Folks, I think that it's okay to joke about the misery of life. After all, if we didn't make ourselves laugh, we'd by crying our eyes out every day and paranoid with fear. I think the humor breaks through the fear and forces us to gain a thicker skin and grow sharper teeth. It makes us harder and more prepared to take what life and the universe can dish out. Hopefully, however, it doesn't makes us so cynical that we actually forget what reality lies behind the humor.
FWIW, Mario Giorno