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Jan Dickmeyer's avatar

I too was terrified of clowns … I was little but they were towering over little ones at the circus and in your face. Here’s the thing though. They are covering their faces with make up and significantly altering their appearance not dissimilar to wearing a mask I suppose. Kind of a cowardly way to scare the hec out of anyone let alone children all the while insisting it’s entertainment. It’s show biz zare.

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Karen Bandy's avatar

It is so bizarre! 🤡 What also was bizarre were my last months in the retail jewelry biz. Never in my career would someone be allowed in a jewelry store wearing a mask. Same thing with banks, yet they were mandated. I was planning to retire anyway in 2020, luckily.

One woman had hearing problems and asked me to take off my mask, I gladly pulled mine off. It was much harder trying to ‘read’ people too. Sales and design are very emotion-driven, it was tough with masks. I guess masks were traumatizing for rape and abuse victims too.

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Cowgirl Dee's avatar

The only clown I laughed at, when young, was being chased by an enraged rodeo bull after nearly trampling a fallen cowboy.

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Aria Veritas's avatar

Yep. Virtue wears a veil, vice wears a mask.

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