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Most comedy is tragic.[1] And laughing is an inherently selfish act, as Mel Brooks observed when he said, "comedy is when you fall in an open sewer and die."[2]
by whoopdedo 2y ago
Most comedy is tragic.[1] And laughing is an inherently selfish act, as Mel Brooks observed when he said, "comedy is when you fall in an open sewer and die."[2]
[1] https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/06/25/comedy-plus/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/06/25/comedy-plus/
[2] https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/mel-brooks-film-excerpt-the-difference-between-comedy-tragedy-is/2585/ https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/mel-brooks-film-exc...
- MayeulC 2y ago"Comedy is tragedy plus time". That quote seems to have multiple origins, though I remember it from Portal, an unlikely source.
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- smitelli 2y agoTime is also money, and it is claimed to be the root (square or cube?) of all evil. We’re halfway to a mathematical proof of some sort.
- TeMPOraL 2y agoThe OG source says that love of money is the root of all evil. I don't know what's the correct way of extracting the love operator from under the square root.
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