I used to be sitting at my desk, staring out the window and excited about how wearying the information is as of late, how irritating our instances really feel. I don’t recall a time, an period, that was ever this tough. Each morning I get up questioning what dreadful information has damaged with the daybreak. I believe I do know what the issue is.
I like humor. All kinds and types of humor. I take pleasure in slapstick as a lot as I do darkish humor. Epigrammatic, wordplay, youngsters’s humor, they’re all humorous, corny, hilarious. Humor is sort of a protect that protects us from all of the difficulties we face in life.
These days, at any time when I learn a headline, I discover myself sitting and ready for a punchline. As we speak’s information tales are so outrageous, they really feel just like the setup to a joke. However then actuality units in and I notice life has change into a parody with no punchline.
As we speak’s world feels just like the darkish aspect of humor has change into our new actuality. And sadly, it’s not humorous.
Karleen Pederson Wolfe, Seattle
