What on earth is Juggalo...?

[ColdClimate]

I must be getting old, because this is the first 'youth trend' I'm at a complete loss to understand. I mean, I've read the wiki article, I know who the Insane Clown Posse are, and I've caught countless little web tidbits about jugalos on the news, on video, and generally just being made fun of. But....I'm still confused....

Are there really people who wander about on a average day with carnival face-paint, carrying hatchets and drinking third-rate soft-drinks? Are there actually a legion of people out there dedicated to ICP's terrible music (unironically?) Are there any in your area?

Are there any posting in this forum....?

 

[amadeus]

I don't know who they are, but they sure as hell make it easier for me to get people on the social Darwinism bandwagon.

 

[Ekolite]

Never heard of this myself. Looks like fun though.

 

[Arwon]

It's not a particularly new phenomenon.

Toward a Juggalo Theory of Value, part 1

ICP were a novelty act with a sound that ranged from hard rock to old school rap (as in, they sounded like early 90s rappers in the late 90s) that was popular in the mainstream and sold a few million records about a decade ago.

Why are they still around? How did they survive as an institution in what can be kindly termed “relative obscurity?” How is it that they have continued to produce relatively successful albums independently after leaving stardom? How is it right now that they seem to be getting more attention in pop culture circles than their Detroit rap contemporary and arch-rival Eminem, even if the rivalry seems so utterly laughable now?

The answer is one remarkable word – and it’s a word that teaches us pretty much everything we need to know about how the market, politics, social capital, power and control work in contemporary society – because everybody is trying to do this, and most of those people trying don’t tend to do it as well as ICP.
That word is “juggalo.” And juggalos are the new gold standard. The fact is, today’s is a juggalo world, and we’re all just living in it. Read on …

 

[warpus]

I must be getting old, because this is the first 'youth trend' I'm at a complete loss to understand. I mean, I've read the wiki article, I know who the Insane Clown Posse are, and I've caught countless little web tidbits about jugalos on the news, on video, and generally just being made fun of. But....I'm still confused....

Are there really people who wander about on a average day with carnival face-paint, carrying hatchets and drinking third-rate soft-drinks? Are there actually a legion of people out there dedicated to ICP's terrible music (unironically?) Are there any in your area?

Are there any posting in this forum....?

There are people out there who enjoy getting dressed up as giant furry animals and get aroused by others doing the same - and you are surprised about this?

 

[ColdClimate]

EDIT: double post....

 

[Newbunkle]

Here's an example of a typical Juggalo:


Link to video.

 

[ColdClimate]

There are people out there who enjoy getting dressed up as giant furry animals and get aroused by others doing the same - and you are surprised about this?

Actually, that makes a lot more sense...

Sexual fetishes are totally understandable, but this...?

 

[MobBoss]

I must be getting old, because this is the first 'youth trend' I'm at a complete loss to understand. I mean, I've read the wiki article, I know who the Insane Clown Posse are, and I've caught countless little web tidbits about jugalos on the news, on video, and generally just being made fun of. But....I'm still confused....

Are there really people who wander about on a average day with carnival face-paint, carrying hatchets and drinking third-rate soft-drinks? Are there actually a legion of people out there dedicated to ICP's terrible music (unironically?) Are there any in your area?

Are there any posting in this forum....?

The clown version of furries?

 

[Disgustipated]

those guys suck. I'd rather dress up l like gwar. gwar sucks too, but they have a cooler image.

 

[warpus]

Actually, that makes a lot more sense...

Sexual fetishes are totally understandable, but this...?

Someone wanting to dress up as a giant fox so that he can get sexually aroused and fox around with other sexually aroused fox freaks is more understandable than that?

Alright then.. what about.. hmm.. what about people who think they are dragons? Like.. They'll get dragon names, seriously think they are dragons in human form, etc. What about people who claim they have supernatural powers, and can shift to other dimensions during sleep and have battles with demons, that they can put spells on people, etc.

There are all sorts of crazy people out there. These ones just happen to dress up as clowns.

 

[Bill3000]

It's not a particularly new phenomenon.

Toward a Juggalo Theory of Value, part 1

That site is aptly named.

 

[ColdClimate]

Someone wanting to dress up as a giant fox so that he can get sexually aroused and fox around with other sexually aroused fox freaks is more understandable than that?

When it comes to sex, whatever floats your boat! I don't think I'm really aroused by anything reallybizarre like that, but yeah, I can understand it

Alright then.. what about.. hmm.. what about people who think they are dragons? Like.. They'll get dragon names, seriously think they are dragons in human form, etc. What about people who claim they have supernatural powers, and can shift to other dimensions during sleep and have battles with demons, that they can put spells on people, etc.

At least vampires and werewolves (and dragons, aparently..?) are kind of cool. Don't get me wrong, I think that that those teenagers are going to get a massive dose of embarassment later on in life, like some goths I used to know in HS, but I can understand it on some leve.

Clowns, on the other hand..? Guess I'm just getting old...

 

[dannyshenanigan]

A couple of years ago I was grocery shopping. Next to the grocery store was a record store, and I guess one of the members of ICP was there doing a signing or something. There must have been a couple hundred Juggalos hanging outside the store and in the parking lot. Every one of them was wearing their face paint and ICP shirts. They were not surprisingly being pretty obnoxious and loud.
I hate to say it, but Juggalos do actually exist.

 

[Leonel]

Effing magnets, how do they work?!

 

[.Shane.]

They are a convergence for good on this earth.

They have an annual convention: Promo for 2009 "Gathering of the Juggalos"

Their own version of science: "Miracles" video

And their own scientific textbook: "Learn your ..... Science" [NSFW]

 

[dannyshenanigan]

I had a good laugh at this picture. Juggalobama.

 

[MobBoss]

I had a good laugh at this picture. Juggalobama.

That would make an awesome avatar.

 

[Bugfatty300]

ATHF made a documentary about them.

 

[emzie]

Don't try and understand it. It's a lot of white trash folk who can't make it life and thus cope by falling back into a "family" of the similarly inept.