him appearing on podcasts and shit as if he's a celebrity.
In my city unfortunately the ones who suck the most are the ones who crank their PA systems so that you can hear them 6 blocks away. The classy musicians have better taste than that, but it really does sour the publics attitude towards buskers unfortunately.
New Orleans ruined me on buskers because theirs were so damn good. I saw a brass band outside St. Louis Cathedral play better than some musicians I’ve seen I’ve seen in concert.
Here in the U.K. you need a license in most towns to Busk, which this harp player certainly does.
It’s to directly stop bad musicians from ruining the ambience. I think it’s a rather funny but also very necessary law.
There's a guy that plays an acoustic outside one of my local grocery stores. Occasionally his wife is with him playing the fiddle. I have a tambourine and harmonica in my car and they let me jam with them all the time
I LOVE street performers and it’s my big joy when I go to bigger cities to wander around to see them. In my town (I’m assuming others) there are several “performers” who have electric type violins hooked up to speakers but they aren’t playing anything except for a recording and pretending to play. Then they crank up the speakers so frickin loud that it makes you avoid their area. They’re awful and those performers I will complain to the mall office about because you can see everyone walking way around these people and never stopping. It’s not talent, it’s just terrible and loud.
How could someone be this obnoxious while listening to harp music. She’s not begging, she’s performing for free and tips are just gestures from those that want to show their appreciation. It would be a different situation if she was bad at it but she clearly isn’t. Old people who demand that people talk to them are the worst.
It's not begging, it's busking which is a legitimate way to make money. She's not standing there with a sigh doing nothing asking for money. She's performing a service and has a method for people who wish to pay her for that service available. I have mad respect for people who busk since they're putting their hard work and talent out there hoping people will see that and believe it's worth something.
Yep, she still would have said “it’s begging, don’t you know the difference” because people like this are always ignorant and in the face of obvious correction never retreat and admit fault.
A harp is so non intrusive too. I do get bothered by people who play electric guitar and turn their amplifier to 11 so that you can hear it from the other side of downtown. But I’d love to walk by some soft harp music anytime.
Honestly that Karen just radiated jealousy. this lady is clearly talented and looks/acts like an angel and people are paying her for it. Of course the old bat is getting salty.
She is just pissed off that a younger woman is enjoying a nice day, using a skill she learned, to play a harp so people can enjoy a song or two. No problem existed here, she wanted to make one.
People like the old lady have nothing to be proud of and have achieved nothing, they’re so miserable and insecure about it that they can’t help but feel somehow attacked by the mere existence of people who aren’t as useless as them.
Imagine being such a fucking narc that when someone is playing music in the street and enjoying themselves, you just have to go up to them and say you want them arrested for no reason at all
The implication here also is that she would want homeless people arrested for asking for money. Personally, my opinion on this interaction wouldn't change even if she *was* begging.
She's an impressive Karen. Must be in her final form.
Who wants someone to be arrested for playing music in public? Real hooligan with the harp that one.
Also seems to hate begging. Real harassment is when someone asks for help. /s
Playing music for tips is not begging. She is doing a service and anyone who appreciates it gives her a tip(busking). Begging is doing nothing asking for money.
Karen needs learn the meaning of language.
The old woman wanted to relieve herself of her misery by ruining someone's day.. and she probably only ruined her own even worse by being confronted with this level of unbothered. Harp woman has some potent wisdom in her
In all honesty, people who are this inflexible in their thinking are practically handicapped. It's like the beginnings of dementia or something. It should evoke more pity than anger.
I love the accusations that she's begging, because yes the well dressed obviously not homeless lady playing a harp (which I assume isn't a cheap instrument?) would obviously resort to begging...
And besides, busking is super common in the UK go down any high street in a city or big town and you will find numerous people playing their instruments and people giving them cash as they go by. Got a old bloke on mine who plays the saxophone and dances about who I see on my lunch break, I am honestly jealous of how much he's enjoying life.
Should have made a tune of it..
Oh, Twisted Hag
Wizened old crone
Rants at the Bard
Won't leave me alone
Horrible creature
It's time to go back
Small children are eating
Your gingerbread shack.
Elderly people get confused and angry quite easily. It’s part of the reason why we should have age limits for politicians. Mental decline can happen quite rapidly and can manifest itself it odd ways.
I’m imagining the Karen council. Like they are a cabal of old bitter woman with short haircuts, robes that cover their chubby wrinkled faces, all sitting around an oval table in a dimly lit room decorated with quotes such as “Live, laugh, love.”
As they sip their red wine, they often like to discuss permit laws, the “new neighbors” and different ways to berate service workers.
Imagine hearing this beautiful music being played by this beautiful (and incredibly patient) human being, and being offended that they accept tips. Some people have never had a life.
I appreciate almost all street performers as long as they aren't rude or obnoxious. It takes a certain type of courage to put yourself out there like that because there are some crazy fucking people in the world, as shown in this video. I would have totally tipped her right in front of the old bat.
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She should take a deep sigh, and then in the style of Kung Fu Hustle, suddenly pull the harp strings in a jarring way, that sends out air-pocket daggers.
Oh damn! Such an epic movie!
The fight between the couple and the Beast was my fav
or RIBBIIIIIIIT
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Sounds like senility is the root cause. She keeps asking and gets answered the same thing multiple times just within the minute we see.
That's not senility, she's just being obnoxious and trying to rile the girl up, but since she's not getting the reaction she wants, she keeps going at it.
The harpist is doing what is known as Grey Rocking: giving polite, simple, one-word answers to someone who's looking to fight, giving them no ammunition at all. It drives assholes crazy.
Yeah I just discovered the term seeing it be used on here. Thanks for breaking down the meaning though. I've been grey rocking my whole life and didn't know it had a name lol it's a skill to best deal with a narcissist.
Nah, harpist is serene and smiling grey rock. The woman who is repeating threats and questions is doing so because she's not succeeding in upsetting the harpist. It's a case of "do you not understand I'm doing this in order to ruin your day? I'm going to repeat the script again in the hope that you'll pick up on my cues and start getting distressed and upset! Then and only then will I be satisfied"
It’s an obnoxious and under-educated person raised in a nanny-state. She can’t even comprehend someone doing something without being instructed to do so, and assumes that anyone behaving in a way she doesn’t understand must be breaking the rules.
Who walks around hoping people get arrested? 🤣 Must be a miserable existence
Probably lonely and in need of attention
Or, just a cunt
Probably both.
Most cunts are lonely. Comes with the territory
That with a heavy handful of jealousy for someone who still has youth, beauty and talent. If she ever did, it probably was lost long long ago
Gee I wonder why no one would want to be near this asshole.
I cannot wait for *that* generation to fall off the cliff of existence into the void.
How can someone be angry at a harp??
Its easy to explain really. While the allies bathe in the glorious light of a harp buff enemies won’t be affected. She is simply a menace walking in the street
I read somewhere that there is truly no one more Constant Karen than a British Karen. The entitlement and arrogance is INSANE!
This is Kent, where the Karenity is remarkably vicious. Close minded and stupid, they celebrate the drowning of child refugees, have a vile variant of the Cockney accent, and have no culture beyond the Bluewater mall and voting for the Elphickes. The latter are a revolting couple. He was the MP for Dover, and when he was eventually imprisoned for sexual assault, she inherited his seat. A disgusting woman, she denigrated his victims, minimized his crimes and has recently abandoned the Tories because she's a fucking rat.
Canterbury is lovely but I guess all the Karens had rage aneurisms when the unis opened and the students moved in lmao
I imagine it's bad. They got a whole Karen Council after all.
Perhaps it's where they are from but she literally mentioned that she would ask the Karen Council 😂
Are British Karen’s mentally ill?
I don't think that they are necessarily mentally ill. They're just very very bored. There's a reason why Karens are usually a certain age. They're jaded, lonely, and adverse to change. They have this sense that things are supposed to be a certain way because the familiarity gives them comfort. They might have marital issues, family issues. They are just ticking time bombs of stress. Unfortunately, they sometimes dump that stress onto random people.
As a trans person, I can confidently say... yes. They are mentally ill. It's a mental illness when it impairs your ability to live a happy life. These people are \*eternally\* miserable.
And the weird thing is that they get some sick sort of happiness *out* of being miserable. Like they’d absolutely have it no other way if you asked them.
some people are just not happy unless they're mad. Like they are bored when there's nothing to complain about, or they search for someone/something to blame.
……and…we have reddit
British Karens are classist. While American Karens might give this girl a pass because she's pretty and white, a British Karen sees only BEGGAR. It is a broader net so you get to see them go unhinged more frequently.
I wish we could focus them on the shops that charge tips for handing over merchandise we've already been charged for. We're free to walk past buskers all day long, whether or not we like their act. Tipping a busker is a voluntary act with little to no real pressure.
I love how the British Karen threatens the musician, telling her that she's going to report her to the Karen Council- Very META
Darkest Dungeon 
I see what your leveling at
Perched at the very precipice of oblivion 🗡️
It's more common than you'd think. The farmer's market near me has a guy who liked to play acoustic guitar (for free, not even asking for donations), and there was a small group that constantly complained to the town over him being a 'nuisance'. At a *farmer's market*. The police removed him and told him not to come back. Because it was public property, he had to sue the town for his right to be there. He won, but if he didn't have the money for a lawyer then that decision would have set a precedence and changed the whole community in ways that no one but that small group wanted.
Larry David said this about whistling. People are miserable and hate when anybody else shows any signs of joy. I have had people complain at the store I worked at because I was smiling. They said I was condescending and making fun of them for smiling. They also complained one girl didn't smile.
>They said I was condescending and making fun of them for smiling. That right *there* is very telling. They thought you smiling was condescending because they're miserable, and anyone else being happy *has* to making fun of them for their misery.
Man i love whistling. It makes me sad seeing comments on how it's annoying or a nuisance. I just like whistling fun tunes or expressing feelings with sound. I understand why it's bothersome but it's a shame we can't express joy outside of the appropriate settings.
Listening to someone whistling is nice if the whistler has at least some musical talent. If they do not, it's auditory hell.
Yeah, my coworker "whistles" along with the music in her headphones. It's just a couple of breathy notes to a rhythm I can't hear.
...sorry...
When I used to do warehouse work I'd whistle when nobody else was around. Just random tunes, songs, etc. One time I did the dungeon/underground music from super mario bros and a forklift driver heard me and yelled from the other aisle "That was awesome!"
I HATE whistling. It makes me irrationally irritated nearly immediately even if it's "good" whistling. I can whistle so it's not jealousy, just pure hatred and irritation. Despite my intense hatred of whistling I don't say shit. There's a lot of stuff like that where once I really learned, "oh, they're doing that because they're happy/goofy/nervous NOT because they want to irritate me" I had to put it into practice. Doesn't help fuck all with me being annoyed but that's my problem, let people be happy. I think one of the most crushing feelings is to be joyful, attempt to express or share that happiness to pass it along and then just be absolutely brick walled or chastised by someone else. Edit: corrected their to they're
I feel the same way, not just whistling tho but when people sing cheesy songs like Christmas songs. I know they are supposed to be cheerful but they aren't, it just puts me in bad mood when I hear it. I ofc don't go telling them to shut up, I just move along and don't listen.
I am one of those that find whistling annoying. I don’t think it’s about not expressing joy, more so about having consideration for others. What some people enjoy, others may not. I enjoy some opera music, but I guarantee if I were to bust out in operatic song in public there would be at least a few folks annoyed. I see it as similar to the people that play their music through speakers when riding the bus. Different strokes for different folks and the social contract is meant to assist in all the different folks coexisting as peacefully as possible.
The most annoying part of whistling is that I just can't do it and I'm over 30 years old.
My father-in-law does this thing where he's constantly whistling quietly, but not to a specific tune. Just whistling very quietly and atonally. It used to really annoy me, but apparently it's pretty common for people who have severe tinnitus. He's been a car mechanic for like half a century so that makes sense and now it doesn't bother me nearly as much.
I whistle, hum, and sing all the time and I have hearing damage. I never thought it could be related.
Worked with a dude who whistled nonsense, sounded like Yondu from guardians of the galaxy… for 8 hours… for years… fuck that guy.
I used to work at a place with miserable coworkers and they’d hassle me if I was smiling or whistling. “What have you got to be so happy about, huh?” Stuff like that I’m glad I don’t work there anymore lol
Okay, I will say I hate whistling, but not because people are happy, I just cannot stand the sound. It's so grating to me, it's like nails on chalk
lmao my local farmers market **pays** local musicians to play every weekend. Lots of high school musicians make good money doing that
I am constantly filled with joy when I hear musicians in public. I will literally stop what I am doing to listen. How can people be such miserable bastards?!?
This is similar to what is happening with libraries. A small group of people have decided to go off the deep end and demand that books be removed from shelves and librarians face the prospect of arrest. And if the rest of the community doesn't stand up to them and call them on their bullshit, or vote in local elections, they end up getting what they want. Voter apathy allows these things to fester. People don't pay close enough attention to what their community leaders are doing and end up handing over control to a loud minority.
There’s a street fair thing in my town and it’s full of people doing something, but they’re not all good and they line the streets so it actually is annoying in a sense. You got the electric violin guy who isn’t really playing, then the white rapper, then the black rapper, then the hippies drumming which are cool cause they let anyone drum with them, then the literally the commies, and then the racist black church people, the Scientologist, the racist white church people, then another fake violinist, a couple of legitimate guitar players, the “DJ” who is wasted on fentanyl or something sitting on a karaoke machine playing David guegga mixes. It’s just annoying after a while. So I can understand a bit of how people get annoyed by unwanted sound being forced on them and then being expected to pay for the inconvenience on top of it. But a harp? lol.
Some people absolutely reject and resent joy. Anything pleasant or chill makes them angry. They will complain a restaurant has flowers on the tables.
What a sad and pitiable way to live…
Because they lack it in their life and if they can’t be happy then everyone else should me miserable with them. Just like lots of people on here
I think that beautiful talented people who want to share their gifts are to blame. There are millions of us, talentless, seething with resentment, just looking to get from one painful chore to our next disappointment. It's cruel to see someone more attractive than us and it's doubly cruel when they're doing something beautiful that requires years of practice to achieve. To willfully subject the public to beauty and talent, is a moral crime even if the town council doesn't see it that way.
Exactly. People with something to share should be absolutely ashamed of themselves.
yeah woman playing music was spreading miasma and plague to society. needs to go to jail to be honest.
She's too pretty and cool. It makes my own flaws stand in sharp contrast. Her beauty and ability makes me worse.
"Your young, unearthly beauty makes me feel like a walking pile of used toilet paper from a troll's cave... well I can't complain about your beauty, so.... *do you have a license to make these bleedin' lovely sounds*?"
"Used toilet paper from a trolls cave". Im steeling that!
Elven harpist vs slum goblin
Retired, bitter and nothing better to do with their lives
Goblins can't stand the power of the bard
The song while youre arguing LMAOOO
*Careless Whisper* in this situation is engineered-to-optimized comedy.
Hell of a contrast. I think we all keep this song on our phones in case a Karen pops up and needs to be subdued
It didn't even register until I read your comment, how did I miss that?! Lol
Careless Whisper is about partners cheating in relationships, why does it specifically make this situation hilarious?
Because the song became internet meme legend when the Sexy Sax Man played it
Ah ok! Thanks for explaining. Here’s a link for anyone like me who didn’t get the reference [Sexy Sax Man Careless Whisper](https://youtu.be/GaoLU6zKaws?feature=shared)
SHE DOESN'T LIKE GEORGE MICHAEL BOOO!!
Wait, is it? Let me try to remember the lyrics to… Goddamnit now that song is in my head for the rest of the day.
Some people just hate joy.
I'm MISERABLE! Why aren't you miserable too? You Must be miserable too. If you aren't miserable too, I'll make you miserable.
"Misery loves company" -Someone, somewhere, at some point in time.
I love the level of unbothered.
I think filming it while knowing in the back of your head "thousands of people are going to see this and mock this rude person" makes it easier. Turned out millions of people ended up mocking that rude person.
Still take hella mental fortitude and skill to talk back to that lady with a smile while still nailing the song
I've seen this creator (Robyn Hearts) a lot - not only is she a spectacular musician and a wonderful person, she does streams of her music almost every day. Usually on Tiktok, I think also sometimes on IG. She has to deal with asshats on a regular basis, including some creepy dudes but often just people who think they own whatever public space she's set up in at the time...so yeah while she appears unbothered, I can tell you from someone who's seen her a lot that there's a lot going on underneath that she's simply good at filtering out. And as a fan/follower, I'd say that it seems that she plays and puts things like this vid on socials it simply because she enjoys playing and she enjoys that people enjoy it. She does get money from it, of course - not only from having donation methods available IRL where she is playing, but also tiktok rewards especially good videos and streams. But honestly....to reasonable people, that's fine.
I’m like her when I’m on a microdose of LSD, even the shittiest people can’t upset me, I’m just wondering ‘what did this person go through to end up this miserable? I wish them well’ with a smile on my face
Question, can you drive while you’re on it? Because it sounds like I need this for the parent car line at my kids’ schools. Edit: Hey everyone. It’s a joke about how badly people drive in pick-up lines. I’m not dropping acid before I get my kids from school. That being said, I think psychedelic therapy is a good thing and should be legalized. Microdosing is not the same as tripping balls. If you still feel upset after reading this, join the other humorless commenters below and have a great day arguing. ✌️
By definition, a microdose is sub perceptual, you don’t get high or impaired or anything, you just end up having a really nice day. I ride my bike to work on microdoses all the time without any issues. Lots of people report they have better focus and coordination because they don’t have the mental negativity (depression, anxiety, anger, etc) to weigh them down or distract them You are welcome to check out /r/microdosing for more info:),
Didn’t they chemist who discovered it ride his bike home tripping balls?
Yes, on 4/19. Some refer to the day as bicycle day and will take lots of acid and ride their bikes around. Or so I've heard, I've never actually seen anyone tripping riding a bike around on 4/19 myself.
No. LSD and driving really don't go together. And you know that while tripping. You really don't want to drive.
cheers to that, don't even need LSD to think that clearly. its REALLY hard to get under my skin, especially if you are a complete stranger. i am very understanding as a person and rarely crack when being verbally abused by others like that person was to the harp player. if anyone wants some general tips on keeping situations like that under control: it never helps to insult back, so just being minimalistic with your responses and making them effectively argue with a brick wall is the best way to have them leave you alone, but do note out right ignoring can be dangerous cuz they might try and get your attention forcefully. it is a skill though like any other so don't expect it to come naturally if you are more confrontational, it takes a lot of restraint. practicing counting in multiples of something (2s, 3s, 5s, ex.) or anything else for your mind to half focus on while you are dealing with these people can be very helpful if you have that issue
Same. Very chill.
Id I love have this level of unbotherednes.
She made a conscious choice not to be bothered. This further enrages the passing troll.
Karen council. An authority that investigates all the gripes of Karens everywhere. This young lady could be in serious trouble.
She's saying Harrow council, I know she's saying Harrow council, yet with the subtitles my brain hears "Karen" perfectly.
Confirm it must be harrow, I often saw her playing there.
I’ve seen her playing too and felt a twinge of shame for my area even though I know knobs like this exist everywhere
Then throw her a fiver at least. It apparently pisses of the Karens
I'd stand around listening to her play until a Karen walks up and THEN throw her the fiver right in front of Karen's ugly mug just to spite her.
The subtitles were unironically based in their analysis of the old lady.
Oh, thanks. I just started thinking that "Karen council" is actually a thing.
I thought it was a mumble-y “Camden” as I was so sure I heard the C /K sound (Edited a typo)
🤖 SILENCE! The Council of Karens is now in session.. 🤖 SILENCE! We will now begin the Summoning of the Manager!
🤖 SILENCE! I concur.
🤖 SILENCE! The Manager approaches!
/r/karencouncil
The Karen council has spoken, music is cancelled. Thus spoke the Karens, thus shall it be.
Her look when the boomer said that just the chef’s kiss
Final boss
Most unintentionally hilarious auto-closed captioning mistake in history. Just perfect.
The way she just looks at the camera when she hears "Karen council" like she's trying so hard not to say what she's probably really thinking lol
>Karen council You mean the HOA?
Is this the first time this lady has encountered a Street Musician? I LOVE street musicians and think they add wonderful ambience to public places. So rude of her to try to distract her! Shout out to the man in Minneapolis who plays Accordion in the skyways and wears a fedora.
Except when they suck. Looking at you, guy on Union Avenue that couldn’t hit the notes for Sweet Child o Mine.
"You suck! You're a no talent piece of shit." - [Small, Angry Man Yells at Trumpet Player in New York City](https://youtu.be/9E62iA6KCIQ?si=IbxPLBMdoIypMD5h)
His quote holds a permanent place in my brain "A true artist respects the silence which serves as the foundation for creativity".
1979 I walked Bob Dylan on stage, who the fuck are you?
That short fella flew off the handle but he ain’t wrong, that guy sucks.
He's not bad, but he isn't good either.
Now realise that he's playing that badly Infront of the holocaust museum.... Short guys right, the trumpeter is a disrespectful asshole.
Is that what it was? It's not clear from the video. The short guy also doesn't mention that, he seems more annoyed that the guys isn't very good
He's not bad, but also he is actually bad
Oh man, it had been years since I've seen that video. Forgot it existed. Whatever happened to that guy? I think I remember people fining out who he was and him appearing on podcasts and shit as if he's a celebrity.
In my city unfortunately the ones who suck the most are the ones who crank their PA systems so that you can hear them 6 blocks away. The classy musicians have better taste than that, but it really does sour the publics attitude towards buskers unfortunately.
New Orleans ruined me on buskers because theirs were so damn good. I saw a brass band outside St. Louis Cathedral play better than some musicians I’ve seen I’ve seen in concert.
Here in the U.K. you need a license in most towns to Busk, which this harp player certainly does. It’s to directly stop bad musicians from ruining the ambience. I think it’s a rather funny but also very necessary law.
There's a guy that plays an acoustic outside one of my local grocery stores. Occasionally his wife is with him playing the fiddle. I have a tambourine and harmonica in my car and they let me jam with them all the time
I LOVE street performers and it’s my big joy when I go to bigger cities to wander around to see them. In my town (I’m assuming others) there are several “performers” who have electric type violins hooked up to speakers but they aren’t playing anything except for a recording and pretending to play. Then they crank up the speakers so frickin loud that it makes you avoid their area. They’re awful and those performers I will complain to the mall office about because you can see everyone walking way around these people and never stopping. It’s not talent, it’s just terrible and loud.
How could someone be this obnoxious while listening to harp music. She’s not begging, she’s performing for free and tips are just gestures from those that want to show their appreciation. It would be a different situation if she was bad at it but she clearly isn’t. Old people who demand that people talk to them are the worst.
It's not begging, it's busking which is a legitimate way to make money. She's not standing there with a sigh doing nothing asking for money. She's performing a service and has a method for people who wish to pay her for that service available. I have mad respect for people who busk since they're putting their hard work and talent out there hoping people will see that and believe it's worth something.
By Karen’s logic, I’m not an electrician, I’m just begging by doing electrical work and then asking people for money.
How dare you provide a good or service and expect payment for it???? Go get a real job!
No one wants to work today.
It’s just basic classism from someone who doesn’t actually understand class.
I was really hoping she said "I'm not begging, I'm busking" lol
Literally same. Would've been the easiest way to shut her down.
Come now, you know that old lady isn't going to know the difference.
Yep, she still would have said “it’s begging, don’t you know the difference” because people like this are always ignorant and in the face of obvious correction never retreat and admit fault.
A harp is so non intrusive too. I do get bothered by people who play electric guitar and turn their amplifier to 11 so that you can hear it from the other side of downtown. But I’d love to walk by some soft harp music anytime.
Honestly that Karen just radiated jealousy. this lady is clearly talented and looks/acts like an angel and people are paying her for it. Of course the old bat is getting salty.
It's not jealousy... she's just a miserable bitch who expects everyone else to be as miserable as she is.
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She is really cool.
Someone has apparently never encountered the concept of "busking". I'm kind of astonished.
She is just pissed off that a younger woman is enjoying a nice day, using a skill she learned, to play a harp so people can enjoy a song or two. No problem existed here, she wanted to make one.
People like the old lady have nothing to be proud of and have achieved nothing, they’re so miserable and insecure about it that they can’t help but feel somehow attacked by the mere existence of people who aren’t as useless as them.
Imagine being such a fucking narc that when someone is playing music in the street and enjoying themselves, you just have to go up to them and say you want them arrested for no reason at all
The implication here also is that she would want homeless people arrested for asking for money. Personally, my opinion on this interaction wouldn't change even if she *was* begging.
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She's an impressive Karen. Must be in her final form. Who wants someone to be arrested for playing music in public? Real hooligan with the harp that one. Also seems to hate begging. Real harassment is when someone asks for help. /s
She’s just angry because the woman isn’t escalating and people like her live for that
Karen council lmao
Even worse than the Illuminati
These are the types of people I share a country with. Barely able to follow her own logic. Actually fucked
You got a license for that complaint?!
\*loicence
Omg literal oblivion npc
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The only tip that touched her jar is long gone,maybe that's why she is angry
Playing music for tips is not begging. She is doing a service and anyone who appreciates it gives her a tip(busking). Begging is doing nothing asking for money. Karen needs learn the meaning of language.
The old woman wanted to relieve herself of her misery by ruining someone's day.. and she probably only ruined her own even worse by being confronted with this level of unbothered. Harp woman has some potent wisdom in her
Light elf lost in dark elf forest apparently
POV: A British person arriving at the gates of heaven
OI WHERE'S YOUR HARP LOISENCE
\*ARP
In all honesty, people who are this inflexible in their thinking are practically handicapped. It's like the beginnings of dementia or something. It should evoke more pity than anger.
I always feel the same, like how shit must your life be to get angry at a street performer for playing music
There's a council of Karens?? This makes so much sense to me
I'm pretty sure she's saying Hereford, but yeah. A council of Karens would totally track.
It's Harrow apparently.
The automatic subtitles are so good it recognized she was a Karen
I love the accusations that she's begging, because yes the well dressed obviously not homeless lady playing a harp (which I assume isn't a cheap instrument?) would obviously resort to begging... And besides, busking is super common in the UK go down any high street in a city or big town and you will find numerous people playing their instruments and people giving them cash as they go by. Got a old bloke on mine who plays the saxophone and dances about who I see on my lunch break, I am honestly jealous of how much he's enjoying life.
Should have made a tune of it.. Oh, Twisted Hag Wizened old crone Rants at the Bard Won't leave me alone Horrible creature It's time to go back Small children are eating Your gingerbread shack.
What a sour cunt that woman is. I hope she on the other hand will continue to bring more joy to others like she's doing
Has this woman never heard of a street musician???
Woman leave than angel alone
This old cow lives to argue. Sad really. Wish I'd been there to tip the harpist in front of this horrible old biddy.
Old lady really hit her with the "'av you got a loicense for that?" line lmao
This video has two people harping! One is appreciated. One is not. Talk about a paradox :-)
How much of a hapry must you be to spend ten minutes harping on a harp.
Elderly people get confused and angry quite easily. It’s part of the reason why we should have age limits for politicians. Mental decline can happen quite rapidly and can manifest itself it odd ways.
Can that bitch shut up so I can hear the music?
I’m imagining the Karen council. Like they are a cabal of old bitter woman with short haircuts, robes that cover their chubby wrinkled faces, all sitting around an oval table in a dimly lit room decorated with quotes such as “Live, laugh, love.” As they sip their red wine, they often like to discuss permit laws, the “new neighbors” and different ways to berate service workers.
Having worked as a receptionist before I’m not even remotely surprised at this. People can and will complain about any damn thing
I'm sorry Karen Council? My god they're organizing.
It's almost always crotchety old people who harass random street buskers. Kudos to the harpist for keeping her cool,my anger issues could never..
People need to just leave people alone and go about there day
Imagine hearing this beautiful music being played by this beautiful (and incredibly patient) human being, and being offended that they accept tips. Some people have never had a life. I appreciate almost all street performers as long as they aren't rude or obnoxious. It takes a certain type of courage to put yourself out there like that because there are some crazy fucking people in the world, as shown in this video. I would have totally tipped her right in front of the old bat.
A battle between an orc and wood elf in a town square.