https://silverscreenriot.com/del-toros-nightmare-alley-a-sor...
What you're describing is called an internet troll.
I'm unsure whether geeks often travelled with the troupe, though. Men hopelessly addicted to drugs were probably desperate enough for money and easy enough to come by that you might not bother dragging one with all the other performers. Especially since addicts tend to behave unsettlingly and steal stuff to feed the addiction. Talk about local talent.
-Colloquial geek: someone who likes geeky stuff and does it for fun
-Circus geek: addict who debases themselves at a carnival as a job
-Internet troll: someone who bothers people on the internet for fun
I started with a joke conflating colloquial and circus geeks. What is the shared "blackness" of these "kitchen apparatuses" here? That nobody really wants them? Why did you decide my joke was a good place to reply with social commentary about internet trolls??