Neil Gaiman often tells the story of a giant clusterfuck that infuriated Terry Pratchett when he and Terry were touring to promote their novel Good Omens. When everything was finally resolved, Gaiman tried to suggest to Pratchett that he could stop being angry now, and Pratchett responded, “Do not underestimate this anger. This anger was the engine that powered Good Omens.” Because humor comes from anger, and so does satire and an obnoxiously surreal sense of weirdness. Humor is a defense mechanism that allows us to lose our shit without losing our shit, and we’ve all been in situations where
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