Or perhaps they do realize it.
Being increasingly isolated over the years as the family doesn't want to deal with the negative air they carry with them may cause them to become increasingly antagonistic.
Add to that divorce, the kids marrying types of people that said Karens wouldn't like, living in undesirable economic conditions, a lack of viable hobbies outside of the latest in Home Shopping Network deluxe mechanized cat litter boxes... and you have a recipe for heightened levels of sheer orneryness,,,
