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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.