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| I wish I could ride this thing London, ON March 2026 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
I’m not a comedian, so I’m no expert on the subject. But I do like to laugh, and I’ve never found it amusing when the humour is programmed, scheduled, obvious, or forced.
We laugh harder when there’s a little bit of surprise in the mix, and there’s no surprise today. Read, check the date, furrow our brows, repeat until it’s mercifully over.
But I am a journalist. And waking up to supposed jokes being published and broadcast by actual journalists is, in a word, gross. At least to me. If your very profession revolves around being the arbiter of truth, why would you deliberately abandon the mission in search of a cheap laugh?
It’s all so forced that there’s no way it can possibly be funny. More likely, the humour on this day takes on a darker tone. Bullies love this once-a-year opportunity to do their thing with impunity, on a day when bringing joy isn’t the priority as much as shaming others is.
So don’t mind if Calli and I bow out of it entirely. We have walks to take, balls to play with, moon rockets to watch (go Artemis II!) and squirrels to chase.
Maybe none of that is remotely funny. But all of it is real. And that’s all she cares about.
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