Dark Humor

Better luck this time. It has come to my attention that a huge proportion of the adult population is dissatisfied with the crappy, inadequate personalities they were born with, and desperately seek to, as it were, upgrade their software to something with more pizza. Or is that “pizzazz”, I get…

In Defense of Hoarding — Even for someone who wisely hasn’t spoken to her own in years, mothers can continue to fuck with our lives from afar. Recently, being reminded of maternal toxicity, I decided to tell another “funny” motherhood story. …

Amazon Prime’s latest show left me entertained but questioning everything. I just finished watching “The Consultant” on Amazon Prime and I can’t stop thinking about it. For those of you who have not seen it yet, I will politely avoid spoilers. Once I saw that it starred Christoph Waltz, I…

From the Diary of a Hitman I wouldn’t say murder per se was a terrible thing. I mean, it all depends on the motive, doesn’t it? And if we’re being honest, the recipient plays a part in it too! For example, the people who tried to murder Hitler. We don’t sit back and judge them with negative condemnation. We all…

Many people find that difficult situations are easier to cope with with a dash of humor (or sometimes an avalanche of it) — One example of using humor as coping mechanism could be to make a joke or use self-deprecating humor when faced with a difficult situation. This can help to diffuse tension and put things into perspective, making the situation feel less overwhelming and more manageable. One way humor can defuse tension…