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I really don't get coulrophobia. I get the fear of crazy looking ones like Pennywise, but how is that different from the fear of any non-clown maniac with a cr

I really don't get coulrophobia. I get the fear of crazy looking ones like Pennywise, but how is that different from the fear of any non-clown maniac with a crazy look on their face and intent to murder? You could put a guy in a Pluto (Goofy's dog) costume with a serial killer grin on his face wielding a machete and I'd be just as scared. I will say thought that as an adult perhaps a dislike for clowns cause they're terribly unfunny is logical. Cause someone trying hard to make you laugh especially through slapstick humor rarely works out. But I'm sticking to the fear definition of phobia and not dislike definition. But a fear of all clowns just cause .... I don't get it.

qorrect 4y ago
> ... I don't get it. That's thing with irrational fears.
shagie 4y ago
(I don't have coulrophobia) The distortion of the facial expressions can make it harder to read and that can cause anxiety in some. Consider the other extreme - https://twitter.com/SchrebersSister/status/1187273051949408256/photo/2 https://twitter.com/SchrebersSister/status/11872730519494082... and that the distortion or the lack of features can be anxiety provoking. If the clown face is always happy, or always sad, even if the person shouldn't be. Are they looking at you, can you track where they are looking? Are their eyes open or closed? The facial recognition wiring in the brain could be sending "I don't know what to do with this" signals to the rest of the consciousness and that's leading to the corresponding anxiety that then manifests as a fear of clowns. --- Tangent of tangent that I was reminded of: Using AI to Find Where Clowns End and Juggalos Begin - https://medium.com/@nhoral/using-ai-to-find-where-clowns-end-and-juggalos-begin-3afbc04c5c55 https://medium.com/@nhoral/using-ai-to-find-where-clowns-end... ICP doesn't just stand for IBM Cloud Private.
- racl101 4y ago
  Water! Fire! Air and Earth! F-ing magnets? How do they Work? And I don't wanna talk to no scientist! Y'all are lying and getting me pissed!

qorrect 4y ago

> ... I don't get it. That's thing with irrational fears.

shagie 4y ago

(I don't have coulrophobia) The distortion of the facial expressions can make it harder to read and that can cause anxiety in some. Consider the other extreme - https://twitter.com/SchrebersSister/status/1187273051949408256/photo/2 https://twitter.com/SchrebersSister/status/11872730519494082... and that the distortion or the lack of features can be anxiety provoking. If the clown face is always happy, or always sad, even if the person shouldn't be. Are they looking at you, can you track where they are looking? Are their eyes open or closed? The facial recognition wiring in the brain could be sending "I don't know what to do with this" signals to the rest of the consciousness and that's leading to the corresponding anxiety that then manifests as a fear of clowns. --- Tangent of tangent that I was reminded of: Using AI to Find Where Clowns End and Juggalos Begin - https://medium.com/@nhoral/using-ai-to-find-where-clowns-end-and-juggalos-begin-3afbc04c5c55 https://medium.com/@nhoral/using-ai-to-find-where-clowns-end... ICP doesn't just stand for IBM Cloud Private.

racl101 4y ago
Water! Fire! Air and Earth! F-ing magnets? How do they Work? And I don't wanna talk to no scientist! Y'all are lying and getting me pissed!