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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Rman on August 28, 2019, 07:38:57 PM

Title: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: Rman on August 28, 2019, 07:38:57 PM: I think the emoji sells it. But it's everywhere these days.
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 28, 2019, 07:42:29 PM: :zzz
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Post by: team filler on August 28, 2019, 07:50:52 PM: (https://i.imgur.com/8NTAoZA.jpg)
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Post by: agrajag on August 28, 2019, 09:04:36 PM: most of your threads could just be posts in the random thoughts thread, just sayin' mang
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Post by: Trent Dole on August 28, 2019, 09:08:44 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs_E9TP6cvE
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Post by: BisMarckie on August 28, 2019, 09:13:09 PM: Quote from: agrajag on August 28, 2019, 09:04:36 PM
most of your threads could just be posts in the random thoughts thread, just sayin' mang

Most of my posts are just shitty throwaway jokes.

Let people live, man. :goldberg
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: BisMarckie on August 28, 2019, 09:20:09 PM: All this hatred and verbal abuse just because I called Boris from Goldeneye the best Boris. :goty2
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: EightBitNate on August 28, 2019, 09:52:42 PM: (https://img.ifunny.co/images/f692abc08eac113fa6cc083fc7873ce54e4a9fc320e9f6871cca8bfa5fd9c761_1.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: agrajag on August 28, 2019, 09:55:30 PM: Quote from: BisMarckie on August 28, 2019, 09:13:09 PM
Quote from: agrajag on August 28, 2019, 09:04:36 PM
most of your threads could just be posts in the random thoughts thread, just sayin' mang

Most of my posts are just shitty throwaway jokes.

Let people live, man. :goldberg

don't mind me, I'm just projecting my own thread-starting anxiety onto him
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: Leadbelly on August 28, 2019, 10:00:37 PM: I like when I stretch out to relax and my back clicks or my shoulder clicks. Something satisfying about it.

I was thinking of making a thread about it.
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: Momo on August 29, 2019, 02:08:21 AM: (https://i.imgur.com/yxjiUD5.png)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlANqxZxhm8
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: Raist on August 29, 2019, 02:17:44 AM: (https://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/batmandarknightjoker.gif)
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: EchoRin on August 29, 2019, 02:44:31 AM: The Day the Clown Cried can finally be screened in 2024. Not sure why Jerry Lewis picked that year. It's in the hands of the Library of Congress.
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Post by: Mandark on August 29, 2019, 02:53:23 AM: https://twitter.com/skullmandible/status/411281851131523072
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Post by: Momo on August 29, 2019, 03:25:18 AM: fake even flow Jericho :rejoice
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Post by: Great Rumbler on August 29, 2019, 09:29:08 AM: Quote from: Mandark on August 29, 2019, 02:53:23 AM
https://twitter.com/skullmandible/status/411281851131523072

"but i'm pagliacci..."
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: EchoRin on August 29, 2019, 10:16:09 AM: Quote from: Dantizzinel on August 29, 2019, 03:21:31 AM
Quote from: EchoRin on August 29, 2019, 02:44:31 AM
The Day the Clown Cried can finally be screened in 2024. Not sure why Jerry Lewis picked that year. It's in the hands of the Library of Congress.

Damn, I didn't know that.

Maybe he expects to die before then so it would save him the embarrassment.

Well... he is dead. So perhaps he knew he wouldn't make it to that year lol
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: Uncle on August 29, 2019, 10:17:57 AM: is this not to be confused with clown world and honk whatever

is this the internet "taking it back" and not allowing the alt right to have clowns
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Post by: Propagandhim on August 29, 2019, 10:53:54 AM: (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/473377840058990593/616391180292194305/IMG_20190815_210351.jpg)
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Post by: agrajag on August 29, 2019, 11:07:43 AM: Quote from: Uncle on August 29, 2019, 10:17:57 AM
is this not to be confused with clown world and honk whatever

is this the internet "taking it back" and not allowing the alt right to have clowns

I just found out yesterday that it's a boomer thing to call something wack. Now it's "you a whole clown," etc. The internet moves so fast.
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: Joe Molotov on August 29, 2019, 11:10:58 AM: how lit of you to notice, fam
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: agrajag on August 29, 2019, 11:13:00 AM: how do you do, fellow clowns
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: BIONIC on August 29, 2019, 12:24:00 PM: :jeb Honk if you love Jesus :jeb
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: Rufus on August 29, 2019, 12:58:00 PM: Quote from: Philip Cardgage on August 29, 2019, 11:23:51 AM
Aren't clown emoji's associated with MAPs on twitter?
What's a...
Quote
Otherwise known as a Minor Attracted Person, also otherwise known as a pedophile.
oh :doge
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: BIONIC on August 29, 2019, 01:06:54 PM: Quote from: BIONIC on August 29, 2019, 12:24:00 PM
:jeb Honk if you love Jesus :jeb
Quote from: Rufus on August 29, 2019, 12:58:00 PM
Quote from: Philip Cardgage on August 29, 2019, 11:23:51 AM
Aren't clown emoji's associated with MAPs on twitter?
What's a...
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Otherwise known as a Minor Attracted Person, also otherwise known as a pedophile.
oh :doge

(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8f/8d/dc/8f8ddc6d09baed9c151a1b9c21aa3f07--god-jesus-jesus-christ.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: team filler on August 29, 2019, 01:11:10 PM: honk honk (https://i.imgur.com/mgE2T0e.jpg)
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Post by: EchoRin on August 29, 2019, 01:50:10 PM: Quote from: Philip Cardgage on August 29, 2019, 01:48:54 PM
Quote from: Rufus on August 29, 2019, 12:58:00 PM
Quote from: Philip Cardgage on August 29, 2019, 11:23:51 AM
Aren't clown emoji's associated with MAPs on twitter?
What's a...
Quote
Otherwise known as a Minor Attracted Person, also otherwise known as a pedophile.
oh :doge

Pedophiles that are open about it and want to be part of the LGBT community. Yeah, the whole thing is kind of fucked.
As in they wish to be seen as part of a minority group? Bruh... :gloomy
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: Joe Molotov on August 29, 2019, 02:09:40 PM: Jesus if you love Honkler
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: team filler on August 29, 2019, 02:16:33 PM: Quote from: Joe Molotov on August 29, 2019, 02:09:40 PM
Jesus if you love Honkler
(https://i.imgur.com/kXCeI8y.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on August 29, 2019, 10:25:37 PM: I like FF6, it had a bad clown (Kefka) AND a good clown (Gogo)
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: toku on August 29, 2019, 10:53:40 PM: (https://i.imgur.com/2qbDnaC.jpg)
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: agrajag on August 31, 2019, 04:06:02 PM: cross-posting this here for relevance

https://twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/1167887606677270529
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: team filler on August 31, 2019, 04:25:26 PM: https://twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/1167889018169618434
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: agrajag on August 31, 2019, 04:33:37 PM: (https://i.imgur.com/mgE2T0e.jpg)
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Post by: bluemax on September 01, 2019, 02:09:46 AM: Is Clown a social media insult used by anyone but Gamer Gaters and similar folk?
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: pilonv1 on September 01, 2019, 05:42:49 AM: Still relevant

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--dwight-howard-joins-lakers--needs-to-leave-clown-act-behind-in-orlando.html

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During games, players used to hear Kevin Garnett screaming at Howard: "Paint your face, clown!" up and down the floor.

:sabu
Title: Re: I love the rise of "Clown" as the common social media insult.
Post by: Nintex on September 01, 2019, 05:56:21 AM: Quote from: bluemax on September 01, 2019, 02:09:46 AM
Is Clown a social media insult used by anyone but Gamer Gaters and similar folk?
Citizens of London were known to refer to Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson I as 'Clown' in May 2008

Gamergate was established August 2014.
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Post by: agrajag on September 01, 2019, 08:36:52 PM: the number of hot takes regarding the Joker movie is reaching critic mass
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Post by: toku on September 01, 2019, 11:08:26 PM: clowns may always be controversial