What If It’s Funny?

The Comfort of Comical Causation

Sep 06, 2024

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ABOVE: God, if we’re lucky.

I was in a violently self-destructive mood the other day, looking for a way to pain myself, to stop myself from having any hope or experiencing any joy at all, to snuff out all light in the universe and turn it to terrible darkness, so I decided to read the news.

I’m all about efficiency.

But something miraculous happened, somet…

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