Word: absurdity
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...scorching-hot issue of gay marriage, progress is even more certain. The occasional discriminatory ballot initiative notwithstanding, there has been a sea change in public attitudes toward homosexuality since the early 1990s. The mere idea that Will & Grace could have been a mainstream hit 20 years ago is absurd. Today millions of red-state residents enjoy shows like Queer Eye, even if most Americans still aren't ready for his-and-his nuptials. Polls indicate that about half the population supports some form of gay union. And younger Americans (those under 30) are vastly more accepting of gay marriage...
Under-the-radar to the world, perhaps, but not to friends. “Yan surely has a tongue-in-cheek ironic self-promotion about him,” Wong says. The snowshoe that hangs on his wall is a testament to his love of the absurd. “I don’t snowshoe,” he says. “It’s meant to be ironic...
Looking back on it all, however, I’m saddened that the average, non-council, non-newspaper Harvard undergrad was largely deprived of the really absurd, interesting stuff. Why? You could blame The Crimson for not giving in to sensationalism, or chalk it up to general student apathy about council-related news. But either way, people really missed out. In the interest of never letting the smallest story fall through the cracks, here’s just a sampling of the quirks of this winter’s council campaign...
...government is running surplus a la Bill Clinton. But now that the country is facing a huge and dangerous budget deficit, Congress still passed an omnibus spending bill filled to the brim with gratuitous appropriations. In the wake of another bumper crop of cash for the unnecessary to the absurd in pet Congressional districts, some belt-tightening has to happen somewhere. Congress’ latest bright idea? Cut Pell Grants to poor college kids to make up some of the difference...
...best of the more traditional narrative offerings. "Jeepers Jacobs," beautifully rendered in the pastels of dappled summer sunlight, effortlessly mixes the comedy of human foibles with the debate over the existence of hell. Among other things, its thoughtful portrait of a religious conservative ingeniously rebuts the divisive and absurd language of red vs. blue...