Comics know that time plus pain equals humor and that we can redeem even awful moments from the past by translating them into a shared experience.

Gina Barreca
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When we laugh at the things we find funny it is because we can relate with those memories and we feel like we can protect ourselves from them. By laughing at our past mistakes that we made, such as awkward conversations or terrible moments in school, we give ourselves a shield from those memories and can pretend that they never happened.

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