On second thought, let’s not go to Clown Island. 'Tis a silly place.
'Tis also a disturbing place, m’lord, pregnant with a wordless dread that seems to seep into the very marrow of any and all good, God-fearing vessels such as we.
They dont even have voice boxes, if they want to speak they have to “borrow” them!
Being afraid of clowns is like being afraid of Sesame Street. Like most pop culture opinions such as pretending to dislike the word “moist,” I will just never understand the appeal.
It makes no sense to be afraid of clowns. It’s like being afraid of shoes. All your fear doesn’t stop them from being under your bed right now.
Equally as scary as hearing there’s a carebear under my bed. I’ve done theater, I’ve known clowns; dorky James who just wants to make somebody smile isn’t a threatening character and it’s so boring watching people pretend he is just because a meme told them to.
Tim Curry’s IT scarred the whole generation of millennials. I saw it when I was a kid and I still find clowns creepy. The younger generations should be free from this, since the 2017 remake is not as popular and the movie theaters are more strict at age verification.
You do realize that phobias are inherently irrational right? There’s no appeal to it. It just is.
I am not referring to those with legitimate phobias, obviously. I am referring to pop culture bandwagoners who follow trends without reflecting on whether or not they’re even enjoying their participation. Like people who “hate the word moist,” as I mentioned, which is not something that anyone actually legitimately organically does.
From a psychologist’s perspective, a fear of clowns often starts in childhood; there’s even an entry in the psychologists’ bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or DSM, for a fear of clowns, although it’s under the umbrella category of a pediatric phobia of costumed characters (sports mascots, Mickey Mouse). “It starts normally in children about the age of two, when they get anxiety about being around strangers, too. At that age, children’s minds are still developing, there’s a little bit of a blend and they’re not always able to separate fantasy from reality,” explains Dr. Brenda Wiederhold, a veteran psychologist who runs a phobia and anxiety treatment center in San Diego that uses virtual reality to treat clients.
Most people, she says, grow out of the fear, but not everyone—perhaps as much as 2 percent of the adult population will have a fear of clowns. Adult clown phobics are unsettled by the clown’s face-paint and the inability to read genuine emotion on a clown’s face, as well as the perception that clowns are able to engage in manic behavior, often without consequences
If that was true, that trend wouldn’t exist in the first place. At least one person had to legitimately hate or at least exaggerate disliking the word for that idea to spread, so it stands to reason that more than one person organically disliked the word independently. That’s not even considering outliers like folks with synesthesia who may perceive the way the word sounds much differently than most do.
“moist”
Just fans of “Dead Like Me” trying for a third season.
I’m not afraid of clowns, that’s silly. Only those that hide in sewers
I’ve always assumed it’s because clowns can fall into uncanny valley for some people
I feel like the frear of clowns is very dependant on circumstance, at least for me.
Its less fear of clowns and more fear of clowns in places where there should not be clowns, doing unclownly things.
Yep that’s a no from me
oh hey it’s graham annable! i recognise the noses from “nelson tethers - puzzle agent”
40 foot clown island is not a place of honour.
Don’t you want to see the Deadlights Erik? You’ll float too!
Screenshot from my Valheim server
Finally a mod worthy of installing!
“Let’s try this next place, I heard a friendly fellow named Tingle lives there.”
My, what a wonderful windmill!
see you in Valhalla
