5 slightly ridiculous reads about how absurdity can help us cope

‘Absurdity’ sprouted from Latin, originally referencing an out-of-tuneness. That meaning hints at the ‘offness’ of today’s absurdities and how they make us want to sob, giggle, and yank out our hair, maybe all at the same time. Absurd things are maddening and perplexing; they can be ridiculous, cruel, wrenching, or pathetic, and it isn’t always clear how one is supposed to respond.

A hedgehog with French fries impaled on its spikes trundles by: absurdity. A former dear friend pretends not to recognize you on the street: another absurdity. Sometimes it feels absurd to simply be human. What, after all, is the point?

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