My First post-The comedy of other's misfortune

A long time ago a greek philosopher (not sure who), said (well pretty closely to this):

"Living through life often feels like a tragedy, but reading about other peoples' lives often makes it look like a comedy." (close enough, you get the jist)

This quote was also adapted by the amazing Charlie Chaplin, who said "Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot."

And this little piece of human personality has been exploited in recent years. Tv shows such as You've Been Framed, and billions of internet fail videos are crazy popular, going viral like digital STI's and it all traces their roots back to this.

And as I grow older, this sentiment has never strayed far from the truth, well at least when it does when it does not concern myself. But that's the nature of it. And for some reason, that's funny to me.