Funny T-Shirts And The Absurd

By Francis Thatcher


The act of laughing is just as natural as snow falling on the mountains or a stream bubbling down its path to the ocean. Laughter is key for humans to vent out anxiety and refresh the mind. It is a natural social response that indicates commonality amongst a group and can show relief at the passing of danger. When you mix the absurd into the pot, the whole equation suddenly gets really weird. The laughter that absurdity induces is often laced with confusion, and I absolutely love it. This is why the funny t-shirts I wear are always extremely off-kilter and absurd.

Wearing absurd, funny t-shirts is almost like playing a prank on everyone you encounter. You know that whatever inane joke you're telling with your shirt is going to be difficult to grasp, but that's okay. Once the observer understands the absurd nature of the humor, the shared laughter is genuine. It is a bonding experience to overcome the small challenge of absurdity. It is an absolute truth that laughter is the best way to join two people together in a common cause, even if that common cause is something so small as an absurd joke.

Delivering the untruth of absurdity is complicated and much more difficult than just telling a joke outright. You will undoubtedly run across many people who just smile wanly and stare stupidly at the funny t-shirts you wear, if you decide to delve into the absurd. This is a bit gratifying in its own right, because the people who don't get the humor are people you know the funny t-shirt is ridiculing. Making people think outside of their normal train of thought is the whole goal of absurdity.

Someone whom I think would have loved the funny t-shirts I wear is Eugene Ionesco. He was the author of several plays that were so bizarre, that he invented a whole new form of theater. Ionesco was dubbed the king of the Theater of the Absurd, and his plays forced people to think about how insane the conversations we have every day really are. His whole point was to use the absurd to mock conformity and useless conversation.

Absurdity is an art form. It is a mystery because of its irregularity to normal comedy. People have to actually work to understand the joke, and many people are simply too lazy to appreciate it these days. Can you imagine a world where anything could happen? Pioneers like Ionesco and the guys from Monty Python could, and they invited you to come and join them. Funny t-shirts are something simple that anyone can wear, but when you mix the truly absurd into the fray...well, then the hippos really will have won.




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