A cheap and easy way to make a scary story and get people’s attention is to take something fun and safe and make out as if its really the opposite. The problem is that when everybody does it then the original meaning gets lost. Our common image of the “devil” with horns and hooves started out as a comedic image. Now clowns are suffering the same fate. The Media uses this cheap gimmick a thousand times a day, making normal daily life look scary and horrifying in order to get more viewers.
“When life gets rough I like to hold onto my dreamsOf relaxing in the summer sun, just letting off steamOh, the sky will be blue, and you guys’ll be there tooWhen I finally do what frozen things doIn summerIn summer!”
In Edmonton if you stop at a crosswalk the other drivers exploit your weakness to pass you.