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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 5, 2021 14:53:11 GMT -5
I am curious, are any of you coulrophobic, which is to say, are you afraid of clowns? I have heard before that it's significantly more common in the US than elsewhere, with it being a source of surprise to the Japanese, for instance, with Kosuke Yabuchi, producer of ARMS on Nintendo Switch, joking that he'd learned a weakness of Americans when Nintendo of America staff were spooked by Lola Pop. It's funny, I watched the IT miniseries when I was very young, saw Killer Klowns from Outer Space, was exposed to Joker and other "scary clowns", and I've never developed the fear. Hell, my dad met John Wayne Gacy, though it was before the killings had begun, to my knowledge. I just personally do not get why something like this would be scary. (Both of these are Pixi Payasita, a clown from Mexico who has something of an internet following, but who also legitimately is a working clown and does parties and events. As a matter of fact, she recently celebrated 27 years of clowning, as well as a birthday, so it brought the idea to mind.)
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Dec 5, 2021 15:11:07 GMT -5
wow, these school projects get weirder and weirder don't they?
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 5, 2021 15:19:18 GMT -5
wow, these school projects get weirder and weirder don't they? I am conducting an informal survey on behalf of ICP to find out who is down with the clown.
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Post by Zombie Mod is not a ghoul. on Dec 5, 2021 16:36:52 GMT -5
not really, but maybe when they're to the left of me while jokers are to the right.
how am I the first to make this joke?
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Dec 5, 2021 16:37:18 GMT -5
Can't say that I am, unless they are trying to stab me, then yes, yes I am.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 5, 2021 17:42:18 GMT -5
No, clowns are my friends. Clowns will not bite me and throw me in the basement. My therapist assured me of that.
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Post by Cyno on Dec 5, 2021 18:19:16 GMT -5
The only clown you should be scared of is the one hiding under your bed. He's trying to kill you.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Dec 5, 2021 18:34:03 GMT -5
Not at all.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 5, 2021 18:38:53 GMT -5
I love that Crispin Glover had this played on David Letterman in his second appearance AKA his first appearance back after he nearly kicked Letterman in the face and Letterman freaked out. After it plays Letterman just dead pans, “I thought that was going to be something stupid.”
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Post by Scoops on Dec 5, 2021 18:43:44 GMT -5
No, if anything thanks to Worthikids I think they're awesome.
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Post by Demented on Dec 5, 2021 19:51:54 GMT -5
I'm shocked that I wasn't the one to make a thread like this.
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 5, 2021 19:59:08 GMT -5
I don't have a fear of clowns, but nearly every clown really creeps me out. I don't mean like "lol clowns are evil" creepy. I mean more like uncanny valley type of creepy.
They really bother me like that. I seriously can't look a clown in the eye.
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Dec 5, 2021 21:02:20 GMT -5
I feel like people exaggerate how creepy clowns and old dolls are. I grew up with Bozo, Ronald, and Cesear Romero's Joker so I've never thought of them as creepy.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2021 21:32:12 GMT -5
I just don't understand it. It's one of those things that feels like a joke I'm not in on.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2021 21:38:14 GMT -5
Yep. They creep me right out. Something about the locked in facial expressions. I just imagine them doing something awful with that same locked in face. Yeesh.
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Dec 5, 2021 21:44:21 GMT -5
not in the least
mimes though ... *shivers*
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Dec 5, 2021 22:02:06 GMT -5
Not me personally, but my friend Billy was.
And well just look at the way it made him act:
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Dec 6, 2021 3:12:22 GMT -5
If by "afraid of" you mean "turned on by" then yes, I am completely "afraid of" clowns.
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Post by Starshine on Dec 6, 2021 7:44:02 GMT -5
I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that clowns are actually more frightened of us than vice versa
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Post by Casey Jones on Dec 6, 2021 8:26:22 GMT -5
I love that Crispin Glover had this played on David Letterman in his second appearance AKA his first appearance back after he nearly kicked Letterman in the face and Letterman freaked out. After it plays Letterman just dead pans, “I thought that was going to be something stupid.” It was actually his third appearance. During his second appearance, he showed off weird Lava art that he had recently made.
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