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David Lynch

Absurdity is what I like most in life, and there's humor in struggling in ignorance. If you saw a man repeatedly running into a wall until he was a bloody pulp, after a while it would make you laugh because it becomes absurd.

David Lynch

Humor

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David Lynch finds humor in the ridiculousness of difficult situations, especially when people keep making the same mistakes without understanding why. He suggests that when something is so senseless and persistent, like a man hurting himself over and over, it eventually becomes funny because of how absurd it is.

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