absurdity

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“Just the underlying absurdity or joke really gives you the ability to go to these really intense emotional places,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Despite the show’s inherent absurdity, “there’s truly a lot of consumer demand for it,” Justine Moore, a partner on the investing team at Andreessen Horowitz said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Ben Gregg, head of welfare at the Centre for Social Justice think tank, said the figures showed the "absurdity of the 'relative low-income' measure".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

"Perhaps the real absurdity lies not in imagining a tool-using cow, but in assuming such a thing could never exist."

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

“Sorry, guys, Mom’s dead,” he finally blurted out, blunt to the point of absurdity.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore