There are moments in our lives where we find ourselves at crossroads. Our paths may do twists and turns and loop through and cross over every which way, but there are plenty of points where you are presented with a chance to influence the immensely small amount of time and space we occupy on this planet. Life is a serious of choices. And you must understand – going with the comedy option is a surefire way to have great things happen.

Picture this scenario. You are in the fourth grade. The kid in front of you isn’t your best friend, but you’re still friends in school, you make each other laugh. It’s all good shit. You notice he is standing and trying to get the teacher’s attention. You notice that he hasn’t noticed that he has pushed his chair back farther than he thinks, as he’s trying to feel for it. You notice that he doesn’t notice that you noticed. He is oblivious to the crossroad you face. He cannot fathom where your road may take you.

What do you do? Do you warn him? Do you say, yo, Donnell, you about to catch a mother fucking L dude lmao? Do you kick it back to him and right into his ass? No. Not good enough. Do you let it all play out? You could. But how would that be funny.

In this scenario, I opted to pull the chair toward me. He fell back square flat on his ass, I think I may have a collapsed a lung from the sheer insane amounts of laughing I did. I got detention. It didn’t matter. It was worth it.

The comedy option may not always be the good one. It may not always be bad. It will be, however, funny. And lasting – which is more than what we can say about so much of our daily lives.

I think the key to having a good memory, is knowing when to have a laugh for your own sake. You find some joke, some observance, some action, entertaining enough that it stays with you because you laugh so god damned hard at it. Those of us that recognize the general absurdities of “normal” life, and not in a awkward LOL I’m SUCH A REBEL, just that there are some objectively strange shit people don’t always notice, do this better than most.

Take care of your brain and laugh so hard your tits spray.