A clowny clown clown
― I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 1 October 2016 01:06 (seven years ago) link
for some reason i find puddles surprisingly unobjectionable
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Saturday, 1 October 2016 17:56 (seven years ago) link
He's a talented singer I guess. I just don't have time for clowns in any way shape or form. They're baconed as fuck.
― how's life, Saturday, 1 October 2016 18:20 (seven years ago) link
it really is an epidemic
http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/34862208-75/reports-of-creepy-clowns-appear-in-eugene-springfield-area-prompting-warnings-from-law-enforcement.html.csp
― sleeve, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/10/05/scary-clowns-spread-white-house-weighs-in-on-creeps-and-stephen-king-defends-the-good-ones/
Also on Tuesday, creepy clowns were invoked at the White House. During a news conference, a Bloomberg reporter asked White House press secretary Josh Earnest if President Obama was aware of the clown reports and associated arrests. Earnest said he did not know if the president had been briefed on creepy clowns, and deferring to the FBI and Department of Homeland Security on the jester specifics.
― jmm, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 17:13 (seven years ago) link
imo, this is all part of the larger Trump phenomenon.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 17:28 (seven years ago) link
From pirates to zombies to creepy clowns.
― pplains, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 17:46 (seven years ago) link
our school district sent out an email yesterday telling parents that they were dealing with creepy clown threats, but they're pretty sure they're hoaxes. my daughter hasn't reported any creepy clowns.
― wmlynch, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 18:59 (seven years ago) link
Great, now my middle school daughter actually *has* brought up creepy clowns. Is there a helpful article I can show her addressing this as a non-issue?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 21:16 (seven years ago) link
the problem with clowns, vs the boogeyman or slenderman for example, is that they're real
― calstars, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 21:27 (seven years ago) link
feel like large cities will have less of a problem with this than rural communities. more wackos per capita
― calstars, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 21:28 (seven years ago) link
I basically told her that there are plenty of people in this country who are dangerous, and the vast majority of them are not dressed like clowns. I told her they are a much bigger problem, so no use worrying about clowns. At least you can see them coming!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 21:51 (seven years ago) link
Also, clowns are 'real' only in the sense that anybody in a costume is real. People dressed as skeletons, or vampires or werewolves are real too. But also totally not real.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 21:52 (seven years ago) link
A skeleton is inside everyoneWerewolves and vampires are fictional creatures with certain physical aspects people emulate
As far as I know clowns are not mythical creatures, they are literally people wearing exaggerated clothing and face paint with wigs. If you dress like that, you're not dressing to emulate some fictional creature, you are an actual clown
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ3IcBhur50
― PappaWheelie V, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 21:57 (seven years ago) link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley#
― calstars, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 22:07 (seven years ago) link
http://ebayclowns.tumblr.com/post/151250662572/is-there-a-word-for-people-who-really-like-clowns
― 1staethyr, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 22:35 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S8poOaSlGc
― PappaWheelie V, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 23:14 (seven years ago) link
Cl(o)w(ntology)
― Treeship, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 23:20 (seven years ago) link
thish ontology of clownsh
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 23:27 (seven years ago) link
Clown riot at Penn State
http://heavy.com/news/2016/10/creepy-clowns-penn-state-riot-lock-down-campus-college-threatening-video-pennsylvania/
― jmm, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 23:30 (seven years ago) link
This was a terrible day to teach adolescents, in case any of you were wondering. Never did I imagine my job title would involve defending the right to clown.
― rb (soda), Wednesday, 5 October 2016 23:48 (seven years ago) link
so is this the bath salts/face eating of 2016
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 6 October 2016 00:25 (seven years ago) link
I'm sick of the zeitgeist and it's obscure phenomena begging for psychoanalytic unpacking. Sick go death
― Treeship, Thursday, 6 October 2016 01:12 (seven years ago) link
*to
any doubts about whether this was viral marketing for the 2017 IT remark should be laid to rest by that first image in the link about the Penn State "riot" (sounds more like a "flash mob" to me, and I say that with full intent to disparage)
― Tell me who sends these infamous .gifs (bernard snowy), Thursday, 6 October 2016 01:44 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/uUk1Cg1.png
― pplains, Thursday, 6 October 2016 02:30 (seven years ago) link
Remember when the kids used to plank?
suspect his punker friend was v disappointed when he realized what he meant by going "Pennywising"
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 6 October 2016 02:36 (seven years ago) link
the happy slapping pandemic was much worse
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Thursday, 6 October 2016 02:39 (seven years ago) link
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/oddities/20161005/instagram-account-says-creepy-clowns-are-coming-to-pasadena-whittier
― scott seward, Thursday, 6 October 2016 02:46 (seven years ago) link
they better watch out for the old lady on Colorado Boulevard
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 6 October 2016 02:47 (seven years ago) link
take it back, this might be 2016's "knockout game"
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 6 October 2016 02:50 (seven years ago) link
no, people are actually wearing dumb clown outfits
I saw at least two youth dressed like that Goku dragonball guy in the last year, including one at a mall food court. Where is my warning and news report for that shit?
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Thursday, 6 October 2016 03:10 (seven years ago) link
are there that many people actually wearing clown outfits? i want a timeline
― Treeship, Thursday, 6 October 2016 03:12 (seven years ago) link
One of the schools near me had two lockdowns because of alleged clown sightings.
― tokyo rosemary, Thursday, 6 October 2016 03:13 (seven years ago) link
why aren't there more photos? everyone has cameras in their phones now. i am skeptical
― Treeship, Thursday, 6 October 2016 03:15 (seven years ago) link
In another part of the county, someone did post a picture online of guy in a clown mask holding a bb gun and standing on a bridge.
― tokyo rosemary, Thursday, 6 October 2016 03:16 (seven years ago) link
lol xpost
https://twitter.com/SightingOfClown?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
― Treeship, Thursday, 6 October 2016 03:22 (seven years ago) link
on the one hand, this whole thing seems really forced
on the other hand, what the hell, you know what, why not, some clowns here and there, who gives a shit, why not some clowns standing around, some here some there, just a couple of clowns, standing
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 6 October 2016 03:23 (seven years ago) link
feel like following any of these assholes home discreetly, then putting on a Grim Reaper robe, holding a scythe, breaking into their room, and standing at the foot of their bed in the wee hours of the morning every night until they find some new shitty fad
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 6 October 2016 03:24 (seven years ago) link
hm
― Treeship, Thursday, 6 October 2016 03:26 (seven years ago) link
that is exactly what all these people think xp
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Thursday, 6 October 2016 03:41 (seven years ago) link
Violent jay and shaggy 2 dope must be enjoying this
― calstars, Thursday, 6 October 2016 07:31 (seven years ago) link
Lurking clowns feed on fear, imo. The greater the panic over this, the more people will be inspired to clown. The solution is to stay calm, or deport all clowns.
― jmm, Thursday, 6 October 2016 13:14 (seven years ago) link
clown threats
http://www.cleveland.com/garfield-heights/index.ssf/2016/10/instagram_clown_accused_of_mak.html#incart_river_home
― brownie, Thursday, 6 October 2016 13:26 (seven years ago) link
The file art they're using with these is killing me.
A person dressed as the scary clown from the movie "It" poses at a convention in Argentina.
― pplains, Thursday, 6 October 2016 13:38 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/CIown_Sighting
also ^^^
― mark s, Thursday, 6 October 2016 13:43 (seven years ago) link
Here's another one:
http://komonews.com/news/local/puyallup-student-arrested-as-creepy-clown-mania-spreads-in-w-wash
PUYALLUP, Wash. - A Puyallup high school student is behind bars Wednesday after a series of clown-related threats spiraled out of control, forcing the school to be placed in a modified lockdown Tuesday.
― how's life, Thursday, 6 October 2016 13:44 (seven years ago) link