SNIDE REMARKS IN DEATH'S FACE
or "why we shouldn't take anything seriously"
     by The Lizard King

"Laughter is the best medicine"
	-Unknown

	Some people look at death in the face and laugh. 
Others just kind of just do a half grimace snorting kind of 
thing. And the majority just kind of makes snide remarks 
behind death's back. Whatever it is that you do, laughing 
at death is the idea. Laughing at virtually everything is 
the idea. 
Buckle your seat belts, this could take a while.
	It all starts out with an essay written by Andre
Bergson called "Laughter", an analysis of what laughter 
is. Anyone who is going to sit around and figure this out for
us is obviously rich enough to not have to ever do real work.
The theory in this essay is that laughter is our defense
against mortality. When you slip on a banana peel, there's 
friction and gravity, the possibility of death, and in between 
we laugh. 
	So in short, laughing defends you from death.
	Pretty interesting concept.
	It gets better.
	Laughter is normally caused by the absence of
seriousness. Therefore, never being serious is arguably a form 
laughter. If we laugh at everything, no matter how grim, no 
matter how serious, we are not being serious and, ipso facto, if 
we never take anything seriously, on the inside we are laughing. 
WHICH BRINGS US TO CONCLUDE that if we are never serious, we 
will always be laughing and in result, will never die (can't you 
picture me as one of those mad scientist guys with wild hair 
right about now).
	Laughter is another form of immortality.
	Now before the skeptics in the audience send me a nice 
little piece of reality, hear me out on this one. I know it's 
hard to believe this to be true, so consider this. If a person 
were to have faith in this theory, that their lack of seriousness 
and sobriety brings immortality, will throw off the mental 
restrains of their mortality. 
	They will no longer fear the tribulations of death and 
life and become fearless. They will not hesitate to bungee jump 
off that bridge (sometimes regardless of the fact that they aren't
attached to a bungee cord). They won't look back when they skydive 
miles high above the ground. They will live life to the fullest, 
weather or not it is in their better interest. They will do things
that only an immortal would do. And they'll do it with a grin on 
their face because, to them, it's all a joke.
	I know that some people are going to think I'm insane for 
writing this. Some people will grunt at this idea. Some people will
will be cynical towards this idea. And if this is the case, then 
maybe my writing this was useless. But maybe, some people will 
laugh at this idea.
	And if that's the case, then at least that's a laugh in the
right direction.