What do you think of clowns?

[Scar]

I am going on a clown bike ride this Friday night. I am pretty excited. I wasn't much a fan of clowns until about 3 or 4 years ago my pal had a clown themed birthday party and it was so so fun that now when the chance presents itself I am up for dressing up :-) I am more into circus de soleil type clownery than big red nose clownery though......

Anyhow, any of you out there frightened of clowns???

[Amerist]

Better than mimes?

[Scar]

[Mr Karl]

I have an insane hatred of clowns and ballons, no idea why but I do

[One Eyed Cat]

I've always hated clowns. When I was a little kid, I kept kicking one that tried approached me. My mom told me to stop but she finally had to tell the clown to leave me alone. It took a long time for that fucking clown to realize little kids don't kick ppl as some sort of joke.

I've tried to modify my stance. I don't mind evil "clowns" and I like the use of make-up a lot. Deep down though? I'll always hate that phony smile. Never gave much thought to the balloons.

Jackie T

[TheDeathKnight]

Clown costumes are fun!

Have you met Heckels and Twitch?

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[bohoki]

clowns anger me

[VoltaireBlue]

they creep the living shit out of me.

[Black Spiral Dancer]

Clowns are great! Haven't you guys seen Strangeland.com?

[Mindgames]

Coulrophobia, in case you care.

Everyone except Voltaire can click HERE

Voltaire, who may want to understand more about why the phobia and societal over-reaction are particularly interesting to folks like me, can instead click HERE where there are absolutely no pictures of clowns.

BondageClown can click both and pleasure himself.

[Black Spiral Dancer]

I liked the first link. There are some of the "Killer Clowns From Outer Space" in the gallery! Fine by me!

[Mr Karl]

interesting...I actualy couldn't read all that about clowns, because, its about clowns and the the pictures, even the evil cool looking ones I don't like...it seems to be something about the configuration of the makeup.....well maybe, but, ....ah fuck it I'll just have to ponder where this comes from.

I hate balloons too......like realy, and it's not fear,just hatred

[One Eyed Cat]

interesting...I actualy couldn't read all that about clowns, because, its about clowns and the the pictures, even the evil cool looking ones I don't like...it seems to be something about the configuration of the makeup.....well maybe, but, ....ah fuck it I'll just have to ponder where this comes from.

I hate balloons too......like realy, and it's not fear,just hatred

I didn't like a lot of the clowns there either. I would have had to hang about half of them from trees. The expressions on their face still made me angry. Dunno why. I like other stuff like grinning skulls. I'll comment on the article after I get some more caffeine in me haha.

Jackie T

[One Eyed Cat]

Welsford connects the Fool to clairvoyance and divination as well as to madness and sainthood.

-- Absolutely. The fool is an important and potential liberating archetype in many slavic cultures (Mad Monk Rasputin aka "The Holy Fool" is an obvious example)

Paranormal scholar George Hansen further demonstrates this connection between clowns, mystic saints, and paranormal power- and connects it with the archetype of the Trickster.

“Clowns have many striking characteristics as well as links with Shamanism…Fools and Clowns are sub-classes of Tricksters and share most essential qualities, including their association with supernatural… Their connection with the paranormal is unmistakable.”


-- Any similarities between clowns and the fool are superficial. I can see a genesis from the court jester to a point. Likening clowns to the trickster archetype is a serious stretch.

-- I think the circus clown is simply a product of the societies in which they appear. They were originally a way for the wealthy to poke fun at the destitute. See they're just clowns? They're really happy. As a middle class appeared, the clown simply became the "other". They are simply people who made a deliberate choice to hide behind a phony smile. We wonder why and sense malice in many of them. Likening them to the holy fool or even trickster archetype is giving them way too much credit.

Jackie T

[Mr Karl]

I've thought about this for a day and I think its actualy the colors, black and white clowns are fine but the colorful ones...forget it

[Nos]

The only time I've ever been afraid of a clown was when I happened to glance over in traffic and saw one driving a car !

[Donald Rilea]

To answer the original question in a smart-ass manner, not bloody much.

Actually, don't care much for, nor have much of anything against clowns.

Just always kinda bored me, that's all.

[Tinman]

Im with Don(hope you dont mind me calling you Don) not really given it much thought, wouldnt run screaming through the streets if i saw one but not likely to run up and honk there horn either.

Whats scary or to hate bout a ballon?
Not many people been attacked by a stray ballon or ballon weilding nut job or crushed by falling ballon, not to poke fun i just cant make ballons bad

[Donald Rilea]

Not a problem, Tinman. Have been called far worse in my time.

[Tinman]

Lmao, do i want to know?

[Donald Rilea]

Probably not, though it hasn't happened all that often to me.

Then again, God only knows what people call me out of my ear shot, if they even remember who I am five minutes after I leave the room.

[One Eyed Cat]

May we revel in this moment!



The First Step is To Admit!

Jackie T

[Tinman]

Lol, only if i see a free the balloon animals sign first lol

[One Eyed Cat]

Lol, only if i see a free the balloon animals sign first lol

hehe. I'm against animals being in circuses. You stumped me though. I couldn't find any anti-balloon animal folks

Jackie T

[a_small_death]

I think you oughtta check this out it's great.

[Tinman]

Your right it is good!

[Mr Karl]

May we revel in this moment!



The First Step is To Admit!

Jackie T

[Toe Cutter]

I think the lot of you are bunch hateful bigots. You all come off so PC and 'One Love' but now your true colors are showing arent they?. It's hard for me to express in words how disapointed and hurt I feel at this moment...

[Uzziel]

Clowns are abstract representations of Solomon's captured daemons and are used to chase away evil spirits from the circus performers circle of power... they are based on beings of great power which is why they appear very sinister even if they can make you laugh

[Anthony Damned]

Im not scared of em but my gf is. I think they are cool

[Bondage Clown]

I don't know what to think of any of the comments. I don't know what to think of the question.

I don't know what to think about anything.

[Layla Von Tear]

scared shitless

[Tinman]

I think the lot of you are bunch hateful bigots. You all come off so PC and 'One Love' but now your true colors are showing arent they?. It's hard for me to express in words how disapointed and hurt I feel at this moment...

Hey dont b like that we was just clownin around LOL!