http://ht.ly/xO7Q304y9TF
βThis 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,β said Sheriff Donald Smith.
― sleeve, Thursday, 29 September 2016 14:21 (seven years ago) link
keep thinking this is a thread about ILM
― i bill everything i duck (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 29 September 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
i think the Green Bay WI one was the original, but huh:http://wbay.com/2016/08/05/gags-the-green-bay-clown-exposed/
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 29 September 2016 16:50 (seven years ago) link
*clown menace*
― (rocketcat) ππ± ππ (kingfish), Thursday, 29 September 2016 18:09 (seven years ago) link
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!"
― scott seward, Thursday, 29 September 2016 18:13 (seven years ago) link
I hate clowns almost as much as I hate mimes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O52mNrTjYTE
― how's life, Thursday, 29 September 2016 18:24 (seven years ago) link
is it illegal to hit a clown with your car
if you do and it hurts your car, the clown has to pay, right?
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Thursday, 29 September 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
2016 lurking clowns in bars epidemic
― calstars, Thursday, 29 September 2016 19:06 (seven years ago) link
Gags the (Green Bay) Clown interviewed: https://soundcloud.com/maxatkruz/gags-interview-with-director-adam
― PappaWheelie V, Friday, 30 September 2016 22:00 (seven years ago) link
"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
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Friday, 30 September 2016 22:19 (seven years ago) link
so is this the new politics thread or what
hur hur
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 30 September 2016 22:46 (seven years ago) link
We should have an ilx gathering where we all go to a bar as clowns
― calstars, Friday, 30 September 2016 22:59 (seven years ago) link
fuck no
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh π), Friday, 30 September 2016 23:24 (seven years ago) link
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
― how's life, Saturday, 1 October 2016 01:06 (seven years ago) link
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 π), 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 π), 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 π), 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 π), 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
I wish it were the Scott Seward Institute.
― tokyo rosemary, Thursday, 6 October 2016 20:26 (seven years ago) link
"the clowns are menacing from inside the institute"
― mark s, Thursday, 6 October 2016 20:34 (seven years ago) link
institute-toot
― PappaWheelie V, Thursday, 6 October 2016 20:34 (seven years ago) link
Wherever there's a clown menacin' a guy, I'll be there.
― brownie, Thursday, 6 October 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1028/7399/products/170932_grande.jpeg?v=1445388342
― PappaWheelie V, Thursday, 6 October 2016 20:57 (seven years ago) link
is floppy boot stomp surging on Spotify yet
― look at the morning people (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 6 October 2016 21:05 (seven years ago) link
http://mashable.com/2016/10/12/batman-creepy-clowns-uk/#CieVpu7nqqqo
― how's life, Thursday, 13 October 2016 16:35 (seven years ago) link
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.
― kraudive, Thursday, 13 October 2016 23:40 (seven years ago) link
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
― mh π, Friday, 14 October 2016 03:50 (seven years ago) link
This happened around here in the 80s too. It's actually sociologically interesting
― punksishippies, Friday, 14 October 2016 05:43 (seven years ago) link
sharks, Satanic preschool teachers, happy slapping, anti-gingerism, killer clowns, gang member initiations, it's always something
― Lawsonomy Domine (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 17 October 2016 04:41 (seven years ago) link
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...
― earlnash, Monday, 17 October 2016 05:04 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 17 October 2016 05:07 (seven years ago) link
we've reached the thinkpiece stage:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/opinion/sunday/what-do-the-scary-clowns-want.html?_r=0
― sleeve, Monday, 17 October 2016 14:16 (seven years ago) link