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Clowning Around Rule (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (4 children)

OK, but what the hell was it actually?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

Wikipedia page has some explanation.

There's also this gem:

In October 2016, McDonald's decided that Ronald McDonald would keep a lower profile as a result of the incidents.

That said, a 16 year old was killed in relation to these incidents, so not completely fun and games.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Wasn't it the "killer clown" prank timeline?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Not sure for other countries, but in mine it was just peoples disguising in clown for fun or doing prank on youtube, no real harmful acts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

It was what every cultural thing seems to be turning into: internet pranks/memes. Someone saw someone do it, did it themselves, when more people did it, more people did it. Simplest explanation is always the most likely.