# Does anyone in the world LIKE clowns?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-world-like-clowns/232811>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 6, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-world-like-clowns/232811 "2004-03-06T03:12:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![DevilDan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@DevilDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DevilDan)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-world-like-clowns/232811/61 "2004-03-14T19:54:43Z")

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I can stand clowns, from a safe distance. (Say, on the other side of the scope of my rifle).

Seriously, my theory is that clowns remind us of being children in a creepy way. Makes us feel a bit vulnerable, powreless, alone.

I have to track down a copy of _Killer Clowns From Outer Space_ now, haven’t seen it in over a decade. Maybe rent Stephen King’s _It_, too.

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