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  樂，就是苦的因，本身就是苦。這就是顛倒，把苦當成樂。有時候辦酒席，今天請過來，明天請過去，大家聚會好像是樂，結果得了很多的病——本身就是苦，病從口入了。 這就是顛倒，本來是苦的當成樂，本來是無常的當成常。

Laughing Matters — Even When Confronting Your Own Mortality Humour lightens the load in this journey called life. By Yeo Whee Jim · The Straits Times, 24 May 2026 "How are you?" asked the friend with genuine concern, worried about what to say. "Not dead yet, lor," I declared. Crack a joke about death and disapproving elders might say, "Choy, don't play play — very inauspicious one." But humour is a survival skill . Dark humour, especially, can be sharp, honest, and just cheeky enough to keep despair from setting in. From George Orwell's Animal Farm , I learnt how humour can also expose, correct, and shame us into seeing issues more clearly. It is a different, perhaps more sophisticated form of humour — one that does more than soothe and entertain. Satire refuses to flatter us. Its humour reminds us that laughter can be corrective, not just consoling. Its honesty is brutal, but ultimately, at its best, satire transforms us positively by ma...