2016 lurking clowns epidemic

this is all probably just catfishing gone wrong

Ooooorrrrrr ..... it's a bunch of killer evil clowns. I mean, who really wants to take the chance?

Someone should bring this to Trump's attention, asap.

http://ht.ly/xO7Q304y9TF

“This is a growing problem across the commonwealth. Please do NOT engage in this illegal behavior. Dressing as a clown and approaching people can result in someone getting seriously hurt. I strongly recommend not to engage in this behavior and want everyone to be aware of the Va. law which prohibits this behavior,” said Sheriff Donald Smith.

keep thinking this is a thread about ILM

i think the Green Bay WI one was the original, but huh:
http://wbay.com/2016/08/05/gags-the-green-bay-clown-exposed/

*clown menace*

one of my first ILE threads. i had no idea what the future would hold!

What's A Bigger Cliche: "I Hate Mimes!" Or "I'm Scared Of Clowns!"

I hate clowns almost as much as I hate mimes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O52mNrTjYTE

is it illegal to hit a clown with your car

if you do and it hurts your car, the clown has to pay, right?

2016 lurking clowns in bars epidemic

Gags the (Green Bay) Clown interviewed: https://soundcloud.com/maxatkruz/gags-interview-with-director-adam

"I'm not talking about the Bozos or the Ronald McDonald clowns," Smith said. "They're OK. It's the evil, scary clowns who have the intent to scare and harass people."

#notallclowns

so is this the new politics thread or what

hur hur

We should have an ilx gathering where we all go to a bar as clowns

fuck no

my wife's sister is attending Puddles Pity Party tonight and if you didn't know what that is, it's this

https://vimeo.com/108635845

A clowny clown clown

for some reason i find puddles surprisingly unobjectionable

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.

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

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.

imo, this is all part of the larger Trump phenomenon.

From pirates to zombies to creepy clowns.

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.

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?

the problem with clowns, vs the boogeyman or slenderman for example, is that they're real

feel like large cities will have less of a problem with this than rural communities. more wackos per capita

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!

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.

A skeleton is inside everyone
Werewolves 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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ3IcBhur50

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley#

http://ebayclowns.tumblr.com/post/151250662572/is-there-a-word-for-people-who-really-like-clowns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S8poOaSlGc

Cl(o)w(ntology)

thish ontology of clownsh

Clown riot at Penn State

http://heavy.com/news/2016/10/creepy-clowns-penn-state-riot-lock-down-campus-college-threatening-video-pennsylvania/

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.

so is this the bath salts/face eating of 2016

I'm sick of the zeitgeist and it's obscure phenomena begging for psychoanalytic unpacking. Sick go death

*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)

http://i.imgur.com/uUk1Cg1.png

Remember when the kids used to plank?

suspect his punker friend was v disappointed when he realized what he meant by going "Pennywising"

the happy slapping pandemic was much worse

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/oddities/20161005/instagram-account-says-creepy-clowns-are-coming-to-pasadena-whittier

they better watch out for the old lady on Colorado Boulevard

take it back, this might be 2016's "knockout game"

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?

A mob of Pennsylvania college students set out to hunt clowns early Tuesday after rumors spread that one was on the loose near campus.

http://time.com/4517709/penn-state-clown-hunt/

The Florida school district locked down S.S. Seward Institute for a time Tuesday after a report that there was a clown at the school...

http://www.recordonline.com/news/20161004/local-school-locked-down-after-reports-of-clown-inside-school

― scott seward, Thursday, October 6, 2016 3:22 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i was so confused on this being Florida, Orange County, in New York state, I had to look it up :-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida,_Orange_County,_New_York

I wish it were the Scott Seward Institute.

"the clowns are menacing from inside the institute"

institute-toot

Wherever there's a clown menacin' a guy, I'll be there.

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1028/7399/products/170932_grande.jpeg?v=1445388342

is floppy boot stomp surging on Spotify yet

http://mashable.com/2016/10/12/batman-creepy-clowns-uk/#CieVpu7nqqqo

Yeah, this is quite tiresome already. There was a report of a guy dressed as a clown chasing a young child in a park near me in Lewisham this week. I think I might have seen him as well. I saw a guy on a motorbike with a mask on. The thing none of these reports really say is how far these guys are invested in their whole clown thing. Did the clown in the report just wear normal clothes and a clown mask like I think I saw. Cos that's just a bit rubbish really.

i'm telling you guys, it makes me feel weirded out because SHARK ATTACKS seemed ever-present and unavoidable for a week just over fifteen years ago. constant rotation on cable news, a handful of think pieces, and now it seems like nothing because September eleventh rolled around that year and no one talked about sharks

what if the clowns are a goddamn harbinger

This happened around here in the 80s too. It's actually sociologically interesting

sharks, Satanic preschool teachers, happy slapping, anti-gingerism, killer clowns, gang member initiations, it's always something

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...

Funny story. A friend was hosting a sleepover for her young son and a few friends. No one was sleeping, so she decided, fine, I'll take them to the park at 11:30pm to run around with flashlights until they get tired. That lasted three minutes before they ran back, scared, saying they'd seen a bunch of clowns. Fine, bad idea, she thought, and took them home.

The next day she found out from her older kid that yeah, there were a bunch of clowns that night! Apparently upperclass high school kids scaring some freshmen party in the park or something.

we've reached the thinkpiece stage:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/opinion/sunday/what-do-the-scary-clowns-want.html?_r=0