Do they select certain people at a young age with certain names?

The majority of Comms Aware Clowns are born into Clown families. Not every member of that family will be Comms Aware.

Birthdates can be fudged. Names can be changed, like Bill Clinton's originally being Bill Blythe. If you're a woman, last names can be acquired on purpose and simply divorced later, retaining the name for professional reasons (Angela Merck-el).

Stage names can be selected (Lady Gaga = gag comms).

Barring that, a celeb is often associated with their first major role. For Bill Cosby, it's being a spy. For McCauley Cull-kin, it's an MK'd child.

Sometimes, just the relationship with an established Comms Vehicle is enough. Billy Ray Cyrus is synonymous with Achey Breaky Heart (death threat against Bush Sr.). Miley Cyrus leverages the same Comm (threat of murder) simply by being his daughter.

If you were not born into a Comms Aware Clown family, but you were deemed intelligent and 'brought into the fold', you would serve the role as a subordinate. I'm reminded of "Vampires" in pop culture.

Something to keep in mind, not every Clown is going to have a full 'vocabulary'. At minimum, they may simply be plants in a local organization that looks for a certain phrase in his local newspaper each week. A subordinate may simply be a guided 'internet troll' (Homestuck webcomic) or Wikipedia editor.

Clowns aren't all going to have the absolutely insane drive to dig into history as DecodingSymbols. But they WILL be more fluent day-to-day due to being taught as children.

Do they select certain people at a young age with certain names?

The majority of Comms Aware Clowns are born into Clown families. Not every member of that family will be Comms Aware.

Birthdates can be fudged. Names can be changed, like Bill Clinton's originally being Bill Blythe. If you're a woman, last names can be acquired on purpose and simply divorced later, retaining the name for professional reasons (Angela Merck-el).

Stage names can be selected (Lady Gaga = gag comms).

Barring that, a celeb is often associated with their first major role. For Bill Cosby, it's being a spy. For McCauley Cull-kin, it's an MK'd child.

Sometimes, just the relationship with an established Comms Vehicle is enough. Billy Ray Cyrus is synonymous with Achey Breaky Heart (death threat against GWB Sr.). Miley Cyrus leverages the same Comm (threat of murder) simply by being his daughter.

If you were not born into a Comms Aware Clown family, but you were deemed intelligent and 'brought into the fold', you would serve the role as a subordinate. I'm reminded of "Vampires" in pop culture.

Something to keep in mind, not every Clown is going to have a full 'vocabulary'. At minimum, they may simply be plants in a local organization that looks for a certain phrase in his local newspaper each week. A subordinate may simply be a guided 'internet troll' (Homestuck webcomic) or Wikipedia editor.

Clowns aren't all going to have the absolutely insane drive to dig into history as DecodingSymbols. But they WILL be more fluent day-to-day due to being taught as children.

Do they select certain people at a young age with certain names?

The majority of Comms Aware Clowns are born into Clown families. Not every member of that family will be Comms Aware.

Birthdates can be fudged. Names can be changed, like Bill Clinton's originally being Bill Blythe. If you're a woman, last names can be acquired on purpose and simply divorced later, retaining the name for professional reasons (Angela Merck-el).

Stage names can be selected (Lady Gaga = gag comms).

Barring that, a celeb is often associated with their first major role. For Bill Cosby, it's being a spy. For McCauley Cull-kin, it's an MK'd child.

Sometimes, just the relationship with an established Comms Vehicle is enough. Billy Ray Cyrus is synonymous with Achey Breaky Heart (death threat against GWB Sr.). Miley Cyrus leverages the same Comm (threat of murder) simply by being his daughter.

If you were not born into a Comms Aware Clown family, but you were deemed intelligent and 'brought into the fold', you would serve the role as a subordinate. I'm reminded of "Vampires" in pop culture.

Something to keep in mind, not every Clown is going to have a full 'vocabulary'. At minimum, they may simply be plants in a local organization that looks for a certain phrase in his local newspaper each week. A subordinate may simply be a guided 'internet troll' (Homestuck webcomic) or Wikipedia editor.