Kurt Braunohler

I was writing this really long joke about the smell of poop, and I was like, 'What am I doing with my life?' I started to think about why I was a comedian, and then I came up with a reason for existence, which is: inserting absurdity or stupidity into strangers' lives in order to make the world a better place.

American Comedian

Sean M. Carroll

Among advocates for life after death, nobody even tries to sit down and do the hard work of explaining how the basic physics of atoms and electrons would have to be altered in order for this to be true. If we tried, the fundamental absurdity of the task would quickly become evident.

American Scientist

Vaclav Havel

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity.

Czechoslovakian Leader

Patrick Warburton

All I try to do is as earnestly and as acutely as I can, conceive a character and try to portray this character just honestly. If the humor is within the absurdity and the awfulness of situations, then let it be seen that way.

American Actor

Miriam Shor

What I have found to be so interesting in my life and with my friends and family who have 'normal jobs' where they don't play pretend for a living is that... Hollywood is absurd but very open about its absurdity.

American Actress

Sophie Marceau

As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life.

French Actress

Timothy Radcliffe

Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth.

English Clergyman

Friedrich Nietzsche

In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him.

German Philosopher

Adlai Stevenson I

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.

American Politician

Natasha Lyonne

I always see the absurdity in most situations. It's my experience of how life works.

Used to emphasize how unreasonable something is by exaggerating its foolishness.

Exaggerated Sense

Often used to inject humor into a conversation or situation by highlighting its ridiculousness.

Humorous Effect

Can serve to criticize decisions or theories that seem nonsensical.

Critical Commentary

Points out when something goes against common sense or reason.

Highlight Irrationality

Useful for showing that something is not just wrong, but also out of place.

Expose Inappropriateness

Underlines a sense that something is foolish or has been a waste of effort.

Sense of Folly

Shows that an idea or event is so strange, it's hard to believe.

Express Disbelief

Can indicate sarcasm when describing an action or idea.

Sarcasm Indicator

 to the point of absurdity we're going to hand that off to the biomechanics to explain how it could get away with lightening the skeleton as much as it did it wasn't I don't think a flotation device I think it was just trying to reduce the amount of living tissue it had to support and still get by and it

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 It's not the absurdity of bureaucracy alone, but the irony of the character's circular reasoning in reaction to it that is emblematic of Kafka's writing. His tragicomic stories act as a form of mythology for the modern industrial age, employing dream logic to explore the relationships

What makes something...

 When I asked, they said yes, the fence should go. Yes, we want to play with the other side. The pictures implied enough to answer a question that was never proposed. People were seeing the absurdity of the situation again and felt how unnecessary this fence is

The intangible effects...

 than the number of stars in the universe. The Boltzmann brain paradox, despite its absurdity, is useful because it creates a bar that models have to rise to. If, compared to numbers like this one, the current state of the universe is exceedingly unlikely,

The Boltzmann brain...

 I think that the shift from the transhuman to the posthuman world will seem natural, an evolutionary necessity. Why do I say that? I say that because for millennia, all human beings have been obsessed with the big question, the absurdity of death.

Is Humanity Smart Enough...

 and kept them reading, but increased the hype around the author himself. Dickens became particularly popular for his wit, which he poured into quirky characters and satiric scenarios. His characters exhibit the sheer absurdity of human behavior,

Why should you read...

 illustrating how Soviet society bred greed and cynicism despite its ideals. And the matter-of-fact narration deliberately blends the strangeness of the supernatural events with the everyday absurdity of Soviet life.

Why should you read “The...

 Here, supernatural events or abilities are described in a realistic and matter-of-fact tone, while the real events of human life and history reveal themselves to be full of fantastical absurdity.

Why should you read "One...

 as the moon rose in the sky. It took all of my strength not to raise my head and howl. Now, I am free of the collar, free of the yellow raincoat, monogrammed sweater, the absurdity of your lawn,

Billy Collins: Two poems...

 that explored the value of life amidst absurdity many of which circled back to the same philosophical if life is truly meaningless, is committing suicide the only rational response?

Absurdity