Thanks to science, cycle analysis and historical research, we are now fairly certain that we have reached the final stage of empire decline and are consequently going through the convulsions of a crash. Nothing to fret about, it won't be the end of the world, just a rather unpleasant phase for most of us.
Like the Greeks of antiquity, we are confronted with a dilemma: It is up to us to decide if we prefer to interpret our life as a tragedy or a comedy. The stoic attitude is to accept the tragedy and reinterpret it as a comedy. In other words, laugh at the world and especially at ourselves.
This is why, more or less regularly, we need to take a break from reality and instead of lamenting what's happening which most articles tend to do, we will include a joke here and there the good old way. It almost sounds odd today in our hyper-sensitive environment where almost everything has become offensive to someone actually proactively scanning the web for offensive material and where joking has consequently become verboten.
We'll still try to stay within a healthy pedestrian speed of one joke per week in order to avoid falling in a completely different category altogether. So enjoy!
