Good news re: clowns

Oct 12, 2016 3:35 PM

Follow that TechnicallyRon guy on Twitter he's funny.

I still think its a publicity stunt for some new show or movie

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I work in a haunted house as a clown. I make sure not to go anywhere in costume, just in case.

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I know two people doing the clown thing. They're good people but pictures of them have been co-opted by a bunch of lazy news organizations.

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They were doing it before the whole craze started too. Shitty timing on their part I guess. The people in town kind of loved them.

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Relevant: http://imgur.com/WNWLY

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Account is a month old, I think OP is TechnicallyRon. Also this is technically not very funny.

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I've been sat, waiting, plotting my first post to Imgur for a month. A WHOLE MONTH. Or not.

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I enjoy the terrifying stories coming up to Halloween. Doesn't mean I'm not carrying around my giant balloon mallet just in case.

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Plot twist : You're @TechnicallyRon..

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I must have missed something. Killer clowns?

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Across the US, people being Super creepy - dressed as clowns, supposedly trying to lure people/kids into the woods, making threats online...

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YOU'RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!

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Do you want clowns ? Cause that's how you'll get clowns

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#ClownLivesMatter

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sLaughter is the best medicine

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TIL all these people dressing up as clowns are Mexican

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I don't get the clown-thing at all. Even reading articles Im left with "Tards are dressing up as clowns & other tards beat them up for it?"

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This was tweeted on 12/10/2016?

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Maybe they are from outer space.

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I'm not tryna kill nobody, I'm just here to make balloon animals and juggle.

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:solidarity:

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A fellow clown!! Love and light to you my brother/sister. <3 :o)

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Has there been some killing?

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Ft. Wayne Indiana had a clown get shot

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That was a hoax article.

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Aye in Northern Ireland one of the clowns stabbed a kid in Newry.

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Ah jaysus sure when isnt there violence up there.

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I know, but it was one of them clowns so it was kinda a shocker, but I was the one who's like "fucking told ye's it would happen"

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A few days late there lad

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There's been a clown stabbing but the clown didn't kill him in my town

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A few shot in Texas at least 1 dead. Read state motto.

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Kid got popped in North Richland Hills, Texas. Dunno if he died.

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Of the clowns, yes

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So far the killing stories seem to be hoaxes. There have been a few reports of clowns getting beaten up.

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Don't let that stop the sheep from continuing to talk about rumors like fact.

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Fatal Stabbing in Pennsylvania got news coverage, but don't let that stop you from continuing to dismiss any facts as rumors.

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And how is 1 action by 1 person out of 300 million in America now the definition of an epidemic we need to fear? People attack others all

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All the time and yet what they're wearing has been irrelevant until some asshole commits a crime wearing a costume.

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Two clowns in Aus got chased by the people they tried to scare and were arrested by police for being public nuisances :D

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And one 16 year old boy (dressed up as a clown) was stabbed to death.

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What was the full story on that though? Article said he wasn't even wearing the mask at the time.

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Ah don't know, sorry. I was just going off of a vox video.

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Thats so coolraphobia

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Nice on the vocabulary, mate

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What are you? Some sort of clown racist?

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/singletear

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#Clownlivesmatter

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Technically funny ...

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The clowns are an elaborate marketing scheme for the 2017 movie remake of "It" by Stephen King. It's all viral marketing.

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Viral marketing likely accounts for a good portion of social media trends/posts, and it goes largely unnoticed, but is very effective.

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Actually that was the case with some before all the hysteria started, the same with the movie gags. Also we found one under my school's 1/2

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2/2 parking deck

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Also means they can all come out of one car at the same time....

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Ironically, these killer clowns havnt actually killed anyone. However, some of us *have killed* some of the killer clowns.

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Some guys in a car pointed a gun at one and told it to leave kids alone and another one got jumped

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One got shot. Good

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Natural selection will sort this one out

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You haven't seen Idiocracy, have you?

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High school kid got stabbed to death by a clown in the u.s.

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Yeah well play stupid games win stupid prizes. You put on a mask of any kind most people will be wary.

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Where i live, they have

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Hold the fuck on, clowns being a problem is surreal enough, but now you're telling me some of them actually DIED for clowning around?

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John Wayne Gacy

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Pogo The Clown...

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God dammit PA.

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Yay Pennsylvania

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Whose the real killer clown here?

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Not me.

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The one's in the UK just keep getting beaten the shit out of. Think one got run over recently. Standard.

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That's probably brits are not as gun dependent/obsessed as Americans. Hugs from Brighton x

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The kid who got run over dressed as a clown was 13. Police have said they didn't think he was part of this "killer clown" fad... wat?

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A teenage boy got ran over while wearing a mask a few minutes from me

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Why did you run him over for a few minutes? You couldn't just do it once like a normal person?

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Yes, yes, nobody was killed. Except for that one kid in Pennsylvania...

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Police will need a new tactic: http://imgur.com/WNWLY

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Some of those clowns threatened my neices special needs school and shut it down. Fuck those guys!

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Fuck. Those. Not-clowns.

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a school in my state went into yellow code lockdown because there were clowns outside and where I live there was a rumour (1/2)

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That on the 7th clows were gonna shoot up the schools/on the 5th there were rumours of clowns were going to be there after. I left early 2/2

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Yeah see that's messed up u start messing with the kids the adults are gonna come for u. Stay safe little one.

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#polkadotlivesmatter

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:meep:

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Can it be argued that it was self defense because even if the situation wasn't inherently dangerous, the target felt like it was?

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Now if I changed "felt threatened by a clown because some could be violent" with "black".....

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Depends on if they have weapons. I saw a video of a guy getting chased by a clown with a machete.

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Depends on whether you were being actively threatened and where the confrontation occurred... Castle laws only apply to your house/property.

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It should. They know damn well what they're doing.

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Implications

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Not when someone dressed as a clown is just minding their own business and someone rolls up, shoots them and drives off.

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Self defense is valid when a reasonable person would find himself in danger and uses a reasonable amount of force to overcome the danger.

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Not for cops in the Portland metro area of Oregon. Here it literally says a cop can kill if they feel threatened; logic doesn't matter.

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If a guy is chasing you brandishing a weapon and you fear for your safety then yes you can defend yourself.

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Depends on location. In some places you may be responsible to exhaust all other options before resorting to confrontation. Stay safe!

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I mean, rule 1 of self defence is "fucking run if you can" so they have a point

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what if he's just wearing a clown suit and standing behind a bush?

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Is that bush on my property?

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They have been trying like hell to get themselves killed though. Citizens and police actually have more restraint than the media shows.

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If you watch interviews with local sheriffs, a lot of them are saying they're more worried about the clowns' safety than the public's.

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I'm worried too. I'm not fast runner. And I've seen them chase people. They'd be putting me in a bad spot. Can't just hope they're friendly.

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They have been also trying to lure people into the woods and their vehicles.

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Kinda feel sorry for the actual clowns, just walking home from their clown jobs while everyone looks at them like they're animals

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Actual clowns... have a change of clothes and take off the makeup in the nearest restroom. Because they know better than to commute costumed

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Fun fact: circus and party clowns glue their noses on. Theatrical clowns use string. I can pocket that shit if things get weird.

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I think weird is the default.

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It's rough. I'm serious.

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Ringling Brothers clowns are okay by me...

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:fistbump:

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They should just become mimes

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That shit seriously takes years. YEARS.

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There is a real trade union representing 2,500 actual professional Clowns. It's been a genuine disaster for their community.

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"Our clown economy...it's a disaster. A disaster! And it's hell out there, and Crooked Hillary hasn't done anything to stop it in 30 years!"

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Yeah but real clowns don't wear scary clown masks

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We can't wear any white any more. It's like a sign that says 'please kick the SHIT out of me. '

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Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

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RIGHT... b.c standing there doing nothing other than dressing up as a clown in October warrants being run over.

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there are no winners on either side of these games. except the clowns, because this was what they were looking for.

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Most likely stupid kids that found a way to get a rise out of people, not exactly ISIS

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Uhm. You contradicted yourself in leas than 140 characters.

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I suppose that was perhaps the point or something. Comedic contradiction.

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Hope comedy isn't your day job.

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This is becoming the most cliche comment on the internet.

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Yeah, but I like it. It's snappy, and so sassy

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I think the dead horse has had enough now of the recycled lack of originality, thanks.

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Yet it rings so true

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*humans*

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No, it doesn't. There's no law saying you aren't permitted to dress up as a fucking alien if that's what you're into, much less a clown

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It's not the dressing up that's the problem. It's the ones running around with knives and such intentionally terrorizing people.

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There's also no law that says I can't wander around detroit wearing a top that says black lives don't matter, does that make it okay?

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Are they trying to scare the shit out of people? Yes. They deserve whatever reaction they get. Big difference between just dressing up.

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Most accurate in most cases

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Definitely in these cases.

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I know an elderly dude who volunteers at a hospital with sick kids. He does the clown thing with all the balloons and shit. He's been (1)

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asked to take a break because of all the clown bullshit.

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That makes me fucking furious.

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This

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One guy where I live got his hand sliced open and nearly lost a finger.

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By the clown?

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No, by a blade

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*slow claps*

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beep beep lettuce

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Hey, I like your style

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Roland could waste Pennywise like the pissant it is. Half ass energy vampire from Todash.

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I've been reading this book for 3 months. I just want it to end. Also I heard they're remaking the movie.

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I listened to it while I worked construction. I literally built a house before the book ended.

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Yea I heard that too. I don't think they'll come even close to the original

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No offense dude but what do you read like three words a day?

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One taken. I'm a new dad. Not a lot of free time.

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Over three months, it's an average of 13 pages a day. I only take the time to read for a few hours every week, so yeah, could take a while.

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None*

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Which book

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IT by Stephen King

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"It" by Stephen King. Very fat book.

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My friend recently borrowed that book from a library, it's like a large brick. Or on of those gigantic dictionary's.

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I love the book so much, but then I watched the movie and it wasn't scary at all. I hope the new one will be an r rated masterpiece.

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