BEDTIME STORIES
A Cosmic Joke
Or how I found humor in tragedy.
Textual version at the end. A narrative version told in Why Humor Allows Us to Overcome the Tragedy of Life And Death.
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Textual version:
When I was studying at the university, we had to read a collection of short stories. In one story,…
a woman got hit by a small meteorite. But she was completely fine in the end.
At the university, the professor asked me to comment on the meaning of that story.
I said: “I guess the point is that our lives are one big comic joke. Out of all the things that could potentially kill you, you could also get hit by a meteorite.”
Professor: “You think life is a joke? Have you ever experienced a tragedy, hm?
