00:00Well Karen, are we going to grab?
00:02This is my camera.
00:04No me pay you enough for this, Karen.
00:06I'm sure you've seen this kind of memes and videos
00:08where the cats ask you something to do with their characters.
00:11But did you know that the origin of this expression
00:13has a very impactful story behind it?
00:15Let's go to 1996 in New York,
00:18when a abandoned building was burned.
00:21In the middle of the flames,
00:22the firefighters that had the emergency
00:23saw a heroine cat trying to take their children one by one.
00:28The cat, who was called Scarlett,
00:30suffered graves quemaduras in her face,
00:32perdiendo part of her ears
00:33and developing eyes on her eyes.
00:36But this didn't allow her to save her cats
00:38and after she was told that they were well,
00:40she was unconscious.
00:41Scarlett and her little children
00:42were taken to a veterinary clinic
00:44for her recovery.
00:45And her story captured the attention of all the media.
00:49Thousands of people began to send letters
00:51with the hope of adopting them.
00:52They received more than 7,000 solicitudes.
00:55But among all,
00:56the name of Scarlett was Karen Welland,
00:58who told her that after losing her little child,
01:00she felt a duty to help the vulnerable animals
01:03and she committed to care of Scarlett.
01:06So it was how Karen adopted the cat,
01:08who lived with her 12 years,
01:11surrounded by all the necessary care.
01:12In 2008, due to different problems of health,
01:15Karen had to take the difficult decision
01:17to sleep.
01:18Thanks to the popularity of this story,
01:20the name of Karen began to be associated
01:22with the love of the cats.
01:24A los hombres dueños de gatos
01:25suelen decirles Karen Macho.
01:27Para aclarar que este término
01:29es usado sobre todo en México y en Latinoamérica,
01:32mientras que en Estados Unidos
01:33tiene otro significado completamente diferente.
01:36Así que ya sabes,
01:37ser una Karen es un título
01:38que debe llevarse con honor.
01:40Adopte, rescate y protea
01:42a los animales que más lo necesitan.
01:44Etiqueta aquí a tu Karen favorita.
01:54El Espectador, la información nos une.
01:57Únete.
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