Unhinged in 2023: In a year of global chaos, dark humour is a sign we are still human

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On my WhatsApp chat with myself, the phrase “for me 2023 was” was auto-completed with “unhinged and I was just trying to be funny”. While my attempts at humour are questionable, I do see the world being quite “unhinged”. At this point, it’s important to mention that my brain is in a state of “decomposition” (a phrase my friend lovingly came up with to capture my inability to form coherent sentences). It is overwhelmed with the trivial and consequential — application submissions, writing deadlines, frightening news of violence that is sprinkled through my digital timelines, and an unending list of...