The more terrible something is, the more important it is to crack jokes about it. Saying that any subject is too serious, too unhappy, or too important to joke about is letting the darkness win.
There are only two things we can do about problems: solve them or endure them. The first requires mental resiliency and the second requires emotional resiliency. Both of those things are helped if we don’t feel small and powerless.
Laughter makes you feel big and invincible.
The Opportunity Machine 