Thomas NagelAbsurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics.
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When George Carlin said, "Absurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics." he was poking fun at our ability to laugh at ourselves. He was not only referring to our tendency to find the absurd hilarious but also that there is no right or wrong way to be absurd. We all have our own sense of what makes us absurd. We are all different shapes and sizes, we do different things with our lives, and we all have different kinds of personalities.
Some people love to make jokes about how small they are or how they can't do certain tasks. Other people enjoy laughing at their friends’ quirks. Many people like to make fun of their parents for making them do things they don't want to do.
And, some people like to make jokes about the state of the world around them.
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