It’s not snobbery. I don’t really consider myself a fan (although their first few albums have some songs that are fucking hilarious and I still enjoy to this day), but it’s like . . . really? These guys dress up like clowns and talk about having sex with naked dead bitches and people are wondering if it’s a joke or not. Really?
That’s the pain of Poe’s Law, man.
Is this month’s Straight Dope hosting brought to you by Poe or something?
Poe’s Law refers to godders, not evil clowns threatening to “chop your back off” while guzzling strawberry soda.
Evil clowns threatening to “chop your back off” while guzzling strawberry soda and claiming they’re secretly instructing Juggalos in God’s love…
Yeah, I can still see it being serious. It’s not likely, but probable enough that it gave me pause.
I think that it is probably some high level trolling going on, as you suggested way back on page one of this thread.
But I still burn with curiosity.
- Are the fans generally in on the joke
- When they say “fuck a scientist” in the miracles song, is that a joke? I honestly can’t tell. Harder to tell these things when you are pushing 40 and rapidly losing your cool, I guess.
The fans generally are the jokes.
The ICP is not actually advocating “chopping off” someone’s back, no. But they really do consider themselves a Christian band from what I’ve heard.
It’s not a joke; they are being 100% serious. Check out this article and interview in the Guardian: Insane Clown Posse: And God created controversy | Rap | The Guardian
That would be the article in post 54 that kicked off today’s posts in this thread.
:smack: should suffice.
I swear, I always read the thread first!
I hardly ever read the thread anymore, other than speed reading and skimming. But although the crux of that fairly new article is their supposed “Godlieness”, well that shit is old news and played out- That’s albums ago, and shit. That article gave a bit more candid view, and should be the focus… they believe in God, So what?