What's So Funny

Dearest Members of the Blogosphere:

I am not funny in this medium. Hell, much of the time I may not be that funny in other mediums either, except for Jell-O, but that is another story. Anyway, I have been reading a simply riotous blog by one of those clever Brits. Comic relief is not my self appointed role here, but I like to make people laugh. I mean, Definer is funny, especially that bit about Poly. Their special relationship is funny too, but they don’t talk about it publicly.

Many of the American blogs I read are whiny, not funny. Don’t get me wrong, we seem to be great at bitching, but our best comedy comes by way of our leaders. Excessive pride coupled with good intentions can be tragedy; hubris and craven self-interest is pure comedy, except for those poor souls losing life and limb for failing drug policies/oil/economic advantage etc. This is not to make light of the tragedies of the world conducted in our name by leaders less than interested in their publics or the futures of the countries they are sworn to protect, but I just wish more Americans got the joke and stopped vociferously, or tacitly, supporting their leaders who have blatantly lied and stolen. Were that to take place, comedy might be more than cathartic—it might be instructive. For now, I console myself with the sound of hollow laughter and wait for the larger audience to notice that the emperor has no clothes (I have stolen this idea from Definer, so props to you).

And there we have it—three short paragraphs purportedly about humor, but really just griping. Damn it, someone post something devastatingly funny yet enlightening. Auditus, I am calling you out on this one. Either that or we start up another series of entries about religion. Religion and spirituality are always funny, right?