Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thi…

Lewis Mumford
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Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them. ✨ Lewis Mumford (1979). My works and days: a personal chronicle, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
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