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lil  ·  4162 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How does one become nonchalantly hilarious?

I heard this on the radio this morning:

"Comedy is just a prism through which you filter your experiences."

If you can see something funny in your worst experience, even if it's just a little thing, it helps give you perspective. For example, my daughter is giving me a lot of grief right now - I won't go on about it here, but it's bad. The only thing that slows my raging anger to a simmer is when I think of what I put my mother through (and what I put myself through on the way to becoming an adult).