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It's called gallows humor. It's a defense mechanism, a response to what one sees as a hopeless situation. Not saying it is or is not appropriate in this situat
by freehunter 10y ago
It's called gallows humor. It's a defense mechanism, a response to what one sees as a hopeless situation.
Not saying it is or is not appropriate in this situation, but it's not much different than saying "I'd rather die than go to that meeting" or "this is hell" or "if I have to maintain that legacy codebase, just shoot me now".
- Artistry121 10y agoIn that case the jokes made at Apple could be in the same class.
- pareidolia 10y agoThat's certainly my impression. Some people use black humor more than others, I can't understand why some people need to thought-police it away. Black humor is a way of coping with life, and I wouldn't want to have it stripped from my culture.