I used to be sitting at my desk, staring out the window and fascinated about how wearying the information is as of late, how irritating our occasions 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 feel I do know what the issue is.
I like humor. All sorts 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 defend 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. Right this moment’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 develop into a parody and not using a punchline.
Right this moment’s world feels just like the darkish aspect of humor has develop into our new actuality. And sadly, it’s not humorous.
Karleen Pederson Wolfe, Seattle
