So, what about clowns?

Isky 2016-10-07 06:07:43 UTC #7

Yeah, it's pretty dumb. People have been dressing up as clowns at night and showing up at random places to scare people. It's been reported that some clowns have apparently been attempting to lure children to the woods. One clown even threatened to shoot up a school. Honestly, if I see a random clown at night, I'm kicking its ass. They're all scum.

efdvorsky 2016-10-07 06:13:45 UTC #8

I read today that there was one on the NY subway threatening people with a knife.

And another one who ran off when the woman he was trying to scare showed him she was carrying a gun.

I seriously don't get the U.S. smh

AnnaLandin 2016-10-07 06:42:21 UTC #9

... Seriously, America. Your 2016 is shaping up to be WEIRD. And also freaking terrifying.

AliceHoffmannArt 2016-10-07 07:27:45 UTC #10

Okay... I'm reading about this for the first time and I disapprove strongly.

What's wrong with some people? That's the best course of action they choose for their free time? They'd be more useful as couch potatoes, at least then they wouldn't scare random strangers who probably have way better things to do.

And I seriously don't see how that's supposed to be funny. It's the kind of thing that's never funny, whether it happens to yourself or someone else. Just... no.

SirGutsalot 2016-10-07 11:52:37 UTC #11

Nope..... nope..... NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPE!!!! okay I'm done.

spadesart 2016-10-07 12:35:31 UTC #12

Apparently one of them chased a girl with a knife and another seriously injured someone's pet so they're not really something to pass off with "they're just messing with people"

kencoon7 2016-10-07 12:52:45 UTC #13

When I was younger clowns were funny and would hand out things and make children laugh.
Now they have taken on a Freddie Cougar type reputation and are going around threatening people.
I am now opposed and think they are just s big a threat as any mad man running the streets.

indagold 2016-10-07 15:16:57 UTC #14

Idk I love the clown invasion. Kinda something to spice up my mundane life. I live in a secluded place and work from home so it's like i'm watching a horror story unfold without having to deal with it.... until I have to travel into nyc( then again nyc is full of batshit insane people even without clowns). Not that I approve of what they do, I guess it's just something out of the norm.

The insane clown posse must be having a goddam aneurysm over this.

ChipGod 2016-10-07 17:50:23 UTC #15

In the US, there is a trend going around that involves people messing with others as clowns

ChipGod 2016-10-07 17:51:11 UTC #16

Harambe, Trigger, Tump. HTT

ChipGod 2016-10-07 17:52:02 UTC #17

I agree, but it is funny to mess with people this way. The clowns have never actually hurt people anyway

efdvorsky 2016-10-07 18:37:01 UTC #18

Not when they take out knives and threaten with death :I Even if joking, you can never fully guarantee if they're really armed or not. I mean, if I'm driving and a clown is standing in the middle of the road acting like they'll shoot me, I'll just step on the gas pedal tbh. Momma didn't raise no fool.

But I think the best way to tackle the situation is to quietly arrest them and not feed the situation. Act like it doesn't exist and handle it well enough for this fad to die down like just another annoyance in 2016.

ChipGod 2016-10-07 19:01:58 UTC #19

I meant that it was funny for ME to mess with people. Ive never been a clown, but its fun to use this stupid situation to mess with people. If someone actually saw a clown and it came at them, it would be selfdefense which is necessary in the situation.

ChipGod 2016-10-07 19:03:30 UTC #20

Forums is weird, im not even sure if i responded to efd. heh

Aloredd 2016-10-07 19:12:35 UTC #21

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maximumthemokona 2016-10-07 19:13:02 UTC #22

I just think it's weird. The only thing that struck me was, well, there has to be a place online where people are coordinating this, right? A 4chan thread or a subreddit? I'm sure there's a bunch of trolls laughing their ass off somewhere. (I don't think it's very funny, for the record, that's just how I'm used to see these things play out I guess.)

Regular clowns are ok.

sarrowsmith10 2016-10-07 19:40:17 UTC #23

It's rather disturbing. There was one right in my neighborhood last night, trying to lure kids away while on their way home from school. Then I guess he showed up again peaking inside people's houses. The local police department has increased their patrols in the area. Even if you weren't dressed up, this sort of behavior can get you into a lot of trouble. When you are a parent this behavior is very alarming, and anytime a child is being lured away, you should expect parents and the community to be in a huff over it. It's not funny. It's not cute and it's not okay.

Save your antics for halloween night at a haunted house. Not being a creeper out on the street.

Bluu 2016-10-07 19:55:09 UTC #24

I'm not against talking about this issue, but talking about it only makes people even more paranoid.

ChipGod 2016-10-07 19:57:54 UTC #25

We need to find the source!

VermillionWorks 2016-10-07 19:58:10 UTC #26

I agree that fun is fun, but if these guys are actually chasing after people, they're going to scare someone too much who thinks they're being attacked and something tragic is going to happen.

I keep hearing about these clown sightings, yet 80% of the vids I watch of so-called real clown sightings are staged for the camera. Don't get me wrong, I KNOW this is really happening and people (even on here) have obviously seen them, but there are LOT of videos where I can tell the people recording are obviously playing up for the camera and a lot of videos of a clown chasing after the people recording and then the camera 'mysteriously' cutting off the moment the clown gets right up to them.

Basically it makes me question a little how wide spread these sightings really are and how many reports are in fact a load of crap.