Are clowns cool in the ironic sort of way yet?

[BabyHeadCrab]

I sort of like them, they're fun in the creepy ironic sense. Thoughts?

 

[Avoidist]

Why so populist?

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

Joker doesn't count. I honestly wasn't thinking about that damn movie. Ugh, you disgust me.

 

[Avoidist]

I'm glad. And my answer to the poll is no, clowns are and always will be horrendous, godless, marauding terrors. The worst part is that kids who are clearly afraid of clowns get forced by the parents to have a conversation with them. They should be allowed to stay away!

If clowns became some sort of ironic craze I may stay indoors forever with the doors boarded up to escape them.

 

[kirovman]

Clown mum.

 

[MJ12]

Clowns are terrifying.

 

[mechanicallizard]

i dont like clowns. im not scared of them, but i do. not. like. them.

 

[Eejit]

They're pathetic. I wouldn't say they're "terrors" though.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

I'm glad. And my answer to the poll is no, clowns are and always will be horrendous, godless, marauding terrors. The worst part is that kids who are clearly afraid of clowns get forced by the parents to have a conversation with them. They should be allowed to stay away!

If clowns became some sort of ironic craze I may stay indoors forever with the doors boarded up to escape them.

It's really hilarious and interesting to me how clowns have become so feared. I'd like to know more the series of events that took place in order to turn them into such figures of evil. The contrived happiness aspect almost certainly has something to do with it -- as does Stephen King's IT and other works of literature and film that have served to turn them into a sort of Gothic "other", but what else? Clowns weren't always considered horrifying by the general public, or else they would have never become so popular in the first place.

There's definitely some kind of nurturing aspect to it. Some Freudian deep rooted fear / neurosis to do with fathers (or mothers?) and what we're told makes us happy and why it should make us happy.

 

[highlander]

I love clowns. Raaaaawr.

 

[Unfocused]

Clowns are dumb and unfunny.

 

[Jintor]

They are hideous beings that make others happier by sucking the misery out of the surrounding atmosphere and concentrating it in themselves.

 

[highlander]

^ Samon?

 

[Darkside55]

Clowns are hilarious.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

That's a spider.

 

[Bad^Hat]

c-c-c-c-YEEEAH!

 

[The Monkey]

As I've always said, there're two kinds of people in the world: 1) People who hate clowns. 2) Clowns.

 

[Kula Meenur]

Clowns are hilarious.

Pennywise is so cute

 

[The Monkey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdVBLRvpc4w

 

[nurizeko]

I couldn't care less. I don't get this phobia or dislike of clowns, its just some dunass in a costume, you don't fear Santa do you?, even if he is just Bob Johnston playing it at a mall or something.


Maybe being scared of clowns is an American thing.

 

[Mech Man]

Im on the fence here. On one hand im afraid of clowns (so much so that I assaulted one when I was younger) but on the other hand they can make for cool villains if played correctly.

c-c-c-c-YEEEAH!
*snip*

Doctor Rockso the rock and role clown Y-Y-Y-Y-YEAH!

 

[Iron Kat]

No. i've never liked clowns and always found them scary when I was little.

 

[Darkside55]

STOP BEING AFRAID OF CLOWNS YOU DUMMY

STOP IT

STOP IT I SAY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MaQhvZbB-8

 

[Azner]

I love clowns. Not Joker. Hehehe, Clowns... hehehehe

 

[No Limit]

As someone that went to high school during the ICP generation I can safely say that no, clowns are not cool, not even in an ironic sort of way.

 

[Omnomnick]

Depends on the type of clown...

 

[Iron Kat]

STOP BEING AFRAID OF CLOWNS YOU DUMMY

STOP IT

STOP IT I SAY

I'm not afraid of clowns anymore, I said I used to be. I still don't like them though, but that's not the same as being afraid.

 

[Dog--]

Why so populist?

I know it's a little late but..

Why so Avoidist?


On topic: Clowns are totally gay, I hate them.

 

[lefty]

Metal has ruined clowns.

 

[kupocake]

From now on the baby sleeps in the crib!
Iron helps us play!
HuHuhaha!
Hello, Joe!
From now on the baby sleeps in the crib!
Iron helps us play!
HuHuhaha!
Hello, Joe!
From now on the baby sleeps in the crib!
Iron helps us play!
HuHuhaha!
Hello, Joe!

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

As someone that went to high school during the ICP generation I can safely say that no, clowns are not cool, not even in an ironic sort of way.

Juggalos don't count either. Ugh, Juggalos.