I was reading The Onion (which I do for fun...maybe not, whatever) when I came across an article titled "Child Who Just Lost Balloon Begins Lifelong Battle with Depression." The article is just what it sounds like: a child who just lost a balloon and is beginning a lifelong battle with depression. Click here to read the article. And the following picture accompanied the article:
Just look at those eyes. Doesn't he look so sad? Poor little guy. (And yes, I picked the extra-large option on the picture size, because I'm just that way)
Here are some passages that made me almost laugh out loud, and explanations to follow:
"The increasingly distraught 3-year-old, who will gradually come to believe that he is a complete failure and a burden to everyone he knows, then reportedly burst into tears in what was only the very start of an inexorable, decades-long descent into severe clinical depression." The words severe clinical depression is what got me there. Also the decades-long descent. This really made me rethink my reaction to losing my favorite teddy bear at a train station when I was little.
"Sources indicated that upon seeing the balloon disappear behind a line of trees, Tremont began to grapple for the first time with the same feelings of irreversible loss and guilt that will eventually prevent him from enjoying activities he once loved and cause him to become utterly despondent in the face of a seemingly hostile world." The fact that this statement is so long makes me laugh, especially because I know that this article is so grossly sarcastic. Using words like "grapple" and "irreversible loss" make the statement funnier.
At first glance, this is just a picture of a red balloon. However, the caption read: "The symbol of melancholy and loss that will haunt Tremont for his entire adult life." This one really just speaks for itself, no explanation necessary.
I thought this article was worthy of mention, particularly because it made me laugh. I thought maybe it would brighten your day too! :)
Just look at those eyes. Doesn't he look so sad? Poor little guy. (And yes, I picked the extra-large option on the picture size, because I'm just that way)
Here are some passages that made me almost laugh out loud, and explanations to follow:
"The increasingly distraught 3-year-old, who will gradually come to believe that he is a complete failure and a burden to everyone he knows, then reportedly burst into tears in what was only the very start of an inexorable, decades-long descent into severe clinical depression." The words severe clinical depression is what got me there. Also the decades-long descent. This really made me rethink my reaction to losing my favorite teddy bear at a train station when I was little.
"Sources indicated that upon seeing the balloon disappear behind a line of trees, Tremont began to grapple for the first time with the same feelings of irreversible loss and guilt that will eventually prevent him from enjoying activities he once loved and cause him to become utterly despondent in the face of a seemingly hostile world." The fact that this statement is so long makes me laugh, especially because I know that this article is so grossly sarcastic. Using words like "grapple" and "irreversible loss" make the statement funnier.
At first glance, this is just a picture of a red balloon. However, the caption read: "The symbol of melancholy and loss that will haunt Tremont for his entire adult life." This one really just speaks for itself, no explanation necessary.
I thought this article was worthy of mention, particularly because it made me laugh. I thought maybe it would brighten your day too! :)
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