Karen, Susan, and other names that have been ruined
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What sparked the conversation about ruined names on this episode?
Show requested, so here it is. As long as you've got da.
It's ZM's Brian Clint Podcast. Look, last week it really was the story that stopped the world in its tracks and made you check your tracks for Pooh. Because uh the High Rocks um story uh about the woman, the Australian professional athlete uh who competes in High Rocks competitions, Pooh to Pants.
You know, I was at the gym this morning and I heard one of the trainers say to one of the other people that was at the gym, Hey, you s you signing up for HyROX? Mm and I was like, Can you even ask that question so close to the poopy incident? I feel like it's a I feel like it's a taboo topic. I feel like it's like, hey um Say it in front of everyone else. Are you gonna start? Are you gonna are you gonna do high rocks? High rocks? Are you still gonna Are you gonna do it? Me? No.
Yeah. I got especially no interest after the pooping and What
hasn't piqued my interest, put it that way, wasn't the thing that's gonna get me like I reckon new sign ups this year will be at an all time low. If you've done it in the past and you love it, good for you. Fill your pants. I mean fill your boots. Um but but I reckon new sign ups will be at an all time low.
Yeah, potentially. Um, the woman who we're talking about, her name is Joanna. Yeah. And I saw this interesting video from another woman with the name Joanna accusing the Hyrox Pooper of something. Take a listen.
I've just had my Sunday ruined. I went to a new coffee shop and they asked me my name and I said Joanna. Sometimes I use that rather than Jo just because it's easier. The barista goes, Oh, like that Hyrulex athlete herself. There aren't many Joannas going around. And now this woman has left a physical stain on so many of her fellow athletes and competitors and also all of us Joannas.
Oh, that's unfair. She's ruined the name
Joanna is what she's saying.
How did the Hyrox competition incident affect the name Joanna?
At
least she can go with Joe. I don't know how Joanna's easier than Joe, but you know, at least she has Joe to default to. But she shouldn't have to use a fake name just because some lady shat herself doing exercise.
And I mean hopefully it blows over eventually.
It will, it will. No one will remember her by name soon.
Yeah.
No one will.
But it did make me think about other people throughout history that have had their name ruined from a person or an incident.
I remember being at a table at a bar with a guy called Chris Brown in two thousand and nine. Mm-hmm. And he was like, My name was so cool up until this year. And now it sucks. Now it sucks. And has your name ever been tainted? I don't know if it has. Are there any bad Bries or Brianna's throughout history? I think you're safe. Claudia? Any bad Claudius? I don't think so.
Pretty pretty clear.
No, Emily, who's filling in? Any bad Emily's? I reckon there would have been.
Yeah.
Just being called Olivia, eh?
Oh, I got Emily's
name wrong yesterday. You know, you know what about that Emily
Thanks, Emily.
You're welcome. Thought it might have blown over. Nah, still I mean, give it another twenty four hours. Clint? Nah, I think
Why do the hosts think “Karen” has become a cultural insult?
Bill Clinton, maybe.
Oh yeah, kind of implicated you. Yeah,
no one was giving me shit as a five year old though.
You know who I always felt bad for in the last like however many years? The Karens.
Yeah. 'Cause
their name has been dragged through the the can I speak to the manager mud?
Yeah.
You know? Yeah. And it continues to be.
And it may not have just been a negative news headline that ruined your name. Maybe you just have the same name as someone famous and now it's no longer your name, it's their name. You know?
The question we want to ask this after So you
maybe forty five year old Dua Leepa from Lower Hut.
I I'd love to talk to forty five year old Dua Lipa from the first time. But now everyone's
like no. Everyone's like, Oh, like the singer and you're like, No, no,
she's like me. I was first. The question we want to ask is who ruined your name? And that can be from a bunch of different reasons, like Clint just said. Um but that is the question. ZM's Brian Clint. We're asking you this afternoon, did someone ruin your name?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What sparked the conversation about ruined names on this episode?
0:00–2:01
2
How did the Hyrox competition incident affect the name Joanna?
2:01–3:13
3
Why do the hosts think “Karen” has become a cultural insult?
3:13–5:10
4
What other famous names do the hosts say have been tarnished?
5:10–6:44
5
How did listeners share their own name‑ruining stories (e.g., Olivia Dean, Adele)?
6:44–8:15
6
Why is the “lazy Susan” mentioned as a name that got a bad rap?
8:15–9:46
7
What funny or odd name anecdotes came up toward the end (e.g., Adolf, Lindy Chamberlain)?
9:46–11:13
8
How do the hosts wrap up the episode and give a shout‑out to Susan?
11:13–11:45