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CLOWNMAXXING

Committing to absurdity and public foolishness as a deliberate social identity.

THE BIT IMPROVES WITH COMMITMENT.

What is CLOWNMAXXING?

Clownmaxxing is a broad comic cousin of jestermaxxing: the person maximizes silliness, visual absurdity or disruptive humor until clowning becomes a stable persona rather than an occasional act.

Supposedly maxes

absurdity / attention / comic identity / public risk / commitment to the bit

Adherents believe

  1. Normal behavior is underperforming.

  2. The bit improves with escalation.

  3. Embarrassment is temporary content.

  4. A costume can solve the premise.

  5. The room needs disruption.

Typical practices

  • wearing absurd outfits
  • performing unnecessary bits
  • creating visual jokes
  • escalating harmless nonsense
  • using oneself as the punchline

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